Altoona Lions Club Hosts Area Farmers and Wives
Altoona and nearby residents attended a Lions Club dinner with farmers and spouses. Speakers included County Farm Agent Jack Linn and high school senior Mark Gibson who spoke on Peace. Other items note obituaries, church, and civic visits in Fredonia and Independence areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Elliott
Milton High
Quincy Street
Gene Beaty
Amelia Brown
North Hollywood
Calif
Brown
el Paso County
Colorado
Walter R
Bessie (Cranor) McMurray
Altoona
Charles E. Brown
Irma Jane (Brown) Clift
California
Harry McMurray
Yakima
Wash
Altoona Methodist Church
WSCS
Burbank
Jack Linn
Fredonia
Mark Gibson
Lions Club
Lion
Linn
Mark
One Family Operates Dairy Farm By Marian Warden
The Grosdidier family near Eudora Kansas runs a dairy with 42 Holsteins, 45 calves and heirs to feed, on 260 acres with 12 people including eight children helping with milking and chores. They farm 160 acres with brother, growing corn, milo, wheat and hay to feed the herd, producing about 10,000 pounds of milk yearly. The family prefers rural life over city migration and keeps a traditional operation despite some modern comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Warden
Lawrence Journal-World
Eudora, Kan
Norbert Grosdidier
Eudora
Grosdidier
Mary
Martha
Barbara
Patricia
Dolores
Paul
David
Mark
Copper Found in Kansas Area Signals Possible Commercial Values
Kansas researchers report copper-bearing mineral in Sedgwick Sumner Harper and Kingman counties with analyses from 450 samples showing concentrations from 0.8 to 5 percent and a richest sample of 6.6 percent. The extent, mineability, and processing remain to be determined as field parties continued work using X ray fluorescence analysis. Similar copper occurrences were found in Oklahoma last summer, spurring early mining activity there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawarence
Kan
Kansas
Frank C. Foley
State Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Sedgwick
Sumner
Harper
Kingman
Foley
Ernest E. Angino
Oklahoma
Earlton Area Guests and Local Happenings Report
Earlton area people share visits in Topeka and Tulsa with relatives and friends. Edna Scribner and the Scribners attend Washburn University progress after the June tornado. L D Burnett marks 86th birthday with family as Mabel Fox hosts New Year weekend in Tulsa. New Turkey Creek bridge opens easing hospital access. some ambulances bypass US 169 into Chanute for smoother travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Scribner
Earlton
Leonard Scribner
Topeka
Marvin Rowlands
Hutchinson
Santa Fe Hospital
Howard Weis
Washburn University
Mabel Fox
Tulsa
Fred
Floyd
Floyd Fox
Fred Fox
Ted Kistler
Springfield
Dick Elliott
Joplin
Eugene Bailey
Tish
Jeff
Bill Gottes
Baxter Springs
Larry Bailey
Mike Gerardy
Jim Brant
Turkey Creek
Chanute
Scout News Senior Scouts Host Winter Meeting
Senior Scouts Mary Jo Winkler hosted the meeting at 615 S Evergreen. Cadette leader Mrs. Stan Cannan awarded first class badges to Kathy Kihm and Miss Winkler. Various program, library and aquatic aide bars were given to named members. Plans included a Mexico trip possibility and a Feb 18 senior conference at Parsons. The next meeting is Jan 23 with Sally Casey. The article notes Africa tribes are diverse with over 200 groups totaling more than five million people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Winkler
S. Evergreen
Stan Cannan
Kathy Kihm
Miss Winkler
Christy Berthoz
Stephanie LaRocca
Winkler
Kihm
Sally Casey
Miss Kihm
Linda Soderquist
Elaine Cook
Miss Cook
Cheryl Graves
Mexico
Parsons
Miss Casey
Local club meetings and installations across Buffalo area
Mrs Lula Hous ton and Wen del Willhite presided at Blue Bird Chapter CBS meeting in Masonic Hall with Frances Riley installed as Ada. Various officers named and December invitations noted. Elk creek Farmerettes EH Unit hosted by E Mendenhall with lesson reviews for 1968 and family business bank talk. Church group at Earlton, Sunny Stone EH Unit at Buffalo with new member, safety talk on aspirin risks. Colfax Baptist Women’s Mission Society hosted by Blanche Thompson with love gift and article reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Lula Houston
Wendel Willhite
Blue Bird Chapter
CBS
Masonic Hall
Frances Riley
Ada
Orville Weis
Sunny Stone
Oley Apt
Carl Stoll
Jim McAdams
O. R. Chapman
Pat McGregor
Colfax
Blanche Thompson
Women’s Mission Society
Colfax Baptist Church
Ruth Hart
Maxine Stoll
Miss Stoll
E. M. Pearson
Thompson
Cynthia Erickson
Andrew Erickson
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Margit Saad
Jean Herbert-Smith
London
Altoona Lions Club
Charles Drake
Lyndon
Co. A. Parkapile
Drake
U.S
Vietnam
Myrtle Frankenberg
St. Margaret's Hospital
Altoona Eastern Star
Roy Coddington
Cedar Township
Clifford Fisher
Arvid Lindquist
Glen Jones
Neodesha Vis
Haskell Flowers
Cushing
Okla
J. C. Keaton
Marjorie
Flowers
Henry Hixon
Gerald Hixon
Emma French
Robert Cranor
Harvey Bentley
Ronnie Girard
Gregg
Independence
Elwood Girard
Nanna McKean
Luther McKean
Mulvane
Rebecca Frankenberg
Clark Frankenberg
Mark Dice
Ralph Dice
Midwest
Long Island
N. Y
K.U
Milan
Iia
Yours TV
Cablevision
Merv Griffin
Earlton Area
John Redmond
L. D. Burnett
Fred Gerardy
Earl Schlosser
Wichita
Roy Taylor
Chester Bailey
Philip Smith
Petersburg
Grant Murrell
A. R. Brant
Halstead
Scout News
Africa
H.S.A
Kansas Financial Institution
HSA
Home & Farm Loans
Lincoln & Walnut
Harry Orendorff
Opal Follmer
Rena Clinesmith
Frances Clough
Coffeyville
Vernon
Jake Sauders
Joyce Wagner
East Main
Kustom
Ross, Inc
Evans
U. S
Ross
Great Northern
Ransas
Bennett
Florida
Jonathans Golden Delicious
RED ST. Delicious
Martha White
Maxwell H
Marshall
Marshall Brand
Stokely’s
Cosa
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