Retired teachers visit Franklin County students in Bicentennial program
A group of 130 Retired Teachers' Association members will visit grade schools in Franklin County with an hour long Bicentennial program. Eight members present memories of country life and old technologies such as crystal radios lye soap braided rugs and hand caned chairs. They will illustrate radio history soap making rug braiding chair caning loom weaving and laundry methods, linking past practices to modern times.
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Don Lambert
Teachers’ Association
Franklin County
Elliott Barnes
Hickory
Western Electric
Kansas City
Marion
Odena Detwiler
Rantoul
Opal Phillips
S. Cedar
Odena
Opal
Jessie Harold
S. Sycamore
Reba Unruh
Nora Evans
Bicentennial Briefs and Passport Details
A 570 page calendar catalogs Bicentennial events across cities. Franklin County plans include Wellsville, Paola, Lawrence, Osawatomie, Emporia, and Kansas City. Bicentennial passports cost $13 and run five years, issued in 1976 through the county clerk's office.
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Franklin County
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Wellsville
Paola
Lawrence
Qosawatomie
Emporia
Kansas City
United States of America
Commemorative Wagon Train Near Baldwin City in April
The Bicentennial Wagon Train will pass near Baldwin City around April 23 as it travels across the country. Ottawa resident Brenda Fornaro leads local efforts with participation by riders, students may ride on horses and receive excused time, and a $2 badge grants a wagon train inscription. The project, funded by Pennsylvania and other sponsors, honors prairie schooners and travels West to East before returns to each state capital.
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Baldwin City
Brenda Fornaro
Ottawa Rfd 2
Valley Forge
Oregon
Kansas
Baldwin
Franklin County
Fornaro
State of Pennsylvania
Dean Swearingen
Ottawa Post Office
Ottawa
Herald
Wingert Sees Conservative Year for Kansas Legislature
Rep. George Wingert predicts a conservative, economy minded session with heavy focus on the budget and tax relief. He backs a possible tax rebate or raising the income tax exemption while noting limited support for a sales tax exemption on food and drugs. Wingert also expects debate on local government aid, school finance reform, malpractice insurance, highway issues, and the future of junior colleges and the Department of Agriculture. Continued on Page 3.
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Jewel Scott
George Wingert
Kansas
Wingert
House
Robert Bennett
Bennett
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