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LaVerne Spears is sitting in a stock tank fully clothed with nice shoes on after getting dunked. It was part of the Tall Corn Festival in Rossville, Kansas.

Mr. LaVerne H. Spears was born on a farm near Wamego, Kansas, on September 20, 1906. He married Edna Vilven in 1927. They moved to Rossville, Kansas, in 1928. He was mayor from 1955-1965. He was elected to the Kansas State Legislature in 1964 and…

George Sullivan (pictured at right) rides a donkey at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is unidentified.

Unidentified men ride donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas.

Men ride donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is Don Jones.

This is probably a picture of a Tall Corn Festival parade taken on Main Street in Rossville, Kansas.

Winnie and her son, Larry, enjoy watermelon at the Lions watermelon feed in Rossville, Kansas, September 1960.

The Rossville Palomino Saddle Club travel through Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, during a Tall Corn Festival parade, probably in the 1960s.

The car has four people in it. The sign on the side of the car lists three people's names: F. P. McCollough, Lulu Kassebaum, and Bert Heslet. This could be a Tall Corn Festival parade float.

Joe Campbell enjoys watermelon at the Lions watermelon feed in Rossville, Kansas, in September 1960.