Expelled Cuban Teaches Spanish At Neodesha
Dr. Alfredo Rodriguez, expelled from Cuba in 1963, teaches Spanish at Neodesha High School and conducts a weekly class for adults. A former district judge in Havana, he learned English after arriving as a refugee, now aims for a Ph.D. in foreign languages and a master’s from Emporia. He credits U S programs for refugees and notes Cuba’s lack of religious freedom and political oppression under Castro.
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Alice Wade
Coffeyville Journal
Neodesha
Kan
Neodesha High School
Alfredo Rodriguez
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Rodriguez
Dr. Rodriguez
Havana University
United States
Miami
Fla
U. S
McAdoo
Emporia State Teachers College
Emporia
Neodesha High
Edwin Lyon
Castro
Havana
Women club marks fifth anniversary with banquet
Humboldt Business and Professional Women's Club celebrated its fifth birthday with a St Patrick themed banquet at St Josephs Catholic church basement. Mrs Vern Smith led a brief business meeting while Mrs Anna Faust of Iola shared slides from her two month Samoan Tahiti and Fiji trip, traveling 13000 miles.
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Humboldt
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Vern Smith
Jack Peterson
Anna Faust
Iola
Samoa
Western Samoa
Tahiti
New Caledonia
Fiji Islands
Legion celebrates 47th birthday with ham dinner
The American Legion and Auxiliary marked the Legions 47th birthday Tuesday evening with a ham and covered dish dinner at the Legion Hut. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Barber of Chanute presented Hawaii slides and shared stories as about 55 people attended.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Legions
Legion Hut
Ira Barber
Chanute
Hawaii
Girl Scout Cookie Sale Begins March 19
The annual cookie sale starts on March 19 with Mrs. Maurice Klingensmith named cookie chairman guiding sales and troop participation.
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Maurice Klingensmith
Acacia Landmark Guides Caravans Across Sahara
The scrawny acacia tree named the Tree of Tenere in Niger is a rare landmark on maps and serves as a critical guide to caravans seeking a distant well, per National Geographic. The lone tree stands as a symbol of navigation in a vast desert.
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Sahara
Tenere
Niger
Red Cross Drive Underway In Woodson County
Community updates from Woodson County Kansas include a Red Cross drive with a $1,560 goal, county chair Leland Morris and local campaign chiefs in Toronto Piqua and Neosho Falls. The Farm Bureau office hosts the Red Cross HQ on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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Red Cross
Woodson County
American Red Cross
Leland Morris
Toronto
Piqua
Neosho Falls
Farm Bureau
Local Club Reports and Community Notices from Erie Area
Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs Dean Riedesel in Valley Center. VFW post plans Monday meeting with a covered dish dinner. About 200 attended Billy Graham film The Restless Ones in Parsons with school buses providing transport. Women’s Christian church groups met. lessons titled the Background of Our Calling. Group 1 at Mrs Stella Coates with 10 present. Group 2 at Mrs Ralph Watkins with 14. Group 3 at Mrs Virgil Watts with 10. Group 4 at Mrs Lorene Green in Chanute with 10. Next meetings set with various hosts. Eastern Star event in Hiattville noted. Birthday guests to Mrs Violet Harding listed. TIY pinochie club held at Lyda Hines home. prizes awarded. Out of town guests at Federated church dinner include Hazel Reynolds and Ed Filson family. several local residents noted. Visitors to spend two weeks with Cruza Allmon and family in Chanute and Parsons. Local attendees and attendees from Chanute and Springdale noted.
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Erie
Dean Riedesel
Valley Center
VFW Post
Stella Coates
Ava Ferguson
Henry Watkins
Fred George
Ralph Watkins
Ernest Peck
Tony Kusel
Fred DeLane
Loren Dillinger
Dillinger
Virgil Watts
LeRoy Priess
Paul Casady
Jesse Simmons
Lorene Green
Chanute
Emery Vance
Keith Naff
Emery Wilson
TIY Pinochie Club
Lyda Hines
Minnie Womeldorff
Grant Beard
Lillie Ewing
A. H. Klingler
Low
Ed Filson
Oklahoma City
Neosho County
H. L. Lane
W. F. Carter
J. L. Gehman
Hardy
Gary Duvall
W. Jones
Springdale
Ark
J. A. Allman
Robert Williams
Parsons
O. O. Duvall
Altamont
E. Z. Duvall
Cruza Allmon
Rachel Wilson
Santa Monica
Calif
Cruza Allman
Duvalls
Cleo Dalton
Jo Payne
Brewster Man Heads Kansas Farmers Union
Lad W. Strand of Brewster Kansas is elected president of the Farmers Union Co-Operative Marketing Association at the 52nd annual meeting in Kansas City. Elected as vice presidents are Ross Ferguson Kensington Kansas and Joe Green Brighton Colorado. secretary Louis Wiebe Beatrice Nebraska. treasurer Clarence Lewis Anselmo Nebraska. executive committee members Joe Conley Delia Kansas and Virgil Lair Piqua Kansas.
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Kansas City
Lad W. Strand
Brewster, Kan
Farmers Union Co-Operative Marketing Association
Ross Ferguson
Kensington
Kan
Joe Green
Brighton
Colo
Louis Wiebe
Beatrice
Neb
Clarence Lewis
Anselmo
Joe Conley
Delia, Kan
Virgil Lair
Piqua, Kan
Yates Center Supt. DeLay Leads Unified District Meeting
Calvin DeLay superintendent of Yates Center schools and Unified District No. 366 C members convene to discuss district alignment and administrative questions. The gathering highlights interim governance and potential policy adjustments affecting local education.
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Calvin DeLay
Yates Center
Starlight Schedules Top Shows in 1966 Swope Park Theater
Kansas City outdoor season opens June 20 with How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Oklahoma!, Flower Drum Song, and The King and I join the lineup. Jack Jones stars as Curly for 14 nights starting August 1, Giselle Mackenzie as Anna from August 22 to September 4. Allen Ludden and Betty White appear July 18–24 in Bells Are Ringing.
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Kansas City
Starlight Theater
Swope Park
E. K. Hartenhower
Jack Jones
Curly
Giselle MacKenzie
Anna
Allen Ludden
Betty White
Agricultural Hall of Fame approves operations building
The Agricultural Hall of Fame executive committee approved a $120,000 operations building and ordered architectural drawings for five additional exhibit halls. The 275 acre site near Bonner Springs already has a $270,000 building.
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Kansas City, Kan
The
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
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Restless Ones
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