Radio Broadcast Adds to Pinochle Game Here
Ben Strauss self styled international champion is defeated by W G Hutson in a hotel Eldridge pinochle game shaped by a WREN radio broadcast. Kansas City figures Frank Rycoff and Dick Marsh join as players with Vernon Bing Smith narrating the evening. Hutson leads in wins as Strauss loses most rounds while local callers press to challenge the champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge
WREN
Ben R Strauss
Cleveland
Kansas City
Frank Rycoff
Dick Marsh
Kansas Cition
Kan‘sas City
W. G. Hutson
Strauss
Pinechle
Vernon
Bing) Smith
Smith
Amos
Andy
Rycoff
Missouri
Hutson
Kansas
Marsh
Denver
Frank Seested
Chameria
Social Guests Fill Holiday Week In Weaver Area
Kansas City visitors and local families shared a busy holiday schedule with many dinners calls and gatherings at Weaver and nearby Bellview Eudora and Topeka notes. Mrs Marie Reed and son Jimmy visited Mrs Reed’s sister Mrs John Bowen in Weaver on New Year’s Day. Multiple households hosted relatives from Kansas City Wellsville Hesper and Topeka during the New Year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Weatherford
Kansas City
Walter Parker
Parker
Elmer. Kurtz
Weatherford
Otto Abels
Jack Spari
Martin Abels
Belleview
Grant “Edelbrock
Robert Reusch
Leslie Kindred
Weaver
Howard Kohler
Hesper
Clem “Frye
Wellsville
Howard
Bernitz
Bernitz,and_ daughter, “Lelia “Mae, Clarence “Broers and Dick Nuttall
Bellview
Floyd “Broers
Marie Reed
Jimmy
Mildred Lawler
Hich School
Wilfred Bradley
Topeka
Ruth Ness
Virginia Starr
South Eudora “Om
Carrie
Anna Mae Fanning
Ralph Bowline
F. M. Brown
Russell Bowling
Lewie Hayes
Pete Edelbrock
Ralph Bowling
Ernie Brown
Tom Fanning
Ben Neis
Pete. Neis
Warne -Reéeusch
Merl Reusch
Reusch
Tonganoxie
Ea -Maul
Margaret Forsythe
Eudora
Leone Parker
Margaret
Evening Star School
Floyd Broers
Dan Neil
Prairie Center
Ed- Minster
Belva
Jean
Black Jack
Charlene
Fe M.brown
Rear' von
Melvin” McPherson
Neil Callin
Who's In The News? Fringe Figures Spark The Public Eye
A scrambled historical item mentions O'Bryen and foes tied to Roosevelt era figures, including references to Ford and Thornton-like names, plus a peace ship experiment and political clashes. The garbled OCR combines names, groups, and events, showing era political theater without clear chronology or outcome.
Local social notes and Christmas gatherings second line
A long list of community social happenings from Oak Ridge and nearby areas covers Christmas visits, family dinners, school duties resuming after vacation, and local residents attending programs. The note lists guests, holders of posts, illness updates, and movements among families including Stanwix, Welmers, Weeks, and Strong, with mentions of Topeka nurse Carrie Morgan and Reno resident George Phenicie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Grant Gideon
C. C. Miller
Carol Miller
Clifford Dehoff
George Stanwix
John Adams
Olathe
Wayne
Chester Strong
Kaw Valley
Clarence
Dreyer
Lawrence
Fred Strong
Leota Strong
F. H. Johns
Mabel Fairbzirni
Pete
Bryant
Frank Johns
Ula Martin
Will Rice
C. F. Freark
Iowa
Glen Weeks
Ardell Weeks
W. H. Weeks
Lyle Weeks
Alfred Heck
Mary Wulfekuhle
Stull
George L.phenicie
Reno
Carrie Morgan
Topeka
Berkeley
Calif
George Wells
W.H. Weeks
Glen Weeks Home
New Year Grange Meeting At Centenary Church
Weeks and baby daughter were ill but later improved. Edwin Schowen gardt family and Mrs. James Houk with daughters visited Alfred Heck home. Grange members from here attended New Year meeting at Centenary M E Church. Old officers re-elected for 1935. A bountiful noon dinner and fine program. Committee thanked all for kindness and good meeting venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie -Fetty
Frances Mole
Oakridge
Miss Lowash
Leona Fetty
Billy
Blanche Garrett
Martha
Lucille Hayden
Freemont Hornberger
Kathleen House
Lawrence Morgan
Grant’ Township
A.C. Schaake
Gus Brome
Paul Brune
Charlie” Ward
H. G. van Neste
Emil.Heck
George Stanwix
Edwin Schowengardt
James Houk
Alfred Heck
Grange
M. E
Black Jack Christmas Gatherings and Local Notices
Miss Mary Finnerty remains in critical condition after major surgery in a Providence hospital Kansas City. Anne Finnerty of Hartford stays with uncle Will Finnerty. A Christmas tree program and gift distribution occurred at the schoolhouse on December 22 with gifts from the school board and pupils. Numerous local families hosted dinners and attended gatherings across Black Jack and nearby towns, including memorial services for Edward Greer and various Christmas day visits and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Finnerty
Providence
Kansas City
Anne Finnerty
Hartford
Will Finnerty
Campbell
Twenty Bell
George Corn
Independence
Mary Chandler
Ottawa
John Hays
Grace Hays
John Sheeley
Billy Sheppard
H. Wydlays
G. C. Waters
E. E. Kalb
Edward Greer
Ives Chapel
Ladies Needle Club
Veryl Sheppard
Cena Pearson
Pomona
Fannie Cavendar
Maurice O’neil
Ralph ‘Ralb
R.E. Allison
Mirs
Lloyd Drew
Anna Cavendar
Jimmy Smith
Erna Bats
B. Allison
Dayton van Tries
Raymond Pearson
Ralph
Donald Pearson
Dayton
Paul
O’neil
Lois
Frank
Donald
Wayne
A. F. Neis
Oliver
Neis
As John
Gideon Neis
Eudora
Cav Endar
Royden
Allison
Pno
A. M. Gillespie
Leonor
Albert Maldenhauer
Clarence
Herman Pooch
Clearfield
F. E. Kalb
Lester
Glenn
Ralph Kalb
Philip McMullen
Stella, Neb
George Smith
Pauline Smith
Rockford Sheeley
Severy
Harry Neis
J. C. Tisheim
Frances Kath
Emporia
Bethel Christmas Visits and Community Dinner Highlights
The Bethel area saw family visits from Thelma and Theda Clark of Lan sing and the Oberst family from Falls City Neb en route to McPherson after a Christmas dinner at Wellsville. Local families hosted guests for the holidays at multiple homes including the Brecheisen and Bond households. A Bethel church community dinner featured quilting displays and a flower garden quilt contest won by Raymond Oehrle, with Miss Elisabeth Hoffman visiting from Nickerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma
Theda
Clark
Lansing
Charlie Clarke
Samuel _Oberst
Frances
Evelyn
Sammy
Falls’ City
Neb
Oberst
Johnnie Brecheisen
McPherson
Lucien Mignot
Wellsville
Clarence Albright
Johnnie Breithaunt
Worden
Morris Krause
Topeka
Vergil Bond
Cleveland Clark
John Bunyan
Barclay
Charles Simmons
Dorothy
Raymond Oehrle
Mae Vance
Finch
Lucy Krause
Overbrook
Lillian Runyan
Nickerson
Bethel Church
C. M. Albrigh
Dorothy Simmons
Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ben Strauss
Interna
W.g.hutson
Kangan
By O'Bryen
Long & Foes
Roge Jornson
NRA
Henry Ford
TORO
Chiacasa
Campace
Henry
FORD
Dearborn
Scratch &T
Ford Buickia
Seniator Couzens
NULTI
Mrs. L. L. Kindred
Roscoe Parker
Methodist Epworth League
Leavenworth
Jimmy Dyer
Raymond Bowen
Ralph Brown
Smith Center
Oak’ Ridge
Bethel
John Hoffman
Velma Vanes
Agnes Forth
Ralph Hoffman
Myrtle Yoke
Lloyd Fleming
Myrtle Hoffman
Wilma Hoffman
Mrs. Hoffman
Ed Hoffman
Frank Hoffman
Thomas Burns
Loraine
J. H. Wake
N. R. Fleming
Chapel Hill
Floyd Heffner Land
Juby Mae
Charles Hoffman
Charlie Forth
Agnes
Wilk
Dickinson
Marge
Ted Healy
Eddie Fav. Jr
Thomas Jackson
Rogers
goSu Pitts
Gochalle Husson Pesmand Sveen
Florenc
Jers Sean Ploy
Design For Living
Barin
Carter
M.ca
Patee
Bing Crosby
Marion Davies
Hollywood
Laurel and Hardy
Buick
Design & Living
Fredric
Gary ‘Cooper
Miriam Hopkins
Ev. Horton
Ernst Lubitsch
Leslie Howard
Doug. Fairbanks
Paul Lukas
Margaret Lindsay
Edgar Kennedy
Kit Carson
Joe E. Brown
Myrt
Chas
Farrell
Ruggles
Val
Cecilia Parker
Lambert Hillyer
Columbia
Massachusetts ST
Sax
Ine
Blue-Jay
U. S
Bosch
Pwinchester
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