Bald.Eagle.Vol23.No1.Spring.1997

The LHS Newsletter Archive
Volume Twenty-three, Issue Number 1
Originally Published in Lecompton, Kansas : Spring 1997
Digitally Archived August 2006
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Since February is observed as Black History
month, we thought this would be a good time to
remember an old black family cemetery in our area.
This old cemetery is located in the N 1/2of SE 1/4in
Section 8, in Township 12, Range 19 in Douglas
County, southeast of the old Crowder School. This
beautiful cemetery with large cedar trees sits atop a
hill overlooking the Kaw River oxbow lake known as
Lake View.
In 1856 Captain Thomas N. Crowder bought his
farm about five miles west of Lawrence. In later
years it was owned and occupied by Mr. Crowder's
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VIEW CEMETERY
son, James McPherson Crowder, known by his
neighbors as "Mac." This vicinity was known as the
Crowder District
Many Blacks lived in and around Lake View, but
they had no burial ground for their dead. "Mac"
Crowder (a white man) donated one acre of his
property so these families could start a cemetery.
They fenced their new cemetery and built a rock
wall with a barbed wire top on the south side. Most
of the people living near here were from the Lewis
family which was quite a large family. The Lewis
children attended Crowder School. Since so many
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of those buried in this cemetery belonged to the
Lewis family, this cemetery eventually became
know as the Lewis Cemetery.
It was also
sometimes called the Crowder Cemetery because
of the Crowder family's generosity. And at other
times, it was referred to as the Lake View Cemetery
according to some old obituaries.
who died Oct. 15, 1926;Rhoda L. Lewis no dates;
Gertrude Howard, no dates. Other burials found in
obituaries in old newspapers were as follows: Alice
M. Lewis, wife of George who died Feb. 28, 1919,
Gertie Howard who died July 7. 1932; Fred Lawson
who died Oct. 10, 1933, and Ida Lewis Williams who
died March 8, 1922.
Frances Lewis (now deceased) remembered that
there were twenty to thirty babies buried in this
cemetery near the south end and adults were
buried at the north end. She also noted that Elmer
Logan, Fred Lewis, Richard Lewis and Jim Lewis
had at least one baby or more buried there. The
last recorded burial here was that of Mary Lewis who
die on November 15, 1940. Her body had to be
taken to the cemetery by way of the east side over
land owned by the Hodson family. As long as the
Crowder's owned the land surrounding the
cemetery, black family members were always
permitted to drive through their land to reach the
cemetery. However, when the Crowder's sold this
land, it became more difficult for family members to
receive permission to cross over this land to reach
the cemetery to bury their dead, visit graves and to
care for the cemetery. During the next 56 years
trees have taken over the grounds, the fencing and
rock wall have collasped. Cattle roamed throughout
the cemetery and over the graves and knocked
over headstones and markers. Today there are
very few headstones left. Most are broken or are
plain and simple field stones set up on end.
Markers still readable today include the one in the
drawing. It is a homemade concrete cross with the
name Florance Lewis on it. She died on July 7,
1933. Florance was the wife of James Lewis.
Another marker is a stone for an Army veteran
Albert Young who died on January 20,1898. Albert
served as a private in Company K, 116th U. S.
Colored Volunteer Infantry. The third marker is a
stone with two names etched in it, one name is
Lucy M. Wallace who died on October26, 1879at
the age of five months and the other name is Mary
WallaC'ewho died on March 24,1880 at age 19.
It has taken many years and much effort by many
good people to finally get permission to enter this
long neglected historical cemetery. Many thought
this could never be accomplished. In recent years
land just to the south of the cemetery was
purchased by the Randy Cheek Family. Randy
contacted Lecompton Historical Society member
lona Spencer to give her the good news. lona and
other interested parties were now given permission
to walk through Randy's property to reach the
cemetery.
The Lawrence Journal-World W8S
contacted about the cemetery clean up plan. They
printed a very nice article on the history of the
cemetery and announced our need for volunteers
to show up on January 25, 1997 to help spruce up
the cemetery grounds. It was a bitter, cold Saturday
morning, around 2 degrees with an even lower
wind chill temperature that day. By 9:20 a.m. it
looked as thought it would be too cold for anyone
to come, but just before 9:30 a.m., the cars began
to arrive. We were so fortunate to have a total of 36
volunteers come to help. We all headed across
Randy's timber land to the cemetery. It was a great
sight to see the men cutting and clearing trees and
under brush and the Boy Scouts and women raking
and piling limbs and brush. By 1:30p.m. we had all
the unwanted trees and brush removed from the
cemetery grounds. With the bulk of the clearing
done. most of the volunteers called it a day and
headed for the warm fires of home. There is still
plenty of work to be done though. The numerous
brush piles need to be burned and the south rock
wall needs rebuilt and protective fencing put up
around the cemetery. Several volunteers have said
they are ready to come back again when the
ground thaws to complete this work. Readers may
wonder why we choose to do this cleanup in the
cold dead of winter. Well, for good reason. There
are venomous snakes i.e. copperheads in the large
In 1939 a Mr. Hastie copied names from funeral
markers in this cemetery which at the time were
readable. Many though were not legible. Those he
could read were for Lucille Bufort, who died April
14, 1936; George Lewis, who died Mar. 26,1924;
Henry Lee, no dates; James Lawson who died Oct.
10, 1933; Oscar Nolting who died Aug. 8, 1932,
Mae Howard who died June 3, 1929; Nataline
Logan who died June 7. 1920; George W. Lewis
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rocks around the south and west ends of the
cemetery. We felt it was wiserand saferto do this
work whilethe snakeswere still hibernatingfor the
winter.
As soon as the ground dries so we can get back
into the cemetery, we plan to bum the remaining
brush piles and install fencing.
The newly
refurbished cemetery will then be maintained by
the Randy Cheek and Lewis families.
Those who had an early interest in cleaning up
this cemetery were Rhonda Banks, her parents,
Bud and Rosalie Banks, Brent Sloan, lona Spencer
and Randy Cheek.
We would like to say thanks! to the following
folks who helped make this dream come true: The
Lawrence Breakfast Cosmopolitan Club, David
Bunker, Price Banks, Joe Oberzan, Merle Parks,
Pat Lehman, Breck Marion, Frank Alexander,
George Catt, David Armstrong. Bill Elkins who was
not able to be there this day volunteered to furnish
us with T-post and barbed wire. The Lecompton
Historical Society members, Paul Bahnmaier, Pat
Istas, lona Spencer, Wally & Mae Holderman, and
Deanna Bartell, who is also Scout Leader of Troop
#56 from Lecompton and Perry and Charles Jones
who is also a leader, Scouts: Daniel Bartell, Josh
and Jay Skelton: other volunteers were Jeanne
Heitzman, Les and Pat Hannon, Randy Cheek and
son Jesse, of Lawrence, Tim Rues, curator of
Constitution Hall in Lecompton; Joyce Spencer of
Lecompton, Laura and Elizabeth Lane from
McLouth, and Brent Sloan.
Several family
members of the cemetery, one Leon Lewis who
flew back here from Denver, Colo., Loran Lewis
from Topeka, Duane Lewis Sr. and Duane Lewis,
Jr. and Sonja Lewis Blevins and son Andrew and
Kathleen Lewis of Lawrence.
On December 24th, 1898 Rev. T.J. Walthal gave
up the work and the next Pastor Rev. J. V.
Chenowith took charge on Jan. 15th, 1899. He
raised money and helped with the church building,
painted the church and was paid $5.00. He also
helped with the wainscot and seats. The corner
stone was laid August' 20th, 1899. At this time
there were three trustees; Milton Leonard, James
Daniels and George Lewis; five stewards: Joshua
Lewis, George Lewis, James Lewis, George
Daniels and Milton Leonard. Their names appear
on the corner stone. The next pastor was the Rev.
S. H. Barker who raised money to varnish the seats.
Services were held in this church until the 1951
flood. It was ruined and they gave up. Many of the
church records were destroyed, but a few were
salvaged and saved by Frances Lewis. These
records contained marriages, deaths, births,
baptisms and other records. The church was sold
to H. C. Gauck on July 16, 1952 for $150.00.
Thirteen of the seats were sold to H. D. Muldrow for
$1.25 each. There were 20 seats in all and Gauck
took the remaining seven.
The Lake View Club was located near by and
Ubby, Cora and Frances Lewis cooked at this club
between 1925 and 1965.
References: Douglas Schools by Goldie Daniels
History of Lake View by Lee Claussen
School records-Register of Deeds, Lawrence
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LECOMPTON TURNPIKE OPENING
The African Methodist Church was the only
The following poem was writt~n by Neil
Church in Lake View. It was organized in 1893 by
Rev. J. S. Wilson. There were 14 members and its Higginbotham on November 9, 1996 for the
3 officers were Joshua Lewis; Milton Leonard and Kansas
Turnpike
Interchange
Lecompton
George Lewis.. Ministers were Rev. J. L Hatton, Opening. This was also submitted to the Turnpike
Rev. I. S. Wilson, Rev. T. J. Walthal, Rev. J. V. newsletter as well:
Chenowith and Rev. S. H. Barker. In 1898 when I.
B. Wilson was pastor, members decided to build a --Three very old cannon of Civil War fame
church. Eben Baldwin (white) leased the church a --Broke the clear morning silence with smoke and
piece of ground south of the Lake View Santa Fe with flame
RailwayStation. It was to remain church property as
long as it was used for church purpose, with the --Asthe canon reported, they struck up the band
privilege of moving or selling said building if the ---With music and speeches the scene was quite
organization went down. Soliciting papers were grand
sent out and money raised for the building of a
church. I. S. Wilson had to leave and Rev. T. J. --The sunshine was warm, the sky a bright blue
Wathal decided to go ahead with the building. ---We clipped off some ribbon, both yellow and blue
Those who witnessed the staking off of the
building were Eben Baldwin and James McCreath --So we would remember that singular day
(both white) Rev. T. J. Wathal and Joshua Lewis. ---Lecompton opened on the K. T. A.
STONY LONESOME-CROWDER SCHOOL
The Crowder school District#69 is in the Crowder
district not far from where the cemetery is located.
On April 23. 1870. G.B. and Anna G. JOHNSON for
the sum of $30.00 sold an acre of land for this
school district,.located in the S. E. comer of the N.
W.1I4 of Sec. 8. Township 12, Range 19.
On this site a small frame schoohouse was built
(log cabin-style), with a door in the front end and
two windows on each side, and named "Stony
Lonesome." It was a good name, as it set near a
rocky south slope of a hill heavily wooded , and well
protected from the cold north wind. There were no
school records kept prior to 1897. The only
records found on the schools were those
published in the early newspapers. The Lawrence
Daily Tribune, Feb. 24. 1879, which listed the
teacher as Canie VINCENT with 27 students. The
names of pupils with perfect attendance and
deportment were as follows: Laura, Ullie & Nettie
GENTRY: Addie, Florence. Ella, Jennie, Jamesand
Wilson CROWDER: Hattie, Robert, Arthur & Siegle
ROSE: Louisa, Jennie, Birt & Vincent JOHNSON:
Hala ROBERTS, Sammy SWEEZER, Robert
WRIGHT, Jennie & Lome EMERY: and Angie
BEASLEY.
The Lecompton Monitor, April 15, 1886 printed a
listing of pupils making a grade average of 75% or
higher. Their teacher was Josie MIGLIARIO.
Her studentswere Ethie & HarlieARMSTRONG;
Nettie ORR; Emma HELSING; Ada & Elmer
JOHNSON; Ruthie & Bertha EMERY; Fred
DANIELS; Charlie & Florence CROWDER;Elic
HALE;
Oscar
GENTRY
and
Jasper
ROSE. Enrollment at this time were 28.
In 1905 the little frame building was no longer
adequate and was deemed unfit for further use, so
a new brick building was erected a short distance to
the east of the old one. There was a dispute as to
the name of this school, whether to leave it Stony
Lonesome or change it to Crowder. It was called
Stony Lonesome until the year of 1901 when it
began to show up on the school records as
Crowder. Capt. and Mrs. Thos. N. Crowder who
lived nearest to the school wished for it to be
named Crowder. This brick building had a wood
and coal burning furnace with one large floor
register near the front of the school room.A cistern
was built and given a tight cover with a pump that
had a chain and cup arrangement from which water
was cranked up by hand power. Until electricity was
available, the room was lighted by Kerosene lamps.
one being mounted on the wall by each window.
Each lamp had a reflector behind the chimney to
send all the light toward the center of the room. A
front. There was never any inside plumbing.
The teachers with their monthly salaries were:
1897-98 Jessie Lathrope $30. & Vandal Masterson
$35. 1898-99 Nora Rose, $35. 1899-1900 Mary
E. Day, $30. 1900-01 Lizzie Hope $30. & H. F.
Roller $30. 1901-02 A. C. Roller, $35. 1902-03 H.
F. Roller $40.
1903-04 Kathryn Migliario $40.
1904-05 Ruth Jackson $40. 1905-06 Bell Howard,
$37. 1906-07 & 1907-08 Jessie Ady $45. & $.50.
1908-09 Maude B. Judy $47. 1909-10 Bonnie
Bailey $46. 1910 thru 1913 Ida E. Martin $45 &
$50. 1913,14 Mary E. Sanson $60. & George
Moss $50. 1914-15 George Moss $60. 1915-16
Miss McCall $55. 1916-17 Herman Farrington $60.
1917-18 Ethel Kindred $65. 1918-19 & 1919-20
Lilliam Stover $68. & $80. 1920-21 Miss Allie Elder
$84. (we knew her as Allie Banks) 1921-22 Flossie
Everley $85. 1922-23 &1923-24 Margaret Norris
$84.1924-25 Katie S. Burgin. 1925-26 Ida Hodson
$87.50 1926-27 Mabel Shaw $97.50. 1927-28
Rose Wymer $90. 1928-29 Agnes Stevens $95.
1929-30-31Johanna Griffis $100. & 110. 1931-3233 Anna Hicks $90. & $80. 1933-34 to 1937-38
Helen Norwood $60. to $85. (total of 5 years)
1938-39 -40 Irma Kahle $80. 1940-41 Rosemary
Scheir $75. 1941-42; 42-43 & 43-44 Mrs. Ibba
Stauffer $75-$85-$100. 1944-45 Rebecca Banks
$120. 1945-46 Lela May Wilcox $125. 1946-47 &
47-48 Anna Hicks $130. & $165. 1948-49 to
1950-51 Elaine Banks $160 & $200. 1951-52 to
1953-54 Lillian Hill $250. & $290. 1954-55 Keylo
Lippe $290. and 1955-56 Vera Dixon $300. Only
five pupils enrolled the last term: Bill Hampton,
Bruce Wilson, Corliss Hodson, Elaine Kasson and
Patricia Ann Maness. This district was disorganized
and annexed to Lecompton District 36, June 19,
1956. The site and school were sold through
sealed bids to W. O. Kasson. In 1969 Kasson sold
the large bell to Albert Smith, a farmer living near
Tonganoxie. The school is used as a residence
today.
The following are some of those who served on
the school board over the years: Jacob Hetrick, J.
A. Shields, Henry Collins, J. M. "Mac" Crowder who
severed the longest, Arthur Rose, T. N. Crowder,
Alice Armstrong, William Taylor, Mrs. Tilly Rogers,
Frank Beuerman, James Woolf, Mrs. Lenora
Colman, Richard Howard, W. I. Collins, Elmer
Sheilds, Jack Grimes, Beatty Collins, Newt Hamlin,
G. T. Richards, M. S. Carter, Clarence Hodson, L. H.
Rogers, Mrs. W. I. Collins & Louis D. Hodson.
Pupils from the ages 5 to 20 years of age who
were on the school records. Ai, Edith, May, Nellie,
Ruby, Theodore, Osgood, Dorothy, Ethie, Harlie
ARMSTRONG: Ida, Lena, Eddie, Edmond, Oscar,
Elmer, Roy, Rudolph, Henry, Leo, Dorothy, August
BEUERMAN: Laura, Lillie, Nettie, Oscar GENTRY:
Hala ROBERTS: Angie BEASLEY: Ross, Rolland,
Elizabeth, Georgia DEAN: Olen ROBBINS: Mildred
LAYANACKER: Allie, Olive PETRIT: Cordelia,
Jackson, Carrie, Bertha, Beatty, Melvina, Oscar,
Jessie, Ona, Maggie, Orus, Ruth, Marie, Henry,
Eugene, Jack COLLINS: Roma, Frank, Maud,
Nettie, Florence, Ella, Jennie, James, Addie,
Wilson, Bertha, Charlie CROWDER: Ellie, Arthur,
Willie, Gertie, Bertha, Elmer, Oscar, Bennie LEWIS:
Arthur DRAKE: Roy, Willie, Nettie ORR: Everett
BECKNER, Augusta, George PORTER: Lydia
PATTERSON: Arthur, David, Benjamin, Bessie,
Opal, Virgie SHIELDS:
Fred, Susan, Jennie,
Lomie, Ruthie, Bertha EMERY: Zelita & Frances
HAMILTON; Firdella, Lorlee, Willie MARTIN: John
MCCALL: Ira, Ora, Stella, Mary PARNELL: Maud,
Jesse, Sammy SWEEZER, Albert, Nellie, Fay,
Esther, Geraldean, Deloras, Hattie, Robert, Arthur,
Siegle, Jasper ROSE:
Kirby, Lionel, Rosalie
ROGERS: Theodore FOWLER: Minnie, Ethel,
Mary, Flora, Eva MC CLANAHAN: Winfred, Bessie
TAYLOR: Charley DAVIS: Carl, Orner, Paul
WICKERSHAM: Willie, Fred DANIELS: Pearle
HETRICK: Mazy BOWERS: Pearl BAUGHMAN:
Emma MOORE: Fanny, Bertha, Elie HALE:
George, Alfred REED: Maggie, Ella ELDRIDGE:
Katy, Willie SUNQUIST: Roy, Birtel, Billy BOWEN:
Virgil, Nadine, Cleta, Paul BRADLEY: Ethel, Henry,
Mable,
Bennie,
Charley,
Richard,
Ada
UNDERWOOD: Lillie, Charlie, George, Walter,
Raymond, Leona, Joseph, John, Arthur, Russell
WOOLF: Margaret DAILY: Myrtle, Elmer, Perry,
Somon, Louisa, Jennie, Birt, Vincent, Ada,
JOHNSON:
Phoebe, Amos, Ormal, Clarence,
Lewis, Billy, Betty, Lawrence, Phillip, Shirley, Corlis
HODSON:
Ethel, Edith, Lloyd, Guy, Jimmie,
Bonnie FRAKER:
Ester, Sylvia, Cora, Ruth
HARMON: Geneva, Earl, Opie, Dallas JELLISON:
Elmer, Jessie, Pearl, Ruby, Paul, Earl, RosaBelle
ATHEY: Arthur, Albert HAMLIN: Cletis, Irma
CAMBRAN(?): Ethel, Nettie, Ruby, Floyd, Walter
RIST: . May STRONG: Ollie PETRIE: Mildred
LEENNECAR: Earl, Reed SWALLOW: Harland,
Harold ooL Y: Sam, William, Dora, Wesley, Edward,
Billy Jean, B. Marie GRIMES: Sandra BLEVINS:
William, James SCHROYER: William, Robert, Betty
BRASS: Jane, Kenneth, Beryl, Lyle, Stacy
POTTER: Albert, Clarence TRANSMAIER: R.
Mary, Thomas, Warren CARTER: Glen, Howard,
Sylvester, Wilber ROTHWELL: Arthur, Caroline
MAIR: Harry, Jr., Edith, Margaret, Ruth Ann CARR:
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MAIR: Harry, Jr., Edith, Margaret, RuthAnn CARR:
Donald, Migon? CONROY: Donald RANDOLPH:
Carl, Herbert, Anna, May, Jim, Dora, Arimer?
SEIWALD: Lucille CLINE: Mildred, Robert HAYES:
Arthur, Iva, Bsie, Bessie, Nettie, Elmer HOWARD:
Virginia, Kathleen, Dale, Joan MAYDEW: Roberta,
Warren, Dorothy, Luke, Margaret SALES: Anna,
Bonnie, Mildred, Vern, Walter HOLLINGSHEAD:
Rosamond, Victorine, Delmar, LeRoy, Jerome
BARLAND: Pearl, Delorace, Barbara MITCHELL:
Juanita, Earl, Gail, Baine KASSON: Mary
SPEICHER: Riley, Jr. FETTY: Paul, Robert, Lloyd,
Shirley, Joyce, Coleen ESTES:
Bruce, John
NILSEN: Linda, Imogene, Iris, Loren, Ira MENDELL:
Sandra, Charles OAKES: Patricia Ann MANESS:
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LECOMPTON
FIRE/RESCUECOMMUNITY
COOKBOOK
Lecompton FireJRescue would like your oldfashioned, traditional, family recipes to include in a
community cookbook being prepared to raise
money for a new Lecompton Fire Station and help
efforts of the Lecompton FireJRescueAuxiliary.
The auxiliary provides food and drinks to fire
fighters at a fire scene.
The recipes are needed by Friday, March 28th.
You will find red drop
boxe8 (marked
FireJRescue Cookbook) at any of the locations
listed below:
Constitution Hall (Lecompton)
Kroeger's Meats (Lecompton)
Lecompton Elementary School (Lecompton)
The Tool Barn (Big Springs)
Territorial Capital-Lane Museum (Lecompton)
United Methodist Church (Lecompton)
Or mail them to the:
LecomptenFirelRescue Cookbook
1838 E. 200 Rd.
Lecompton, KS 66050
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LO NOON-PAR IS-BERLIN-LECOMPTON
LECOMPTON HIGH SCHOOL
REUNION June 29, 1997
ALUMNI
The 1997 Alumni Reunion is scheduled for the
weekend of June 28 and 29, 1997. Plans are to
reunite alumni and have a fun-filled, active
weekend. The traditional May Alumni Banquet date
is changed because of scheduled graduations and
catering conflicts. The decision was made to hold
the reunion on the June 29 Territorial Day
celebration to further entice alumni back to
Lecompton and their friends.
We are putting aside the "Banquet" in favor of the
theme "alumni picnic in the park." The first mailing
with early details will be sent in March. We have
high expectations that out-of-staters and first-time
attendees will take advanage of the following 4th of
July weekend to combine reunion and vacation.
Local summer activities, points of interest, and
lodging will be a few of the items included in the
mailings. Check your mailbox, we're not the prize
patrol, but we hope you will be surprised by the
contents of the mailing.
If you haven't. 8ent in your change of
addre8s and phone number to the Alumni
Association,
please do so today so you
won't miss out on the mailings. Mall Changes to
Diana Sanford Guffey, 5942 Edinger Ave. #113;
Huntington Beach, CA 92649. Or, call daytime
phone 714-896-3311 ext. 71221, between the
hours of 8-12 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. Pacific Time.
Include your E-mail address too. Diana's is:
guffey#m#_diana @ ssdgwy.mdc.com.
We are looking for teachers, photographers,
entertainers, writers, computer/scanner operators
and E-mail addresses, old photos or slide, just to
name a few.
Bring your family for a weekend of old fashioned
fun combining the reunion with Territory Day in
What do these four cities have in common? A Jot downtown historic Lecompton, Kansas.
according to the History and Government of Kansas
MUSEUM DONATIONS
published by E. H. Butler & Co. of Philadelphia in
1884. Just read the following:
Lecompton--Early in August the Capital was
Thanks to the following for thler help and
transferred to Lecompton, then as now a small donations to the museum:
village between Topeka and Lawrence, but which
was for the next four years the center of a great 1. Friendship Quilt. Centennial plate 100 yrs of
struggle. It is said that the name of no city in the
1776-1778-Sunflower picture painted by Julia
world was ever such a party cry; and that from 1855
Springer -Sale ticket from Jewelery Story-1851
to 1859 "Lecompton" was spoken in as many
by Phyllis Martin.
languages as the name of London, Paris, or Berlin.
2. Creamer & sugar (green set)-Honey Jar-Brass
Bell and Candle holder-United Methodistchurch
3. Five pictures of Lecompton Turnpike dedication
by Mae Holderman.
4. Two "Winter" pictures, one Winter Farm House,
Picture book on trains by A.K & Charlene Winter.
5. Gun and Gospel book by Melvin & VeNora Dark.
6. 2 Christmas Ornamentsby Marsha Paslay.
7. 21 Gone with the Wind plates by Susie
Richardson.
8. White House cook book by Kathryn McCall
Robson.
9. Lake View history loaned by Nelda Hodson
TERRITORIAL DOUGLAS COUNTY
A Series of Talks and Historical photograph and
map exhibits about the communities, people, and
events of Territorial and Civil War Era Douglas
County from 1854 to 1865. Sundays 2:00 p.m. at
Constitution Hall in Historic Lecompton.
FREE ADMISSION --EVERYONE WELCOME
March 2 "Clinton Lake: The Heart of Bleeding
Kansas"by MarthaParker
April13 "Baldwin City: Up the Trail to Freedom" by
LorenLitteer
May 4
"Historic Eudora:Land of Chief Paschal
FISh"by Fern Long
June 8 "Lawrence: Free State Fortress. by Steve
Jansen
VISITORS
TO LECOMPTON
Wilson Green, Smithonian Institute tour
representive from Virginia will visit Lecompton
March 17, to familiarize himself for a tour by the
Smithonian Institute on Oct 11.
They will fly into Kansas City and will be
transported by bus to tour Lawrence, Lecompton
and Topeka with 20 to 30 in the group.
OBITUARIES
WENDEL,
Mabel W.-- 77, Lansing, died
Sunday, Dec. 15, 1996, She was' born Aug. 3,
1919, at Big Springs, the daughter of Lewis E. and
Leah F. Worrall Wilson.
She married Arnold J. Wendel on Aug. 24, 1940,
at Wallula. He died Dec. 11, 1965.
Survivors include a daughter, Jessie J. Wendel,
Leavenworth; two sons, William L. Wendel,
Leavenworth, and John E. Wendel, Lansing; a
brother, Kent Wilson, Topeka; a companion, John
Crume, Leavenworth, four sisters, Sally Boydston,
Big Springs, Esther Holm, Canyon Clity, Colo.
Hazel Stewart and Carol Simpkins, both of Mesa,
Ariz. four
grandchildren and two
great
grandchildren. Burial in Mount Muncie Cemetery in
Lansing.
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THE LECOMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Lecompton, Kansas 66050, is a non-profit corporation for the
preservation of historical sites. We are eager for continued membership and new members.
Dues are $4 per year for individual membership and $6 for a couple's membership. The dues are from
December to December. Ufe membership is $50 per individual, contributions are tax deductible. Checks
should be made payable to the Lecompton Historical Society, and mailed to lona Spencer, 1828E. 100Rd.
Lecom,pton KS 66050
$4.00 Annuallnclividual Membership
$6.00 Annual Couple's Membership
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ENGLE, Sarah I. 90, Abilene,died Thursday,
Dec. 26, 1996. She was born Feb. 27, 1906, in
Lecompton, the daughter of Jerry and Bertha
McClanahan Dummer. She married Ed. Rees. He
preceded her in death. She later married Raymond
Engle. He also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Clifford Holly, Salina.
Burial at Maple Grove cemetery, Lecompton.
MICHAL, Robert Dale. 73, Lawrence, died
Wed. Jan. 29, 1997. He was born Jan. 28,1924, in
Independence, the son of John Philip and Ruby
Chalker Michal. He was counseling psychologist for
the Uniyersity of Kansas..
He married BarbaraJ. Garrison on April 19, 1943,
in Madison, Wis. She died Nov. 18, 1989.
Survivors include two daughters, Jeanette E.
Michal, Pfttsburg,and Sandra Mai, Kansas City, Ks.;
two sons, John D. Michal, Lookout Mountain, Ga.,
and Larry E. Michal, Bartlesville, Okla; two brothers,
Norman R. Michal, Salina and Edwin K. Michal,
McAllen, Tx., ; a sister, Margaret A. Krager,
Manhatttan and four grandchildren
DARK, Grace C. 87, Lecompton, died Thursday,
Feb. 6, 1997. She was born Oct. 3, 1909, in
Lecom,pton the daughter of Robert Marshall and
Caroline Belle Geopfert Gray. She was a member of
the Lecompton United Methodist Church.
She married T. Ston "Bill" Dark on Oct. 1°, 1931,
in Holton. He died April7, 1985.
Survivors include a son, Robert E. Dark,
Lecompton; and a brother, Robert W. Gray,
Wagner, Okla.
Burial in Maple Grove Cemetery at Lecompton.
KIMBAL,
Laura
Marie,68,
Lawrence, died
Saturday, Feb. 8, 1997. She was born Aug. 31,
1928, in Topeka the daughter of Harvey T. and
Mary Lucile Bahnmaier Wulfkuhle.
She was a member of the United Methodist
Church in Stull. She was married to Warren Preston
Kimbal April 4, 1948, in Topeka. He died June 5,
1987. An infant daughter, Penny Sheryl Kimbal,
died in 1965.
Survivors include a companion, Robert
Wultkuhle, Lawrence,; a son, David Warren Kimbal,
Rincon, Ga.; two daughters, Jeanette Marie
Bowen, Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.; and Joyce Kathleen
Aylesworth, Topeka; a brother, Duane Wulfkuhle,
Topeka; two sisters, Lois D. Lister and Annette
Payne, both in Topeka; nine grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren. Burial in Rochester Cemetery
at Topeka.
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President"Paul Bahrvnaier
I-istork:al Writer
Vice President" RichtkConnell
" Sara Walter
GenealogicalWriter & Membership" 1008Spencer
Secretary
.. VeldRoberts
Illustrator"Blen
Duncan
Treasurer" BettyLeslie
BoardMerrbers .. MaxineDark,BruceBeresford
GeorgeSil'TV'OOl1S,
DavidPaslay,DuaneWulfkuhle,Ron Meier
Curators" MargueriteBowman,Opal Goodrick,DorothyShaner
George& ArlooneSil'TV'OOl1S,
David& DarlenePaslay
'NUfk1l11e
MerrbershipAss'ts."Duane&Dorothy
Tours"01arleneVllirlter
Fundirg*MaeHolderman
Program"ElaineBoose
Assistant Treasurer"SOOni Neill
KItchen" HelenHildenbrand
Merrorials"
RuthIce
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