Five Year Fight For Estate Ends In Oklahoma Heiress Win
Wichita May 9 Mrs Margaret Berggraf Oliver of Welch Oklahoma won a five year legal battle for possession of the Tate Mr e estate valued between 100 000 and 150 000 She was adjudged sole heir by Judge I N Williams of Sedgwick County District Court The case was argued against six other claimants and involved multiple visits to Germany and Indianapolis with Mrs Schindler’s marriages and rumor filled background The nurse who cared for Mrs Schindler testified that her only living relative was a niece in Oklahoma Schindler died in 1898.
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Wichita
Kan
Margaret Berggraf Oliver
Welch
Okla
Tate
Margaret Schindler
I. N. Williams
Sedgwick County
State Supreme Court of Appeals Nf
Schindler
Hanft
Switzerland
Oscar Schindler
Indianapolis
Ind
Oliver
Soaking rains reach northeastern Kansas soaking soil
Overnight rains of over one inch drenched parts of northeastern Kansas easing four year drought fears. Rain fell heavily along a belt reaching Hutchinson Wichita Iola and Eureka while western regions saw lighter moisture. Cooler weather aided pastures but hurt early crops. warmer readings expected with no frost tonight. Rainfall totals from various towns listed. A C Gere heads G A R.
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Toneka
Kansas
Garden City
Tribune
Hutchinson
Wichita
Iola
Hureka
Flora
Carbondale
Osage City
Valley Falls
Anthony
Emporia
Eureka
Horton
Independence
Tola
McPherson
Manhattan
Kansas City
Wamego
St. Joseph
Satine Designated as Place of 1936 Encampment
Kansas City Kansas May 9 GP A O Gere 88 of Stafford will head the Kansas G A R for the ensuing year and the 1956 encampment of old soldiers will be in Salina. The 58 veterans who registered this year elected James George Byington 85 of Leavenworth senior vice commander and J H Getty 85 of Ottawa junior vice commander. Ladies of the G A R elected officers including Mrs Fannie J Kelsey of Topeka president and Mrs Anna Sedge of Kansas City senior vice president.
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Kansas City
Kan
A. O. Gere
Stafford
Kansas G. A. R
Salina
James George Byington
Leavenworth
J. H. Getty
Ottawa
Fannie J. Kelsey
Topeka
Anna Sedge
Chris
Kent Ohio High School Speech Tournament closes in Kent
National high school speech tourney nears close at Kent Ohio with finalists. Omaha Central defeats Los Angeles, Bakersfield beats Topeka while four declamation finalists are named. Local items mention Lawrence visitors and community church services amid spring events.
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Kent
Ohio
Omaha
Neb
Central High School
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Calif
Topeka
Kan
Lorraine Waggoner
Peoria
Til
Marion Conrad
W. Allis
Wis
Mary Ann Porterfield
Edward Hansen
Harlan, Va
Harriet Goldstein
Brownsville
Dorothy Jane Derwell
Ill
Lester Gross
Maplewood
Neighborhood notes mix chores visits and local events
Excelsior Charley Gleason of High Prairie calls locally. Rev and Mrs Nelson and children visit L W Haas. Laura Pearson of Baldwin helps care for Charley Oshel who is ill. Oshel remains about the same. E B Enyart, Lyle Enyart and daughters Topeka visit Ted Hornacker family. Eva and Mabel Haas visit Christina Heim’s. Mary Lutz visits. Ike Thomas does work at Glen Flora home. Neighbors practice ball at Walter Pohl home. LaVergne Flora travels with Ike Thomas and children to Kansas City. Local attend Minneola school exercises. Mrs Shaw loses about 400 baby chickens to overheated oil brooder. Pohl/Gastrock families attend Williamsburg senior play. Geneva Steen part of cast. Backstrom party from Kansas City as Sunday dinner guests of Henry Pohl. Geneva Steen of Williamsburg visits sister Mrs Ernest Pohl. dinner with John Gibson family. Perry Stover and Frank Steen families hosted Sunday dinner at Ernest Pohl home.
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Charley Gleason
High Prairie
Nelson
Paul
Esther
James
L. W. Haas
Laura Pearson
Baldwin
Charley Oshel
Oshel
E. B. Enyart
Lyle Enyart
la Wanda
Mary Lou
Topeka
Ted Hornacker
Eva
Mabel Haas
Christina Heim
Mary Lutz
Ike Thomas
Glen Flora
Walter Pohl
LaVergne Flora
Kansas City
Minneola
Shaw
Conrad Gastrock
Ernest Pohl
Laurine
Marvin
Williamsburg
Backstrom
Suny
Henry Pohl
Geneva Steen
John Gibson
Stella
Centropolis
Averé
Ben Gibson
Perry Stover
Ill and recovering Mrs E C Wilson returns home
Mrs E C Wilson who had been very ill at Memorial hospital in Lawrence returned to her home in Twin Mound Sunday. Mrs Dora Moss entertained with a dinner Sunday in honor of her husband John Moss with many relatives and friends present. Stuart Thurber did repair work on a tractor for George Sullivan this week. Mrs Ross Sinclair and daughter Nellie Bliss visited Mrs Wilson Tuesday evening.
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Clara Petefish
Memorial High School
Lawrence
J. T. Petefish
Pearl Thurber
Joan
Earl Simmons
Stuart Thurber
Marian Township Board
Marclene Clark
Tad Clark
Loretta Shaw
Old Belvoir
George Sullivan
Bessie Montfoort
Darlene June
E. C. Wilson
Memorial Hospital
Coila Thurber
Marjory Cumming
Dora Moss
John Moss
Elmer Thurber
Celesta
Joe Schirmer
Maxine
Dora Mae
Nellie
John Christy
Leslie Rose
Jimmie Wiggins
Sigel Rose
Lecompton
Aid
Rex Johnson
R. G. Warrington
Rotall
Sigel
Kanwaka Schoolhouse
Howard Phillips
Sterling
Sigel Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting at Demeritt Home
The Sigel Farm Bureau gathered Thursday at Mrs. Leslie Demeritt’s home for an all day session. A covered dish luncheon was served at noon. The event was planned as a surprise for Mrs. Demeritt’s mother.
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The
Farm Bureau
Leslie Demeritt
Sigel School Learners Share Entertaining Program
Pupils under Miss Margaret Colman staged an engaging program with a cowboy song costume horsehair hats and a playful group of songs. They presented a clever little playlet and readings while awards were announced by Miss Colman.
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Margaret Colman
Dean Stoneback
Marilee Robison
Iola Johnson
Miss Margaret
Everett O'Connor
Irwin Stoneback
Kenneth Johnson
Emporia
Fern
Fay Young
Doris
Leta Cox
B. C. Joiner
Bartlesville
Okla
Mary Louise Ramsey
Topeka
Glenn Cox
Mae Cox
Manhattan
Journal-World
Kenneth
Herbert Folks
Dale Johnson
A.A
Sigel
Hal Wolfe
William Johnson
Wolfe
F. A. Hubbard
Johnson
William Bahnmaier
Thelma
Lula
Earl
Winter Neighborhood
Edd Steele
Evelyn Redwine
Lake City
Kansas State College
Margaret Simmons
John Simmons
Monroe Caraner
H. W. Phillips
Bert Fiera
Lawrence
Mildred Peterscn
Rex Johnson
Leslie Rosé
John Christy
Alva Petefish
Mildred
George
Farmers’ Union School
Pleasant Valley School
Rex Dean Johnson
L., O'Meara
Local man dies after early Monday accident injury
A 78 year old resident died from peritonitis following injuries in an early Monday incident. Born in Elizabethtown Kentucky he moved to Kansas at age 25 and lived there since. He is survived by his widow and children.
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Elizabethtown
Hardin County
Kentucky
Kansas
Beesides
Phil
Smith
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