Williamsburg News: Improving Homes and Spring Activities
Communities highlight home projects as Mrs. Clarabelle Doncaster renovates her kitchen and the Timberlakes redo living and dining areas. KS university honors for Williamsburg High graduates Jerry Kerns and Jim Fogle. Local figures attend hearings and legislative events supporting prohibition. American Legion Auxiliary hosts and discusses veteran bills. Social events include a card party on March 14 and a birthday pot luck on March 20. Obituary note: Cal Byford, former Williamsburg resident, died Feb 17 in Vancouver WA.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Charles Bush
Ruth Davis
American Legion
Congress
Clara Dehn
Herbert Hoover
Joyce Starosta
State House of Representatives
Jess Edgecomb
Lyle Sutherland
Henry Farney
Etta McMillan
Lelia Hegle
The
Cal Byford
Vancouver
Wash
Byfords
Williamsburg
Lie detector test in Lenexa shooting case
In Olath e Kansas AP report authorities say a lie detector test shows 20 year old Thomas Thorp told the truth about the March 2 shootings that killed 17 year old Donna Dee Busby and wounded Thorp. Lloyd Lee Harsh an 18 year old Olathe High football player is charged with first degree murder and felonious assault.
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Olathe
Kan
Thomas Thorp
Lloyd Lee Harsh
Olathe High School
Donna Dee Busby
Thorp
Lenexa
Harsh
Endicott
Ned
Child Drowns Near Raytown Creek Bank
Five year old Charles Andrew Ruisinger III slipped into a creek near his Raytown home and drowned in five feet of water. The family resides in Raytown, southeast suburb. The boy's father is vice president of Laurel Bank in Raytown and president of the Raytown Chamber of Commerce.
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Kansas City
Charles Andrew Ruisinger III
Raytown
Laurel Bank
Herald Offers Weekly Tip Reward of Five Dollars
The Herald announces a weekly reward of five dollars for the best news tip submitted by readers. The program encourages community members to share timely information and helps drive local coverage.
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the Herald
First Jet Flight In His 80 Years
At 80 Bernhard Fleming enjoyed his first jet flight to California with wife. They reached Los Angeles in 2 hours 45 minutes from Kansas City at 31 000 feet and were greeted by daughter Lola B Wiser and son Jim. They toured Farmers Market Knotts Berry Farm and Marine Land, dined with friends, and visited Desert Hot Springs Palm Springs Indio. Snowy Rocky Mountains Grand Canyon and Painted Desert were visible from high altitude.
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Wellsville
Bernhard Fleming
California
Mrs. Fleming
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Flemings
Lola B. Wiser
Jim
Wiser
Farmers Market
Knotts Berry Farm
Marineland
Hal Beatty
Culver City
Calif
Beatty
Mary Bosworth
Grand Canyon
Desert
Rocky Mountains
Pike’s Peak
Rantoul School Music Night Rescheduled by Mrs Gilbert
Rantoul Grade school music program now set for 8 p.m. Friday March 15 in the gymnasium replacing the 22nd. Public invited. Also notes St Patrick’s supper by Rantoul Presbyterian women Monday starting 5:30 p.m. Guests and visitors mentioned include Dale Evans patient in Miami County Hospital and several local families visiting or traveling.
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Rantoul
Symnasium
Richmond Area News Highlights Local Moves and Meetings
Lloyd Schweitzer was discharged and moved to Augusta for care with daughter Mrs Ross Sackman and Rev Sackman. Herman H Kramer bought Tapley schoolhouse and an acre at auction for about 750 dollars. Nell Jewell attended the Fortnightly Club at Mrs Edwin Horstick’s. Maudie Doncaster and Linda Peters were dismissed from Anderson County Hospital. Walter Miller was hospitalized for a heart condition. Emery Platt moved from Garnett to L L Chandler’s house. Busy Bee Club hosted an all day meeting at Central Community Center with Mrs Earl Wall Sr and Mrs Earl Wall Jr as hostesses.
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Mabel Chandler Lloyd Schweitzer
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Augusta
Ross Sackman
Sackman
Emery Platt
Garnett
L. L
Wellsville News Pastor Lenten Speaker
Rev. Jim Nabors of Wellsville Methodist Church will speak at Burlington Methodist Church at 7 p.m. on Sunday March 17 as part of a Lenten series led by Rev. Charles Bennett. On March 27 Wellsville hosts a discussion for Methodist pastors with Bishop Eugene Slater attending. The Kramers return from a 12 day Rio Grande Valley trip to visit Ben Kramer in Mercedes Texas. Revival prep notes report cottage prayer meetings at New Hope Baptist Church between March 24 and 29 with local leaders and reporters.
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Jim Nabors
Wellsville Methodist Church
Burlington Methodist Church
Charles Bennett
Eugene Slater
Kansas Area
Richard Kramer
Tracy
Rio Grande Valley
Tex
Ben Kramer
Mercedes
E. O. Kramer
Kramers
New Hope Baptist Church
George Gould
Raymond Carpenter
Dale VanHorn
F. M. Clark
John Foulkrod
Kenneth Cordle
John Glenn to Keynote AP Luncheon in New York
Marine Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., first American to orbit the earth, will be principal speaker at the AP annual luncheon on April 22 at the Waldorf Astoria. AP president Paul Miller announced Glenn would discuss the NASA space program and its meaning for the United States. About 1,500 editors and publishers from the U.S. and Canada and guests are expected. The event will open a week of newspaper executive meetings, including the American Newspaper Publishers Association convention.
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NEW York
John H. Glenn Jr
Associated Press
Paul Miller
Gannett
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Canada
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Hungary Floods Roar Across Budapest After Snow Melt
Flood waters driven by melting snow raced across Hungary with at least one death reported and several major railway lines inundated. Rescue and relief operations continued as authorities urged calm and warned of rising water levels in multiple regions.
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Budapest
Hungary
Moore's Used Cars OK Chevrolet Guarantee
Buy from a dealer you trust with service facilities to ensure proper servicing. Local one owner trades qualify for the OK Chevrolet Guarantee, prompting thorough checks to provide buyers the best value.
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Ottawa
Moore
Classic Car Listings Include Vintage Chevrolets and More
A long inventory of mid century cars and pickups features makes and models such as 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air and Impala V eight 4 door with Powerglide radio heater and power steering plus 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air six 4 door standard transmission radio heater and 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air V eight two door hardtop with powerglide. Also listed are 1959 Oldsmobile 88 four door hydramatic radio heater and 1957 Plymouth radio heater automatic transmission power steering and brakes plus various Dodges Fords Buicks Pontiacs and Internationals with transmissions heaters and other options. Some trucks appear including 1959 Ford 1 ton with heater and defroster and 1949 Dodge 1 1/2 ton pickup with heater.
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