Visitors Gather in Benedict Area for Memorial Weekend
A Benedict neighborhood notes many visitors over Memorial Day weekend. Guests include Franklin W. Crites and family from Arkansas City and Argonia, Albert Ambrose of Santa Fe, Raymond Smith from China Lake, Grant A. Travis of Topeka, Royal Hipwell and Daisy Evans of Kansas City, Bernard Prunty of Wichita, and numerous local families. A Bible school session, hospital surgery for Elaine Blair, and various visits to relatives mark the week as relatives travel and locals host throughout Benedict and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant A. Travis
Topeka
Benedict
J. P. Vaughn
Fredonia
Royal Hipwell
Daisy Evans
Kansas City
Owen Elder
C. G. Hoffman
Bernard Prunty
Wichita
Dora Lewallen
Roy McCain
Neosho
Elaine
E. K. Blair
St. Margaret's Hospital
Miles Johnson
Flossie Beck
Christine
Scott Johnson
Augusta
New York City
Beechcraft
Mary Payne
Dodge City
May Warner
Ephy Payne
Missouri
Jack Colborn
Lisa
Chanute
Ed Allen
J. A. Shields
Methodist Church
Jesus
Arlene Shively
Karen
Pittsburg
Hazel Lamb
Roper
David Crites
Rusty
el Paso
Tex
Walter Loomis
F. W. Crites
Mother completes schooling for five sons in Kansas
In Fort Scott Kansas a mother Mrs Stanley Myers who had left school in 1943 to marry returned to education this year. She enrolled her five sons in Cherryvale High School classes and also pursued her own correspondence work while her eldest son Don, now 34, was out of school.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Inyshe
Mar
Cherryvale High School
Myers
Don
Stanley Myers
No Knit Picking in Social Security Case
Clem Jackson, a Negro laborer, had his disability benefits denied after a doctor said he could crochet and knit. U S District Judge Leslie Carr ordered a reconsideration by the Social Security Administration, calling the initial ruling ridiculous and noting possible irony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Clem Jackson
Social Security Administration
U. S
Leslie Carr
Jackson
Determined Spirit Shines In Augusta Polio Triumph
Kathy MacKay of Augusta faced crippling polio yet completed eighth grade at Richland Community School. She endured three summer surgeries and wore a leg brace at times over five years, finishing school with remarkable persistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Kan
Kathy MacKay
Richland Community School
Cream and Sugar, Sam? Coffee Break Habit Spreads
A Pet Spaniel named Sam enjoys breakfast coffee at Homer Zimmerman’s home in Hays Kansas. The dog now receives extra cups as family routine. In Passy France Napoleon awards Benjamin Delessert the Cross of Honor for starting a small sugar beet factory during the Napoleonic wars.
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Hays, Kan
America
Sam
Homer Zimmerman
Zimmerman’s
Napoleon
Benjamin Dellessert
Dellessert
Passy
France
West Indies
Mission in 1824 Presbyterians First Area School
Education in Kansas began with mission schools in Neosho County long before Kansas Territory. In 1824 a Presbyterian mission near Shaw became the first school in the county and state, led by Rev. Benton Pixley and wife. The piece traces early schools, teachers, and the evolution of certificates and salaries in Neosho County up to 1883.
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Kansas
Neosho County
Neosho River
Shaw
Benton Pixley
Harmony
St. Paul i
Four Mile Creek
Choate
Dodge
Episcopal Church
Zehner
Anna Zehner
Valley City No. 19
Lincoln Township
Henry Howard
Jacksonville
Lizzie Thompson
Lake View No
Lahore Township
Ladore
Thayer
Presbyterian Church
Miss O'Grady
Erie
John Broadbent
Liza Spivey
Mission Vinewood
Tribune of
Osage
E. Beech
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Carl
Ray Scott
Robert Scott
John Murphy
Pat
New Albany
Scott
Georgie Cook
Austin Cook
Ernest Price
Tulsa
C.C. Ropp
Ernest Willoughby
Howard Willoughby
Eureka
Fern Parsons
Clara Robinson
Bill Dever
S. Allen
Tribune
Columbia Diamonds
Wyler
Hamilton
Jack
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Chanute Tribune
Quan Ia
Investors Stock Fund, Inc
Fucestors Divernified Services, Inc
Recitors Syndicate
Life Creance & Aniimaty CO
General Electric Appliances
Kansas Centennial
Home Appliance CO
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Piggo
Dannen Feeds
E. Main
Johnson
N. Highland
Mae
Bai
Southeast
Capitol
Chanute, Kansas
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