35 years ago
July 23, 1970
"We drove up to the front gates of the White House and they opened, just like that." This is how Mrs. Elden Henke, Lost Springs, describes her recent trip to Washington, D.C., to attend the class reunion of the Whittier College class of 1934 in which she and President Richard Nixon were members. An official White House photo on the front page shows Elden Henke, Mrs. Nixon, President Nixon and Mrs. Henke posing for the camera.
Railroad construction workers have been busy in Marion during recent days making progress on the junction which will connect the Santa Fe and Rock Island tracks in a "y" type intersection. This will allow Santa Fe trains to run on Rock Island tracks from Marion to Peabody, rather than proceed to Florence on the Santa Fe line. The latter line will be abandoned when construction is completed in Marion.
Sherri Kelly celebrated her eighth birthday with a party the afternoon of July 13. Those present were Julie Hett, Greta Helmer, Diedre Reusser, Jan Bryant, Ann Bryant, Carla Jost, Kay Ann Williams, Jackie Richmond, and Jamie Richmond.
Deborah Hanes of Florence and Glenda Bentz and Deborah Ford of Tampa are three of the 14 contestants entered in the Junior Miss Pageant to be held at the Tri County Fair in Herington.
Twenty-nine high school youth and seven adults left Wichita Tuesday on the "co-ed" Canadian Canoe Camp sponsored by the Kansas conference of the United Methodist Church. Dean Ensey, son of Dr. and Mrs. T.C. Ensey and Karen Kjellin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kjellin are in the group.
