Perry-Lecompton superintendent Brunton retires after 38 years
Brunton, who will be 65 in June, retires as Perry Lecompton school district superintendent after 38 years serving Jefferson County. The board urged him to stay, but he declined. A reception honors his career at Perry Lecompton High School with open houses at the high and middle schools.
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Perry-Lecompton
Board of Education
Perry- Lecompton High School
Perry Middle School
Jefferson County
Ozankie
Nesbitt
Ozawkie
Tibbitt School
Oskaloosa
Masons
Order of the Eastern Star
Perry Lake
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas City
Perry Lecompton superintendent reminisces career and local growth
The longtime Perry Lecompton educator Brunton recalls starting as a Williamstown principal in 1940 and leading Perry Grade School before becoming district superintendent in 1965. He cites community ties, growth from Perry Lake development, and a belief in the teacher's human role over machines as core to his 32 years in service.
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Williamstown
Perry
Perry- Lecompton
Infant Dwayne Burns Graveside Service in Lawrence
Dwayne Lee Burns infant son of Mr and Mrs Donald R Burns of Lawrence died Friday in Memorial Hospital. Graveside services are at 1 p m Monday at Oakhill Cemetery. He is survived by two sisters Sonya Mae and Charlene Lavonne and a brother Donald all at home and by paternal grandparents Carl Burns Filmore Missouri and maternal grandparents Clarence McMechan Lawrence. Memorial contributions to the Cancer Fund are suggested.
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Dwayne Lee Burns
Donald R. Burns
Lawrence
Oakhill Cemetery
Dwayne Lee
Memorial Hospital
Sonya Mae
Charlene Lavonne
Donald
Carl Burns
Filmore
Clarence McMechan
Funeral services for Estus Barrett in Topeka
Funeral services were held for Estus Jack Barrett 45 a former Lawrence resident who died Tuesday in a Topeka hospital after an illness. A 26 year Air Force veteran he retired in 1971 born in Waldron Arkansas he attended Lawrence High School he is survived by his widow two daughters his mother three sisters and three brothers.
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Topeka
Estus
Jack) Barrett
Lawrence
Barrett
Air Force
Waldron
Ark
Lawrence High School
Funeral services for Alice Catherine McTaggart
Funeral services for Alice Catherine McTaggart of Kansas City Kansas will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at D. W. Newcomer's Sons Funeral Home Brush Creek and Paseo. Graveside services follow at 12:30 p.m. in Melvern Kansas. Miss McTaggart attended local schools and activities.
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Kansas. City
Alice Catherine McTaggart
Kansas City
Kan
D. W
Newcomer’s Sons Funeral
Brush Creek
Paseo
Melvern
Secret Talks Highlight Vietnam Peace Conference Stalemate
The Vietnam peace conference in Paris has seen 149 sessions with no progress and secret talks running beneath public fencing. Henry Cabot Lodge and David Bruce held sessions with North Vietnam, while Henry Kissinger met the North Vietnamese 13 times. The latest meeting ended May 2 amid renewed accusations.
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Saigon
Kleber
Henry Cabot Lodge
Harriman
Lodge
David Bruce
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Funeral services for Frank H. Emery in Wellsville
Funeral services for Frank H. Emery 63 of Ottawa will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wilson and Son Funeral Home Wellsville. Burial follows at Clearfield Cemetery Douglas County. Emery born August 12 1908 spent life in Ottawa and Lawrence. Survived by widow Irene two daughters four sons a stepdaughter Carol Mollett Ottawa and sister Hazel Romsted also of Ottawa.
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Wellsville
Frank H. Emery
Ottawa
Wilson and Son
Clearfield Cemetery
Douglas County
Mr. Emery
Lawrence
Irene
Carol Mollett
Hazel Romstedt
Memorial service for Ethel Lindquist noted in Baltimore
Memorial services for Ethel Geer Lindquist 85 of Palm Beach Fla will be held at Homewood Friends Meeting in Baltimore. She died May 6 at her daughter's home in Baltimore. She graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and lived in Lawrence Kan 1921 to 1954. She leaves two daughters Clara Klug Wilming ton Del and Helen Benny Baltimore Md a son Elmer Port Townsend Wash 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Memorial gifts to Cook Christian Training School Tempe Ariz or Union Congregational Church West Palm Beach Fla.
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Ethel Geer Lindquist
Palm Beach, Fla
Homewood Friends Meeting
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
G. Elmer Lindquist
Lawrence, Kan
Clara Klug
Wilmington
Del
Benny
Elmer
Port Townsend, Wash
Cook Christian Training School
Tempe, Ariz
Union Congregational Church
West Palm Beach
Fla
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Alice Catherine
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Hillcrest Shopping Center
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