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Personalities You Should Know

People who have come and gone from Rossville in the past 31 years probably have had opportunity of meeting Bess Divine Baird. Bess has operated the Divine Cafe at the same location these entire 31 years.
Mrs. Jake…

Little Billie Rogers (pouring) and Mike Rogers (seated), sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rogers will have to close their business this week with the opening of school Friday. They say business is a little slow anyway. Here Billy Whitlock and Earl Queen…

Outstanding Farmers - District Soil Conservation Awards were presented Monday to these five outstanding farmers of the county. The awards were presented at the annual business and banquet meeting. They are (left to right) Mr. and Mrs. James Edmonds,…

Another View of Rossville - This northeast corner of Rossville got a soaking as muddy Cross Creek filled yards and basements in the area.

FOREWORD
This collection of interesting stories are the recollections of an early day Rossville physician and the trip he and his family made to the Montana goldfields in 1864, These chapters were discovered by Mrs. Virginia Gentry while doing…

Congratulations, "Red" Parr
new President of KSU Agricultural Council. Mr. Parr is also a director of the Peoples State Bank -- a Bank that has expertise in cattle loans.
Peoples State Bank
Rossville, Ks.
Ph. 584-6181

Stan Thompson, pictured above, brought in the first load of milo to the Farmers Union Co-op in St. Marys. Thompson had about 650 bushels on the truck. He said the yield should be good this year. Thompson farms about 1,000 acres north of Rossville 400…

Purina Tour
Back row, left to right: Leo Ronnse, Bernard Peterson, [ ] Slough, [ ] Seeley, Ed Brennan, Harry Hershey, Unknown, Alex Johnson, Laird French, Roy Florence, [unknown] Purina official

Middle row, left to right: Joe Straub, Matt…

Rossville's Roland “Red" Parr is New KLA President
Roland “Red” Parr of Rossville became the new president of the Kansas Livestock Association December 5, 1975.
He lives southwest of Rossville, maintains a 300-head calf feeder operation, and farms…

FEBRUARY 17, 1966, 8 PAGES
ROSSVILLE, KANSAS







Conservation Awards Presented At Annual District Meeting
Outstanding conservation awards were presented to five Shawnee County farm families at the Annual Soil Conservation meeting held…