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Miller, Manners
Susan Hurt of Oklahoma City, Okla., announces the engagement of her daughter, Tyler Miller of Parsons, to Kendall Manners of Parsons, son of Jeanie Manners of Parsons and the late Kenny Manners. The bride-elect also is the daughter of the late Steve Hurt. She is a 2000 graduate of Southeast High School, Cherokee, and attended MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe. She is a clinic coordinator for Labette Health in Parsons. The future groom is ...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 24, 1971 City crews began leveling ground in preparation for contractors’ bids to be received the following week for a Forest Park train depot to be financed by the Parsons Kiwanis Club. The depot would be constructed in the park near the corner of 13th and Corning. Money for the project was earned at an annual pancake feed sponsored by the club. A cement circle also...
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Kendrick’s recovery going slowly
A Parsons woman’s recovery from a paralyzing auto accident and injuries suffered in the May 22 tornado in Joplin is going slowly, a family member said. Carla Kendrick, 37, suffered two calamities in 20 days. The first occurred May 2 in a car versus semi-tractor trailer accident outside of Carthage, Mo. She was partially ejected from the car and is paralyzed from the chest down. She was recovering in St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Jopl...
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Balls honor 60th
Paul and Loretta Ball of Parsons will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a party hosted by their children from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at 1311 Chess. Paul and Loretta Ball were married on June 23, 1951, in Oswego. Mr. Ball is retired from the U.S. Air Force and Southeast T.V. and Appliance. Mrs. Ball worked at Fred Ronald Manufacturing and Trend Manufacturing. The couple have five children, John Ball and his wife, Nell, Terry Ball and ...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 22, 1971 Through the new downtown mall, the city of Parsons was creating an “ideal environment” for a regional shopping center, merchants and other businessmen were advised. But, said d a nationally-known downtown authority, it would be up to the business community to provide the goods and services to attract people on a more intensive basis and from an expanded trad...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 21, 1971 The new president of Labette Community Junior College, in the county preparing to take over his duties, hoped the school could reach more people with vocational, technical and service courses as an addition to what he regarded as an existing strong college-transfer program. James Altendorf, a trim and alert 43-year-old educator, arrived over the weekend with...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 18-19, 1971 The 1971 wheat harvest moved into high gear in much of Labette County and was gaining speed in Neosho County. Bumper yields, running as high as 60 bushels per acre, were reported from throughout the area. Test weight, a measure of the crop’s quality, was said to be “exceptionally high” wherever the new grain had been received. Grain elevators said that t...
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Historic designation still contentious
ERIE — The fight against an old Chanute school building being included on the Kansas Register of Historic Places continues. On Friday morning, Chanute lawyer Ed Bideau III told Neosho County commissioners during their regular meeting that the Chanute City Commission and the Neosho County Republican Party are sending resolutions to the Kansas Historic Sites Review Board. The resolutions request that the board rescind its action imposing perm...
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Bevinses to celebrate 70th
Charles and Helen Bevins of Parsons will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on June 29. Charles Bevins and Helen Watts were married on June 29, 1941, at Girard Methodist Church. They resided in the Pittsburg area until 1951 and have lived in Parsons since then. The couple have three children, Judith Tedstrom of Tulsa and the late Gary Bevins and Brent Bevins, who both died within the past two years. They also have a daughter-in-law, An...
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Kirby, Creitz
Gary and Sheryl Kirby of Girard announce the engagement of their daughter, Kylie Nichole Kirby, to Daniel Spencer Creitz, son of Dan and Shaila Creitz of Erie. The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Girard High School and a 2010 graduate of Pittsburg State University with a bachelor’s degree in commercial graphics. The future groom is a 2006 graduate of Erie High School and a 2010 graduate of Pitt State with a bachelor’s degree in political s...
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Baslers honor 65th
Loren S. and Dorothea Basler of Bartlesville, Okla., celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with family. Loren S. Basler and Dorothea Shaw were married on June 23, 1946, at her parents’ home in Galesburg. After Mr. Basler had served his World War II duty in the South Pacific, followed by a tour of duty with the occupational forces off the coast of Japan, he was discharged on April 23, 1946. Exactly too months later, he married Dorothea Sh...
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Bradys celebrate 40th
Mick and Janice Brady of Parsons celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with family and friends.  Mick Brady and Janice Engler were married on June 12, 1971, at First Assembly of God Church in Garden City. They have resided in Parsons for 30 years.  The couple have three children, Michael Todd of Washington, D.C., Jaleen Claassen and her husband, Brandon, of Wichita and Janae Brady of Washington, D.C. They also have three grandchildren, ...
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Walnut woman dies in wreck
GIRARD — A Walnut woman was killed and her child injured in a two-vehicle accident west of here Tuesday. The accident happened at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday on K-47 about 2.5 miles west of Girard, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Douglas E. Elrod, 52, of Pittsburg was driving his truck eastbound on the highway and Jamie R. Hallacy, 28, of Walnut was driving her car eastbound. Elrod drifted left of center and struck Hallacy's car head-on. Hallac...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 17, 1971 Announcement was made that Larry Allen bought a 50 percent financial interest in Gribben Motors Inc. of Parsons. Allen would assume general management responsibilities, with Dale Gribben remaining active in the business. Its name would be changed to Gribben-Allen Motors Inc. Allen, 28, had been with the Gribben firm for seven years, most recently as sales m...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 16, 1971 A low bid of $472,700 by Hahner, Foreman & Harness Inc. of Wichita was accepted by the Omaha, Neb., office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for construction of a new Army Reserve Center in Parsons. The project would be built on a five-acre tract at 2700 Southern that had been purchased by the city and would be leased to the Army for $1 during a 50-year p...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. June 15, 1971 William “Bill” Hill, 68, who had been Neosho County engineer for 19 years, announced his retirement, effective July 1. He would turn over his duties to Charles Ingle, 43, acting city engineer and director of public works at Raytown, Mo. Hill said that in the nearly 20 years he had been county engineer, the greatest improvement on county roads had been surfa...
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Business news
Wilson earns award The American Alliance for Theater and Education recently selected Labette County High School’s Heather Wilson for the Lin Wright Special Recognition Award. Wilson is a 13-year veteran of LCHS and a dramatic arts teacher. She will be recognized by the American Alliance for Theater and Education this summer at its national conference in Chicago. Wilson received third in points for applications among all candidates in the natio...
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Dearth picked nation’s most supportive dean
Richard Dearth, formerly of Parsons, dean of Pittsburg State University’s College of Business, was recently honored for his support of the PSU chapter of Students in Free Enterprise. Dearth was named the nation’s most supportive dean at the SIFE national competition in Minneapolis in May. SIFE officials selected Dearth from 561 deans eligible for the award based on comments included in a nomination letter from students. The students praised...
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White, Fix engagement
Bert and Joni White of Parsons announce the engagement of their daughter, Raven Whitney White, to Anthony Hyat Byington Fix, the son of Tony and Ruth Fix of Parsons. The couple plan a July 16 wedding.
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Hecks to celebrate 50th
In celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary, Louis and Barbara Heck, rural Thayer, will be honored from 2 to 4 p.m. June 18 at Thayer Senior Citizens Center. Louis and Barbara Heck were married on June 18, 1961, at Harrison Chapel, west of Thayer. He was born and raised in rural Thayer, and she was born raised in Independence. Their children, Steve Heck, Cheryl Studebaker and Mark Heck, all of Thayer, and their children's spouses will h...
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