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History of Chase County, Kansas

Abstracts of Leader-News
1899 - 1999



This history was abstracted by Patty J Donelson, Chase County Historical Society Curator.
Transcribed and indexed by Lorna Marvin, Chase County Coordinator



     PAGE 254


     1933


     May 3 1933 - The Eureka house tenants have all moved to new locations.


     Eva Burton, of Bazaar and Glenn R. Mott of this city are wed.


     May 17 - Death of Cal E. Baldwin at his home in this city.


     Louis Everett Romigh a resident of Kansas during the entire 74 years of his life has passed away.


     The City Library was moved last week to city hall from the Capwell building.


     May 31 - John I. McClellan has been appointed acting postmaster of the Cottonwood Falls postoffice.


     Jun 7 - Kenneth Eastham has been appointed as postmaster of Bazaar.


     Jun 14 - Jas A. Graham has been awarded the contract for building the new filling station for Wayne Keller in this city.


     Work has started on the Lyon County lake.


     Jun 21 - Half of the east side of the business section at Matfield Green is destroyed by fire.


     Jun 28 - Former Matfield Green, David W. Mercer has passed away.


     A group of fifteen young people, mostly of Strong City, have plans to attend the Century of Progress Fair in Chicago. They will make the trip by rail.


     Jul 5 - The Board of County Commissioners appointed Rex Bennett, of this city as County Commissioner of the poor and Mattie Kirk as case supervisor.


     A lifetime resident of Chase County, Wm. ReifSflyder, son of Mr. & Mrs D. M. Reifsnyder of Strong City died of pneumonia.


     Mr. & Mrs Charles Fear of Cottonwood Falls have a new baby girl, named Donna Jean.


     Claude Grokett, who has been taking a short course in the Ferrell Barber school, at Kansas City has returned and began working in his father’s barber shop in this city.


     The Flint Hills are dry.


     Jul 12 - From the present outlook, Chase County will have fewer district schools for the school year 1933—34 than has been the case in many years.


     Mr. & Mrs Neil McCallum have adopted a little baby girl they secured from the Fairmount maternity home at Kansas City. She is five weeks old and has been named Mary Maude.


     Aug 9 - The Cottonwood Falls tennis team loses to Emporia.


     More than 250 men have registered with the county poor commissioner for relief work jobs up to this time.


     Aug 16 - Walter Hassan & Joe George, two Strong City prominent men are killed in an auto wreck.


     Wm. Steele Miller, 51, fifth child of Mr. & Mrs Arch Miller has passed away.




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