County Home Economics Agent Had Busy Year In '56
The 1956 Franklin County County Extension Home Economics program shows dozens of projects and wide activity. Women and 4-Hers received education in foods, nutrition, clothing, home health, sanitation, and management. Units conducted hundreds of meetings, produced garments, taught first aid, and supported community services such as the Red Cross and Civil Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dean Holle
Franklin
Lowing
Franklin County
Munnty
Red Cross
Ottawa
Georgiana Smurthwaite
Kansas State College
Rock Creek
Tequa
Williamsburg
Fairmount H.D.U
El Dorado to vote on water line bonds
El Dorado residents will cast ballots January 25 on a $71,000 bond issue to fund the city share of expanding Mulvane water pipe line facilities. The line serves El Dorado and Augusta from underground Arkansas River beds near Mulvane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado
el Doradoans
Mulvane
Augusta
Arkansas River
Benson Battles Farm Surplus Across 1956 and 1957
Ezra Taft Benson, secretary of agriculture, fights vast food surpluses through export programs, a soil bank, and new farm acts. In 1956 the battle was close. 1957 aims to shrink surplus stocks, raise farm income, and push exports despite higher farm debts and real estate values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Department
Congress
Two Bomb Scares At Kansas City Theatre Evacuated
An anonymous call led to the evacuation of 2,800 people from Loew's Midland Theater in Kansas City after a fake bomb was found and later searched. Police and bomb techs cleared the building, with the film The Teahouse of the August Moon showing before a safe reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Loew
Midland
Prospect Avenue
Theolice
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Hartford
Conn
Archdiocese of
Lamis Mug
Richter
7Th St. Road
Guernsey
Crosley
Philco
Singer
E. M. Mallory
Alaska
ICE Service
Bill LeValley
Ice
Bennett Retail
2Nd
N. Main
Zero Food Mart
South Main
American Service Company
Ottawa University
Washburn University
COOK
Washburn
Drake's Bakery
First National Bank
Ottawa Building & Loan Assn
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Anchor Savings & Loan Assn. Andrews Service Station
Beller Studio
Bennett Creamery Co
Branson Grocery
Briscoe Drug Store
Brown Hardware Co
Douglas Bros
Durbin Plumbing Co
Gambles Store
Jerry's Drive-In Cleaners
Kansas State Bank
Keelin Company
Keen Company
Mack Electric
Malott Hdw
Mann-Bell Drug Co
Mike Mulcahey
Buick
Mack Motors
Ottawa Finance Co
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Steel
Tin Shop
Peoples National Bank
Porter-Spears
Ins
Price Motor Co
Scott's Drive-In
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!