Potter robbers arrested after town theft and break in
Two youths linked to a Potter burglary and a theft spree were jailed after police traced a car laden with groceries, a radio, batteries, and a garaged license plate to the Pope & Surritte store break in Potter. Carmen Goff, 17, a former Potter boy who escaped Chillicothe reform school, and Thomas Myers of Blue Valley Mo, face charges as evidence ties them to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Potter
Carmen Goff
United States Reformatory
Chillicothe
Denver
Reformatory
Thomas Myers
Blue Valley
Goff
George Johnson
Berridge
Johnson
Pope & Surritte
Hodges
Atchison County
R. W Bryent
North Tenth Street
Young Goff
Chillicothe Reformatory
Federal Institution
Robert Goff, Jr
Brookwood Heights
Evelyn Jacobson
Santa Rosa Calif
New York Visit and Local Happenings Report
Mr and Mrs Frank Harch travel to New York while neighbors share updates on health plans finances and social visits. The Atchison scene notes performances by local clubs, shop owners and police sports scores, with minor injuries and community events including Kiwanis barrels and a bowling league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harch
New York
Old Snort silver wedding lunch and local notes
Mr and Mrs Snort celebrate their silver wedding as a column features their good humor and Mrs Snort praised for kindness and thrift. The piece then shifts to a mosaic of Atchison life with European observations, local chatter, shop notes and brief obituaries, including Peggy Bump the dog and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snort
Okeh
Missus
Alfred Beckner Dies After 35 Years at Blair Mill
Alfred Beckner who resigned due to ill health after 35 years at Blair Mill has died. He is survived by sons Cleveland and Stevenson Beckner of Atchison and a brother Milton Beckner of Oak Mills. His wife Alice Guthrie Beckner died over 40 years ago. Funeral services will be held at 1 30 p m tomorrow at Stanton Stanton chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Crumpacker
Parence B. Horton
South America
Swift International
S Ir
Horton
DeKelb
The
Swifts
St. Joe
Europe
Buenos Aires
United States
England
France
Argentine
Peggy Bump
Ung
Vern
Harry Bump
Bump
Fifteenth
Main Streets
West Atchison
Peggy
Edward Stebbins
Centralia
Mr. Stebbins
Vern Bump
Globe
Tennyson
Christ
Joseph
Ar-i-ma-the-a
Holy Land
Britain
Earth
Heaven
City Hall
Bert Sowers
Louis Linscott
Cummings
Gus Haegelin
Mary Sullivan
Division Street
Fred Ernst
Commercial Street
Gene Harrison
Greenleaf
Ewing Herbert
Robert Hyde
Kansas City
George Delaney
Henry Watowa
John Leason
Atchison
Ed Russell
Frances Lethbridge
Pillsbury Mill
Olive Wilson
North Ninth Street
Howard Hawk
Frank Wilson
Kas
G. C. Culver
Falls City
J. G. Malone
Spring Garden
Joseph Bogle
Arrow Rock
Tennessee
Tom Ball
Canada
Lastica College Group
Blair Mill
Cleveland
Stevenson Beckner
Milton
Doc) Beckner
Oak Mills
Beckner
Alice Guthrie
Stanton & Stanton
Hearings on bench warrants in Thompson McGary cases
Brown county district court in Hiawatha scheduled hearings on bench warrants for relatives of the defendant in Thompson McGary assault and robbery cases. McGary’s trial likely this week follows a 21 year penitentiary sentence for an 18 year old Hiawatha assault victim. a noose and unemployment connect a separate suicide case. local notices cover motor vehicle records and insurance matters as well as various robberies and municipal issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson-McQary
Hiawatha
Brown County
M. A. Bender
Holton
Atchison-Jackson County
McGary
Social ties and travels fill weekend in neighboring towns
About 60 relatives and friends gathered at the W A Lange home Saturday night for Mrs Lange's upcoming birthday. Thanksgiving visits continued as many stayed with S E er and W L Bell in Kansas. Other notices include relatives traveling to Omaha, a funeral for Gustave Gutzman in Wathena, and birthdays and dinners honoring local families in Langley, Washington, and White Cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lange
Omaha
Gustave Gutzman
Wathena
J. R
Karl Kammer
L. R. Kuhnhoff
Gutzman
Ed Kessler
Fito- Tine
Mary Lou
John Robertson
Langley
Kas
Henry Weimer
Walula
Arthur Whaley
White Cloud
J. R. Kammer
St. Joe
Wat
Edith
Carl
Edna Kuhnhoff
Washington
Mary A. Wohiletz
Irene
Albert Scheid
Community meeting at M. E. church features multiple speakers
A Monday afternoon meeting at the M. E. church drew Dr J B McFadden and several speakers on youth and women’s work including Mrs A R Williams W S Sharp Rev C L Bonham from Lancaster Miss Ann Bushley and Mrs G W Alexander. Visitors from Milwaukee stopped briefly. others traveled from Dodge City and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
J. B. McFadden
A. R. Willams
W. S Sharp
C. L. Bonham
Lancaster
Ann Bushley
G. W Alexander
T. A Palmer
W. R. McCormack
Atchison
O. W. Tate
Nortonville
McFadden
S. B. Way
Milwaukee
Wis
G. W. Alexander
Houston
Tex
Josephine Bartholomew
la Junta
Colo
W. S. Sharp
William Blacketer
James Blacketer
Dodge City
Marguerite Knudson
Grace Scalapino
Erma Gamby
Beulah Hargis
Ross Torkleson
Highland
A. W. Bradford
Sam Sipe
Lawrence
Lawrence Bicklemeir
Hays Hospital
Funeral notices and local obituaries from Blair area
The Blair region reports multiple funeral services and obituaries. August E. Gutzman, born November 22, 1865, buried at Bellmont cemetery after services in Wathena, with survivors including widow Sarah and children in St Joseph, San Francisco, and Denver. Separate notices honor Miss Estella Mae Dinning of Burr Oak and Mrs Mary Reece of Blair, along with a house fire destroying Ed Schauffer’s frame residence and various holiday visits by local teachers and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August E. Gutzman
Blair
Meterhoffer
Wathena
H C Lubeck
Bellmont Cemetery
Gutzman
Buffalo
N. Y
Sarah Gutzman
Orvile Weiss
St. Joseph
Carma Reed
San Francisco
Hattie McClung
Clara Carlin
Denver
Ida Weber
Los Angeles
Lena Hautzenrader
Robert Wolinick Blair
Benitz
Troy
Mary Reece
James Reece
Mount Olive Cemetery
Cash
William Reece
Kansas City
Beulah Reveal
Lillie Burkhalter
Squirrel
Ida
Viola Beale
Coldville
Methodist Church
M. Finch
Frank Wykert
R. Snyder
Estella Mae Dinning
Baptist Church
Burr Oak
Wykert
Snyder
Miss Dinning
Margaret Bonaly
Leavenworth
Ruth Robb
Topeka
Bernice Loyd
Hiawatha
Havel Putnam
Pittsburg
Wreaths and Wallops for Women
A column of humorous observations on middle aged men and women, noting divorce trends and changing flirtation norms. It cites B Chapman and Dorothy Dix style voices, arguing for more flattery in marriage and poking at social sayings about aging spouses. Also includes a recipe snippet for a savory loaf with a butter sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Callan
Dorothy Dix
Winifred Black
Helen Rowland
Tacky Homemakers party at the Cormode home
Mrs William Stutz and Mrs John Cormode hosted a tacky party for the Homemakers club and families at the Cormode residence last Friday. Costume prizes went to Mr and Mrs William Cormode and Jack Farrell. Also noted are visits by Miss June Garnet and Miss Sarah Catherine Meyers, and plans for a penny carnival by the Out to Win class at Jaline building Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stutz
John Cormode
Homemakers Club
Cormode
William Cormode
Jack Farrell
June Garnet
Sarah Catherine Meyers
Lillian Hines
Atchison
John Chain
Methodist Sunday School
Frank Anderson
Jaline
The
Globe
C. Slade
George Meyer
St. Joe
Wetmore Notes from Thanksgiving Visit and Local Happenings
Jernberg from Lindsborg visited Wetmore during Thanksgiving. Wetmore High School staff changes noted as former teacher Jernberg, plus several residents under treatment or illness. Many local residents travel, host clubs, and plan events including church bazaars and a large Curlew social club dinner with seventy-two guests.
Local Notes and Rural Happenings in Mt. Ayr Area
Miss Isabelle Terry returns home from Bell Memorial hospital in Kansas City after four weeks with appendicitis without surgery. Announcements arrive of the engagement and upcoming marriage of Minnie Mottsinger to Harry A. James of Mt. Ayr. James is an undertaker planning to reside in Mt. Ayr. The Curlew 4 H club meets Friday at Francis Lindsey’s home. L B Andrews hauls lumber to Cleveland Mo for a barn build next week. Mt Pleasant township Farm Bureau to meet at No 74 school house Wednesday with a program by Farm Bureau units and 4 H clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gillings
Barbara Jean
Charles Ifinson
Mary Miller
J. BE
Irs J Se
Locust Grove
Guy Bell
Potter
William
James Donneley
Mooney Creek
Mary Wells
Lawrence Stewart
Meira Feaker
Topeka
Theodore Wells
St. Marys
Leonard Cline
John Lee
Frank Blodgett
Warren Reese
Kenneth Giladttfelder
Harry Lindsey
Vernon
Eva Mae Jones
Easton
C. E. Lewis
Buddie Cummings
Aru
Pat Mara
Paul Elson
Elizabeth Mara
Atchison
Needies
California
Margery Harmon
Needles
Los Angeles
San Diego
Mexico
Texas
Isabelle Terry
Bell Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Minnie Mottsinger
Harry A. James
Mt. Ayr
Susan Cline
Community Chatter and Local Odds and Ends
A collage of small notices and remarks from community life. Mentions Charlie Voigt braving cold northern Minnesota weather and Alf Landon predicting fewer state jobs after he becomes governor. References to local figures Walter Tschorn, Charlie Ross, John Barleycorn, Big Jim Gilkison, and John Fedderson Jr. plus various trivial anecdotes about stores, grocers, Kiwanis barrels, and beauty parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Charlie Voigt
Minnesota
Alf Landon
Clay Center
Charlie Ross
John Barleycorn
Ben Fedderson
Upper Commercial Street
O. I
John Fedderson Jr
Big Jim Gilkison
P. G. Tensing
John O'Connor
Don Fry
St Louis
St. Louis
Nortonville Church Union Meeting to Feature Pageant
The district council of religious education will oversee a union meeting at the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening. Rev. and Mrs. Settle of Topeka will speak, and the Seventh Day Baptist youths will present a pageant once shown at Winchester. The rest of the item notes various local gatherings and illnesses across Nortonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Council of Religious Education
Presbyterian Church
Settle
Topeka
Seventh Day Baptist Church
Winchester
Lester Osborn
Raphael Marlatt
Hannah la Mont
Margaret la Mont
Elien Warner
Charlie Baker
Pat Hart
Bethany Hospital
Kansas City
O. W. Tate
Everest
Methodist church husked corn for L E Crow
The men of the Methodist church husked corn for L. E. Crow Saturday. The W. F. M. B of the Methodist church will meet Friday at the home of Mrs. Fred Linn. Mr. and Mrs. William Wasson of Panhandle Texas are visiting at the home of the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. William Walters. Paul Warner, who is attending K. C., Manhattan, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
L. E. Crow
Fred Linn
William Wasson
Panhandle
Tex
William Walters
Paul Warner
Manhattan
Peter Warner
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Charles Seeger
Maurice Knoch
Jake Anslinger
Schappier Grocery
Henry Wesseling
North Fourth Street
Bob Norris
Robert Hagen
W. P. McDonald
Pocatello
Will Edmiston
Rita Burns
Rosebower
Joe Gallagher
Burns
Hagen Grocery
O. B. Langan
Wichita
Leavenworth Road
Andy Clark
Walsh Clothing Co
Jack's Cafe
Andy
Emiel Wo F
Clay Askren
Randall
Locomotive Finisher Material Co
Askren
J. A. Anderson
Muscotah
Weyand’s
Sixth Street
Anderson
Pauline Anderson
Hixon Lumber Co
Herbert Ham
Floyd Gibbons
Lia Monroe
Will Wickam
Herman Krings
Jack Flynn
Jake Stuebinger
A. L. Stratton
John Whitaker
John Backs
Pete Gearhardt
Oklahoma
New England
Jimmy Walker
George Bernard Shaw
Vic Murdock
Jim Breen
West Main Street
West Atchison Council
P. L. Killey
Believe It
Ripley
Killey
Albert Hall
Farmington
Atchison Hospital
Lloyd Holder
Route 4
Ted Meyer
Ben Andrews
Register of Deeds
Kansas Official Council of County Officers
Emmett Keel
J. E. Lambert
Will Holbert
Henry Jacobs
Gene Grady
Perry Ham
Bruce Mather
Woolworth's
Joey Lyndon
Warrensburg
Nevada
J. G. Dussault
Purcell
E. H. Wheeler
Boston
Fort Collins
Calo
J. E. Duncan
Santa Fe Street
Clancy Miller
Detroit
Mich
Ed Reinhart
Charlie O’keefe
Beanlake
E. J. Sidey
Greenfield, Il
Hugh
Art Sidey
Tim Ford
Chicago
Ed Lee
Tenth
Dick) Gilman
Carson Tucker
C. M. Medearis
Maude Cole
E. W. Emery
Chris Bache
John Errickson
Errickson
Edna Bache
Alfred Beckner
Kansas News
W. G. West
West
McPherson
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas Stockman
Kansas Livestock Association
Sterns Hardware
Morrill
Sabetha
Frank Rusche
Craig Dummond
Cottonwood Falls
Snow Hall
Kansas University
Kansas
State Motor Vehicle Department
J. W. Greenleaf
Kansas Public Service Commission
Hurst Majors
Buddy Hoot
Cecil Hoot
Mulberry
Ord
Harold P. Trusler
Trusler Grain Co
Emporia
Lon C. McCarty
Fred
C. E. Partridge
Legal Life Co
Shawnee County
Roland Boynton
Boynton
Ottawa
A. E. Mize
Christine Hereford
Mary Lukens
Effie Symns
Miss Blanche
Gene McPike
Vicki Baum
Grand Avenue Temple
Hereford
Mize
Miss Lukens
Miss Symms
North Wright
Laura McMakin
A. C. McMakin
Santa Fe
Will Lighton
Wheeler Barlow
Roy Seaton
Shiffield Ingalls
Eugene Brading
H. W. Merwick
W. A. Mauchley
South Fourth Street
Greta Adams
Hope, Kas
Vincent Beagles
Order of DeMolay
Exchange National Bank
A. L. Sonner
Eldon Kramer
Caroline Kramer
Woolworth’s
Jerry Walz
Effingham Road
Huron
Orval Moody
Miss Birdie Cor
Nellie Wedd
B. Chapman
Topeka State Journal
Wetmore
EW. Jernberg
Lindsborg
Jernberg
Wetmore High School
Dorothy Hubskmann
Corning
Cottonwood
Emilie Erickson
Clara Jones
L. A. White
William Porter
Mary Hudson
Louisa Powell
Ada Teese
Dallas
W. G. Bouse
Bouse
St. Anthony's Hospital
H. P. Cawood
Lonnie Pittinger
Denison
Walter Tschorn
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