Roy Freeland Wins Fat Barrow Award In Effingham
Roy Freeland, Effingham 4-H member, wins the Fat Barrow award marking another American Royal championship. The 330 pound purebred Duroc barrow, shown with his father Rolly Freeland, is named champion in both 4-H and Vocational Agriculture groups. Roy, a veteran showman, earns potential national recognition as Pig Club champion of Kansas at the Chicago congress. Thomas Wilson offers a free trip for superior 4-H work, with Roy slated to represent Kansas.
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Atchison County
Roy Freeland
Effingham
Roy
Chicago
State of Kansas
State of
Kansas
Atchison Daily Happenings Echo Armistice Day
Local notes report a quiet Armistice Day in Atchison with various community items. Mentions include illnesses, taxes, a transfer of property, Rotary Club activities, calls for government support, Good Book Week preparations, a burglary at Saggs shoe shop, and local reminiscences about prominent residents.
COUNTY VOTE BY PRECINCTS IN ATCHISON COUNTY
Atchison county voting by precincts is listed with ward results for First Ward East and West Second Ward Fourth Ward and North Fifth Ward. precinct tallies include Hoover Roosevelt McGill Paulen Howard Lambertson Brinkley London Woodring Bender McGrew Arensberg May Clark Gilman Meyer Reed Ball O Keefe Coleman Wertz Crawford Fletcher Seibel Van Dyke Carter Neumann and others. Values reflect multiple wards with large totals for Coleman and Roosevelt across many districts.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
McGill
Paulen
Howard
Lambertson
Brinkley
London
Woodring
Bender
McGrew
Arensberg
May
Clark
Gilman
Meyer
Reed
Ball
O'Keefe
Coleman
Wertz
Crawford
Fletcher
Seibel
van Dyke
Cawley
Clingan
Carter
Neumann
East Second Ward
Bail
Wert
Roosevellt
O’keefe
Deffelder
Freeland
Miller
Shhultz
North Fifth Ward
Delfelder
Shultz
Pletcher
Leibe
van Drive
Schultz
Muscotah Hoover
Ireland
Huron
Effingham
Lambert
Jaume
Clerk
Werts
Roosveelt
Prairie View
iCawley
Red
Cawlye
Meyers
Sumner
Locust Grove
Potter Hoover
Brinkiey
Pleasant Grove
Parnell Hoover
Wertzz
Franklin Home Wear Bendena Is Burned
The Franklin farm residence three miles south of Bendena burned Sunday afternoon and evening. G L Franklin, wife, daughter Gladys, and son Leslie were away at church and dinner when smoke and flames appeared. The house and contents were destroyed. only the solid flue remains. Neighbors aided with a tractor and plowed field to check spreading fire. The home was insured. relatives assist with clothing and lodging.
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Morday
G. L. Franklin
Bendena
Franklin
Gladys
Leslie
Ralph Oswald
Atchison
Martin Anderson
William Franklin
Raymond Franklin
Atchison Music Club Meets at Elks Rooms
Yesterday afternoon the Atchison Music club held its regular meeting at the Elks club rooms with Miss Mary Hollister presenting current musical events. A pap er on Dudley Buck’s life and works was read by Mrs. C. K. Davis, and Buck’s quartet and solos were performed by members including Mrs. Voelker and Miss Helen Fink. Two readings by American Negro poets were given by Mrs. C. O. Wright, and violinist Genevieve Johnson closed with de Bennot’s Adagio. Next meeting set for November 28.
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Atchison Music Club
Elks Clubs
Mary Hollister
Dudley Buck
W. B. Winzenreidh
C. K. Davis
Buck
Annie Laurie
C. M. Voelker
Helen Fink
Gaylord
Adams
G. A. Davis
de Bennot
Gladys Swartz
Frank Jarrell
Dr. Brinkley
Oak Mills
Brinkley
Merkins
Kansas
Topeka
Bender
Bender Brothers
Holton
M. A. Bender
Jackson-Atchison
Jess Bender
Charles Hall
Jackson County
Jess
Paris
Troy
Atchison
James Shirley
Kansas City Star
Detroit
Father Coughlin
Wallack Golden Wedding Observed in Effingham
The Effingham community marks the 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Wallack born Anna Stoner of Newburg Pa on January 17 1860 with a reception at the Presbyterian church hall from 7 30 to 9 30 p m. Their life together since 1882 includes farming the land near Monrovia joining various businesses and serving as Effingham mayor 1914 1918. The library club prepared decorations and a mock wedding along with a punch and cake reception to honor the couple and their long service to the town.
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John Wallack
Effingham
Peauekacian
New
Ooge Wallack
Wallack
Anna Stoner
Newburg
FE. J. Byers
Central Hotel
Presbyterian
Nannie Herron
Sheldon
Nortonville
Charles Ball
Amelia Hutchinso
George Stockdale
Guthrie
Oklo
Mr. Wallack
Benj. Wallack
Deer Creek
J. W. Waggener
Atchison
Butler
Ind
Kansas
Monrovia
Samuel Stoner
Horton
Benjamin Wallack
C. B. C. Fletcher
W. H. Sells
A. G. Valentine
Mrs. Wallack
Jean Clark
Freda Wallack
Martha Panzeram
Local Social Roundup Faces Moves and Gatherings
Mrs M T Dingess visits daughter in Sedalia Missouri. Mr and Mrs John recently relocated from Wichita to New York. Mrs Louis Brockett hosts Reading club at Second Santa Fe. Mrs Lee Cowan to entertain Young Ladies Missionary society at her home. What-So-Ever class guests of Mrs Jack Bruner on North Third Street. Mrs Wheeler Barlow hosts Monday club on Riverview Drive. highest club score noted.
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Sacred Heart Church
Florence Fox
Wheeler Barlow
Viola Boatwright
South Sixth Street
Drury
Bellevue Country Club
O. C. Miller
DeWitt
Neb
M. T. Dingess
Cliffe VanDyne
Sedalia
John
Wichita
New York
Louis Brockett T
Reading Club
Second Santa Fe Streets
Lee Cowan
Young Ladies’ Missionary Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
Jack Bruner
North Third Street
Riverview Drive
Mrs. Alice S. Melick Dies at 84 in Atchison
Mrs. Alice S. Melick widow of B. P. Melick died Sunday afternoon at age 84 from heart failure after a brief illness. She is survived by son B. W. Melick and his daughter Ruth of St. Joseph, and brother W. H. Schurman of Fort Collins. Funeral services were held today at 3 p.m. at Lawin & Douglass chapel with Rev. C. K. Davis. Burial will be in Green Valley, Illinois, beside her husband. body to Green Valley for a second service Tuesday.
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Frank Donelin
Missouri Pacific
Hay Village
Leslie Jackson
H. W. Merwick
W. H. Price
Price
E. F. Kearns
Brookfield
Kearns
Santa Fe
Burlington
St. Joseph
L. H. Dillie
Atchison
Frances Oates
Downs
Dillie
Concordia
Alice S. Melick
B. P. Melick
Melick
B. W. Melick
Ruth Melick
W. H. Schurman
Fort Collins
Cole
Presbyterian Church
Lawin & Douglass Chapel
C. K. Davis
Green Valley
Ben Broyles dead former county foreman and patrolman
Andrew B. Broyles known as Ben, 70, former Atchison county road foreman and state highway patrolman, died at 4 15 this morning at his home 1815 Chestnut street after recent illness. Born February 3 1862 in Broadhead Wisconsin he settled in Concordia 1882 later moving to Atchison where he lived 39 years. Funeral Thursday at Stanton and Stanton chapel with burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs Roy Hood a son Rolla Broyles a sister Mrs R Stanley and a brother Edward Broyles and four grandchildren.
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Andrew B
Ben) Broyles
Atchison County
Chestnut Street
Broyles
Stanton & Stanton
J. A. SanDePar
The
Baptist Church
Mrs. R. Stanley
Atchison
Edward Broyles
Broadhead
Atchison Glimpses of Politics Life and Local Tales
A mixed ranting piece notes propaganda fears about France and Germany amid talks of debt and a possible U S committee. It recalls Seldes book Can These Things Be and mentions Al Smith Roosevelt era ideas, local birthdays, church notes, residents movement, elections, and a humor vignette about a doctor and an old woman.
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France
Atchison
Germany
George Seldes
Seldes
al Smith
Roosevelt
C. M. Voelker
South Fifth Street
Warren Casey
Ralph Prouts
Newt Waltzer Retired After 43 Years With Missouri Pacific
Newton S. Waltzer known as Newt, 63, retires from the Missouri Pacific after 43 years in Atchison. Pension effective December 1. Born July 21, 1869 in Lockhaven, Pa, he began as brake man in 1889, rose to yardmaster, engine foreman, and long serving Atchison official. He plans to stay in Atchison with wife at 911 Kansas Avenue.
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Misouri Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Newton S
Newt) Waltzer
Missouri Pacific
Waltzer
Newt” Waltzer
Lockhaven
Walker
Kansas
Atchison
Central Branch
Yates Center
Kas
Fort Scott
Globe
Mrs. Waltzer
Kansas Avenue
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Joe Goodwin
North Second St
Martin Nielsen
John Ernest
St. Benedict’s College
Ed Heeney
Doniphan County
Woodrow Wilson
Rooseveltt
Lucia Langan
Joe Carroll
Phil Costello
Mark McCulley
Yuba City
Calif
Dearie
Chico
Register of Deeds Office
Lilly May Brown
J. H. Brown
Ethel Stauter
Old Atchison
Clay Carter
Ed Hiller
Henry Hiller
Weston
National Democratic Party
Harry Woodring
East
Rotary Club
Ed Lukens
Community Chest
Gilbert Guthrie
H. H. Hackney
Red Cross
Domestic Science
Alfred E. Landon
Post Office
Doniphan
Saggs Shoe
Main Street
Walter Saggs
Alfred Saggs
First Ward
West
East Third Ward
West Third Ward
South Fifth Ward
Harmony Garden
Eden
Lancaster
Deer
Brush Creek
Kennebuk
Farmington
Cummings
Pardee
Rose Valley
Johnson
C. C. Goetz
Union Bus Depot
Mr. Goetz
Leavenworth
Lester Freeland
Kansas City
Conrad H. Mann
Chamber OF Commerce
Kansas City, MO
Ben” Broyles
Claudia Akers
St. Joe
Geneva Higley
Laramie Street
Parr Armstrong
Central Christian Church
al Morley
Massasoit Court
Hawk
North Tenth Street
Paul Schmidt
Division Street
Atchison Hospital
Jim Strong
Washington
Blue Rapids
O. I
Lee Crouch
Mr. Crouch
Atchison Street
Gus Howe
Midland College
Midland
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
J. R
Dick) Gilman
the Globe's School
Hebron
Jerusalem
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Jacob
Rebekah
David
Israel
Charlie Clark
Lewis
South Third Street
Ayers and Eglinger Brothers
John Goodhue
Newt” Walizer
Os M. P
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