Community Home Demonstration Unit notes and meetings
ROCK CREEK group and multiple local units report May gatherings and planning. Attendees include Mrs S A Shumate Mrs Guy E Monroe Mrs Beryl Ross and Mrs Ione Dragoo with reports from the Emporia conference. June meetings planned at various homes with program planning sessions and district activity updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
S. A. Shumate
Guy E. Monroe
Beryl Ross
Ione Dragoo
L. R. Sutherland
Emporia
Georgiana H. Smurthwaite Cooperative
Jas. E. Berry
G. H. Stinson
Raymond R. Gillette
Pleasant Valley Area Dinner and Callers Notes
Mrs Maybelle ODea and family dined with Mr and Mrs John Benham and others from Owasso and Ottawa. Weekend callers included Mr and Mrs Scottie Fiehler and Gary and Mr and Mrs Donald Fiehler Judith. Additional visits featured the Coffmans with several local and area guests including OConnor, Lawrenz, Carpenter, and Higbie families from Ottawa Overland Park Lenexa Edgerton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybelle O'Dea
John Benham
Scottie Fiehler
Gary
Owasso
Okla
Donald Fiehler
Judith
Benham
Roy Vandeventer
Lester Coffman
Eugene Whitaker
Sharon
Darlene McAuley
Ottawa
Coffmans
Lowell Broers
Nancy and
Dale
Wiley Broers
Ted Higbie
Robert Baldwin
Duane Gifford
Barbara Rook
W. C. Jackson
W. S. Higbie
Overland Park
Harry Hanson
Lenexa
Ed McCarthy
Edgerton
Vesta Keefer
Smith
Farmer Killed in Two Car Collision Near Wellington
David A. Holland, 63, of Argonia Kansas, was killed in a two car crash near Wellington last night. Sumner County reported its second traffic fatality of 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington, Kas
David A. Holland
Argonia
Kas
Here
Sumner County
Alumni Plan Eighth Annual Meeting At Richmond
Officers and directors of the high school alumni association met at the bank Tuesday evening to finalize plans for the 8th annual meeting on June 8. All alumni are urged to reserve by June 1. Mrs Maude Darner and Mrs Lacey Brombacher of Garden City visited their sister Mrs J L Brown and husband in Decatur, Ill, then joined Miss Mabel Chandler for Tuesday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School Alumni Association
Bank
Maude Darner
Lacey Brombacher
Garden City
Decatur
Ill
J. L. Brown
Mabel Chandler
One Injured In Helicopter Crash Near Anchorage
An Air Force helicopter crashed yesterday morning near Willow, 385 miles north of Anchorage, seriously injuring one of seven aboard. The Air Force said a mechanical failure caused the crash and that the craft’s radio was wrecked, hindering contact with Elmendorf Air Force Base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Wilow
Here
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Vote on 1958 Wheat Price Supports
Price support for the 1958 wheat crop will be at least 1.78 per bushel if farmers approve marketing quotas. The minimum may rise if July 1, 1958 parity and supply relations justify higher support. Loans and purchase agreements will run harvest to January 31, 1959, administered by Ezra Taft Benson and Russell Wray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Taft Benson
Russell Wray
Franklin County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Farm Deadline Announced for 1958 Wheat Allotments
The final date to apply for new farm allotments for the 1958 winter wheat crop is July 1. Russell Wray, chairman of the Franklin County ASC, says farmers with no wheat seeded in 1955 56 or 57 but planning grain in 1958 must apply in writing to their county ASC committee. Application forms are available at the county office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Wray
Franklin County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Seek Ways To Reduce Surplus
Republicans eye next year’s elections as they explore faster methods to cut farm surplus stocks. President Eisenhower’s farm policy relies on export subsidies and the soil bank, but rising production overseas and a recent House vote to scrap much of the soil bank complicate a quick fix. Secretary Benson and three Republican leaders discussed expediting surplus movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasilington
GOP
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Eisenhower
Soil Bank Plan
U.S
House
Soil Bank
Crude Oil Line Planned for Southwest Kansas
Oil Field Pipeline Inc plans a seven million dollar 258 mile crude line in southwestern Kansas from the Interstate field in Morton County through Stevens Seward Meade and eastern Clark to Arapahoo Pipe Line Co station south of Chase in Rice. The project, led by Pierce C. Musgrove, would be owned and operated by producers in the five county area and mirrors Southern Pipe Line plans from Liberal to Arkansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita (i
Kansas
Oil Field Pipeline, Inc
Pierce C. Musgrove
Musgrove Petroleum Corp
General American Industries
Interstate
Morton County
Stevens
Seward
Meade
Clark Counties
Clark Counties and Terminate At the Arapahoo Pipe Line Co
Chase
Rice County
Musgrove
Five County
Southern Pipe Line, Inc
Southern
Liberal
Anderson- Prichard
Arkansas City
Pomona Area People Share Weekend Gatherings and Lodge Notes
Mrs George Franks Jr hosted a noon dinner for her husband’s 39th birthday with many Franks family members plus friends from Wichita and local households. The Rebekah Lodge met with 13 members, planning readings and a short program. Jack Bittenbender returned from California, and Mrs D W Blackwell hosted granddaughter and family visitors from Wheatland and other locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Franks Jr
George Franks Sr
Frank Mason
Mickie
Bob
Charles Burns
Charles
Diana
Marvin
Howard Franks
Peggy
Margaret
Shirley
Virgil
Georgie
Stella
Mary Franks
Bob Boyd
Wichita
Lexie Johnson
Delores Carleton
Lulu Hunt
Emma Hughes
Jack Bittenbender
California
D. W. Blackwell
Bob Soper
Joe
Trudy
Wheatland
Ottawa Visitors Share Busy Weekend with English Family
Ottawa residents spent Monday evening with Mrs and Mr Jess Rice and with Mr and Mrs Glen English and Donnie. Friday evening supper guests at the English home were Joyce Stoffer and Leland Carpenter. Out of town relatives attended funeral services for their father Tom Love, including Homer Thomas and Louis Frederick with families from Des Moines Jeannette James and James, Venice California, and Harold Love from Watson Missouri. Joe Button Centropolis visited Mrs Cora Button for her birthday anniversary last Thursday evening. Mrs Clara Nitcher Ethel Lindsey Margaret McNees and Rodney Pembrook were Sunday afternoon guests at Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Jess Rice
Glen English
Donnie
Roy English
Bobby English
Joyce Stoffer
Leland Carpenter
Tom Love
Homer Thomas
Hamburg
Iowa
Louis Frederick
Jeannette and
James
Des Moines
Louis Michie
Venice
California
Harold Love
Watson
Joe Button
Centropolis
Cora Button
Clara Nitcher
Ethel Lindsey
Margaret McNees
Rodney Pembrook
Perry
Evening guests at Rev. Nitchers Quenemo note improvement
Eas and the ladies were evening guests of Rev. and Mrs. Orville Nitcher at Quenemo. They found Mr. Nitcher improved during the visit, and the gathering reflected a warm social occasion in the community.
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Oklahoma
Pensacola Dam
Grand
Missouri
Arkansas River
Robert Honeycutt
Carl Wittman
Sidney Barber
O. K
James Warnock
S.cedar
Robert Moore
Bond’s
al Knoeppel
Gram Planning
Princeton
Robert Knight
R. G. Hobbs
Homer Bishop Jed Singing
Leon Burrichter
Franklin County
HDU
Mary Dean Holle
City Hall
Eddie Dushaunach
Hugh Tarbett
J. P. McAuliffe
Robert Knight Jr
Bethel
Carrie Simmons
Viva Clark
Beacon Light
Ezra Johnson
Gilliland
Kenneth Nitcher
Wycoff
Fred Scott
R. E. Roseberry
Bush
Hea
Eugene Bush
Land Creek
T. P. Harrell
Albert Barnhart
Barnhart
George Graves
Martin Brockway
John Staadt
C. W. Newcomer
Pleasant Valley
Ralph O'Connor
Clifford Carpenter
Bertha Farrell
Nellie McAuley
Lucile Coffman
Gilbert Lawrenz
Kansas City
Howard Lawrenz
Harold Carpenter
Timmy
State Bank
R. S. Hill
Ed Hosler
Mamie Sands
Glen Hayward
Tecumseh and Main
F.D.I.C
Richmond Area
Miss Mabel Chandler
Topeka
Kueser
Capitol Building
Museum
Gage Park
Garnett Club
St. Therase Church
Phillips
Leonard Campbells
el Bennetts
Gladys Garrison
French Booker
Lawrence
Natural History Museum
Ule
City
Science Building
Fred Kuiken
Ottawa Hospital
Albright Sewing Circle
Briggs & Stratton Lawson Fairbanks-Mors
Clinton
Sheldon Truck & Tractor
S. Walnut
New McCormick
Farmall
Hj Sheldon
Pomona
Roseberry
Ikansas State College
A.B.A
Franklin County Artificial Dairy Breeders Assn
Don Collins
S. Maple
Harry Smith
S. Main
Nuzman Lumber
The
Ottawa Herald
Kansas Farm Bureau Mutual
F.C.L
FCI
Leo C. Miller
Ares Y Man
Frosty
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