Thayer Guests Visit Cher ryvale and Cari Junction
Thayer residents Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Barsch and others hosted guests including Mrs. Edith Payton and rural Cherryvale visitors Mrs. Lena Holtzman and Wayne McDaniel family. Randy and Sandy returned to Thayer with grandmother and visited grandparents. The Ladies Bridge club met January 4 with Bertha Adams hosting and Della Gerwix winning high score. traveling prize went to Lucille Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Holtzman
Cari Junction
Wayne McDaniel
Randy
Sandy
Thayer
R. L. McDaniel
Ladies Monday Night Bridge Club
Bertha Adams
Della Gerwix
Anna Peterson
Lucille Johnston
Martians Sighted? Verona Lights Turned Out German Scientists
Three youths in Verona report strange lights in the hills and see three men flashing a powerful beam across a blank screen. Police identify the trio as German scientists using lights to attract rare night flying butterflies for museum collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona
Italy
Community Notes from Altoona and Surrounding Areas
Local residents share visits and hospital updates as Mrs Elsie Wolever reconnects with former neighbors. Mrs Elmer Smyers leaves Wilson County Hospital after ten days. Eastern Star instruction gathered at Climax with several attendees. Linda Shoop visits grandparents in Neodesha. William Wilsons plan to move to Phoenix. Jerry Fritz reports for duty at Fort Leonard Wood. Mrs Roy Robert returns from Wilson County Hospital. Mrs Ethel Gibson visits Fredonia during holidays. Emma Cranor hosts 24th wedding anniversary and family birthdays. Just-A-Mere club meets with reelection of officers and Life Was Simpler Then reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Smyers
Wilson County Hospital
Mmes
Oral Borland
Amanda Suddock
Lola Walker
Maretta Melrvin
Maude Clayton
Alta Aldridge
Eastern Star of School of Instruction
Climax
Linda Shoop
Neodesha
Gene Beaty
May Wilson
Claude Daniels
Topeka
Seward Wilsons
Kansas City
William Wilsons
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Ariz
James Gordon
Independence
Mollie
Fannie Duncan
Ethel Bretches
Homer Bretches
Jerry Fritz
Fort Leonard Wood
Roy Robert
Ethel Gibson
Wayne Watkins
Fredonia
Emma Cranor
Helen Cranor
Forrest Cranor
Shryell
Pam Cranor
Ed Foulke
Fall River
Madge Addington
Grace Calfee
Miss Calfee
Nellie Elliott
Stella Kelly
Elizabeth Hansen
Lula Grace Erdman
Miss Caffee
Rural Fire Districts Sweep Kansas The Rise in Coverage
Kansas State University foresters say rural fire districts grew from zero in July 1963 to 116 across 60 counties in 18 months under a program with the U S Forest Service. More than 400 pieces of military equipment, including 4 ton four wheel drive carryalls, have been allocated to districts to protect over five million acres.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University Foresters
Kansas
University
U. S. Forest Service
Harold Gallaher
K-State
K-State Forester
Jefferson
Woodson
Wilson
Seward
Clark
Hodgeman
Grant
Nemaha
Wabaunsee
Lyon
Greenwood
Chautauqua
Elk
Butler
Marion
Cloud
Ottawa
Saline
Sedgwick
Harper
Reno
Rice
Mitchell
Pawnee
Comanche
Linn and
Scott
Rural Fire District
Gallaher
Beef output forecast at 18.7 billion pounds for U S
Kansas City AP reports James B. Nance chairman of the National Live Stock and Meat Board forecast U S beef production this year at 18.7 billion pounds. He spoke at a semi annual board meeting in Kansas City and cited per capita beef consumption at about 102.5 pounds for 1965, up two pounds from 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.S
James B. Nance
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Nance
Board
Columbus Rent-a-Ship: Santa Maria's Lease to Pinzon
Columbus's Santa Maria, a 110 ton vessel, was likely the first rent a ship used in exploring America. The ship was leased by Columbus from Spanish owner Martin Alonso Pinzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
America
Martin Alonso Pinzon
Number Of Farms Decline Across United States
Washington AP reports a 1964 1965 decline in American farms to 3,479,180 a 3 percent drop from 1963. The Agriculture Department forecasts another 2.7 percent fall this year. Farm land totals edge down slightly with state counts showing Iowa 170000 165000 Missouri 162000 160000 Nebraska 84000 82000 Kansas 101000 99000 Arkansas 82000 78000 Oklahoma 82000 85000 Colorado 33000 32000. A 30 year trend halves farm numbers since 1935. A separate note cites alcoholism development through preference for solitary drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ford names UCLA chancellor Murphy to board
Henry Ford II announced the election of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy to Ford Motor Co. board. Murphy, chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles, also serves as a director of Hallmark Cards Inc. and the McCall Corp and previously was chancellor of the University of Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dearborn, Mich
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Franklin D. Murphy
University of California At
Los Angeles
Murphy
Hallmark Cards Inc
The
McCall Corp
University of Kansas
Toards? Susan Armstrong Wins $15 Gift Certificate
Susan Armstrong, 8, collected horned toads during a San Antonio vacation with her grandparents. She brought the toads back to Washington and earned a $15 gift certificate in an unusual pet show.
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Washington
Susan Armstrong
San Antonio
Texas
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Caucasus
Soviet Union
Metal Monster
Dallas
W. L. Barsch
Edith Payton
Cherryvale
K. L. Barsch
Larry Barsch
Mike
Altoona
Harold Duncan
Elsie Wolever
Conn
Egulbransen
East Main
Chanute
Barber
Pratt
Barton
Russell
Lincoln
Ellsworth
Sumner
Harvey
McPherson
Clay
Dickinson
Cowley
Chase
Morris
Osage
Montgomery
Labette
Cherokee
Crawford
Neosho
Allen
Miami
Franklin
Douglas
Johnson
Leavenworth
Atchison
Jackson, Doniphan, Logan
Rush and
Shawnee
Ford
Chanute and Vicinity
Chryslers
Plymouths
George J. McCune
Lyle Fursman
Chrysler
Southwestern Bell
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