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Egberts to celebrate 50th
Vernon and Barbara Egbert of McCune will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 13 at Osage Church of the Brethren, rural McCune. Vernon Egbert and Barbara Jackson were married Nov. 13, 1960, at Osage Church of the Brethren. The reception will be hosted by their two sons and families: Alan and Brenda Egbert, Tyler and Caleb, and Clark and Ann Egbert, Austin and Caylee, all of rural McCune. Friends an...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 29, 1970 A second public hearing on a Labette County rezoning plan covering a three-mile area around Parsons was set for Nov. 6 at Meadow View school, three miles south of Parsons. John Harris of rural Parsons, chairman of the county planning committee, said the major change made in the rezoning plan removed a limit on any acreage in the district that was used for a...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 28, 1970 Up With People would come back to Parsons, its mid-January performances to launch the city’s centennial celebration. Arrangements were completed for the college (or “C”) cast of the world-famous musical organization to give concerts on Jan. 12 and 13 in the Parsons Municipal Auditorium. The return visit of Up With People was a follow-up of initial showings ...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 27, 1970 The Parsons Recreation Commission planned to occupy a building at 1625 Main as a temporary recreation center. Some equipment had been moved into the structure, formerly occupied by Adventure Line Manufacturing Co. and owned by the Parsons Urban Renewal Agency. The building’s interior also was being refurbished. The renewal agency would buy the existing recr...
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Photo contest
The Labette Health Foundation is featuring a Labette Loves Little Ones photo contest to showcase area children. All children 0-5 are welcome. Include a recent photo between 3x5 and 5x7 in size. Entry must be accompanied by a completed entry form and a $25 entry fee payable to Labette Health Foundation. Entry forms can be picked up at the following locations: Labette Health front entrance and doctors’ offices, Labette Health Foundation, Pars...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 23-24, 1970 LaForge & Budd Construction Co. of Parsons with a bid of $100,125 was the apparent low bidder for a contract with Parsons District Schools for construction of a quarter-mile track on the senior high school grounds at 3030 Thornton. The board of education received four bids, ranging upward to $115,500 by Fred Beachner Construction Co. of St. Paul. Other b...
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Johnson, Elam
Kathy and John Ball of Parsons and Tim Reynolds Sr. of Pomona announce the engagement of their daughter, Sabrae Johnson of Marshall, Mo., to Aaron Elam of Marshall, Mo., the son of Clarence and Karen Elam of Oak Grove, Mo. The bride-elect graduated from Parsons High School in 1992 and from ITT Technical Institute in 2009, majoring in computer-aided design (CAD). She is employed by MFA Oil in Slater, Mo., as a manager. The future groom gradua...
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Gudde, Shields
Charles P. Gudde of Parsons announces the engagement of his daughter, Lacie N. Gudde of Parsons, to S. Kyle Shields of Parsons, the son of the late Trudy Shields and Michael and Marti Shields of Altamont. The bride-elect is a 2009 graduate of Parsons High School. She is a child care provider. The future groom is a 2009 graduate of Oswego High School. He is a Title 1 math paraprofessional for Oswego USD 504. The couple plan a Dec. 4 wedding in ...
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Pattersons celebrate 50th
Michael S. and Margaret A. Patterson of Parsons will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a Mass of celebration at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Michael S. Patterson and Margaret A. Van Becelaere were married on Oct. 22, 1960, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Pittsburg with the Rev. James O’Shea officiating. Mr. Patterson is retired, and Mrs. Patterson retired from Labette Bank. She now works for Bowen...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 22, 1970 Parsons’ public housing high rise — still unnamed — received its first tenant on Sept. 21. One month and one day later, 87 of its 100 units were occupied by elderly people, and three other applications for tenancy had been approved, leaving 10 apartments still to be assigned. Marguerite Westfall, building manager, said the high rise had some of the nicest p...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 21, 1970 The Kansas Department of Transportation completed a traffic study of U.S. 59 and the traffic patterns in front of Labette County Medical Center and concluded that lowering the speed limit by 15 miles per hour and installing a traffic light at the intersection of U.S. 59 and Southern were not warranted. Hospital administrator Jerry Lilley asked the city to r...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 20, 1970 The Parsons City Commission authorized negotiations to buy the Parsons Sanitation Service for municipal garbage collection. A price of $47,000, less proceeds from previous sale by its new owner of assets said to amount to about $1,700, was approved as an offer by the commission for the service. City Manager Will Tschudy was directed to enter into a contract...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 19, 1970 Pamela Good of Parsons won the national grand prize in Cappy Dick’s apple-coloring puzzle contest published in September on the Cappy Dick page of the Sun’s weekend comic section. Her entry was judged the best of all those received from all cities where the Cappy Dick page was published. Her prize was a complete home library consisting of a 15-volume set of...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 16-17, 1970 Mrs. Glenn Jones was elected president of Centennial Parsons Inc. at a meeting of its officers in the Parsons Chamber of Commerce office in The Parsonian. Jones was elected to succeed John Tedstrom, who resigned and moved to Kent, Ohio. The organization was in charge of plans for the observance the following year of Parsons’ 100th anniversary. Kathy Gie...
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Nelsons celebrate 20th
Thomas and Tisha Nelson of Parsons celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on Sunday. Thomas Nelson and Tisha Shaw were married on Oct. 10, 1990, at Macedonia Baptist Church in Parsons by Leroy Nelson Sr. Mr. Nelson is a machine operator at Columbian TecTank, Parsons, and Mrs. Nelson is a dietary manager at Woodridge Estates, Parsons. The couple have three children, Deanna Nelson, Amber Nelson and Jamel Nelson, all of Parsons. They also h...
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Alloway, Lance
Carrie Alloway and Andrew Lance were married in a 2 p.m. June 26 double-ring ceremony at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Pittsburg, with the Rev. Tom Stroot officiating. The bride is the daughter of Gail and Juanita Alloway of Parsons. The groom is the son of Ray and Cheryl Lance of Girard. Robyn Harrell of Pittsburg was the matron of honor. The bridesmaids were LeeAnn Fent of Parsons, Nisreen Siam of Pittsburg, Katie Harshman of Cedar...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 14, 1970 Tom Broderick, president of Tom Broderick Co., a manufacturer of physical education clothing and related items that had a plant in Parsons, would go on a 28-member American trade mission to western Europe. Broderick was in Parsons en route to New York from his home in Glendale, Calif. From New York, the mission would depart for a two-week trip that would ta...
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Gospel group to perform in Parsons
The Allen Family, a Southern gospel group, will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, in Parsons Municipal Auditorium. Center Bethel Church is sponsoring the concert. The Christian ministry group, consisting of Todd and Michelle Allen and their eight children, plays regularly in Branson, Mo., in addition to taking its ministry across the U.S. and Canada. Center Bethel music event organizer Jack Blackwell said the group will travel ...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 8, 1970 Labette County would share in the costs of construction of an access road from 10th and Southern at the southeast edge of Parsons to the administration area of the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant if federal funds were not sufficient under a contract completed in Oswego. Commissioners signed an agreement with the State Highway Commission that the county would fu...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Oct. 7, 1970 The St. Patrick’s High School Leprechauns and Oswego Indians played a football game that neither team lost. The trouble with the 6-6 Mineral Belt League tie at Marvel Park was that both teams remained winless after three games of the 1970 season. Each team had lost twice. Paul Forbes scored the first points of the season for St. Patrick’s in the second quart...
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