Accolades and Brickbats for First Ladies Through History
Frances Lewine reports that First Ladies have long faced criticism and praise. From Martha Washington to Jacqueline Kennedy, public comment has ranged from fashion to personal appearances, with critics sometimes targeting the First Lady and her husband.
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Brickbats
First Ladies
Frances Lewine Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
Mic Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dolly Madison
Ken
Colorado
Don
Ravello
Italy
Humboldt Groups Meet at Humboldt Arise
Humboldt community groups including Presbyterian Women and United later held a retreat at Carl Killion High School home of Mrs Richard Rogers with officers present. The program studied Hebrews chapter 13 and planned for district and synodical events. Rotary and Ladies of the Grand Army held meetings with election of officials and upcoming parades and luncheons. Funeral services for John R Winders were held at Humboldt Christian Church with burial in Mount Hope.
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Betty Heiman
Deborah Lieurance
Carolyn Rutledge
Randall Thompcers
Son
Donna Williams
Clifford Logan
Chanute Junior College
C. _ Garver
Delores Reeman
Laws
Presbyterial
Synodical Societies
Humboldt
Courtney Miles
Neosho Presbyterial Society
Yates Center
Kansas Synodical Society
Kansas City
United Presbyterian Women’s Organization
J. A. van Nice
Lawton Circle
The
Grand Army of the Republic
Nora DeWitt
Lucille Henderson
Southeast Kansas
Parsons
Henderson
Minnie Towles
Topeka
John Long
Virgil Powell
John R. Winder
Humboldt Christian Church
Parker
Buffalo
Mount Hope Cemetery
Benedict Community Notes Include Weddings Moves and Auctions
Benedict items record Max Payne and Joe Cook at Independence Junior College. Ida Cress returns home from Fredonia hospital to County Home. WSCS guest day participants listed. Mrs. Gallon travels to Rockport Indiana. Shields family visiting then relocating to Hutchinson. Union Baptist church landmark dismantled after sale to Jim Culbertson for 198 dollars. Ambrose family visits Blue Springs Missouri. Cauble employed at Chanute Model laundry. Kline Stevens wedding at Trinity Methodist Kansas City Kansas. Blanscot family to Lawrence. Whitehead family en route to Boston MIT. Walter Noltensmeyer to Veterans hospital Wichita. Elaine Blair staying with Noltensmeyer.
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Benedict
Max Payne
Joe 'Cook
Independence Junior College
Arvill 'Payne
Lawrence Cook
Ida Cress
Fredonia
WSCS
Chanute
Nina Cox
Nora Cox
Virgie Miller
Edna Hoffman
Julia Elder
Hazel Milligan
Juanita Ropp
Leota Reed
Lester Gallon
Rockport
Ind
Hal Blair
Gallon
J. A. Shields
Ed Allen
Shields
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Union Baptist Church
Village of Rest
Jim Culbertson
Don Marple
A. J. Ambrose
Verus Ambrose
Neil
Brett
Blue Springs
Jessie Cauble
Model Laundry
John Bianscet
Linda
Tommy
Karol Kaye
Amye Stevens
Charles Stevens
Elaine
William Kline Stevens
Mary Lewallen
Meadeville
Trinity Methodist Church
Kansas City
Kan
Blanscot
Lawrence
Mary van Horn
Khristina
Tommy Whitehead
Clay Whitehead
Columbus
Thomas Whitehead
Whitehead
Los Angeles
College student pays fees with silver dollars
Thomas Wann, a Kansas State University junior from Hays, Kansas, paid his enrollment fees with 104 silver dollars. He said he saved one dollar a day since last spring’s exams and converted the amount to silver for K-State’s centennial year.
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Manhattan
Thomas Wann
Hays
Kan
Kansas State University
Wann
Neighbors Recall Zugmiers and Hull Tragedy Visit
Thayer John Zugmier and Edna of Blue Springs Nebraska were visitors for the Zugmier and Crockett families. Mrs Katharine McFarland learned Wednesday that her nephew Paul Hull and his wife were killed in an airplane crash near Topeka. Mrs Hull's father, the pilot, and her sister also died. Mrs McFarland attended funeral services at the Methodist church in St Joseph Missouri.
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John Zugmier
Edna
Blue Springs
Neb
Zugmier
Golfers and locals share quirky Palmetto Pines tales
Edna pair Bob and Laura Ann joined Wade Justin Bradenton in reporting a remarkable golf shot at Palmetto Pines. Luraine Whisman teed off on the 325 yard 10th, and a ball struck a tree 140 yards out then rolled to the cup on the 14th green in a hole in one style anecdote. Cape Cod references note a village joke about a house and shed.
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Jim Hannon
Wade
Justin Bradenton
Fla
Bob
Laura Ann
Edna
Marshall
Palmetto
Luraine Whismanj
Thayer
Metto Pines
Cape Cod
Local families gather for weekend visits and celebrations
Urbana guests include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hummer and Harold Heilman family for Sunday supper. Visitors Friday and Saturday include Mrs. Don Bryan and sons from Atchinson, Don Bryan and family in Erie, the Tripletts of Thayer, and the Bryan household observes Don's birthday with relatives. Additional gatherings feature the Heilman and Bailey circles visiting Wichita and Topeka fairs, with short trips to Chanute and Kansas City.
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Fred Hummer
Harold Heilman
Darrell Dunivant
Don Bryan
Stuart and
Kirk
Atchinson
E. C. Bryan
Erie
Roy Triplett
Bill
Thayer
Carl Bowman
Chanute
E. A. Reeves
Ralph Heilman
Wichita
Edwin Heilman
Frank Bailey
Nathan Hole
Topeka
Don
Vern
Heisman
Peggy
Karen
J. L. Gilmore
Kansas City
John Scantlin
Laurence Curry
Prescott
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Wayne Allen Eer
Pittsburg
Allen
Mike
Pittsburg State College
Martha Washington
C. A. McCullough
Neodesha
Rotary International
George Works
E. N. Hill
Paul Cartright
A. R. Chambers
Iola
Rence Korte
Sandra Rinehart
Maritta Setter
Iola Junior College
Norma Harrington
Paul Keller
Emporia State College
Emporia
Tonjin Karr
Carol Moore
St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing
Nancy Wolford
Wesley Hospital School of Nursing
Janice Brinkman
Wichita Business College
Don Seyfert
Paul Finney
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Judy Peterson
Baker University
Baldwin
Bill Pellman
Garry Carpenter
U.S. Naval ‘Service
David Perez
U.S. Army
Humboldt Rotary Club
Russell Runnels
Bess Truman
Loter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hazel Scott
Constitution Hall
Roosevelt
Society
Marian Anderson
Truman
Eisenhower
Paul Butler
Ethan Allen
Koch Bros. Furn
W. Main
Urbana
VFW
Juke Bex
Asp
A&p
Jane Parker
Ann Page
Jane Parker Enriched
VAC
Nee 4Qe
Per. Gamvens
A&P’s
Ann
Jar
Chili Con Carne
Bartlett Pears
Lona
Cans
Can
A&p Brend
AGP
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