Heritage seeds a family legacy in sewn memory quilts
Betty McMillen of Chanute builds 217 blocks across seven quilts each featuring hand drawn family tokens like washing on the line a cow and calf a tractor and 4 H clover. She preserves genealogical records on two notebooks and plans 28 blocks from her mother to complete the set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMillen
Gene
National Farmers Organization
Johannes Bauer
Russia
American Midwest
Chanute
Johnny
Johnson Hospital
Betty Jane
High Prairie Church
Betty McMillen
Fourth of July Dinner Marks Enrichment Club Notes
World War I Barracks and Auxiliary celebrated the Fourth of July with a covered dish dinner at Central Park Building. The 5 B District meets July 30 in Pittsburg and state board gathers July 23 in Great Bend. Members reported visits to nursing homes and hospitals and hours at the hospital snack shop. Ruth Fellowship devotions led by Marge Carlson. Dorothy Hibbs presented I am Talking to Myself What Am I Saying and closed with a poem Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park Building
Pittsburg
State Board
Great Bend
Gladys Nelson
Goldenia Lesher
Fellowship of Otterbein United Methodist Church
Dorothy Hibbs
Hibbs
Kids' Krusade Planned by First Assembly of God Church
The First Assembly of God Church at 3rd and Forest will host a Kids' Krusade at 6 30 p.m. Monday through Friday next week and again Sunday July 17. Rev Marshall Lackrone notes it is open to Chanute area children with a free nursery. Rev June Shaw of Topeka will conduct services with chalk drawings illustrated stories prizes and puppets. A youth meeting for high school and college age youth is set for 7 30 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God Church
3Rd and Forest
Marshall Lackrone
June Shaw
Topeka
Oklahoma University
Lackrone
Chanute Area
Also Mentioned on This Page
Heritage
Chanute Genealogy Club
Mark
Chicago
High Prairie Methodist Church
Jane Blades Society
Weligay
Ruth
Marge Carlson
Krusade
Sanitas
Formica
National Rm Bank
Hans Power
S. Centra
Peter Py
Sprite
MR. Piee
S. Santa Fe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!