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Thought this picture of Howard Main Street 1908 might be of interest to some of you. Interesting in the background is the Hanna Ranch Barn. I may have put this one out there already, if so I apologize.
Franks ruins to get the picture attached.

Hazel V. Knight, age 85 retired owner of Knight Dance Studio and Dairy King both of Mulvane passed away August 31, 2007. Visitation 2-8 P.M. Tuesday, Funeral 10 A.M. Wednesday, all at Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 SE Louis Blvd., Mulvane.  Graveside to follow at the Mulvane Cemetery.  Hazel was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Mulvane United Methodist Church.  She is surviived by her children, Kathy Knight and husband Mike Guinn, Derby; Marla Gifford and husband Gary Bowen, Louviers, CO, John and wife Pat Knight, Sedan, KS.; 5 grandchildren, Jerry & Chris Gifford of Colorado, Edie and John Knight, Mulvane, Daleen Bailey, Sedan; 3 great grandchildren, brother Bill (Vera) Roberts, Collinsville, OK; sister, Barbara Roberts, Winfield, KS, several nices and nephews.  Hazel was preceded in death by her husband, Dave Knight, brothers, Claude, Dallas, & Wilbur Roberts, sister, Zuna Duckworth.  Senter-Smith Mortuary, Mulvane in charge of arrangements.

(From Wichita Eagle 9/2/2007)
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(Taken from the Flint Hills Express, Sept. 5, 2007, page 3)

Hazel V. Knight, age 85, of Mulvane passed away, Friday, Aug. 31, 2007.  She was the retired owner of Knight Dance Studio and Dairy King both of Mulvane.

Hazel was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Mulvane United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her children: Kathy Knight and husband Mike Guinn of Derby; marla Gifford and husband Gary Bowen of Louviers, Colo.; John Knight and his wife Pat of Sedan.  hazel is also survived by five grandchildren: jerry and Chris Gifford of Colorado; Edie and John Knight of Mulvane and Daleen Bailey of Sedan.  Other survivors include: three great-grandchildren; a brother, Bill and his wife Vera Roberts of Collinsville, Okla.; a sister Barbara Roberts of Winfield; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Dave Knight; her brothers, Claude, Dallas, and Wilbur Roberts and her sister Zuna Duckworth.

Visitation was held on Tuesday, Sept. 4 from 2-8 p.m. at the Senter-Smith Mortuary, 501 SE Louis Boulevard in Mulvane.  The funeral service was held Wednesday, Sept. 5, 10 a.m. also at Senter-Smith Mortuary.  The graveside service was held at the Mulvane Cemetery.

[Taken by the Flint Hills Express, Sept. 5, 2007, page 3]

Bobbie G. Lord, 78, retired Beech Air Craft employee of Wichita, Kansas, passed away August 30, 2007.  Visitation 1 P.M. to time of service, service 2 P.M. Tuesday, both at First Baptist Church, Howard, KS.  Online condolences for the family may be sent to www.countrysidefh.com.  Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard, KS.
(Published in the Wichita Eagle on 9/1/2007)
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(Taken from the Independence Daily Reporter September 2, 2007, page 2)

Bobbie G. Lord, 78, of Wichita, died Thursday at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Howard with Pastor Gene DeWitt officiating.  Interment will be at Cresco cemetery.

Friends may call from 1 p.m. until the service at the church.

Memorials are suggested to the Leukemia Society of America and donations may be sent to Countryside Funeral Home, P. O. Box 247,  Fredonia, KS 66736.


Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard is handling the arrangements.

Mr. Lord was born Aug. 1, 1929 in Reese, the son of Fell and Bessie (Van Buskirk) Lord.

He married Helen Preston in 1947 in Howard and they later made their home in Wichita. She survives at the home.

Mr. Lord worked for Beech Aircraft in Wichita for 44 years, including 35 years as a truck driver.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Robert Lord, Andover, and Michael Lord, Tazewell, Tenn.; a daughter, Joyce Hoke, Wichita; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Taken by the Flint Hills Express, Sept. 5, 2007, page 3

Bobbie G. Lord, age 78, of Wichita, passed away Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.  He was born on Aug. 1, 1929 in Reese, Kan.  Bobbie was the son of Fell and Bessie (Van Buskirk) Lord.

In 1947 Bobbie married Helen Preston in Howard, and they would later make their permanent home in Wichita.

He worked for Beech Air Craft in Wichita for 44 years, 35 of those years as a truck driver.  He enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, sports, traveling and car racing.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother Bill Lord.

He is survived by his wife Helen of the home, two sons; Robert Lord of Andover, and Michael Lord of Tazawell, Tenn., one daughter Joyce Hoke of Wichita, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept, 4, 2007, at the First Baptist Church in Howard with pastor Gene DeWitt officiating.  Family suggests contributions to Leukemia Society of America and may be sent to Countryside Funeral home P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66736.  Arrangements are under the direction of Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard.

There have been "Scientific Expeditions and other attempts to find the source or explain the Marfa Lights in West Texas, here is an article about them, I thought you might find it interesting. 
Frank



The Marfa LightsTHE MARFA LIGHTS

The Marfa Lights are named for their location near the town of Marfa, Texas.
Marfa is a small ranching community on a Chihuahuan Desert plateau in the
Trans-Pecos area of west Texas. Supported mostly by ranching, and more recently
by tourism, it is surrounded by vast mountains and is Texas' highest
incorporated city. Marfa is known primarily for its famous Marfa Mystery Lights
and as the location for the shooting of the classic movie "Giant," with Rock
Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Dennis Hopper and James Dean.
The Ghost lights of Marfa still shine as bright as ever, and are still as
mysterious as they were when they were first seen by early settlers who drove
their herds into the Marfa area in 1883.
Who can explain their source? Where are they actually located? How long have
they been in existence? The mystery is no closer to being solved now than when
they were first seen.
Robert Ellison came to Marfa in 1883 and off-loaded his cattle in Alpine. He
then drove the herd west and on the second night out, while camped just outside
Paisano Pass, he saw strange lights in the distance. At first, it was feared
that they were Apache signal fires. Mr. Ellison searched the countryside by
horseback. He finally realized that the lights were not man-made. Other early
settlers assured him that they too had seen the lights and had never been able
to identify them.
The Marfa Lights are reported to be from 1-10 feet in diameter. They are
spherical and reddish-orange in color. They have been observed to vary their
size and fly at high speeds. Numerous photographs and video footage have
captured these lights in action. Marfa Lights are generally considered harmless.
They are even rumored to have helped a lost man during a blizzard by providing
warmth and guiding him home.
The ghost lights appear in many different ways to different people. Some swear
they have seen them divide to form separate balls of light. Others claim that
they have seen them move up and down. All agree that they glow as softly as a
star at times, then brighten to the intensity of a stoplight. Sometimes they pop
off and on. As they fade they seem to be receding. There are verifiable accounts
of people being pursued by the lights.
Scientists have made numerous attempts to put the mystery to rest. In 1947,
Fritz Kahl, a local war veteran and pilot, chased the Lights in an airplane, but
came up empty. In 1975, Kahl made another attempt, this time with a team that
included observers in Jeeps and planes. The "Marfa Ghost Light Hunt," as it was
called, featured "more than a hundred carloads of observers gathered between the
two observation points, one at Paisano Pass and the other at the entrance to the
old Presidio County Airport," according to the Sul Ross "Skyline" newspaper. The
searchers, "utilizing aircraft, survey instruments, multi-band radio equipment
and about a half-dozen search teams," were no more successful than Kahl had been
in his solo search of '47, and the legend grew.
Some believe that the lights are nothing more than high-powered lights from area
ranches or the reflected headlights from nearby cars and trucks, but that
doesn't explain why the Lights have been reported since before electricity or
vehicles ever reached the Big Bend area. Nor does it explain why there have been
reports of observers hearing a high-pitched, "tuning fork" noise in only one ear
while watching the Lights.
A Marfa lights viewing site has been provided for the public on Highway 90, by
the Texas Highway department. It is located nine miles east of Marfa. Ghost
light watchers can park in the area and scan the south-western horizon, looking
toward Chinati Peak. Using a distant red tower light as a marker, one can be
certain that any light to the right of the marker, which appears and disappears,
is a Marfa ghost light. You will know them when you see them. There is no
mistaking them.

This is a picture dated 1922 of the Dam at Elk Falls,.
Frank

This picture is labelled on the back "Green Brothers Drilling Rig on the North End of Main Street Howard, Kansas". This would be irene Buffalow's Father and his 2 brothers. I am assuming it was a water well drilling rig.
Frank

L-R:  Anna Leea Towery, Bea Lewis, Lois Royce, Mary Ellen Nelson, Nina Green, Alice Nelson Olson.

Back Row L-R:  Vera Kinsey, Geneva Redfearn, Coach Igel, Verna Buchanan, Buena Ritchards
Front Row L-R: Hope Green, Nina Green, Wilma Ritchards

[Taken from The Flint Hills Express, Aug. 8, 2007, page 3]

(From Wichita Eagle 08/06/2007)

FALL RIVER - Whitmore, Joan, 78 died August 3, 2007.  Visitation 5-8 P.M. Tuesday, with family present from 5-7 P.M., service 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, both at Countryside Funeral Home, Fredonia, KS.  Survived by daughter, Ivey Adkins-Weakly of Wichita, and many friends.  Countryside Funderal Home, Fredonia.
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(Taken from the Independence Daily Reporter, August 6, 2007, page 2)

Joan Whitmore, 78, of Fall River, died Friday at Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita.

Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Countryside Funeral Home, Fredonia, with Pastor Robin Haines, of the Flint Hills Assembly of God Church, officiating.  Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with the family receiving friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Memorials are suggested to the Fall River Community Building or to No Kill Cat Shelter in Topeka.

Mrs. Whitmore was born June 13, 1929 in F all River to John and Elizabeth (Riley) Ivey.

She worked as a farmer and rancher until retiring, and then worked for Flowers and Nice Things.

She married E.M. "Joe" Whitmore in 1953 in Eureka Springs, Ark., and he died in 1980.

Survivors include a daughter, Ivey Adkins-Weakley, Wichita.

Taken from The Flint Hills Express, Aug. 8, 2007, page 3

Joan Whitmore, 78, of Fall  ((River, passed away on Friday, Aug. 3, 2007 at Via Christi REgional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.  Joan was born on June 13, 1929 in Fall River to John and Elizabeth Riley Ivey.

Joan worked as a farmer and rancher until retirement then enjoyed working at Flowers and Nice Things.  She loved working with her flowers, hunting, painting and spending time with her family.

Joan was united in marriage in 1953 to E.M. (Joe) Whitmore in Eureka Springs, Ark.  He preceded her in death in December of 1980.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents and one son Marshal Bradley Whitmore.

She is survived by one daughter Ivey Adkins-Weakly of Wichita and many friends.

Funerals services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8 at the Countryside Fuenral Home in Fredonia with Pastor Robin Haines of the Flint Hills Assembly of God officiating.  Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the fuenral home with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m.  Burial will be at Mt. Zion Cemetery.  The family suggests contributions to the Fall River Community Building or the No Kill Cat Shelter in Topeka.  memorial contributions are being made in care of the funeral home.  Arrangements are under the direction of Countryside Funeral Home, P.O. Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66736

[When In Doubt About the Cop Trying to Pull You Over, Drive to Safety or Call #77 or #677 on Your Cell Phone-Truth! Summary of the eRumorThe story of a young college woman who was suspicious about an unmarked patrol car attempting to pull her over. She remembered her parents' advice to proceed to a safe or populated place before stopping and also contacted the authorities on her cell by by using #77. Other patrol cars were sent to her location, the person in the unmarked car was arrested and turned out to be a convicted rapist. Some Canadian versions of the story say the number to call is #677. The TruthWhether this particular story is real, we don't know, but the information it conveys is apparently sound.TruthOrFiction.com talked with law enforcement agencies on both the East and West Coasts. The consensus was that if you are suspicious about a patrol car wanting to pull you over, especially in an isolated area or at night, it's prudent to proceed to a place where would feel safer. The problem is that the law says you are to obey an officer who says to pull over so if you do decide to continue, do so in a way that makes it clear you are not trying to evade him or her.If you have a cell phone, call your local emergency number, usually 911, and you can be connected to a dispatcher who can help decide whether the car attempting to pull you over is legitimate. Also, as happens in this eRumor, you can inform the dispatcher that it is your intention to comply, but only after you get to the next off ramp, gas station, populated areas, etc.We've received numerous emails asking about the #77 procedure described in the eRumor.Even though 911 is the most common number to use in an emergency, there are many states that have established other numbers as well for cell phone users, especially to report highway emergencies. The #77 number is one of them. Some states use *77 or even #55. The story that suggests using #677 is a Canadian version of this eRumor that inserted the numbers for reaching the Ontario Provincial Police in Ontario.One of the reasons, according to a cell company we spoke with, is that the 911 calls from a cell phone go to different kinds of agencies depending on where the phone call is being made. In some areas, dialing 911 on a cell phone may go to a city or county emergency dispatcher. In other areas, the call may go to a state highway law enforcement agency such as the highway patrol or state troopers. In the states with the "77" numbers, cell phone users will usually get connected directly with a highway law enforcement agency. For that reason, you will frequently see signs posted along some freeways, expressways, or toll ways suggesting use of a number other than 911 if you're using a cell phone.]

I didn't see where this had been posted before and felt that it was something that needed to be. The text below came from Truthorfiction.com.


When In Doubt About the Cop Trying to Pull You Over, Drive to Safety or Call #77 or #677 on Your Cell Phone-Truth!

Summary of the eRumor
The story of a young college woman who was suspicious about an unmarked patrol car attempting to pull her over.  She remembered her parents' advice to proceed to a safe or populated place before stopping and also contacted the authorities on her cell by by using #77.  Other patrol cars were sent to her location, the person in the unmarked car was arrested and turned out to be a convicted rapist. 
Some Canadian versions of the story say the number to call is #677.


The Truth
Whether this particular story is real, we don't know, but the information it conveys is apparently sound.

TruthOrFiction.com talked with law enforcement agencies on both the East and West Coasts. 
The consensus was that if you are suspicious about a patrol car wanting to pull you over, especially in an isolated area or at night, it's prudent to proceed to a place where would feel safer. 
The problem is that the law says you are to obey an officer who says to pull over so if you do decide to continue, do so in a way that makes it clear you are not trying to evade him or her.
If you have a cell phone, call your local emergency number, usually 911, and you can be connected to a dispatcher who can help decide whether the car attempting to pull you over is legitimate. 
Also, as happens in this eRumor, you can inform the dispatcher that it is your intention to comply, but only after you get to the next off ramp, gas station, populated areas, etc.

We've received numerous emails asking about the #77 procedure described in the eRumor.
Even though 911 is the most common number to use in an emergency, there are many states that have established other numbers as well for cell phone users, especially to report highway emergencies.   
The #77 number is one of them.  Some states use *77 or even #55. 
The story that suggests using #677 is a Canadian version of this eRumor that inserted the numbers for reaching the Ontario Provincial Police in Ontario.
One of the reasons, according to a cell company we spoke with, is that the 911 calls from a cell phone go to different kinds of agencies depending on where the phone call is being made. 
In some areas, dialing 911 on a cell phone may go to a city or county emergency dispatcher.  In other  areas, the call may go to a state highway law enforcement agency such as the highway patrol or state troopers. 
In the states with the "77" numbers, cell phone users will usually get connected directly with a highway law enforcement agency. 
For that reason, you will frequently see signs posted along some freeways, expressways, or toll ways suggesting use of a number other than 911 if you're using a cell phone. 

2 1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup brown sugar Splenda
1 cup margarine ( I use 1/2 margarine and 1/2 butter flavored Crisco)
1/4 cup white sugar (Splenda)
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. soda
1- 4 oz. pkg. vanilla instant pudding (fat free/sugar free)
2 cups chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream together shortening, eggs, sugar pudding and vanilla.  Stir in flour & soda, add chocolate chips.  Bake @ 350 for 10-12 minutes.

I always put pecans in mine as well.  I usually sprinkle a little salt in mine too.

These taste good and stay soft.  Some of the sugar-free things get hard almost as fast as they come from the oven.

Enjoy!!

Myrna

2 graham cracker crusts
2 box (1 oz.) Vanilla Instant Fat Free, Sugar Free Pudding Mix
1/4 cup low-fat milk
1 can crushed pineapple (20 Oz. in its own juice) undrained
1 cup chopped pecans
12 oz. Fat Free-Sugar Free Cool Whip
1 pkg. (8 Oz) Fat Free Sugar Free Cream Cheese (at room temperature)

Whip cream cheese and milk, add pineapple and pudding mix, mix well.  Fold in Cool Whip and pecans.  Pour into crusts.  Chill for several hours before serving.  Freezes well, too.

I prefer to freeze the pies and then let them thaw some before serving. 

Yes, there is a little bit of sugar and also carbs, but this is about as "free" as we can get.

Myrna

This May have been posted before but I couldn't find where it had been. I am assuming this was from around 1900.
Frank

I have a 1931 Antioch group picture. I wanted to be sure that it has not already been posted. If so let me know and I won't post. If I need to post, Janet you will need to help me reduce the size. How did you do that anyway, the only way I have been able to reduce the size on pictures is rescan them and reduce.
Frank

To keep everything equal I am posting a picture of the 1908 Democratic Party rally in Howard. This one appears to be right in the middle of the intersection of main street, in front of the post office and the Met. Again it was well attended as no doubt politics were a very important matter in rural America.

This is a picture of a Republican Rally in the main street of Howard in 1908. Obviously politics were very important as this rally is well attended. The rally was held in the middle of main street in front of or to the West of  the Metropolitan Hotel.

In the early 1900s Howard was on the National Trotting Horse association's racing circuit, in fact the world Champion Trotting Horse "Joe Bowers' raced on the Howard track. This is a picture of the Howard grandstand August 12, 1908. Howard no doubt had some very aggressive and hardworking businessmen running the community to be able to have a Grandstand like this one and to attract such famous horses. Old "Hot" must have really like trotting Horse racing as there are several pictures in his album of the horses, races and the grandstand.

Attached is a picture of the Elk County Courthouse that burned October 24, 1906. I have always thought this was beautiful structure especially in it's time and place.