Erie school budget approved for 1961 62
A $209 700 budget for the 1961 62 Erie school term was approved at the annual meeting at the high school with about 50 patrons present. The increase funds pay hikes and adds an elementary reading teacher, Carolyn Coover. Dr. William C Weir was reelected to the school board and Wayne Johnson won the seat succeeding Lee Clark. Aug 28 opening date set for fall term.
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Erie
Carolyn Coover
William C. Weir
Wayne Johnson
Lee Clark
Clark
Clark M. Fleming
James Clapson
Topeka
Ralph Clapson
Roy Hill
South Webster
Lonnie Corum
the Hills
Claude Cleaver
West 2Nd
Four People Die in Georgia Car Train Crash
In Suwanee Georgia a car stalled at a crossing as a passenger train neared. The air conditioned car failed to hear the whistle and was struck, dragged about 60 feet. Four Atlantans died instantly: Barron A. Wiggins 42 Irene 40 Cooper Cecil Welch 52 and his wife Wanslie 49.
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Suwanee, Ga
Barron A. Wiggins
Irene
Cooper Cecil Welch
Wanslie
Schools Important To Research Firms
Communities seek research laboratories by offering strong local schools and university ties. Frank L. Whitney of Walter Kidde Constructors explains Kidde’s 28 category site scoring gives education up to 130 points, plus land cost, utilities, shipping, and zoning. Strong school systems attract top scientists and justify high salaries for engineers and researchers.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Frank L. Whitney
Walter Kidde Constructors Inc
Sperry Rand
Warner- Lambert
Westinghouse Electric Shell Chemical
Schering
General Electric
General Time
Atomic Energy Commission
Kidde
Boy Uses Dime Bid To Buy Father’s Day Gift
LA AP report covers a boy, 13 year old Jim Ezell, bidding a dime for a 17 jewel wrist watch at a police auction. He tops at 1.25 dollars but quits. The watch goes to him for his father. The sale netted about 10 000 dollars for fire and police pension funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jim Ezell
Jim
Leo Proctor
Proctor
Thayer Visitors and Memorial Day Gatherings
A record of numerous visitors and family gatherings in Thayer over a Memorial Day period. Names include Dr. Major Swan Mrs. Great Bend Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Thornton Alan Thornton and family Mrs. H M Minnich and Moran visitors Mrs. Bill Brewer Jeff and Greg Parsons Wade and Justin Hannon Edna visits by Hannons and Burt families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Thornton
Terrie
Ronnie
Jim Hannon
Edna
Alan Thornton
Hannons
Jean Minnich
Euelah Myers
Moran
H. M. Minnich
Bill Brewer
Jeff
Greg
Parsons and
Wade
Justin Hannon
J. S. Burt
Bob Burt
Acel Price
Enid
Okla
Opal Ging
Lynn
Ray Lewis
Florado
Marvin Johnson
Altoona
Harry Rucker
John
Charles Henry
Salina
Wayne Moynihan
Iola
Howard Stitt
Chanute
John Clapsaddie
Progen
Tuesay
Walton Dodge
Minneapolis, Minn
Lena Black
Perie Palmer
Dale Minnich
Gary
Cherryvale
Jim Forbreyd
Kristini
Lisa
Danville
Ind
Milo Hazen
Bob Walt
Coffeyville
Dick Walt
Pittsburg
Bernice Walt
Harold Hoyt
Kansas City
Bob Moody
Olathe
Zeda Brown
Some 200 Couples Repeat Wedding Vows in June Remarriage
In Los Angeles AP reports about 200 couples aged from six months to 25 years of marriage reaffirmed their vows at Christ Church. Invitations urged guests to the couples own wedding and ribbons and flowers marked each pair as the 1,800 seat church hosted its annual June mass remarriage with organ music and four aisle processions.
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Los Angeles
Christ Church
Neodesha Cadet Receives Air Force Academy Appointment
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Umbarger of Neodesha has been appointed to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Sale of 411 N. Evergreen. A 1960 Neodesha High School graduate, he spent the past year at Independence Junior College.
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Cecil Kiser
Hepler
Earl McGinnis
Arkansas
Marvin Huffman
David Dalton
Pittsburg State College
State Highway Department
Southeast Kansas Highway Division
Ab Owens
St. Paul
John Sands
Erie
Iva Noble
John Morrison
Martin Schifferdecker
Susan, Girard
Joe Jacobs
Chanute
Leland Crapson
Marion Vaughn
Junction City
Ralph Crapson
Keith McCoy
Fred McCoy
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kenneth L. Umbarger
Neodesha
F. E. Sale
N. Evergreen
Neodesha High School
Umbarger
Independence
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Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy
Vienna
Andrei Gromyko
Russell Clary
Gorham
Jerry Noakes
Omaha
Lawrence Noakes
Dale Lairmore
St. Louis
Larry
Miss Brady
Hill
Wheeles
Cleo Wheeles
William Hill
Pershing Brady
Georgia
By Sam Dawson
AP Business News
First National
Trust Service
First National Bank
Kas
Christmas Club
Chanute, Kas
F.D.I.C
Mary Lee Gough Nay
First Church of Christ, Scientist
McKinney
Texas
Thayer
Guy Buchanan
Amarillo
Tex
Volle Buchanan
Dale Buchanan
Leavenworth
George Caughton
James John
Ralph Bowers
Wichita
R. C., Gilmer
Lloyd Kraus
Phil Ray
P. W. Kraus
DeSoto
Jesse Johnston
Luraine Whitman
Joanna
Betty Jones
Neo
Richard Umbarger
Boyd Burns
Kansas
Tribune
Edmiston
Teloom
Arantee
Satsfacten
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