Library Line Q and A Digest at Sun and Main
The Library Information Center offers answers on art authentication, population figures, sleepwear safety, calendar dates, university locations, copyright grants, and name origins. Notable items include Spencer Art Museum Show and Tell, Ottawa and Franklin Mountains populations, and Sandburg name etymology.
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Sun and Main
Leonardo da Vinci
New
Spencer Art Museum
Lawrence
Spencer
Knight rites set for Elton Ray Knight in Wellsville
Elton Ray Knight 69 of Wellsville RFD 2 died February 10 at home. Services Monday 1:30 p.m. at Robson Towner Funeral Home with burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Knight born November 26 1906 in Powell Missouri moved to Franklin County in 1960 from Lenexa worked 29 years as millwright attended First United Methodist Church. Survived by wife Ona L. Knight, mother, three sons Fred R. Knight Gary L. Knight and E Frank Knight, three brothers Olen R. Knight Floyd D. Knight Ervin Knight a sister Mrs Erma Stanley and two grandchildren. Preceded by son William George two brothers and a sister. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday evening to time of service. Family will meet friends 7-9 p.m. Sunday.
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Elton Ray Knight
Wellsville
First United Methodist Church
Ona L. Barta
Columbus
Fred R. Knight
Gary L. Knight
Emporia
E. Frank Knight
N. Sycamore
Olen R. Knight
Floyd D. Knight
Kansas City
Kan
Ervin Knight
Calhoun
Erma Stanley
LeMay
William George
Otiec
Forrer
Otio C. Forrer
Mulberry
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lamb-Roberts
Highland Cemetery
Ottawa
John L
Frances (Curry) Miller
Union Chapel United Methodist Church
Ladies Aid and Women's Society of Christian Service
John Forrer
John R. Forrer
Ernest J. Forrer
S. Mulberry
Harold M. Forrer
Topeka
Elsie Lancaster
John
Ben Miller
Sarah Abram
Ida Miller
Isabelle Saffron
March of Dimes
RFD
Kansas
Robson Towner
Polen
Ottawa educator judged Met Opera auditions in Kansas City
STANLEY L. DeFries, choir conductor and Ottawa University Music Department chair, judged the Metropolitan Opera District Auditions in Kansas City. He holds degrees from Indiana University and is listed in Who's Who. he also adjudicates state music festivals and Federation of Music Clubs.
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Stanley L. DeFries
Ottawa University
Metropolitan Opera District
Kansas City
DeFries
Indiana University
Midwest
America
Federation of Music Clubs
Med
Japanese Protest Holiday Sparks Nationwide Counter Rallies
Communist and leftist groups staged counter demonstrations across Japan protesting a government sanctioned national holiday celebrating the legendary descent from heaven of Emperor Hirohito's ancestors 2 638 years ago. The protests marked the first time since World War II that the government has officially approved the celebration.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
National Theater
General Council of Trade Unions
Elks Steak Night and Various Club Happenings
A long United item notes several local events: Elks steak night and Elbow Lounge dance this Saturday with Darran and The Dudes. SERTOMA chili soup pie fundraiser at Masonic Hall benefiting hearing aids. Young Place clothing and Valentine specials. Hartpence Short Order serves lunch. Saddleback Lounge country music dances. VFW and Eagles dances. Bethany Chapel Baptist service. Turner's Tele Shop silk flowers. Sutton's Jewelry bankrupt stock sale. Select Dairy milk specials. an agricultural strike meeting set for Feb 13 at Wellsville High. plus a political report on postwar Japan and enrollment data from Ottawa University for Session II.
Tallgrass Prairie Symposium Planned at Ottawa University
A symposium titled Preserving the Tallgrass Prairie will be held at Ottawa University on April 8. Sponsored by OU Environmental Studies, Arts and Humanities, Kansas Grassroots Association, and Save the Tallgrass Prairie, the event features KGA and STP positions on prairie preservation and includes talks by Frederick James, Richard Keller, and Roderick Turnbull. The public is invited and information is available from Bill Gilbert at OU.
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Kansas
Ottawa University
Kansas Committee For the Humanities
Faculty of National Science
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Kansas Grassroots Association, Inc
Save the Tallgrass Prairie Inc
Kansas Grainsroots Association
KGA
Prairies
STF
STP
Frederick James
Flint Hills
Bill Gilbert
Iola Publisher Elected President of William Allen White Foundation
Emerson Lynn Jr., publisher of the Iola Register, was chosen as president of the William Allen White Foundation, succeeding Stuart Awbrey of the Hutchinson News. John Stauffer became first vice president, David Walker second vice president, with Del Brinkman reelected as director and Craig McCoy and Dana Leibengood retaining their treasurer and secretary posts. New trustees include Malcolm Applegate, Allan Cromley, Robert Giles, James Hale, Mike Harris, Jerry Holley, Howard Kessinger, John Lee, and Ste venson, reflecting a broad journalist and media leadership slate.
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Malcolm Applegate
The
Journal-Courier
Lafayette
Ind
Allan Cromley
Washington
Daily Oklahoman
Robert Giles
Gannett Newspapers
Rochester
N.Y
James H. Hale
Kansas City Star-Times
Mike Harris
Chanute Tribune
Jerry Holley
Wibw-Tv
Topeka
Howard Kessinger
Marysville
Kan
Advocate
John Lee
Hays
Kan Daily News
HL. Stevenson
United Press International
New York
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Franklin Mountains
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Consumer Reporta
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Copyright Office
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C
Sandburg
Sandberg
Edsdon Smith
U.S.C
Eisenhower-Field-Garfield
the Daily Report
Hawthorne and
Lincoln
Farmer Jones
Central Heights
District Court News
Miles Duane Floyd
Kathryn Elizabeth Curry
William Andrew Nichols
Cynthia Ann Roehl
Warren V. Lilly
Legal
Naomi Mae Hamm
Donald B. Jones
Toni F. Beets
Lawrence M. Bradfield
Mary R. Hewitt
Sheriff's News
Franklin County
Pomona
Sheriff's Department
Merchants Delivery
I-35
Ivan McFadden
Maggie Poage
N. Locust
Billie Ybarra
Donald Wilford
Pomona Rfd
Janice Torres
Canterbury Court
Christinia McArdle
Locust
Grace Funk
Evelyn Grace Funk
Denger and Son Mortuary
Antioch Cemetery
Homewood
Dorothy Matthews
Georgia Whiteford
Max King
Martin Reh
Buford Beeson
E. J. Anderson
Clifford Poindexter
James M. Fredericks
Chevrolet
Harold F. Jones
Cedar
Chrysler
Bob White Motors
Crites
Bob White
Jones
South Main
Lowell Lyons II
Lowell J. Lyons
Main
Douglas Meier
Floyd E. Meier
Williamsburg
St. John’s Military School
Salina
Meier
Patricia K. Hall
N. Cedar
Linda Jo Silver
Lyndon
Wichita
Overland Park
Harold DePriest
W. Williams
Kendallville
DePriest
Kraft Inc
Dale Turner
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Kansas State University
Department of Public Safety
Fourth and
Walnut
Mahlon G. Helt
S. Locust
Dorothy L. Anderson
S. Oak
Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Schwegman
Richmond
Neosho County Hospital
Chanute
United Cemeteries Association
Howard Steele
John Vaughn
Anderson County Hospital
Ad Briefs
ELKS
Darran
the Dudes
Indies
L & M Buffet
East Ltd
Paul R. McCray
Rantoul Road
McCray
Rantoul
Masonic Hall
Young Place
S. Main
Hartpence
East Fifth
Saddleback Lounge
N. Main
VFW
Strangers
Eagles Lodge Heart Fund
Heart Fund
Bethany Chapel Baptist
Turner's
West 15Th
Sutton's
Metzger Salvage
Mon
Wellsville High School
Justo Diaz
Diaz
Terry Mathias
Mathais
Oile C. Forrer
Funeral Home
Ottawa Herald
Iola
Foundation
Craig McCoy
Dana Leibengood
North Main
Robson
Towner
Jerry Robson
David Bunch
and Ferns
Violet Robson
Rena Towner
Dorothy Reams
Sunflower Plaza Tower
Poplar
Housing Opportunity
Investment, Resources Corp
N. Market
West Wichita
WIBW
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