Observing 110th Anniversary Would Be Complicated
A humorous exchange imagines an American couple celebrating a 110th wedding anniversary with aging and modern progress jokes. The dialogue riffs on age, memory, and shifting eras from Shiloh to electricity and television.
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Saul Pett
New York
Moscow
Univae
Junior
Shiloh
Appomattox
Amalgamated Lamp Wick
Fillmore
Pierce
Lincoln
Local Social Notes Highlight Area Visits and Milestones
Altoona residents hosted and visited relatives from Vinita Oklahoma Emporia Kansas Dallas Texas and Wichita Kansas. A 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated May 15 with a family dinner May 10. A birth announced May 4 in Dallas named Mark William. 97th birthday observed May 16 for Charles King amid hospital treatment. Funeral services for Walter Sherbenou and Mrs Blanche Whiteside noted with relatives traveling from Idaho Washington. High school seniors toured Branson Missouri and Ozarks region.
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Altoona
Warren Latta
Vinita
Okla
Richard Stanley
Emporia
George Staley
Arthur Istas
Keystone
Shirley Hayden
H. D. Clayton
Bill All
McPherson
Roy Hall
Karl Smith Jr
Dallas
Mark William
Karl Smith
Maude Barnett
Wichita
T. A Streets
Charles King
Neodesha Hospital
Lillie Smith
Mary McDonald
Smith
Grace Davidson
Robert Watson
Eureka
LeRoy
Harry Watson
Walter Sherbenou
Loren Chamberlain
American Falls
Idaho
John Chamberlain
Moses Lake
Wash
Hatler Cemetery
T. A. Streets
Reed Streets
Blanche Whiteside
Neodeska
Whiteside
Milton Hooper
John W. Davis
Branson
Ozarks
Willa Bell Borror
Worthy
Vernon Borror
Bonner Springs Principal James Whitehead Dies
James J. Whitehead, 56, principal of Bonner Springs High School, died after an apparent heart attack during a school board meeting. The board had just renewed his contract for a 10th year. Whitehead served as president of the Kansas State Teachers Assn in 1957 and had chaired the association's board of directors.
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Bonner Springs
Kan
James J. Whitehead
Whitehead
Kansas State Teachers Assn
Community Notes From Eastern Star and Local Groups
Patron presided at an Eastern Star meeting with the charter draped in memory of Shirley Bowers. Elizabeth Hansen spoke at the Business and Professional Women's Club in Baxter Springs. Brownies and Cub Scouts held events and Mother’s Day gifts were distributed. Girl Scout day camp is set for June 22 to 26 at Camp Wonderwood with leadership training days announced and Meadowlark Council officials named. Registrations and staff volunteers are being accepted.
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Eastern Star
Shirley Stafford Bowers
Star Points
Elizabeth Hansen
Fannie Duncan
Business and Professional Women's Club
Baxter Springs
Hansen
Riverside Park
Independence
FE. E. Carrell
Dallas
John Carrell
Camp
Wonderwood
Ira Hutchinson
Ist
Meadowlark Council
Leo J. Cox
E. R. Cheek
Bernice Chattick
Scout Troop 15 Sees Final Meeting of Year
Scout Troop 15 held its last meeting of the school year at Mrs. Dave Carnahan’s home 306 N Grant. Girls brought refreshments, sewed, rehearsed skits, and played outdoor games. A hamburger fry is planned for Saturday at Highland Park with year pins and badges to be awarded.
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Dave Carnahan
N. Grant
Local families visit as Midway graduation events loom
Twin soldiers Donald G. Clark and David Clark visit their Frankfurt and Worzberg homes before returning to Armour and Company in Kansas City. Weekend guests include Ed Tarver and Stephen of Wichita and Maynard Brown's family from Neosho. Bluebird Eastern Star honors mothers. Alum ni Banquet guest Edwin Blackwood attends with Ella Wolfe. Midway High School baccalaureate and eighth grade exercises feature Rev. G. M. Pierce and Judy Clough with Commencement Thursday led by Keith Akins.
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Buffalo
Donald G. Clark
Frankfurt
Germany
PFC
David Clark
Worzberg
Oscar Clark
Armour and Company
Kansas City
Ed Tarver
Stephen
Wichita
Maynard Brown
Neosho
Paul Brown
Bluebird Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Max Moore
J. L. Walker
Fred Dodge
Edwin Blackwood
Omaha, Neb
Ella Wolfe
Midway High School
G. M. Pierce
F. R. Collison
Judy Clough
Robert Noblett
Colfax Baptist Church
Oakes Slaying Mystery Reopened by Bahamas Assembly
Nassau Bahamas AP says the Bahamas House of Assembly unanimously urged Scotland Yard to renew the 1943 Oakes murder inquiry. Raymond Schindler claims information to crack the case as Sir Harry Oakes's family and associates recall a sensational trial and acquittal of Count Alfred de Marigny.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Sir Harry Oakes
House of Assembly
Scotland Yard
Oakes
Raymond Schindler
Assembly
Harold C. Christie
Harry
Count Alfred de Marigny
Sir Harry
Duke of Windsor
de Marigny
Nancy
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Orville Hedges
Walt Treloggen
Scout News
First Church of God
Don Richard
Tribune
Dillenberger
Walnut
Coffeyville
James
Keith Akins
Oaks
The
Chanute Tribune
America
B.f.goodrich
Paisan
Sut
Watch Sale
Jewels
Sandran
Iiterme
Sparkle Sandran
Sandan
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Lacie
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