Baptist Youth Fellowship to hold two day retreat
Twenty five members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship of First Baptist Church and six to eight adults depart Wednesday for a two day retreat at Sunrise Lodge in Sunrise Beach Missouri. The group, meeting annually since 1954, will plan Sunday evening programs for months ahead, install new officers, and engage in recreation.
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Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Sunrise Lodge
Sunrise Beach
Funerals Held for Miss Jessie Camper at Bethany Chapel
Miss Jessie Camper died August 20 and funeral services were conducted August 22 at Bethany Baptist Chapel by Rev. William Bailey. Pallbearers included Frank Price King Randle Charles Allen Frank Armstrong George Buckner and Forrest Wilkerson. Marvin Wilson led hymns with Karen Wilson on piano and Verna Prince organist. Burial followed at Hope Cemetery.
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Jessie Camper
Bethany Baptist Chapel
William Bailey
Frank Price
King Randle
Charles Allen
Frank Armstrong
George Buckner
Forrest Wilkerson
Marvin Wilson
Karen Wilson
Verna Prince
Hope Cemetery
Mrs May Dale Rites Held at McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Services for Mrs Rose May Dale who died Aug 19 were held Aug 22 at McVey-Dengel Mortuary with Rev William R Weber and Rev Thomas Ingle officiating. Honorary pallbearers were Spanish American War veterans. active pallbearers were Kenneth Hammond Leonard Flory Joel Cutting Lafe Haughn Andy Reed and Carl Nutt. Mrs A H North sang hymns with Mrs R L Stevens accompaniment. Recruit class members of North Baptist Church attended. Burial followed at Hope Cemetery.
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May Dale
Rose May Dale
McVey - Dengel
William R. Weber
Thomas Ingle
Kenneth Hammond
Leonard Flory
Joel Cutting
Lafe Haughn
Andy Reed
Carl Nutt
A. H. North
R. L. Stevens
North Baptist Church
iBurial
Hope Cemetery
Services for Mrs Hattie Wilson Held at McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Mrs Hattie Wilson died August 20. Services were held August 23 at McVey-Dengel Mortuary with Rev Tom Reborn Jr officiating. Pallbearers named. Dr S Martin Brockway sang hymns with Mrs R L Stevens on piano. Burial in Princeton Cemetery. Union Chapter No 15 OES and other groups attended.
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Hattie Willson
McVey - Dengel
Tom Reborn Jr
C. Raymond Smith
Fount Bullock
Homer Reeves
Carl Wimmer
J. W. Taylor
C. J. Pence
S. Martin Brockway
R. L. Stevens
Princeton Cemetery
Union Chapter
O.E.S
What
U.S. Army
Kansas City Market Cattle Hogs and Lambs Prices Report
Kansas City market notes show cattle 15 000 and calves 1 000 with slow to weak demand and price drops of 25 to 50 cents. Fed steers around 1 250 pounds mostly 26.50 to 27.00, average 1 150 pounds 27.65, junior show steers 27.50, cows 16.75 to 19.00, dealers 27.00 to 30.00. Hogs steady to 25 lower with various weight classes listed, sows 12.00 to 13.75, 2 and 3 10.50 to 12.00. Sheep 1 000, lambs 21.56 to 20.50, ewes 4.06 to 4.50, cull 3.00 to 4.00.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Grain and Wheat Futures Report
Kansas City market notes show wheat trading higher across grades with No 2 hard and dark hard around 1.9545 to 2.0814, corn mixed to higher, oats steady, Milo and Kafir ranges, soybeans near 1.95 to 2.01, and wheat futures closing 1 1/4 higher. Prices for various grain types and futures bids are listed with multiple month quotes and open high low close figures.
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Kanbas City
Shorts
Eevsseoss
Yscevoesss
jMar
Seveosonss
Weekend radar nab arrests speeders in Ohio towns
Police reported three speeders over the weekend. William Phillips Alt, 21, of Shelby cited for 32 mph in a 20 mph zone. Dewitt Anderson Prather, 50, of Marysville charged with 50 in a 30 mph zone. Jules Verne Doty Jr., 35, of 1409 Oak charged with 41 in a 30 mph zone. Alt posted $12 bond, Prather $20. All face court tomorrow.
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William Phillips Alt
Shelby
Ohio
Dewitt Anderson Prather
Marysville
Jules Verne Doty Jr
Oak
Alt
Prather
Deaths: Lillie Blankenbeker of Quenemo and John Jones of Ottawa
Lillie M Blankenbeker 69 of Quenemo died at home after living near Quenemo most of life She was born in Eve Missouri and married Felix Blankenbeker in 1911 Surviving are her daughter Eula Hull sons Ruel and Milo a brother and a sister Services Tuesday in Quenemo Federated Church Burial in Antioch Cemetery near Homewood John W Jones 84 of 8156 W 8th died after years of ill health He was a retired farmer born in Rantoul Son of Jack and May Jones He married Maud Wheeler in 1895 She died 1945 He survived by a daughter Del Grey Pomona two grandchildren four great grandchildren and two brothers One daughter Clara is deceased Services tomorrow at McVey Dengel Mortuary at 2 p.m. with burial in Evergreen Mound Cemetery.
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Lillie M. Blankenbeker
Quenemo
Eve
Paola
Felix Blankenbeker
Christian Church
Eula Hull
Ruel
Topeka
Milo
Joseph Huddleston
Springfield
Emma _ McAtee
Federated Church
Antioch Cemetery
Homewood
John W. Jones
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Rantoul
Jack
May
Bright) Jones
Maud Wheeler
Assembly of Gods Church
del Grey
Pomona
R. H. Jones
Ottawa
Charley Jones
Osawatomie
Clara
McVey-Dengel Mortuary
Tom Reborn
Evergreen Mound Cemetery
Two Caramitta Allen and Earl Rouse Obituaries
Mrs. Caramitta Allen 83 of Toronto died Aug 11 after a long return from mission work in China. Services and burial in Toronto. Ottawa University graduate class of 1902. Her husband and one child died in China. Mrs Earl Rouse 57 of Myrtle Point Ore former Caramitta Walters of Ottawa died Saturday night after repeated hospitalizations. Surviving: widower son Lavarre Myrtle Point, grandson, mother Elizabeth Walters Concordia, sister Mrs Clarence Hegberg, brother Bruce Walters Los Angeles.
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Caramitta Allen
Caramitta (Gage) Allen
Toronto
Canada
Clarence Hegberg
Ottawa University
Mission Field
China
Earl Rouse
Myrtle Point
Ore
Caramitta Walters
Ottawa
Lavarre
Elizabeth ‘Walters
Concordia
Bruce Walters
Los Angeles
Multiple Kansas obituary notes including Heckman Brecheisen Dalton
Obituaries report Alma Rose Heckman 66 of Princeton died Saturday at North Kansas City Memorial Hospital. Surviving husband Homer and daughters Mrs Otis Arbuckle and Mrs Scott Fincher with three grandchildren. Also noted are L H Dalton 75 of Jackson, Mich, with daughter Mrs Frank Samuelson and son Lt Col L H Dalton Jr. and cremation plans in Nevada, Missouri, and Vivian C Brecheisen 67 a Vassar farmer with wife Verna, six sons and four daughters plus 28 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Homer Heckman
Alma Rose Heckman
Princeton
North Kansas City Memorial Hospital
Elmo
Joseph J and
Anna (Fairbanks) Cramer
Richmond
Welda
Methodist Church
Heckman
Otis Arbuckle
Kansas City
Scott Fincher
Wichita
Towner’s Chapel
Howard Woodruff
Welda Cemetery
L. H. Dalton
S. Cedar
Jackson
Mich
Dalton
Frank Samuelson
Col
L. H. Dalton Jr
Pittsburg man builds world’s smallest violin
Harold C. Taylor reports B H Vanderpool of Pittsburg, Kansas, a carpenter and fiddler, made a fully functional miniature violin just one and one fifth inches long using maple and spruce, ebony fingerboard, a bone tailpiece, and a horsehair bow. He used a dentist’s aid with magnifying glasses to craft it, and plans to attempt another even smaller violin.
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Betty Vanderpool Hough
B. H. Vanderpool
Pittsburg
Kas
Vanderpool
Four Sisters and Daughters Noted in Obituary
Lyndon and Morrill Melvern and four sisters are listed along with several relatives. One daughter died in infancy. Services will be at Vassar E U B Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Vassar Cemetery.
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Lyndon
Morrill
Melvern
Carrie Woodruff
Vassar
Goldie Slillman
Sylvia Howard
Aux Vasse
Fern Brecheisen
Eugene
Ore
Vassar E.U.B
Vassar Cemetery
Leasure Named President-Elect of Veterinary Association
Dr. E L Leasure dean of Kansas State University School of Veterinary Medicine was named president elect of the American Veterinary Medical Assn Saturday. He is a native of Solomon Kansas.
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Kansas City
E. L. Leasure
School of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State
American Veterinary Medical Assn
Solomon
Kan
Reds Seek End to Berlin Occupation Regime
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent letters to West Germany Britain and France urging an end to the Berlin occupation regime. Letters were addressed to Chancellor Adenauer Prime Minister Macmillan and President de Gaulle. The move precedes President Eisenhower's planned trip to Bonn London and Paris.
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Bonn
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
West Germany
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Eisenhower
London
Paris
Washington
Lost Army Dog Reunited After 500 Mile Search
An Army private and his wife drove 500 miles through St. Louis area seeking their dog The Standard Manchester owned by Pvt Alva Fincham Jr and wife from Fort Riley Kan was found by Humane Society after a city-wide ad led to a local Wellston resident reporting the dog The dog will be shipped to its owners today as a happy ending is announced by society manager Fritz Grolock.
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ST. Louis
The
Humane Society
Standard Manchester
Johnny
Alva Fincham Jr
Fort Riley
Kan
Fincham
Union Station
David T. Metz
Wellston
Pvt
Fritz Grolock
Two Die In A Plant Explosion In Arkansas City
Two ammonia plant explosions at the Mauer Neuer Packing Co. in Arkansas City killed engineers Jack Day age 30 and Henry Husky age 35, both residents of the city. Four others were injured while attempting to rescue them as fumes spread over the area. The plant suffered only light damage and authorities have not determined the cause.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Jack Day
Henry Husky
Mauer Neuer Packing Co
Robert van Sciver
Bill Rice
Jim Kinkaid
A. D
Jack Hawk
Twelve States In Conference in Midwest regional event
In Kansas City AP reports twelve states will be represented at the first midwestern regional conference of the Council of State Governments from August 31 to September 3. Notables include former President Harry S. Truman Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the governors of Missouri and Kansas.
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Kansas City
Council of State Governments
Harry S. Truman
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Missouri
Kansas
Fire destroys a supermarket in Gladstone
Kansas City AP reports a blaze at the Williams Super Market in Gladstone Sunday night. Store manager Virgil Thorpe estimates losses at 290000 dollars. An unidentified small boy was seen entering the women's restroom shortly before flames were found. he is suspected of starting the fire. About 10 employees and 20 customers escaped to safety.
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Kansas City
Williams
Gladstone
Virgil Thorpe
To Visit Exiled Cuban Leader Walker Batisa Plan
Marta Batisa travels from Daytona Beach to Lisbon this week to visit exiled Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The trip underscores ongoing ties between Batisa and Batista amid the Cuban exile community and international attention on Batista’s status.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Marta Batisa
Lisbon
Fulgencio Batista
Hospital Notes and Birth Announcements
Hospital notes list admissions for Mrs Walter Mann at 109 N Locust Mrs William Yeager 804 S Locust Alpha Matteson 200 E 4th Sunday. Births include Francis Eggleston Paola daughter born Saturday weight 6 lb 11 oz Mr and Mrs Norman Scott 303 S Sycamore son born Burday weight 8 lb 1662. Dismissed Wilbur Rader Spring Hill Saturday. Mrs Raymond Houston and baby Lane Mrs Bertha Newfield 417 S Locust Mrs Charles Wyman 509 Logan Mrs Gar McInnis 717 S Poplar today.
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Walter Mann
William Yeager
Alpha Matteson
iBirths
Francis
Eggileston
Paola
Norman ‘Scott
S. Sycamore
Burcay
Wilbur Rader
Spring Hill
Raymond Houston
Lane
Bertha Newfield
S. Locust
Charles Wyman
Logan
Gar McInnis
S. Poplar
Merit Awards For State Bar Associations
The American Bar Association honored state bar groups Florida and Kansas. Florida won for associations with more than 2,000 members for continuing legal education courses. Kansas earned the small state association award for its nonpartisan judges selection campaign.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Florida
Kansas
American Bar Assn
Florida Bar
The
Bar Assn. of
Carrier Remains Backbone Of U S Sea Power
In Minneapolis AP Navy plans about 40 ballistic missile submarines but will keep the aircraft carrier as the backbone of U S sea power. Vice Admiral Wallace M Beakley told the American Legion National Security Commission at its annual convention that efforts to grow the sub fleet beyond plan will be resisted.
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Minneapolis, Minn
U.S
Adm
Wallace M. Beakley
Naval Operations
National Security Commission of the American Legion
Legion
Truman Plans Two New Books From Ex Presidency
Former President Harry S Truman announced two forthcoming books. One titled Mr Citizen will cover his transition to private life, while a second work for youths ages 10 to 16 will recount U S history. Bernard Geis Associates will publish and Random House distribute.
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White House
Truman
Bernard Geis Associates
New York
Random House
United States
Fifth Fort Madison escapee captured in Dallas City
A fifth of six convicts who escaped from Fort Madison prison was captured today by Illinois State Police in Dallas City. The arrest closes another chapter in the inmate breakout case and adds to the ongoing manhunt records.
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Dallas City, Ill
Fort Madison
Illinois State Police
Dallas City
Six Men Missing After Foggy Ship Collisions Off London Coast
AP reports six sailors are missing after two ships collided in dense fog off the British coast near London. Rescue operations continue as crews search the wreckage and seas remain rough.
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London
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St.Luke's Hospital
J. R. Henning
Wheaton
University of Kansas
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Roy Browning
Neosho County Teachers Association
Erie
Donald Clyde Lunger
Dundee
Donald E. Beeson
Lunger
John L. Rogers
Veterans Hospital
R. J. Hutchinson
N. Elm
W. W. Broyhill
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
Howard Duncan
Bailey, Colo
Janet
Camp Sylvania of the Rockies
Ioof Hall
Adv
Calvin Ewing
Kansas State Employment Agency
Appanoose High School
Henry van Loe
S. Oak
Clarence Church
Perry
Oklo
Alan
Becky
Claude Edward Smith Jr
N. Sycamore
Sheriff's Office
Benjamin Junior Prather
Bixby
Okla
Highway Patrol
Paul J. Laposky
Wellsville
Uwpetty
Beautyland
Mozelle Neelie Steele - Bula Cummings
Boyd Edward Albright
S. Main
Edgar Jessie Shenk
Garry Dean Maxwell
RFD
E. M. Johnson
Everett Solomon
Taylorville, Ill
R. W. Stead
Mary Fuller
Carl Fuller
California
Needles
Barstow
Donald Levi Mobrey
Muskoogee
Ellis
Princeton Grade
Jerry Hobbs
Princeton Grade School
Mrs
Hattie Wilson
Hanes
KC Livestock
Vivian C. Brecheisen
Charles H
Elizabeth Anna (Brown) Brecheisen
Vassar Evangelical United Brethren Church
Verna Redenbaugh
Leonard
Glen
Las Cruces
N. M
Harold
Sioux City
Iowa
Wallace
Manhattan
Larry
Albuquerque
Banny
Esther Johnson
Mildred McCreight
Mabel Athon
Dorothy Lewis
Charles Brecheisen
Hugoton
Clarence
Harold C. Taylor
American Veterinary Group
William Swift
Iowa State Penitentiary
Ft. Madison
Bar Association
Jones
Tom
HST
Joe
Cowner
N. Main
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