School years, milestones and family stories, with the original sources and qualifications.
Betty
Childhood newspaper notes
Reported September 30, 1960: The newspaper described a driveway accident in which Betty was struck as Bobby backed his car out to return to work, apparently unaware that she had approached. She suffered a broken right hand and cuts, was treated at Woodland Hospital in Moberly, and was discharged the following Monday.
Source: “Two Children Injured In Unusual Accidents,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 30, 1960, page 1.
Reported September 8, 1961: A brief newspaper note said Betty had fallen from her bed and broken her collarbone.
Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 8, 1961, page 5.
Betty’s basketball letter
Betty earned a letter in girls’ basketball in 1974. Her name appeared in the newspaper’s school athletic-awards lists that May.
Source: Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 23, 1974, page 5.
1974 · Betty Roling at bat
The October 10 softball report credited Betty Roling with five hits in five at-bats in Salisbury’s 19–10 junior-varsity win over Glasgow on September 26. In the B team’s 25–15 win at Paris on October 1, she had four hits; the report gives no at-bat count for that performance. Its eight-game season records list Betty with 22 hits in 30 at-bats and a .733 average.
Sources and notes
Source: Connie Fuemmeler, “Glasgow & Paris Games / Team Records”, Salisbury Press-Spectator, October 10, 1974, page 4. Read the original newspaper page.
1977 · A bridal shower for Betty Roling
The August 18 newspaper reported a bridal shower for Miss Betty Roling of Salisbury at Roanoke Union Church on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Bob Roling and Mary, Jane and Linda Roling were among the guests. The notice does not identify Betty’s intended husband, give a wedding date or state those guests’ relationships to her.
The September wedding report names Betty’s husband as Greg Asbury and gives their wedding date as August 20, 1977.
Sources and notes
Source: “Bridal Shower Honors Miss Betty Roling,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, August 18, 1977, page 7. Read the original newspaper page.
Betty’s work in the family business is recorded in the Later ownership account.
Betty’s wedding, with keepsakes from three generations
When Betty Roling married Greg Asbury at St. Joseph Catholic Church on August 20, 1977, she carried a little family history down the aisle. Escorted by her father, she wore her mother’s ivory satin wedding gown, an antique gold cross that had belonged to her paternal grandmother, and carried her maternal grandmother’s lace-edged handkerchief. Father Don Lammers performed the two o’clock ceremony.
Linda Roling was a bridesmaid, David Roling a groomsman, and Dan Roling an usher. Afterward, the guests gathered at the Knights of Columbus Hall for a reception with a four-tiered cake decorated with yellow roses. The newspaper said Betty and Greg would make their home in Sedalia, where Greg worked for Pat O’Connor Chevrolet.
Source: “Miss Roling Weds Mr. Asbury In St. Joseph Catholic Church,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, September 8, 1977, page 7. Original newspaper page.