Wellsville fire orphans find help in Lawrence addition planned
After a rural Wellsville home fire left Roe ger Poeverlein and his six children orphaned, the eight Poeverlein children resettled in Lawrence with John Poeverlein’s family. John builds a two story addition to house five bedrooms a study and a bath while the family awaits more help. Neighbors from Ottawa Topeka and Wellsville donate labor and funds as a town dances raise 190 dollars and canned goods. The family also receives letters and support from as far as Colorado.
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Will Hardesty
Lawrence
Wellsville
Roeger Poeverlein
Roger
John
Poeeverlein
Ottawa
Franklin County
Colorado
John Poeverlein
Bill
Poeverlein
Princeton and Tequa women review meetings and lessons
Local EHU and TEQUA groups report on meetings in Princeton and Tequa. Highlights include Home Maker's Creed roll calls, reports on furniture refinishing in Ottawa, vitamins, and nutrition lessons. Meals featured green beans, beef patties, and desserts. Members plan fundraisers for uniforms and Red Cross support.
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Princeton
E.E. Vancover
Kansas
J. McAuliffe
Vanover
Lewis Froggatte
Ottawa
Roy Schaub
Earl Heckman
Leeroy Wasmund
Garrett Harms
Chat Roger
Tequa
John Crum
Jesse Edgecomb
The
Red Cross
Progressive Club
Anchor Savings Building
Harold Crawford
Dorothy Noredeen
Australia
Mary Bell
Boys’ Club
Ursa Vincent
Reba Unruh
Yuri Gagarin Dies in Training Flight Crash in Russia
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, first man in space in 1961, died at 34 in a training flight crash. Col. Vladimir S. Seryogin also perished. both to be buried at the Kremlin Wall. News noted national mourning and a long Soviet space program history.
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Yuri Gagarin
Moscow
APF
Yuri A. Gagarin
Apri
Vladimir S. Seryogin
Gagarin
Seryogin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Red Square
Tchaiikovsky
Seriabin
Vladimir M. Komarov
Earth
U.S
Smetovki
United States
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
European
Russia
Alexal
Anna Timo»reyvna
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Ote Tawa
Topeka
Rock
EHU
Ernest Gentry
Lynn Myers
G.W. Turrell
Alice Carrow
Kansas Extension Homemaker Unit
Myers
L. A. Green
Hurtig
Legion Hall
Ellen Kendall
Beth Hamilton
L.L. Neal
Broiler Foods
Clyde Todd
Fighting Seabees
Flying Tigers
Rio Grande
Ven
Hildcares Rive
Tan i lMerie Cces
Richard Brooks
Wanda Hole
N.Y. Daily News
Quincy Jones
Mares
Outer Space
Tote
Carl MC
Pyazs
Litwin
Shorty
Coats
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