Class Reunions Reflect On Members And Changes at Central School
Sunflower HDU recalls class reunions and notes how member stories vary from homebody with a big family to a professional success. They recount changes at Central School, once the county’s largest district unit, now closed for three years, with former teachers Byron Robison and Lloyd Schweitzer recalling dirt roads and about 35 pupils when it operated. Equipment bought with the school included books, a globe, a water cooler, rhythm band items, curtains, hymn books, and other materials. An admirer once praised a candidate’s speech for dodging issues.
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Sunflower Hdu
Central School
Byron Robison
Lloyd Schweitzer
Robison
Community club and church events week schedule
A schedule of local gatherings including Country Club family night buffet, Century Fellowship film night, Ottawa Garden Club potluck, True Kindred and Ladies Luncheon events, Memorial Auditorium installations, First Christian and Federated Church activities, Eastern Star, Hawkins Grange, and various social hours and picnics through Friday. Details show dates, groups and hosts.
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Century Fellowship
Federated Church
Bennett
Ottawa Garden Club
First Methodist Church
Potluck
True Kindred
First Methodist
Union Chapel
G. S
Ernest Lawrance
Women's Association of Federated Church, Eastern Star
Hawkins Grange
Acorn Ladies Club Plans 50th Anniversary
Acorn Ladies Club will celebrate its 50th anniversary on June 8 with a 1 p.m. basket dinner at Acorn school. President Mrs. Ballard Woods leads a group that began as a Ladies Aid in 1908 and has long aided neighbors, funded hospitals and churches, and produced quilts and comforters.
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Acorn Ladies Club
Acorn School
Ballard Woods
Sarah Keas
Charlie Rivet
Socialettes Begin Monday as Mrs Pearce Fills In
Beginning Monday social items will be written by Mrs E J Pearce for the women's page editor Mrs Lois Smith who will be away three weeks. The column notes several short trips planned by Mrs Smith and lists social gatherings and visitors in Ottawa area including Beta Sigma Phi Omicron Chapter, Tot-To-Teen club, and multiple local hosts and guests.
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E. J. Pearce
Lois Smith
Omicron Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Lcott Huderson
Leo Robinson
Vacation Trip By Cox and Mott Party
Mr and Mrs Guy Cox and Mr and Mrs Sam Mott return from a ten day tour to the northwest and Canada visiting Yellowstone Coeur d Alene Spokane Seattle Vancouver Salt Lake City and Denver Weather was unusually warm with higher than normal temperatures reducing the need for warm clothing The travelers shared the main points of interest and returned home safely.
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Guy Cox
Sam Mott
Northwest
Canada
Yellowstone National Park
Coeur d’ Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Seattle
Wash
Vancouver
British Columbia
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
Colo
State Bank Official Dies In Wichita
AP reports State Bank Commissioner Ralph Medlin age 62 of Oakley died in Wichita likely from a heart attack while visiting his daughter Mrs Lee Berry. Medlin was past president of the Kansas Bankers Association and at his Oakley Farmers State Bank. Appointed bank commissioner by Gov. Hall in 1938. He collapsed at Kansas City during the Kansas Bakers Association convention.
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Wichita
Ralph Medlin
Oakley
Medlin
Lee Berry
Kansas Bankers Association
Farmers State Bank of
Fred Hall
Kansas City
Kansas Bakers Association
Postmaster Dies in Leavenworth Hospital
Tongonoxie Kansas AP George Lewis Baker aged 53 longtime Tongano xie postmaster of 17 years died yesterday in a Leavenworth hospital. He had lived in Tongano xie for 47 years.
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Tonganoxie
Kas
George Lewis Baker
Leavenworth
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