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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 19, 1973 Labette Community Junior College trustees voted to suspend indefinitely the basketball program at the college. Trustees conducted a special meeting to take the action. Indefinite suspension meant the school could return to the sport at any time. Poor crowd attendance and financial difficulties had plagued the team, which lost 41 consecutive games during a t...
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Society initiates five BATON ROUGE, La. — The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi recently initiated five Parsons area students. Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The society has chapters at more than 300 colleges and universities in North America and the Philippines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts annually approximately 32,000 students, faculty, professional staff...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 18, 1973 The new drive-in facility of First National Bank of Parsons would open the following week, and Marlene Harris would be its manager. She was named to that position at a meeting of the bank’s board late the previous day, Carleton Johnson, chairman of the board, said. Harris had been a teller for six years at a drive-through facility at First National, 1900 M...
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Clubs
Parsons Rotary Club president Gary Goodnight opened Thursday's meeting. Jon Siebrasse offered the prayer, Gary Beachner led the Four-Way Test and Pledge of Allegiance, and Hal Redford led the song. Eagle recognition was given to Parsons Middle School students. PMS teacher Rob Barcus introduced the April honorees, his daughter Caitlin Barcus and Luke Gilmore. Barcus named off a multitude of talents each student possesses. Other parents attendin...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 16, 1973 A recorded gain of more than 800 in Parsons’ population was indicated in enumerators’ figures turned over to Quincy Greer, Labette County clerk, at Oswego. The tabulation made by enumerators showed a total of 12,784 people in Parsons as of Jan. 1 for the annual state agricultural census. That would be a gain of 753 people over the previous year. Still to be...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 13-14, 1973 Richard Combs, commissioner and radio station operator, was elected as Parsons mayor at a special reorganization meeting of the city commission. Combs, 44, had completed two years of a four-year term on the commission. He had been a commissioner for eight years. Ten men were reinstated on jobs and union representation was granted at Power-Flame Division ...
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Moultons to honor 65th
Fred and Louise Moulton will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary and Mr. Moulton’s 90th birthday with an open house hosted by the couple’s children and grandchildren from 2 to 4 p.m. April 20 at Thayer Senior Center, 222 W. Neosho. Fred Moulton and Louise Creamer were married on April 22, 1948, in Neodesha. The Moultons have two children, Fred Curtis Moulton Jr. of San Jose, Calif., and Dinah Myers and her husband, David, of rural Altoon...
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Semrad, Hine
Airman Caleb Hine and Cecilia Ann Semrad were married Dec. 29 at First Baptist Church in Altamont with Pastor Greg Garrett officiating. The bride is the daughter of Michael Semrad of Galesburg and Lea Semrad of Chanute. The groom is the son of Randall and Katrina Hine of Anderson, Mo. The attendants for the bride were her two younger sisters, maid of honor Amilia Semrad of Parsons and bridesmaid Maria Semrad of Galesburg, and bridesmaids Kerst...
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Westhoffs to celebrate 50th
Charles and Betty Westhoff of rural St. Paul will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception hosted by their children and grandchildren from 3 to 5 p.m. April 20 at the St. Francis Catholic Church parish hall, St. Paul. Charles Westhoff and Betty VanLeeuwen were married on April 20, 1963, at St. Francis Catholic Church by the Rev. William Steil. Mr. Westhoff is a farmer, and Mrs. Westhoff is a retired farmer and homemaker. The W...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 12, 1973 The dog catcher in Parsons had picked up 24 dogs in the city since April 2 under provisions of a dog control ordinance, Paul Freeberg, acting city manager, said. Of those collected, four dogs had been destroyed and four dogs had been claimed by their owners. Two unlicensed dogs were taken by new owners. Several dogs that could be adopted as pets were kept a...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 11, 1973 T.G.&Y. Stores Co. announced it signed a lease for a 40,000-square-foot family center in a new shopping development to be built near 21st and Main in the Parsons urban renewal area. The lease and the shopping center itself were dependent upon successful negotiations by M.K. Gentry and Vernon J. Jacobs, real estate developers who lived in Wichita, to buy lan...
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Radiography students compete The Labette Community College Radiography Department took 20 students to the Kansas Society of Radiologic Technologists 76th annual conference and competed in several events April 4-5 in Dodge City. LCC students earned honors in several competitions, including: Barium enema lateral rectum image: Angela Holmes, tie first place; and Aaron Metzger, second place. Waters sinuses image: Angela Bruna, first place; and Ka...
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These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 10, 1973 A contract with the State Highway Commission was signed in Topeka by a representative of Freeto Construction Co. of Pittsburg for a $1,734,760 project on relocation of U.S. 160 in downtown Parsons. The project had been in limbo for more than 30 days while an internal stalemate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was ironed out. Involved ...
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Pitt State honors LCHS teacher
PSU honors educators for service and teaching Pittsburg State University will honor a Labette County High School teacher tonight for his service to education. The PSU College of Education will honor three teachers and an administrator for their distinguished service and teaching excellence at the annual Clyde U. Phillips Awards Recognition Ceremony at 7 p.m. today in the Crimson and Gold Ballroom of the Overman Student Center. More than $150,0...
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This new name is in the news
Gloria Grace is the name chosen by Christopher and Crystal Thompson of Parsons for their daughter born Wednesday morning at Labette Health. She has a 3-year-old sister, Haley Burris. Judy Swafford of Parsons, Patricia Thompson of Oswego and Lori and Chuck Haraughty of Labette are her grandparents. Mary Kugler of Parsons and Keith Kugler of Seneca, Mo., and Joseph and Deborah Haraughty of Chetopa are her great-grandparents.
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Schools
Bernd gets scholarship Washburn University student Tanner Bernd of Parsons has been awarded the Cleora Nemec Business Scholarship by the Washburn School of Business. Bernd is a junior pursuing a bachelor of business administration degree, with a concentration in accounting. PHS drumline competes The Parsons Winter Drumline competed at the Mid-Continent Color Guard Association championships on Saturday at Missouri Southern State University, Jo...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 9, 1973 On the basis of first-half 1973 federal revenue-sharing checks received by Parsons and Labette County, total allocations would increase for the year compared to amounts received for 1972. Mildred Vance, city clerk, said the city’s check for $52,680 probably would be invested as certificates of deposit with local banks. On the basis of the first check, the ci...
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Moulton's celebrate 65th anniversary
Friends and family are invited to an Open House in celebration of Fred and Louise Moulton’s 65th wedding anniversary, and Fred’s 90th birthday. The Open House will be 2-4 p.m., Saturday, April 20, at Thayer Senior Center, 222 W. Neosho, in Thayer. Fred Moulton and Louise Creamer were married April 22, 1948 in Neodesha. Hosting the Open House will be the couple’s son, Fred Curtis Moulton Jr., San Jose, CA.; daughter, Dinah Myers and husband D...
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Our Past
These items were taken from the Sun’s editions 20, 30 and 40 years ago. April 6-7, 1973 Nine hopper cars loaded with soybeans were derailed about 2:30 a.m. just north of Parsons, and the accident would result in an estimated loss of about $100,000. Nine hundred tons of soybeans were dumped onto the roadbed about a quarter of a mile west of the U.S. 59 highway overpass north of Parsons. Curtis Huffman, an eighth-grader from Altamont, won the L...
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Cook, Woodruff engagement
Rhonda Stringer of Parsons and Robert Cook of Seneca, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kayleigh Cook of Webb City, Mo., to Bryan Woodruff of Webb City, the son of Tonya and Dave Pentola of Joplin and Barry Woodruff of Topeka. The bride-elect is a 2008 graduate of Labette County High School. She graduated in 2011 from Pittsburg State University with a degree in elementary education. She is a kindergarten teacher in Joplin. The fu...
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