Friendly Circle/Women's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) minutes from 1962
January 25, 1962: The Friendly Circle Class met with Stella Henderson January 17 for a covered dish luncheon at noon with Golda Cottle assisting. Those present were Mildred Rupin, Seba Baird, Bess Conley, Minnie Ellis, Minnie Given, Myrtle Lillard, Ethelyn Ferguson, Georgia Lambert, Stella Page, Vida Whitney, and a visitor, Mrs. Rupin. -------------------------- April 26, 1962: The Friendly Circle Class met at the home of Myrtle Lillard with Ethelyn Ferguson as assistant hostess. A lovely covered dish luncheon was served at noon with a short business meeting conducted by the president, Amy Meade, following the dinner. After the meeting the day was spent quilting for Mrs. Page. Those present were Mrs. Cornelia Stevens from Topeka, Minnie Givens, Minnie Ellis, Iva Stitt, Bess Conley, Stella Henderson, Ella Whearty, Vida Whitney, Amy Meade, Georgia Lambert, Ellie Jones and baby, Golda Cottle, Stella Page, Linda Barney, Myrtle Lillard and Ethelyn Ferguson. -------------------------- May 24, 1962: Friendly Circle Class met at the home of Mrs. Stella Page on Wednesday, May 16, with a covered dish luncheon at noon. Hostesses were Minnie Ellis, Ellen Whearty, and Ruth Page. Those present were Georgia Lambert, Vida Whitney, Linda Barney, Stella Henderson, Iva Stitt, Minnie Givens, Amy Meade, and visitors, Esther Mansfield, Mildred Page and Roger, and Edna White of South San Francisco, Calif. -------------------------- July 19, 1962: The Friendly Circle Class of the Methodist Church met Wednesday, June 27, at the home of Stella Henderson with Minnie Givens as assistant hostess for a covered dish luncheon. The following officers were elected for 1962-63: Amy Meade, president; Ella Whearty, vice president; Vida Whitney, secretary; and treasurer; Golda Cottle, reporter; Minnie Ellis, card committee. The order of the day was quilting. Those present were Edith Ward, Minnie Ellis, Iva Stitt, Seba Baird, Ethelyn Ferguson, Stella Page, Ella Whearty, Goldie Cottle, Minnie Givens, Georgia Lambert, Stella Henderson, Amy Meade, Mildred Page and children. The next meeting will be July 25 at the home of Minnie Givens with Ethelyn Ferguson and Amy Meade as assistant hostesses. --------------------------- August 2, 1962: The Friendly Circle Class met Wednesday, July 25, at the home of Mrs. Minnie Givens with a covered dish luncheon at noon. Ethelyn Ferguson and Amy Meade assisted. Those present were Daisy Crow, Stella Page, Minnie Given, Stella Henderson, Ella Whearty, Iva Stitt, Eleanor Jones, Vida Whitney, Linda Barney, Minnie Ellis, Ethelyn Ferguson and Amy Meade. They all enjoyed quilting for the day. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Retter and family of Lawrence, Kansas, spent Sunday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Larson and family. --------------------------- August 23, 1962: The Friendly Circle Class met Wednesday, August 15, at the home of Stella Page, with a covered dish luncheon at noon. Hostesses were Georgia Lambert and Ruth Page. The afternoon was spent quilting. Last Friday the group enjoyed a watermelon party. Those present were Minnie Ellis, Ella Whearty, Stella Henderson, Seba Baird, Ethelyn Ferguson, Iva Stitt, Minnie Givens, Georgia Lambert, Ellie Jones, Myrtle Lillard, Esther Mansfield and Tommie, Ruth Page, Mildred Page and children, Stella Page, Vida Whitney and Amy Meade. ---------------------------- December 27, 1962: The Friendly Circle Class had a party December 14 at the home of Mildred Rupin. The house was beautifully decorated in the Christmas spirit. After a short program, several appropriate games were played and then a gift exchange. Dainty refreshments were served by the following committee, Minnie Ellia, Veda Whitney and Mildred Rupin. Those present were Darlene Berry, Ellie Jones and baby, Bess Conley, Ruth Page, Ethelyn Ferguson, Seba Baird, Stella Henderson, Stella Page, Iva Stitts, Myrtle Lillard, Georgia Lambert, Elsie Moran, Ella Whearty, Ester Mansfield, Mable Bruce, Amy Meade, Linda Barney, Golda Cottle, Opal Tillman and the hostesses Minnie Ellis, Veda Whitnev and Mildred Rupin.
The Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas
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U.P. Agricultural Improvement Car Here, Rossville, Kansas
U. P. AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT CAR HERE TUESDAY Four Kansas State College faculty members will be with the agricul¬tural car of the Union Pacific rail¬road when it tours Kansas March 19 to 30. They are L.L. Compton, secretary-treasurer of the Kansas Crop Improvement, association; Shannon Nicholson, Compton's assistant; Lu¬ther Willoughby, extension agrono¬mist, and Claude King, extension plant pathologist. The railroad car will stop for pro¬grams at Wamego, Rossville, Marysville, Sabetha and Hiawatha, in this section of Kansas. Agricultural specialists will discuss seed production ,seed treatment, and Kansas seeds for Kansas farms at earth of the stops. County agricultural agents are to be program chairmen at stops in their counties. Charles W. Manke, agricultural agent for the railroad in Kansas, has suggested that FFA, vocational agri¬culture, veteran trainees other or¬ganized groups attend morning ses¬sions to leave afternoons open to the farmers. On three previous trips the agricultural improvement car traveled 30,000 miles to 271 communitoies [sic] and had a total of 53,000 visitors. The car will sit near the Union Pacific station in Rossville next Tuesday, March 27th. Every farmer in this and surrounding communities are given a cordial welcome to attend
Mulvane Ranch Transferred to Mrs. Hughes, Rossville, Kansas
MRS. M. M. Hughes, Los Angeles, June 26, 1944, became sole owner of the Mulvane Ranch west of Rossville. This resulted when turned over to her in a transfer filed in the office of Homer Wright, reg-ister of deeds. “The purpose is to keep it in the Mulvane family and I hope it will remain there for many years to come,” Mr. Morgan said. Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Morgan were sisters of the late Dave Mulvane, former Republican national committeeman for Kansas and they became owners of the land after his death. There are approximately 3,000 acres, one half of which is pasture land near the river. The late Jaob Mulvane, their father and a wealthy Topeka banker and philanthropist, purchased the land more than 75 years ago and for years operated a big cattle ranch. A part of the pasture land was on an island in the river. In 1884 he changed the course of the river to connect the island with the mainland. Altho [sic] all the land now is on the north side of the river, the part that used to be on the island is in Wabaunsee County. over The balance is in Shawnee County. After Jaob Mulvane's death, his son Dave inherited the ranch, and it was carried in his name until his death. It then was taken over by his two sisters. Mrs. Morgan died July 6, 1942. Now Mrs. Hughes, the only surviving member of the family, has purchased her sister’s half of the ranch to become sole owner.
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John Kesler Horse Advertisement, 1922, Rossville, Kansas
Pure Bred License 120 Oliver A purebred stallion, black in color, with a fine record on past performances, will make the season of 1922 at any place west of Cross Creek in Rossville. Terms-$10 to insure colt to stand and suck Big Tom Is a Mammoth jack with a record as a sure foalgetter. Terms-$10 to insure colt to stand and suck. Usual terms and precautions will govern each service John Kesler, Owner
During the last day of June, Samuel Oldfield, Rossville, planted 18 acres of corn on land from which he had already taken a crop of wheat. He said the land was well-fertilized for the first crop, and the second took to growing lustily. A good stand of fodder corn is already assured, and indications are that many good ears will be on hand before Jack Frost gets in his work.
Reprinted in the St. Marys Star, St. Marys, Kansas (date unknown) This was originally published around August 1895, probably in a local Rossville newspaper.
W.W. Ross was born in 1828 in Huron, Ohio. His parents, Sylvester and Cynthia Ross, were youthful pioneers on the Western Reserve of Ohio and were originally from the New England States. Ross was deprived of formal schooling as he grew up in the Ohio territory where educational advantages were limited. He learned much concerning history and government affairs from daily conversations with his father, who was a man of intelligence. In 1846 he went with his parents to the new territory of Wisconsin and saw history in the making as it grew into a state. By this time, Ross was 18 years of age and had become dissatisfied with farming. He took an interest in the printer's trade and learned the business at Janesville, Wisconsin. Proving himself an apt student, he soon became foreman of the FREE DEMOCRAT, a newspaper in Milwaukee. He married Mary Elizabeth Berry in the spring of 1855, and he and his bride started out in a wagon drawn by a team of oxen, pioneering into Kansas territory. Ross had with him as teamster a free Negro whose papers he had secured before leaving Wisconsin. He encountered serious difficulties in passing through Missouri when the Missourians at different times tried to take the Negro away from him, under the pretense that he was an escaped slave. Even after reaching Lawrence several unsuccessful attempts were made to take the man by force. This circumstance identified Ross prominently with the free-state men. He located on a claim near Lawrence and very shortly after a mob made a third attempt to capture the colored man. About 50 men, armed with rifles, rallied to the protection of Mr. Ross, his family, and the colored man, after threats of violence had been made against him. This is said to be the first rally against pro-slavery aggression. In 1855, Ross came to Topeka to assist John Speer in printing material for the constitutional convention. In December of 1856 he became associated with Speer in the editorial management and publication of the Kansas Tribune. This was one of the first newspaper publications in Kansas. Early in 1857, his brother, Edmund G. Ross (later appointed United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of James Lane) purchased Speer's interest and it was published by the Ross Brothers until the summer of 1858. In 1858, W.W. Ross was elected public printer and in 1859 the Ross Brothers established the Kansas State Record in Topeka. They conducted this publication until 1861, making it one of the finest, ablest Republican papers of Kansas, according to the words of a fellow newspaperman. In his participation in the free-state struggles, Ross engaged in conflicts between the free state and pro-slavery forces. He was a member of the Leavenworth constitutional convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for President. In May 1861, he was appointed by Lincoln as government agent to the Pottawatomi Indians, and served until 1865. It cannot be denied, however, that Ross helped negotiate for the purchase of Indian land for real estate speculators and other white men who wanted the land. In January, 1862, James Dahoney applied for a post office in the name of "Rossville" honoring William. W. Ross, Indian Agent. The government approved his request but there was no formal Rossville government. Because of the treaty of 1861, four townsite promoters were able to purchase the 100 acre townsite in 1870 from Anthony Navarre, a Mormon preacher, and his Indian wife So-na-ne-qua. The January 16, 1871, Journal of the Board of County Commissioners lists the official adoption of the new Rossville Township.
Adrian (A.C.) Sherman, Rossville, Kansas
Adrian Cyrus (A.C.) Sherman was elected State Representative from the 37th district in 1892 and 1894 as a Republican. He was born in 1847 at Mount Pleasant, Indiana. At the age of 15, he enlisted in Company E, 18th Indiana Infantry, and participated in 23 battles. He was a cousin of General W.T. Sherman and was with him on his march though the South. He became a veteran before his 18th birthday. In 1870, Sherman came to Kansas and speculated in real estate. He purchased from Fielding Johnson and Harvey H. Wilcox their share in the townsite of Rossville. The next year he constructed the first hotel in Rossville, his first store building on Main Street, and his residence south of town. He was a dealer in grain, hardware and implements, real estate and stock business, and operated a grocery store. He was considered one of the wealthiest men in the county. A.C. Sherman was appointed postmaster in Rossville in 1880 and served three years as County Commissioner. >He was married to Lou Fisher in 1866 and had three children: Alice M., Adrian F. and Daisy.
David Millington Howard, Rossville, Kansas
David Millington Howard was elected to the State Legislature as Representative of the 37th District in 1890 and served two additional terms. He was a member of the Progressive Democrat Party. Mr. Howard, a prominent citizen and successful farmer and stockraiser, was born on a farm, Oct. 15, 1841, in Shaftsbury, Vermont. He completed his education in Vermont and taught school for two years before beginning his farming career. He married Chettie Stanley, of Shaftsbury, Vermont, on Sept. 1, 1869. Three years later, in April of 1872, the Howards, accompanied by his parents and his wife's parents, came to Rossville, Kansas. They settled on a farm South of town, on a tract of 67 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rogers presently reside on this original farm site. Until 1876, Mr. Howard engaged in general farming and then became interested in stock raising, adding large tracts of land and introducing a fine herd of shorthorn cattle. He was affiliated with a number of fraternal orders in Rossville, being a member of the Masonic Order, IOOF, AOUW, Grange and the Knights and Ladies of Security. He was one of the organizers of the Rossville State Bank and served as President. Mr. Howard had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. The 3 sisters and 1 brother came to Rossville to live. Mary married Cyrus Higginbotham, Lurana to J.K. Conley, Rachel to L.E. Moseley, and Otis was the father of Mrs. E.G. Griswold. Mr. Howard contracted pneumonia from exposure while engaged in the work of caring for his livestock and was ill several months before passing away on Feb. 11, 1913.
John Howerton was elected as a Republican to represent the 37th district in the State Legislature in 1905. He served one term. Mr. Howerton was born in Morgan County, Kentucky in 1838 and was reared on a Kentucky farm. He had a powerful physical physique which he retained throughout his life. During the Civil War he was a Northern sympathizer. At the opening of the war he was appointed U.S. Marshall and while leading a posse against a band of organized guerillas and bushwhackers in Elliott County, was ambushed and during the fighting that ensued, he and two of his men were shot. Mr. Howerton received a severe saber wound in his left cheek, which left a scar that remained throughout his life. In 1858, he married Mary Watson, a daughter of a prominent Kentucky farmer. John Howerton was the first person from the West Liberty, Kentucky area to migrate to Rossville, followed by many others whose descendants still reside here. He first settled in Tecumseh in 1868 and later moved to Rossville where he purchased a farm north of town. For years he was a successfully farmer and stock raiser. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Howerton, four grew to maturity, and three survived their mother, who passed away in June of 1910. The children were: William and Charles, who lived in Rossville, a daughter, Etta, who married Dr. J.M. Amis, and a son, James, who died a young man. Mr. Howerton always contributed his share toward the growth and development of Shawnee County and up to his death took a keen interest in civic and national affairs. He was associated with the Rossville State Bank, Silver Lake State Bank and the Delia State Bank. He remarried in 1914 to Elizabeth Van Anken. He passed away on January 9, 1925, at his home.
Laverne and Velma Zlatnik, Kansas Day Celebration, Delia, Kansas
This photo of J. Laverne Zlatnik and his wife, Velma F. Zlatnik, was taken at the Kansas Day Celebration at the Delia Grade School in 2001.