Social Calendar Lists Church Meetings and Dinners
Wednesday events include Christian Church CWE executive meeting at 9 30 a m City Advisory Council 7 30 p m at City Hall CWF at 2 p m and ALDS Ladies Study 1 30 p m Eta Kappa pledge 8 p m at the Masonic Temple Past presidents night. Thursday through Sunday feature church WMS groups and Beta Sigma Phi chapters plus a Sunday Founders Day dinner at Menegays North with Xi Alpha Chi and Kita Kappa 508 S Chestnut.
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Christian Church
CWE
City Advisory Council
City Commission
New City Hall
CWF
ALDS
Roy Trammell
Humboldt
Wesley United Methodist Church
WSCS
Virginia Pickarts
Sierra Leone
Africa
Jewell Beard
WMS
The
First Baptist Church
Masonic Temple
United Presbyterian Women's General Meeting
Menegay’s North
Kita Kappa
Xi Alpha Chi
Beta Sigma Phi
Kathryn Scott
S. Chestnut
Racial Violence Flares in Cairo and San Francisco
Racial violence erupts in two cities with police and fire crews at a bombed Cairo building withdrawing under gunfire as roving groups of Negro youths attack pedestrians and smash cars in San Francisco's Fillmore District.
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Cairo
San Francisco
Fillmore
Frio RAPHS Garden Faith And Peace In The Home
A garden provides comfort amid world unrest and war as seeds grow into life and abundance. The piece promotes soil work as a spiritual plan and urges youths to embrace gardening with spades hoes and rakes to foster a happier, more abundant life before God.
Sorority to Celebrate 38th Anniversary Sunday
The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Eta Kappa and Xi Alpha Chi mark 38 years since founding with a 6:30 p m banquet at Menegays North. Governor Docking proclaims Beta Sigma Phi Week April 27 to May 4 in Kansas. The event reviews local history, welcomes new members, and features toastmistress Mrs John Heard and guest speaker Fermanda Mata.
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Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Eta Kappa
Xi Alpha Chi
Menegay’s
North
Beta Sigma Phi
Kansas
Robert Docking
Abilene
United States
Canada
Cecil Jones
Jones
John Heard
Mesdames A. O. Hillbrant
Jim Wheatley
George Heider
Doug Dawson
Lawrence Diebolt
Eugene Smith Fermanda Mata
The
Burlington High School
Deaths and Funerals: Maude Davis Kerschner
Maude Davis Kerschner, 90, of Iola died early today at Allen County Hospital after a stroke last Sunday. Born February 3, 1879 in Iowa, she lived in Kansas with her husband William Davis, then John Kerschner, both deceased. Survived by son Clyde W. Davis of Topock Arizona, daughter Mildred Newport, 13 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and eight great great grandchildren. Funeral 10 a.m. Thursday at Waugh Yokum Funeral Home, Rev. Ray Nitcher officiating, burial 4 p.m. Thursday Elmwood Cemetery Augusta Kansas.
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Maude Davis Kerschner
Ioa
Allen County Hospital
Kerschner
Iowa
William Allen Davis
Kansas
John Kerschner
Iola
Mildred Newport
Countryside Estate
Clyde W. Davis
Topock
Arizona
Waugh- Yokum Funeral Home
Ray Nitcher
Elmwood Cemetery
Augusta
Eddie Crocker dies at 72 after farmer life in Allen Co
Eddie Crocker 72 of 422 South Third died yesterday evening. Born at Yates Center he farmed in Allen County for years before retirement. He married Lola Willis in 1918 who died in 1965. he later married Ollie Blevins. Survivors include his widow, a son Charles Crocker Wichita, a daughter Ruby Pearman Carthage Missouri, a brother Frank Crocker Merwin Missouri, and two sisters Pearl Reiter Iola and others.
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Eddie Crocker
South Third
Allen County
Mr. Crocker
Yates Center
Lola Willis
Ollie Blevins
Charles Crocker
Wichita
Ruby Pearman
Carthage
Missouri
Frank Crocker
Merwin
Pearl Reiter
Iola
Funeral for Blanche Gilmore in Girard at Waugh-Yokum
Blanche Gilmore of Girard with three grandchildren and several step children and step grandchildren will be honored at a 2 p.m. Thursday service at Waugh Yokum Funeral Home. The Rev. P. M. Cowen will officiate. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery.
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Blanche Gilmore
Girard
Waugh- Yokum Funeral Home
Rev. P. M. Cowen
Highland Cemetery
Overland Minuteman Test Planned Across Nation
The Air Force plans the first overland operational test of a Minuteman intercontinental missile, launching from a North Dakota silo base with a dummy warhead traveling 7000 miles to a central Pacific target. Details remain undisclosed, but routes include North Dakota Montana Idaho and the Washington Oregon border.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Los Angeles Times
North Dakota
Central Pacific
the Times
Montana
Idaho
Washington-Oregon
Times
Rescued ESU Student Found Clinging to Wood in River
Emporia Kan AP An Emporia State College student was saved from the Cottonwood River after a plane spotted him clinging to driftwood. Douglas Hime 22 of Augusta and Robert Boyer 23 of Overland Park, both canoeing for a race, were dumped into the river when their craft hit submerged brush. Boyer made shore and called for help. the plane guided rescuers to Hime, who had been in the water two hours.
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Emporia
Kan
Emporia State College
Cottonwood River
Douglas Hime
Augusta
Robert Boyer
Overland Park
Boyer
Hime
Busy Brush Paint Club Hosts Meeting and Next Session
Mrs. Florence Kelabington of rural Erie hosted the Busy Brush Paint Club Friday with eight members answering roll call and a hostess gift won by Mrs. Helen Strunk. The next regular meeting is set for May 23 with Mrs. Nieta Leake.
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Busy Brush Paint Club
Florence Kelabington
Erie
Helen Strunk
Nieta Leake
France Quietly Awaits Pompidou Entry in Presidential Race
France remains calm as Georges Pompidou and other hopefuls prepare to enter the presidential contest to succeed Charles de Gaulle, marking a pivotal phase in the political landscape.
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Paris
France
Georges Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
Kansas Women’s Democratic Clubs Meet at Parsonian
Lt Gov James DeCoursey will give the main address at the 5th District Convention of the Kansas Federation of Women's Democratic Clubs on Saturday May 3 at the Parsonian in Parsons Kansas. He served as Special Assistant to the Governor and Urban Affairs and later as lieutenant governor. Registration starts 9:30 a.m. Betty Tullis leads Labette County Club as host.
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James DeCoursey
Kansas Federation of Women’s Democratic Clubs
Parsonian
Parsons
Kansas
DeCoursey
Ozark
Kansas City
Betty Tullis
Rt. 1
Chetopa
Labette County
Notable Births Recorded at Alien County Hospital
Mrs Glen Varvel of LeRoy Mrs Kendall Ashford of Iola W C Burton of Neosho Falls Mrs Jim Valentine of Iola Cora Duggan of Iola Mary Per cell of Yates Center John Folke of Westphalia Steve Hammond of LeRoy Michelle Christy of Le Roy Iva Beaman of Iola Mr and Mrs Terry Hughes of Iola welcome a son weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces
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Glen Varvel
LeRoy
Kendall Ashford
Iola
W C. Burton
Neosho Falls
Jim Valentine
Cora Duggan
Mary Percell
Yates Center
John Folke
Westphalia
Steve Hammond
Michelle Christy
le Roy
Iva Beaman
Terry Hughes
Grace Baptist to screen two films this Saturday evening
Grace Baptist Church will show The Chevy That Wanted to Be a Cadillac at 7 30 in the evening with no charge and an open invitation. The second film Just A Stranger is described as a life story to inspire Christians to witness more in daily life. A free will offering will be taken. Church Women United observes May Fellowship Day Friday at 2 pm in Wesley United Methodist sanctuary.
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Grace Baptist Church
George Vogt
Vogt
Church Women United
Wesley United Methodist Church
Kendall Ashford
Gayle Hoard
Thomas Nuquist
Robert Bodeman
Donald Hood
Ben Ellis
Bombers Launch New B52 Campaign Near Saigon
U S command resumes air strikes with B52 bombers harassing North Vietnamese troops in jungle areas north of Saigon as part of ongoing operations.
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Saigon
U.S
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