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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1961
Page
11
Thayer in western Neosho County rose as a railroad boom town with modern water systems schools and a thriving business district. The narrative covers incorporation 1871 population growth labor influx the L L G railroad line naming debates and early churches including Baptist Christian Catholic and Methodist churches.
Thayer’s religious heritage includes a 1871 Presbyterian church with 13 founders, a 1885 building, dissolution in 1919 and transfer to Neosho Presbytery, an Assembly of God church dedicated in 1947 by Rev. Griesen, a Seventh Day Adventist church organized in 1893 with a 1902 building, and a parochial school operating circa 1899 for about 30 years.
The Erie's Weibly Bluff area is noted as a favored camping spot for Indians about 32 miles northwest of Erie. Dr. George Craig, 89, a retiring dentist, recalls the bluff rising above the Neosho River and describes early fees like 25 cents for an extraction as relics from long ago.
The article recounts famous guests and milestones in Chanute including Gen William Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, and early aviation feats at Chanute airport with the 1927 dedication by Charles Lindbergh and 1928 Los Angeles airship pass. It notes musical stars and local cultural figures shaping the town’s legacy through the early 20th century.
The Chanute Tribune suggests using French dressing to add sparkle to vegetables. Marinate shredded beets cabbage or carrots for a new flavor and serve as garnish salad or vegetable. Combine red and green cabbage for a calico salad and add sliced Brussels sprouts to tossed salad for variety.
Mrs. Martha Ann Plummer of Chanute died June 22 1938 at age 69 after living on her claim for 69 years. The Plummers moved to Kansas in 1869 from Indiana and crossed the Neosho River in a dugout near Osage City site. They settled on 160 acres, and Plummer avenue near Chanute’s west limits honors the family.
Joan Shepley of Joliet Illinois becomes the first woman to major in Agricultural Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She has never lived on a farm and says she is allergic to hay, highlighting a nontraditional path into a farm related field.
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