Sad Sudden Death During Yates Center Class Reunion
YATES CENTER The 1915 graduating class of Yates Center High School held a 50th reunion in Yates Center with about 20 members and spouses gathered at Norma's restaurant. Master of ceremonies George Sisson collapsed and died from a heart condition during the event. A memorial service followed at Johnson Smith Funeral Home, with burial in Kansas City. Sisson was 68 and survived by his wife Mattie, daughter Barbara Durett of Kansas City, son George Sisson Jr. of Dallas, and a grandson.
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Yates Center
Norma's
Neva Stoll
Avis Ireland
Fannie Miller
Lydia Reynolds
Iola
George Sisson
Kansas City
Sisson
Woodson
Mattie
Barbara Durett
George Sisson Jr
Dallas
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet in Space
Houston reports Gemini 4 success signals more U S man in space flights on accelerated schedule. McDivitt and White praised for four day mission as plans unfold for Gemini 5 6 7 missions and eventual Apollo era lunar trips with Saturn V.
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Houston, Tex
Space Agency
U.S
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White I
Gemini
White
McDivitt
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Kennedy
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
Charles A. Berry
Gemini Medical Operations
Valery Bykovsky
Kuiep
Berry
Alexei Leonov
Gemini Project
Charles Mathews
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Stafford
Mathews
Earth
EUB Churches Gather for Chanute Group Steering Meet
The EUB church of Yates Center hosted Sunday afternoon meetings for steering committees from six ministers representing 13 churches. About 25 lay members attended as Marlene Buttermore daughter of Rev V C Buttermore was noted for attending the Mount Sequoyah School of Missions at Fayetteville Arkansas as part of an annual interdenominational study.
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EUB
Yates Center
Chanute
Marlene Buttermore
V. C. Buttermore
Mount Sequoyah School of Missions
Fayetteville
Ark
Erie youths attend Boys State encampment in Lawrence
Four Erie youths joined by families and local leaders traveled to Lawrence for the Boys State encampment. Lawrence Sunday also saw organizers and a district chairman assist with arrangements as twenty scouts prepared for a week at Camp Wilderness.
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Erie
Cecil Hurst
Glen Weidert
Larry Hurst
Gene Wheeles
Gordon McKinnie
Larry Weidert
Lawrence
Hollis Dunham
American Legion
D. J. Spigarelli
Larry Wheeles
Kansas City
Cleo Wheeles
Kenneth Mosier
Palo Alto
Calif
Kelley Moore
Reno
Nev
Ted Huffman
Pittsburg
Virgil Moody
Janis Halfin
Albuquerque
N. M
Manhattan
Moodys
Mary Jo
Kansas State University
Lee Littrell
Stark
Stanley Walker
Joint Rural High School
Wilderness
James Rowland
Art West
John Shireman
Sam Ricketts
John
Lucy
Mitchell
New York
Keith Naff
Mike
Jess Hammel
Burlington
John Redmond
Frank Halfin
Janis
Harold Heaton
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Woodson County
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Ralph Watkins
Joe Blaine
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Buckner, Mo
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