Deaths and Funerals in Kansas Area
Obituaries report services for Mrs. Mary E Gambill 86 of La Harpe and Roy Phebus 88 of Leanna area. George W Wolfe 92 of Savonburg, Arthur E Daniels 89 of Fredonia, with burial details and surviving relatives.
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LA Harpe
Oscar L
Mary E.) Gambill
Price Funeral Home
Humboldt
Ray Nitcher
Ioa
Gambill
Allen County
Iola
Savonburg
George W. Wolfe
Elsmore United Methodist Church
J. M. Torrence
Erie
Elsmore
Ralston-Hutton Funeral Home
Moran
Wolfe
Savenburg
Harper County
Presbyterian Church
Bates County
Fredonia
Cason- Knickerbocker Chapel
Arthur E. Daniels
Fredonia City Cemetery
Altoona
Daniels
Ida E. Short
Edgar
la Puente
Calif
Ralph
Parsons
Walter
Norwalk
Paul Smith
Detention Facility Plans Nearing Completion in Pittsburg
Remodeling plans for the former Mt. Carmel School of Nursing into a juvenile detention facility are nearly ready in Pittsburg. Migdonio Seidler and Associates prepare the drawings, with space also planned for Crawford County Health Department and a mental health clinic.
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Pittsburg
Mt. Carmel School of Nursing
Migdonio Seidler and Associates
Crawford County Health Department
Osage Life and Missions in Early 19th Century Kansas
The Osages lived in mobile groups with minimal furnishings and built cone-like pole lodges covered in buffalo hides. They hunted and farmed with women doing most chores while men focused on hunting and war. In May 1822 the Osage Catholic Mission at St. Paul was established, leading to the first Kansas baptism on May 5. the Neosho and Boudinot Missions closed later due to interest and gathering challenges.
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Pixley
Charles de la Croix
St. Paul
Kansas
Neosho
Boudinot
United States
Daily Transcript Hospital Census With Multiple Admissions
Neosho Memorial Hospital reports a patient census of 68, includes adults and pediatrics and two babies. Admissions span Friday through Sunday with listed names and addresses for new patients and visitors, plus a birth noted for Mr. and Mrs. David Malan of 1217 West 14th a boy born Friday.
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David Malan
County Attorney Weighs Action to Close Dagles Club
Montgomery County Attorney Richard A. Medley weighs closing the Dagles Club in Coffeyville for alleged liquor sales to minors and non members, display of pornographic films, and on site gambling. County commissioners refused to renew the club’s beer license.
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Coffeyville
Richard A. Medley
Montgomery County
Dagles Club
Decline of Kansas Newspapers Pressed by Offset Printing
Kansas newspapers shrink to 290 in 1973, six fewer than 1972, with 58 percent of weekly and 26 percent of daily titles using offset printing. The Kansas Newspaper Association notes historic declines from 700+ papers in the early 1900s to current counts. Burlington is the smallest daily town. Jennings is the smallest weekly town.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Newspaper Association
Jennings
Burlington
Neighborhood Notes Highlights of local life and family news
The Art and Literature Club meets 1:30 p.m. Tuesday with Mrs. Dwight Mc Creight at 311 S. Larson. Tena Winkler of Galesburg is named intramurals chairman for Alpha Xi Delta at Kansas State University. Ladies of the GAR meeting Tuesday is canceled. Melvin Lavery and Rita Moore announce birth of son Brian Charles. Grandparents Charley Murphy and Charles Lavery named. Walter Douglass reports Leo E. Douglass promoted to master sergeant, transferred to Germany with 30 day leave. Patrick Neptune is promoted to petty officer second class in the Navy, stationed Pensacola.
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Tena Winkler
Galesburg
Alpha Xi Delta Social Sorority
Kansas State University
Miss Winkler
William Winkler
Melvin
Mel” Lavery
Shawnee
Brian Charles
Lavery
Rita Moore
Charley Murphy
R. 4
Charles Lavery
Mission
Walter B. Douglass
N. Santa Fe
Leo E
Baden
Germany
Frankfort
Msgt
Douglass
Patrick Neptune
Navy
Pensacola, Fla
Norman Neptune
W. Oak
Pittsburg to Host 26th Kansas Recreation Conference
About 250 representatives are expected for the 26th annual Kansas Recreation and Park Conference to be held January 25-26. Don Jolley Pittsburg director of recreation and parks serves as conference planning committee chairman.
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Pittsburg
Kansas Recreation and Park
Don Jolley
Kansas City Livestock Prices Mixed Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
AP report from Kansas City lists cattle with feeders steady and cows high, steers and heifers mostly in good to choice ranges. Hogs up to 1.75 per cwt with varied weights, sows higher, numbers for Tuesday show cattle 650 and hogs 5,000 expected, plus egg prices posted.
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Kansas City
Policeman Receives Good Samaritan Award for Fire Rescue
Coffeyville 20 year old officer Steve Tosh is honored for aiding in saving two children from a November 25 fire. He and firefighters saved Alfred Mosby five and Portia Scott twelve trapped in a bedroom of their grandparents’ burning home. Fire Captain Home Adams and firefighters Phil Morrow Ron Maples Darrel Childress and Chuck Kudrick were also commended.
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Coffeyville
Steve Tosh
Good Samaritan
American Federation of Police
Tosh
Alfred Mosby
Portia Scott
Home Adams
Phil Morrow
Ron Maples
Darrel Childress
Chuck Kudrick
Snow-Clogged Cha nute Weekend Prompts Few Accidents
Police and fire notes say snow clogged Cha nute streets over the weekend. Three minor accidents were reported Saturday and Sunday with no injuries.
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Chanute
Housing Plan Nears Final Approval in Coffeyville
Coffeyville moves toward a high rise public housing project for the elderly, planned as the town’s tallest building. The 118 unit structure plus 25 units of low income family housing were sent to Kansas City HUD amid a federal funds freeze. Housing authority chair Jack Keller expresses confidence plans meet the submission deadline and may gain approval and funding.
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Coffeyville
Federal Housing and Urban Development
Kansas City
Jack Keller
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Oscar L. Gambill
Gas City
Fulton
John M. Balk
Fort Scott
Wiley (Gladdla) Baker
Eunice Boyd
Roy Phebus
Johnson Chapel
Bert Sutton
St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
Phebus
Leanna Grange
Leanna Grance
David H. Phebus
Annie Dietrich
Ralph Phebus
Prairie Village
Elizabeth Overhodt
Colorado Springs
Colo
Leo Neil
Wolfe Rites
Wilson County Road Department
Mr. Pixley
Daily Transcript
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Ryan Donovan
N. Highland
George Lash
N. Forest
Donald Cornell
W. 5Th
Viola Downing
N. Chestnut
Selby Hudson
N. Kansas
Clyde Beeler
N. Evergreen
A. E. Walford
Paul Moore
Stella Wright
S. Evergreen
Denver Cheney
Malcolm
Woodrow Stanislaus
W. Elm
Helen Oliverson
S. Gretchen
Gary Russell
N. Washington
Lillie Stanfield
Buffalo
Gene McMillen
George W. Barker
N. Lafayette
Nancy Zumalt
Janae Wiltse
S. Rutter
Paul Ratcliff
N. Grant
L. L. McCune
Joan Hartwig
Yates Center
Louis Hall
N. Steuben
George Eggers
Steve Storck
S. Washington
Ralph Evans
W. Main
Ted Dillon
Kevin Shields
Garfield
Larry Tebben
Jerry Finch
Evergreen
B. J. Nutter
John Corns
Iva Mathews
Ardyn Heights
Richard Edwards
Turner
Grant
Robert Woodard
Art and Literature Club
Dwight McCreight
S. Larson
William Gray Sr
Ladies of the Gar
KC Livestock
Kustom Electronics
Manley Industries
Spencer W. Finney
Cove
Dagwood
the Wizard OF ID
Ake
ONASH
Beetle Bailey
Bailey
Golly
Andy Capp
Tee-Hee
Archie
Miss Grundy
Snuffy Smith
Reggie
Steve Canyon
Skeezix
Mr Spe
Slim Skinner
Tribune
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