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Tho Arkansas City (Kansas) Daily Traveler, Friday, Junt 23, 1961Tn the IndependenceSlorVlPO Has One Of lt;Grant's LeathIIOMF. ON I.KAVr. INDKPENDI NCK, Kns (API-i have wKenneth W, Overfelt engine- An Independence mnn toting a de-: Younrman second clam. U. S. Navy, lapidated cavalry hoof strolled up footpiec, 1 son of Mr and Mrs. Kenneth O to the desk in a Wichita hotel. , brick h-1 Overfelt. 517 North C St. n I'd like to nee MaJ. On. ulys-1 I do'pcndint' 15 davs leave at the se% *s drant III, he said, setting now, htv .me of hi* parents. Overfelt in the boot on the desk , right iif1 stationed aboard the submarine The r|rrk tved the ancient boot, there. Torsk a unit of Submarine Rubber bands held it together. 'IYie 1 Squadron Six based at Norfolk, leather pluf*. in place of nails, mated « Va. In the past year, he has vis- protruded fTorn the sole. Where papers Hod inch ports as Naples. Athens, the heel was worn, square nails I the Sm Nice, Halifax, San Juan, and. could t*e se* n, CrantI Bermuda Hve desk clerk shook his head, of hootOverfelt enlisted »n the Navy in Sorry, the major gen e r a 1 July of 1957. He attended Arkan* checked ait 13 minutes ago. was nlt;s«s‘ City high school but got his Crestfallen. Pete Tyler Wedeiin *onin; diploma through the Armed piricvd up the boot ami returned ^ Forces Institute, lie is married t0 Independence.(to the former Pauline Adams of j|e ^ad came to feel saddened. | *°™n' Arkansas C*ity and they have two' For. about 100 years ago his ,7TJ°children Jeanme Lynn, 3, and great-grandfather. Joseph Nathan-1 *r , ’Z1Kenneth Ray. age 1. IH Tvler. awiprd a pair of boots Vs -from the famed Civil War soldier.
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Arkansas City Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas, US
Fri, Jun 23, 1961
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