Potter’s fire destroys three Potter business blocks
A Sunday morning blaze in Potter wiped out three connected buildings including a two story Masonic lodge structure housing Kroch grocery and lodge rooms. George Coulter drug store and nearby structures also suffered major losses with several parcels partially insured. Fire spread quickly but local bucket brigades helped limit damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Masonic Lodge
Kroch Grocery
Ster
George Coulter
Vtimpe
Mike Andre
Atchison Department
Atchison
Nortonville
Day's Doings From Atchison Neighbors And Local Notes
Local notes report residents in Atchison enjoying better health and travel plans. Updates include Mrs. Will Arensberg Jr returning to Goodland, John George buying a ring, and Miss Estelle Cumley taking vacation from Topeka. Mills receive 41 cars of wheat. Karney Askren buys a residence. Dr Finney improves after shoulder injury. Poultry visitors tour Wilson Poultry Co with notable names. Central Branch shop notes list staff visits, vacations, and upcoming air brake classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fohm Stehwein, Sr
Will Arensberg, Jr
Goodland
Floard
Commercial Street
John George
Atchison Mills and Elevators
O. C. Miller
Minnesota
Gene Bell
Jim McNally
Charliie Cummings
Potter
H.W. Howe
Topeka
Estelle Cumley
Harry Ham
Tunney
Dempsey
Karney Askren
Kinniburgh
North Third Street
South Atchison
C. C. Finney
Andrey Woolworth
Atchison High School
St. Luke's Hospital
Denver
Cole
Woolworth
Atchison
Mather
Kansas City
Weston
Platte City
Wilson Poultry Co
KB. Shepard
W. R. Coombs
George Frazier
Lawrence
J. N. Norris
Troy Wilson
St. Joe
J. H. Wilson
Central
George Hewden
Concordia
Cakeon
L. Pratt
St. Louis
el. M. Watts
Dick Powers
Everest
Vierce Junction
Wires
Jim Gatlery
Missouri Pacific
Dale
Cusvoings
Wute
Woos
Welly
Potter Banker Denies Founding Potter Pitch Club
A Globe letter from Charles W. Lane denies founder claims by E B Niemann. Lane says he tutored the Potter Pitch Club and taught tricks, noting seven years without a loss in Potter. He warns publication will affect future visits and aims to reveal truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Niemann
Potter Banker
Globe
Charles W. Lane
Agricultural Development Department of
The
Santa Fe
Lopeka
Potter Pitch Club
Mr. Niemann
Lane
Niemann
Potter Pitch
Elnbd
Potter
Stranger Creek
Bill Powers
Gus Pope
Potter Club
Death of Charles Melanger in Vancouver BC
Charles Melanger was killed in Vancouver early Sunday. His brother Guy Melanger, a Missouri Pacific conductor, learned of the death and left for Vancouver. Charles, born in Atchison 47 years ago, had worked in Atchison as a blacksmith and later as an electric welder and electrician in Vancouver and Bremerton shipyards. He is survived by wife, eight year old daughter, mother Mrs. E. M. Melanger, brother Guy of Atchison, and sister Mrs. Frank Danforth of Albany NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. KK. Ricks
Keturah Ricks
Iola Gault
Buhl
Idaho
Denver
Miss Maurine Ricks
Vermillion
Rick
Ricks
Lawrence
Kansas University
Maurine Ricks
Long OW Co
W. C. Linville
Kansas City
Vaughn
George Vaughn
Alva Clapp
Gunnison
Colo
Mr. Clapp
Thomas Mahoney
The
Santa Fe
Coalo
Charles Melanger
Vancouver
British Columbia
Guy Melanger
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
Bremerton
E. M. Melanger
Guy
Frank Danforth
Albany
N. Y
Portland
Oregon
Bellevue Country Club
Leavenworth
Bellevue
Topeka
John Leidy
Tacoma
Leidy
Albert Dock
Sherman C. Miller
Millers
Kas
John Hawkins
de Molay
King Hill
Peter Nolan
North Sixth Street
Atchison Hospital
Nolan
Marland Oil Co
Lloyd Harman
Fifth
Commercial
R Streets
Hop” Wheeler
San Antonio
Charles Wheeler
Creston
Gale Smith
Ravenna
Neb
Mary Smith
St. Louis
Potter
Pedestrian Killed in Jackson Park Crash
John Keleher park laborer was killed instantly at 6:30 am when struck by a northbound car driven by John Paolucci near the Jackson park entrance. Miss Adelaide Case was in the car. no inquest is planned. Keleher, 34, came from Nortonville six years ago and is survived by four sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keleher
John Paoucci
Jackson Park
Keleher
Sixth Street
Adelaide Case
Paoloucci
Paolucci
Miss Case
Sumner
Atchison
Paolucet
Miss Casé
Kerford
Henry Nielsen
Nortonville
Mt. Vernon
Tinois
Luther Hosler
Keleber
Kansas City
South Third Street
Merit System Again This Year at A. H. S
The merit point plan for Atchison High School activities continues with changes in point distribution to reward leadership, curb monopolizing roles, and protect students from overcommitment. Seniors earn up to one extra activity credit toward graduation and caps exist at 45 merit points, with exceptions by the activities committee for high grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. Melanger Meets Death
Hallard Yeaton
Steinite Laboratories
Henry van Bentham
Joe Schletzbaum
Fort Riley
Bliss Hill
John Cumley
C. Brown
la Harpe
Kansas
Jess Bohannan
Bill Rohrer
Sport Almanac
Jack Dempsey
Blair Elevator Co
J. B. Sheehan
Kansas Avenue
Belleville
Lit
Charles Sheehan
Jack Spencer
Spring Grove
Campbell's Chapel
A. M. E. Church
State Penitentiary
O. DeLap
Roswell
N. M
Argentine
Luthera Mills
Walter Mills
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mils
Earl Hellener
Hellener
Second
Kearney
Russell Keithline
Tom Stice
Rockford
Kenneth Keithline
Russell
Presbyterian
Wesley Wales
George Reinhard
John Heinen
Jefferson County
J. F. Senge
Shawnee County
Mary Helen Belden
Charles R. Belden
John Paolucci
Jack Flynn
Byron Bushong
R. M. Bitler
Jess Proctor
Jack Hartman
Centralia
Frankfort
Bert Signor
North Second Street
Pave Degan
Mercury Street
W. D. Carleton
George Fortune
Standard Oil Co
Will Waddell
H. J. Kaaz
North Eleventh Street
Kearney Street
George Bellew
George, Jr
Ballew
Floyd Spaun
Main
Joe Ayers
Wichita
Lin Jlevys
Cains
Henry Bahr
Mr. Bahr
Vint Patton
Union Depot Ticket Office
Doniphan Lake
A &P
Commercial St
Atchison, Kansas
Brend
Campbell
Santa Clara
Kellogg’s
Loose Wiles Krispy
Cn. Sie
Pat Soc
BEC
Bix
Is. Bsc
Little Jewel
Oleo
Nutley
Wisconsin
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