Baxter School Christmas program delights with Santa visit
Baxter School presented a Christmas program last night featuring monologues, short plays, recitations and singing directed by Mrs Madeline Miller and music teacher Mrs Bert Delseiler. Santa distributed gifts and candy to 65 attendees while refreshments followed. A separate notice mentions Snyder Pharmacy listing prompt prescription service and local ads for lodging, dining, and a police bond held by Larre J Allen on muffler charges with a Tuesday court date.
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Baxter School
Madeline Miller
Bert Del'seiler
Santa Claus
Larre J. Allen
Sycamore
Farmers Protest Carbon Black Plant In Grant County
In Ulysses Kansas AP report farmers near the Columbian Carbon plant allege smoke soot and odors from carbon black damage crops livestock and homes. They seek damages totaling about 1.25 million with suits filed or pending. Columbian denies harm and cites filtration scrubbers while noting an oil enrichment process started in 1958.
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Ulysses
Kas
Kansas
E. F. Risdon
Berean
Columbian Cahary Baptist Church
Carbon Co
Delaware
U. S
Wichita
Columbian
Brice- Cantrell
Cantrells
Cantrell
Grant County
Ryus
Bert Vance
United Carbon Co
Columbian Carbon Company
Wellsville Honor Roll and Christmas Activities
Wellsville families celebrate honor roll listings for 7th through seniors at Wellsville Junior Senior High and a second roll for eighth to seniors including freshmen and sophomores. Local births bring Bryan Neil to Mr and Mrs Robert F Oliver as extended family gathers for Christmas events at the Wellsville community.
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Wellsville
Pegsy O'Neil
Carol Warnock
Bill Coughlin
Dean Lawjren
Kay Sedom
Connie Rover
Robert Scott
Marilyn Shoe‘maker
David ‘Beasley
Lynn Cox
Gary Rader
Ruth Shoemaker
Ronnnie Zahl
Linda Coons
Joanna Hooker
Robert Kehler
Cheryl Moyer
Perry Perkins
Karen Cox
Elaine Christy
Sheila Dominick
Kary
Higbie
Betty Martin
Gene Broers
Barbara Caruthers
Rodney Dickinson
Deanna Leach
Linda Thorn
Nancy Pooch
Clydene Yakle
Nancy Barnett
Bonnie Bivins
Wanda Good
Douglas Higbie
Omera Knoop
Carol Lawrenz
Dale O'Connor
Lois Schendel
Dale Miller
Melba Todd
Lois Ware
Sandra Wichman
Melba Skilling
Linda Slader
Judy Stephens
Ale
Robert F. Oliver Lare
Bryan Neil
Gardner Medical Center
Oliver's
Robert
Joanna Sue
Luanna Lou
M. F. Oliver
Wilson
Wichita
Oliver
Eleanor Harper
Ethel McDaniel
Kayette Club
Fidelis
Wellsvile Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Oren Carroll
Everett Chronister
Chronister
Perry Leib
Jim Fields
Roy Burbridge
Phi Delta
Wellsville Baptist Church
Edith Coughlin
Donald Coughlin
Lutie Birckhead
Edith Paugh
Mabel Best
Linnie Tyler
Ronnie Mahl
Wendell Hicks
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births in Williamsburg Area
Admissions include John W. Wren Williamsburg Charlie McDaniel 750 Locust David Rybolt 1023 N Cedar David Doty Quenemo J W Sne then 508 Sycamore Friday Births Mr and Mrs Ronald Cowdin 621 N Oak son born today weight 6 lb 102 Mr and Mrs Harold L Gilborn IRFD 3 daughter born today weight B lb 402 Mr and Mrs James Corlis 116 IW 8rd daughter born today weight 7 lb 1202 Dismissals Mrs Thomas J Jordan 323 E jath Friday Mrs Robert Stans bury and baby daughter 215 E lord Jesse T Nicholson 124 W 6th today
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John W. Wren
Williamsburg
Charlie McDaniel
David Rybolt
N. Cedar
David Doty
Quenemo
J. W. Snethen
Sycamore
Ronald Cowdin
N. Oak
Harold L. Gilborn
James Corlis
Thomas J. Jordan
E. Jath
Robert Stansbury
E. Lord
Jesse T. Nicholson
Richmond Area News Briefs Highlight Local Movements
Mr and Mrs Elden Sechrest were summoned when Josie Atchison suffered a stroke. Gerald Pickert Jalina visited Fred J Pickert family. Harvey Morrow on leave to care for husband after eye surgery. Ray Steed Edgerton visited Gordon Hale home. Lloyd Cannons Tucson guests. John Folz family and Jim Folz from Bartlesville stayed with Chris Pickett parents. Pete Walker returned to Cedar House Nursing Home after amputation. Benny Bennett joined bridge crew on John Brown highway. Don Poss and Keith Brecheisen attended Legion Commanders banquet in Overland Park.
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Elden Sechrest
Josie Atchison
Gerald Pickert
Jalina
Fred J. Pickerts
Harvey Morrow
Templin Hall
K. U
Morrow
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ray Steeds
Edgerton
Gordon-Hale
Lloyd Cannon
Tucson
Ariz
John Folz
Jim
Bartlesville
Oklo
Chris Picketts
Pete Walker
Jez
Ottawa Hospital
Cedar Hose Nursing Home
Benny Bennett
John Brown
Osawatomie
Don Poss
Keith Brecheisen
Garnett
Overland Park
American Legion
Quantrill Wrote Area History (Editor's Note)
Kansas City AP piece surveys Quantrill and his bushwhackers in Civil War Missouri and Kansas. It notes raids on Lawrence, Baxter Springs, Centria and the burn district, the Lawrence Order Eleven, and the end of guerrilla power as 1864 closes.
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Quantrill
Missouri
Kan
Kansas City
Will
Kansas
Souri
Lawrence
Thomas Ewing Jr
Lane
Jackson
Cass
Bates
Vernon County
Cal. Dee Jennison
Fough 7Th Kansas Cavalry
Baxter Springs
Kas
Centralia
Brown's Springs
Auxvasse Creek
Kirksville
Kentucky
University of Missouri Tigers
University of Kansas Flayhawkers
Library Notes on Aging and Retirement Resources
The White House Conference on Aging will spotlight senior issues this January. The Carnegie Free Library offers books on retirement and aging such as The Retirement Handbook and How to Retire and Enjoy It, plus guides on health, housing, and productive living. Periodicals Senior Citizen and Modern Maturity provide ongoing aging resources.
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White House
Nell Barnaby l
Joseph Buckley
Norman Ford
Ray Giles
Carnegie Free Library
Senior Citizen
Senior Citizens of America
American Association of Retired Persons
Journal of Lifetime Living
Perry B Burgess Funeral Held at Williamsburg Church
Perry B Burgess died December 13. Funeral services were at Williamsburg Methodist Church on December 14 with Rev Garth Berry of the Quenema Booster Club present. Burial followed at Mt Nope Cemetery with Gary Underwood conducting taps. Mrs Gordon Burns of Topeka visited Mr and Mrs Bill Post.
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Perry B. Burgess
Willamsburg Methodist Church
Garth Berry
Quenema Booster Club
Palthepters
Were & R
Christ
John
D. B. Fogle
T. Pattie
Ww. Davis
Jesse
L. T. Pat
S. T. Thornton
Fl‘ston Decker
Mt. Nope Cemetery
Gary Unederwood
Quenemo Rebekah Lodge Elects Officers at Christmas Party
Mrs. Jerry Howard joined the Quenemo Rebekah Lodge as the Past Noble Grand Club met with Mrs. Ernest Perry for a Christmas gathering and officer election. Mrs. Ernest Perry was elected president with Mrs. Walter Hull as vice president, Mrs. Ernest Green as secretary, and Mrs. Sam Schrock as treasurer. Committees for books and flowers were named, and Mrs. Henry Bernard is visiting her sister in Great Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Howard
Quenemo Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand Club
Ernest Perry
Walter i Hull
Ernest ‘Green
Sam ‘Schrock
Roger
Comstock
Bill Ragan
Carl Nelson
Walter Hull
Porter
Henry Bernard
Bessie McCurdy
Great Bend
Revolt in Ethiopia Appears to Be Over
Emperor Haile Selassie prepared for a triumphant return to Addis Ababa as the last rebel sparks were stamped out. The Conquering Lion of Judah arrived in the capital Friday to a rousing welcome, exonerating Crown Prince Asfa Wossen and stating the royal family was safe after rebels held the palace. Rebels still controlled the post and telegraph office, but commanders reported general recapture of the city, airfield, and radio station.
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Asmara
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Lion of Judah
Asfa Wasson
Seximie
Phep
Imperial
Selassie
Hearily
Non-Resident Students Face Higher Fees in Kansas Colleges
AP report notes Kansas Regents raise non resident student fees at five state colleges from 10 to 35 percent, adding about $485,000 annually. Board member Harry Valentine says the increase aligns fees with actual education costs and supports the institutions.
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Yopeka
Board of ‘Regents
Harry Valentine
Clay Center
Wife Refuses To Let Him Take His Teeth In Divorce
In Kansas City Missouri Clayton F Holland testified his estranged wife would not allow him to take his false teeth shirts and four right foot shoes from their home He appeared in court without his teeth Mrs Holland suing for divorce on general indignities kept the items because he refused to give her antifreeze for the car Judge Bon Tere called it a petty matter and unlikely to be proper court behavior to deny a man his teeth She was granted $140 a month support pending the divorce outcome.
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Kansas. City
Clayton F. Holland
Priday
Holland
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Eugene Flaherty
Clyde Johnson
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Edith Kelly
Industrial Pipe and Supply Co
Russell Everson
Lions Club
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St. Joseph’s
Memorial Hepital
Larned
Wright’s
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Evelyn Stafford
Peoria
Bruce Spears
Elis
Wellsville News
King's Men
P J
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Carl Snyder
Richmond Area
Miss Mabel Chandler
J. R. Anderson
Mao- Kan
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Library Notes
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Wilma Donahue
George Gleason
George Lawton
University of Michigan
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Duane Shaw
Lional M. Shaw
RFD 2
Pomona
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Hie
Quenema
Sally Perry
Sarc Muuic
Gordon Burns
Topeka
Bill Post
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Hubbard RD
Dean Bertin
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