One-Room Schools Still Important in West Virginia
Kentuck Fork School in Kentuck Fork West Virginia hosts 14 pupils for eight grades under veteran teacher P J Williamson. The one room setting remains vital in rural Lincoln County where 27 of 54 schools are single room and enrollment has dwindled from 30 to 14 as families migrate to urban areas. Williamson retires after this term. students must trek miles for further schooling.
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West Virginia
Tom Miller Huntington
Associated Press
Kentuck Fork
W.va
P. J. Wil
Lincoln County
West Virgina
Williamson
Social and Community Notes From Altoona Area
Sunday visits in Wichita with the Floyd Bowers family marked a birthday celebration for Mrs. Bowers. Borland served as grand page at Topeka Eastern Star sessions. daughter Lois Lynn Borland guest soloist at the memorial. Several residents attended events in Wichita and Topeka, with hospital discharge news and a new birth at Wilson County Hospital. Graveside services were held for Herbert Briles. daughter Mrs. Austin Barnhart resides north of town.
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Altoona
Royle Stafford
Wichita
Floyd Bowers
Bowers
Gilbert Borland
Lewis Walker
May Wilson
Nadine Green
Bessie Russell
Grand Chapter
Eastern Star
Topeka
Borland
Lois Lynn Borland
Alta Aldridge
Doris Harris
Wichita University
Sam Wiles
Colorado
Bob Troutmans
Sheridan Lake
Robert Halls
Flagler
Elmer Jones
St. Margaret's Hospital
Fredonia
Hatter Cemetery
Herbert Briles
Austin Barnhart
Ottawa Hen Lays Pale Blue Eggs
Ottawa Kansas AP Christ opher Wilson reports a hen that lays pale blue eggs. The hen has produced 24 blue eggs and is the only one of Wilsons chickens to do so. The rest are Clarets and Roundheads fighting stock. The hen hatched three blue eggs chicks and all are normal.
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Ottawa
Ottawa, Kan
Christopher Wilson
Wilson
Mt Zion Community Dinners and Meetings Report
Social notes list Monday visits in Cha nute and Ozarks weekend trips near Forsyth and Taneyville. The Mt Zion Club met April 30 with fifteen members. guests included Terri Erikson and Teresa Mahoney. Next gathering is May 14 with Grace Gericke.
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Will Patton
Jack Drake
Friends Church Missionary Meeting
Clyde Cook
Ozarks
Forsyth
Taneyville
Walter Gericke
Edgar Gericke
Roland Kelsey
Regina
Lloyd Guy
Jim
Linda
Kenny Guy
Mabel Lowe
Oren Nelson
Ronnie
Mt. Zion
Carmen Mahoney
Terri Erikson
Teresa Mahoney
Robert Hill
Alyn Lee
Grace Gericke
Freedom Award for Hurst Amyx in 1963 ceremony
Hurst B. Amyx of Tucson Arizona a Chanute native received a 1963 freedom award from the Citizens Information Center of Phoenix in mass communications for his daily radio program Know Your Enemy Amyx has lived in Tucson since World War II and is the son of C B Amyx and cousin of Mrs Don McCune
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Chanute
Citizens Information Center of
Phoenix
Amyx
Tucson
C. B. Amyx
Don McCune
S. Rutter
Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Receives White House Honor
Lawa na Trout, an English teacher and student counselor at Charles Page High School in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, travels to the White House to accept the Teacher of the Year award from President Johnson. The honor, sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers and Look magazine, includes a gold lapel pin and a framed certificate.
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Washington
Lawana Trout
White House
Johnson
Trout
Charles Page High School
Sand Springs
Oklo
Council of Chief State School Officers
Look Magazine
State Weather Kansas City Report
Kansas City AP notes the 24 hour period ending at 6 a m recorded high and low temperatures and precipitation totals. The summary lists daytime and nighttime temperatures, the precipitation amount, and compares values to prior periods.
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Kansas City
Three Eyes With Atoms Series At Lincoln Church
Lincoln Unitarian Church hosts three evening lectures on molecular structures titled Three Eyes With Atoms. The bulletin notes the talks will explore atomic models and molecular architecture in an accessible format for parishioners and the public.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Unitarian Church
Church Bulletin
Advertising Is Your Guide to Safe Buying
An Adv section urges cautious consumer purchases with practical tips on evaluating claims, comparing prices, and verifying product safety before spending. It outlines steps to check warranties, read labels, and avoid high pressure sales tactics.
X Rays Scare Parents Of 17 Boys At Met Opera Site
In New York 17 boys aged 10 to 14 were watched for exposure after playing near an X ray device used to test steel beams for the Metropolitan Opera House. Roosevelt Hospital doctors said no immediate injuries could be tested and released the children to their parents with instructions to return if symptoms appear.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Roosevelt Hospital
Light for Surgery by Emergency Power
Malibu Emergency Hospital faced a blackout after a collision toppled a power pole cutting power to the facility. Firefighters connected an emergency generator to operate the operating room lights as doctors treated 15 year old Mark Salkin of Studio City for facial injuries.
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Malibu
Calif
Mark Salkin
Studio City
Injured in Two Rail Crashes Hit by Derailments
Two separate train wrecks in the Midwest left 104 people injured. In Minnesota, the Great Northern passenger train collided with a derailed freight car near Minnetonka, injuring 32 passengers and trainmen with one mail clerk in critical condition. In Indiana, eight Baltimore and Ohio passenger cars derailed near La Porte as rain-softened ground slowed the train, leaving 72 injured or shaken, with 15 hospitalized and seven released by today.
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Minneapolis
Rodney Nesimier
Fargo
S.D
Great Northern
Seattle
Western Star
Minnetonka
Here
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Thornburg
Sweet Town Gems
Leslie Frankenberg
Hugh Bayles
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Cancer Fund
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Joe Morton
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Marble, Ark
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Branson, Mo
Lester Melrvin
Roy Melrvin
Sadie Boardman
Eureka
Claude Daniel
Seward Wilsons
Kansas City, Mo
Unn McKey
Allie Harbert
Midwest Textile Painting Assn
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Winnie Stanley
Melvin Williamson
Freedom Award
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