Teachers Leave Neosho's Big Island
Story of Big Island in Kansas tied to the Neosho River flood of 1915 and 1951. Young women from mainland farms came to teach on the island, many marrying local farmers and staying as homemakers. A few families remain, notably the Womeldorffs, Carters, and LaForge. The island, once home to 15 families with a one-room school, sits near a new Kansas wildfowl refuge project that could bring seasonal residents back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Kas
Big Island
J. E. Wemeldorff
Neosho
Jim Womeldorff
Kansas
Womeldortfs
Ed Carter
Sat
Grit Magazine
Womeldorffs
Floyd
Louise Carters
F. J. LaForge
Wemeldorff
Istream
Jury Hearing Murder Case in Kansas City
An all male jury was chosen to hear testimony in the murder trial of Bobby Joe Spencer and Gaither Eugene Crist. They are charged with murdering widowed landlady Rubie E. Blanton on February 4. Police say Crist admitted hitting Blanton with a revolver and slitting her throat. Spencer reportedly took a wedding ring and $38, and helped dump the body into the basement. The pair were later arrested in New Orleans after robbing a taxi driver.
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Kansas City
Kan
Bobby Joe Spencer
Los Angeles
Gaither
Eugene Crist
Chambersburg
Rubie E. Blanton
Crist
Worker Electrocuted in Nevada Pole Incident
Wilbur Welch, 39, lineman for Missouri Public Service Co., was electrocuted yesterday while on a pole at Nevada’s edge. A fellow worker said a live wire fell on Welch.
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Nevada, Co
Wilbur Welch
Missouri Public Service Co
Nevada
Welch
Quenemo Area Weekend Visits and Hospital Update
News from Quenemo area notes weekend visits among families from Wichita Geneseo Topeka and Kansas City including Floyd Nixon E R West Irene Gus tus Elaine Judy Webster and others. Judy Webster heals from hospital and plans surgery at K U Medical Center next week. Charles Figgins and Myrtle Pinkston visit Burlingame while several families from Sugar Creek and Kansas City call on Harris and Brann households.
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Floyd Nixon
E. R. West
Wichita
Alfred Trezise
Albert Harris
St Louis, Mo
Fred Cowan
Howard
Porter
Elaine Gus
Tus
Geneseo
Bill Ragan
K. U. Medical Center
Ike. Brown
Ivan Gragg
Topeka
Bert Brann
Larry Neill
Kansas
Pinkston
Mer
Wes Neill
Rankin ‘Figgins
Kansas City
Charles Figgins
Myrtle Pinkston
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Harold C. Taylor
Pittsburg
San
Becky Vining
Cecil Vining
Richmond
Kansas State University
Manhattan
the Friendly Bank
Quenemo
Sally-Perry
John Thornbrugh
Burlingame
Clouce Thornbrugh
Kenneth Harris
Sugar Creek, Mo
D. E. Harris
Ottawa Tractor & Impl Co., Inc
Deere
Pach
Gambles
Lake Cabin
S. Main
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