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Cranors celebrate 65th
Elmer and Evelyn Cranor of Chetopa will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with a reception hosted by their children from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 9 at Mae Lessley Community Center in Chetopa. Elmer Lowell Cranor and Evelyn Lavern Kline were married on Jan. 11, 1946, in Salisbury, Md. Mr. Cranor is a retired farmer, and Mrs. Cranor is a homemaker and helped him farm. They are members of Community Bible Church in Chetopa. The couple have four...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 24, 1970 Rhonda Hughes of rural Galesburg, 9, received a national prize in a Cappy Dick contest, a children’s puzzle that appeared each weekend in the Sun’s comic section. Hughes, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hughes, was a fourth-grade student at Galesburg attendance center. Her awards were a full 20-volume set of an encyclopedia and a world atlas. A new camer...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 22, 1970 The outline of a new athletic and recreation facility in Marvel Park took form at a Parsons City Commission meeting. It would be a joint endeavor of the city and Parsons USD 503, with help, hopefully, in the form of federal funds for a combined outlay estimated at $165,000. The schools’ new football field would be located in front of the park stadium, which...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 21, 1970 A pickup service would be provided in two areas in Parsons in support of a community food drive for Christmas assistance to needy families. Stella Wells Holland, director of the drive, said Boy Scout Troop 2 of First Presbyterian Church would canvass door-to-door in the 3rd and 4th wards to pick up canned food for the drive. A dozen troop members, with Don ...
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New names in the news
Collin Emil is the name chosen by Jason and Amber Pankratz of Emporia for their son born on Dec. 13 at Newman Regional Health, Emporia. He has a sister, Samantha. Grandparents are Charles and Nancy Pankratz of Madison and Bill and Janet Collins of Parsons. Great-grandparents are Earl and Ruth Pankratz of Newton and Arnold and Barbara Jabben of Independence. ——— Mary Elizabeth joins the family of Mark and Fatima Mall of rural Parsons. She was...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 17, 1970 An unidentified man, in all the spirit of Scrooge, cost Parsons taxpayers extra dollars at a Labette County judicial tax sale in Oswego. City Engineer Paul Freeberg went to Oswego to bid for the city on eight vacant lots intended for park purposes. Freeberg bid $7.50 each on several of the lots and bought them at that price. Then the man, apparently identif...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 16, 1970 St. Paul High School’s Indians defeated St. Patrick’s of Parsons 75-56 at the Pixie gym and looked the part of the Mineral Belt League champions they had been the previous six seasons. They topped their previous high by 19 points in building league and season records to 2-0 and 3-1. Ted Born, a 6-foot senior, topped the winners with 20 points, 14 in the sec...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 15, 1970 Women teachers in Parsons public schools got the green light on pantsuits. Trousered attire was suitable for classroom wear immediately, Superintendent Henry Norris said in a memorandum circulated to all teachers and other staff members in schools. The Parsons Young Women’s Christian Association announced it would close shop, almost 51 years to the day aft...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 14, 1970 About 100 people visited the quarters occupied by the Parsons Recreation Center at 1625 Main during a two-hour open house. Arvon Phillips, city recreation superintendent, made the estimate. The callers, many of them older adults, viewed the various improvements and renovation completed at the new location, long known as the Cloonan building. The recreation ...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 11-12, 1970 Katy Railroad operations returned to normal quickly following the end of a national railroad strike. Pickets were withdrawn from Katy facilities shortly after 8 a.m., following a decision by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks to end its strike against railroads. The first freight train to leave the Parsons terminal following the strike’s termi...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 10, 1970 St. Patrick’s High School planned not to field a football team in 1971. The Parsons school confirmed that at a Mineral Belt League meeting of coaches and administrators. Plans called for a cross country running program the following fall, the Rev. J. Eugene Komer, school administrator, said. Komer said it was possible that the school might field an eight-ma...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 9, 1970 The widow of a Parsons fireman presented property to the city for establishment of a park in his memory. Mrs. Maurice McElhaney, 2631 Appleton, made arrangements to deed nine lots in the southwest section of Parsons to the city for park purposes. Eight of them were in the 2800 block of Morton, one in the same block of Appleton. The park would bear the name o...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 8, 1970 Jerry Carson of Westervelt & Carson, certified public accountants, was elected president of the Parsons Chamber of Commerce for 1971 at a luncheon meeting of new and former chamber directors. Carson, who would take office Jan. 12, succeeded Marvin Cinotto, who remained on the board as immediate past president. Other new officers included Russell Morgan, firs...
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This new name is in the news
Camden Benjamin is the name chosen by Grant and AnnaBeth Gilmore, Pittsburg, for their son born at 8:13 p.m. Sept. 24 at Via Christi Hospital. Camden joins two brothers, John, 7, Maisen, 4, and a sister, Syerra, 5, in the family. Paternal grandparents are Dan and Julene Gilmore, Chanute. Maternal grandparents are Willie Wimsett, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and Rhonda and Dean Kane, Erie. Paternal great-grandparents are Thomas and Catherine Gilmore,...
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Business news
City honors worker The Parsons City Commission honored Cheryl Wallace, Parsons Municipal Building maintenance worker, for her 10 years of service during the commission meeting on Monday evening. Allen adds vet Allen Veterinary Center recently announced the addition of Dr. Belinda Garten to its staff. Garten is a 2005 graduate of the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She has practiced the last five years in the Lubbock...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Dec. 7, 1970 Possibly 10 burglaries in Parsons during November were expected to be cleared by the arrest of three escapees in Louisiana by the FBI, Parsons city detective Cyril Willey announced. Willey said he received a call from an FBI agent in Louisiana informing him the three, escapees from a reformatory at Englewood, Colo., had admitted a string of burglaries. A tru...
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Emmerich, Kinser
Lisa Kay Emmerich and Richard Leon Kinser were married in a 4 p.m. May 30 wedding at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Columbia, Mo., with the Rev. Michael Flanagan officiating. The bride is the daughter of David and Susie Emmerich of Salisbury. The groom is the son of Kevan and Diane Kinser of Edna. Grandparents of the couple are the late Albert and Bonnie McCollum, the late Paul and Margaret Emmerich, the late Raymond and Clara Reno ...
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Harmon, Ramirez
Timothy and Jacqueline Harmon of rural St. Paul announce the engagement of their daughter, Malerie Elizabeth Harmon of rural Parsons, to Robert James Ramirez of rural Parsons, the son of Daniel and Paula Ramirez of Parsons. The bride-elect was home schooled and graduated in 2005. She is a dance instructor for the Parsons Recreation Commission. The future groom is a 2005 Parsons High School graduate. He is a merchandiser for Coca-Cola Refresh...
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Baugher, Jacobsen
Tara Lynn Baugher and Jason Henry Jacobsen were married at their home in Kansas City, Mo., in a 6 p.m. double-ring ceremony on Nov. 3. The bride is the daughter of Raymond Baugher of Parsons and the late Cecilia Baugher. The groom is the son of Russell Jacobsen and Betty Jacobsen, both of Smithville, Mo. Malisa Baugher-Putnam, sister of the bride, of Lenexa was the matron of honor. Trey Putnam, brother-in-law of the bride, of Lenexa was th...
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Blackburns celebrate 60th
John and Leola Blackburn of Erie celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. John Edward Blackburn and Leola Jane Watkins were married on Dec. 1, 1950, in Parsons. Mr. Blackburn retired from Foremost Dairy and Beachner Farms. Mrs. Blackburn retired from Labette Health. The couple have nine children, 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
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