Kansas Marks First Historical Marker Dedicated in Johnson County
Governor Payne Ratner dedicates the first of a series of Kansas historical markers at Shawnee Friends Mission site in Johnson County. The mission, started 104 years ago by Quakers as a training school for Shawnee Indians, operated until 1869, with plans for 50 more markers and ongoing statewide commemorations.
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Johnson County
Payne Ratner
Ives
Kansas
Kansas Territory
Ratner
McGuffey
U. S
State Chamber of Commerce
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Kansas Historical Society
Kirke. Mechem
Kansas Highway Commission
Brinkerhoff
Roy Bailey
Salina
State Chamber
Beating Injures Mrs Noretta Rhodes Near Country Club
Mrs Noretta Rhodes 34 suffered severe bruises a concussion of the brain and a fractured nose after a beating on a country road north of the Country Club. Her husband Mose Rhodes 34 was held in the county jail. A .25 caliber pistol and a heavy oak club were found near the scene and the gun had been discharged. Rhodes car found at the scene. Mrs Rhodes was treated at Memorial hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noretta Rhodes
New York Street
Country Club
Mose Rhodes
Rhodes
Charles Banning
Four Kansans killed in Oswego bound crash on Route 66
Four Oswego, Kansas residents died when their motor car went out of control on a curve and overturned several times east of Tucumcari New Mexico on highway 66. Donald Thomas 22 Mrs Russell Cave 40 Russell Cave 45 and Esther Jean Cave 20 died from injuries received. Don Copeland escaped with minor head injuries. Thomas body was thrown 50 feet into a creek as the car failed at the curve. The party had been returning home from San Francisco.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Here
Oswego
Kan
Donald Thomas
Russell Cave
Esther Jean Cave
Don Copeland
Thomas
Cave
San Francisco
Young Democrats Meet as GRA Draft Jim Parvell for President
At Wichita Kansas on September 2 the Young Democrats held their annual convention with about 500 members present. Possible successors to Jibo Hewitt named include Leland Perdew of Hutchinson and Arthur Hodgson of Lyons. The article notes monthly livestock and farm product sales in the region.
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Wichita
Kan
GRA
Jim Parvell
Goodland Cantleman
Airliner Crash Incident Closes Virginia Air Route
A brief, fragmentary report notes an airliner crash in Virginia with twenty five fatalities over recent months in Lincoln Nebraska involving Mr. Sawyers family ties. The piece then shifts to a social column detailing showers in Topeka and Overbrook visits, reunions, and local greetings among families in Lone Star Columbia district and Ottawa.
Boy Lacerated by Wire at Family Reunion
Arvon Gail Gerstenberger 13 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Gerstenberger of Eudora was injured Sunday afternoon during a Nieder s grove Strotiel family reunion while playing baseball. He ran into a barbed wire fence, received stitches on the face left arm shoulder both hands and knees, and was treated to prevent lockjaw at Lawrence Memorial hospital.
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Arvon Gail Gerstenberger
Charles Gerstenberger
Eudora
Strotiel
Nieder’s Grove
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
School Board to Meet for Monthly Session
The board of education will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 in its office at Liberty Memorial High School.
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Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
Washington Creek Visits and Family Gatherings
Mrs Carl Boer kircher traveled to Kansas City Sunday to visit daughter Frances Boer kircher a St Luke s hospital supervisor. Otto and Hazel Pauline accompanied her. Mrs Orie Smith and daughter with Mr Kohler visited Topeka for a week. Otto Garber Nat tiellen Bethel folks visited Floyd Garber family. Gerald Hoover and daughter joined at parents home. Dr Earl Kinzie and children June and Billy Ness City dined with sister Mrs Frank Haas. Kinzie drove to Ottawa for kinfolk, they called on grandparents C P Miller on way home. The Kinzie party plus Will Wolfe Ton Banoxie and Professor Hess with Pauline Hess and Will Kingery shared a Friday evening gathering.
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Elva Craik
Warren
Topeka
Lois Craik
Frank Haas
W. A. Kinzie
Morrill
Earl Kinzie
June
Billy
Ness City
Fishburn
George Fishburn
Overbrook
Aubrey Fishburn
Melvin
Gordon
Alvin
Tena Fishburn
Ben Hoover
Howard Dillon
Jaqueline
Yvonne
Dillon
Ed Jones
Everett Turner
Globe
Charlie Mowder
Asa Postma
Vera
Ott Rhodehamel
Ott Rhodehamel Spent Sunday Afternoon With Mrs. Postma
George Markley
Columbia District
L. H. Griffith
Lone Star
C. P. Miller
W. B. DeVabiss
Ottawa
Mrs. Haas
Carl Boerkircher
Kansas City
Frances Boerkircher
St. Luke's Hospital
Gerald Hoover
Clarence Hoover
Lille Ikenberry
Church of the Brethren
Ikenberry
Vincent Wolfe
Ton- Banoxie
Will Wolfe
Li F.hess
Pauline of
McPherson
Will Kingery
Hess
Pauline
John Dillon
Lawrence
Richardson
Educational Department of the
State Highway Department
Miss' Tots Craik
Kk.ul
Miss Craik
Business College
Clyde Hoover
Colorado Springs
Raymond
John Miller
Enterprise
Ldoyn Simon
LaPier
Band
Glenn Schwartz
Larry
Worden
P. Miller
Will Ce
Kingery
Iess and
Tauline
Murray Bond
Marjorie Ann
Chester Desque
Jinmie
Pleasant Grove
LaVerne Kampschroeder
Wanda
Clinton
Mverett Kingery
Virginia
Jean
Henry Turner
Appanoose
Lioyrd Simon
Washington Creek
A. Reynolds
Penora
Mira M. Craik
Professor Wess
McPherson College
Charlie Meander
Samuel Finlay
Samuel, Jr. Richard
Elizabeth Ann
No. 4 School
Floyd Garber
J. H. Metsker
Lone Star Missionary Society
Lone Star Church
Joe Flory
W.C.M.S
Will Ulrich
Vera Flory
One Star
Vera Postma
H.B. Wheeler
W. B. DeVilbiss
Malmberg
William Ewing
Negs City
Orle Smith
Raymond Kohler
Kohler
Warren Craik
el Dorado
W. A. Kingie
Haas
Hazel Pauline’ Boarkircher
Hoover
Elmer Sawyer
Community Notes From Lone Star And Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs John Dillon of Lawrence are mentioned with health concerns while a large crowd attended a church social Wednesday evening. The Washington Creek church extends a call to Rev A Reynolds of Penora to be pastor. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed for social visits church events and 4 H activities with dinners and gatherings at home churches and schools in Lone Star McPherson Ottawa Topeka and Ness City.
Ordnance Club Holds Meeting With Officers
The presidency of the P H C club was led by Mrs M W Lonnecker at the business meeting. Mr and Mrs H A Brand of Mec Pherson visited the area on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J Higgins and child and Mrs N W Higgins of Kansas City dined with Mr and Mrs George Coffman Sunday. Other visitors included Mrs Carl Hird and Mrs Ray Tucker with her daughter from Pueblo Colorado. Mr and Mrs Argel Cochran of Lawrence spent Tuesday with the Coffmans.
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P.H.C. Club
M. W. Lonnecker
H. A. Brand
MecPherson
J. Higgins
Baby
N. W. Higgins
Kansas City
George Coffman
Carl Hird
Ray Tucker
Pueblo, Colo
Argel Cochran
Lawrence
Coffman
Stull Needlecraft Club and Merry Quilters Activities
Stull Needlecraft members entertained husbands and families on the church lawn with a program by children. Guests included the Bidingers Walter Kennedys and many locals. The Merry Quilters met at Mary Lavin’s for a Spresden quilt project with a noon luncheon.
Brackett Family and Friends Attend Topeka Reunion
A Brackett school house homecoming drew about 80 people on Sunday August 25 with many relatives visiting from Lawrence Topeka and nearby towns. Attendees included the Alfred Seele family and W. H. Martin families along with Mrs Belle Crane Mrs Iris Van Neste and other local residents. The event featured a picnic dinner and a program led by committee members Mrs Guy Bigsby Miss Ellen Anderson and Mrs W. H. Martin.
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Clarence James
Lawrence
Alfred Seele
Everett Christianson
Eddy
George Craig
Harold Seele
Henry Owens
I. S. ‘Reaves
Calnaville
W. B. Kirby
Kirby
Allan Kirby
Leavenworth
W.evw
George ,McTaggart
Sherry
Eddie
Bobby
A. Seele
Nettle Miller
G. C
Seele
Gage Park
Topeka
Belle Crane
M. W. Lonnecker
Bartlett
Avis Elaine Caldwell
Fredonia
George Walter
Ottawa
W. P. Martin
Wilfred Martin
Joe and
Dale
Odessa
Mia
Arthur Johnson
Ruth Ellen
Arthur
Kansas City
Kan
Belle Cline
St. Joseph
F. D. Wiggins
Otis Wiggins
George Wiggins
Miller
C. J. Eriksen
E. E
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Young Democrats
Goodland
JouEndt
Beens
Lincoln
Neb
Sawyer
Hazel Pauline
Alvis Allison
Ralph Weybright
Charles Weybright
Will Bachelor
Allison
Mildred Weybright
Vanita
Verna Garber
United
Gulf of Aden
Tim Mara
New York Football Giants
Pearl River
N. Y
N.E.A
Berlin
Ilin
Benedict ‘Crowell
Stimson
Crowell
Yarnold-Stull
Stull Needlecraft Club
O. A. Bidinger
August Walter
Letha
Charles
Jake Bidinger
Lee
Richard Kennedy
C. B. Slusser
Marie
Pearl
Hazel
Lyan
Albert Hildenbrand
Lois
Howard
Frank Selch
Ruth
William
Clard Schwartz
Ernest Damm
Norman Lee
Betty Lou
J. W. Musser
J. B. Kraft
Milton and
Viola
C. J. S Kraft
Ernest Wulfkuhle
Homer
Elmer Nichols
Delma
Doris
Charles Houk
Evelyn
Walter Houk
John Schumart
Oscar
Hattie Schwartz
William Selch
Rolland Kraft
Des Moines
Merry Quilters
Mary Lavin
Spresden
John Keehler
Harvey Keehler
Betty
Henry Keohler
Tom Connolé
Florence
Willis Horton
Fred Kennedy Andharley
Henry Damm
Mac Jean
Lena Murphy
Fred Demeritt
Lena
Dee" Kennedy
Albert Houk
J. Murphy
Clarence Caldwell
Earl Rake
Mra. McCann
Lottie
C. J. Kraft
C. W. Houk
A. J. Hildenbrand
Theo. Hall
Ernest. Wulfkuble
A.scheer
Musser
W. H. Anderson
Letha Walter
I. B. Kraft
Henry Dravis
Colorado
Roy Deskin
Cincinnati
Swartz
Clara Swartz
Albert Kampschroeder
D. P. Rake
Jacqueline Steele
Daisy Bowen
William Murphy
QO. A. Bidinger
Anna Baughmay
Lecompton
W. T. Tee
Winifred Anderson
Tecumseh
A. H. Kampschroeder
Carl
Rita Marie
Anderson
Helmer Klock
Esther Moss
Ralph Rake
Donald
Leon Fae
Texas
L.dexter
Slusser
Richard Shellhorn
Harry Wulfkuhle
C. F. Wulfkuhle
Henry Stull
Viola Glenn
Jones
Roy Schulz
Dorothy Rose
Mary Brass
James Brass
Clare Krelder
Loring
Harvey Roller
Rachel Bidinger
Stull
Mass. St
Charlton
Insurake Agency
Bob
Bob Burns
DE Ma Tut
Pat Barrett
Rver
Pete Smith
Popular Science
Newa
William Powel
Myrna Loy
Datee
Social Security
Spencer Tracy
Hedy Lamarr
Hollywood
Jean Cagney
Richard Denning
Nelson Eddy
Balalaika
Wayne Morris
Margaret Lindsay
Bill Gargan
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