Numerous local birth, graduation, and social notes
Betty Jones among 423 to receive Pittsburg State College degrees tomorrow. Richard D. Worley Jr. earns BA in Secondary Education at William Jewell College and plans a Santa Fe summer job in Emporia. Various relatives and friends visit Benedict, Chanute, Erie, and Salina during Memorial Day weekend. Locke Abstract installs copying machine for legal sheets. Local families host guests from Kansas City, Wichita, and other towns with multiple church and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jones
Walnut
Pittsburg State College
Richard D. Worley Jr
William Jewell College
Liberty
R. D. Worley
Charles Casebier
Chanute
Worley Jr
John
Santa Fe
Emporia
Baptist Seminary
Berkeley
Calif
Peony Growers Supplying Flowers for Local Cemeteries
Howard Hill and Robert Hill of Lafontaine Ohio own about 15 acres of peonies used for grave decorations. The blooms, stored in cold storage in Fredonia, are cut and shipped to Erie before Decoration Day. Local residents and visitors, including the Hunt family, visited Mercy Hospital and Erie families plan summer stays in Jasper Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hill
William Hill
Howard Hill
Robert Hill
Lafontaine
Wilson County
Hill & Son
United States
Fredonia
Erie
Ray Hunt
Fayetteville
Ark
H. C. Hunt
Hunt
J. A. Hunt
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Clarence Moore
Alma Waggone
Centerville Township
Mary B. Hammond
Nellie May Hammond
Jasper
Death in freight car noted in Pittsburg
Crawford County coroner said Dewey Gustafson Kelsey Barber Ark. died Sunday of a heart attack while in a freight car in Pittsburg. Elsewhere Walnut Navy officer class graduates 700 at Newport Rhode Island then travels to Athens Georgia for further training. Burlington church signs plan contract for new educational building with basement dining room. Coffeyville to train 96 motorists in two five week sessions. Independence farmer Perry Snyder sells first 1955 wheat 15 acres Early Premium 58 pound test load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kas
Dewey Gustafson Kelsey
Barber
Ark
Crawford County
W. G. Rinehart
Walnut
T. Wayne Fugate
Tom Fugate
Navy
Newport
R. I
Athens
Burlington
Burlington Methodist Church
B. L. Brownfield
Kansas City
Samuel F. Dutton
Coffeyville
Independence
Perry Snyder
Snyder
First Wheat Marketed Here And Mishap In Fort Scott
A 14.8 moisture content noted as the first wheat reportedly marketed in May in the area. In Fort Scott, 12 year old Jeanne Claire Wadley suffered facial cuts and a broken tooth after a truck chain struck her while she stood on a corner. Iola Sheriff B E Lorance and Undersheriff Ray Emmons reported a jail population of 13 after holiday weekend arrests, with a county court session expected to reduce it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Jeanne Claire Wadley
J. D. Wadley
Iola
B. E. Lorance
Ray Emmons
Wink visits and family weekends spread across Kansas
Visitors Mr and Mrs A C Wink returned from St Joseph Missouri after spending time with their daughter and family in Kansas City North. Their son Harold joined them at the Ruggles home Sunday and Monday. Foster Hoover and children Connie and Ronnie returned to Topeka after visiting Mrs Hoover's parents. Jane Churchill visited her parents in Wichita and will attend summer school while working as a receptionist. Adelaide M Lewis returned from Emporia after attending commencements and visited friends. Ida M Kernen and Miss Lewis, Em poria State College graduates, attended the alumni reunion dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Beard
Houston
Kas
Harvey Steele
Walter Beard
Paul Butler
McPherson
Erie
C. E. Locke
North Main
Norman McKinney
Decatur, Jr
Cora McKinney
Decatur
Nedra
Nelda Newland
Robert Bacon
Susan Jane
Salina
Mrs. Bacon
Verne Craven
Gene Craven
Fort Leavenworth
Emery Hilton
Pratt
Fren Putman
Montezuma
Iowa
J. L. Naff
J. C. Walker
Excelsior
Mt. Pleasant
St. Paul
Arthur Craig
Son Kern
Ray Frieden
Nowata
Okla
K. G. Hoag
Ivan Dennis
Wichita
E. R. Quigley
Edwardsville
Arnold Talhelm
East St. Louis
Albert
Ivan Pierce
Centerville
Byron Talhelm
Charles Gambrill
Ottawa
A. C. Wink
St. Joseph
R. M. Ruggles
Marc
Rodney
Kansas City
Harold Wink
Ruggles
Foster Hoover
Connie
Ronnie
Topeka
Adelaide M. Lewis
Emporia
Ida M. Kernen
Miss Lewis
Emporia State College
Weather Notes in Tribune: 30°C Week Ahead
The Tribune reports a 30c week with rising daytime temperatures and warm evenings. Weather observers expect sunny skies with possible isolated showers late week and continued heat across the region.
Dessert showers and anniversaries fill two Kansas gatherings
Benedict family hosted Dorothy Parker bride elect for a dessert shower in a miniature church motif with guests from Chanute Wellington Iola Independence and more. The Parker-Chambers wedding is set for June 5 in Fredonia. Thayer hosts a 25th wedding anniversary dinner for Ches ter Perkins with many relatives and a four tier cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Collie Chambers
Dorothy Parker
Douglas Chambers
Claudia Nation
Regina Chambers
Chanute
Mary Parker
Opal Parker
John Parker
Gayle
Fredonia
Luther Glasgow
Margaret Ellen
Willard
Bobby
C. B. Hively
Wellington
Clyde Chambers
Ed Lowry
David
Independence
Miss Parker
Mr. Chambers
Thayer
Chester Perkins
Bartlesville
John
May Crowl
William Myres
Lawrence McCoy
Ewing Crowl
Mike
Buford Peck
Debbie
Iola
David Crowl
Morehead
Warren Reed
Copan
Okla
Adria Perkins
Mitchell Perkins
Dorothy Ruth
Darwin Perkins
Local Dinner Guests At Cox Home In Savonburg
Sunday noon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cox and Carl Edward included Mr. and Mrs. Garl Mintz, Barbara and Gene, and John Besley from Russell, along with Marion Justus of Redwood Falls Minnesota and Don Cox of Elsmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savonburg
Bert Cox
Carl Edward
Garl Mintz
Barbara
Gene
John Besley
Russell
Marion Justus
Redwood Falls
Minn
Don Cox
Elsmore
Farewell Birthday Party For Rev Lovejoy Bennett Held
Neighbors of the Rev Lovejoy Bennett of Earlton gathered at the Evangelical United Brethren church Tuesday morning to bid farewell before she and her husband Rev Frank Bennett left at noon for a new charge at Berryton near Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlton
Lovejoy Bennett
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Frank Bennett
Berryton
Topeka
Vilas Vikings 4-H Club Meeting Report
Vilas Viking 4-H club met Monday night in the church parlor with Marlene Anderson, president, in charge. Gary Anderson reported on the showing and judging of Brown Swiss cattle at Fredonia, attended by Gary, Dick and Gene Jerome, Charles Adelgren, Marlene Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson, community leaders. Mrs Elmer Anderson presented Mrs Roy Larson and Mrs Roy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilas Vikings
Vilas Viking 4-H Club
Marlene Anderson
Gary Anderson
Fredonia
Gary, Dick
Gene Jerome
Charles Adelgren
Elmer Anderson
Roy Larson
Roy
Fredonia council meeting features wildflowers and plans
Jean Olson reports a Fredonia council meeting attended by Marlene Anderson and others. Members displayed mounted wildflowers and planned butterfly collection for the next gathering. They discussed a June 21 4 H tour and a later safety tour, with program items on health foods first aid insect bite care music and conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Anderson
Ruth Olson
J. Rolland Christenson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tribune
Bill Eltzholtz
Jim Hutton
Morrisville
King Farms Co
Seamona HD
W. N. Chickadonz
Franklin L. Hawkins
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Ann
Franklin Jr
Hawkins
Mary Elizabeth Casebier
Dwight Williams
Denver
Charles Bird
W. A. Suddock
Hotchkiss, Cole
T. J. Suddock
Carolyn
Cyril D. Wilson
Olive Wilson
Leota Reed
Cress Parsons
Marion Walker
Pawhuska
Karl Ellis
Chelsea
Elda Holmsworth
T. A. Cox
West of Roper
Bill Miller
Montrose
Colo
Roy Bushong
la Grange
Leon Wyckoff
Bob
Carol
Gary
Melvin Cutler
Marylin
Lois Robinson
Buffalo
Miller
Bushong
Cox
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Revel Kimmey
W. M. Kimmey
Locke Abstract Co
Lockes
Ted Cambern
Rose Alice Cambern
Erie & Vicinity
Parsonian
Kansas
the Tribune
Associated Press
Max. Min
Bismarck
N. D
Chicago
Edmonton
Fort Worth
Havre, Mont
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Washington
Joplin Hearing Center
Zenith
S. Malcolm
David Kent
Davey J
Todd
Frank Romine
Judy de Lanty
Kenneth Trumbull
Pat
Shirley
Lana
Marion Wise
Cliff
Hamburger
Wilson's
Davis Rover Store
E. Main
Moind
Roy Anderson
Reuben Anderson
Everett Olson
Jay Fisher
Buffalo Roosters
K.josepp' O Spirin
F.h.la
Ireland
G.l’s
Tash
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