Guests and kin visit across towns for graduations and reunions
Benedict residents Frances Riley and family attended Patricia Riley’s May 24 high school graduation in Pratt. Local social ties show multiple visits and travelers to Altoona, Cof feyville, Independence, Altoona, High Prairie, Yates Center, and Plano for memorials, reunions, and family gatherings over the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Frances Riley
Pratt
B. R. Riley
Mike
Patricia
Pamela
Jeffrey
Juanita Ropp
Louise Gallon
Julia Elder
Clara Ambrose
Ruth Good
Altoona Wscs
Joe Roth
Denver
A. J. Ambrose
E. H. Guenther
Marvin Ambrose
Karen
Kent
Kaila
Fredonia
Ike Green
Donnie
Ronnie
Susan
Altoona
Guenther
American Legion Hall
Yates Center
Ambrose
Anna Guenther
Lucas Guenther
Iola
Myrtle Chambers
Opal Hively
Regina Chambers
Springfield
Collie Chambers
Owen Elder
Community Notes of Kimball and Nearby Towns
Social items from Kimball area include wedding visits in Bentonville Iola and Erie. Local families like Clements Kusel Romine Owen and Williams attend ceremonies and host gatherings with relatives from Chanute Gardner Stark and Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball
Jewel Clements
Mary Ellen
Bentonville
Ark
Gladys Copeland-Leon Clements
Nazarene Church
Clements
Bluff Dwellers
Willard Allen
Patricia Henry-Eugene Laver
Iola
Robert Kusel
Tony Kusel
Kim
Mary Stephens
Jim O'Neal
Federated Church
Erie
Homer Romine
Alice Lowe
Hepler
Terna Proctor
Lakewood
California
Cline Ostrander
Orange
Jack Elliott
Ivan Elliott
Bill
Harrison
Arkansas
Orville Stout
Joe Kennedy
Timmy
Gardner
Myrtle Fletcher
Chanute
Roy Smith
Louis Smith
Pearl Bennett
Harrison de- Hart
Eric
Memorial Day Guests Tie Erie Families Across States
Erie residents hosted and visited many relatives over Memorial Day weekend. Weir and Swan families from Glendale Heights and Atlantic City reconnected before heading to Lawrence to pick up a University of Kansas freshman. Local gatherings included the Hines Allmons and Brillharts with multiple Osage and Chanute connections. A centennial planning meeting at the high school was announced for tomorrow to set the Reunion Centennial week calendar and appoint committee chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd See
Joan
Charles
Floyd Allen See
Stark
Glen Michael
Bryan
Debra
Paul Cook
William
Willard Allen
Robert
Cheryl
Barbara Culp
Eddie
Larry
Jewel Clements
Mary Ellen
Raymond Tredway
Ronnie
Chanute
Sailors
Swine Improvement Association
Duane Vanhorn
Heidi
Mable Batershell
Marion Page
Kim Suzanne
Marsha
J. M. Shively
Brent
Eunice Shively
Virginia Shively
Kentucky
Milbert Kelsey
Jim Wright
R. L. Whitebread
Earl Kelsey
Walnut
Freda Kepley
Parsons
Nettie Davis
Mary Alice Leary
Stark High School
Max Page
William Sailors
Erie Memorial
Erie
John Weir
Glendale Heights
Ill
Frederick Swan
Jill
Swan
Weir
Atlantic City
N. J
Weirs
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Russell Hines
Willis Allmon
Mound Valley
Dwight Allmon
Kansas City
Donald Allmon
Coffeyville
Wayne Brillhart
Bob Rush
el Dorado
Wyley Bosley
Brillharts
T. A. Dey
Sons
Shawnee Mission
Bernice Wilkins
Stan
Clay Center
Paula Hoover
Chris Stanley
Billy Stanley
Duane
Susan
Sherri
Fred Shellhorn
Tulsa
W. L. Oliver
Claude Shellhorn
Miami
Okla
Ralph Garvin
Nina Shellhorn
Cora Roberts
Webb City
Etta Tom
Urbana family gatherings and visits over Memorial Day weekend
Roger Fickel returned home after term at Hays State College. Wayne Plake brought his mother Mable Stich to Urbana for Memorial Day. Heilmans hosted relatives and friends including Ruth Caldwell visits in Chanute. Multiple dinners, Grand Chapter events, and a cookout at Wilson County State Lake were noted along with several visits between Chanute and Urbana families.
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Urbana
Roger Fickel
Leo Fickel
Hays State College
Wayne Plake
Miami
Okla
Mable Stich
Ova Heilman
Vern Heilman
Peggy
Karen
Linda
E. C. Bryan
Eric
Heilmans
Milo Heilman
Melvin Harris
David
Richard
Sharon
Grand Prairie
Tex
Ernest Gillett
Terri Dunivant
Chanute
Darrell Dunivant
Don Dunivant
Howard Bailey
Eastern Star
Ruth Caldwell
Rainbow Girls
Charles Stroh
Debbie
Sandy
Gayla Groves
Wilson County State Lake
No Change of Venue for Kidwell Murder Trial
Thomas M. Kidwell former Kansas state legislator was denied a change of venue for his second murder trial in Shawnee County District Court Judge Marion Beatty ruled publicity does not prevent an impartial jury. Kidwell previously convicted in February. new trial granted due to errors in the first proceeding. Mrs Kidwell was found slain last August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Thomas M. Kidwell
Betty Goetsch Kiedwell
Kidwell
Shawnee
Marion Beatty
Kansas House
Sedgwick County
Beatty
Garnett Ties Up 1968 Sports Car Race Plans
Garnett, Kansas residents vote 576 to 525 to allow a 2.8 mile Lake Garnett road race this year but organizers cancel 1968 event as dates would reduce attendance. The Garnett Racing Association must secure City Commission approval and fund police protection before any race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett, Kan
Garnett
Garnett Racing Association
Lake Garnett
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Manson
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Leota
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Charles Cooper
Michealle
Kimberly Jane
Melissa Ann
Shell Rock
Town
Walter Ogle
Charles Clements
Ben Ritz
Bertha Farwell
Iowa
Ritz
Homemakers Unit
Coyville
Kenneth Miller
Guy Rucker
Cyril D. Wilson
Wichita
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Canada
Cotlie Chambers
Edna B. Hoffman
Neodesha
Clarence Moore
Alma Todman
Matilda Ransom
Fern Parsons
C. A. Devins
Cris
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Twila
Kimball Area
Jill Diane Williams
Elvin Richwine
Richwine
Glenda
Larry Williams
Tori
Milbern Kelsey
John Irvin
I. E. Haviland
Erie Rest Home
Elmer Owen
Judith Dodge
Ronald Olson
Rhonda
Robin
Miss Dodge
MFYF
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Japan
The
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Stark Methodist Church
Wilma Goff
Jerry
Mike Burlakoff
Belton, Missouri
Alfred Lddlum
Virgil Goff
Florence Watts
Howard Baltz
Loree
Warrensburg
Missouri
A. A. Baltz
Herbert King
Steve Goff
Charles Stanley
Jake Tarthener
Jim Cowan
Cowan
Idaho
Lee Ewing
Joe Vincent
Ewings
John Bebbington
Ray Gooding
Ottawa
Timmy Kennedy
Russell Page
Milford Page
Mercy Hospital
Fort Scott
Jessie Sailors
J. J. Elliott
Earl Pugh
Tom Holding
Brad Holding
St. Paul
Ray Romine
Allen Angelton
Jack McKinney
Bill Summy
E. Z. Duvall
Morris Duvall
Gary Duvall
Donna Mitchell
Clara
Carl Quinn
Mary Heilman
Milo Heilmans
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Litwin
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