Fort Scott Couple Open a Museum Displays 50 Collections
Fort Scott residents W L Summers and wife Mary Lona opened a local museum on March 1 showcasing more than 50 distinct collections. The display includes German and Mary Todd dolls, Civil War era pistols and handcuffs, advertising gifts, art glass, and items donated by relatives. The couple also runs an antique shop in the back, with items for sale there, not in the museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Summers
Mary Lona
Fort Scott
Mary Todd
Abraham Lincoln
Mrs. Summers
Summers
Boxer
Mary
Idaho
Charleston
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Cotter
Ark
Summerses
Mary L. Summers
Visitors gather for community events in Savonburg area
Residents and visitors attend multiple gatherings around Savonburg and nearby towns. The Rev Hes song resumes pastorate duties for Savonburg and Elsmore, while Margaret Haynes travels from Nevada, Missouri to help her ill mother Gertie Weddle. Families visit for anniversaries, meals, and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savonburg
Hessong
Elsmore
Margaret Haynes
Nevada
Gertie Weddle
Wendell Parson
Sheryl
el Dorado
Fred Wilson
Odense
Gladys Nelson
Verle Nelson
Gertie McClain
Vern Cuppett
R. C. Babcock
Coffeyville
L. L. Singer
Veral Manson
Carolyn and
Goldie Patrick
Parsons
Community church pot luck and youth camp plans
Vilas LCW held a Sunday pot luck with President Mrs Elmer Anderson opening the meeting to plan youth camp attendance. A shower for Mr and Mrs Lewis Myers was announced and other church activities noted. A July meeting was moved to the 12th. Hostesses were Mrs Ed Thorsell and Mrs Axel Larson.
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Vilas
Vilas Lcw
Elmer Anderson
Lewis Myers
Paul Anderson
Oscar Larson
Clarence Nelson
Ed Thorsell
Axel Larson
Best Yet 4-H Club Elects Officers at Meeting
The older sewing group of the Best Yet 4-H club met Monday evening with Mrs. Lloyd Rensing. Nancy Shively gave a project talk and Donna Rensing demonstrated. Karen Shively was elected president, Lena Lloyd vice president and reporter, and Donna Rensing secretary.
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Lloyd Rensing
Nancy Shively
Donna Rensing
Karen Shively
Lena Lloyd
Savonburg Vacation Bible School Starts Monday
The community annual program begins Monday and runs for two weeks. Sponsored by Covenant Methodist and Christian churches it meets in the school building from 9 to 11 30 a m. Open to all children ages four through eighth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savonburg
Covenant, Methodist and Christian Churches
Bernardo Begins Life Term In Chicago Jail
Bernardo St Bernard, 15 months old, becomes the youngest inmate at Cook County Jail after being sentenced to life for mopery with intent to gawk. He poses for mug shots, is weighed at 150 pounds, and serves as mascot before being kept as a personal pet by Warden Jack Johnson due to conflicts with a Great Dane.
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Chicago
Bernardo St. Bernard
St. Bernard
Cook County
Daniel J. Ryan
Circuit Court
BSB
Jack Johnson
James Bernardo
Criminal Division of
Henry Szura
Lazy H
Fox Lake
Bernardo
Johnson
Chanute Junior College Honors 22 for Second Semester
Eldon Penner assistant dean announces 22 students named to Chanute Junior College second semester honor roll for a 3.25+ grade average across 12 or more hours. Chanute leads with 16 honorees, including 14 freshmen and 8 sophomores, with students from Yates Center Buffalo Humboldt Erie and Virgil also listed.
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Chanute Junior College
Eldon Penner
Chanute
Yates Center
Buffalo
Humboldt
Erie
Virgil
Nancy Brandon
Cynthia Brant
Judy Carlson
Anita Collins
Barbara Jacobs
Susie Kruse
Sherry Keyser
Janice Oliver
Jean Ramsey
David Newcomb
Linda Bower
Sandra Stoll
Russell Niver
Robert Phillips
Alvin Seefeldt
Darrell Summers
Judy Manske
Karen Solomon
Sally Jones
Kay George
Eric
Virginia Shultz
Samuel Robison
School Staff List for Local Institution
The Rev. Jean Minnich directs the school. Teachers include Glen and Linda Singer Arlene and Charlene Matney Wanda Collins Marcia Walters Karen Hiebert Yvonne Huse Elma Hazen Carol Carson Mary Ellen Walters Marie Olson Kay Lee and Rev. Robert Huse for various grades.
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Jean Minnich
Glen and
Linda Singer
Arlene
Charlene Matney
Wanda Collins
Marcia Walters
Karen Hiebert
Middier
Yvonne Huse
Elma Hazen
Carol Carson
Mary Ellen Walters
Marie Olson
Kay Lee
Robert Huse
Human Torch's Condition Critical
A Bowery drifter was doused with turpentine and set aflame by four men after they searched him. William Smith, 59, was in critical condition at Belle Vue Hospital with second and third degree burns. Police said he was found rolling on the sidewalk trying to extinguish the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Smith
Bellevue Hospital
Chanute Tribune Briefs June 10 1965
Chanute Tribune reports local briefs from Thursday June 10 1965 covering community events, business notes, and upcoming public meetings with concise notes on local figures and happenings.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Renfro Convicted Of 2nd Degree Murder
In Kansas City a jury found Melvin D. Renfro guilty of second degree murder in the March 15 shooting death of Barbara Mae Warren. He faced a 35 year prison term. Warren’s daughter Janet testified to an argument before the fatal moment.
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Kansas City
Melvin D. Renfro
Barbara Mae Warren
Renfro
Co Workers Help Annie Bowie Visit Vienna Home
In Kansas City Annie Bowie, a war bride with six children, prepares for a 20 day trip to Vienna after co worker Lorraine Hullebusch organized a fund drive at the Whitaker Cable plant. Workers collected savings stamps and cash totaling about $200 from over 100 colleagues. Bowie's parents Maria and Stephan Kuchar live in Vienna along with sister Johanna Hirsch and brother Karl Kuchar. The traveler says this could only happen here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Annie Bowie
Vienna
Annie
Austria
Lorraine Hullebusch
Whitaker Cable
Bowie
Stephan Kuchar
Johanna Hirsch
Karl Kuchar
Michigan inventor William Shakespeare Jr and the level wind reel
William Shakespeare Jr of Michigan, in 1897, invented the level wind fishing reel. His device made casting practical by ensuring the line wound evenly on the spool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shakespeare Jr
Michigan
Weather summary from Kansas City area 24 hour period
AP Kansas weather report lists high and low temperatures and precipitation for multiple cities including Chanute Concordia Dodge City Emporia Fort Leavenworth Garden City Wichita and others. Values show temps ranging from the 60s to 80s with rainfall totals from trace amounts to over one inch.
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Kansas City
Chanute
Concordia
Dodge City
Emporia
Fort Leavenworth
Garden City Goodsand
Wc Cedanaes
IE Is Sus Oaeenes
WOU Els
Ss Haba
PR Sess Ok Ekun
I RE Ee
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Clifford Matney
Carolyn
Madison
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N. F. Matney
Thorold Matney
Wichita
Lloyd Chisham
Danny
Gerald Kleier
Overland Park
Wayne Larson
Lisa Larson
Iris Spencer
C. M. Barsby
Spencer
Harold Lundberg
Lundbergs
Charles Bolander
Stark
August Erickson
Carson
Fort Scott Hospital
Charles Hinkley
Laura Thomas
Milton Thomas
Don Hoffmeier
Leon Johnson
Terri
CES
Walnut
District Aid
Geneva Ericson
Blanche Laughlin
Lola Hospital
Friends
Lutheran Church
Daisy Miner
Iola Hospital
Draughon's College of Commerce Graduates
ABC
Higher Accounting Business Administration
Draughon
College OF Commerce
East 14Th St
Pittsburg
Kansas
Accredited By
Accrediting Commission For Business Schools
Paine Carlson
W. A. Stockebrand
Sunny Stone HD
Carlson
Dale Payne
Marilyn Chapman
Bill DeWitt
Neodesha
Marilyn Schaus
Fredonia
Wilson County Home Economics
Cleo Rutherford
Carolyn Kelsey
Kansas Hall of Fame
Star
Schaus
C. N. Clough
Rutherford
Joe Hake
Midway
Southeast Kansas Philatelic Society
Charles Anderson
Amy Stevens
Columbus
Edna
Garland
Moran
Prescott
Benedict
Altoona
Thayer
Iola
Deerfield
Sunnyvale
Calif
Anberry
Bartlesville
Human Torch
Chanute Beauty Salon
N. Jefferson
Lola
N. Penn
Beauty Salon
Phyllis Stout
East Main Street
Setique
Geritol
Toni
TV Cablevision
Bonnie Roush
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