Grandmother Catharine Greve’s life highlights Chanute area pioneer era
The text chronicles Catharine Greve, born in Holstein Germany, who emigrated after the Civil War with her family to southeast Kansas. It details her pioneer life near Urbana, raising 16 children, building a family home, planting orchards, canning, and helping establish the church while facing fire, typhoid, and a final move to Chanute.
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Urbana
Chanute
United States
Brant
Cindy Lonergan
Lenexa
Catharine Greve
New Kirk
Holstein
Germany
America
Greve
Joe Greve
Kansas
Thayer
United Brethren Church
Milton Greve
Population drop in schools prompts debate on costs
The bicentennial school year will serve about 59.1 million Americans, down from 59.4 million, with a peak of 60.2 million in 1971. The National Center for Education Statistics expects 55.7 million by 1983 as birth rates fall. Concerns center on teacher surplus and funding, while proposals include universal early schooling and lower pupil teacher ratios amid inflation and rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Center For Education Statistics
Arthur Garrison
Women’s Missionary Association
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
C. E. Rains
Elmer Gibson
William Holman
Velma Grogan
Jill van Duesen
Hillsdale
Mich
Huntington
Ind
Michigan State University
Kabala Rupp Memorial School
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Shirley Fretz
Ridgeway
Ontario
Canada
Business
Buffalo
N. Y
Minnie Mall School
Harmatones
Mattru Hospital
Rains
Thad Clements
Victory Extension Homemakers tour Brown mansion in Coffeyville
In Coffeyville Tuesday the Victory Extension Homemakers Unit toured the Brown estate with 12 members and five guests visiting the 18 room mansion. They noted Tiffany glass, a 200 year old German clock, European furniture and restored gardens while learning about Taft’s Midwest visit and the property’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Extension Homemakers Unit
Brown Mansion
Coffeyville
Karen Myers
Adrienne Ellis
Jene McMillen
Melissa Myers
Neil Nelson
Europe
Brown
Violet
Taft
Midwest
China
Vending machine nutrition push gains steam in schools
Congress weighs letting Agriculture Department regulate school vending foods to replace high sugar items with healthier options. Senator Case argues it would curb junk offerings in lunchrooms and fund nutrition education, with local battles in Dallas Bloomington and Washington D C cited as momentum.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Agriculture Department
Clifford Case
R-N.j
Case
Dallas
Bloomington
Ind
Washington, D.C
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Stamps Teach Bicentennial History In School Kits
The U S Postal Service releases the Image of America teaching kits using stamps to illustrate early American history. The Colonial Post Rider kit includes filmstrip, tape, stamps, and a teacher guide tracing letter carriers from colonies to Lexington and Concord, with 15 000 kits ordered. A second kit Almost an American follows colonial mailmen to Trenton with Washington. it ships this fall.
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Colonial Post
U.S. Postal Service
Post
Delaware River
Washington
Trenton
Social calendar for Chanute area events
Community notice lists events for Thursday and Friday August 7 and 8. Activities include Chanute Country Club golf at 10 am and bridge at 1 30 pm, Rural Grange and Women Missionary prayer group, Helping Hands radio club, We Who Diet Club, Senior Citizens lunch at Central Park Building. Contact 431 4100 for deadlines and photos.
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Chanute Country Club
Rural Grange
Rural School
Women’s Missionary Prayer Band
Wilson Avenue Baptist Church
Helping Hands Citizens Band
First National Bank
We Who Diet Club
Sawyer Hall
Senior Citizens Club
Central Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blanche Greve Brant
Catharine Breiholtz Greve
Patricia McCormack
UPI Education
Victory
EHU
United Brethren
Eva Fickel
Endicott
J. C. Ladies
I. C
Otterbein United Methodist Church
By Michael J. Conlon
Church St. NW
Burlington
Iowa
David Jerome
Ralph H. Smith
Humboldt
Brian Eugene
Edwin E. Laver
Iola
Lexington and Concord
Kathie Coll
Dr. Chest
Bill Johnson Furniture
Highland
Tioga Coffee Shop
Carter Ward
Merle Norman
Bob Ward
Peter Pan
Petei
Desi Pi
W. Main
S. Santa
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