Old Museum Is Newest Nightspot
Washington story on the Smithsonian Institution under Dr Sidney Dillon Ripley transforming the museum into a nightlife venue with receptions concerts and social events drawing ambassadors Cabinet officials and celebrities. The piece notes the all-night opera ball at the Museum of History and Technology and a later criticism by Rep H R Gross over ticketed dances and provocative attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Meredith Johnson
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Yale
Museum of Natural History
Zoo
Smithsonian
Museum of Histo
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Bill Moyers
White House
Lydia Katzenbach
Justice Department
Edward M. Kennedy
J. Kennedy
Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr
Soviet Union
Rudolph E. Carter
State Department
H. R. Gross
Lown
Moyers
Hessongs Honored at Elsmore Church Picnic
A basket dinner at the Elsmore Methodist church honored Rev. and Mrs. Olin Hessong with Savonburg church attendance. Various local families gathered for Sunday events, WSCS installation followed by services, and several residents were noted for visits and hosting. Linda George and Gary Fewins wed at Savonburg Friends Home Lutheran church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Hessong
Elsmore
Helping Hand Club
Allen- Bourbon County Lake
Clair Barnett
Linda
Humboldt
Russell Ludlum
Don Bauer
Judy
Terrie
Iola
Ervin Headley
Dean Ludlum
D. A. Ludlum
Bonnie
Mervin Ard
Wallace Senstedt
Barnett
Mmes
Clyde Davis
Billy
Elsie Cation
Amerle Ludlum
Eldon Yowell
Patty
Julia Carlson
Pem Atteberry
Gerald Johnson
Kristine
Leonard Carlson
Fred Cunningham
Roaring River
Wallace Sen
Gift Donor To Parsons Identified
Parsons Kansas AP report names Max well H. Allen as donor of an estate valued at 1.3 million to fund the Katy Railroad Employes Hospital in Parsons. Allen, once a Katy baggage worker, trained as a physician in New York, then spoke of gold rush Yukon days. He died in 1933 after leaving his estate in trust for his widow Agnes Gertrude Mackay Pringle Allen, who died in England last April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons, Kan
Maxwell H. Allen
Katy
Parsons
Parsons Sun
Allen
Ktaty
New York
Yukon Territory
E. C. Morton
Europe
Yukon
Agnes Gertrude Mackay Pringle Allen
England
Dealers Receive Service Plaques for 25 Years
Wilbur Chandler of 202 West Main and Robert Heaton of 401 East Main received service plaques from the Standard Oil division of American Oil Co district manager C L La Casse in Wichita. The citations thanked them for faithful service to the motoring public for 25 years in the same location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Chandler
W. Main
Robert Heaton
E. Main
Standard Oil Division
American Oil Co
C. L. la Casse
Wichita
P. G. Dougherty
Robert
Benedict Area Notices of Weekend Visits and Reunions
Benedict area residents report weekend visits and gatherings. Fern Parsons traveled to Topeka and Kansas City to visit relatives, while Ray Scott and Owen Elder attended a development meeting in Parsons. Numerous families from Chanute Yates Center and surrounding towns joined reunions and visits across Independence, Chanute, and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trisha Lynn
Riverside Park
Independence
Morgan
Cape Construction Co
Akron
Ohio
Ray Scott
Owen Elder
Parsons
Kansas
Olive Wilson
Leota
Cyril
Laddie Bird
Guenther
Yates Center
Iola
Howard
Marvin Ambrose
Karen
Kaila
Fredonia
Ike Green
Altoona
Alta Patty
Urbana
Newt Cherem
Bill Carlson
Paula Kay
Russell
Lori
Barry
Chanute
John Lauber
Anna Guenther
Alice Guenther
Ollie M. Smith
Cecil Smith
Judy
Pittsburg
Raymond Smith
Ridgecrest
Calif
Frank West
Benedict
Harold Kline
Bill
Kanopolis
Orval Smith
Edwardsville
Bill Young
Richland
Edna Young
Leroy
Paul Cox
Lincoln
P. M. Cox
Scout Troop 109 and Pack 127 Finish Year in Ash Grove
Scout News reports Troop 109 Brownies of Hut ton and Den 3 Pack 127 Cub Scouts closed their year at Ash Grove cement plant Tuesday. Leaders Mrs C J Chandler and Mrs R L Bringle accompanied ten girls. Ralph Taxter hosted a meeting with Clint Ellis providing refreshments. cubs visited Santa Fe park animal section and returned for dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie Girl Scouts
Hutton’s
Ash Grove
C. J. Chandler
R. L. Bringle
Den
Ralph Taxter
S. Malcolm
Clint Ellis
Santa Fe Park
Taxter
Injuries Fatal To Wichitan
A 72 year old Wichita man Wiley Heiple died from traffic injuries sustained in a Monday accident. His wife Mrs Heiple was critically injured in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Wiley Heiple
Community notices and farewells in Savonburg area
Local residents attend district meetings and school events in Hays and Xenia. Obituaries note the deaths of Mary Brotton and Lillian Manley, with funeral details in Stark Chanute and Lawrence. Farewell luncheon planned for Verle Nelson and neighbors moving to Chanute and California. community members invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verle
Gladys Nelson
Savonburg
Esther Ericson
Elsmore
Xenia
Blue Mound
Mary Brotton
Stark
McCune
Nancy Bland
Mattie Daniels
Terri
Sherri Johnson
Linda
Brenda Ard
Lavenburg
Gertrude McClain
Herbert Deffenbaugh
Chanute
Harold Lundberg
California
Couple Married at Friends Lutheran Church
Gary Fewins and Linda George wed Friday at Friends Lutheran Church and will reside in Chanute where Fewins is employed. A farewell dinner was held Sunday at Elsmore by Methodist church members for retiring Rev Hessong. Nina Starliper and Laura Thomas attended from Savonburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsmore
Olin Hessong
Savonburg Methodist Church
George Ard
E. Fowler
Moran
Duke Myers
David Kern
Chanute
Dukie Myers
Alvin Ericson
Fredolph Hawkinson
Dwight
Edward Liebe
Parsons
Liebes
Liebe
Gary Fewins
Linda George
Friends Lutheran Church
Methodist Church
Hessong
Nina Starliper
Laura Thomas
Savonburg
Chickadee Fluffs Feathers To Insulate In Zero Weather
A chickadee fluffs its feathers into a dawnlike mass, trapping hundreds of tiny air pockets to insulate against extreme cold conditions.
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By Kelly Smith
Ripley
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ethel Kennedy
WSCS
Floyd Clark
T. C. Swanson
Carrol Lander
Clark
Lloyd Cox
Willard Gay
Lander
Eugene Wolfe
William Daniels
Genevieve Marrs
Ophelia Zimmerman
Hillis Krokstrom
Gene Krokstrom
Sam George
Bert Fewins
Savonburg Friends Home Lutheran Church
Bertil Gustafson
David L. McCune
Chanute Ins
Board
A. J. Ambrose
E. H. Guenther
Gospel Meeting
Church OF Christ Yates Center
Coy Potter
Alex
Oklahoma
Timber Lake Resort
Armco Steel
Opes
Wayne Harding
Mellard
Timber Lake
James E. Mills
Birmingham Post- Herald
Supreme Court
Alabama
John M. Harlan
Scout News
Lawrence Singer
Hays
Ernest Swanson
Kansas City
Anne Jordan
Lillian Manley
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Congregational Church
Lawrence
Jack Jordan
Norman
Margaret Cahill
Martha Grover
Leon Johnson
Sherri
Lucille Hoffmeier
Mike
Steve
Wendell Johnson
Robert Leadstrom
Fewins
George Leadstrom
Conrad Ericson
Methodists
Roy Singers
Maggie Albert
Roy Singer
Glenn
Kenny
Nolan
Mrs
Otis Lambeth
Mary Pierce
Maude Larkin
Dodge City
Ruby Akins
John Willcott
Tulsa
Ks. City
City
Joplin
Topeke
Channel
North Lincoln
Chanute, Kansas
Mgr. J. D. Schall
Lyle Fursman
Chrysler
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