Deaths of Lydia Winters in Garden City Kansas
Lydia Winters 81 died Saturday at St. Catherine Hospital after a two month illness. Born May 5 1885 in Fison she had lived in Otis Garden City and Finney County since 1923. She married Fred George Winters on Oct 17 1904 in Otis. he died June 2 1943. Surviving: six sons Arthur Imperial Rt Harry Lodi Calif Alfred Scott City Alvin Wichita Virgil Decatur Ga Wesley Madison Tenn a daughter Helen Wilks 14 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren. Funeral 10 am Wednesday Phillips White Funeral Home pastor Jerry Schnell Seventh Day Adventist Church. Burial Valley View Cemetery. Viewing 2 9 pm Monday and Tuesday at Phillips White Funeral Home.
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Lydia Winters
E. Kansas
St. Catherine Hospital
Fison
Arthur
Imperial
Harry
Lodi
Calif
Alfred
Scott City
Alvin
Wichita
Virgil
Decatur
Wesley
Madison
Valley View Cemetery
Phillips White Funeral Home
Hayden and Jacquart named co chairmen of Haskell County club
Leroy A. Hayden of Satanta and Rolland Jacquart of Sublette were announced as co chairs of the Haskell County Doc king for Governor Club. Other items note Lamar Junior College graduates Kenneth Conaway and Ray Bussett of Ulysses and Kathryn Weeks of Satanta, plus honors for KU engineering student Larry Meeker and Baker, Baldwin and K State students Nickola Gibson and Sue Beach. The Gray County Historical Society will host a picnic at 1 p.m. Sunday in Cimarron’s 4-H Building with an invitation to Gray Countians and former residents.
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Leroy A. Hayden
Satanta
Haskell County
Rolland Jacquart
Sublette
Lamar Junior College
Kenneth M. Conaway
Ray 0. Bussett
Ulysses
Kathryn Weeks
Gray County Historical Society
Cimarron
Eisenhower Truman to attend Kansas university commencements
Former Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Harry Truman planned to attend Kansas university commencement events on June 5. Eisenhower to receive an honorary doctor of laws at Kansas State University. Truman to attend a Washburn luncheon where Georgia Neese Gray will receive an honorary doctorate, pending final plans. Governor Hatfield to address Ottawa University. Milton Eisenhower and Harry Darby also noted. In other news, a Hutchinson man, 44-year-old Big H. Veuters, was killed in a one-car crash on KO61 near South Hutchinson.
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Topeka
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Kansas
Eisenhower
Kansas State University
Truman
Washburn University
Georgia Neese Gray
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Ottawa University
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas State
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Hutchinson, Kan
Hutchinson
South
Highway Patrol
Big H. Veuters
Finney County Cancer Crusade Raises 3708.75 Donation Total
The Finney County Cancer Crusade tallied 3708.75 in contributions with 2654 from the Iva Roy estate and a 35000 gift to the American Cancer Society. Forty three firms three organizations and numerous individuals contributed. Donations may be sent to Mrs M M Higgins Garden Motel, the drive chairman.
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Finney County
Iva Roy
American Cancer Society
M. M. Higgins
Garden Motel
Hospital admissions and a dismissal list at St Catherine
Admissions list at St Catherine includes Mrs Dan Banman 314 Main St, Robert Collins 2415 B, Mrs Sinmo Martinez Bristol Colo, LaDonna Toland 901 N 4th, Mrs Grace Harvey 511 N Sth, Mrs Earl Wallace 205 Conk, Mollie Smith Lakin, Henry Ball 1201 N 8th, Mrs John Escalada 607 E Pine. Dismissals note Mrs Jessie Carter Scott City.
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St. Catherine
Dan Banman
Robert E. Collins
Sinmo Martinez
Bristol
Colo. LaDonna
Toland
Grace Harvey
Earl Wallace
Mollie £. Smith
Lakin
Henry L. Ball
John Escalada
E. Pine
Jessie Carter
Scott City
Professor Ferguson, 91, to have building named for him
MARSHALL MO AP Prof William Ira Ferguson of Missouri Valley College, aged 91, will see a new dormitory named in his honor after the old student union building named for him was condemned. He began at the college in 1890, graduated in 1887, taught since 1914, never missed a day due to illness, and plans to retire June 1. He remains active with his unique grading method and steadfast teaching philosophy.
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Ferguson
Missouri Valley
Pops
Births and Local Accidents in Gardens City Area
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Escalada at St. Catherine on May 28 at 9 11 a.m. weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces. In City Accidents report, Sunday at 1 35 p.m. in the 400 block E Kansas a car driven by Cecil Wesley Smith Mesquite Texas and another car driven by David Harold Fine reported minor damage. Saturday at 9 20 p.m. at Main and Santa Fe a station wagon driven by Claude Wesley Walker and a car driven by Jo Ann Frances Manske both sustained minor damage.
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Toy Ann Floryancic
York
Wilbur C. Goodman
Scott City
St. Catherine
John Escalada
E. Pine
Kansas
Cecil Wesley Smith
Mesquite
Tex
David Harold Fine
N. 5Th
Main
Santa Fe
Claude Wesley Walker
N. Main
Jo Ann Frances Manske
Monrovia
Calif
Memorial Day Sermon Gathers Viet Nam Praise
President Johnson heard a Memorial Sunday sermon in Washington praising the deeds of U S forces in Viet Nam. Dr George R Davis of National City Christian Church said if readers knew their acts they would honor Sunday Schools and charity over there. Johnson planned to speak Monday at Arlington National Cemetery in a ceremonial memorial service.
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Washinton
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
George R. Davis
National City Christian Church
Capital Pays Tribute To Late President
Taps sounded as President Johnson sent a wreath to the Kennedy grave and 2,500 attended a memorial Mass in Washington. About 50,000 visited Kennedy’s Arlington grave over the weekend. The Knights of Columbus sponsored the Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Mrs. RFK attended with three of her children, while the Kennedy family stayed private. The sermon urged patriotism amid antiwar demonstrations. A military honor cordon and taps closed the ceremony with wreaths placed by Maj. Gen. Curtis J. Herrick and soldiers.
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Frances Lewine Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Knights of Columbus of
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Luci
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Courtney
Kerry
Kathleen
New Jersey
W. Joyce Russell
St. Catherine Laboure Church
Wheaton
Knights
Thir Organization
Army
Curtis J. Herrick
Military District of
Washington
President Johnson
David Sapp
Arlington
Kevin E. Fitzgerald
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Garden City Library Summer Reading Program Outlined
The Garden City Public Library announces a seven week summer program starting June 9 for first grade to be held Thursdays in the Christian Church basement. The Pooh Club meets biweekly starting June 14 for grades 2 and 3, featuring Winnie the Pooh writings.
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Garden City Public Library
The
Christian Church
A. A. Milne
Milne
Auto Hits Pile of Sand Youth Killed
A car crashed into a sand pile on a Barton County road under construction between Ellinwood and Claflin in Hoisington Kansas killing 16 year old Gerald Boor. He was thrown through the windshield. Two others were not seriously injured.
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Hoisington, Kan
Gerald Boor
Barton County
Ellinwood
Claflin
Young Boor
Mathias Boor
Kansas City Man Killed in Collision
A 28 year old Randolph Cooper of Kansas City died in a Johnson County Kansas collision early Sunday. The crash occurred four and a half miles west of De Soto. Injured but released after treatment at the University of Kansas Medical Center were Mr and Mrs Warren Zimmerman of Lawrence.
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Kansas City
DE Soto, Kan
Johnson ,County
Kan
Randolph Coopter
de Soto
University of Kansas Medical Center
Warren Zimmerman
Lawrence
Mrs Ira Corn Selected for Missouri Reading Institute
Mrs Ira Corn, a Holcomb teacher, is chosen to attend the University of Missouri at Kansas City diagnostic and remedial reading institute for five weeks from June 12 to July 16 with expenses paid by the National Defense Education Administration. Her son Joe Bill Corn receives a 10 week study grant at the Intensive Linguists Institute at the University of Kansas to study advanced Chinese.
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Ira Corn
Holcomb
University of Missouri At
Kansas City
National Defense Education Administration
Joe Bill Corn
Intensive Linguistists Institute
University of Kansas
Joe
Mennonites in Festival Here
About 450 members of Mennonite churches from Kansas and Oklahoma met at Clifford Hope Auditorium for the 47th annual Mennonite Song Festival. Morning and afternoon sessions featured quartets trios duets ensembles and individual church choirs with numbers from Meade Montezuma Colby Ulysses Cimarron Liberal Garden City and from Adams Balko Turpin and Hooker. City Commissioner G F Reed welcomed the group as mayor pro tem of Garden City. The event is conducted annually in Garden City.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Harmony
Clifford Hope Auditorium
G. F. Reed
Garden City
Meade
Montezuma
Colby
Ulysses
Cimarron
Liberal
Adams
Balko
Turpin
Hooker
Latin Students Score High in Nationwide Exam
Garden City Senior High School Latin students excel in the first national Derivative Exams with 2,000 participants nationwide. Duans Downtain led at 98th percentile, followed by David Downtain 97 and David Rintoul 95, plus Nancy Yardley 92 and several others earning merit certificates.
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Garden City
Hgh
Bernardine Sitts
Duans Downtain
David
David Rintoul
Nancy Yardley
Connie Koestel
Alfreda McAfee
Steve Fritz
Leroy Peters
Marsha Lemke
Sharon Sloan
Helen Rintoul
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Gerald Beach
Pierceville
Angel Flight
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Robert Greer
Andrew Groshans
Wesley Powell
Elmer E. Speer
Terry Hunsberger
Henry Roenfeldt
Evans Jerome Billinger
Wesley Luther M. Largent
Imperial Rt
Kathy Stroud
Burnside
Richard Murray
Nelson Steven Koehn
Hildred E. Wright
Robert Miller
Hamline
Walter Sturgeon
Kiwanis
Garden City Kiwanis Club
Garden City Community Junior College
Leslie Cripe
Keith Cripe
Duane Downtain
M. M. Downtain
Hattie
Garden City High School
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