Triple Slayings Puzzle Police In Oklahoma Hills
Eight people questioned as investigators probe the slaying of three Canadian Oklahoma bachelors William Gann Homer Beasley and Hobart Watkins found shot and stabbed in woods northeast of McAlester. A note on a campaign card and a blood-stained axe complicate the case as detectives seek motives and the weapon used. Local authorities say the killings may have occurred late Saturday with no clear suspects yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Okla
Here
William Gann
Homer Beasley
Hobart Watkins
Beasley
Gann
Jack Pickle
Bill Moore
George Baker
Homer
Hobart
Moore
Baker
Ben Riley
Jones Estes
Hilton Grigsby
Bob Lackey
Watkins
Lecompton community groups host sewing club and reunion
In Lecompton grade school girls formed a Christmas sewing club at the home of Marie Cottrell with Mrs. Margaret Cottrell as sponsor. The article lists attendees and notes weekly meetings for making gifts. A family reunion followed in Gage Park Topeka with many relatives from Blake Basler Hooper and others. A windstorm caused damage Friday morning, uprooting trees and snapping branches, with power outages and some fruit lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Cottrell
Margaret Cottrell
Cottrell
Virginia Eichman
Betty Kolb
Margaret Goodrich
Phyllis Martin
Ivalou McCall
Doris
Lara Holloway
Pauline Baughman
Patricia Wolf
Mary Nelle
Opal Lasswell
Jim Stapleton
Glenn
Jim
Jack
Tom
Walter
Helen Stapleton
Dorothy Herndon
Helen Henderson
Auburn
H. J. Hooper
Lois
Betty Hooper
N. A. Basler
Delbert Basler
Kansas City
William Harrison
Carbondale
Eugene Burke
Eugene
Ted O. Don Burke
Fred Burke
Mabel Hinkle
M. L. Blake
A. M. Woosely
H. L. Blake
Julian
Juanita
James
Geraldine Blake
Jack Williams
George Hill
H. DeCamp
Elnora Camp
R. E. Johnson
Maxine
Jean
Claire
Peggy Johnson
Topeka
E. M. Basler
Lecompton
Edward McClanahan
G. L. Glenn
George Earnshaw
Junior
Betty Jane
Floyd Rogers
Will Gravel
Bethel Guests and Graduation Attends Community Events
Bethel residents hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Godfrey Swenson of Kansas City and Mr and Mrs Clarence Albright with Ernest. Lee Jones and wife attended Stone Church of Worden children day exercises and dined with Albert Schwartz family. Several locals joined rural grade graduation in Lawrence where Elgitha Hoffman and Nellie Finch, former Brubaker student, were listed among graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Swenson
Kansas City
Swenson
Clarence Albright
Nellie Finch
Brubaker
Rangeline
Bethel Bible school closes. Father's Day program noted
The Daily Vacation Bible school at Bethel under Mrs. C O McDaniel ended Friday after two weeks of activities enjoyed by a fair crowd. A Father’s Day program at Bethel featured Prof Williams of Baker University, who spoke on parental duties. About 150 attended the dinner at the Jones residence. Several families and neighbors visited and celebrated milestones including birthdays and family gatherings across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Hodges
Pomona
Bethel
C. O. McDaniel
Homewood
Stratford Owens
Kansas City
Carl Funk
Betty June
Raymond
George Henry
Alma
Mich
Owens Home
Ben Hoffman
Ed’ Hoffman
Frank Hoffman
Ottawa
Charles Hoffman
Elsie Pippett
Worden
Delbert Hoffman
Dorothy
Floyd Heffner
Ruby
John Hoffman
Elisabeth
Ralph
Velma Vance
Wilma Stahel
Helen Hepner
Marjorie Garrett
Alvin Stahel
Clark Kinney
Carbondale
Ruth
Mae Young
Raymond Oehrie
Lila Elaine
Bethel Ladies Aid
Dorothy Simmons
Prof. Williams
Baker University
Williams
Mr. Williams
James Jones
John
Ben
Lillian Runyon
Joe Runyon
Barclay
Cleveland Clark
Clark
Grandma Smith
Eliza Baldwin
Emporia
Ernest Albright
Stony Point Social Roundup and Harvest Notes
Baldwin residents Mr and Mrs Ford Winters and Mr and Mrs Dick Fisher visited Mrs Clara Kassinger on Tuesday evening. Floyd Churchhaugh of High Prairie called at the Dave Wray home Tuesday forenoon. Jean Theday Holmes studies music with Miss Helen Holcom. Clarence Griffis and son Griffis of Vinland began cutting wheat on the Malone place this week. Frank Jones helps Dave Wray and son Ernest in the harvest. Wheat quality is good while oats are short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Winters
Dick Fisher
Baldwin
Clara Kassinger
Floyd Churchhaugh
High Prairie
Dave Wray
Ean
Holmes
Helen Holcom
Clarence Griffis
Som
Er Griffis
Vinland
Malone Place
Frank Jones
Ernest
S. W. Owens
Community Notes Touch Family Visits and Local Appointments
Local social items record Mr and Mrs C G Chambers observing Father’s Day with relatives in Olathe and Lawrence. Postmistress Mildred Atkinson named for De Soto. many residents visit kin in Kansas City Lawrence and Ottawa. Burial for Mrs Marcia Heddon noted in De Soto area.
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C. G. Chambers
Fuente
Chamber
C. D. Hames
Olathe
J. D. Chambers
Ollie Brewer
Roberta
Lawrence Visi
C. S. Hambleton
Charles Dicken
Mary Anderson
Miami
Florida
Oscar Anderson
Louie Stratton
Kansas City
Bert Foote
Barbara
Billie
Montreal
Canada
Foote
Lillie Coffin
Toronto
Margaret Christner
Eleanor Whitelaw
Chicago
Chicago For A Few Days. Miss Christner
Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Velma Seaton
Miss Christner
Hobart Morse
Merriam
F. M. Gordon
C. W. Morse
Oliver Allen
Ethel
Grandview
Pleasant Hour club hosts at Mrs Blaylock home
Mrs Edithee and daughter with Mr and Mrs Hambleton hosted the Pleasant Hour club at Mrs Blaylock’s home. Titled Roses described as a town event, with guests including Evelyn Midgeet Miss Nina Blaylock and Miss Helen Mathia of Eudora. Mrs Ralph Bowling and Mr Bowling’s sister Mrs Earl Martin and children from Lawrence visited. Young Women’s club met at Mrs Bowling’s afternoon with new member Mrs Mabel Cunningham.
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Fd Freeman
Challes Freeman
Zimmers
Howser
Lawrence
Deer
A Ts
Athenaeum Club
Allie Taylor
Esther Gordon
Mia
Elsie Fole
Lillie Coffin
Russia
C. Wright
Frank Doane
Esther Nease
Walter Reid
Ellsworth Douglas
Bonner Springs
Earl Ross
Evelyn
Earlene
Arthur Coker
Parsons
C. S. Hambleton
Coker
DeSoto Cemetery
James
Marcia) Heddon
Heddon
DeSoto
Roy Stark
Everett Southers
J. E. Holliday
James Holliday
Melvin, Blaylock
Daisy Jenking
Pleasant, Hill, Mo
John Blaylock
L. R. Penner
Gon Leland
Howard Blaylock
Lucile Blaylock
Viola Elliott
Mra. Southers
Colorado Springs
Edithee
Hambleton
Bertha . Blaylock
Minnie Dicken
Pleasant Hour Club
Mrs. Blaaylock
Rome
Dicken
Midgeet
Nina Blaylock
Helen Mathia
Eudora
Ralph Bowling
Ralph Bowling and Mr. Bowling
Rand
Earl Martin
T. G. Elliott
Fredonia Bowling
Hattie Hale
Bowling
Mabel Cunningham
Mc Cleary family mourns sudden death in Ben Brecheisen home
A Clearfield community notice reports the sudden death of a McCleary family member while playing in the yard at the Ben Brecheisen residence. Dr Naylor of Wellsville attended, funeral held Wednesday at Shawnee. Nearby, family and friends visited kin in Lawrence, Ottawa, and Dover areas as various Brecheuhaupt Vitt and Brecheisen relatives kept up with church, farming, and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary
Ben Brecheisen
Emma Breithaupt
Clifford
Katie Glaser
Waverly
Breithaupt
D Pittsburg
Mary Brecheisen
Tonganoxie
Kelley
Clearfield
Nora Vitt
Rosco
Miss Vitt
Emporia
Brecheisven
Evangelical
Lawrence
Florance
C. Meeder
Kansas City
Gideon Breithaupt
Henry Deckway
John Ott
Kaw Valley
Roy Breithaupt
Ottawa
George Vitt
Ida Myers
Milo Wotan
Emray Vitt
Lizzie McCline
Wellsville
George Schehrere
Amon
Bartle Breithaupt
Eudora
Community Notices From Clearfield and Eudora Area
Local residents share visits and picnics across Wellsville Tonganoxie Kaw Valley and Kaw communities. The Clearfield W M S Society sets an ice cream social July 10 at Clearfield church ahead of a July 3 quarterly meeting at Eudora church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Sturm
Wellsville
Henry Deckwa
Tommy Grossaman
Clarence Hausman
Tonganoxie
Alberta Deckwa
Dorothy Hausman
Philip Gabriel
Minnie Hausman
John Ott
Kaw Valley
Eudora Church
Clearfield
Hanny Schmit
Mr. Miller
Oklahoma City
Clearfield Grange
Kansay
Jean Clark
Trio
Hannah Meeder
Rosig Thoren
Jess Brecheisen
Patricia Clark
Mrs Haverstock Returns Home From Neta Waka Visit
Mrs E G Haverstock came home Sunday after a several week stay with relatives in Neta waka. Mrs J D Allen has gone to the Washington Creek neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Haverstock
Netawaka
J.D. Allen
Washington Creek
Weekend Caucuses Shape Local Township Races
The Kanwaka precincts held Republican and Democrat caucuses naming candidates for township offices. Republicans chose Ralph Colman for committeeman and Everett Petefish for supervisor. Democrats named Geo T Richards for trustee and Rudolph Houk for clerk. Social visits mention Mrs O P Menc ies and several families visiting relatives in Lawrence and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Mencies
Elizabeth Thal
Tad
Kanwaka
Ralph Colman
Everett Petefish
Geo. T. Richards
Rudolph Houk
Fred A. Richardson
Oliver
Bert Eddy
Kansas City Hoss
Mark Pierson
Mary Elizabeth
Leeds
Isconsin
Otra
F ‘ oFchardson
Barbara al Iiginia
Guy’ Bigsby
Lawrence
Elizabeth Ann Bigsby
Paul Pickers
Jane Fike
Homer Anrd
Hird
Margaret Perkins
J. S. Emmett
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