Christmas Eve Gatherings in Local Area and Notable Incidents
Christmas Eve supper guests of Mrs. and Mrs. W. M Christian included Eva Christian and numerous relatives from Pueblo Topeka and Lyndon. A Christmas Day dinner hosted by Verne Morlan Jr. and family, and others, featured many local names. A cyanide gas gun reportedly used against coyotes killed a coon hound near Mr. Carl Jones, prompting Humane Society inquiry. Harold Black moved into a newly purchased property, while Harry White found bedding items missing upon return home. Vernon McKinzie welcomed a son, Philip Linn, weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Gail Chambers hosted Don Chanders Jo Anne and Gilles from Monte Vista for a Thursday overnight visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M
Christian
Eva Christian
Pueblo
L. D
Marian
Danny
Lylah
Davy Becky Jo
Topeka
Luther Christian
Pauline Hedges
Martin
Darrell
David Black
Herington
Verne Morlan
Faye Black
Verne Morlan, Jr
L. D. Morlan
Ted Morlan
Lyndon
Jeanne Black
W. M. Christian
Harold Black
Doyle Christophers
Harry White
Vernon McKinzie
Philip Linn
Don Chanders
Jo Anne
Monte Vista
Colo
Gail Chambers
Numerous Kansas families gather for holidays and deaths
Christmas and New Year notices document numerous family visits across Garnett Ottawa El Dorado and Paola. Residents including the Wolkens Roeckers Rockers and Kuesers share meals attend church and travel to or from Kansas City Ottawa and Topeka while others report hospital stays funerals and family milestones.
Wellsville Obituary and Hospital Updates
Wellsville notices list Lula Leach entering Lawrence Memorial Hospital December 29 and improvement early this week. Lowell Darner, Paola, died December 27 of a heart attack with funeral in Paola December 30. Dee Dunlap and family moved to Ora Seyler’s Walnut Street home December 26. Town residents Britton family returned from Christmas visit December 29. Gale Counselman, previously in Olathe Community Hospital since December 13, returned home December 24. George Steele ill December 20 visiting here, treated at Ransom Memorial Ottawa Snt, released December 31 and staying with August Hrabe. Della Seyler accompanied son David Seyler and family to Perry to visit her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Chandler
Gary Smith
Jane Phillips Hospital
Bartlesville
Oklo
Abe Severns
Virgil Smiths
Fred Brummell
Pete Byres
John Roeckers
Maurice Lickteigs
Clair
Walter Made
Texas
Frances Goza
Fameily
Lil Randolph
Garden
Arkansas
Ray Atchison
Overbrook
C. A. Smith
Etta Blanche
Alfred Wilcox
Minneapolis
Kansas
Wayne Hole
Wichita
Boeing
Rex G. Feller
Gene
Art G. Feller
Lawrence
Joe Kueser
Don Kueser
Independence
Frank Gerhold
Scott’ Gaults
la Plata
Bernice Holden
Lula Leach
Baldwin
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Leach
Olin Leach
Wellsville
Lowell R. Darner
Paola
Elwood Leach
Dee Dunlap
Ora Seyler
Walnut Street
John Britton
Topeka
Gale Counselman
Olathe Community Hospital
George Steele
Woodland Park
Colo
Walter McMillen
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Snt
August Hrabe
Della Seyler
David Seyler
Perry
Non-Stop Flight Record Sought by U S Air Force
The 476th Squadron will attempt a 7,500 mile nonstop flight from George Air Force Base California to the Strategic Air Command base at Moron near Seville Spain on January 6. The effort aims to set a new record for nonstop jet fighter travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
U.S. Air Force
476Th
George Air Force Base
Calif
Strategic Air Command
Moron
Sevilla
Modernettes HDU Christmas Potluck and Gift Exchange
HDU details a Christmas potluck at Mrs. Carl Wittman on December 1 with 12 members and 4 children. Secret pals were revealed, next year’s hostesses chosen, and January 14 set for the next meeting with Mrs. Larry Wright. A Work and Fun session pledged $5 to the Boys Club and new secret pals drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wittman
Larry Wright
Work and Fun
Work & Fun Hdu
Lewis Buck
Max Floyd
New Year Budget Plan And Family Finances
Rose Crist explains budgeting as planning not restraint. For farm or variable incomes, fix essentials first like utilities and taxes, then cover flexible needs such as food clothing and family allowances. Each member should have personal money, and a family budget estimates fixed obligations plus day to day expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Crist
Ily
Home Is Where by Rosemary Crist on family budgets
The article discusses how expenses and savings depend on family income and outlines using past expenditure records to craft accurate budgets. It suggests using a Farm and Household Account Book from the extension office, stresses regular accounting, avoids micromanagement, and advises rounding figures to keep resolutions manageable.
New Year Farm Resolutions for Franklin County Farmers
A list of farm tasks and civic goals dominates the page, urging records, soil tests, seed quality, windbreaks, tool returns, community projects, and political engagement. The county agent adds reflective vows on kindness, cheer, and service, plus training, safety, and youth support. Also notes that over 3,000 Americans rely on electronic pacemakers for heart therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
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Lane
Mrs, Gail Chambers
Richmond
Alma Bastin
Arnold Wolken
Arnold Lickteigs
el Dorado
Matina
Maryann Wolken
Kansas City
Don Lankards
Garnett
Lena Rockers
Kensweth
Raymond
Martin Rockers
Greeley
Robert Roeckers
Henry Hendrickson
Arnold Roeckers
Howard Bradley
Nancy
Georgia Ungenheur
Centerville
P. A. W. Becker
Hen.rietta
Raymond Wagners
Henrietta
Carbondale
Ill
Fred Duffey
Homer
Lola
Lola Duffey
Howard Gretencords
Frances Magrath
Gerald Magrath
Amelia MacDonald
Ralph Arringeton
Enid
Okla
Edward Henneke
Veterans Hospital
Denver
Willard Willey
Kathryn Hull
Columbia
Gene Hulls
David Hull
John Hull
Ballard Wood
John Lohmann
Vann
Arlie
Stanley
Irene Akin
Leon Akin
Sterling
Glen Akin
Muskogee
Joe Clark
Anderson County Hospital
Fred Johnson
Friendly Circle Work Committee
Della Lamb
Ross Johnson
Hazel Patterson
Harry Pattersons
Round Prairie
Jim Grocery
Mt. Carmel College
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Joe Sobba
Ella Fox
Butch
Mmes
Grace Keller
Charles Rhoads
Anna Rhoads
Doug Rhoades
Charles Krone
Mission
Fred Kuiken
Bob Kuiken
Lori Anne
Caroline Gretencord
Marie
Martin Coughlins
New Brighton
Minn
Claron Picketts
Chris Picketts
Phil Roses
Harold Maleys
Sun City
Cheney
Harold Bennetts
Merle Christenson
Maleys
Ed New
Welch.Teter
Princeton Methodist Church
Mark Rockers
Louis
Wayne Rileys
Roy Murphy
Liberty
Kenneth Rockers
Arnold Wolkens
Kenneth Wayne
Arthur Prue
Steve Hoelscher
Fred J. Pickett
Herman Hermreck
McLeod
Hoelscher
Mildred Seck
Keith Mays
Arvada
Cole
Jean Wolken
Anthony Butells
Ray Diedels
Tom Lewks
Chris
Robert
Art
Harold Wolkens
Gene Vinings
Don Clarys
St. George
Joan Rockers
St. Louis
Bob Shields
Colony
Virgil Rossmans
John Rossman
Mark Mersman
al Pickert
Rilla
Vernon Pickerts
Gardner
Anegela
Martina Pickert
Bert Seyler
Cupid
Joan Beckham
Bill Adriance
Wellsville Methodist Church
Linda Pierce
Ottawa University
Ruth Ann Cobb
Eugene Wingert
Dale O'Connor
Kansas State University
John Stephens
Kent Kalb
Kansas University
Lois Schendel
Ronnie Dahl
Baker University
David and
William Beasley
Delon Jacoby
Kansas State Teachers College
Pittsburg
Nancy Barnett
Nancy Harris
Pam Poole
Charlotte Rogers
Donna Coughlin
Omera Knoop
Emporia
Pomona
Mary Hudelson
Dean Denker
George Denker
Ft. Lee
Quartermaster School
Dean
Ft. Leonard Wood
James
Rick Baxter
MYF
Neal Baxter
Barbara Lindsey
Judy Flager
Craig Collins
James Baxter
Jim Gingerich
KSTC
George Gingerich, Jr
Michigan Valley
Janet Lindsey
Judy Hamilton
Carol Baker
Sharon Heidner
Anita Clark
Vicki Clark
Loretta Neilson
Donna Cochran
Dea Engle
Barbara Bulmer
Karen Briggs
Willa McKinley
Mary Ellen Crawford
Larry Briggs
Terry Heidner
Gale Lantis
Gary Beauchamp
Wayne Robuck
Keith Gilliland
George Gingerich
Cindy Dillon
Rebekah
Warren Sellens
Roy Sellens
Loren Gray
Quenemo
Owen Clevenger
Davenport
Iowa
W. W. Clevenger
Elizabeth Clevenger
Dee
Peoples National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank Stock
U.S
J. W. Dickerson
Member
Federal] Deposit Insurance Corporation
HDU
Farmar
Robert B. Anderson
Bennett Creamery Co
Ransom Bennett, Jr
Bennett Creamery Co. Co
P, Burrows
W. B. DeVibiss
J, W, Dickerson
Milos, Hewitt
Ottawa Savings & Loan
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Margaret S. Huderson
George E, Lister
Thomas F. Porter
Porter-Spears
Ins
William W. Wallace
Ottawa Wholesale Grocery
W. B. DeVilbiss
C. P. Burrows J, W. Dickerson
Alma Schweitzer
Margaret 8, Hudelson
Maxine Lichtenberger
W. G. Ransom, Jr
R, C
Winchester
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