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Newspaper

Chanute Tribune

Location

Chanute, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1977

Page

13

Community spirit drives Erie recreation development

Helen Marshall of the Erie Recreation Commission highlights community donations powering park projects. The city park features a pool tennis court playground and restrooms while a seven acre ball park on State Street progresses with free land and labor volunteers. Plans include two lighted diamonds and an archery range with ongoing swim classes and new programs.

Erie Helen Marshall Erie Recreation Commission Erie City Park State Street Erie Golf Club St. Paul Manor Marshall Joplin Architects Community Spirit Erie Chamber of Commerce Community Erie Volunteer Ambulance Service Jaycees and Recreation Commission

Printing Seeped Into His Blood and Shaped a Lifelong Career

Ira Sherlock, printer and reporter for The Erie Record, began as a printer's devil in 1914 and spent 50 years with the paper founded in 1906 by Seth G. Wells. He helped publish 45,000 copies of the Kansas Workman and later covered Main Street and the courthouse for decades, never marrying and enjoying woodwork and fishing after retirement.

Ira Sherlock Good Samaritan Parsons Erie Record Seth G. Wells Sherlock Kansas Workman United States

Erie Record editor Kensinger leads long-running family paper

Roger Kensinger began at The Erie Record in high school and rose to editor and publisher since May 1, 1962. He shifted to offset printing in 1975 while maintaining linotype for letters and stationery. He works with his wife Leah and one part timer to publish six to ten pages weekly.

Kensinger The Erie Record Linotype Leah Roger Kensinger the Erie Record Press

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