Abilene Civic Leaders Plan Restoration of Texas Street
Abilene civic leaders plan reconstructing a Texas Street replica to revive Abilene as a frontier boom town. A new corporation would operate era shops, including blacksmith, hotel, saloons, and jail, near the original street while a frontier booth aids visitors to Eisenhower sites.
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Abilene
Texas Street
Eisenhower
America
Texas
Prairies
Hell
Pioneer Abilene
Chamber of Commerce
Aba
Wild Bill Hicko
Halt Tests Over Populated Areas
The Civil Aeronautics Board bans flight tests over densely populated areas after February 20. Both military and civil aircraft are affected, with tests limited to open water or sparsely populated zones as approved, following last week’s Pacoima collision.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pacoima
Calif
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
Friendly Club Set For February Meeting At Homewood
The Friendly Club will meet on the third Wednesday, February 20, at the members’ home with Mrs. Henry Reh and Mrs. Gene Reh hosting for an all day gathering. Readers note many visits and dinner guests among Homewood residents and friends from Wakefield Ottawa Princeton Williamsburg and surrounding families. Modern tennis is noted as being introduced in the United States in 1874.
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Friendly Club
Henry Reh
Gene Reh
Walter Reh
Howard Cochran
Paul Jones
Patricia
Princeton
William Dodds
Eric Alterman
Williamsburg
Dodds
Jim de Vore
Mr. de Vore
Ottawa
Farmall and tractor equipment sale listing Wellsville Kansas
Auction listing from TRUCK & TRACTOR INC Wellsville Kansas detailing a wide range of tractors including 1949 H Farmall and multiple John Deere models with hoes, plows, planters, and balers. Tools include I H balance gear, listers and grain attachments with many units offered as is or reconditioned.
Princeton Area Social Notes and Local Visits
A dense list of visits and gatherings around Princeton including Mrs Edna Smith and families from Wichita traveling to Kansas City and Osawatomie. Various neighbors attended dinners and Sunday visits in Ottawa Richmond Wellsville and West Columbia Texas. A corn club meets February 13 at Grace Herring’s home. The piece ends with a note on Jordan’s population geography.
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Leon Gentry
Wichita
Weis
McAloon
Kansas City
J. W. Richardson
Marlin Weis
Osawatomie
Grace Herring
Wayland Kirkland
Rantoul
Merle Heckman
Dean Martin
Gary
Wellsville
Carolyn Roush
Bruce Roush
West Columbia
Tex
Judy
Connie Martin
Goldie Hutton
Hugh Tarbet
Fred Hynes
Glen Stinson
Art Boyer
Richmond
Earl Schmitt
Jon
Carl Wemmer
Josie Atchison
Bud Demoret
Homewood
Crystal Peace
Ottawa
Charles Weis
Frank Weis
Russell Wiggins
Carl Coltrane
Bob Knight
Reed Richardson
Carl
Flave Watts
George EB
Walter
Jimmy
Merriam
M. L. Walter
Charles
George Hull
Pearl Hall
Inez Pennell
Grand Army of the Republic
City Hall
Martha Pitts
Billie Welch
Dick Rice
Miami
Okla
Cecil Dunn
Quenemo Area Celebrates Postal Retirements and News
Quenemo area residents share weekend visits in many households including Pinkstons Neills and Burns family news. A son named Robert Earl Ernest arrived Feb 1 to Ernest and Mrs Green with grandparents listed. A post office retirement dinner honors Don Morris Maude Arb John Rogers with speeches and gifts. John Rogers receives a 16 year Safe Driving Award from the National Safety Council.
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Myrtle Pinkston
Larry Neill
Kansas City
Betty Newton
Wichita
Rankin Figgins
Hickman Mills
Wes Neill
Clarence Pinkston
Shirley
Edwin Pinkston
Harvey Knight
Charles Brown
Lawrence
C. C. Wantland
Frances Laubach
Paul Laubach
Gordon Burns
Topeka
Stormont Vail Hospital
Alma
Kas
Burns
Manhattan
Bobby Green
Yuba
Calif
Robert Earl Ernest
Ernest Green
Herb Wiley
Wichita Sat
H. R. Wiley
Bruce Rogers
John Rogers
Betty Jaillite
Maurine Logan
Clarence Rose
Laura May
California
Billy
Roland Reed
Ed Carswell
George, Lewis
J. J. Neill
Ben Lewis
Quenemo
John Green
St. Frances Hospital
Clyde Fisher
Fisher
Quene
Gene Yeager
Stevie
G. W Wilson
Bill Wadkins
Dale Galatia
Lidge Wadkins
Don Morris
Maude Arb
Roger Comstock
Arb
Lawrence Stadel
Ralph Stadel
Elton Davis
Warren Jaillite
Lysle Logan
Comstock
Gingerich
Michigan Valley
Rogers
Mr. Morris
Vassar
George Rogers
Quetemo
Herschel Rogers
Harold Bryan
National Safety Council
Not Reckless In Highway Landing
Harold B. Farthing was found not reckless when he landed a light airplane on a highway near Cheney Kansas last February 25. The Civil Aeronautics Board upheld an examiner’s ruling and dismissed the complaint by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Washington
Harold B. Farthing
Cheney
Kas
Civil Aeronautics Board
S. Thomas Simon
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Farthing
Farm surplus loss increases report summary
Washington figures from the Department of Agriculture show total end of year investment at 8.211 billion dollars, down from 8.666 billion a year earlier. For the six months ended December 31, the loss reaches 701.787 million, up from 392.142 million in the prior year period.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
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By Howard Sparks
Chronicle
Kansas
Emerald Church
Jersey
IHC
Allis-Chalmers
Bill King
John Deere
Frank Harrington
Neill George
First National Bank of Waverly
Homewood Area
Elmina Hurley
United States
Allis
I. H. Pto
I. H
New Holland
J. H
New Holland Field Harvester
John Deere Row
Massey-Harris Pto
Adriance
M” Farmall
Chase
Massey-Harris
Roderick Lean
I, H. No
Case
Oliver
I. H. No
J. H. Hammermill
Midwest
Dearborn
Ford
Globe
Mall
Brayhill
Truck & Tractor Inc
Wellsville,Kansas
Noble Stark
M. N. Stark
E. Seyventh
San Francisco Bay
Ottawa University
Stark
James S. Rickless
Rick Helicopters Inc
San Francisco
Edna Smith
Jordan
Tivest
U. S
Nellie O’brien
John Osher
K. U. Medical Center
Sheldon
John Deeree
Allis Chalmers
M Farmal
McCormick
Farmall C
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H&m
McCormick No
McCormick No. 52
Minneapolis-Moline
Wisconsin Motor
New Holland No
PTO
A&b
van Brunt
S. Walnut
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