Anniversary of Keith and Betsy Page noted in Lamar
Keith Page and Betsy Page celebrated their 60th anniversary on September 2 2011 with family in a private event. The couple, married September 2 1951 in Ottawa, raised a family with six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. They ran Page Dairy Farm west of Ottawa from 1954 to 1978 and later lived in Capitan New Mexico before moving to Lamar Missouri in 2000.
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Keith
Betsy Page
Randy Page
Debbie
Girard
Benny Page
Cathi
Ottawa
Vicki Whitacre
Bruce
Page
Capitan
N.M
Lamar
Keith Page
Betsy Farris
Eighth Road
Four Seasons Garden Club meets with speaker on sweet potatoes
The Four Seasons Garden Club gathered September 21 at Sirloin Stockade with hostesses Faye Hunt and Pat Smith. Guest speaker Lyle Turner of Turner's Flowers Ottawa spoke on sweet potatoes, farming roots, and their nutritional value and market potential.
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Four Seasons Garden Club
Sirloin Stockade
Faye Hunt
Pat Smith
Marie Seneca
Lyle Turner
Turner’s Flowers
Ottawa
Birthday for Wilma McIntosh in Garnett Kansas
Wilma McIntosh of Garnett will celebrate her 80th birthday with a reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on October 1, 2011 at the Garnett VFW. Her daughters Nancy Diana and Juanita McIntosh of Ottawa host the event. She requests no gifts and invites cards to 424 West 10th, Garnett, Kansas 66032.
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Wilma McIintosh
Garnett
VFW
Nancy
Diana
Juanita McIntosh
Ottawa
Wellsville Crescent Club meets in fall theme program
The Wellsville Crescent Club met September 20 at Barbara Saner's home as Donna Romstedt welcomed everyone. Midge Casselman presented Labor Day history noting its origins and federal recognition in 1894. Seventeen members attended, reports were given, art show plans discussed, and volunteers signed up for Wellsville Days. Next meeting set for October 18 at Flo Lyon's home.
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Wellsville Crescent Club
Barbara Saner
Donna Romstedt
Midge Casselman
Central Labor Union
New York
Wellsville
Flo Lyon
Zig Zag Sewing Club Holds Luncheon at Golden Heights
The Zig Zag Sewing Club met Sept 7 in Golden Heights Nursing Home Garnett with host Marilynn Lolle y. Eighteen members and seven guests attended listing attendees from Millie Burk to Mamie Pedrow. An Oct 5 luncheon and white elephant sale are planned at Labette Bank LaCy gne with Jackie Leach and Virginia Russell hosting.
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Golden Heights Nursing Home
Garnett
Marilynn
Greene
Mamie Pedrow
Labette Bank
LaCygne
Jackie Leach
Virginia Russell
Douglas and the road to the Civil War era
Stephen A. Douglas, the Little Giant of Illinois, shaped national conflict through the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854. His moves to balance free and slave states fueled sectional tensions, linking California statehood, Fugitive Slave Law, and popular sovereignty to a nation edging toward war.
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Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Illinois
Ilinois
Vermont
Congress
U.S
California
Union
Kentucky
Henry Clay
Republican Party
United States
Debates that made Lincoln a national figure
The text traces Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln via the 1858 Senate race and 1860 presidential election, noting Douglas's stance on popular sovereignty, the Democratic split, and Lincoln's rise. It concludes with Lincoln's victory and the secession crisis, followed by Douglas's death in 1861 as Civil War loomed.
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Douglas
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
U.S. Senate
Kansas
John Breckinridge
John Bell
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Sand Creek Nursery
Orscheln’s
Donna Sharp
Dareen Holzapfel
Darlene Fries
Norma Sellers
Jane Creighton
War Memorial
Flo White
Daveen Holzapfel
Carol Cramer
Ucator
Wheaton High School
Wheaton, Mo
Ayey
Missouri
Louisiana Purchase
Photo National Archives
Stephen Douglas
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Avery
Joplin Globe
Kansasnie.com
Jeanie Warner
Jwarner
Salina
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U.S. Department of Education
East Newton
R-6
Southwest Center For Educational Excellence
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