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Sage James is the name chosen by Chelsey and Chris Buntin of Altamont for their son born Aug. 26 at Labette Health. He joins a sister, Raimi Buntin, in the family. Grandparents are Rocky and Gaylene Swayze and Kevin and Carla Buntin, all of Erie. Great-grandparents are Pat and Carol Stover of P arsons, Ken and Naomi Buntin of Erie, Carl and Louise Bronson of McCune, Catherine Swayze of Erie and the late Merl Swayze Sr. ——— Hayden Leann and D...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Sept. 10, 1970 A milk program would be resumed in Parsons district schools, Superintendent Henry Norris said. Lack of federal funds kept the schools from serving milk at reduced prices or on a free basis to needy students so far in the new term. Congress revealed it would continue funds to schools throughout the nation. Milk would reach about 17 million children in eleme...
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Hornbacks to observe 65th anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Loel Hornback of rural Parsons will honor their 65th wedding anniversary this week with a card shower. Loel Hornback and Yvonne Alexander were married Sept. 8, 1945, in Cherryvale. They lived in rural Cherryvale for 54 years before moving to Parsons in 2009. Mr. Hornback is a retired farmer and rancher. He was the head cowboy at the Parsons feedlot at retirement. Mrs. Hornback worked at Lee Jean Co. in Cherryvale and retired fr...
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Huffs celebrate 70th anniversary
Paul and Margaret Huff of rural McCune will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with a casual-dress reception hosted by their children from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 in the fellowship area of Osage Church of the Brethren, 896 S. 80th St., McCune. Paul Huff and Margaret Bowin were married on Sept. 7, 1940, in Bentonville, Ark. The couple have farmed near McCune for their entire married lives. Throughout the years, they have received numerous ...
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Patriots’ Day pictures needed
Downtown Parsons Inc. is honoring servicemen and women for Patriots’ Day on Sept. 10. The organization is seeking framed or unframed photos of veterans and current servicemen and women to be displayed in downtown businesses. The photos will be returned. Anyone interested in having a photo displayed can contact the Downtown Parsons office, 421-4760. Photos should be submitted no later than 3 p.m. Saturday. They can be taken to the Downtown ...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Sept. 1, 1970 A soft-spoken veteran of the business paid his first visit to Parsons as president of the Katy Railroad. For a longtime operating man, Reginald Whitman saw much that interested him in one of the Katy’s key operating points. In company of B.R. Bishop, operating vice president of the Katy, Whitman visited the line’s principal diesel shops in Parsons, inspecte...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Aug. 31, 1970 Stan Brewer won the 1970 city golf championship. The Army-bound youth played out the string in a 5 and 3 victory over Louis Rapalino at the Katy-Parsons Golf Club, Brewer’s home course. The scheduled 36-hole match ended on hole No. 33, the par-5 sixth, when Rapalino drove out of bounds, and Brewer went on to card a birdie. For the day, Brewer was three unde...
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Medlam, Sotiropoulos engagement
Stepheni Danielle Medlam and Lee Ilias Sotiropoulos were married in a 9 p.m. Aug. 13 double-ring ceremony at Little White Wedding Chapel, Las Vegas. The bride is the daughter of Drew and Cathy Robertson of Parsons and Stephen and Sheila Medlam of Cameron, Mo. The groom is the son of Rafael and Barbra Fleites and Ilias Sotiropoulos of West Palm Beach, Fla. The couple plan to have a reception later in Parsons. The bride is a 2007 Parsons Hig...
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Bradfields celebrate 60th
Carlos and Ruth Bradfield of Pittsburg celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 6 with a family dinner. The couple were married on Aug. 6, 1950, at the Methodist Church in Oswego. Mr. Bradfield retired as an educator and psychologist from Mt. Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg in 2005. Mrs. Bradfield retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in Parsons and also was an apartment manager and worked in retail, retiring in 2007. The coup...
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Brandenburg, Adams engagement
Jill Elaine Brandenburg of Lawrence and David Scott Adams of Topeka were married on July 10 at First Presbyterian Church in Parsons with the Rev. Sharlyn Gates officiating. The bride is the daughter of Robert and Sharon Brandenburg of Parsons. The groom is the son of Richard and Carolyn Adams of Topeka. The bride’s sister, Bridget Foster of Chicago, was the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Darcy Harris of Leavenworth and Diana Stucky of B...
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Heards honor 50th
Milburn and Fay Heard of Eufaula, Okla., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 23 with a surprise party. The couple were married on Aug. 21, 1960, in Wichita. Mr. Heard retired from Individual Mausoleum in Parsons, and Mrs. Heard retired from Dr. Ron Finley’s dentist office in Parsons after 30 years. They have two daughters, Christine Heard Marbut and Paula Heard Ross; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The cou...
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Good ... in the Badlands
Providence can creep up in the strangest places. On a family mini-vacation (one day of sight-seeing, followed by two days of travel home), we visited Mount Rushmore and drove the loop through the Badlands in South Dakota earlier this month. We were in North Dakota anyway for a Babe Ruth regional baseball tournament, so the visit seemed to make sense on the way home. This trip was at the height of Sturgis week, the huge reunion for motorcycle...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Aug. 28-29, 1970 The final design of the centerpiece that would be a highlight of the downtown mall in Parsons was evolving, and the third design underwent scrutiny of the Parsons Urban Renewal Agency’s architectural and design committee. The committee generally approved the designs, the concept winning favor for its openness that would permit a see-through view from all...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Aug. 27, 1970 The cost of the Aug. 4 primary in Labette County was $2.04 a vote, County Clerk Quincy Greer reported. Greer said there were 4,888 votes cast in the county, and the total cost was $9,992.70. A preliminary draft of a comprehensive plan for zoning of a three-mile area around Parsons was presented to Labette County commissioners at their meeting. The presentati...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Aug. 26, 1970 Stan Brewer turned an even match after 13 holes into a 5-up lead after 18 in the first half of the 1970 city championship golf duel. The three-time Katy-Parsons Golf Club champion, who planned to enter the Army, won the final five holes of his round with Louis Rapalino, the Parsons Country Club champion, on the latter’s home course. The concluding half of t...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Aug. 25, 1970 Parsons’ two high school football teams had smaller turnouts on the opening day of workouts for the new season than in 1969. Parsons High School coach Joe Martin welcomed 57 candidates, eight of them returning letterman for a drill at the practice field behind the school. The turnout the previous year was 69. Assistant coaches Nick Divine, a holdover, and H...
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Jenkins plans office hours in Parsons Sept. 1
Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins will hold mobile office hours in Parsons next week at Parsons Public Library. The session will start at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, while Congress is in recess. “Since first being elected to represent Kansans in Congress, I have been committed to trying to provide the best constituent services they have ever experienced from an elected official,” Jenkins said. “Again, this month, I will take to the roads of eas...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Aug. 24, 1970 Parsons public and parochial schools began the new term with total enrollments of 2,913, down 123 from the first day the previous year. Enrollment in the public schools was set at 2,608. It was a loss of 131 from the 2,739 enrolled on opening day the previous year. Enrollment in the three parochial schools was 305, a gain of eight over the 297 enrolled the ...
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Jobless rate rises in county
The Kansas unemployment rate jumped by nearly half of a percent in July, while the rate in Labette County increased slightly. According to a Kansas Department of Labor statement, the July unemployment rate in Kansas was 6.9 percent, up from 6.5 percent in June and down from 7.9 percent in July 2009. In Labette County, the jobless rate was estimated at 9.1 percent, up from 9 percent in June and 8.9 percent in July 2009. According to the July ...
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Hilderbrands honor 70th
Cloyed and Nadine Hilderbrand will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Cloyed Hilderbrand and Nadine Turner were married on Aug. 24, 1940, by the Rev. A.L. Johnson at the First Christian Church parsonage in Columbus. Their parents and Nadine’s brother and wife from Illinois were in attendance. Following their wedding, the couple moved to a farm south of Melrose, and this was their home for the first seven years of marriage. ...
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