HISTORYof

POWHATTAN
and the

POWHATTAN
COMMUNITY

By LEONE. WEN<iER

1986

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Because most Centennial Celebrations usmlly have a historical

review of the project that is being celebrated,
it seemed fitting
the Powhattan Community do likewise.
Though the author's life only goes back to 1914, reviewing
the early newsp:3.per reports, and stories remembered from some of
the "Old( Timers", wetted the writer's
interest into going back to
the early recorded history of the area. of which the Powhattan Community is a ];B.rt.
Needless to say the research proved to be more interesting
and overwhelming than antici];B.ted. Thus, this is a summerical history, and, more slanted to the author's personal experience than 1f
an tmbiased writer were to pre];B.re one.
Many contacts for leads on specific points, pictures and history were made. Everyone contacted were especially interested,
courteous and helpful. Because these contacts were so numerous and va.ria ble, it is impossible to list everyone and the help they provided
in this short S];B.ce. I do want to say "thank you" to everyone, and,
if you recognize some special ];B.rt, as your contribution,
you will
know that you have helped in this endea.ver.
There are a few names that must be mentioned, because these
people provided so much help the writer could not rest knowing their
efforts weren't publicly recognized. Again, let it be emphasied,
this is not to belittle
the contributions
of the many who are not
publicly namedl
Anita. Pf'ister and her hus'tand Dr. Ronald Pf'ister were a special
source of help. They both contributed to the typing and editing of
the entire work. D3.vid Barnes was helpful in the early research of
the project. carleen Howieson was especially helpful in researching
the Kicka.poos and Early Trails. Alice Crane and Mamie Wonder, with
their wealth of knowledge and interest,
were inspirational
sources
of material. Mild.red Snyder contributed her aunt's and her mother's
scrap book, which provided many of the clippings. Brent Pf'ister reviewed much of the final draft for eZTors of any kind. Because of
our humanity, we pray your ];B.tience with the endeavor.
Lastly, I want to thank my wife. Mae, who supported and encouraged me in this endeavor. Her suggestions and lS,tience were
grea.tly appreciated..

TABLE OF CONTENTS
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Introduction.


Historical
Dates and Events

Trails
Across
the Reservation

Kickapoos

1
3
7
11

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY

Powhattan
Becomes a City

Early
Businesses

Powhattan ..P.Qt Excerpts

- 1910
Business
After
1915

After
1958
"Late
Found" History

18
26
37
44
50

CHURCHES
Churches
Ladies'

School

59
64

and Auxiliary

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE -PICTORIAL

. .

52
58

CLUBS
Social
and Service
Clubs.
EHU . .
4-H

..

Aids

SCHOOLS
Country
Schools
Powhattan
High

Legion

HISTORY --

THROUGH THE YEARS

THEN AND NOW

CURRENT HISTORY AND BUSINESSES

City Commission
.
Centennial
Celebration

APPENDIX
List

of

16

PHS Graduates

. . . . . . . . . .

73
79
80
81
82

86
96
97

100

INTRODUCTION
The town of Powhattan,
Kansas,
located
in Powhattan
Township
in Brown County,
Kansas,
is celebrating
its
100th birthday
September
6,
1986.
(The actual
platting
was
recorded
on November 27,
1886.)
This history
of
Powhattan
has been written
just
a few weeks previous
to
this
occasion.
It
seems to the writer
that
for
any
resident
of the area,
or student
of history,
that
we
need to know a little
about the area before
the birth
of
Powhattan
to understand
why certain
things
happened
as
they did in its history.
1803 - The area known as Kansas became part
of
the
United
States
with the Louisiana
Purchase
from
France.
At that
time,
it was a grassy
plains
with a few wooded
streams
draining
the area.
The grasses
were
numerous,
but mostly
of the bluestem
type.
They were tall,
thick,
and nourishing,
due to the favorable
rainfall.
Buffalo,
deer,
antelope,
beaver,
and rabbits
were plentiful.
The
Indians
we now know as the Kickapoos
were not here yet.
1827
- A good number of
explorers,
hunters,
and
trappers
had
traversed
the area by this
time.
They
discovered
the
southern
part
of Powhattan
township
provided
a natural
and desirable
passage
to points
north
and west.
1832
- The Kickapoo
Indians
were
acres
west
of
the
Missouri
River
Leavenworth.
This
was a big part
of
and
Atchison
counties.
Refer to the
Kickapoo
reservation
from 1852 to the

allotted
768,000
and
north
of
Brown,
Doniphan,
map showing
the
present.

1842
- Travel
increased
on the Northwest
Trail
to
the
Oregon country.
It proved
a popular
route
for the
military
and for some of the Mormans in their
trek
from
Missouri
to Utah.
1849
- The Overland
Trail
was laid
out
by the
military.
Along it moved the mighty
traffic
of settlers,
gold
seekers,
and traders.
The trail
stretched
from
Fort Leavenworth
to Fort Kearney
and on to Fort Laramie,
Wyoming.

THE WEST IN 1854.

~J~mOTA

HKRITORY
TERRITORY

WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI A CENTURY AGO America was fa.rgely still a wil,jernes.s.
011Jy sh states are recognizable in present-day form. Seven 2f(:as were partly organized
territories.
Oklahoina still was an unorganized, landlocked i:;1:3.nd. One of the earliest o!
Kan;;as buildings was the Dodge City "calaboose" and city of!ice building, a blockhousetype structure.
And Kansa.; had an official seal e\'en before it tecame a state. The motto
for the territorial seal Walj "Populi Voce Nata"-"Bcrn
by the will of the people.''
The
present state seal, dilfering considerably from the one here, w1s adopted May 25, 1861,

1854
- Kansas became a territory
with the
signing
of
the Kansas-Nebraska
Bill.
This threw the area open
to settlement.
The Government
bought back 618,000
acres
of
the original
Kickapoo
grant
and began selling
it
to
land-hungry
settlers.
The Kickapoos
had to huddle-up
on
their
remaining
150,000
acres.
1860
- The Pony Express
was established
to provide
coast
to coast mail in the shortest
time.
It
ran from
St. Joseph
to Kennekuk,
then followed
the Overland
Trail
through
southern
Powhattan
Township and
the
Kickapoo
Reservation.
1861
- Kansas became the 34th state
of the
union.
The Civil
War soon broke out with the firing
on Fort
Sumter.
The war was largely
due to John Brown's
divine
hatred
of slavery
and his successful
tirades
against
it.
1865
- Crooked Indian
agents
were able to get
the
treaty
of 1862 enacted,
allotting
the Kickapoos
each an
acreage
and
then
allowing
these
Indians
to
sell
the
remainder
of their
reservation.
This left
them with 30
square
miles
(19,200
acres),
all in Powhattan
Township.
A railroad
group
bought
the land and
planned
for
a
railroad
from Atchison
to Pikes . Peak.
2

1886

- On July 14,
the Central
Branch of the Union
Pacific
Railroad
began
to grade
its
way
into
Brown
County
south
of
Everest.
In
August,
the
railroad
located
its shops and headquarters
in a cornfield
seven
miles west of Everest
and called
the spot Horton.
The purchase
of right-of-way
west of Grand Prairie
schoolhouse
on the
ridge
assured
the
coming
of
the
railroad.
On October 18,
1886,
60 acres
of land
was
purchased
from
David and Sarah Bender*
by a group
for
the
purpose
of
building
a town
to
provide
them
a
shipping
point
for livestock
and grain
and
a shopping
place
for needed supplies.
Thus was borne Powhattan.
*Davi d an d Sa r ah Bender wer e th e g rand pa r ents u f Hrs .
(Dr.) T.
G. Duckett
of Hiawatha.
She relat e d t u th e
a uth o r
stories
of
the
India ns s t op pin g a t
he r
grandpar~nts
house (in what would l a ter be Powhatta n )
and asking
for "bread."

HISTORIC DATES AND EVENTS

1827 - Pioneer
trails
evolved
through
the southwest
part
of what was to become
Powhattan
Township.
Fort
Leavenworth
established
to protect
citizens.
Kansas

1832
to

- Treaty
Kickapoos.

of Castor

Hill

allotted

land

in

NE

1849
- Gold discovered
in California
and thousands
rushed
through
Powhattan
area on thei~
way to fame
and
fortune.
1854 - On April
10,
William
Gentry,
and D. M. Locknane
became the first
white
in what would become Powhattan
Township.

Henry
men to

Gregg,
settle

1854 - On May 30, Kansas became a territory

and was
opened
up to settlement.
The government
bought
back
618,000
acres
from Kickapoos
for resale
to settlers.
By
close
of
year,
farms of newcomers
dotted
the land
in
every direction.
1855
Territorial

- Brown
Legislature.

County

formally

Government
began
official
Reservation
(150,000
acres
left
County

after

1857
- Territorial
legislature
from Doniphan
County.

Hiawatha
commissioners
NE - Irving;
Locknane.

organized

survey
of
repurchase).
separated

by

Kickapoo
Brown

city
incorporated.
The
county
divided
Brown County into four
townships:
SE - Claytonvi
l le;
NW - Walnut;
and SW 3

Free
mail delivery
was made to several
points
in
the county by 1857, including
"Old Powhattan"
located
in
section
33 in the southwest
corner
of Powhattan
Township.
1858
t o Hiawatha

- On April
19,
county
seat moved from
and commissioners
met there
for first

Carson
time.

1859
- Pikes
Peak
gold
excitement
was
at
its
height.
Hundreds
of teams passed
through
Powhattan
(old
town) daily.
This trail
traffic
created
a considerable
market
for the produce
of the earlier
settlers.
D. M.
Locknane was in Granada
and Mrs. Locknane was running
an
eating
house.
Powhattan
now had
a store,
hotel,
blacksmith
shop, and several
dwellings.
Schools
were
Powhattan
township

established
in Hiawatha
(still
called
Locknane

and southwest
Township).

1860
- Was an absolute
drouth
disaster
year.
Welfare
supplies
from the East were all
that
carried
some families
through.
Pony Express
from St. Joseph
to
Sacramento
started
- 1920 miles
in 10 days.
Population
of Brown County was listed
as 2607.
Powhattan's
"change
station"
moved three
miles
due north
(by
rerouting
of
trail)
and called
Kickapoo.
1861 - On January
29,
Kansas became
of
the
union.
In the March 24 election
Township
(Powhattan),
E. w. Plankington
trustee;
P.
M. Hodges,
justice-of-peace;
Russell,
constable.
Ft.
land

On April
Sumter.

the

Civil

War began

1862
- Kickapoos
tentatively
& Pikes Peak
to the Atchison

1864
Fairgrounds
Civil
males

12,

- First
(area out

1865 - On April
War was over.
and 195 females

with

the 34th state

for
Locknane
was
elected
and
John
the

sold 123,832
Railroad.

county
fair
held
at
by present
Best Western

firing
acres

on
of

Hiawatha
Motel).

11,
General
Lee
surrendered;
The census
of May 1865 reported
in Locknane
Township.

the
221

1869 - Franklin,
Grand Prairie,
Pleasant
Hill,
and
Turner
schools
were
all
organized
in
Locknane
(Powhattan)
Township.
These were the 39th,
40th,
41st,
and
43rd rural
schools
organized
in
the
county.
The
state
road (U.S.
75) from Topeka thru Holton,
Netawaka,
and
Fairview
was laid
out.
(Fairview
didn't
organize
until
1886.)
1870
- The railroad
came to Hiawatha
on to Seneca.
Bridges
began to be built
creeks
so wagons could haul produce
to the
4

and
extended
across
major
railroad.

The
first
copy of Hiawatha
Dispatch
appeared
on
April
30, with A. N. Ruley publisher.
Forty-Four
school
district
was organized.
Population
of the county
was
now 6,823.
Wagon seats
with springs
appeared
on the
market,
selling
for $5.
1871
- Grand
Prairie
precinct
Locknane
Township.
A voting
place
Josiah
C. Thomas residence.
School

Methodists
House.

began

holding

established
in
was established

church

in Grand

NE
at

Prairie

Land in the county was selling

for from $15 to
per acre.
Corn was selling
for 45 cents
per bushel
wheat 85 cents.

$35
and

1872 - County commissioners

redistricted
the county
into
eight
townships:
Irving,
Robinson,
Mission,
Powhattan,
Walnut,
Hamlin,
Padonia,
and Hiawatha.
From
this
time
on,
the name Powhattan
is used
instead
of
Locknane.
Fields
of
all
kinds
of grain
on the
Lacroix,
McCrerey,
Amend,
Meibach,
and other
farms were indeed
big
when
those neighbors
were allowed
to
fence
their
one
big
fence.
A "herd
law"
bill
was
fields
in
in legislature
that was bitterly
opposed
by
introduced
crop farmers.
this
area's
both

1873
- Plum Creek
organized
Granges.

and Pleasant

Dale

communities

1874
- On August 9,
a herd law was voted
in
by
Powhattan
Township.
Grasshoppers
came in droves
which
darkened
the
sky.
All vegetation
in Brown County
was
devoured.
For the first
time since
starting
in 1864,
no fair
was held in Hiawatha
that
fall.
1875 - Another
bad year.
It
in
a row.
The new grasshopper
crops as they emerged.

was the third

bad year
hatch ate
the
spring

Rations
were issued
in August to
destitute
Brown
Countians
by the u.
s.
Army; 1200 pounds of bacon were
distributed
to 520 persons.
1876

- A banner

year

for

agriculture.

1877 - The Brown County commissioners,

on petition
of
C. C.
Powers
and
129 others,
issued
an order
requiring
all
persons
in Powhattan
Township
to
keep
their
cattle,
horses,
and mules confined
during
the
night
for a period
of 25 years.
Proposal
carried.

to build

a $20,000
5

courthouse

in

Hiawatha

1878
- The
first
telephone
in
the
county
was
installed
in
the home of the Hiawatha
railroad
agent.
It
was a good crop year,
but prices
were low
and
the
market was poor.
1879 - A new courthouse
was dedicated.
Plans
for a
new opera house in Hiawatha
were announced.
Population
of
Brown County was now 10,000.
Over 200,000
acres _of
the county were now in cultivation.
1880
- A public
showing
of
self-tieing
binders
was
held
on William
Heffner's
farm
Hiawatha.
McCormick,
Osborn,
and
Adams
machines
entered
the contest.
McCormick won.

grain
west
of
&
French

The fairgrounds
in Hiawatha
was enlarged,
a floral
hall
with gallery
was built,
and an amphitheater
and
bandstand
were also built.
Horseracing
had gotten
to be
quite
an event
at the fair.
1882
- The second
from
Kansas
City
to
Hiawatha.
The new
Reserve
sprang
The World

Dispatch became
E.
founding
built
Prairie

railroad,
Omaha,

was

towns
of
Willis,
into existence.

the

Missouri
completed

Everest,

Printing
Company was incorporated
the World.

N. Morrill
donated
$2000
a library
in Hiawatha.

for

the

Pacific
through

Baker,

and

and the
purpose

of

1883
- The Grand Prairie
Methodist
congregation
a new church
one-half
mile west
of
the
Grand
School
in what is now the Powhattan
cemetery.

1884 - Mr.
and Mrs. John Wenger Sr. with their
two
sons,
John
Jr.
and
Alfred,
arrived
in
Baker
from
Switzerland.
Mr.
and Mrs. Wenger were the grandparents
of the author.
1885
population

- The
state
of 15,954.

census

gave

Brown

County

1886 - Sixty
acres
of land were purchased
from
Mr.
and Mrs.
David Bender,
approximately
10 miles northwest
of
Horton.
The
land was for a town site
on the
new
railroad
that was due to come through
in 1887.
This was
the beginning
of the town of Powhattan.

TRAILS ACROSS THE RESERVATION

Even before
the Treaty
of
the
Kickapoos
were
assigned
Missouri
River
and northwest
of
definite
trails
already
formed
was
to
influence
their
lives,
settlers,
in the years
to come.

Castor
Hill
in 1832,
the
area
west
of
Leavenworth,
there
through
their
land.
as well as
the

when
the
were
This
early

1827
- Fort
Leavenworth
was
established
as
an
outreach
post
to
provide
for the
safety
of
u. S.
citizens
in the area.
About the only people
in the area
were explorers,
trappers
and adventuers
on their
way to
the Salt Lake Valley,
Oregon,
and the Great Northwest.
These
people
were using old Indian
trails,
which
the
natives
had discovered.
There seemed to be a natural
highway
through
what is southern
Brown County,
where
the
going
was
easier
than
most
places
provided.
Describing
some of the more famous trails
through
this
area will
be all we attempt
here.
The Military
Road .t.Q Fort Kearney was the beginning
of
what
was to later
be referred
to
as
the
Overland
Trail.
It
ran
from Fort Leavenworth
northwest
to
a
point
about one and one-half
miles
southeast
of
Horton
(in
Atchison
County)
where it intersected
the Emmigrant
Trail
out of St.
Joseph.
This point
soon
became
an
important
intersection
in pioneer
traffic,
and a town of
considerable
size
resulted.
It was
called
Kennekuk
(named after
the Indian
Prophet
by that
name).
From Kennekuk,
the trail
ran mostly
west for nearly
four miles
to where it swung up across
the Brown-Jackson
County line
and crossed
the Delaware
River
about 30 rods
north
of
that
point
(a distance
of
52 miles
from
Leavenworth).
From there
it followed
the ridge
almost
due
west through
the reservation
to "Old" Powhattan
in
Section
33,
which was one-half
mile west and
one-half
mile south of the present
junction
of K-20 and u. s. 75
highways.
Beyond this
point,
it curved
north
and left
Brown County running
into the town of Granada.
In
the late
forties,
and particularly
after
gold
was discovered
in California,
traffic
increased
by leaps
and
bounds.
One writer
reports
counting
over
6,000
wagons
loaded
with freight
passing
Fort Kearney
going
west
within
a short
space of time (over 900
going
by
during
the
last
three
days of
the
count).
Another
writer
says that
during
the peak of the "Gold Rush"
in
1849-50,
upwards of 70,000
people
with wagons,
flocks,
and herds passed
this
way.
Because
of
this
volume of
travel,
the
military
surveyed
the road from Ft.
Leavenworth
to Salt Lake in
1849-50
and built
several
forts
along the way, including
Fort Kearney
and Fort Laramie.
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A map of Brown County as

area)
in southwest
corner.
the
southeast
corner
of
19,200 acres).
The solid
is
the
approximate
site
Leavenworth
to the Northwest.
St.
Joseph
established
in
and
Pikes
Peak
Express
freighting
companies
used
improved military
road from
the same route.

of April
1886 showing
Powhattan
Township
(dotted
The Kickapoo
Reservation
is the solid
line
area in
Powhattan
Township
(5 miles wide by 6 miles
high,
line
through
the extreme
south of Powhattan
Township
of the early
trails
and the old military
. road
from
The broken line
is the Pony Express
Route
from
1860.
After
1 860,
the Central
overland
California
(Overland
Trail),
Stage
Coach
Lines,
and
other
the Pony Express
route
from Kennekuk northwest.
The
Ft. Leavenworth
to Ft. Laramie followed
essentially

Wagon trains
were the first
concentrated
travel.
They
usually
traveled
in groups
of
wagons,
with a guide wagon carrying
the guide
repairs
and supplies.

forms
of
about
25
and extra

Later
came freighting
companies
that
specialized
in
moving
people
and their
possessions
to the west.
Most
of
this
traffic
ended up using the same road
for
the
reason
it was faster
and safer.
Thus, the trail
and its
traffic
is
historically
referred
to
as
the
Overland
Trail.
Overland
Trail,
along which the mighty traffic
of the plains
moved, was definitely
established
by 1858.
At this
time,
there
was a weekly mail route
from St. Joe
to Salt Lake.
Later
on, in its more settled
state,
the
line
ran daily
from Atchison
to Placerville,
California.
In
1859,
the powerful
freighting
firm of Russell,
Majors
and Wadell acquired
the stage
and mail
business
from John M. Hockaday.
Mr. Hockaday held the first
mail
contract
to
the
west.
Russell,
Majors
and Waddell
headquartered
in Atchison
and Leavenworth.
This company
employed
8,000
men,
were equipped
with
6,000
heavy
wagons,
and 75,000 oxen.
At the same time,
there
were
as many as twenty
other
firms
and individuals
freighting
out of Atchison.
The .Qn Express
- In 1860,
the Russell
firm,
with
its other
interests,
established
the Pony Express.
This
service
from St.
Joseph
to Sacramento,
was designed
to
deliver
the mail over this
1920 mile route
in ten days.
It ran semi-weekly
at first.
When the Civil
War broke
out,
it
changed
to
daily.
In the service
were
80
riders,
400 horses,
and 300 station
keepers.
It carried
first-class
letters
and telegrams
only.
Quoting
from
Bristow
- "Riders
starting
from
St.
Joseph
and Sacramento
simultaneously
every morning
kept
a constant
stream
going both ways -- day
and
night."
Each
rider
had a given territory
to cover with a change
of horses
every twelve
miles.
In 1860,
in the interest
of speed,
the trail
was
straightened
from west of Horton to Granada.
This took
out
the
big
curve down through
"Old"
Powhattan
and
caused
the demise of the town.
Actually,
the
change
station
was moved three
miles
north
(a little
east)
to a
point
near the new mission
school.
Because
it was
on
the Kickapoo
Reservation,
it was called
Kickapoo.
Noble
H. Rising
was in charge.
On some of the early
maps of
the
area,
it
is
also
referred
to
as
the
"Rising
Station."
Mr.
Rising's
son,
Don C. Rising,
was one of
the Pony Express
Riders.
In later
years,
Don made his
home
in
Wetmore.
The
building
known as
the
Rising
Station
was purchased
by the government
for
an
Indian
school
in 1871.
9

St. J os eph

.v i:;:.~R!S

Pony Express
means Central

The
Telegraph
and
the
affair,
dollars
in

and Overland Trail

Overland California

through NE Kansas . COC & PPE and Pikes Peak Express.

Pony
Express
only
lasted
eighteen
months.
connections
with the Far West were made
then;
project
became an even
bigger
money-losing
losing
something
like
one-quarter
million
its short
lifetime.

1861
- Stage Coach Lines - The old Overland
Trail
was given another
big boost when Ben Holladay,
with his
famous
Concord
coaches
and either
four-horse
or
sixhorse
teams
came on the line
in 1861.
Holladay
took
over the stage
and mail business
of Russell,
Majors and
Waddell.
About 3000 horses
and mules were used in
the
stage
service.
Eight
to twelve
animals
were kept
at
each station
which were spaced
about twelve
miles
apart.
At
its highest,
the stage
fare was $125 to Denver
and
$225 to Sacramento.
Mr. John T. Bristow,
in summarizing
his description
of the old trails,
writes:
"I have heard my uncle
say
that
in the flush
times of 1865 and 1866,
when
traffic
was
at
its peak,
there
was hardly
an hour of the
day
when
one could not see the road lined
for miles
-- one
seemingly
endless
procession
moving
westward.
The
Overland
Trail
has gone down in history
as the
greatest
of them all."

10

THE KICKAPOOS
The
community
inseparable

Kickapoos
are
a big part
of
the
Powhattan
history
-- or said another
way,
Powhattan
is
from the Northern
Kickapoos
heritage.

The word Kickapoo

means in the original
definition
"he moves about,
standing
now here,
now there."
This
tribe
of Indians
was first
encountered
by the white man
around
1670 in Wisconsin.
As the whites
became
more
numerous
the
Kickapoos
moved south into
Illinois
and
Indiana.
By 1800 they were well established
there.
Again,
encroaching
whites
disturbed
the
Indians'
hunting
grounds
and created
unrest.
In the Treaty
of
1819
the Kickapoos
tribals
land in Indiana
and Illinois
was
exchanged
for a new domain on the Osage
River
in
Missouri.
Here
developed
a splintering
of the
tribe.
Some bypassed
the
Osage area and went
on south
to
Oklahoma,
Texas and Mexico.
The Kickapoos
that
eventually
ended up in Powhattan
Township
were more of an agricultural
inclination
and
were less
inclined
to move about.
However,
in 1833, a
year
after
the Treaty
of Castor
Hill
in
St.Louis,
375
Kickapoos
and 119 Potawatomies
under the leadership
of
Prophet
Kennekuk arrived
in their
new home in Northeast
Kansas.
(See Figure
3)
On November 8, 1833, an Indian
peace council
opened
at
Fort Leavenworth
under commissioner
Henry Ellsworth.
Native
tribes
and
the
immigrant
tribes
were
made
acquainted
and encouraged
to sign a peace agreement.
A
Methodist
Mission
and a government
school
were
erected
on the reservation,
and things
seemed quite
workable
by
the end of 1834.
The
next
year
the
Catholics
started
the
construction
of a Catholic
school.
It never succeeded.
The Kickapoos
seemed more and more reluctant
to
send
their
children
to
school.
By 1839,
there
were
no
Indians
in
school
at all.
It was
felt
the
strong
leadership
of Kennekuk was responsible.
However,
he was
quite
religious
himself,
but in a somewhat
different
way.
Chief Kennekuk died of smallpox
in 1853.
By this
time the whites
were crowding
west
again.
Gold
had
been
discovered
in
California
and
traffic
through
the reservation
(including
the southwestern
tip
of Powhattan
township)
was becoming very heavy.
11

On May 18,
1854,
the
Kickapoo
Treaty
saw the
Indians
selling
618,000
acres
of their
land to the
U.S.
The
tribe
retained
150,000
acres
on the
Grasshopper
(Delaware)
River.
The treaty
also authorized
a railroad
right-of-way
across
the reserve
and permitted
a survey
of Kickapoo
lands
and an assignment
to each family.

PRESENT
RESERVATION

19,200 acres

ttolton

' I
<

F1.gure

3.

scale in miles

This
map indicates
graphically
treaties
made with the Kickapoos

the effects
of the
three
in 1832, 1854, and 1862.

Twelve
days
later
President
Pierce
signed
the
Kansas-Nebraska
bill
and Kansas became a territory
open
to
settlement.
The Kickapoos
were
forced
further
northwest
to their
diminished
reservation.
The
first
mission,
built
in 1856,
was located
on Horton Heights
(inside
the present
city
limits
of Horton).
Today it is
marked
by a red glacial
boulder
that was placed
there
December 1,
1936,
80 years
after
the Indian
school
was
established
by E. M. Hubbard.
12

The
steadily
increasing
volume of
the
diminished
reservation
due to the
trails
(northern
branch
of the Santa Fe,
and the Oregon Trails)
in addition
to the
Pony Express
from St.
Joe,
the Overland
Stagecoach
from Atchison,
and the military
Leavenworth
to
Ft.
Larmie did much to
businessmen
who set
out
to
enrich
supplying
weapons,
tools,
and staples
to

traffic
across
three
overland
the California,
stagecoach
and
Freighting
and
road from Ft.
attract
local
themselves
by
the travelers.

One of
the
most active
of
these
merchants
was
William
P.
Badger.
While doing a substantial
business
each year with the "trail-travelers,"
Badger also reaped
a handsome
profit
from
acting
as a trader
for
the
Kickapoos.
He also secured
a franchise
for
operating
the Grasshopper
River Ferry on the Kickapoo
reserve
-- a
service
all overland
trail
traffic
was forced
to use.
This not being enough,
Badger succeeded
in getting
himself
appointed
Indian
Agent where upon he encouraged
the Indians
to accept
allotments
in severalty.
His aim
was to get each Indian
alloted
the acreage
he needed
to
sustain
himself
and
then encourage
them to
sell
the
excess
of
their
reservation.
This
would
give
him
speculation
rights
on a large
acreage
and he
knew
the
railroads
were
interested.
The
Indians,
however,
believed
in
holding
joint
or tribal
ownership
on all
lands.
His
pressure
for selling
split
the tribe
into
two
camps
and some of them left
to join
the
Southern
Kickapoos.
Due to
changing
politics
in the
1860
election,
Badger lost
his job as Agent.
He was crafty
enough
to
get his brother-in-law,
a Republican,
Charles
B. Keith,
appointed
as
his successor.
Keith moved right
ahead
with his and Badger's
plan "to allot,"
and with the
aid
of u. S. Senator
Pomeroy (who was also interested
in the
Atchison
and Pikes
Peak Railroad)
were able to get
the
plan
ratified
by the u. s.
Senate
(Treaty
of
1862)
before
the
Indians
or
the
public
knew what
was
happening.
A volcano
of
protest
erupted.
The
Kickapoos'
indignation
was
based primarily
on religious
grounds
that
allotment
was
sacrilegious,
and
that
private
ownership
broke the law of the Great Spirit.
Lurking
in
the
background
was a rival
crowd of railroad
promoters
-- mostly
from St. Joseph.
They had formed the Hannibal
and
St.
Joseph
Railroad
Corporation
and
wanted
to
construct
a competing
line
to the west.
They resented
the
advantages
given
the
Atchison
&
Pikes
Peak
Railroad
by Keith's
treaty.
In the face of all this
opposition,
the treaty
was
suspended
and the surveying
which was already
under
way
was
stopped.
A new Commissioner
of
Indian
Affairs
(William
Dole) was appointed
in late
July 1863
and
he
13

came west to make a personal

investigation.
As a result
of his investigation,
the suspension
was lifted
and the
Kickapoo
Allotment
Treaty
was permitted
to
stand
as
negotiated
by Keith.
Kickapoo
allotments
were approved
February
21,
1865.
On the very
same
day,
Senator
Pomeroy,
president
of
the
Atchison
&
Pikes
Peak
Railroad,
was allowed
to purchase
nearly
125,000
acres
of
residue
land for $1.25 per acre.
This reduced
the
reserve
to its present
size of 19,200
acres.
(see Figure

3)
In 1864, because
they saw what was happening
to the
reservation,
about
one hundred
Kickapoos
started
south
under
"No-Ko-what"
to
join
the
so-called
Mexican
Kickapoos.
This
move didn't
turn out so well
because
Texas
and Mexico were not what they had
imagined,
and
they decided
to come back.
Only fourteen
reached
Kansas
in May of 1867.
Through the years,
some of the Kickapoos
have been
allowed
to dispose
of their
land.
In 1960, the records
showed that
7,190 acres
of the 19,200
acres
in the
last
reserve
still
belonged
to Indians.
Schools

.an.d Missions

..Qr.

.the Kickapoos

The mission
endeavors
shown at Leavenworth
1834 to
1839
were
unacceptable
to the
Kickapoos.
After
the
reservation
was
reduced
to 150,000
acres
in Brown
and
Jackson
Counties
in 1854,
a mission
was built
in Horton
Heights
in 1856.
This one lasted
for two years
and was
abandoned
in 1858.
On November 8, 1869, a new school
for the Kickapoos
was
opened
near the center
of the
further
diminished
reservation
with Joshua A. Trueblood
as teacher.
In the
beginning,
he had
an enrollment
of 20 students
and
school
was held in the hewed log church
belonging
to the
tribe.
In 1871,
the building
known as the Rising
Station
near the west line
of the reserve
was purchased
for $515
and
remodeled
for a school
building.
The old
mission
building
was
torn down and the material
used
in
this
building.
John
T.
Bristow
writes
that
"in
1860
the
'Old
Powhattan'
change station
on the Pony Express
was
moved
three
miles
north.
The change was made to
take
out
a big curve and save mileage.
The new station
was
called
Kickapoo,
probably
because
it was on Indian
land
near the new mission.
Nobel H. Rising
was in
charge.
Later
he became a merchant
in Wetmore."
To our
knowledge,
this was
school
until
the Boarding
Mission
southwest
of Mercier.
A visit
to
member
of the Brown County fulll.d
up in some detail.
It follows:
14

the
only
all-Indian
was completed
in 1900
the new mission
by a
describes
the new set-

'I'he 1Gelrnpoo boarding school is

located on a new ancl excellent site
about 35 miles north of the agency.
This school fot more than 40 yearsuntil the last three months--was
locatccl and conducted at . a site on the
west side of the l(iclrn.poo reservation partly in a. building erected
by a man named Hising, for a station
on the old li'ort Laramie
road, as
this road ll'as used <luring the rebC'llion for the irnnsportation
or
go,ernmC'nt and other supplies from
St. J oscph, l\Io., to Laramie, an csti1mate fot; the age o[ the lrnilcling can
readily be ma.de as well as its unfitness for school purposes.
As
stated before, in the beginning of

thi5 art icle, an excellent

schoo l
building complete iu itself at a cost
of about $14,000 has been erected on
the new school site and is now occupied for schoo l purposes.
Agent
Honncll states that when a watc1
and sewage system has been eompletetl there will be ampleaccommodation for GO pu pi Is and that fiOare
now enrolled.
Seven persons are
gencrnlly employed at this school at
an annua l cost of about ~:J:320, owing to the bad condition o[th e buildings iast yea1 no eJfort , was made to
maintain a large attendance, the object being to keep I.he schoo l ah\'e
; and )n opera\.ion until the new buildremovecl,
. ing and so111c tl1at were
1rere fit fol' OCCLI pat.ion.
--

For
the
location
of this
showing
the school
districts
in
couple
of pictures
of this
school
layout
quite
well.

Kickapoo
southwest

Missi on Boa rding School

of Mercier
as it appeared

and Indian
in 1912.

15

--

map
see
the
school,
A
Township.
Powhattan
taken
in 1912 show the

Agency

setup on
Photo

the
re ser vati on
Bourquin.

by

It
is
interesting
to note that
C. M. Moore
&
Company
of
Powhattan
furnished
all
the
material
(in
their
line)
for this
school
set-up.
(Refer
to write-up
under C.M. Moore & Company picture
Page 22).
This
school
remained
in operation
until
the
late
twenties.
The writer
remembers
going with his parents
down to see the livestock
and material
that was
offered
for sale when the mission
closed.
After
the mission's
closing,
the Indian
children
attended
the
public
schools
of
Green
Valley,
Center
View,
and Corner View.
Then Red Top came into being as
a strictly
Indian
school.
The years
of its
operation
are
described
more
fully
in the section
on
"Country
Schools."

POWHATTANBECOMES A CITY

At the time of the purchase

of the 60 acres
for the
building
of a town (October
18,
1886),
the land had all
been planted
to corn,
except
the 300 foot wide right-ofway.
The
right-of-way
had been reserved
for
railroad
purposes
for several
years.
and Pikes
Peak Railroad
obtained
the
The Atchison
buy all but 19,200
acres
of
the
Kickapoos'
option
to
in the treaty
of 1862.
It was consummated
Reservation
16

after
much dispute
and
investigation
in
1865
Affairs.
Some time later,
Office
of Indian
the
Atchison
and Pikes
Peak
to
sold
by
Branch
of the Union Pacific.
In
1878,
Samuel M. Adams purchased
28-3-16
from
this
railroad
for $1360
keeping
the right-of-way.
(Note:
This is
to
the east
of the townsite
and is presently
the
writer.)
So we see the railroad
was
developing
its
line.
In
later
years
changed
hands again,
becoming
the Chicago,
and Pacific.

the
the

by the
land was
Central

the
the
the

SE 1/4 of
railroad
farm just
owned
by
20 years
in
the
railroad
Rock Island

In
laying
out the town,
Main Street
ran east
and
west
along the one-half
mile line.
A hedge fence
was
growing
on
this
line.
It had to be
removed
before
buildings
on the north
could
be built
and
the
street
widened
to the desired
80 feet.
Commercial
Street
ran
north
and south,
and this
is where the first
business
houses
were built.

Scene of Commercial Street

in Powhattan about 1888.

Water
was needed
for the town so a well was dug in
the
center
of Commercial
Street
in line
with the
south
edge of Main Street.
A wooden windmill
was built
and a
large
wo~den tank installed
to provide
public
water
for
people's
horses.
The
railroad
constructed
a system
a
of pens,
or
about
the present
quonset
of
the
stockyards,
where
Another
well and windmill
was
elevator
sets.
present
,
and
As the town developed
there.
a scale
erected
1 ivestock
at the yards.
off ice was put in for buying
17

Two grain
elevators
were built.
The first
one was
built
by Mr. Schilling
of Fairview
south
of Main Street.
The
lumber
for this
elevator
was shipped
to Baker
and
hauled
to Powhattan
so the elevator
would be built
and
ready
by
the time the
railroad
came
through.
This
elevator
also
included
an annex for the
handling
of
lumber.
T~e firm also
handled
coal
and helped
with
the
shipping
of livestock.
J.
H. Kinnear
was the manager.
The elevator
on the north
was run by Charles
Sheldon
and
later
by Court
Parker.

EARLY BUSINESSES
Businesses
although
not been

too,
have

The
with
its
the issue
description

on Commercial
Street
developed
quickly,
the records
for the very first
businesses
so readily
available.

.Eo.s.t. came
out
newspaper,
the Powhattan
edition
May 5,
1894.
The advertising
in
January
11, 1895,
gives
us a pretty
good
most of the businesses
at that
time:

first
first
dated
of

Lumber,

J.

H. Kinnear

C.

Zimmerman

c.

R. Tuggle,

F.

N. Lyman

Haircutting

Restaurant

H. T.

Noe

Tuggle

&

Tuggle,

M.I.

Fulton

Pharmacy;

A. Rife

w.

H. McGinnes
B. Litle

& Powell

S.

Holcomb

A. Holcomb

Mrs.

E.

F.

M.

shaving.
lunch

counter.

wall

paper

and

paint.

and

saddlery.

and

- Livery,
stable.

farm
feed,

implements.
and

sale

merchandise.
groceries

Insurance.

Robertson

and

Dry goods and

(corner
store)

A. Leidy

Carpenters.
and

Hardware

General

horseshoeing.

Physician
& surgeon
(offices
in residence
and hotel)

C. O. Elliott

&

Nellans

s.

Co.

stock.

market.

Harness
&

and

and

H. Tuggle

Meat

J.

T.

G. B. Calnan,M.D.

T.

grain

Blacksmithing

G. H. Valentine

J.

coal,

New millinery

stock.

Dress
goods,
underwear,
hosiery,
corsets
and notions.
18

J.C.

Swartz

Thomas

L.

w.

George

&

L.

&

Walters

Bender

Hardware

Contractor

Barrett

W. A. Amend -

& E.

Bolen

farm

machinery.

Dealer
in pumps and
windmills.
Also well
boring
and repairs.

McGinnis

Charles

and

Webster

and

House

painter.

Hotel

proprietor.

- Hedge
laying.

builder.

trimming

and

rock

TIME SCHEDULES - 1895

.Rfil..l. Service

The
rail
service
Time Table published
in
.EQ.s.t..
The advertisement
Chicago

Rock

is pretty
the first
follows:

well
issue

described
of the

Time Table of Island

and Pacific

by the
Powhattan

Railroad

Westbound
Passenger--------12:42 p.m.
Accommodation
----8:40 p.m.
Fast Freight-----12:29 a.m.
Eastbound
Passenger--------4:13 p.m.
Accommodation----6:10 p.m.
Stock------------10:40 p.m.
B. G. Wilkins,
Agent

11.fill. Service
Post

Office

open 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.rn. daily

Sundays
1:00 to 2:00 p.rn.
w. H. McGinnis, Postmaster

Church

Services

Methodist
Episcopal
Church
Grand
Prairie
every
alternate
Sundays
at
9:30
a.rn.
Pleasant
3:30 p.rn.
Congregational
Church
Services
at Powhattan
Sundays
at 11:00 a.rn.

.in Powhattan
Sunday
at
10:45
a.m.
and
8:00 p.rn.
Sunday School
at
Grove on alternate
Sundays
at
- Rev . J . W.R.
Clardy

and Netawaka
alternate
and 8:00 p . rn.
- Rev. w. S . Bixby
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Lodge
Powhattan
Lodge
No.
441
I.O.O.F.
meets
every
Tuesday
Evening.
G. B. Moore, Noble Grand - H. H. Geyer,
Secretary

MORE HISTORY
1894
- The
first
enlarged
and remodeled.
streets

As

Powhattan

School

building

business
grew and more homes were
were made and kept harrowed.

built,

was
more

1897
- On January
25,
the Bank of
Powhattan
was
chartered
with
Jesse
Fletcher,
President;
Samuel
M.
Adams,
Vice-President;
and
C. O. Dimmock,
Cashier.
Other members of the board were Dr.
G. B. Calnan,
Jacob
Shaner,
L.
B.
Purkiser,
and J. H. Kinnear.
One year
later,
Dimmock
sold
his stock to Fred E.
Graham
who
succeeded
him as cashier.
1897
- On March 16,
Powhattan
petitioned
to
be
declared
a city
of 3rd class
(population
over 250,
but
less
than
2,000).
This
was granted
by the
county
commissioners
on April
17.
In the May 10th
election,
John Powell was elected
mayor.
Mr. Powell died after
a
few months in office.
The first
councilmen
were:
Lee
Johnson,
C.
H. Baxter,
C. R. Tuggle,
Dr. G. B. Calnan,
and L. B. Purkiser.
The first
sidewalks
in Powhattan
were laid
in
on the west side of Commercial
Street.
They were
of wood.
THE SPELLING OF THE CITY'S

1897
made

NAME

The
spelling
of Powhattan
contains
only one
on
early
legal
papers
at the courthouse.
The Powhattan
and Powhattan~
always used two ~s.
Somewhere
along the line,
someone added the second .t....... There is a
Powhatan,
Arkansas;
Powhatan,
Virginia;
and Powhatan
Point,
Ohio.
All are spelled
with one i,
just
as the
Indian
chief
Powhatan's
name was spelled.
all

About the
hearing
natives
was young.
It

spelling,
Alice
Crane says she
quote a poem about the subject
went something
like
this:

remembers
when
she

" What shall

we call
her folks?
Not anything
foreign
or Latin
Let's
just
call
her Pow-hat-tan."
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in
1898
- Samuel
Bredahl
became a new merchant
good
business
town.
He was young,
ambitious,
and a very
were
installed
man.
Hitching
posts
and anchor
posts
under the supervision
of Mr. Bredahl.

service

On May 3,
in the

Andrew,
Bender,
Duckers,

the following
Spanish-American

C.R.
Albert
Frank

Powhattan
War:

Kennedy,
Ernest
Lewis,
George W.
W. Meyers,
Samuel E.

men enlisted

for

Spicklemeir,
C.A.
Tuggle,
T.H.
Tuggle,
M.L.
Winslow,
Albert
H.

Dr.
Calnan
was
appointed
mayor and
elected
first
Health
Officer.
New names began to appear
as:
J.
H. Thomas, J. O. Sprague,
John Mariott,
Shaner,
J. L. Nellans,
and C. H. Simmons.

the
such
Jacob

About this
time,
the Zimmerman Blacksmith
Shop, which
used to set on the north
side of Main Street
west of the
present
Legion
Building,
was
abandoned
for
a new
building
on South Commercial.

Blacksmith Shop as it appeared

about 1900?

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The
Powhatt~n
1900,
carries
the
sout h elevator
and
M. Moore replaced
HolidJ y Souvenir, 1900 he
was
judged
as
- County
World carri
-~
o edi ti o n.
A pictnre
follows:

Post ,
under date of
Febr uar y 11,
s tor y of a change
in management
of the
its
success
since
that
time.
(Cl ark
Kinnear
as manager
in 1898.)
By 1900,
doing a "bang up" job and
l'.he. 1ir.Q.w.n
ed the
story
in
their
souvenir
of the elevator
setup
and the story

:i C. M. MOORE

POWHATAN

, KANSAS

~& CO.
97

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VIEW OF MR . MOORE 'S YARD AND ELEV A TOR

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\J.t, nati, c ofBrmn 1 co u u ty ,ha, ingbeeu

is a
born
near the town of Haml111 111the year of
1874. At th e age of 16 he comme nced workin g
for F . l\l. Spau lding , lumb e r and coal dea ler at
:\lorrill and displayed s uch nnnsnal aptitude for
the business that at the age of 18 th e company
made him their manager and placed their en t ire
business at Hamlin in hi s h ands , a nd th eir increase d busine ss during the time he held this
po s iti on sho\\ ed that their judgment in th e y oung
man had not been mi splaced.
He co n tinn ed " ith the Spaulding company
for o, er seYen years. ,d1en he engaged in th e
grain bu s ine ss at :llorrill, making a n unu sna l
success in this liuc and by hi s stri-: t integri ty and
good busine ss judgme nt \\on th e confid ence and
esteem of the c11tire community. Recci, ing a good
offer for th e hu siJJLss he had built up at Morrill
he sold 01:t an d in February, 1898, engaged in
the lnmb er , gra in and coa l business at Pmdiat a n.
In this , his present b usin ess, is associated
" ith him :\Ir. Fra n k L. Sc h illing, of Fain-ie"',
un ckr th e finn na111eof C. l\I. :\lo orc & Co. .:V1r.
~ch il ling has larg-<: business int eres ts at Fain icw
ancl is on e of the best known grai n men in thi s
part of the slate , ll'ith a financial star.din g second
to none. The bn sin css at Poll'hatan is nnder the
managc111ent ot .\Ir . :\loorc.
:\Ir. Schilling conclnet s hi s bu siness at Fainicw.
The iir111 h as a
branc h at t ;cr111a11to\lnwhich is also doi ng a goo d
paying bu si nes s. :llr . l\Ioorc ha s built up a most

extensive bu s iness si nce locating at Powhatan, co,e ring th e entire western half of the co unt y and c::<tending int o Ja cksou a nd Nemaha counties, where
the n a me of :\Ioore & Co. arc alm ost as fami li ar to
the people as at h ome. To :'.\[r. llloorcs business
enterprise, tact and ability can be placed a large
sh are of the credit for the increase in trade and
geeeral improv ement and growth of th e town of
Pmd1atan, "hich has been so marked since hi s
ad,c nt there. His firm, aga in st s tron g co mp etitio n ,
secured t!,e contra~t to furnish all the m aterial in
their line for th e lar ge Ki cka oo Indi an mi ss ion
building recently buil t on the Kickapoo re scn tion th e picture of ,rhich appears in this editio n .
::vlr. :\lo ore is a lib tra l ad,crtiser and carrie s
a standing achertisement in severa l papers in the
cou nt y a nd to good judiciou s ad,er ti sing he attributes mu ch of hi s s u ccess in business.
_ th ~
Social ly he is one of th e best fellmYs 111
"oriel, always ag reeab le and courteous to those
"ith "horn h e comes in contac t, haYing a pleasa nt
wore\ for all.
He \\'as married in Jul y , 1895, to -'1iss Agnes
E. Kepner, of Sabe tha , an estimable young lady,
a true ,rnman , an inYaluable assistan t a nd pleas a nt compani on, ,.-hose charming personality is a
great aid to her pro s perous young hu sband. S uch
people arc a cred it to any to\ln and Powhatan is
to be con g ra tulated on th e exc h ange from old
foggyism aucl one-idea men to liYe hustling businc ss m en, of ,d1ich :'.\fr. :\foore is one, ,d10 belieYe
iu at!Yanccment and k ee pin g up with the tim es

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THE BROWN COUNTY WORLD.

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Holiday Souvenir, 1900

S'owhatan, ${ansas
Henry J. Calnan.
Henry J. Calnan was born at
Stoneham, Mass., and is 41 years of
age. He was married to Ma rtha
Swisher, who is 28 years old, at St.
Joseph , Mo., in Sept.1895, and ha ve
one child, Charles D. , 10 months
old. Mr. Ca.nan has been a resi dent of Kansas 20 years, and 6f
Brown county six yea r s. He is the
pre sent p ubli sher of the Powhatan
Po st , member of K. P., B. of L . Engineers and Maccabees . Mr. Calnan is one of the best newspaper
men in t his sect ion of country and
well fitted to conduct a large concer n 111 a large pla ce.

Samuel Bredahl's Store, Powhatan

Samuel Bredahl.
Mr. Br edah l was born .and raised

on a Brown county farm. Two years

ago he left the farm and entered
business in the beautiful littl e town
of Powhatan , 14 miles southwest of
Hiawatha.
He owns the big twostore corner block of which the
above is a small view, and for business has a floor capacity of about
5,400 square feet, besides a splendid bas ement story. On the top
floor be carries the largest supply
of buggies, carriages and wagons in
the county, purchasinglOOat a time.
A large elevatol' runs fr om the basement to the top . On the first floor
.is his hard ware s tore, replete with

every article called for in that lin e

a complete harness shop,
well
stock ed, and good harness-maker;
a tin shop with the bes t of equipment and thorough tinner.
Also a
repair department and an office with
every convenience for a bandy
transaction of busin ess. Mr . Bredahl is a straight-forward
and thorough-going business
man and he
and his busines:, house are worth
a great deal to the -people of Powhatan and the wealthy
vicinity
aro und it, an '1 which th ey highly
ap pr eciat e. H ere is another ex amp le of a nativ e Bro wn cou nt y boy
forging to t he front at great strides .

H. J. Calnan, Powhatan

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Note : The .!ir.fill.n County Nru:.l.Q published

a souvenir
edition
of the
interesting
people,
poin ts,
and places
in Brown
County as of December 1900 .
This page
and the next is quoted ver batum.

Office of Powhatan Post

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Holcomb's New Store.

The new brick Holcomb store and
postoffice 1s a nice brick business
building in Powhatan,
a credit to
the builder and to the town.
Mr .
Holcomb is public spirited, and not
afraid to invest his money in Powhatan, though a small place. He has
forsight sufficient to convince him
that the litt.le town has a railroad in
it and a rich community around it,
and only needs a little enterprise
and investment of money to give it
a good start on the road to importance. This Mr. Holcomb has done
and deserves credit at the hands of
Powhatan people.

Holcomb's Store, Powhatan

J. W. Sprague's Livery Barn.

Mr. S prague was born in Hancock
county, Ill., Dec. 25, 1853, and has
be ~n in Brown county 40 years. He
was in the livery business in Hiawatha and then in Fairview before
going to Powhatan. He runs a dray
in connection with his stables and
does a thriving business.

J. W. Sprague's Livery Stable, Powhatan

graduate of K,i.nsas City Medical

college, class of 1893. The doctor 1s
well fixed in his adopted town of
Powhatan and enj0ying a lucrative
and extensive practice in the best
portion of Brown and Nemaha coun ties. He has established the reputation of being a very successful
physician, hence being quite young
j has before -him a long and useful I
1 career.

Dr. Geo. B. Calnan.

George B. Calnan was born at

Moulton, Ia., January
22nd., 1871,
was married to Marguerite McGuire
of Brown county October 22d., 1895,
at Horton, Kan . They have one child
one year old. He has been a resident of Kansas 20 years and of
Brown county seven years.
Mr. I
ICalnan is a practicing physician, a I

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1899 - The Grand Prairie

was moved into town from the

Methodist
cemetery.

Church

building

1900 - Sam Bredahl built

a beautiful
brick building
on the
NE corner of Main and Commercial,
bought S.T.
Holcomb's hardware
stock,
and enlarged
his implement and
hardware
business.
See write-up
and picture
from
the
Brown County World which precedes.

w. Sprague now operated the Livery Stable.

J.
T. Holcomb has modernized
his store
and H. J. Calnan,
brother
of Dr.
George B. Calnan is now the publisher
of
the
Powhattan
Po.st..
See excerpts
from
the
souvenir
edition
of The Brown County World in
two preceding
pages.
s.

Other

new dealers

Mrs. Bert Newman E. E. Woodburn

L. B. Purkiser
Jesse Priest
A. J. Seitz
w. H. Robinson
W. L. Bennett
W. W. Smith

advertising

in 1900 were:

Fashionable
Dressmaker
Furniture
Store and Undertaking
Dry Goods, Groceries
and Shoes
Harness and Repairing
Butcher Market
Restaurant
Proprietor
Jeweler
and Machinist
Livery and Dray

By this
time,
an Ice House had been
constructed
behind
and slightly
north
of the
present
Township
Garage.
Each winter men cut ice on the
Thomas pond
east of town (Carol Crumb farm).
It was heavy work and
took lots of labor,
but usually
this wasn't
a busy time
of the year.
Straw and sawdust were packed between and
around the blocks which kept the ice into the summer.

POWHATTAN EXCERPTS - 1900

The next few ia,ges are copies

of the Powhattan Post.

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They na.ke interesting

reading.

9'he 9owhattan9ost.
POWHATTAN,

KANSAS, FEBRUARY 23, 1900.

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ONE DOLLAR PER

John Yordi Pardoned.

(;ov . S1n11l1yp:-.rolo11edYo1.Ji a couMask Ball.
A Ct:RE 11bic~ 1Loald
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1oc .. 1,1 no11J,,,,1, ,., 1111,, 11
,111
. 1 plo ,.f ",...k, 11go nll<l he i 1111w fre!' .
Tlou ma"'l''erade l,all at Bender'
11.Aelfto all provident people II
II) ,, , .. 11,,,1 the n;,J J,J,.,,,J, ,1 11111r . At tl11 t11111
ol hi arrct
Joe vow, ,,) hall lat night will Jor,g be ri-mID, ".t.arvation cure."
h WM lr.c.~
1 Oil acvcral of the 111, n b<n<la 011e of the moot enj .. yable I with . &UCCl'AR by a !oang 'Ir~
1 ,J,, , : J,.J11, 1.:)lall,I I,) ,J,.1o1, ) .. ,,Ji Vl'llg1a111
1,..t .. J,.-r Mio J~H:!.
y,. 1,Ji 1,v,,,l 1who l11Jp.,,Iti, him, a11tl tt ... y will ,ucial c\'elltM of the wii ,tcr . The at suffering from "chronic ne"oacl~
011 11
.. 1.,rrn 0 ,.,. 11111,, uutl, .,, l'ow 111/Wt,., "a1chi11g the fcllcc rorllPrM , tell<lance wa; J~i(e 811J nearly all . pepaia ." She lute~
for forty~
ha11;,11 11uw o,n,c,l liy Jul111 ltuthn t'X)"':ting Yordi to liRe up and lny ' were i11r:olume which fact added daya, tb~reby creallng a "IINklif
(..,,1 a,,.J llyla11,l boardc,I wi1I, hi 111. tl11m.
much lo the weirrl jubilance of the appetite," and DOW abe ia the
11}ia1ou wa a bachelor a1ul Yonli,
oc ca"ion and tcnile<l to int.ereat u urc of beallb."
The "atarTallaf
who i rPpreen,.,d a hti11g a m11n
Fire at Baur.
well a 1'.rovo'ke the laughter ~f the core" ii now aaid \o be almoei , ..
uf a ,.ry uur and jealon ,lipoiA fire tartPil in the tore or Jlaz1,l onlooker . Some ver7 gaudy and with tbe eTeral _haadred ia ...
. tiuu, uur.ecl a npiciu11 that Bylanu & IJarmullHOll at I3aker Monday beautiful costumes were worn, and York, who are eating only, __
__
' ha,! won the affection of hi wife, night which dtstroye<l the cn1ire row it,..,. extremely difficult for one lo a day, inatead of t be anal 1111.f
&llU 011the above <late loa,h 1! a hut of l,11ilcli11g on the south ile of tbe recognize their mot intimate fricoda. en.
g11ll au,J hot Llyla11,I to death an,l trtf!t. The lire wa rlicovcrtd at The masks were remoT d at 11
Tus Horton Commercial iti aa ...athn11,ted lo mur,Jn Mr. Yorcli at al,out 12 o'clock alld waR then be o'clock and ,upper wao Pened at compromiiiog Democ""ic paper ...
th., """"' 1im<', but sb,, ma<lc !,er yon,) the control of uch limited
Robin:in' re.taurant and the hotel. the Democrau around here awear
cap .. from tltt, houo., where the mur mta11 a they hail to fight it with T!JP dancers d1<l not wearv of the it. They enjoy Mac' able l1np ..
<lcr ,.,,,nred an,! rail acri, the field ancl thi tun burned to tlu, groull<l . frolic .. ,me pastime until betwepn 2 McKinley a.od their facet wear
lo tl1t farm now ow net! by Mr . 11..n. Dr . K"unJ' ,.ffi.:c and content were and 3 o'clock, at which time they emi)., hke a dead pig when 1M
llY "lotre lllarl Bender and a 111110 a total Ju," inclu,ling hi bookR an<l dopartc<l feeling that tlwy harl par- Philippine war policy ia touched
1,.,r ,.f other
wnc e11ga!(1,,) in tllt rnmi,11t.
ticipated in one of the most enjoy a- but they seem to think 1.bai Tlal .
thr1,loi11g.
llell1kr
hca,ltil
the
The postofficH which wa~ in the hie evening of the uon.
P~8T bu no right t, erpr.1 aii
thro s.lo..r, an,1 ran ovi,r LIJ the hunae hlo, k waa ,lctr oycd but part of the
opinion on tbeae t.hinga. Bo,,..i
... ,,.,ro, Yur,li loa,l rern3;nc1l.
Y.,11li mail ar.cl Hxtun were ,an,I.
There
HoME of th e """"paper,
moRtly e,er, notwitbatandin,t, neT.nlle~
I 1a,l
Ioa, I <l th e gun a111I w ,nnc1 I waM I ,11t I 11.t
. 1t 1
. , nny 1n.-11rance.
.
of the mall.fry
variety, ima)?ine
PoT bu an opinion OD - .
theH '" keep :,ff, hut 111Jthi11g,hunt - Thi firt: will he a s<vcre hlnw to Lloal th e} are coring a great point que1tion1 and ia not afraid to
<l I l
. I1I,o, 1111(
.
M. Sheldon,
1 I lrn pm n"aml
e
.,.,,. er a, I vance I Accur~<l ti ,e gun our 11~,)(
tuwll, &111
,.~,o i toRev.
edit Cnhrl<>
the Topekll
Capital 'tt known.
aml t,,uk him pri,oner :
lie wa pathy ,,f nnr p~npJ., are with Baker
_.
,
him
The
ttff1111!11!
Lrtt'd al I he r'' tl,rnary term of court 11111, .. 11 1""" ,..
r o ll 011tng
o c 1o,., on for a week, when tl\<'y
. charge
.
. . oyser aopperh at
bl I.be
.,
Jlqq au, J f 0111,,I ~111lty

11, I l'Stro1<I with bl'ing a en~attonaltt

E. chore w ca WU,..--,, .
111
of rnnrct t'r t I1c ti n , at rL' a1n-1<W
w lttc
.
. and a I, Prame 111.
. .
aet , ecker after noterrcty . It '" ,are
to poned on aC<JOunt
of the
di~
.

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in tl11 lirt ltgn, a111lent1e11ctol 1,, th e pr1nc11,al
part ,,f that town 1
l

I
<l 1,ay that they arc . neither addtng
to hie wel\tber
wtll
g'ITeD
l,., lo:wgccl hy the 1,eck at uch time 0 cto I,er, 11 1ows p 1am 1y t 1e ne~

All
rdlall .& -J
\111"OYernor of the tale mi,ht
fi
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1
\Ve or taking from htm any or 111~popU Feb. 2 I th.
are 00
y 1nv1\
.,,
"'
o om" re pro ~c ,on ll'rt' ,
larit
Lo &\tend.
A. H. BUTUT,
.
BJ'P"'~", 11ot Ir than one) ear from hop" om,, st,p wtll he tnkcn h}' our ' y.
PreeidNt.
1la1t IL iM111
e ll Ulllcrtood ill l{an . citi1.,11alo ml'el the fim fitmJ 5ho11ltl
Oon i not alw"Y" with the strong 11,.,1 the gn,crnor
never Hc1" a it at""-' tim e br eak out .
e@l l,aitalions-the
race is not alM. C. Gaynor ahipped \hrwe ,...._,
da1t f.,r hanginl( a11<l that auch a
-----way to the wift ,,or the battle to of 1tock LOKaaou City
e111,m:e i in fact one for life.
GovY.Rl'IOR Leary of Oullm h8 the trong . The triumphs or day
.
Seed~
S&Js.
.
placed" tu of ff a gallon on whiH arr. not the Tictory or y..ani, and the
Tb Te-- &mlGold_.
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eer . a,lnntage
of one moment may only r
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Lea.,. yod
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y an, Ill cen1~ quut on
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fiJ.,,t ~11 application for a pardon hut Pllinting and ttioncrv are 11,lmit- ,ul<l to tho confusion which i to fol. :~:;
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A bout eight or nine ycan ago

1there oa111e to Powhattan
a man
namo,d \Vm. Clark l,ia wife and two
children.
lie wa a barber by trade
a11d a jointiat by choice, "nd workrcl
bot~ branche~ of hi~ buai11e11 while
here,
He lived in the building
which 1t1ll 1tand1 on the corner of
Commereial
and Main atreeta, hi
family
occu 1iNI the upper
part
while his barber ahop and j oint wore
on th., pend
tloor.
Clark waa a
1,r.,lly good sized man and while
not very qoarreloome generally, wa
rtcgarded u a "crapper" who it was
well enough not to cro
One day a ycyung man by th.,
name of Charley .Myers, who lived
near Fairview, and who ol~ sewiog
ma.,hine,
drove up ,rnd tied his
tt"am in fror.l of the j oi ut and went
in . That wa the lat ever seen of
Myt,r. b7 any one a far BR known.
Iii team uood where be had ilitch ,
ed it all night and part of tho n .. xt
.Illy.,r had only beon married
day.
a
month and liv~d near Fred
Schmitt on the road to FAirvicw .
Iii" wife h~cam .. anxiou nt hi ab nce and sent Fred Schmitt to look
for him.
Schmitt ca me here and
founcl ha team and w~ inrormed
by Clark that M) er had gont, to
!lc, llon and had expeotl.!d to return
on the night train but had not
ho"'n up. Schmitt took the team
to Mytcr' home where Mrs. Myer!
wait..d In vain for many a day and
flnallr giving np bop~ of ever oeeing
married
him ecured a divorce ud
again.
llyen ha1 never been ,,.,Brd
of otnct', Clark 1tayed here a few

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()pcmof.
JayH lifter My _er' ,Ji~aJJJt'ara11,,,a11d j
then nwvel
family 111. l' ad 111aj l:'"" .~I -1,.i,,
peop'.e drt~e
.Mn. Juha Sot.tl~ will ha,e ber
where t'Orua t11uu lat<r )11_. J1 t: tl. IJ1,. j ulll ~1111da) \.o \ ' J,.11 JoiOllU~ (rh:1 ,d JU new ,tock
.DJilil.Nr! good ope9
wifo moved to lllill',iH a11d r,t: .-11ti , I li 11! i10Jw ,,r ,ul"lti,1~ a "Hiuare." and ready for inapeet.ioa OIi &&.a.cliccl, On l1<r do,ath bo,,l :\I, . \.J;u k Tl11 ,ow lw lly i, L:Lti11g low in the day, March 24\h, ucl oordially I
told her watcher that C la,-k """ , !,,.,.,.,., :11111
th, ,1111
r k mut eem1 weary vitea the ladie1 of Powuuui
aa4
killed My ers au, ! ht bo neH c11!.J IH f, it,"""
fr:ti.:,a111:c
. The potatoe vicinity to call and ui-.
8be
found uuder the tloor u f th e j111111
,111 ,1,.,w ,ign 11f ,.11:iracl of the eytl hu employed :Mn. Joeie Nel of
Powhattan
whero th~y lived al the I autl .,f\,,1111," of tl11, ucart. and the Fairview, an experienoed
bat tri
time of his diHppcarauce .
, w,ary Ji.,u,.,w:fo whu i tired of mer, to uei1t bu and nerythiac
The above i the Mtory that wa 1111,k
111gth., aa111c olt1 thinge over will be found new and 11p,kMla&e.
eprung here lliiH week. The ci rc11111-,
a11<lover again rorts to her oook lier ,tore i1 in the Int 'b1aiWhc
stance, of .Mli,ra' diaappcaraucc
an, lioo k fur uew i1lt11,in the culinary oooth of the hotel.

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lived here at that ti~c.
We h ave r..lial.'I " u~vy
which although
not learned who rcci,1ncl the <ly111g pat 1t pmne till able to report
womane confcion an,) no one""' ' "'" for cluty. t;armtccl good, are tried
to know poeitiv.,ly whether ,u ch a i fur a 111~alor two but don't hit the
conreHRioo baa -evur hccu maU t!. . ~pot, awl ~veryone ia waiting and
Many are i11c li11e1.I tu b i,li.,ve that ""'"ing for garJ, , 11 """"A"to come
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thi otory ori~inate<l in the fertile aitain whi,11 life will once more be
min,I of ome one who iH fond of worth livi 11~.
the een.ational.
Until aome cmc
who ha, the report ed c:>11ftcio11I HoRN. -011
J\lu ch 20th to Mr.
1n I)IN
poRtlCBKIOU
f on,Hr d ancl M'" ( 'ha,. CTarrett, a daughter .
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haH be.,n
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Tho,. l\l.lthew, an ol<I Aettler of
ar e told which a,e not co11ti111,,IttJ Brown co1111ty hut who now ma,es
.To.eph, W&lt ~haking
the b uilding in qu,li<011 ,u11l it ;. I hiH homH in
whipcrcd that ,1r .1nge uoi ~ aucl h :u 111, with the old timen
here
groan
hav" l,~t'n lward miuglccl ,. \VpcJneclay.
.with the igh i11g of the mi,lnight
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wincl, hut the hpti, al 1,. . 0 .,1e I The q1wa1ion of fire protection
cJnim that the i,:roa 11 are 11
hy \ houl,f 1,., ni.titat .ed _and s~mething
th .. olcl wiud -mill ahoH th~ towu cin11c tn prnt.,ct nnr little 011.y from
J>UmJ>calling in plai11t1,e tonu
lur th, fir~ fi~"I.
We have absolutely
11nthin ~ with which to tight a tire
more greue .
houl,I nn .. hreak out and thi1 ma\.
0 . R. Aclam i lll'rn for a re w ter hou I,t not be neglected . Let
<l11y' vii~ with ul<l fri~nd 111
nl rel our cit1z.,11get togetbu and decide
ative .
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Where i, the town the iiM of

Powhattan that CUI ,how u f004I
a reoord in police ooun?
Oue io twelve month; and that fOf'
oft'ena" committed the year prenou.

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Frank Elliott., the editor of t11e

Troy Timea, waa 1bot and dan,e..,

ouoly wounded at that place Tnelldaf
night by a concealed
-iD
wli
escaped.
Rememper
lulea
Bourq111D
optician will be at Dr. Calnan' office nut .Monday.
The city cauoaa held in
der'e hall yeet.erday att.el'DOOIIDaminated tbe following ticket:
Ka7or,
D. A. FoNe; oity clerk, C. JI.
Moore; police judge, J. B. _Adaa1;
cit) mar,bal, W. J. CalDUj ~
oommiuioner,
John MarrioU; -
cilmen, H. J, Calnan, 8. Bn.dalil,
W. H. MoGinnli,
8. T. Bolooa~

George Barret_t..__

The town1hip boardborbl I Hit

road grader 111dgan It a tnal OIi
tbe etrteta Wedneeday which prm
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Should Prepare.
Taffy.

That Murdu Story.

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Tlw tory of the m,mln
111 My ,\ ,,!,, ,J,rn~l1tt>r ,.i ~Ir. 11n,I J\lr. I Tr wnnlcl I,, :i J!Onrt irl, f,,. I' "
Henry C11!11a11,
,,(The Poir
n by Bill Clark al thi J'lac, 1,i111 L. 1;,1mor .. dit'J 81111.r:1,
,.,.,1 "' 1 pie who l,ov t.,111pr,11l1w;,,... '"" Pmt, thl' ""'"''""l
country Nii
y...ar11&JlOhall Lt-t>nrt-vivt>J s1w 111:,,y huri, -,1 ' 1"1u,~1lnyat th,<: r:uul Prairi11 i , hi11v rlnrinl' , iw pni,11 ynr , , , !..'Pt N ortheutt-rn
K11n,.a, ia being
of our people are b1gin11i11j!1,, , I.ink nm, ; . , .' .
The ~ uq, ;,t '" of t hc ,.tog ..th.r 0111, fiJ?nrr 1.. "t,at eu of u r .. pr ..... 11,ative to the~
th.-n, iM "'"m ...thin,: in it 11f11
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m1111~111111ti~uf th .. l1111ave,I par t.hPV havf-' prn ltu l'fl nnt.1 what th .. \ lature from Bro" n county.
A <laughter of ( 'lark ll\'t,, nl , ent ;.:" uni to tlll'm iu dot"ir time of hovr clono w11h ii.
a c:1p:1ble 111011
if he can a1f
I vrt'~f!nt, tl~ar Capioma a,111 H~"' t'l)
sun,,"'' illld while tluir lwBrtN Rll' I ThiR Rppli, ,.,; l'J,l1lf
'CiA11yto frirm1 r ... 1"111trvu
. Th~r ..' no mone1 in
we u111l.. rtand trum otlwr parti1:, bn"1 cl "i1h grief at th, '"'" of th~ir/ The oonRII will h,, tl\kPn in JnnP for llny hurwt
man.-RI
that although he " a only ahout litt!. ,lar1i,,K itcre i, " hopP tli:11. nncl Ill thlll litn" I.ho prnrlnc,pr will : \V nrld,
five or ix yea1'8 oltl al 1111,tim,, he ~nm, 111111
, nnwwh, r, '" ... ,. futur e he> exrecrecl tu know ahont all that I n.~,y Cl\ln~n who WU m
, r,coll,ct th~ ci~cumlRIICt' :1111!
that tlll'y "ill again ~ri 1h,ir luv,d 111_11
h r.nm1>hi ".'"'' clu,ing thP yar, 1.nngre,~ionxl
rnn,':it~maa
; her fathn du! kill Myer ancl 1hrt'at who li:o h, 111la1,I "" a, 111 rtl 111 Th fnrmrr will hr akecl l111wmowh I Brown 111an nlcl "Q e11g1neer
eaod t,, kill lwr if lu, eve, tol,I it. thi, ,.,.1,1, nn~I gmv, .
corn, " 'heat, oalo, r~ hrl1, , lo,v roilrn&d l':tperi~11,,<! hu llltj
Now wlulher thi part of ll!e lory
1,.,.J.,tnck h 1,uclMPPcl;whAt ~mount I fur" placp Al the throttle of l
I ie true we ue nut f'Tl'I""'"'' lo ay,
Jnh11 l\h ''I' Im 11.i,,,.,1 hi IIHOlt' or tl11 hP ,,. .,1 r .. , himpff ncl whot. ,!!ine whit"h l'lot the politi '
but it t bciug t11lkc,I "" tr,e lrcct . to nnr oulisr.ripli 11li,1 . John i '"'" omount . he n,nrlt ..
Thi pl1111will chin~ry nf Brown . Calnan la C
incJ ..-e give it for "hat It i worth. of th" pro,,,..rouij y111111g
farmer nf .,, .,,n ho pxt.,ncl~cl to 111kP in the the jnllit'l Tr.,hmt'n who eYer'.
!t woul,l 1,., a11.a,y mattn lo ttl.e thiM \'ki11i1y and will hrp potrd 1111
amount of hnlll'r nncl el!/!" prnclnr.ccl a hlackthorn .-Xnrtnnville
N~
,r an)t>III' took tntNcMt c111111hIll It ,,ossiui,: i,v,nl hyR ..- .... kl~ p..rnnl .. r nn,J how mnch of thi "'"" marltclrcl. . There will ,, .. fl concert Ii
to dil,( nud.,r the l11u1. Ir tlure i T111t l'oHT . J\lmri Cahill whn ha . In fnr .t, farm lntitiro or nil lcinrl Cnnjlrt'gation>ll ,hurcb next 1J
a man 1,nriNI lhne or if th" atory IH r10:
.. 11tly mn, .,,I 011 the S11mm1II. ,..mhr cnrrnll\'
111ltPn
J .. vO:uing April 13th
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a falit' could be ecttl,d hy au i11n farm cot of IOWMJou alo ortlcncl . Ancl. in the ,~kinir nf 1h1>r.Pnouo, .it ctnto.
A ucs ,.,j
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ligation.
thiM fami'y 1,11per tn viit him WPl'k 1 qu1t1> ~rohAhlP thl' " 'O":Pn wrll
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ly. Dr. Ch 11r1... A 111lrt"w h 11 hr.at hnve tn irv mnr.h nf the tnfnrmR
W,ll:ird. Utvull found a I"!
If thPrl' 18 anythin .i: th11t make a cd at ).pwio, }l;dwardo c~,uroty, 1111cl
: lion. It i vcry likelv thO\l the form- k "Y, an d . r 111
1! nn ti e ro ad
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woman look like a tril,(hl oncl "'"an will t ..arn thr new frum '1'111<PoMT.1 rr him,Plf will oft~n hr awnv from town whu:h th" owner can ha1
ennugh tn ""Rre the ,al$ off th,..Jol11cl', Ill. C. l\l, Cafferty and llngh """"YII thP hnue .,.,J1en the crnouo enumra
callin11 at thio office.
:
it lo when ,he has hn hair ,1.. ne up
in curl papel'tl.-i:fabPthll Commnd;,I

Rmonll other adrlitioue to our tor 111110,

Rnd then it will clP,olvA
J1toper Bartl .. , wu in Kana
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ra11iclly itrowini,t nhtcriptio11 list.
upon. the wn_men nf. !hi' hnnoPhn,lcl Wedneday 11nd thPy bowed I'
n., npt>cl ouch thin!( from the
,,rII mnn doro
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to ll'V" th e information.
Tn
hot time.
He
tLe bi1 oa
wono.. n hut when a ~1111
On ...nollll'r l'"!lll will ht> fnunil in cloinir thi it "'ill he '11'('11
for PVPrV.
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hi m.ula, he up on cnrl f:lJJN, eHry the nrhcrtiNcm,nt of Smith & 111,
ail, fRrmrr to prPpl\rc> 11otatemrnt of hio lton b" h urn ''.wnb ap
ah!., hoclierl man who witnr,
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. WM l e ottet tnr.e e ever 11&
tlot popnlor llnrtnto dru11g1I. (nil procl11rl_<l11r1~irthr pnot yr&r, Ancl
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the p 11nclP gH B f'Ait1 in Iii "" nn I Ioc-tn " I1en you Irnvc l111M111,
lo
how
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John II. llall retaru,d
Tllj'
hOOI'. 011e or thee oimp!Ptooo wao th l t 0 .
pro,lnrt wrre cl, poorrl of.
Thi
Pl'to
takin~ clown hi "cnrl" nt ~
j;;. " " n.
,..ilf mnlce th~ work of the er,umc>r,.. from Leeton Mo., when, he pa)
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tor m11ch more imple.

ed two 611e jacks, fonr Jenneti
0
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I oe 111ght of lhe
.An~nt ,lohnoon will bnil,1 n rr A l 1irt 1,.0
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m,,.,m", r11tor i 11nt llO 111regioterecl trotting !'Oh, whiO:
, ~nrc
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only it.Ir~ thRl ('\ ' l'r 1,I ,ucc nor ti Io f ti 1e "I
~- '"". 1IKn c h urc I1
to h RV<' R J>lcnir.. All o f 1h 1> ter i probably
hl'st;bred
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; <'hll'f
that fe11ow'8 head io that he hllirin!( purd,asl'il
of the work mnt hr ,lone ~lurinl? 1hr month: ever brought lll this Al'cdon . 1
00 ., hall
: ; prHty.
acre belor,ging 1<,,l;c, r.hurch . Work nf ,June, 11ncl1'111
he'" not 111lnwrcl to ,
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hsve ftnV heJppr, hn wifl hKVI' tn <In i who lr8

tntereotf!<i ID
N . F. lie is tranlin~
for thp on the hnil<lin .1! will ho commrncl'rl
,omr prc>tty lively huotling.-Rohinhnroes or mule> will do well \4
O,ho,11e implement compnny.
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and see Mr . 11111'tock.

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POWHATTAN, KANSAS, APRIL l7, 1900.
Doa't do it, Boys.
live right, and when obe d1e1 wh, , to 1805, when we bad our baod1
Don't do it b,,y., you )OUDICfel- love y11umore tbRn n yo ne ..loe n
full and when outside ioterferAnoe
low, who alip away evening 8 llDd er lov ..,I you, when tbt! ,u,ted !Ired would have beeo exoeedingly emota'J out on the 9lreeu, loafing until hand have been folded for unhr .. k barr&Hiog Viotoru, wu our friend
in the night, perbapa e"rly Dt!XI en .1.,
..p, there will );" with , "" and oo doubt prevented her govern,
morning. You are young now, but weet "1ul t ..nder r" "" IJ~ction Ii '""ut fn,m mixin)( openly in the
tbe timt! will oome wh tJn you will ,cuardian ""I<")'alnn,c the rul(g"d fight 111 favor or the South. Maybe

"'" could have whipped the South

wi1h you had b..en careful of your road of life. Now i th e time 1" ,rnd Kngland put ,,.,l(ether, but we
health and habiu.
And don't rlliuk begin to be a man, not wait 'til Y"ll doubt. At any rate, we have alway,
a mioer<1bltJ otmking oigarntte bt! are 'grown up.' "
been oblig.,d to Vwt<>ria for saving
&
twe,,o your tet!th and puff until your
-- UM from the exp .. rimt'nt.-Mail
be.Jo
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No Show for the Prince of Wala. Brena.
1u~g,
me '.'-8 ry an
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At the a e of 81 in fact, alrn n,t . '
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fried goo1e' 1 !1ver, your km a,

. lemon aAd your eyes at th11""e

low aa a dried
e of 82 ' Qu,~n V10tor1a 1, I per 11vee t I1e Iee enPe b e sees 10
dead sod waten aa boiled onions. vioiting in Irela n cl. l'\he aeem a mern pers onal controveriee.
Ooly
Don't cook you; little ,oft bat on chipp<'r 88 a girl or tlfty ao d ea~ 11 nonentity who ie without opinio11
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that ohe neve r falt bett er. All thi~
one aide or your little swelle,I bead
ur conviction can expeot to be above
.
talk about her dyin!(
an,l atart out .10 11>arobof re,I liquor.
. frnm trorry .un censure , A sen' bl e man caret 11ttle
th
t
If you do they will bnry you one of ~ccou~t of e war ID : Sou b. Afrwa for fling personal to himself. They
90
the,e day, and they'll do it i a a mi~take. ~he
tmm "~ 1 u,ually originate from irresponsible
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want to be a man, let drink alone .
R l'a, I or otndv, pl11ymarhls or ball
. .k up your

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a filly'
run, k1c
ht'ela hke
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~me'. ,ott> a ~aature or t le rot
time ID the prn,g, but don't pour
rotte n poison tuff oalled wbiky
uown yonr throat . It i not your's
anyway , it b ..longa to the dHil, and
he nt'ed it all every drop of it, Arul
above all don't by word or d ..ed, 11dd
I n th e b uru, ..n, o f your mut I,er; . remember .that hP lo,e you as deep ly
ao when you were a clean, white lit,
tie babe, though you mar Dow be a

ate notion ,f eitlwr y,ng or of g,v .

ID!,! up her Jnb.'
lJ ud ..r the 01rcumt1111oee
the pro
peels of Etlwar.t ' Prinue of , \V11le'
ever occpnng th e :hrone of Engla nd
eem rem;,tl' , Edward was ~8 la,t
No,emb ..r.
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Oi.aritr<:onc:at

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for benefll. of I1,dia'1 1de....,

rich program bu beea arraapl
will be n,odered ai the Pow~
Cbriatlan chnrob, Friday ........
April 7th by the joiat dort of .. :
home talent of Powhattan, ucl
cioity, uaiated by ReY. WU...:
elocutioniat.. The program la :
it.orio1111,
the object worthy .. ct ..
trust it will meet yonr appt'OYII_. ,
warrant your patronage. Adml ...... .
adult.II 26 oente, childn,a aader 11
yeara 10 cent.a Corn111encin1
a& a
p. m. abarp .- F. H. Smith.

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Onion aet1 at Holoomba.

Clark Moore', big St. ~naanl
died Monday night. Po1aoa.

The Woodman lodge gue a ..,..

ou.roes and are only given pretended
per Friday mght for the beael\ of
credence by th ose who seek to injure the Royal Ne1ghbora. The ..-i ...

k UllWD b et tot h em
you f or motives
were t 14,
The Royal aeipw
too eb ort to f rittH

e Ivoe. L'f1 e 1e
lodge ie the auxiliary to t.he
away litening to rumors and chasing
man and ie a good in111MU1ceorclw.
them about. A night mare is bad The memben ehonld attend
enoug,I b ut d on t worry you,-c tr try larly and keep up the interel\ ...

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to h a Iter t L,e trou bl eaome b eit.et. it would be one of the beet lod,K eep t h e I'1ver an d temper m
goo d
io the city.
d
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'" er an ahe will vamh eve n as
Mi1111
Sadie Gear of Aaaiia, Mo.,
the mi,t or shadow of a dream .ie vi1iting her cousin, Mra, G. B
ll 'ighla,,d v idette,
Valentine, this week.
By making a lar!!e purchase :>f baHoes, rakes and ,padea ai Bolcon before the re cent advance in
price en ..bles me to sell you the oomb',.
C0l. Metcalf will inapeot Co. F. M
oame at .,,.,.rJy what it cost.a wbolealb at pre~ent.-A . J. Beit1.
Hiawatha l\lay 11th. All
l.luy 74 lest cieorderized gasoline. an, compelled to be ptewD\.

W-.

mot her now g1veA

promio uf holdini: nn For a dozeu

Year ,\t that time , if EdwB<d i
alive, he ,.-ill be io 110d when humperl wil h agP. Edw" rd hit a very
liv ely pace iu hi youth and in all
probability will not lat as. long as
hie di,tinguibed
moth er, who ha

alwaye been a lady o' eicet'dingly

regular and correct habi1e of life .
"tough kid" whom everyone dilik e.
So far a the pPoplc of this conn,
She is not ae atrong a Rbe wa one~,
the hand of time, maybe, ha touch ed try arc concerned thl'y will bti pleas
etl to hear thnt the queen ia feeling
her hair, and left 11 grey and streak all hunkydory and hope that ehtl
ed where it wa,o 011c11 beautlfni and ruay live and reign for twenty year
glOlll'y. HeT tep I~ slower than it yet. Thy realizt! that Victoria ha
ned to be. Be a man, repPct her; always bern our frientl. Frnm 180 I

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It is the best and Just what you

Marlt Kpw;malm11 IOM

nee<l for your 1t.ove1 and iru lamps . nice 11:odakplctul'ff of ree14.. .,_.
20 cents per gallon at L. B. Pnrk aronnd tow11. 811
low. Give him aa order.
hier & Co'

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iAmNotSdlingOutAt <:ost.
BultJ a,a eelliag u cheap u anyone CH and Jive, quality of goc>(laoo
aidered.. Here are a fe pricee:
. Diamond Flour, u good u any Flour in Ka11M1.e1.ooor
600 lhe Iota at tlt.00 per hnn,lretl.
n.t T per pound
50c.
IOlt1t1li,rbt brown euJ.ar
e1.oo

M os ,rood bakin1 potrder .

too
Other thinge in proporttoD. Hi,rhft) market price peid for pralaee

w-. :a.. ~oe-x:xxia..

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DOLLARPER
POWHATTAN, KANSAS, JUL-Y 6, 1900.
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be\ter speaker conld not have i,...
The "Devil's" Diary.
An Ariiona Kicker.
"Teddy" at Horton.

Th-, ,t.,,il" of th" cumpoinl:(

Thrl!u men came riding into town
I room of the Topeka Capital, und,r Sunday on hicyclea looking
for
tl.u, Sheldon influ111t:~, wrote the work. Tl11,y 1:1:liin lo have come
following in hi diary:
10 a . n,. from Arizona where the paper
-Ain't
,,. ore toclay, nur omoke,I Htatc,I that there was an enormouR
a cig:ul'lle otuh Hince lal 11i1,d1t. wheat crop in KansaR, han,I~ were
U,,t II awful 1ueer fcelin'.
I I a. RcJrcfl an,I. the farmerR were paying
They have
m.-\Vr,n,l~r
wot'
happ<!nin' to t:i a day for hdp.
me? De offi boy, .Mike, jct foun,l pl,;nty of help at ti a <lay and

t1lappe i me fact, au'

I turned
me
'im . I 2 noon-

Loart] anJ one of the

<Midtr face toore,I

Caught meelf cllllin' de editor
"~fr ." Shel,lun, an' howin' lo 'im
like a kid ,.-ot'<l Leen brought up
on E-.y trecl . I p. m.-Akc,I
~fr. Sheldon for a 8unolay 8cl1ool
hook, an' tohl 'im I wa goin' to
Hllhcrihe tor hi~ paper an' ole
War Cry . llully ge t '.
p. m .Bin whistlin' a hymn lune ,lat I
<li,ln't know <lat I knew it mc"<lf.
BPgg1ol It foreman' par,lon fn
kn o,:kin' a galley out of my hanI
Ile a,kc,I me if I w:,s ,l,aol crazy.
:1 p. m.-<,~ttin'
o I make meclf
l"ick. 4 p. m .-V o mmencc to wil'lh
fer clYan do"e an' knickerbo cker
pant an' a nlnt
j:,cket an' a 1.,ig
yeller tic an ' a cake of soap. 5 p.
m.-Ftcl
a funny kind o' itd,in'
on me Hhu11ltlcr 1,la,lc. U p. m.ll' a wing.-ll11tchi1,snn
Mail.

work WeHl of town Monday, hut one

of the other claimed that ti a day
wouldn't keep hi,a in chewing to
harco, and he will ride hi wheel
until l,e fi,ulH a farmer who will
include tohacco in 'his bill of fare .
lie is evi,lcntly aR independent
as
a retired horHf! do,.tor.

trio

tu

Wl!nl

lllany familieM in tbiH nt,igbhorho><

I JHnt th e 4th at home, but
ncv,rt !lt'h !HH th<'y <:elPbratcd, and it
is prenme,I thnt the feast and fire
cra cker~ hc1Hath the sba,Ie trees of
the farm were ,p,ite a enjoyable AR
the usnal lireome flurry of celebration, in n~igl,l,oring towns.

I nm cont,mplating a change of
locatron anrl th oHe indebte,I to me
will confer a fnvnr by ett! ' ng all
acr,ount on or 1,efore July 14th.
IleRpectfnlly,
w. L. IlRNSETT.

Many of our people took advan.

tage of the opportuuity to Bee and
bear Governor Rooevelt, Republi
can candidate for vice president,
who passed through Horton on bis
triumvhal trip t.brough Kansu on
tbe 4th. Although the notice wu
short hundred or enthusiastic peo11lcgreeted tho hero or San Juan
hill and listened lo a ten minutes'
pcech that set the crowd wild.
The special train consited of three
coaches and a dining car and wu
ha1,dsomely decorated
with flags
and bunti, ,g and as it pulled into
the ,talion cheer after cheer rent
the 11ir. A flat car had been placed
on the passing track and u the
pccial stopped a gang plank was
pushed out and Governor Roosevelt walked OYer and was inlroducrd
to the people by Mayor Kelly of
Horton.
llis peecb was necessarily
hort and he reque,ted the people
to withold their applause, which be
appreciated greatly, as he had much
that he wished lo uy and his time
wn short.
The whistle of the
locomotive Bounded the warning
that the time was up all too soon
and th ere was a wild rush to grap
the hand vf the gonrnor and as the
train pulled out many clung to it
for the purpose of shaking bis band,
~micl cheer given wllh a will
for Tiooe\'elt.
At 8 o'cock Cheler
I. Long, congreMmaa from the 7th
Jislriot
of KanRas addresed the
people from a stand erected ill the

The houae of lllrs . Frink 9011

th of
Charlev A,IamH went to St . .Jo.
the ground
eJJh lo hear the \:,n1,n11 cracker Fairview lr11rncd to
l'ucJay night .
pop on the 4th .
Several people of Powhattan 11nd
A young man working for John
vicinity were up lo SahPtha W e<l
11~,n takicked in the face by a IH.N<lay <alcbratin~ the glorionH 4th .
mult lat Mon<lay. The wound i
It wa the opening of the
Hcv . J . W. Cone and wife A\Ne treet.
no~ eriou but his beauty iH Mme
4th of July viilor at Sabetha.
campaign in Drown county and a
what impaireJ.

cbften to fire the lint gun. It WM

a grand speech and eYer7 1bol laH
tb11 mark. He bandied t.be PlalU,.
pine queuion in sDcb a plai11 mauer
that there wu nothing !eh \o UL
,bowed that the acqui,itiOII of
the Philippine islands could i:e'f'er
have been accompliabed were it
for tbe aid or Bryan who caa, lo
Wuhington
penonally
and arpcl
the Democratic and Popaliat meaben of the United St.ate, 11euw to
vote for the raLification of IJte
treaty with Spain, the provi1i0111 of
which gave n, those ielabdl aed
witboDt which we never oould b1H
acquired them, and it took a tthirds vote and the Republicu1 dii
not have a majority in the 11enat.ea&
that time. Hi speech wu In-.
eating Crom start to finish and be
was lib~rally 'lpplauded throagbow\;
The Hiawatha band played goo4
music, the Horton llambeaa olalt
marched and g&\'e & fine u:bibl\loa
or fire works and at 10:16 o'clock
when the tra!D pDlled oat for Po.,.
hattan ever) body wu happy u4
Horton was 1till in a blue of glOl')',_

He

There will be no 11ervioeaheld 8'

the M. E. church Sunday, Jul:, 8&11,
as the bDilding will not be la
proper co11ditiou to lo be Ulled.
lllis1 Iona Lewi and Mr. .Neltoa
\Vyatt were ubited in matriaOIIJ
Thursday of laat week at Falla (.,'tJ
Nebruh.
Both th .e bride _.
~room have lived in tbi1 YiolnltJ
since childhood and are blgbly nspected by all who know them.

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POWHATTAN, KANSAS, JULY 20, J900.

ONE DOUAR. PD.

A cloud bur,t repon.ed a& Jloll

Ran Amuck.
Lets Have Mott Hitchracb.
New Lumber Company.
The wife of the e ution Ito 11t
A cbr.mc hu been 011 foot for
There is an urgent demand for rill Sunday. Thia ia the
S..verance ran amuck orrn day lat omo limo Ly several partiee to morf! hitchrock.
There are not for that place in tbe laet 1ix moodii
: .-ek. Sim filled her baby carriage ~tart a lumher IUJ<l hardware com- iialf enough aL present to accom- Cloud horat.a 1ee1a to ban a pal

with roch and allachrl tlie Turner pany at tbi plao~. S,,Hciton have modate the farmers 011 any Satur- tiality for dry town,.
hl\ll. After the boml,ar<lment the Le.-11 among the farm<'t for the <lay. Tl.ere were quite a number
J. N. w,au and wife &Del
"hall" looked though a rapidfirc purposo of inducing them to tah
of people from the country in iown
Ha"ey Nichol, ,rent to Falla
maxim l1a.J Leen turue<I looe upon lock in the ve11turo but with wbat laot Saturday night ud many of
Neb, &t.arday,
to
Yiait
it . jhe lhreate,,ed io hlow it up ucct wu are unable to say , them could not find no place to bitch
Wyatt' brother who Jiy91 a&
and returned latAt, armed with a llenry Tuggle i one of the promo tht-ir teams and tbc,re waa quite a
place.
a!chel filled with baby clotl1c, a11d ter of the cl1Pme and he claim roar in 0001equenee.
The city
h1t't it fanny that while
warned the people to keep swl\y a that thNe La hecn nearlv t5,CJO(J Lould put in a row of bitch poet,
i the atd1el eontaino,l an cxploive . nhcribed to be taken ln tock . on one of th e 1ide 1treet.A. Ir you Democratic party "hollera" for Ii
,taynr
llecn~y
lipp, d up Ru,! Whether th e lock com1,any will bi, want the people io come here to to I, the Repablicaa,
gaYe i\ s
thrut hi haod into the alchcl au,I urga11i1.ctl ncc eHfully i a 1netion trade there 1hoald be eome effort them 100 per cent. itrong?
'l'IMal
:,n<I a hP wiped hi hl\1111011 tl,e thar. no one eems able to anwer at made to accommoadate them when ii more eilver in ciroulatioa 1118'
i,:r he remarkc,l to the cro...-,1. pre,er,t but will probobly be d~ter- they do come. A row of po1U could ever before in the world' )I~
It ain't ,Jyn~mite, hop , it wom." mined in a few rlay~. We uuder be put io on Main street ex~nding and ia thie gTeat ,ilver n-pimtiol
Owing to her mental couditiou "" " tall(! that a propoition bas been from Commercial
street to the there bu been no cheating by .i
w!l not arretNI.
ma,l c to Mr . Moore to buy hi& lum- Chri&tian church
if
neceuary.
luting tile quality or redaeuir silt
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ti
t There i a ect,on of Railroad 1treet
Id ...__.
Ton:KA, KAN., .Jul\ J.Hh lllOCJ. 1 c r a11, grain
u111.'""u, ic eve~
etaodard.
It i1 the ll&IDB o
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I'

tha~ the company 1 succeaHfnl m uorth of !tlain that i1 not aod never Jar of oar daddiee, worth JOO -
.,,,.,ITOR
oar .-:Sl1aq, a111lI hav"
. .
111
d
d
Id b 1 d
aa,4 ,r~
.
d
r:u,mg the amount of tn ck ntces- w1 ,e u,e an 1t cou
e u 1t1ze in gold or greenlracb,
I, .. t-n a11,-1,l!t1<
hy rt.-,tllt-Mt to the
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ary. Jlfr, :Moore hu expre ecl h1 mt 11amanner to goo

a va,utage . .-ou eell auytbing you doD't laa'f1,
I Hh 111fantry IIOW ,lui11g-acti ve HCr 1r
II r h
h" rr h
rt
d t
t ,
vice in C.:hi11>1
. \\ ' e !<ave for 8a11 w1 ong11e to ac
e S"l"
1
t _c prope y ownera
on pu io top and aok.whether YOII .are W
L'
price
.. 11
up hitch pots enough io accommo- be .,a,ci in . ,il,.er or gt'lcl. U
r r:incicn to-day Rt I~ :10 o'cloi'k
--l
-,
date th_e farm_er "ho _come here to . tb"t '"age of progreN and ~
1
,i11Central Pa eitic route. \Ve will
Tl ()
1 1> I I I
d"
r. y.ter fJ
1<0 a wit 1 118 me I do their trading the city sbvuld
do the Republicans ban 1implJ
rtmain in San Fr11nciRco unti1 tlu (:in~ wagon waH in town this wet>k.
b
II
a:i auiomatic regulator llpc>II
1 t of All!,:Ut, whe11 we will go Thi iK moat too healthy a commun - o Y a mean.
_ai
I
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--16 io I faoiory motor, \anled 191
a mar,
t 1<, tranport
leamHhip ity for a mPJicine wagon to thrive
C. II. Pierce, t~e re~l etate man water
the turbine, NI lier~
"llan<li:o<'k" J,.,nnd f.>r Nag-aaki, I in . But if Dr. 1\fedici11e should who u, ed to hve m Hiawatha, bot
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d . It
illi"
.la pan, an<! r, om th ew~ d;n ctly to I come along wi1h an ov,ter II agnn ie ~ow living in Waahingtoo
KR.o. bummmg, ~n " 111 eep m -.
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' 16 to I unul enrybody bM ae
1111a Wn<r<
11e w1 J11n our
regi 1,., would probaLly lr1lce 1t shout v11tad h1 brother -m -l1n,, W, E.
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bl
Illa
tf
meut . I will try to !(l\'e _vou aome . I
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yn1 weet o town t 11 wee...
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db' j d
en\ lo r9'llbl
i,le, of the hoxer ituation a I ee
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lie inform 05 that he bu M>me acquire an
'" a gm
.
it upon our arrival there, providing
There ,nil be rrgular rrn ccR 11t
b
.
.
Jr anybody OOIDtll OU\ tlliort ..
J
in
re11l
e~tate.
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be
UJ
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h
ercellent
11rgame
1 m not too 1111.ilyPng~gt'il in the t 1,e
. . c1
~un,1B'.' u Iy A1none wil!hin to sell or uchan e 16 to I, I\ lt'I 11.no
f,oii11g" Yours Trul,
112nd. SPrmon 1n t.!
mornrng hy would ,lo wellg to write
.
.
g of the Reptabh0&11

hnu at
,
Ill .. -"
<,.-,, \V r >:WI"
. thi, pator, ulrJ r ct: "Thie IIumBnoty
.
of l;nole Sam I money m -.~

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\\'asb1"gton
.a fof
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j of Je11 Chrit ." Jn the evening

fault will ban to be look

n. II . ,al,ntine ,.BR a Horton vi Prnfc,wr F,mlyce PhD . will ad- Bcllyea the land merchant of Sa- in the vicinity of the "h:,lltr."-!
itor Tue>day .
<Ire th e yonng peoplr.
betha wH in town Tueeday.
Wathena Repubhcan.

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Highest
Price
Paid
for
all
Kinds
of
6rain
h;J
: .-

For tho honofll of our CuHtomers we kf'l'J>

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a completo

Mlock of ...

Lumber and Building

Material

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Powhattan,

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Kansas.

1901
Powhattan~

1903

appointed

- The newspaper
changed
became~
Powhattan~-

- Dr.

City

R.

Health

Stewart

Officer.

came

hands

to

and

town

and

was

A calaboose
was located
on what is now the
north
edge
of the park.
This was necessary
to take care
of
transients,
intoxicants,
vandals,
and robbers.
Usually
the city provided
them a meal and sent them on their
way
the
next day.
Later
a brick
jail
was built
for
more
permanent
quarters.
It still
sets east of the Central
Garage Building
and has the siren
on it.
1904
- A city marshal
was hired
at $40 per
He was w. H. McGinnis.
Several
years
later,
Speaks
served
in this
position
and continued
to
until
his death in 1934.

month.
Wesley
do so

About this
time a few cars started
appearing
in the
streets
of Powhattan.
Samuel Bredahl
had the first
one.
C. R. Tuggle owned the second one.
Mr.
Tuggle was a
carpenter
and Fern Hall's
father.
Among the first
cars
were Model T Ford,
Reo,
Maxwell,
Hupmobile,
Overland,
Dort,
and Stanley
Steamer.
None of these
are any longer
made.
In these
years,
nearly
every farmer grew a patch of
cane
for making sorghum molasses.
Cornmeal
and wheat
flour
were
commonly obtained
by farmers
taking
their
grain
to mills
for processing.
Hiawatha
had
a flour
mill
which
even the parents
of the writer
used in
the
twenties.
Most of the meat was processed,
cured,
and
smoked at home.
The meat markets
catered
to city people
who had no livestock.
people

1905 - The telephone

came to Powhattan
and about
installed
them in their
homes and businesses.

R.
R.
Smith
side of Commercial
Meyer Grocery,
the
Grocery,
Mayfield's,
Mr.
Langtree,
of
someday to use it

90

built
a new grocery
store
on the west
Street.
It later
became the
A. J.
Farmer's
Store,
"Ruf" Smith,
Duncan's
and lastly
Mac's Market.
Today,
Hollywood,
owns the building,
hoping
in the making of a movie.

The Evangelical
Reformed Church started
using
old Public
Hall south of Zimmerman's
Blacksmith
Shop
its
services.
After
the new City Hall above the
was
finished,
the Evangelical
membership
purchased
old
building
and
used it
until
1940,
when it
salvaged
for lumber.
32

the
for
bank
the
was

Banker Bredahl
built
his bride
commercial.
Now this
was a street
enough for any town.

Residenc
s e c ond

a new house on South

of lovely
houses
nice

e s t re e t
lo ok i ng nor th tow a rd t own ab o ut
19 0 9.
Th e
h ouse wa s bui lt abo ut 1 905 by ban ker
Samue l Bre dah l.

1906
- The
Bank
of Powhattan
built
a new brick
building
large
enough to have a store
(as big
as
the
bank) on the west
(present
Legion
Hall)
and a Community
Hall
(later
named the City Hall)
on the second
story .

Bank and City

Hall built
i n 1906 as
about
1918.
The lower left
part 8f
housed
a hardware
store.
TGe build
backgr o :1d was To.e p-9h'.,.'lil,._t_t_ao
E9 ..sJ:. of f
on the
cft -- some believe
was the ii
Blacksr., t h Shop.

33

it
c;.JjJeared
the
tu iic1 ing
ng in
r:. g ht
ce .
T h e one
st
i~ me rrr.an

Dances,
school
plays,
musicals,
revival
roller
skating,
vaudeville
shows,
graduations,
ball,
box suppers,
and many more interesting
remembered
events
took place
in this
hall.
town

A new windmill
wheel had to be purchased
pump this
year at a cost of $29.50.

Dr.
R.
L.
Funk
schoolteacher
the next year,
when he moved to Topeka.

came
to
town,
and lived
here

meetings,
basket
and longfor

the

married
a
until
1931

P.OWHATTAN
IS VISlT.i<:D
Looking back it does not seem
BY A DISASTROUS
the fight on the fire cnnlLi have
been any better managed.
Peo
(5,ol.11 _FI_RE_ , .o
pie kept their heads and 1.vorker1
' Between three and four o'clock to the be .st advantage valiant! E
1J ednesday morning Mr: Wash and bravely.

~tewart's ,were a~aken~d ~y th~

At one time t,he heat was so
smell of smoke m their rno:us great that the men bad to '.:le
back of the restaurant.
'rhe tire drern~hed before they could run
had sta .rted in . the bakery i~nd in next to the pump shop to
had made such progress that ~be t,hrow the watet on that building.
family barely escaped, not bemg
able to save even the clothi 11g They were all ready to p1JUDr.
Lhey had worn th~ previous day. Stewart's office off the lot in case
Centrc1.l turned on the alarm. the pump shop caught on fl i:e ..
ever) where, to which the town
people responded
promptly to
W. L. Forbes had fortunately
be reenforced
in a few m!nutes left a dressed b,iefiat the slaughby people from the countrs
who ter housi- on 'l'uesday night and
came running their horses a.nd was doing business early Wedbrmging buckets.
nesday morning in the first buiid The loss consists of four busi- ing s:rnth of the Odd Fellows hall
ness houses in the heart .of the .
town as follows:
Meat Market
All the stock, horses and ca owned by Gc~orge Mo~re value, riages were taken :from the livery
i500, insurance $400; stock own- ; st ab I<!.
ed by w. L. Forbes, loss $150,d bnot. R , R . S m th
11b e rea( 1y f.or
1 . wt
insurancr:i; . Restaurant
owv.e
Y, business
nPxt MondtY in 1be
A. W. Moose, value $700, msur .Blue Front building at the ba,k
ance $400 entire loss of contents ;
.
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<!'
l of the
lot where his new brick
1900
tewart
- , 1 b 1a .
.
O wned bu Wash
.
"
I U1 mg 1s bemg erectf?d .
.insurance $500; Drug store and l
----- -------stock owned by Dr. S~ewart;
-- -- - ,. - ---.._- some nf the stock ~1 as saved, Dr.
'rhe wind was i"."the northwest
Stewart's loss is $4000, insurance
atone time ancl fire brands wel'e
$2500;
General
merchandi"Se carried to the hotel; it to:,k. he~tore ofR. R. Smith, ~ntire loss roic work to save that building.
:bf stock $3500, insurance $15001 About all the furniture was
building owned . by S. 'l'. Holco\
thrown ont doors, but Mr. Scoutvalue $600
en went through! the crowd at
J
.
---tbeusual brealrfast hour announc- 1
!
It seemed little short of mil', ing breakfast to the boarders
'pulous that the entire block wa& Wash Stewart's
restaurant
is
not consumed.
The p~mp shop doing business in the east encl o~
only about eight feet distant wa~ t h e S po t C as 11 b m'ld' mg
..
saved.

34

1909 - A petition
was circulated
by townspeople
and
farmers
alike
for a road east
of
town.
Mrs.
Samuel
Adams sold the county
the land for the road.
Work was
started
yet that year and finished
in the
next.
This
made
access
to
the
city
from
the
east
much more
convenient.
1913 - D. J. Ball harrowed
and smoothed
the ground
for
the
city
park.
Eighteen
trees
were
planted
by
Charles
Bowmaster.
Mr.
Bowmaster
had
both
legs
amputated
above the knees.
Yet he was a remarkable
man
of
good spirit
and ambitious
nature.
He was the
best
gardener
in
town.
The
grass
seed for the
park . was
& Schlegel
and cost $2.50.
This
purchased
from Richers
was the start
of the city
park.
Previously,
picnics,
ballgames,
circuses,
and Chautauquas
were held in Jacob
Shaner's
pasture
north
of the park.
The latter
events
always drew good crowds.

A_ b~seball
game inprogressat
one of the big attendance
on 4th of July.
A merry-go-round
is shaded by the
and the Bredahl Building
are visible
in the background.

picnic

The
Methodist
Church
~ongregational
building
for
its present
size.

members
enlarging

events
-- probably
tent.
Both elevators

purchased
their
church

the
to

For
years,
a drayage
line
operated
from
the
railroad
to
business
houses
around
town,
often
to
people's
homes,
for
coal
especially.
Alan
Fryer,
Houstin
Ball,
and Lloyd Wolf were some of the men who
operated
this
service.
In muddy
times,
before
the
streets
were graveled,
this
drayage
was very difficult.
It sometimes
had to be done on foot.
35

1914 - On October
31,
a special
election
was
held
for
the
purpose
of financing
an electric
light
plant.
were voted to wire the town and
supply
Bonds of $10,000
the inhabitants.
The issue
passed,
the town was wired,
and
before
the plant
was built,
arrangements
were made
with the city
of Sabetha
to provide
the current.
Years
later,
the Kansas Power & Light took over.

This
street
scene
taken
between
1910
and
1915
shows
the
business
houses
along the east
side of Commercial
Street.
The
large
building
in the center
of the block is the
hotel;
the
horse
rigs
are in front
of Zimmerman Blacksmith
Shop;
and
the
long
roof
is
that
of the
Evangelical
Church.
The
wooden
windmill
tower had now been replaced
with a steel
one.

scene was about 1915 looking

north
on Commercial
This
street
bank and City Hall show in the left
background.
Street.
The
Building
is
the long
structure
in
the
right
The Bredahl
The hotel
is the large
two-story
building
in right
background.
foreground.

36

Rail business
was good in the teens and twenties.
Despite three cres.m stations
in Powhattan a lot
of cres.m was shipped to Marysville
and Bea trice

showing the
Another view of Commercial Street
businesses
on the west side.
Holcomb's store
with the Masonic Hall on the second floor is
in the right foregroWld.

BUSINESSES

1915
County;
it

AFTER 1915

This
was
a terribly
was a good crop year.

wet

year

in

Brown

M. Record
and R.
L.
Morton,
late
of Tampa,
C.
Florida,
took
charge
of the Irey Garage.
Record
had
been
running
a garage
in
Morrill
and
came
highly
recommended
as a machinist.
Morton had been working
in
this
vicinity
several
months.
He was
an electrical
engineer
and also experienced
in automobile
work.
37

Powha.ttan's

Drug Store

in the Teens operated

by

D,V,M. H.B. Loyd

Dr.
coming
office
that

W. C. McKee,
dentist
to
Powhattan
one day a
was in the Hotel Building.

The
year:

following

businesses

from Fairview,
week
(Thursday).
were

active

Two Electricians
Undertaker
Newspaper
& Job Printing
Drug Store
Two General
Stores
Hotel
Department
Store
Bank
Two Cream Stations
Doctor
Three Stock Buyers
Lumber Yard
Five Insurance
Men
Cabinet
Shop
Two Barber
Shops
Veterinarian
Two Coal Merchants
Boarding
House
Five Dressmakers
Two Auctioneers
Painter
and Decorator
Livery
Stable
Electric
Theater
Two Elevators
Hardward
& Furniture
Store

in

began
His
Powhattan

Pump Man
Well Driller
J .unk Deal er
Harness
Shop
Butcher
Shop
Blacksmith
Shop
Tin Shop
Restaurant
Garage
Ice Dealer
Dentist
Produce
Buyer

In the way of services

and activities,
there
were
three
churches,
electric
lights,
two rural
mail routes,
three
ladies'
clubs,
telephone
exchange,
five
tennis
courts,
a fine auditorium,
an active
W.C.T.U.,
both
Grade and High School,
and a public
library.
1917

- A new schoolhouse

Business
slowed
rationed.
When the
New roads were built
and better
cars were
motor age.

was built.

up during
the war; many things
were
war was over,
progress
began again.
and the old ones
improved.
More
made; the world was shifting
to the
38

Inside

A
during
several

view of Schober'

s Gafe in those

epidemic
of influenza
serious
Many people
were
world War I.
died.

early

years '

hit
the
seriously

country
ill,
and

1918
"Shorty"
Rosenbalm
and
Robert
Mathews
purchased
Central
Garage from Record and Morton.
A few
years
later
Clyde
Wonder became associated
with
the
garage.
Powhattan
sported
a car dealer
somewhere
about
this
time
-- could
have
been a few
yea -rs
earlier.
Sam .
Hudelson
continued
in
this
line
for
several
years.
Model T Fords were probably
his best mover.
carried

The November 13,

the following

Powhattan

1919,
note:

Will Have Picture

issue

Show.,

of The Powhattan

Bee

meet;ngs which be gin here n """t Su:,day at tJ'.ie l\fetliod,,:t 1:hlll'ch, it is not
exp(;ctc<l that a sh ow will be; g ion except Saturday evenings, ns it is not
expected that meetings will be heic;
on those 1Jights. Good . pic:tmc:; will
be g iven and if gootl piltu rc s wlll
count in mak ;ng our pictm c show ,'.
office purpo :;cs ancl .l'o1 a pid .urc
success in Powh att an, it will be ._,
::;how is going forward :.is rapidly a,:
weather an<l scardty
of c,1.rpent el'::; ~t:c~ess.. vVc know that P o\:'\utt: ;:
will permit :or:.~'i{ noth :ng h~1;r:c1,:;
folks w,mt a sh?w and lul\'e gwen l1,: I
!' jwh :1ttan will have u show of it_:
encouragement m thi! matte1. Wdti, J
own in about tw o wee ks from G:ibrI the Dec for the op ening- night .of th
Becai:lsc of the re viv:d I sh.-,w.
day night.

C, E. Hunsaker, ed:tor of the Powhattan Bee, will put on a moving ph:ture show . He. is doi1:;I a gootl c\ :;;J
for Powhr.tt un-is a live n:.111.--Hiu watha 'W,ol'ld. Note:
The wor k of
l'emode!;ng the Wheelo~k lrnildi1ig for

I
I

II
II

39

we must judge that

1926 - From this premium list,
it
it
sounds
like
and
Powhattan
had
its own fair
could have been a good one!
It is not known if this was
The Tri-County
Fair
the only year Powhattan had a fair.
at Horton began about this time.
SWEET POT A TOES
One peck:
l st--Five gallons of gasoline given
by Hudleson's Garage .-2nd
ribb on.

PREMIUM LIST

FAIR

Po,\;hatt~n

Connnun1ty
Powhattan,

Friday and Saturday,

Kanaaa

October

1 and 2, 1926.

_Genera l cx hihil s of poultry,

grain,

vegetablei:;,

f n11ts, hakecl nncl cnnned foods, flower s, plants,

fancy work and school work display.
FRJDAY-Pnrnde.
2 P. M., followed by concert by
.Fairview Band .
Football gnme, 3 P. M ., Powhattan High School
versus .... ............ ...... .......................... ... . .
7 :30 P . M., Progrnm of music nnd nddress by
Mr. Ewing Herbert nt Methodist church.
SATURDAY-IO
A. M. Hor se shoe pitching contest.
1 P. J\L-Auction.
3 P. M.-Bnsebnll
gnme: Horton vs. Centralin.
Executive

Committee

Beryl Smith, President;

Mrs. W. E. Smith, Secretnry; Mrs. E. Bnrtley , Treasurer;
John M. Hall, Jim
Sec hl er, A . I! . Bartley.

day.

Division Sup'erinten'denla.
Mrs. W. R. Fletcher, Jim Sechler.
Exhibits must b e in pince by 1 P. M., Fridny.
Profcssionnl judging begins at 1 P. M., Friday.
No exhibit t o be removed before 12 A. M., Satur-

All exhibits ent ered for premium listi ng must be

the product of th e exhibito r.
Articles n ot n nmed in the premium list .may be
entere,l an,I will be judged for ribbon premiums.
The Powhattan
Co mmunity Fair , a8 it~ name
impl ies, is open to eve ryon e. Expense of the Fair
is to be met hy concession profits and the sale of exhihils donated , but exhibitors are n ot required to
release th ei r exhibits to the Fair.
Cnsh premiums will be p ni d in full unless there
is a sho rt age o f funds after paying the operating expenses of the Fnir. In such cnse they will be prornled .
No a dmi ssio n chnrges except for the ball g:,mes.
POULTRY
W. R. Fletcher, Superintendent.
CHICKENS-Coop
of 2 hen s and 1 rooster, (heavy):
1st-On e $3.50 sack of Chicken
Chowder,
g iven by Powhnttan Grain Co.
2nd-One
$1.50 package of Dr. He ss ' Poultry
Panacea, given by I. R. Curry, Druggist .
Coop of 2 hens and 1 roo ster, (light) :
1st-O

ne sack of s hort s , given by Fairview

duce Co., a t Powhnttan.

2nd-$1
worth of canned
combs store.
DUCKS-One
pair:
lst-75
GEESE-On e pnir:
lst-75
CAPON-One
lst-50

Pro-

goods, given by Hol'

cents:
2nd ribbon
cents:
2nd ribbon
~c.,ts:
2nd ribbon

<::.RAIN
C. Kei swethr , Superintendent.
CORN
Ten ears-yell0w:
lst-$1
given by Skulle _,.
Barber Shop --2nd ribbon.
Ten enr,, -white:
J st--$ 1 given by Skull ey
Barber Sh~.p.:__2nd ribbon.
POPCORN
,vii,
011

!i~ ;fly kinrl:

";rman's

-=-

..,
_4,. .,.,

1st-One

G :irage-2nd

gallon

oi1, giv-

ribbon.

IRISH POTATOES
One peck:
lst--Five
gallons of gasoline given
by Holcomb' s Store.-2nd
ribbon .

WATERMELON
Largest-lst--60

cents-2nd

PUMPKIN
Large st--lst--25
Any other two--l

cents-2nd
ribbon.
st-25
cents-2nd
ribb on .

SQUASH
Lnrge st crooked
ribbon ;
Any other two--lst
ONIONS
Five pounds-1st

neek-lst-25
25 cents25 cents-2nd

cents-2nd
2nd ribbon .
ribbon.

BEST FREAK OF ANY KIND

lst--1 gall on of oil given by Centrnl

Gnrage.

HORSE SHOE PITCHING CONTEST

lst-$2
in tr ade given by K. E. Wharton,
ling Lumber Co.

Schil-

BAKED FOODS
Mrs. _S. Hudleson, Superintendent
LOAF OF WHITE BREAD
l st--24 pound sac k of flour given by Moser &
Son Grocery.-2nd
ribbon.
ONE DOZEN BUNS
lst- 24 pound sack of flour given by Moser &
Son Grocery.-2nd
ribbon.
ONE POUND BUTIER
l s t--24 pound sac k of flour given by Moser &
Son Grocery.-2nd
ribbon.
ANGEL FOOD CAKE-lst-50
cent.,, 2nd ribbon.
DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE-lst--50
cents-2nd
1ibbon.
COCOANUT CAKE-lst-50
cent.s-2nd
ribbon.
BURNT SUGAR CAKE-lst-50
cents-2nd
ribbon.
ANY KIND OF PIE-lst--50
cents-2nd
ribbon .
PLATE OF COOKIES-l
st--50 cent.s-2nd
ribbon.
HOME MADE CANDY-l
st-50 cents-2nd
ribbon.
CANNED FOODS
Mrs. J. Sechler, Superintendent.
SIX KINDS OF CANNED FRUITS
lst--75
cents-2nd,
50 cents.
SIX KINDS OF CANNED VEGETABLES
lst--75
cents-2nd,
50 cents.
FOUR KINDS OF CANNED PICKLES
lst--n 75 cent roast
-2nd
50 cents.
Given by Alexander Meat Market and Grocery .
FOUR KINDS OF JELLY
1st-A
75 cent roast given by Alexander Meat
and Grocery.-2nd-50
cents.
FLOWERS
Mrs. W. Campbell,

Superintendent

BEST DISPLAY OF GARDEN and HOUSE PLANTS

lst--$2.00-2nd
ribbon.
Best Dis1>lay of Wild Flowers and Plants
By boy or girl in Freshman Class or under, $1.00
J
ONE PLANT-l
st--50 cents-2nd
ribbon.
BEST BOUQUET OF AN1~t0~~ ~~!~ -Znd ribl'ple
,unny

Ifrs.
B-~t )ndi -:idual

FANCY WORI'"
Jnckson, Supc
Display

Size :1nrj..i"!J 1 rJib

ot.

..

.. : ,,
1{
r"'"'',-1..,.,..,_, .,.;;,l_,..n,..,.
_,..,.,
.i:i,l~J.\s;:,j'\.,,:,.;.;:Ji!i,;;
71;1;;",n,1''.+,1,
.,,,.,,..-,2,..,.. ,.,,,,.,,,.,_
,..,
, z=-ourcocrx-"""'
--:za"'u
',c~wwwa-, -~ w.w .as0
.. ,.Jccr,;m;..,,,
1.,.
11,.Jl
11,.._ ,,;
0

ribbon.

.1. ,0H t:t'l'm"nrmtr>

r:T".'i J ,-. ~.J.--~

towns and just

It became fun to go nearby to larger
The
town
began
to
dwindle
from
its
peak
"shop around."
around
300.
Education
became
popular.
population
of
more
More and many of the young people went away for
took
jobs
elsewhere
and
never
returned.
Some
schooling.
40

rr.:1-:
-'

Farms
tractor,

began
and

1929
closed!
payments
payout
was

to increase
in size with the
fewer
farmers
were needed.

- Then the crash!

It
was more than
to
the depositors
83%.

1931 - The First

The
Depression
and
country.

advent

of

On January
11,
our
three
years
before
all
were
made.
Luckily,

National
rougher

Bank in Hiawatha
times
closed
in

the
bank
the
the

folded.
on the

The first
Powhattan
Picnic
was held.
Joe Schmitt,
Ralph
Moser,
and
Estelle
Shingle
Bartley
were
the
promoters.
These
picnics
were an inexpensive
form
of
entertainment,
especially
for the young people,
and they
continued
for 40 years.
Free movies were another
form
of entertainment
for several
years
after
they became the
"vogue"
in the later
twenties.
They were held in
the
park
in
the summer and inside
during
colder
weather.
Donald Duck was everyone's
favorite
cartoon
character.
1934
- During WPA (Works Progress
Administration)
days,
a new city
well was dug just
east
of the old bank
building.
Anyone
destitute
for work could get a job
with
the WPA at a dollar
a day.
Many civic
projects
over the USA were completed
this
way.
1936
- The
Mercier
Lutherans
purchased
the
Powhattan
Christian
Church,
enlarged
and remodeled
it,
and held their
first
service
there
in early
1937.
Rev.
Sereres
was pastor.
Officials
of th~ church
were:
John
Kneisel,
Jacob
Thonen,
and John
G.
Wenger,
Elders;
William
Kneisel,
Arthur
Kneisel,
and
Leroy
Wenger,
Trustees.
"Ma" Volz bought
the restaurant
June
1.
The Clouses
had operated
several
years
while
their
children
school.
1939 - Duncan's
of
Everest
purchased
operate
it.
system

from the Clouses

on
the
restaurant
for
were attending
high

market
changed
hands.
the grocery
and had

Rosenhoover
Drew Mayfield

1940
- The telephone
system was updated
on June 26.
The operator
was no longer
1941

- Mayfield

bought

Rosenhoover's

to a dial
needed.

grocery

store.

December
8,
1941,
World War II was declared
after
the Japanese
made their
sneak attack
on Pearl
Harbor
the
day before.
Though the war ended soon after
the atomic
bombs
were
dropped
on Japan
in 1945,
there
were
nine
young men from this
community
who never
returned.
Their
41

names were:
Clyde Chestnut
Jim Sullivan
Columbus Leg
Tom Sullivan
Clyde Roush
Allen Wenger
Norman Sprague
Dale Wenger
]):Lle Schuetz
1947
- On October
24,
the
Powhattan
American
Legion,
called
Wenger Post No.
373, was organized
with
58 charter
members.

a hard-working
bachelor
1948
- George
Johannes,
farmer,
living
three
and
one-half
miles
west
of
Powhattan,
died February
17, leaving
an unusual
will
and
substantial
estate.
The will,
written
in
ink
and
witnessed
by two doctors
as they prepared
to
do an
emergency
appendectomy
on Mr.
Johannes,
was written
R.
L. Funk and a Horton doctor
January
3,
1923.
Dr.
diagnosed
the ruptured
appendix
and resulting
infection
so
serious
there
wouldn't
be time for the trip
to
St.
Joe,
the closest
hospital.
Before
the operation,
they
asked
Mr.
Johannes,
should
the
operation
not
be
successful,
what
he would like
to have done
with
his
estate.
He willed
160 acres
to the Orphans'
Home in
Atchison
and the balance
to the Morrill
Free Library
in
Hiawatha.
1949
Auxillary
members.

- On March 7,
the Powhattan
to Post N. 373 was organized

American
Legion
with 30 charter

The January
11,
1949, Hiawatha
World reported
that Lt.
Garrett
Bartley
assumes command of Battery
C,
154th
Field
Artillery
Battalion
of
Kansas
National
Guard,
Horton,
Kansas.
He is
presently
living
in
Powhattan
and
his
civilian
occupation
is managing
his family's
elevators
at
Powhattan,
Baker,
and Mercier.
The elevators
are owned by
the Bartley
family
and leased
to Derby Grain of Topeka.
The January
27th issue
of the World reported
the
Brown
County Artificial
Breeders
Association
completed
their
first
year in business.
According
to County Agent
W.W. Duitsman
it was a most successful
year,
beginning
with
1,000 dairy
cows signed
up and closing
with
1,850
cows.
The
conception
rate was equivalent
to
natural
breeding,
yet
this
offered
the farmers
of the
county
access
to
the
services
of some of
the
best
"proven
Wenger,
Powhattan,
is
bulls"
in the country.
Leon E.
president
of the association.
&
Mrs.
Charley
Patton
who have farmed two and
Mr.
one-half
miles northwest
of Powhattan
for many years
are
retiring
and having a closing
out sale February
22.

1951

- This

was the

wettest
42

year

to

date

on

record

in Kansas.
Floods
along the Kaw have been devastating.
24,000
people
at Topeka alone evacuated.
Kansas
City
submerged.
National
Guard called
in to help and protect
flood
victims.
Crops were late
and did not yield
well
in 1951.
The
May 8th issue
of the paper
reported
the
Future
Farmers
of
Powhattan
High School
had
formed
a Swine
Improvement
Association.
They were planning
a sale
in
the fall
of purebred
Durocs,
Harnpshires,
Chester
Whites,
and Spotted
Poland
Chinas.
Jerald
Draney was President;
Clair
Krebs,
Vice-President;
and
John
A.
Schumann,
Secretary.
Jim
Petr
was
vocational
agriculture
instructor.
1953
- earl Smith leased the service
station
edge of town and operated it for :i;:a.rts of two years,
fanning and followed Smith as operator.

on the

Joe Stark

west

quit

The
Bartley
family
of Powhattan
disposed
of
their
elevator
holdings.
Paul Schuetz
and Paul Lowe purchased
and
the Powhattan
elevator.
The Johannes
brothers
- E.J.
and
Henry
Willick
Luther
- purchased
the
Baker unit
bought
the one at Mercier.
Roy McLaughlin
purchased
the Grocery
Store
from Drew
Mayfield.
Though
"Mac" had been a rancher
in
Durango,
Colorado
before
corning back to his home
community,
he
really
knew how to run a grocery
store.
He and his wife
Virginia
ran
it for 24 years,
finally
closing
out
in
1977.
The
modern
car
just
made
the
big
stores
in
Hiawatha
and Horton
seem so close
on - those
bargain
days
that
Mac's
volume would no longer
sustain
him
and
his
overhead.
1954 - Keever Wharton,
lumberman
at Powhattan
for 36
years
moved his family
to Seguin,
Texas.
Mr.
Wharton
managed the Powhattan
yard for Mr.
Schilling
of Fairview
all
these
years.
The yard itself
was the
largest
and
most modern of any of the yards
in the county.
Bids were let
on the first
two detention
dams in the
Little
Delaware-Mission
Watershed
in the early
part
of
the
year and were completed
before
fall.
One dam was
built
on
"Bill"
Williams'
place
one and one-half
miles
east
of town;
the other
on Harold
Zimmers farm
one-half
mile north
of the Williams
dam.
1955-56
- These were dry years.
Crops and pastures
dried
up prematurely.
In
1956
"Operation
Rainfall"
sounded
like
the solution.
The community
chipped
in with
an
assessment
per crop acre for "seeding"
the
clouds.
Apparently
there
weren't
enough clouds
since
it
didn't
help significantly.
43

1958 - Brown County Cooperative,

which had organized
March 1, 1956, in Hiawatha as a petroleum
coop, wanted to
buy an elevator
so they could handle their
own grain and
make their
own feed.
They could not afford
the elevators
in Hiawatha.
April 1,
1958, they purchased
the Schuetz
Elevator
in Powhattan.

COOP's Boa.rd 0 Directors

Dist. I
Padonia &
Irving Twp.

Tom McCoy

1956-6~

Dist. II
Morrill &
Hamlin Twp.

John Moyer

1956-60

Dist. III
Hiawatha &
Robinson Twp.

Herb Elliott

1956-60

at

time

Dist. IV
Walnut
Twp.

Steve Brockho!f

1956-62

0 Elevator
Dist. V
Mission &
Washington

Homer Jacobsen

1956-61

purchase.
Dist. VI
East 4 mi.
Powhattan

Luther

1956-60

Johannes

Dist. VII
West 5 mi.
Powhattan

Willard
Fairfield

1956-58

Business for the Coop seemed to start slowly after

it's
purchase,
Within a few months all of their opera.ting capital
was tied up in accounts
recieable,
They let their manager go, thinking
he was the problem,
Then
the bookkeeper quit, They asked the author,Leon
Wenger, to help out, Under
his leadership
the business began a turn-around,
Wenger worked until his
retirement
January 1,1983,
44

had
left:

their
farmers
earlier
drying
work.

Aerial
right

At the time of
dwindled
until

the Coop's
there
were

corning to town,
the
following

businesses
businesses

"Zirnrnie" Blacksmith
Shop
Wonder's
Central
Garage
Joe Stark's
Gas Station
"Ma" Huber's
Restaurant
Mac's Market
George Spalding's
Lumber Yard
Post Office
Elevator
1959
- The
Coop added
elevator
set-up.

five

10,000

bushel

bins

to

1960
- The Coop purchased
a portable
grain
dryer
so
could begin harvesting
sooner
in the morning
and
in
the
fall.
Farms were getting
larger
and .
the
grain
was a way farmers
could
manage
their

view of Coop elevator

facilities
about 1961.
Govern ment bin ;ite
foreground.
The Rock Island Depot barely
visible
in lower left.

1963
- A new 150,000-bushel
put
into
operation
in June just
harvest.
A new office
and 70-ft
the new addition.
See iage 47.
45

in

concrete
elevator
was
in time for
the
wheat
scale
was also part
of

- The Rock Island

Depot was
torn
1964
had
consolidated
their
depot
agents
railroad
The Powhattan
agent was moved to
previous.
no longer
needed a depot.
Powhattan
1965

down.
The
a few years
Fairview
so

- PowhattanVotesBonds
for a Water System
Arnold Hallauer
Residents of Powhattan voted
for $44,000 in bonds to finance
a new water system for the
city in an election held Tuesday, July 27. The vote was
53 for an nine against with
one ballot voided. The election
was held in the Legion Hall.

***

Powhattan
citizens a Is o
elected Arnold Hallauer mayor

Elected

Mayor

and Roy McLaughlin, Robert

Hirsch, Floy~ Ashton, Lester ;
Boyer and .Ufred Ahrens coun- :
cilmen, Serving on the election
board were Sarah Huddelson,
Mrs. Frank Loyd, Mrs, Alice
Crane, Mrs. Ferne Tweed and
Mary Hiskey.

****

Johnnie Corrigan
clerk of Powhattan,

is the city

Arnold Hallauer
devoted
much time to
this
project
but did not get to see it completed
because
of a fatal
heart
attack.
Roy McLaughlin
ably stepped
in
and
was later
elected
mayor.
Johnnie
Corrigan,
city
clerk,
died December 1 and did not get to see the project
completed.
1966
- The water
standpipe
was put into
February
25.
The residents
had plenty
of water
by two wells.

place
on
furnished

Several
other
improvements
were made to city
streets
and
the appearance
of the city by the commissioners
that
year.
The main streets
were oiled,
the
side
streets
graveled,
dead
trees
cut,
and weeds mowed for
better
appearance.
Lester
Boyer
was mayor,
Ralph
Kneisel,
clerk,
and the other
commissioners
were Roy McLaughlin,
William
Lowe, Lawrence Ashton,
and Dennis Hirsch.
being

"Ma" Huber retired

in May from
in Powhattan
for 30 years.

the

restaurant

after

1967
- The Rock Island
Railroad
discontinued
rail
service
in
April.
The last
day
of
service,
Sharon
(Corrigan)
to
Fairview
so
Cash
took her sixth
graders
they
would retain
another
a vivid
memory of the closing
era.
the
for

The Coop built

a new feedmill.
south side of mainstreet
where
the old wooden elevator
used to

the
be.

It was located
on
office
and
scale

1968 - Two large

bins were constructed
in conjuction
with
the concrete
elevator.
This increased
the
Coop's
storage
capacity
by nearly
100,000
bushels.
Improved
varieties
of all crops,
better
use of fertzilizer,
and
the
employment
of new chemical
weed
control
procedures
resulted
in bigger
harvests.
46

1970 - D.A.
Zimmerman,
the blacksmith,
died of a
heart attack
January
6,
1970.
This ended over 80 years
of blacksmithing
and machine service
by the
Zimmerman
family.
Clarence,
"Zimmie's"
father,
and Clarence's
brother,
started
the business
soon after
the
town was
founded.
"Zimmie" was 73 at the time of his death and he
never
worked
anywhere but in the shop from the time
he
could pick up a hammer and wrench.

47

1976
- The city
sewer
system for the
now had drains
in the

raised
bonds to construct
sanitary
town.
Many of the houses
in
town
basement
for the first
time.

The Coop built

a service
station
and tire
store
with
a restaurant
attached.
The restaurant
was for renting
to
some operator
so that
food service
could be maintained
in
Powhattan.
Mrs.
Paul
Hossfeld
and Mrs.
Norman Thonen
rented
the
restaurant
area and
provided
first
class
service
to the community.
Garage
shop.
sold

1977
- Clyde
Wonder retired
and sold
the
Central
to Richard
watt who converted
the garage
to a body
Roy McLaughlin
retired
his building
to Dennis

from the
Wenger.

grocery

business

and

1981
- The city
of Powhattan
acquired
a community
Shelterhouse
this
summer.
Glenn Wenger,
chairman
of
A.A.L.
Branch
1095,
spearheaded
the cause to build
an
open shelterhouse
with a cement floor,
a smaller
meeting
room,
and restrooms
in the city park.
Through the Aide
Association
for Lutheran
Insurance
Company and
one
of
their
benevolent
programs
called
a Community
Action
Project,
a $3500 grant
was received
which required
that
volunteers
do most of the work.
Carroll
with Glenn and
and
community
complete
this
men - worked
$8500.

Loyd,
representing
the
community,
worked
the American
Legion Post 373.
Many alumni
friends
made
generous
contributions
to
building.
Over 93 volunteers
- women and
upward to 5000 hours at an overall
cost
of

This
facility
allows
all
community
citizens,
including
wheelchairs,
easy
access
to
community
and
family
activities.
It
truly
adds to the
beauty
and
function
of the city
park and is an example of
volunteer
cooperation
and community
spirit.

Notice the 90 - year old hitching

posts
48

in front

of the Shelter

House.

One of the other

businesses
in Powhattan
through
the
years,
but on which records
are not too accurate,
was the
gasoline
station
out
at the west edge
of
town.
Mr.
Goodpasture
put
gas pumps at the
old
Roseberry
house
along
in the early
1940s.
He operated
it with a hired
operator
until
1953.
Carl Smith operated
it on a lease
for a little
over a year.
Joe Stark
ran the operation
in
1955 and 1956.
Harold Morey bought
it and ran it
until
his
death
in
1962.
Carl and Gerry Smith
bought
the
property
from the Moreys,
remodeled
it and
operated
a
nice restaurant
and station
until
1968.
A Mrs. Brown ran the place
for a while.
Then Lester
&
and Inez Boyer ran it for a little
over a year.
Mr.
Mrs.
Clifford
Hollabaugh
bought
and
operated
the
establishment
until
sometime
in 1972 when the place
was
torn down and cleaned
up.
Another
building
and business
that
had a long
and
interesting
history
was the main
grocery
store
last
known as Mac's Market.
R.R.
Smith built
this
building
for a grocery
store
in 1905.
He operated
it for a good
ten
years
then A.J.
Meyer took it over.
Meyer ran it
until
the farmers
in the community bought
it and made it a
Coop known as the "Farmers
Store"
about 1921.
The
Farmers
Store
had a board of directors.
They
were Tom Gaynor,
Jacob Thonen,
Gottleib
Wenger,
Sr.,
Theodore
Torkelson,
and Edward Kneisel.
The store
kept
long
hours
and
had trouble
keeping
dependable
help.
Susie
Speaks worked there
from 1922 to 1927 - the
last
year
as
manager.
When it went broke in
1927
a Mr.
Aspenwall
bought
it.
At the end of six months he moved
the inventory
to another
town.
Ruf Smith ran a grocery
there
until
1933,
when Mr.
Duncan,
step-father
to
Bruce Holman,
came
down from
Hiawatha.
It
was
the Duncan Store
until
1939.
Mr.
Rosenhoover
from Everest
bought
it and sent Drew Mayfield
to run it.
After
couple
of years,
Mayfield
bought
it and
ran
it until
Roy McLaughlin
bought
it March
1953.
Mac
ran it for 24 years,
retiring
in 1977.
During
the
years
1925 to 1942,
Mosers operated
a
grocery
store
next door north
of the other
grocery
store.
The
Post Office
was maintained
in this
store
and
Cecil
Moser was the postmistress.
Almost from the
operated
a grocery
corner
south
of the
member of the family
the store
up into the

time the town started,

the Holcombs
store
in the brick
building
on the
bank.
Frank Holcomb was the
last
to maintain
the tradition
and
kept
1930s.

49

38

THE BROWN COUNTY WORLD

April 13, 1906.

coriN::, clothing,
notion~ . rt('.
A~ ~i,lf'
JlnPs h<>hnnillrs Eclisnns phonngrnphs
.
nncl buys crenth nn,1 all klncls of fnrm
pro1h1r't~. pnylng
thr. l1lgh<'~t mnrkC'f
,vhile
Hiawatha
took
her name
This Joice comes In here nn<l cnnpri c e going.
Last Octohrr
:\Tr. Smith
fr o m 1he hero of Longfellow's
poem,
not he lignily
passP<l l.>y. A young
Jo s t r,rr;-thing
hy IIH> Pnwhnttan
flrP.
a. mythical
Indian
per s onage.
this bu~in e!:s nrn .n o f lhP. town hn.<1 finishecl
but hns ~ince C'rr~t<'il n ~pknclicl
brick
good, little Brown co11nly town prohInvoicing nncl tclcphon e <l the result to
hu~infl~S b11iltlinJ:! 2rix'i2
f'<'l in ~iZf',
nhly was named
after
th e real old a fri e nd in Hiawntha,
who tclephonc<l
plnlC' J:"1:t~s front nn<1 h:i~ furnl::::hC'd it
Indian
chief or the f'!ast, Powhn.lln.n.
bnck,
"Gn :-at congralulntion~."
nntl
in~illc n ith <'O!,:fly n1n1l0. c-nunt<'rs nncl
This ls a presumption,
without
in- some one, ca tching onto "cnngratulaoiher fi:<fnr<'S ancl h0r0. h<' is now loqulry,
as to the facts.
This town
lions,"
runs
across
lo the bu:c:inc~f=
t:itril; thC' TIC'W11r:1.t ronm hrin~ fillC'<l
sprung
into existence
in unison with place of th n Hiawatha
frlell(], to innith
TI<W
' , fr<'~h gno1l!,:. nf the hr~I
the bullcl!ng of the Rock Jslan<l railquire ns to wh e ther it was a boy or
hrnncl::::, no ::::hn;ltly nr ~"<'o ntl h:in tl
roa,1 across
the southw e~t cornC>r of a g-irJ, and thcrr. hns bC'f'n n SC:1$:0TIof
~luff
lo h<' fonncl
in hf~ ~fn('k . 'Thf'
the county,
in 1887.
However,
the fun, at both e n<ls of 1he line, ov e r the
founflntion
nf th~""".
::::torf' rnn1n Ii=;of
start must have been made before the lnclclcnt.
Ha! hn! ha!
Powhnttan
is .
viirlfie<l hriek . four fePt in th0 i:rnun<l .
road -na.s finf~hC'd to th':! plnce, for S. 1noving along nicC'ly , soc ially, as wcH
criling
14 ff'rt hfg-h.
i\Jr. ~mit .h nill
A. Holcomb,
ln starling
n lumber
as in bueinc ~e. 'l'hc thne ,1,.~ goo<ls
nclcl lo 1hr, room ~oon. clerks nn slcl0s
yarcl, 111c first business
to open up nt conc e rns, Hnn~Ml , Smith nml tllf' Uol
n.ncl rrnr f'n<l, whlC'h will <'nlnrg-P th<'
Powhattan
, ~hipped his stock of lumcomb bo:r~. an lrnvc> nke stores, goocl
r :11,:i<'ilY nntl nl::::o :11ltl to th<' npJlP::trbcr to naX.<'r and then hauled
it over stocks and Jlvf'ly trn<le; H:s n. big , rich
nnc<' of th e !-:.lnrP. Out nf th0 ~ix yC':-ir~
nbout tlH'n1, nnl tlwrC' i~ rnom
by wagon.
The plat of the town was country
in thf' fnwn :!\fr. ~mlth
h:i:::: h<'f'n :,
fiJcd In the county registers
office on nnrl hu~ine~s for all of thC'ln in Pown1f'111hrr of the C'ouncil fnur , i~ a m<'mFebruary
15, 1S87, 13 dnys artcr the hattnn . R T. Jlnlc:-nmh, n YPTY plcn~hPr of th~ T. 0, 0 . F. nn1l ,Yno1lm'n
Fairvlcw
plat was filed.
The town Is ant and clC"Yf'r lnt~lno s!':. n1nn,
C. H.
lntlg-<'~. now hnlcling the highP~t
po~fnicely
loco.1C'd,. on the high
prairie
Rlmn1on~. th e r e~llP~~ n1rtnn.g<'r of thr
tlnn In 1hC' forn1 C'r. :Mr. Rmfth own::::
by It1n1hPr bm:::in<'~s nnil ,Yn:-:h ~t~wnrt.
ground,
61 mi1es from St. Joseph
his own horn" In the snme block with
and 14 from Snb c thn.
The the a cc-on1mocl:1tinJ; r <'~lnurnnt<'r,
1ikC'
railroad,
hf:::: nc,v !-tore whcrn
he r<'~i1lN~ with
place Is lncorpornle<l
nnd off!cerecl ns ahoul
every
other
citizen
In ancl
wife and three chll<lren.
Mr. Smith
follows:
Acting mayor, Jake Bor1len;
around
Powhattan,
tn1i:cs nncl reads
has rca<l The "orltl
regularly
for the
C. H . Simmons,
clerk;
C. 1V. PorterThe ,YorM, nnd all speak so well or
pnst 14 years.
He went on the first
field, treasurer;
and
Chas.
Baxter,
the pnp,:-r nntl would not ,lo without it.
excursion
over the Grand Island railGeorge Rife, Walter Forbes and John
Th<'Y bel!c\'e in it ,rn,l rdy upon It ns
road on flnt cars to Elwood,
carried
Beck
councilmen.
There
are tlnee
th<ir frlen,l nnl mouth
pl<'C<'. There
the mall from Atchison
to Hla"'alha
dry goods houses,
two elevators,
one are ohl citizens
in nntl nr0111ul Powbefore the Missouri
Pacific
railroad
meat market,
two blacksih!th
shops.
hntlan
who tool, The ,Yorlcl in the
was built nncl once farmccl
on the
two barber shops, one tin shop, post<lnys of :ror0 . Uncle :\Tntt Gilmore,
n
Timothy
Jorn ' s pince north of IJlawaoffice, one hnrdware
ancl Implement
goo<l mnn, S. A. Hol co mb, the father
thn.
l\fr . Smith has n fine ~lore and
house, one lumber yard, one bank, one of llH' town, nwl 1nnny 111or~. Rom('
sells reliable goo,ls, Is a first class citn( tlH"'n'I Democrnts.
One of thC'n1 said.
ne.wspapcr,
one restaurant
, one hnri?.C'n and shrewd bu sinC'ss n1an, ;landncss shop, four churches,
nnd school
"""hy
if I c]icl not hnvC' nny u~e for
ing fair anJ square among his fellow
house.
The lodges
represented,
are
th~ polities.
the rclh;ion
or the every
citizens.
the I. 0. O . F., Woodmen
an<l Mc- ,Jny method s p:cncrally of the ,vorlrt'
J\becs . There
are two doctors,
Dr . m~n. I ~till would kcC"p the pnpf"r in
J.
Spragtt(".
my fnmi1y
for
tho
:ulv,:,rti~C'm<'nt~
Funk ancl Dr. Stewart,
the lnltcr runs
J\Ir. Sprague
has
conducted
the
would
pny
m
e
nrid
bc~f1lC's
th0
f:1111iJy
a tlrug store also. The German
church
Powhattnn
11,cr) ~(able off nnil on
would
not
forego
thr
social
to,Yn
nnd
society recently
purclurnrd
a long bu ~lfor the pnst 10 years.
He says he has
country
n~wi::."
The "\Vorld is proud
ncss: house nn<l has converted
it Jnto
r C'turn cd to the hu ::-in c::::s to sta.y this
of nil this nn<l prou<l to know that this
n nic'!' church nnll parsonage ; they arc
lim<', ancl hns ::::lo<'krd the conc'rn up
alonr , In gr('at ~hapf' . 1t l:::: n. pnying p1a.nt,
a fine people nn<l n e v . E . Stelzig is Is not the cnse n~ rowhnttnn
l>ut
The
"'orlcl
Is
solid
at
nil
thr
thC'ir p :v-~tor. HrY. J. \V . " '"orn,,.r fs
nn<l ft is a. goocl one h<'~itlrs thr. evpast.1r of th<' l\l. E. c hurch, nntl 1\Trs. to~ ns nnrl this fs why the pnhllshC'r
f'ry dn:r locnt trn::::ln<'~S tht"rc nrc coni~ ~till impro,in~
the pnp .C'r, ~o It will
~tnnt calls for trnn~f\r
n( ~trangrrs
Ella
"'
IlrO\nl,
pastor
of
the
be of still greakr
worth nn<l clemand
Congregational
church,
an<l has been
to
Hnk<'r,
Fairvh ~w nntl
CC'ntrnl
n.mon,:: Drown
county
proplt:'.
An,l
for the past three yrnrs.
The churc-h
Brnnrh
rniJroacl
point~;
::::o the stock
this Is nil. this 1!mr , and YPhlclt>s of the big barn, nre gcnis prospering
nic<'lY, 8n:rs 1".frs. TirQWn, now Powhntinn,
you hnYe n nlc<' ltltlC' town nncl n rlC'h er all~ k<'pt bus;y . Mr. Spragu<> Is well
nn(1 has lately put in a new pinno.
ancl bcnutiful
country
nrouncl it; he fixC'cl too . o"\\ning nnd oC'cupying
S. A . Holcomb
built
the present
one
cont(ntNl,
nn<l these spring <'\pning!-,
hotel, which A. H. Scouten
has been
of the finest
rcsidPnce
properties
In
when the cnres of lhc cln.y nre over , the town, has a rich fnrm ot 320 acres
ronclucting
for the past 4 years. The
the great Rocle Jslnml train has gonr
three miles from town, good buildings
millinery
Is confined
to the Elmer
~norlfn~
acrn!-:~ your
p,:,,ncf'fuJ pr<?- ancl over n hun<lr <'cl hea,1 of cattle
l{nnson
storo.
There
nrc two mnll
cinct~.
the
rohln
has
ceasrcl
hopping
nn<l the peohogs nncl horses upon IL He has als~
routes out of Powhattan
nroun<l ov0r the
Y~r<lant
cnmn1<1ns. a number
ple sr-em to hu,~ no ki('k, as to mail
of tennnt houses in town .
frog, with
the tenor
Ucshles nil this Mr . Sprague
is a boy
facilities.
Snm Drc<lrthl's fine house is an<l the little
voiC"r, ~tng~ ~Wc<'tl} in th~ <litC"h by the
fittccl
up with
all
mo<ll'..'rn convcnamong
the boy!4, a whoJ e - so u1el1. Ho1lc:-pot, the hope J~ <'XPT<'!-:.5-Nlthnt you
f"ral !ello"~, a rustl e r. a good ma~ to
Jnctu<ling
n. hot water plant.
1<'11C<'!:'1,
The J. 0. O. F.'s have n fine loclgc will nll slt>ep snfe nncl soun,11;-.
hnve around.
Sprague
makes things

The Pretty Town of Powhattan

,v.

in the hnll over the Holcomb

boys
store,
the membership
is Jargc
rin _d
llH ' Y certninly
have
valuable
fixlng!up there, f or they carry $1,r.ooworth
o( in !,:urnnce.
1\lr . Simmon~ . the n1:i.nnger n[ the hlg lumber
plnnt, after
rour t~l'l"n~, i~ still city clerk.
He ts a
rnttler
when
It comes
to business;
swift, accurnte
and clever al all time~.

n . n.
1\Tr. ~milh

go nntl has frkntl

s nil nlJout

him.

sm11h.

lH1~ b<'<'TI fn J{nn!,:rt~

41

ye:1.rs :-1nrl in Pnwh:i.ttnn

OYC'r ~ix yC'nr~.
fn thr lin'rY
hu~ln<'~~;
fnr thr
fir~t

p:i.~t fnnr y<'nr~ h"'

(;t-n<'rnl mc :rcnntilf!
tr:i.fffc.

bN'n Jn tl1r
HP cnrrie~
n genernl
stock, lnr.Ju,llnl!' clry goods.
~hnP~. hn.t~. nncl C'np~. full line of ,::ro-

50

\Y. J,. Forh<'s.

!\Tr. Forbt s was rni~eil in Brown
cou nty . rc-shles in n. r,lc-:\s.,nt lo<'nlity
in Powhnttnn,
hns n. goo<l wf(P. and
l wo chul.>hy boy~,
anrl 1 years ol<l,
life Ju s t nbout right. On
ancl enjoying
the lots mn<l<> va<'nnt hy the big fire

I .:.\fr.

F Qrh f's f'r f'C'l" il . a hri C"k huildlng

m<'n!'=urlng J s f1<'l fr on t :-in cl 36 l,ack,
.w ith a sp !en ,li1l pl :ll c )!la ss fr ont.
It
is a ni ce r oo m n n,l !-:O ni ce nml light;
Wll l :1n:1ng-1cl a11tl h n n,1~. ll <'re 1\tr .
F,1rhr s runs th~
only
mf'nl n1arkc-t
l h C'J'<' is in thf' t nwn, nml thf' only
one> ll ('('dc, 1, fo r it is up to <late, nnd
h <' :-:triv '-"~ t o mNl f'Ycry want o f th e
goorl people of Po,Yhnltnn , nnrl vicinity in th~ nrtl c k!'= h<'longing- t o hi s bu~ine ss. J\Ir. Forbes Is one of the useful eil izc n s of th e pJa.ce , a. m e mlh ."r o f
the city cou nl'il , c.-nt c rpri s ing, upright
in
nnd sriuare.
Jh ha s a gootl thing
th a t n1e at marli e l anU c:Yc ryb o dy b
gla,1 to se c him
<1.,ing w e ll.
:\Ir.
Forbts
run s a clPl hl~ry wag o n to th e
l
country
in th e ~umme r tim C'.

J:nunon s , Grah,:1111 & Ju fs .

Thi:; :;trong Powhattan
finn i:::; co 1npos ...U of \V. \\~. Emn1 o n ~. who was a
no c k I s land s tnti o n agPnl at Fairvi e w for sev e n ytnr5, bt :for c quitting
th e railn,n.d
se rYi cc and C'mLarking
in
thi s Uutiinr~~ . J . Frank
Juf s, pr e:;iU.P nt, nnd C. D. Graham,
ca~hi,r,
of
tl ~c Fairvi ew Uank . Thi s ::;t1ung firm
ha s for the past tw o y C'ar s, . ca rric tl on
in Powhattan,
n n extensive
bu:--in t~ss in
the wa y of hanl war t:", impl t:'nH.nl s, furnil11r e, undertaking.
bugg-ic~. wag o n ~.
ll Ul!e n::;w ::.irf>, w,lll p ap( r, etc.
~I1. Emm n n:,:, the
mnnag"t ' l", in qttittin ;; thr
~ervicc of th e H.>ck l :;la 1ul railroall.
afl t:'r a. run of 13 ycu1 :-:, of faithful
,vork for th .is ntW ventun),
,ras afraid
for a. whill ~ hC h a<l bitten
off n1 on
th a n h e c ,>uld tna.sllcatl ' ; Uut nuw ,
havini;
b ee n ::;u Cl' t' :-:::;ful in th~ : rnanagcmcnt
of this big co n ce rn, th er e
a1e no rC'gr ct ~. l\l r. Emn1ons
is a
pll a:..!-:i.nt l>us in e::;s 1nan am.I a ru s Ucr.
He ha~ n p leasant
J1o ~nc with a w i f e,
a girl 10 anll a Lny 1~ : oars <d d, c,>nt fortal>l y esco n c~t.l th e 1 in.
'.fh e fitn1
carry a h euvy ~tud..: a nd :1o a. big bu s in ...:ss ; Unllf'rtal , ing- is tlh ' ::p ~c ialty, a

in1~:,.-, which h e w ill 110 tl o ul>t do, f o1

Elm1 1 h .:s th e cxpe rh )n ce, is a goot l
:-:aJ, :-:m;Hl, d t'a ls sq u are, hns 11r0Lab l y
th e~ lolrgt 'E t ~t o c k in t Qw n to <lraw o n ,
antl i~ t)o i.,ular.
)lb::; ~f n.ym e Dt a l, of
\\'JJJI ~. \\ ho l'(' !';ld1 ~ wJth
Il n n se n, is ~h it f Cl crk,

l\lr. nnll 1'tr s.

1\11'~. Han so n

:n;i-:ist ln g In busy ilnw s. Dul the v c n

tun~ c.lid no t Jff ove an Apdl
fo o l, Uut
a. i;n:1 L ~UCCC'Hs. ]~liner h as n ulllt!
sc,>r,::.- or ;;ooil frilnl1 S ~llr('atly in th, i
ll 1Wll, ; ind Jiis 11al1o ns nrl ! coming
fru111
e v t"r y way. All Uiu wa tha wi~hc>s him
co nlinu efl s u c ce ~s. f o r he i s a n o l>Je
b o y antl ll cscn e s it .

Huh:omh
& Co.
Th is )IO})ular l' ow hattnn
firm,
0 11
th e o ltl fam iliar l:Ol'n ('r, ca rrk s a large
g<:nC'ral stoc k o f 111c r c han t1bt ' , including clry goot1s, th e be s t brnnt.ls of grocerk~. ht":-:l maJ;p of s hu C's, hnnlwar e.
S. T.
qu ...e n ~wa 1l.i, p ;ti nt ~ ;.111tl coal.
lful c.:omlJ, th e lua tl nnd n1unag e r of
th e pr eH nt fil m , s tnrtccl in bu :;in c~s
o n th e sa m e cun 1{'r jn a f1anw builtling h1 1 S~i2 ; Uu t the pro~p e rous })l' C'!:;<'nt finu is t1an ~ac ting t h(:i l' Jaq;- c Uu:-:int ~~:s in a n1 : \\' t \\'o story bl'kk
Luihling, :.:uxiO feet in s ize; ancl this hus
now be co m e too small for their growing bu~inc::;s, a nJ .n a1'lditional
l e n gth, on the
ing, th e whole
shle, ha s t, ee n planned,
which

built.lsouth
wh e n

comvJetcJ.
will be u sed for the dry
govt.ls and
c lo t hing
dcpart1ncnt
exclusiv e ly. Th e t w o Hokon1l> boys who
run this IJl'os p e r o u s conc e rn arc S. 'l' .
and G. '\V., broth e rs. th e form e r has a.
fa mliy of wif e and b>Y, 12 years old,
G. " ' a wife and twO girl:3 and a bo:}".
.Doth own good h o m es of their own,
an<l o th e r hOU !:iCS to r r nt. 'l'h e llolcvbs a rc th !.! o rJg inal l>us iu ess 1ne n of
'l'h c finn
c:mploys
J ohn
Po w hattan.
i\larl"i ot t. n :; bouldit!C J)cr unU I\1iss l\lilh;, ~u1:l pli :;s Uarth:y
a::; cle rk s . .l\li ss
l\f ilkr
ha~ Uc c n then? s ix years.
Th e
nwllo
of th e finn
i s, 11ant.1Ie th e
:-:ilh! Jin, is the f,lmou s ]), .,Laval crf'a m b e~ t gvu d:; \H! can get the peopl e to
:;v parat11r :; o n whkh . th er e wa s a l>ig- buy ." The stuck c.:arricU. is \!~tin1ated
lun the 1,a ::;t yral'.
nis- hou se , strong at $1U,VUO. The H.u lconll..1 boys are
g-oo t.l o ne s , acc:onuno<.l a ting, tru:sty, acti ve , wo rthy o f the JJa uonage
of th e
llarn :i<'U & l'u.
p( or,lc, wh o t nttlo wilh a nd co nfhl e in
This Bl'\\ ' Powhattan
finn
is cotnth em .
POH~ll of B. l\I. H o l>ert so n, of Hiawatha, and Elm i=r A Han~ ttn, for n 1e rly of
llauk or Powhaltnn.

the same 1, Jae E-, and th e busin ~s$ wa s

ov('nNl u1, April fools llay , la!:)t y ear.
Th e store ls located on th e mo s t publi c co rn e r, i:; n. larg e bri c k buihlins
and w ~Jl adni,tel l t o th e busine ss carrieU. on in ::.hh..
'l'hu finn
carries
a
gL'11t.ral stock,
inc .luc11ng d1y gootl s ,
c lo thing , gToe ......
1it!'~, s ho es, ladi es r,:all.Y
mat.le gu, ; tls a nU 1nillincry.
Bln1 e r
Hans on, who has th e ~ol e cha1:ge and
n1a naS"(~llH~n t of the s t o rC", wurk e, l in
:;tol'l "S in Hiawatha,
17 ye a r s b e fort
Yln'luring
the bu~inc ~!:IBat Powhattan,
co mmlndngas d C'Jivery boy for th e
Th o mas lJros., Lhe n c lt'.rking
fur lJi :-:
n1othl.r <.\JHl the las t five years,
cl er k
for th e H ot,.. rtsons . So you se c he has
got tht n ~ by intlu ~try an, l perscvcrann . Th e :-.tore has done a. v e ry s at1:sf;.tt:tot y 1,u:-:ltw s~, ns the in,olce
a.t
the tmtl <.f th e fir s t y('a r s h ows, and
ElmC"r is e late <l, anU. is ju~t spreading
him ~c.lf in fixing up thing s in the sto r e
in n. hnudy
anU. attractiv e s huPl" in
to b t~at th e last year~ l>uspn ~panllion

'l'hi s sp lendid

for the go od
r e gion, was
urganizt. a anll la unch e d as a bu s in ess
vr oo~ ition
in th e year
1 8~7 .
Th e
JH"cs..:nt o ffi Cl..
r s who con trol its affair s
arc:
Jc !:i:;e FJ C't c h c r, presid e nt; S. !\i.
.<\tlam ~. d e pr e~idl nt,
,...-1th Jacob
Sha11l ' l", C. '\V. Dre<lahl
and Sain BrcUuhl aU.tlct.l as dir ec tors . Sarnuel
Urc,1ahl is the c:as hi er , upon who1n the r c ::;punsibility
and a rtluous
task of condu c ting
the daily
bu :;in es s devolves.
The <.'il})il..tl ant.l ~urplu::; is $~5.000, the
offi e tr ::; utc w e ll
linuwn
citizens
of
Powhalt,tn
a.nJ. vi c inity, who arc wdl
known as 1n ('n of gootl s tanding
and
finnndal
ahility.
'J'he
business
ls
transact c U in a t.r!<.'k hank building ,
and th t: futHh; and bovlcs safe ly s e c u1e d by n. co:;tly auton1atil',
UouUi e
el ......
c tri eal, burgl n r alu rm , and a l\fo sc ly sc rew do o r, d o uble thnc lock sa fe,
with in:;uran ce b es id t>s. :l\lr. B r et.lahl,
the ca s hil r, was b o rn in Drown co unty, l s a i;;on ur
Pd c l'
lh'Clluhl,
tl c uf Pdwhattu

conccr11,

n, uncl a.JI that

51

Office
Schilling

a nd

Yard s of

Lu1nb er Company

F. L.

n "a sec.l, who was w e ll linown

in and
nruun,J Hill\rnlha
for 111:iny y ear s . Sam
Urednhl
went f1u1n th e f a rn1 to Powhult a in in 1$96, where
h e t r cc tcd a
IJi_g stone ant.I brid..:. buihling
a nd c n gUg{' tl in th e hanlwarc
,1nd vchick
bu s in e~::;, but tlbpo se d uf th e s tock
on ly when h e wen t Jnto th e banking
business.
ll C'~icles his bank
int e re ~t s ,
i\lr. ll r cda hl ow n s a ~40 acre fa.rm al lj nj ning- th e t o wn , the fin es t home in
P ow hatt .i n or the s u1Tonntllng
coun
tr .r , co::;ti ng over $6,000, b es id e s store
ro om!;, e lev ator s and other
prop e rty.
6 yC'ars ol d .
H e h as one chi lc.l, Grant,
H C' i~ a gn o ~t i nfhll ' nlial
c itizc n an,)
a ll.' :llh:>1 in the affair~
o f' the town, anc l
as l 'HHhii 1, holds th e co nfic.h -nc c of ull
bank offi ce r s . patr o ns nntl citiz< n s.

11. L. Sehillin:;
Lmuber
Co.
Thi s ~pl c nt11tl. lumhcr s h c tl huiilling
was cn :Ct etl in 1!)03, i:s in size, G4x120
fee t antl h as a capaclty of 500,000 fee-!

or lumb e r . C. II. Simmons,

the manag e r of thi s big co nc e rn , being a cont rac tor a nd builtlcr,

made the plans
ant.I e st imat es fo1 the buildin~
and has
had full charge
of the e ntire bu s in es s
since :F'ebruary,
1901, coining to Powhattan from Kan sas City for th a t purvu~C'. O n th e right, as you enter, is a
with all
two ro o 1n o ffi ce , supplied
n1ocle~n fi x tures for the easy and rapid tran sac ti on or every day business.
O n the left is 1oon1 after room occupied with s uch building
mat eria l as
lath,
shingl es , lim e, c e ment, paints,
ot that
oils, e t c., and th e r e main<ler
slrl e fill ed wllh lum ber , assorted
to be
han dy to .ge t at.
On the other slde ,
from o ffic e back, lumb e r sta lls are full
of th e v a rious kinds antl qualiti e s, and
b e tw ee n the two row s is a broad drive ...
wuy,
all
th e way
through.
The
f e et, arc surroundgrounds , H0x300
e U with a 7 foot wire fence, and there
arc stacks of posts, shingles and ot h e r
co nunon
tn a t e rial in thi s enclosure,
yl'l out s ide of th e building.
Mr . Simmons i~ a c eas ele s s ru s tl er . ltnows all
about the bu s in ess , is clever :lnd popular allt.l th e right n1an for the posifor the firm.
tion anl l a n1oney1naker

This article
was discovered the day before
the material
went to the
printer.
Because of it's
content,
it has been included in "I,3, te Found"
History.

CHURCHES

ST,

AUGUSTINE PARISH - FIDELITY

The
history
of
riding
priest,
Father
Catholic
families

Sacraments.

Fidelity
Augustine
desiring

Those early

starts
with
a circuit
Wirth,
and a few Irish
Christian
Mass
and

families

included

Silas

Hugo Fox,
Thomas Laughlin,
Pat McGinty,
George
Donegan,
Goodman, and Hughes.
They were joined
the families
Kane, Franey,
Rooney and others.

Clark,

Levings,
later
by

The first
baptism
was recorded
April
5,
1860.
The
first
church
was built
just
west of
the
county
line
about
1865 from locally
sawn walnut
lumber.
In just
a
few years,
it was too small.
A larger
one was
built.
But
before
completion,
it
was blown
down.
It
was
rebuilt
in 1873.
A parish
house was built
a few years
later,
but it
was
built
on the east side of the county
line.
A new
and
bigger
church
was built
in 1894 near
the
parish
house.
The
congregation
at this
time
numbered
about
forty
families.
In 1922,
the church was destroyed
by
fire.
The
fourth
church
at Fidelity
was rebuilt
similar
to the one destroyed
by fire.
It is located
on the same
spot,
but this
time was built
of brick
and stone.

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St.
Augustine's
Parish
enjoyed
spiritual
profit
beyond
human calculation
from its parochial
school
for
40 years.
It was indeed
a dark day in 1959 when
nearly
Fidelity
lost
its parish
school.
At the time
of
its
the Fidelity
community had supplied
centennial
in 1962,
four priests
and nine sisters
to the Christian
world.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

The beginning
of
the
Methodist
Church
in
the
J.
K. McGinnis,
a
Powhattan
community was in 1871.
local
preacher,
held
services
in
the
Grand
Prairie
27-3schoolhouse,
located
in the NW corner
of Section
16.
The exact location
of the school
house was one-half
mile east and one half mile north
of the present
town of
Powhattan,
on the present
Carol Crumb farm.
Three
years
later,
on May 20,
organization
was formed and a charter
David
Bender.
The name
"Grand
Espiscopal
Church"
was
selected.
Josiah
C. Thomas,
Abijah M. Thomas,
were the incorporating
trustees.

1874,
a definite
was
obtained
by
Prairie
Methodist
William
Bartley,
and J. K. McGinni~

a plot of ground was purchased

in what
About 1883,
is
now
the
cemetery
one-half
mile
west
of
the
schoolhouse.
Here, the first
church was erected
in the
spring
of
1884.
After
the
town
of
Powhattan
was
organized,
it
seemed ridiculous
to have the church
so
far removed from the population.
In 1901, the building
was moved to Powhattan
where it became the east wing
of
an a9dition
was built
on
the present
church.
In 1903,
1913,
the
the
west
side
for
more
room.
In
Congregational
Church
building
came up for
sale,
was
purchased,
moved ,
and
added as the west wing
of
the
present
church
under the expert
supervision
of
C. R.
Tuggle.
Abijah
Bartley,
In 1899,
Sunday School Supterintendent.
efficiently
in this
capacity
28,
1950.

at age 25,
was elected
He served
faithfully
and
retiring
May
for 50 years,

In
1939,
the word Episcopal
was dropped
from
the
church's
name.
In 1968,
the church became known as the
United
Methodist
Church because
the Evangelical
United
Brethren
united
with the mother church.
That same year,
the congregation
completely
refurnished
and paneled
the
sanctuary
and moved the pulpit
area from the west to the
north,
giving
the church
its present
inside
appearance.

53

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Cfrr;'>lr-,;,l*' j; .!.f~t"

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iw _ir~..,.
.,:".,f
-ra.'. l'- ,t/$~; t'r..
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S'dL-,,
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54

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st'

Many ministers
have served
the church
through
the
years.
All had their
impact
upon the congregation
and
the
community
as they tried
to serve
in the manner they
were
led
by God.
Their
names and
the
years
served
follow:
From
1871
to 1882,
the records,
complete,
show J. K. McGinnis,
Mr. Day,
Miller,
Mr.
Campbell,
Emanual Richard,
served
various
periods
of
time.
1882-1884
R. S Finley
1884-1885
J. Drury
1885-1886
J. w. Penn
1886-1888
s. F. Johnson
1888-1889
R. s. Finley
L. J. McDougal 1889-1891
1891-1892
L. I. Hubbard
1892-1893
T. J. Pate
1893-1896
Clarity
J.W.R.
1896-1898
T. B. Gray
1898-1899
J. F. Edward
E.M. Paddlefordl899-1900
1900-1901
B. A. Channer
1901-1902
J. w. Poolton
Claridy
1902-1905
J.W.R.
1905-1909
J. W. Warner
1909-1910
H. R. Orr
1910-1912
A. G. Keist
E. E. Beauchampl912-1914
1914-1917
E. E. Ebright
1917-1918
McMurray
I.
1918-1919
s. A. French
1919-1926
T. E. Johnston
A.

M. A.

which
are
not
Mr. Turner,
Mr.
and Mr. Sutton
Since
then:
1926-1927
1927-1931
1931-1936
1936-1938
1938-1942

Good

E. E. Tillotson

C. P.

Broadfoot
Tate
Tweed
Samuel Cookson
A. H. Christianson
c. B. Dennison
R. E. Ruhlen
Charles
Hall
Harold Cunard
Frank Page
McClure Stillwell
John W. Campbell
William
Butts
William
Merriman
George Paris
o. Dale Bulkley
Phyllis
Garrett
Loren Mueller
Debra H.Nelso .n

o. w.
J. w.

1942-1944
1944-1947
1947-1949

1949-1951
1951-1953
1953-1955
1955-1956
1956-1960
1960-1964
1964-1967
1967-1970
1970-1971
1971-1976
1976-1980
1980-1984
1984-

COMET CHURCH
On December 8,
1884,
the Congregational
Church of
Plum
Creek
was incorporated.
Land for the church
and
cemetary
was
purchased
from
Albert
Lynch.
It
was
located
just
west of the present
Highway 75,
five miles
west
of
Powhattan
in the area later
referred
to
as
Cornet.
The road leading
to the area is still
referred
to as Cornet Road.
G. A. Barnes,
A. D. Lynch, and Mrs.
M. B. Moore were the incorporating
trustees.
A news item in the February
2, 1900, Powhattan~
indicated
the
church
had just
purchased
new organ.
Raymond Sunderland
of Hiawatha
lived
and farmed the land
on which
the Cornet Church stood.
Since
his
parents
owned
the land around
it before
him,
he remembers
from
his
boyhood
the razing
of
the
church.
He actually
helped
with the work.
This was probably
in the
early
twenties.

55

OLD POWHATTANMETHODIST CHURCH

On March 30,
1885,
the (Old) Powhattan
Methodist
It was
Episcopal
Church was chartered
by w. C. Powers.
located
in
Section
32-4-15,
which
is
in
the
very
southwest
corner
of Powhattan
Township.
This
location
is
not
to
be confused
with
the
city
of
Powhattan
w. D. Frazey,
approximately
10 miles to the northeast.
E. H. Emery, James Grubb, w. w. Lynn, Austin
Meyers,
and
H. H. Lynn were chartering
trustees.
It is not known
how long
this
church operated
or how active
it was
in
that
community.

CHRISTIANCHURCH
In 1901,
the Powhattan
Christian
Church was built
on the site
of the present
Lutheran
Church.
Services
were
held there
and a relatively
strong
membership
was
maintained
until
the late
twenties.
Later,
the building
was sold
to the Lutherans
trom north
of
Mercier,
who
have been there
since.
A group of their
the Loyal Bereans
are
about 1910.

young people
shown in the

who called
following

Front-(L
to R) Lottie
Schober John,
Stella
Hall
Schmitt,
Gertrude
Hatchaway,
Junie Palmer Wasserfallen,
Wenger
Center Row - Della Hall Croxton
Back Row - Earl Divall,
_?_Divall,
_?_Halstead,
Cecil Croxton,
and Herbert
Wasserfallen

56

Croxton,
and
_?_,

themselves
photo taken

Bessie
Smith
Alta
Williams
Wint Campbell,

BAPTIST CHURCH
On October
15,
1888,
the Powhattan
Baptist
Church
was chartered.
George w. Wilson,
Jesse
Fletcher,
John
H. Hall,
T. C. Bronson,
and J. H. Powell were chartering
trustees.
It
is
not
known if a building
was
ever
constructed.
The feeling
is they held services
in homes
or community
rooms around
town.
FIRST CONGREGATIONALCHURCH
In
1889,
the
First
Congregational
Church
of
Powhattan
constructed
a nice building
and began
having
services.
However,
it wasn't
incorporated
until
November
2, 1892.
The incorporating
trustees
were S. A. Holcomb,
J.
A. Rife,
Mrs. G. H. Valentine,
Mrs. H. H. Geyer,
and
David
Warrantz.
Their
building
was located
in
the
southern
part
of the city,
east of the city
school.
It
operated
until
1913,
when it was closed
and sold to the
Methodists.
EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCH
In the fall
of 1905, when it became evident
the new
city
hall
and bank building
would become a reality,
a
group
of
Swiss and German citizens
purchased
the
old
Public
Hall south of Zimmerman Blacksmith
Shop.
They
converted
it to a church
and residence
for the minister.
This
is the building
where the editor
of
this
history
was
baptised
and
attended
until
1926.
The
church
continued
to operate
until
1940,
when the membership
no
longer
could keep the doors open.
It was salvaged
for
lumber a few years
later.
llQN

LUTHERAN CHURCH

On the 24th of June,

1900,
a group of farmers
in
the
Mercier
community,
mostly
of
German
descent,
formally
organized
themselves
into the
Zion
Lutheran
Church
aligned
with the Missouri
Synod.
In
1901,
a
church
was
built
one
and
one-half
miles
north
of
Mercier.
In
1904,
a school
and parsonage
were
built
close
by.
In
1936,
it was decided
Powhattan
would be a more
central
location
for their
current
rnember~hip,
so
the
old Christian
Church building
was purchased.
During the
next two years,
volunteers
of the congregation
razed the
old building
near Mercier,
built
a 16 foot addition
to
the north,
and put a basement
under the entire
building.
The
building
still
serves
the
congregation
today.
However,
for the past few years,
they have been sharing
their
minister
with St. Pauls at Fairview.
57

POWHATTANUNITED METHODIST WOMEN

The Methodist
Ladies
Aid started
soon
after
the
church's
beginning
in 1871.
Records
in 1936
show 78
members on the roll.
Meetings
places
were first
held in
the
Aid Inn,
then moved to the Holcomb Building,
then
the
Schilling
Building
where the rent for one year
was
$20.
Members brought
their
own coal and wood for
heat
during
meetings.
Early
meetings,
served
at
sale
with
Depression
$20.59.

money-making
events
included
auctions
held at
Alumni
Banquets
served
for 35 cents;
meals
the Powhattan
Picnic;
and a white
elephant
no bid over a nickel.
A bazaar
during
the
cleared
$36.36;
a Kansas Day Banquet
cleared

On September
20,
1940,
68 members signed
the new
charter
for w.s.c.s.
Mrs.
C. L. Parker
was president.
D. A.
Zimmerman piped water to the church basement
in
1950.
Melvin
Kesler
built
tables
for the basement
in
1954.
Audrey
Wenger laid
the
basement
carpet
in 1973.
On January
5,
1973,
members signed
cards
changing
from
W.S.C.S.
to U.M.W.
Average
attendance
in recent
years
is 20,
with 40
on the
roll.
Love and concern
for the
community
is
shown through
such projects
as serving
funeral
dinners,
church weddings,
birthday
parties
for Tri-County
Manor,
and guilts
for the needy.
Youth
and
mission
programs
such
as
Youthville,
Della
Lamb Neighborhood
House,
Dean Schowengerdt,
Day
Care
Center,
and
Sheltered
Workshop
are
faithfully
supported.
The church program
is enhanced
through
such
efforts
of
the women as furnishing
Easter
lilies
and
poinsettias,
as
well
as supplies
for
Sunday
School,
parsonage
and kitchen;
purchasing
projector,
screen,
and
vacuum sweeper;
sending
youth to camps and
institutes;
and
ecumenical
programs
such as World Day of
Prayer,
Peace Banner,
and United Nations
Tours.
Current
officers
are
Mae Wenger
Barbara
Killoren
- vice-president;
Karla
secretary;
Florene
Wenger - reporter.

58

- president;
Williams

COUNTRYSCHOOLS

The
country
schools
in
Powhattan
Town s hi
Brown County in ge n eral,
are a n ama zing trib ut e
energies,
intelligence
and
accomplishments
pioneers
who settled
this
area.
Remembering
Powhattan
Township was not open to settlement
to
people
before
1854,
when it became a territory,
that within
five years,
schools
for the children
settlers
were being organized.
Since
the
school
districts
numbered
consecutively
as
they
numbers of the districts
indicate
of the area and its citizens.

and
the
the
that
white
we see
of the

p,
to
of

in Brown
County
were
were
organized,
the
the relative
progress

In 1859, Hiawatha
School District
#4 was organized.
The
same year Joint
District
#1 B&N (Brown and Nemaha)
was
organized.
A few years
later,
this
district
was
lost
to
Brown County by an adjustment
in
the
county
line.
Likewise
joint
District
#1 B&J (Brown
and
Jackson)
and
joint
District
#4 B&N were lost
for
the
same reason.
A few years
later
districts
by these
same
numbers were reestablished
in Brown County.
The organization
of the various
districts
was under
the
jurisdiction
of the Brown County superintendent
of
schools.
By his
working
with
the
people
of
the
different
districts,
it was planned
that
children
should
never have to walk more than two miles
to school.

In
the early
years
there
were no public
schools
on
the
Kickapoo
Reservation.
The Indian
students
were
taught
at Mission
Schools.
The first
mission
school
was
established
in
what
is
now Horton
Heights
by the
Presbyterian
Church in 1856.
It lasted
two years.
The
parents
didn't
like
the white man's teachings.
A second
mission,
to be operated
by the
Indian
Agency, was ~stablished
in more nearly
th~ center
of the
reservation
in 1869.
The changing
of the Overland
Trail
in
1860
created
the change
station,
referred
to
as
Kickapoo,
west of this
school.
The change station
had a
blacksmith
shop,
store,
and
stable
there
under
the
supervision
of
Noble
Rising.
In
1871,
the
Rising
Station,
as it was called,
was purchased
and converted
to
a bigger
and better
mission.
This served
as
the
Indian
mission
until
a new and larger
boarding
mission
was
established
about
1899 on the east
side
of
the
reservation
one
mile west and a little
over
one-half
mile south of Mercier.
As
the
Kickapoo
land
was
sold
off
to
white
settlers,
the children
of these
people
had no school
to
attend.
In 1905,
Green Valley,
Dist #82, was built
in
the
northwest
part
of
the
reservation
for
these
children.
Some of
the Indian
children
chose
now to
attend
this
school
rather
than to travel
all
the
way
over by Mercier
to the Boarding
Mission.
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After
the
Boarding
Mission
School was
closed
in
1924, Dist #85 and Dist #86 were built
as public
schools
where both whites
and Indians
could attend.
Red Top was
built
for the Indian
children
who were not close
enough
to attend
a public
school.
( See the preceding
map which
indicates
on a current
Atlas
map where the schools
of
Powhattan
Township
and the Reservation
were located.)
little
unified

After
the
advent
country
schools
with Powhattan,

of the motor bus,

were closed
and
Wetmore,
Sabetha,

many of
the
the
districts
or Fairview.

In even more recent

years
(since
1981),
because
of
the thinning
out of the population
of both the rural
and
small
town
areas,
school
unification
has
seen
only
Hiawatha
and
Horton remain as school
points
in
Brown
County.
Some of the western
parts
of the county closer
to
Sabetha
and Wetmore have chosen to unite
in
these
directions.
This
move left
the nice school
facilities
at
Powhattan
empty and the Kickapoos
requested
that
a
Kickapoo
Nation
school
again be established
for
the
Indian
children
who wished to attend.
With
government
assistance,
this
has
been
accomplished
since
1981.
However,
time
finds
fewer and fewer Indian
students
in
attendance.
For
historical
purposes,
the
map of
Powhattan
Township
showing
the
locations
of
all
the
original
schools
will
be of value.
More details
about dates
of
organization,
the
names
of the original
school
board
members,
the length
of operation
and the current
status
follow:
WEST POWHATTAN= .Qifil JL5. (January
4, 1860)
Charles
Smith,
Directo~
Collingwood
Grubb, Treasurer
w. E. Long, Clerk
Note
that
this was one of the early
districts
in
Powhattan
Township.
This was apparently
due
to
the
high
population
of immigrants
who settled
around
"Old
Powhattan"
which was a service
and
trading
point
for the early
trails
that were using
this
area.
On March 1, 1945, this
district
closed
and became part
of Wetmore district.
PLUM CREEK - Dist .!22_ (July 7, 1863)
W. S. Hart,
Director
C. W. Magill,
Treasurer
J. G. Spencer,
Clerk
On September
5,
1952,
this
district
unified
Powhattan
Dist #80.
Dist #80 more recently
divided
up between
Hiawatha
and Horton.
VICTORY=

li B&N (February

with
was

19, 1869)
Patrick
Dunigan,
Director
Gustaf
Steifler,
Treasurer
Mont Lillery,
Clerk
September
5,
1952
this
district
unified
with
Powhattan
District
80.
District
80 more
recently
was divided
up between
Hiawatha
and Horton.
61
Iti.fil,_

FRANKL~~ - Dist

#39 (April
24, 1869)
Lewis M. Huntley,
Director
B. W. Smith,
Tieasusrer
J. K. Bunn, Clerk
March
1,
1947,
this
district
was dissolved
and
became part
of Dist #17 B&N.
July 1, 1966, 17 B&N
was dissolved
and part went to Hiawatha
and part
to
Sabetha.

Dist ..l4l (July

27, 1869)
Wyatt Sayler,
Director
George Wheeler,
Treasurer
Wyatt Sayler,
Clerk
This
district
was
locally
known
as
and
called
"Nigger
Hill."
The
reason
for
the
name was
attributed
to the fact
that
soon after
the
Civil
War several
black
families
were located
in
this
area.
Each
family
was located
on 40 acres
each
with
a well and house.
This is verified
by the
fact
the 1875 census
of Powhattan
Township
showed
there
were
32 black males and 30 black
females.
July
7,
1953
this
district
was
made
part
of
Powhattan
District
80.
Later,
District
80 was
divided
between
Horton and Hiawatha.

PLEASANT HILL=

]lifil #40 (August

9, 1869)
C. Amend, Director
Rev. George Turner,
Treasurer
John McCrerey,
Clerk
In 1890 after
the town of Powhattan
was established
a mile
to
the
southwest,
in
an
election
the
district
was
split
into
Grand
Prairie
and
Powhattan.
Grand
Prairie
in a few years
built
a
new building
one and a half
miles
northeast,
more
in the center
of their
big district.
Powhattan
now
was essentially
a city
school.

GRAND PRAIRIE=

TURNER= !tifil

s.

liJ.

(August 9, 1869)
C. B. Johnson,
Director
John Danly,
Treasurer
Thomas Wilce,
Clerk
On March 1,
1946 Turner
became
District
80.

part

FORTY FOUR= Dist

of

Powhattan

#44
(March 8, 1870)
D. Duvall,
Director
J. H. Hart,
Treasurer
G. G. Becker,
Clerk
Forty
Four
later
was
established
as
a voting
precinct
for
the convenience
of the
citizens
in
this
remote
area
of the
township.
The
school
remained
in operation
until
July 1,
1962 when
its
territory
was
divided
between
District
#1 N & B,
#17 B & N, and District
80, Powhattan.

J.

PLEASANT DALE= filfil. liJl (July 11, 1870)

Thomas Wilce,
Director
c. B. Johnson, Treasurer
Georgel
s. Foster,
Clerk
62

This school
operated
until
March 1,
1947 at
time
it was divided
between
Powhattan
District
and District
17 B & N

which
80

.E..A.S..'.I'.
POWHATTAN= J2i.s..t.ll .B.fuI (January
29, 1873)
Original
board - names unavailable
This
school
operated
until
March 1,
1947 when
it
was
dissolved
and became part
of Wetmore
school
system.
Nfili

= J2i.s..t. DJl (July 24, 1879)

M. Cunningham,
Director
A. Martin,
Treasurer
J. o. Shannon,
Clerk
On July 1,
1953 the district
closed
territory
became part
of #17 B & N.

and all

its

POWHATTANGRADE=Pifil llQ (In 1890)

The
land where Powhattan
City sets was
originally
part
of
the
Grand
Prairie
district.
The
schoolhouse
was
one-half
mile east
and
one-half
mile north
of town.
When the railroad
came through
in 1887 and
grew,
the
city
children
had to walk out
country
to
this
overcrowded
school.
people
wanted their
own school
and in an
the district
was divided _into two separate

the town
into
the
The
town
election
schools.

Powhattan
operated
as Dist #80 until
the
fall
of
1968.
That year there
were only three
schools
left
in the county
-- Hiawatha,
Horton,
and Powhattan.
The
Office
of
County
Superintendent
had
been
abolished
in the county
and all three
schools
were
then
given state
numbers.
Powhattan
became State
District
No.
510,
having
all
12 grades.
It
operated
as No. 510 until
the fall
of 1981 when the
district
was split
according
to the wishes
of
the
patrons
and added to the districts
of Hiawatha
or
Horton.
The
facilities
at Powhattan
ended up
in
Horton's
district.
Since the reservation
was about as close
to Powhattan
as Horton,
the Indians
felt
this
would
be a good opportunity
for them to have their
own
school
where more emphasis
could be given to
their
own heritage.
The
Horton district
granted
this
request
and
with the help of government
aid
the
Kickapoos
have maintained
Powhattan
as the Kickapoo
Nation
School
since
1981.
GREEN VALLEY= Dist #82 (In 1905)
District
82
was
organized
on
the
Kickapoo
Reservation.
This
district
operated
as a public
school
with both Whites
and Indians
attending
from
1905
to
1947 when it was made part
of
Powhattan
District
80.
63

CENTER VIEW=
.I2ifil #85 (In 1929)
This
district
was orga~lzed
as a public
school
the
reservation.
It operated
until
1947 when
was attached
to Powhattan
District
80.

on
it

CORNER VIEW= .!2ifil #86 (In 1929)

This district
was also organized
as a public
school
on the reservation.
It also operated
until
1947
when it was attached
to Powhattan
District
80
.IIB.12

(About 1930)
Red Top district
was established
strictly
as
an
Indian
school
after
the Boarding
Mission
School on
the reservation
closed.
Records
on this
were hard
to verify.
It is not believed
they had a definite
district
-- it was just
open to Indian
students
who
could get there.
About 1948 it closed
and most of
the
students
there
were transported
to
Powhattan
for
which
the state
and federal
governments
paid
some tuition.
POWHATTANHIGH SCHOOL

The history
of Powhattan
High essentially
begins
with
that
of Powhattan
Grade Dist.
#80.
The first
four-year
curriculum
was offered
in 1911.
Before
that,
a few high
school
courses
were
taught
when
the
students
were
sufficiently
qualified
and mature.
In the 1915 High School Annual,
prepared
by the first
four-year
graduating
class,
Doris Tuggle,
one of
the
senior
girls,
writes
" in 1890, three
years
after
the
railroad
came through,
Dist . . 40 (Grand Prairie),
which
was
a very large
district
encompassing
the area of
the
new town,
was divided
into two districtrs
by a vote of
the constituents
and the city
now had its own school."
The first
city building
was small,
about twenty
by
forty
feet,
and Miss Mae Walker was the only
teacher.
In
1894,
the building
was enlarged
and another
story
added.

The "Odd Fellows"

Lodge was
given the privilege
of
paying
for the second story
with
the
arrangement
that,
when the district
needed the room, they could buy
it from the lodge.
Now the
school
consisted
of two
rooms
with
Miss
Minnie
Miebach
in charge
of the primary
department
and
Mr.
J.
L.
Poston,
principal,
in charge
of the second
room.
In 1896, Nellie
Ebright
was hired
for the primary
room and taught
for three
years.
W. s.
Beldon,
W. E.
Archer,
and Grant Porter
taught
the higher
grades
these
years.
In
1899,
a third
teacher
was hired
and
the
upper
room was purchased
to take care of larger
enrollment.
From this
time on until
1911, the school
continued
as a
three-teacher
school
with first
one, and then two years
of high school
courses
taught.
By 1911,
the community was clamoring
for a four-year
high school.
E. W. Buffon was hired
as superintendent
and a two-year
course
was started.
In 1913,
the whole
four-year
course
was
established
and
five
teachers
hired.
The teachers
that year were E.W.
Buffon,
Supt.,
Harry Patton,
Fay Butler,
Maude Ashley
(later
Mrs. Hugh
Loyd),
and Maud Stewart.
The first
three
named were the
high school
teachers.

In 1917, a new and bigger

building

was built,

and the

high
school
and
grade
school
divided
and
were
administered
by separate
boards.
The cost of the
new
building
was
$30,000.
It contained
thirteen
rooms.
"The auditorium
was commodious with excellent
acoustical
0
properties
(said
the 1920 annual)
The grade and high
school
libraries,
with their
collection
of
reference
65

books,
story
books,
encyclopedias
and
magazines,
accommodate
the student
in aJ .l phases
of
scho61
work.
The
Domestic
Science
room is one of the
best
equipped
of
its kind in the country.
But the room which
calls
forth
the
greatest
response
from the
pupil,
is
the
larg~,
well-lighted,
well-ventilated
Gymnasium."
By the
Industrial
building
curriculum
Department.
agricultur&l
building.
That
fall
and other

late
1920 1 s,
the school
had grown until
the
Arts
classes
were being held in
a rented
up town.
Vocational
Agriculture
was a new
being
promoted
by the
State
Educational
In
the
spring
and summer
of
1929,
an
building
was built
east
of the
existing
The
building
uptown was no longer
needed.
Albert
Brown taught
vocational
Agriculture
classes.

Vocational
Argiculture
caught
on quickly
and Mr.
Brown
proved
a good leader.
The Powhattan
students
were
learning
to build
things
and do things
that
the
modern farmer
needed.
Some were winning
scholarships
to Kansas State;
some were making names for themselves
as judges
of crops and livestock.
A Future
Farmers
of America
(FFA)
chapter
was
organized
in 1931 and most of the
successful
farmers
around
Powhattan
today
can
credit
part
of
their
training
to their
years
in Vocational
Agriculture.
The Department
was discontinued
in 1981
when
the
Powhattan
School
was
divided
between
Hiawatha
and
Horton.
The
last
instructor,
Howard
Campbell,
encouraged
his last
class
in Vocational
Agriculture
to
hold
a celebration
in honor of the FFA's 50
years
(52
years Vocational
Agriculture)
in the Powhattan
School.
In
the accompanying
photo,
the first
president,
Leon
Wenger,
is
shown cutting
the anniversary
cake.
Richard
Hall,
another
charter
member is shown to
his
right.
Jeff
Brockhoff,
current
president
is
to
Wenger's
left.
To Jeff's
left
is Leon Gordon,
Robert
Edwardson
and
Eugene
Cashman,
respectively,
other
charter
members present
for the occasion.
66

Hall

"State
by students

Wenger

Farmer"
through

Brockhoff

Gordon

Edwardson

and "American
Farmer"
the years
were:

Cashman

degrees

received

STATE FARMER1950 - Howard Campbell

, Billy
Lowe
1951
Donnie Lowe
1952
Jerald
L. Draney,
George L. Wright,
James R. Moynagh
1953
Larry
Schumann,
Jack ~Van Tilburg,
Wilbur Wright
1955
Herbert
Wenger
1957
Teddy Rockhold,
Jr.
1962
Carl Schuetz
1971
Ronnie Heiniger
1972
Dwight Meyer, Douglas
Spellmeier
1973
Allen Meyer, Cory Heiniger,
Eldred Wenger
1976
Cliff
Heiniger,
Kevin Brockhoff
AMERICAN FARMER 1979 - Kevin Brockhoff
By the early
1930's,
Mr.
Johnnie
Corrigan,
who was
hired
as coach and teacher
in 1926,
had risen
to
high
school
principal.
His teams were not only winning
on
the
basketball
court,
but the school
was taking
on an
atmosphere
of growth.
Outlying
students
were encouraged
to
attend
Powhattan
by providing
them
transportation
when other
schools
didn't.
At first,
students
who lived
in
strategic
places
and had automobiles
were
paid
to
haul other
students
to school.
Later
panel trucks
were
converted
to mini-buses
because
they could traverse
the
poorer
roads
and yet the same
student
drivers
could
67

transport
buses
and on
At one
driven

many more students.

As the roads
improved,
were
purchased
and the students
from a distance
the reservation
met the buses to ride to
school.
tirr.e,
there
were as many as seven bus routes
all
by student
drivers.

Referring
to
the discussion
of the history
of
the
country
schools,
one
will
find that
during
the
late
1940's
and early
1950's,
most of them closed
and unified
with
Powhattan.
The advantages
were not only
cheaper
per
capita
education,
but better
educational
programs
and activities.
A school
lunch program was started
in
the fall
of 1949.
This was a tremendous
program
for the
health
of the students
and was particularly
appealing
to
the
Indian
students
from
distant
points
on
the
reservation.
Because
of the increased
enrollment
and use
of
the
lunch
program
by all students,
both high
school
and
grade,
the
Pleasant
Dale School building
was moved
in
and
converted
to classrooms
and lunch
area.
However,
this
proved to be only stop-gap
management,
and in 195657,
a new grade
school
complex and gymnasium was
built
and attached
to the 1917 high school
building.

The revolution
in rural
education
is
demonstrated
by these
facts.
The year before
the author
was elected
to
the
Grade
Board,
there
were only
three
teachers
handling
the eight
grades
in Powhattan
school
system.
Twelve years
later,
in 1958, there
were six teachers
in
as
many
rooms
with
a music
teacher
and
physical
educational
instructor
from the high school
assisting.
One can visualize
how this
growth
in
enrollment,
mostly
due to the consolidation
of the rural
schools,
affected
the size
of the high school.
Changes
continued
to
come.
Mr.
Corrigan's
success
as an educator
and
coach continued
with his tenure.
A tribute
to him, his
teams
and the school
appeared
in the Kansas~
.s.tsU.
on October
2, 1965.
The writeup
follows:
68

(THE Morning KANSAS CITY STAR)

ffil}tJan~a~ Qtit11
(![imt~
VOL. 98-. NO. 22

KANSAS

CITY,

SATURDAY,

OCTOBER

2, 1965-48

PAGES

His Boys BounceBall to 39 Years of Successfor Coach

i{t-M

ATHLETIC TROPHIES on three lonJ: ,helvu attest tn

Johnnie Corrig.-n's coach i ng prowess al Pn" hallan . Ka~.
Corrigan shows a trophy In Clarence Pollock Otftl , a tu chrr,
and Wayne Cowl e y . Jl, a u:nior and athlete .

By Donald L. Hoffmann
( A Membe r oi The St ar's Staff)

OWHATTAN, KAS.-This is th~ kine! ot

town you can ~ee from
a distance
')nlv because of its massive gr a.in elevator, rising high and nobly,
like the cathedral of a medie val burg .
Near the base of the elevator , in what would be call ed
the town square . if there were
enough buildings to make it a
square, is a concrete court,
basketball
hoops
at each
end .
Powhattan 's population
is
about 160. Its business is agriculture, and its recreation is
ba sketball .
To people in Powhattan, in
Brown County, in Northe ast
Kans a~. or , in fact, throughout
the state, Powhattan basket ball means Johnnie Corrigan ,
coach
at
the J Powhattan
schools for 39 years, and prin cipal for 34 of those years .
" This is a basketball town, "
says a clerk at. the Brown
County Co-Op, which owns the
elev ator.
The proof is in glazed ca ses ,
more thar 20 feet wide. on the
north wall of the new gymnasium . The oldest trop hy

01' TUE P LAYL~G FIELD. Corrigan show s Powhattan

high i;chool ~thl d e s a def ensi ve posture for rootb.all scrim
m.i.ging . Football at PowhaU an is les s popular than bukel

b.all. but this yta r JO of the H boys tried out.

th ere is a l !J22 silver cup for

the Brown County basketball
championsh ip.
Since 1926, when Corrigarr
ca me here as coach with a
bachelor 's degree from the
Univer sity of Kansas,
the
Powhattan rural high school
has won the county championship 26 t imes, has won district
and rogional tournaments , and
has bC()n to tho state tournament 10 times .
Th e r eal bea uty of Corrigan 's coal'hing achiev ement
can be realized when one considers the number of boys he
has t.o work with . This year
there are 87 students in high
school, 44 of them boys.
Nearly every student tries
to make th.e team . Since most
come to school in bus ses from
the surrounding nita l areas,
they get in extra pracl.ice on
the farm . Nearly every farm
has a basketb all hoop , Corrigan says .
or the 44 boys ln high sch()()!
this year, 30 ha ve gone ou! for
foothall-a
sport
Corngan
coaches but doesn 't push, because he knows some parents
are worried about the chance
of injuries.
The boys who do like football have the advanta ge of

69

--

IS HIS nou : AS P Rl l'"CIP AL nrthe P owhallan schoo ls,

CorriRan meet s in his offic e with two ch ee rle ade rs. Tbr y are
Nancy Sc huch [lrft>. and U nda Manl ry, both 16- ( Kanus
City Star photographs by Rick Solberg) .

Corrigan's
peppy coaching,
whether he is pushing the
sport or not.
"All right, we 'll ha ve a f,-3-2
defense,"
Corrigan shou_ted
the other day t.o the 30 scnmmaging players . "Come out of
there fast ... come out hard .
.. eyes up ... look ahead ...
look at the man you're playing
against . . . run , run hard ."
One year the Po whattan ru ral high school dr opped to
only 54 students, but 40 of
them were boys, i;o Corrig an
had enough material.
"It didn't make it good
when we had parties, though ,"
Corrigan recalls.
Started on D_lamond
Corrigan is now 62 years
old . His gra ying hair is crewcut, and he wears gla sses. He
is not a big man, but he has
always liked sports . At K. lJ.
he was on the baseball team.
Ile was born in Effingham,
30 miles southeast of Powhattan, and he attended the Effingham high school before going to K . U.
"I came here as a coach,"
Co1Tigan says, "and I haven't
been able to get out of town."
He onl'e had an assistant as
principal of th e Powhattan
grade school , but for most of
th e yea rs he h;is been princi-

pal of both schools, which are

physically joined.
"About three years the
board allowC'd me to hire a
help er, " Corrigan sa ys , "and
of course I hired my wife because I could fuss at her more
than an ybody els e."
Married a Trachl'r
Mrs . Lois Corrigan was a
tea cher at the Po whattan
.schools when she am! the principal were married . TI1ey
have hvo dau ghters, Mrs.
Sharon Cash, Omaha , and
llfo s Mary Jo Corrigan, who
ju st entered K. U.
Corrigan shyly admits that
he has had offers over the
years for positions at "bigger
but not better" schools.
"Of course, I thought the
first year I came th at I'd
move on," Corrigan says,
''b u t
being
old-fashioned
enough and farmer enough,
and being close to my old
home town , it was just more
enjoyable here , I thought,
than it would be some where
else .
"On several oC'cas ions I' ve
had a dream that I changed
schools . .. it was most unplC'asant .. . when I woke up
the next morning and found I
w;is slill her e, I was very happy ."--

--~----

Anothe r tri bute to Mr.

Corri g an was the nuffiber of
times
he tock
his teams
to
state
toournaments
.
A
picture
and
story
of the J~ s t team to make the
state
tournament
fo llows:

Great Bend Daily Tribune

Thursday,

March 13, 1958

Powhattan
GetsShotat Selden's
Undefeated
Mark
.

II

Johnnie Corr igan :,.nd his Kan sas coaching circles and state 16-2 but he has be.en mentioned any I
hoopsters hope they ha ve tournaments.
This is the tenth wh ere from 6-3 to 6-5. Thummel l
combination
to smash I trip for Corrigan's Powhattan five, made the all-tournament team here:

,
Selden's
25-game winning streak 1!but the first visit. since Class BB as a sophomore.
at 9 p .m. Thursday on the Great 11
was added to the playoffs in 1952.
Selqen advanced to the semifinBend high school mapies .
Powhattan
will field three sen- als here two years ago but its
P?whattan and Selden tangle fol- 1!iors and two juniors agai~st S~lden. chances w_ere Jolted when a Belden
lowing the 7 :30 p .m. battle between i,Ronald Pfister , a 62 semor, 1s the Ian was killed enroute to the semi
Jewell and .Alden. .
' tall boy" on the squad . Toe other finals. Thummel's father also was
Selden was voted the number , two seniors are Vernon Wenger, Injured in the mishap and still
one class BB team in Kansas by the ' 6-0, and Chelmer "Finger, a 5.7 wears a brace as a result of the
Topeka. Capital. Coach Jack Bell's playmaker.
Toe two juniors are highway accident .
Selden has another veteran in
sparkling
cagers are favored to ISteve Schumann, 6-1, and Gerald
move into the Friday night semi Kerbs, 5-9.
.
Gerald Childs, a e.2 senior. Three
Tom Thummel is the big gun juniors round out the starting five.
final~ against Alden, who is a slight
, for Selden . Coacn Bell reports They include Ronald Cooper, 5-10;
favorite to handle Jewell.
slightly over LeRoy Chance . 6-8, and Billy FowCoach Corrigan is no rookie in 11Thumm el measures
j ler. 5-10.
coach

IPowhattan
the right

Dally

Trlbn

Alatf

J>bele

SIGHTS SET ON SELDEN'S WIN SKEIN-Five of Powhotton's bosketboll players hove their sights set on Selden's 25gome winning streak. Selden and Powhattan collide at 9 p.m . Thursday in the BB toufney. Left to right ore Che lmor
Finger, Ronald Pfister , Ste ve Scnumann, Richard Wenger and Vernon Wenger . Gerold Krebs, a 5-9 starter, was oiling
Thursdoy morning in h is hotel room with the flu . He's a doubtful starter for ton ight's conte st.

70

Mr.
continuous
Powhattan

Corrigan
died
December
1,
1965,
years
at Powhattan
High School.
High became Unified
Dist.
#510.

after
40
In
1968,

A new high school

complex came into being in
197576.
This
was
possible
due to the high percentage
of
Indian
students
in the school
at this
time,
and to
the
readiness
of the u. s.
Treasury
to open up their
purse
for updating
old facilities.

In a matter
of a few years,
the situation
seemed to
change
all
over
the
county.
Hiawatha
and
Horton's
improved
facilities
and curriculums
appealed
to
the
parents
of
some of the whites.
Some of
Powhattan's
students
began
transferring.
Th~ Indian
Hertiage
courses
and crafts
at Powhattan
were not as appealing
as
it was thought
they would be.
Because
constituency,
the students
Powhattan
Kickapoos
Powhattan
, the Kickapoo

so many chose to transfer,

in a vote of
the
it was decided
to close
the school
and let
go where they wished.
This vote threw the
facilities
into the
Horton
district.
The
petitioned
the
Horton
Board
to
turn
the
school
over to them.
Today,
it is known as
Nation
School.

The
Powhattan
community
was
proud
of
its
representatives
each
year in
the
Hiawatha
Halloween
Frolic.
Powhattan
High School
had several
Princesses
and
four Halloween
Frolic
Queens throughout
the years.
The
Queens were:
Betty
Janet
Nanci
Nancy

Wenger
Pfister
Schumann
Currie
71

1947
1961
1964
1969

Thursday, June 26, 1986

THE RIA WATIIA DAILY WORLD

Former resident advocates

constitutional" awareness
Lane V. Sunderland, Associate
Professor of Political Science at
Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.,
recently was named Director of
Education Programa for the Commission .on the ;Bicentennial of the
United StatesConstitution.
Sunderland la the son of Mr. & Mrs.

increase public understanding of the

Constitution.
Sunderland's appointment was of:.
flclally announced this week. He will
be on leave from his teaching
position at Knox and will return to
the College at the conclusion of hla
duties at the commission.
RaymondL. Sunderland,Hiawatha.
''I'm thrilled to havethla opportunSunderland, a nationally recogity to make the nation more aware of
nized scholar in constitutional law
the important role of the Constituand American political theory, will
tion," Sunderland
commented.
"Many people may not be aware of
be responaible for managing and
promoting educational progranu to the wisdom both of the framers of

the Constitution and those who

opposed the Constitution as well,"

Sunderlandsaid.

Sunderland noted that he's particularly honored to be workingwith

WarrenBurger,ChiefJustice of the
United States. SunderlandrecenUy
met with Burger in Washington,
D.C.
On June 17 Burger announcedhe
will retire from the nation'shighest
court, in order to devotefull time
the commission.

In 1963 L:LneSunderland was one of 29 Kansas 4-H members selected to

attend the 4-H Citizenship Short Course at the National 4-H Club Foundation
in Washington, D.C. In 1964 IJine was one of four Kansas delegates to attend
the Nation al 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C. Theme of Conference "Our
Heritage Foundation For the Future" could have s:p3.rked Lane's interest
in
the subject for which he has received this recent honor?

In tribute to the nany who have contributed in their way, we quote

Ralph Waldo Emerson who said, "The future belongs to those who preJ):l.re
for it".
The people of the Powhattan Community have been a positive
force in providing opportunities
for their young people to be educated.
In so doing they have helped them pre:p3.re for the future.
rt is impossible to give credit to all our teachers, :p3.rents, committees and school board members who have touched the lives of our children and helped them reach their present potential in careers, vocations
and independent living.
Powhattan has nurtured successful lawyers, doctors, executives,
armers, pl umbers, electricians,
homenakers, poli ti cans and educators.
The leaders of tomorrow have been cultivated yesterday and today.
"Lives of good men all remind us
that we can nake our lives sublime,
and in de:p3.rting leave behind us
footprints
on the sands of time."
Longfellow

CLARENCE POLLOCK 1939-79

Mr . Pollock was a true friend to all durng high school years . . . en~ouraging, advising and
understanding
each student. He was the science and math teacher and in the last years student
counselor .
He was a teacher who aroused confidence
to his work, inspired all those about him.

in one's ability, and who,

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d d'
Y sincere
e rcatron

to

SOCIAL AND SERVICE CLUBS

The
Powhattan
community
had its share
of
ladies'
clubs
down through
the years.
In the section
entitled
"On the
Lighter
Side,"
the Priscilla
Club
and
the
Sunshine
Club were mentioned.
Other clubs
of
record
were:
D. M. C. Club
L. N. Club
G. C. (Good Cheer)
Grand Prairie
Club
Victory
Club
H H Club
GFWC Neo-Century
Westside
Social
Club
Powhattan
Senior
Citizens

The D.M.C.
Club was one of the early,
prestigious
social
clubs
of the Powhattan
community.
It was in its
heyday
the
first
20 years
of the
twentieth
century.
Though
mostly
social,
it did its share
of
Red Cross
sewing during
WWI.
of

The following
picture
the 1910 meetings:

shows

members

present

at

one

Fr on t
row
(l ef t to right)
- Miss
Etta
Cor de r,
Rut h
(Lamb ert)
Par zo ns,
Je s sie Lambert,
Mrs.
Purtle,
Mrs .
Epp y Bar be r,
Ina (Zimmerman)
Wallace,
and Mrs.
E.
E.
Bea uc h a mp .
Ba ck
ro w ( left
to right)
- Mrs.
Corder ,
Mrs .
Forres t
McCr e re y ,
Mrs.
Ida
Cl eme t ,
Mrs.
Jim
Lamb e r t,
Mrs .
Ma tilda
Spr ague,
Mrs.
Be lla Wil so n,
Mr s . Char d les
Co ngdo n, Mrs . Fo rbes,
and Hrs. Hitch coc k,

Known members not in the picture

were
Mrs.
Darby,
Mrs.
Kate
Powell,
Mrs.
Jacob
Shaner,
Conover,
Mrs. Tuggle,
Mrs. Leonard,
Mrs. Bowmaster,
Mrs. Hall.
The
report
of
Hiawatha
Daily World

another
meeting
is interesting:
73

recorded

in

Jess
Mrs.
and

The

Mrs. J. W. Sprague was hostes.s to the D. M. C. Club Wednesday af temoon. The rooms were
prettily decorated in thg national
colors, vases
of
roses and
sweet peas. During the after~
noon Mis,; Callie Stewart delighted the crowd with several instrumental selections.
Miss Nita
Sprague read the following piece
, of poetry to the amusement of
all. Dainty refreshments
were
served. The place cards were
suggestive of Independence Day.
Pictures were then taken of the
crowd by ~ita Sprague.
The club guests were; Mrs.
IWash ..,Ste~vart, Mrs. C. Wilson,
Mrs. C. Zimmerman, Mrs. J. B.
Sprague, Mrs. Rena Bredahl and
daughter Ruth, Mrs. S. F. Dusenbery, Mrs. E. L. Barber, Miss
Callie Stewart,
of Formoso,
Kansas.
The next meeting will be with

IMrs.

N. P. Sprague.

: Th is i~ the duy for the D. M. C. 's

E,ntl a jolly bunch are they;
Have come to meet with Mrs. Sprague
i On this bernlifui sunshiny day.
1\Irs. Sprag-ue, the president,
is here,
She 's fat and jolly too;
:tlfrs. Leonard, the secretary,
is near,
Au1d is anything
but blue.
.\frs. Hitchcock told l'virs. Hull,
That l\lrs. Shaner rrot a bad fali ;
I'.lr~. Congdon heard the news
;\ud asked Mrs. Tuggle if it left a
bruise.

l\lrs. Den,uchamp is so funny,

Bute very time she'll take the money;
;1Irs . Powell feels "kinda"
blue,

.
I

tdrs. Scouten snys "I do too."

l\lrs. Forbes laughed at them,

And Mi's. Corder i;; so shy of mer.;
!1Irs. tvkCrerey likes to walk,
Because she dearly loves to talk .
!l\Irs. Clement 1\'(ll go along,
J f !\l!'s. Bowrnaste1 will sing lt son,l'
Today the!'e are se\' eral visitors hei
:\ .ad . the Club must do theiL' best ;
To ; how that they are full of cheer,
.:\ :1d :;u:: ~tr;t

~') the

l''.:'..:,t .

.G......C.....(GOODCHEER) .cLW

The G. C.(Good Cheer) Club was made up of a number of

good country
ladies
mostly from the northwest
area
of
the Powhattan Community.
A partial
list
of the members
as she could remember them was submitted
by Mary Schmitt
(herself
a member) includes:
Mrs. William Schmitt,
Mrs.
George Corzine,
Mrs.
Fred Krebs, Mrs. Walter Hildwein,
Mrs.
Howard Hinkle,
Mrs.
F. L. Schmitt,
Mrs.
Ray
Shannon,
Mrs.
Bert
Rouse,
Mrs.
Alice Bartley,
Mrs.
Charley Patton,
Mrs. Herman Hinz, Mrs. Sanford Croxton,
Mrs. Tom Gaynor, Mrs. Henry Schmitt,
Mrs. Cecil Croxton,
Mr.s.
William Croxton,
Mrs.
Charlie
Bearce,
and Mrs.
Harry Hinz.

VICTORY .CT,J.ra
Recorded
in The Hiawatha
of the Victory
Club:

Daily

The Victory Club at Powhattan was organized in the spring

of 1942.
The charter members were
Mrs. Beulah Holcomb, Mrs.
Ralph Rotz, Mrs. Hector Moser (deceased), Mrs. Ralph
Moser (deceased), Mrs. Johnnie Corrigan (deceased), Mrs.
Hugh Loyd, Mrs. Clyde Wonder, Mrs. Lilly Alexander
Snavely, Mrs. Harold Penn,
Mrs. Leonard Volz and Mrs.
Ralph Schmitt (deceased).

Through the years there

have been many new members

World is

this

and many have moved away or

dropped out.
The club meets once a month
at which time they enjoy
games and contests, and especially the mystery package
at each meeting.
At the time it was organized,
during World War II, refreshments were to be simple, and
members were asked to walk,
not ride, to the meetings.
On the 25th anniversary the
club held a rewlion of all
members and former memhers who were not too far away
to attend.

74

history

At the present
time,
there
are thirteen
members with
the
following
officers:
Mary
Chadwell,
president;
Lucille
Hossfeld,
vice~president;
Inez Boyer,
secretarytreasurer

.LN (LOYAL NEIGHBORS) .c.LJlli

The
described

history
in this

of another
neighborhood
social
club
The Hiawatha
Daily World clipping:

is

A number of ladies in the

neighborhoodmet at the home
of Mrs. Myron CashmanApril
1, 1937. The purpose of the
meeting was to form.a neighborhood club - a social club. A
business meeting was held

Littrell, Miss Ruth Littrell, gatherings for the families

Mrs. Verdo Littrell, Mrs. have been enjoyed through the
Lloyd Rieger, and Mrs. Orland years.
During the 43-year period
Williams.
Many interesting
and there has been an enrollment
of 46 members. Of these, there
amusing
incidents
have
are five charter members,
happened during these . years.
with Mrs. Myron Cashman When necessary, we were living not far from us: Mrs.
elected . president;
Mrs. ready to help and considered it Verdo Littrell, still with the
Mrs. Roy Beale,
a privilege to lend a hand in club;
Orland
Williams,
vice
Sabetha;
Mrs. Myron Cashtime
of
sickness
and
sorrow.
president; and Mrs. Verdo
Contributions have been man, Topeka; Ruth Littrell
Littrell, secretary - treasurer,
Boss, living in Colorado; and
to
different
and reporter. Ladies present made
organizations such as Red Mrs. Orland Williams, Horton.
at the first meeting became Cross, cancer, heart, hospital
On April 21, 1963, the silver
charter members of the club fund, exchange student, ana anniversary
of
this
included:Mrs. Frank Bartley,
organization was celebrated
Sheltered Workshop.
Mrs. Roy Beale, Mrs. Cary
During the war, we pur- by the past and present
chased war stamps, tacked members and their families,
Cashman, Mrs. Idah Cashman, Mrs. Myron Cashman, comforters, made bed jackets at the Powhattan Methodist
and baby quilts and army kits. Church.A basket dinner was
Mrs. Elmer Krebs, Mrs. L. T.
served at 1 o'clock in the afPicnics
and
social
ternoon.

There presently
are 12 members of that
club and the
officers
are:
President
- Minnie Finger;
Vice-President
- Joyce
Bartley;
Secretary-Treasurer
Mary Berniece
Finger.
The club will
celebrate
50 years
next year.
GRAND PRAIRIE~
the

Still
Grand

another
club in the
Prairie
Club described
The Grand Prairie Club was
organized January 29, 1916,at
the home of Mrs. Clyde Lovett.
The bylaws stated the club was
organized to P,romotegood will
and fellowship in the community. The sunflower was
selected as the club flower
with yellow and white the club
colors. When first organized,
the club had sewing and knitting projects for the Red Cross,
quilting parties and a study
time.
During the 1920's, the club
served farm sales, gave showers and celebrated Hal-

Powhattan
community
in this
article:

is

loween with a party each year.

From 1931to 1941,there were
many interesting and various
things done, such as stemming
gooseberries or sewing for the
hostess. During the early
years, there were no hard
surfaced roads and the members came in buggies, lwnber
wagons and walked to attend
club.
Grand Prairie Club celebrated its 50th anniversary on
June 30 of 1966,with a meeting
at The Maple Leaf, attended
by 41 members, former members and guests of the club.

The
present
club membership
consists
of Mrs.
Leon
Wenger,
president;
Mary Chadwell,
Vice-president;
Mrs.
Paul Meyer,
secretary;
Mrs.
Donald Barnes,
treasurer;
Mrs.
Ralph Hossfeld,
Mrs.
Albert
Hossfeld,
Mrs. Homer
Jacobsen
and Mrs. Carroll
Loyd.
75

Ir,
1956,
t he
above p icture
i.as tilk<::n at
on e
of
their
mce tin Gs.
L.
to R.,
fr on t r o w - Joan
Zimrn c rs,
,J.:rn ic e (Parkey)
Sir.ith,
Duane L oyd , Max L oyd . Se c or.d r ow
tlrs.
Gus Edward son,
Mrs.
C.
w. L oyd , Mrs. Henrik
J acobse n,
Mr s . Arthur
Barnett,
Mrs.
Vea c h , Mro.
Che s ter
,H k ey .
Back
r ow
- ~!rs.
Warren
Wright,
Mrs.
Fl oy d
T.:mt>c r lakc,
Mrs.
Leon
i'leng er ,
Mrs.
Ve rn o n
Pfister,
rnother
with bal'Y (unknown),
Mrs.
Fra n k Lcyd,
a nd Mr s .
George Weidman.

H H .cLllli. (HELPINGHAND)
One day a group of neighbor
ladies
in the Pleasant
Hill
School
Dist.
No 41,
while
picking
wild
gooseberries,
were joking
about getting
together
again
to stern their
fruit.
The next day they did get together
and,
since
it
seemed more fun to do their
work
in
a
group,
they
formed
a club and named it
the
"Helping
Hand" Club.
That was June 23, 1926.
come
don't
serve

The
policies
of the club as voted that
day
were:
prepared
to work (particularly
for the
hostess);
dress
up;
bring
the small
children
along;
and
only light
refreshments.

Down through
the years,
nearly
every woman that
lived
in this
area joined
the club and usually
remained
a member
as
long as her residence
remained
in
that
community.
The club disbanded
in 1972, after
housework
seemed to become less
drudgerous,
and it became more of
a social
club.
Sixty-nine
different
names were counted
on the roll
through
the years.
The
charter
officers
were
Mrs.
Jesse
Cashman,
president;
Mrs.
Henry Wenger,
reporter;
Melba Cashman
and Goldie
Bindle,
program
committee.
The other
members
were Mrs.
Ezra Bowron, Mrs. Samuel Thorton,
Mrs. Samuel
Thorton,
Mrs.
Herbert
Wasserfallen,
Mrs. A. B. Palmer,
Mrs.
Samuel Wenger,
Mrs.
Frank Coleman,
and Mrs. Paul
Wenger.
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WEST SIDE SOCIAL

rn

A social
club
Powhattan.
An article
about this
club:

was organized
on the west
side
of
in TM Hiawatha
Daily World tells

The West Side Social Club 1oose leaf notebook covering

was so named because it is on for club records was 35 cents,
the extreme western edge of the same is about three dollars
Brown County. It was organ- today. Also at that time, a
ized more than 50 years ago. potted plant for a member who
The club records are available was ill was $1.50, compared to
only from 1951.
approximately
$10 today.
The first meeting of the club Throughout the years ~the club
was held at the home of Mrs. has given donations to the Red
WillMorehead and her daugh- Cross, Polio Ftmd, Cancer
ter, Mrs. Harry Hollorty. Fund, TB Seals, Heart Fund,
Some of the charter members and many others.
At one time, the enrolbnent
were Mrs. D. W. Sunderland,
Mrs. Bill Morehead,Mrs. Em- of the club was 15 members
.erson Roush, Mrs. Harry Hol- and the boundaries were very
forty, Mrs. Dan O'Kane, Mrs. strict; however, as more farm
Edwin Draney, Mrs. Adolph homes were vacated, and
Peterson and Mrs. P. A. people moved away, the boundaries were outlawed allowing
Plumb.
In 1951, the price tag on the the club to get more ladies to
become members.

At the present
time,
there
Wayne Heiniger
is the president.

are

12 members

and Mrs.

NEO-CENTURY STUDY CLUB

On October
20,
1941,
the Neo-Century
Study
Club
held its first
meeting.
They selected
for their
motto,
nNot
failure,
but low .aim is crime.n
Club
flower
Rose.
Club colors
-- blue and gray.
In 1945, the club
voted
to
become
affiliated
with
the
KFWC.
Charter
members
are
Mrs.
Raymond
Sunderland,
Mrs.
Norman
Chadwell,
Mrs. Clarence
Pollock,
Mrs. B. I. Smith,
Mrs.
Dale Lewis,
Mrs. Richard
Hall,
and the late
Mrs. Johnnie
Corrigan.
The club hosted
the First
District
Diamond Jubilee
Convention
at the Powhattan
Methodist
Church,
October
1965.
Public
affairs
is a vital
part
of our Federation
clubwork.
For
more than thirty
years
the
Neo-Century
has sponsored
students
in citizenship
essay
contests,
in
, art,
and in music talent
auditions.
In 1964, the club
was
instrumental
in encouraging
the instruction
of
art
in the Powhattan
schools.
The
club
has
been
enrolled
in
the
Community
Improvement
Program for over twenty
years,
and has won
awards
on district
and state
levels
with projects
such
as:
tree
planting
in the city park,
raising
funds for
band uniforms,
erecting
street
signs,
a street
lighting

fund,
road signs
and safety
improvement
on Highways
75
and
36.
It
has entertained
the school
teachers
and
Senior
Citizens
of the community with noon luncheons
and
programs.
Each year the Veterans
receive
cookies,
lap
robes and carpet
rags from our club.
77

In 1984, the club receiv2d

first
place
in the state
in the energy
division,
and in 1985,
first
place
in the
state
for Safety.
The club is proud to have had three
District
Presidents:
Mrs.
John
Schuman,
Mrs.
Leon
W~hger,
and
Mrs.
Norman
Chadwell,
and
one
State
President,
Mrs. Leon Wenger.
The club is happy to still

have six active

charter

members.

In 1986, the club won third

in the state
with their
project.
A slide
tape-program
showing
the
project
the club will
be shown all over Kansas.
Members of
CIP committee
were:
Barbara
Killoren,
Janet
Wenger,
Mae Wenger,
president.
Incoming
officers
for 198687 are President
- Mrs.
George Meyer;
Vice-President
-

CIP
of
the
and

Mrs.

Norman Chadwell;

Treasurer
Sunderland.

- Mrs.

Secretary

Homer Jacobsen;

- Mrs.

Reporter

Richard
Mrs.

Hall;

Raymond

Gf"WC Neo Century

Club poses
in front
of the marker
thev
erected
in City Park to honor their
KFWC State
President:
Mae Wenger.
L. to R. Louise
Lewis,
Venice
Sloan,
Alma
Schur.iann,
Myrtle
Pollock,
Hildred
Littrell,
Genevive
Wenger,
Evelyn
Loyd,
Eunice
Sunderland,
Mae Wenger,
Frances
Jacobsen,
Janet
Wenger,
Dorothy
Hall,
Do~othy
Smith,
Barbara
Killoren,
Geneva Hossfeld,
Virginia
Meyer
and
Mary
Chadwell.
Members
not
present
were
Ester
Blandin,
Barbara
Chadwell,
Ruth Cronk,
Lorene
Kneisel,
Jennie
Mueseler,
and Jackie
Wenger.

POWHATTAN
SENIORCITIZENS
One
Powhattan
this
club:

of the
Senior

more recent
Citizens.

The first meeting of the

Powhattan Senior Citizens was
held in the Legion Hall in
March, 1972. The first president was Mrs. Henry Wenger;
vice president, Mabel Zimmerman, and secretary-treasurer, Alice Crane.

clubs
to
A World

A meeting has been held

ahnost every month since the
group organized. Most of the
meetings are in the Fellowship
Hall of the United Methodist
Church. A few picnics were
held in the Powhattan City
Park and a few meetings in the

78

be formed was
the
article
describes
Legion Hall.
.
October 7 of that year, the
group attended a fair at Horton
J::ommunity Building where
clubs from the five counties,
Atchison, Doniphan, Jackson,
Nemaha and Brown, met.
Members brought quilts, af-

ghans, and many other crafts

to display and sell. There was
also a covered dish dinner, followed by a good program.
Twice a year, the group
attends the Five-County Picnic
at Horton, where they furnish

In
Horton

two prizes for the drawing.

After the dinner, a varied
program is enjoyed with volunteers presenting the numbers.
Each month, after the bountiful carry-in dinner, various

the early
eighties,
Senior
Citizens
group.

the

games and a program are

enjoyed. Several times members of the Modem Sunflower
4-H Club and the Neo-Century
Club have entertained the
group.

group

voted

to

join

the

EXTENSION HOMEMAKERSUNITS
COMET ROAD .fill!!
the

A 1981
article
in The Hiawatha
history
of the Cornet Road EHU:

Daily

Comet Road Unit was years old, and one of the

organizedFebruary 5, 1946.It charter members recalls one
was suggested by Mrs. Ezra of the lessons she presented in
Bowron to name the new unit the ear lier years of the unit,
"Comet Road," as many years which was on investments.
ago, Comet Church was This lesson helped her plan
located on the road on which her retirement years. She also
and near which the members remembers the lessons on
lived. Mrs. Bowron, a charter soap making, washing clothes
member is 94 years old, living and canning, among many
in Hutchinson. The other two others.
Mae Schmitt also a charter
charter members living are
Mrs. Audrey Wenger and Mrs. member, recalls that th e firS t
Mae Schmitt of Powhattan.
meeting of the Comet Road
A coW1tywide meeting .was Unit was held at her home . She
held in Hiawatha in 1946, at also remembers one of the
which there were 300 Home earlier projects was to place
Economics Unit members library books in schools in
which our members
had
present.
.
Through the years, until the children. At one time, the unit
present time, members helped was represented in five difin various ways at the Tri- ferent grade schools at the
C'-0untyFair in Horton.
same
time.
Mae
also
Mrs. Audrey Wenger, 87 remembers
lessons
on

Due to members

moving

away,

1982.

the

World

gives

"Mental Poise," "Care Of

Your Feet," and "Refinishing
Furniture."
At the present time we have
11 members with the newest
one being Mrs.
Frank
Mueseler. During the past
year, some of the lessons
pl"esented were on "Money
Saving Tips," "Quilt Conservation," ' 'New Ideas on
Home lighting," "Control of
Household
Pests,"
and
"Famous Women of Kansas."
A workshop was held at which
the_ members made tray
favors for hospitals, cancer
dressings, and cheer plates
for the elderly.
Since 1946, many of the
faithful members have died,
but their memories
are
cherished by those remaining.

unit

disbanded

GRANDPRAIRIE .fililI
The first
EHU, described

EHU in Brown County was the

in this World article:

. Before 1934, there were no

Economic Homemaker Units
in Brown County.Some of the
women felt there was a real
need for an organization,
where women could learn to be
better homemakers and to

expand their irterests. These

women worked . hard to convince
the county commissioners this was a need.
The Grand Prairie Unit was
organized December 11, 1934.
Sharing the distinction of being

79

Grand

Prairie

one of the first three extension

units to be organized in Brown
County. Mrs. Frank Kidwell
was the first president. She
was the hostess for the first
meeting and gave . the first
lesson, which was making a
door mat out of binder twine.

in

Other
officers
elected
at that
first
meeting
were:
Mrs.
Henrik Jacobsen
- Vice-President;
Mrs. Chris Olsen
- Secretary-Treasurer;
Mrs.
Gus Edwardson
and
Mrs
Picton
John - Program Committee;
Mrs.
Alex McCrerey

Recreation
Leader;
Mrs. Arthur
McCray - Reporter.
A variety of subjects have interest, it is by no means the
been stu~ed throug~ tJ:ie circumference. Thus, some
years. While the home IS still lessons have helped the
the center of the members' members improve their skills

as homemakers and mothers

others have helped to broaden'
their interests in the world
beyond their doorstep.

On Tuesday,
December 11, 1984, the unit celebrated
their
50th
anniversary
with a luncheon
at
the
Best
Western
Lodge.
President
Evelyn Loyd welcomed
the 40
members and former members with Mrs.
H. c. Olsen
and
Mrs.
Frank
Loyd charter
members present.
Mrs.
Homer
Jacobsen
seemed to sum up the 50 years
of the club
best
when
she stated
that
all of the members felt
that
what
they had learned
in unit had made them better
family
and
community
members.
1986
officers
are:
Mrs.
David
Barnes
- President;
Mrs.
Homer Jacobsen
- VicePresident;
Mrs.
Paul Meyer - Secretary-Treasurer;
Mrs.
Carroll
Loyd - Reporter.
4-H

CLUBS

MODERNSUNFLOWER4-H .CT.JIB.
4-H Club originated
in
The Modern Sunflower
a
project
club.
The
foods
project
club
1920's
as
Prairie
4-H Club,
before
it
became
the
Grand
4-H
Club.
In
1941
the
club
was
chartered
Powhattan
4-H Club.
the Modern Sunflower

the
was
the
as

Several
activities
of
the
early
club
included
having
floats
in the Hiawatha
Parade,
having
a style
review
at the Powhattan
Picnic,
and having
a club band.
More recent
activities
have included
Christmas
caroling,
entertaining
at nursing
homes,
observing
Bake and Take
Day,
and
taking
educational
tours.
Safety,
health,
people-to-people,
and recreation
have been some of
the
recent
club projects.
Through the years
there
have been numberous
winners
in
the
Modern
Sunflower
4-H Club,
including
nine
National
4-H
Congress
trip
winners,
American
Royal
Conference
trip
winners,
Kansas
4-H
Congress
trip
winners,
and
contestants
in other
national
contests.
The club has been named as a state
winner
in the
health
and safety
projects
several
times,
and received
various
trips
for winning.
One club leader
received
the state
4-H Alumni Award.
The 4-H club members and families
have participated
in
national
and international
exchange
programs.
Pat
Draney
was
an
!FYE exchange
student
to
Germany
and
Marjorie
Loyd was an !FYE to Israel.
Club families
have
hosted
IFYE's from several
countries,
LABO students
from
Japan,
and 4-H members from Minnesota.
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National
winners
to 4-H Club Congress
were:
Annette
Moser Larson
- Health
Barbara
Wenger Strahm - Frozen Foods
Anita Wenger Pfister
- Safety
Karen Kneisel
Randall
- Health
Lyle Chadwell
- Tractor
Gary Chadwell
- Tractor
Suzanne Schumann Anderson
- Health
Kathy Wenger Palermo
- Frozen
Foods
National
4-H ConferenGe
trip
Naomi Wenger Cashman
Richard
Wenger

winners

were:

Present
officers
are:
Nathan Wright
- President;
Martha Wright - Vice-President;
Justin
Hall - SecretaryReporter;
Vickie
Zimmers - Treasurer.
Council
members
are Becky Mueseler
and Nathan Wright.
Community leaders
are Virginia
Meyer and John Hall.
POWHATTANAMERICAN LEGION

called
charter

On October
24, 1947, the Powhattan
American
Legion,
Wenger
Post
No.
373,
was organized
with
58
members.
These members were:

Walter
K. Babbit
Clyde Bartley
Garrett
w. Bartley
William
B. Congdon
Clarence
Coulter
Carol H. Crumb
Roy B. Crumb
Ruben R. Finger
Samuel H. Finger
Boyd E. Guffy
Donald K. Guffy
Aaron L. Hall
Warren C. Hobbs
Otis C. Holcomb
Louis W. Hossfeld
Harold Kneisel
Ralph E. Kneisel
Carroll
H. Loyd
Charles
W. Loyd
Virgil

Wenger

Ruth Loyd
Alvin R. Wenger
Thayne I. McCrerey Delbert
L. Wenger
John E. Meyer
Frank O. Wenger
Ernest
W. Moler
Glenn E. Wenger
Lester
O. Nickels
Harry V. Wenger
James C. Owens
Ivan H. Wenger
Donald K. Pfister
Johnnie
E. Wenger
Gale G. Pfister
Kenneth
E. Wenger
Vernon Pfister
Loren F. Wenger
Wayne E. Pfister
Louis R. Wenger
Charles
R. Rotz
Ralphael
C. Wenger
c. Wenger
Aluert
L. Schmitt
Virgil
Bernard
L. Schmitt
Bernard
M. Williams
Edgar Schmitt
Henry Willick
Ralph H. Schmitt
Leslie
E. Wolfley
Alvin G. Siebenmorgan
Norman L. Thonen
Clyde L. Wonder
John A. Tweed
Daniel
A. Zimmerman
Roy B. Volz
is

the

present

Commander.

POWHATTANAMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

On March 7,
1949,
the Powhattan
American
Legion
Auxiliary
to Wenger Post No.
373 was organized
with
30
charter
members.
These members were:
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Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss

Barbara
(Reuben)
Finger
Betty
(Garrett)
Bartley
Betty
(Frank)
Wenger
Mae (Albert)
Schmitt
Lucille
Willick
Mrs. Elizabeth
(C.W.) Loyd
Mrs. Fern (Moses) Hall
Mrs. Blanche
(Wm) Williams
Mrs. Lottie
(Abijah)
Bartley
Mrs. Maude (Hugh) Loyd
Mrs. Cordie
(Roy) Volz
Mrs. Doris
(Carol)
Crumb
Mrs. Grace (Clyde)
Bartley
Mrs. Katheryn
(Chet) Storm
Mrs. Bessie
(Edgar)
Schmitt
this

Barbara
writing.

Hirsch

is

the

Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
president

Vertie
(Ralph)
Schmitt
Ester
(Harry)
Hinz
Alice
(Earl)
Bartley
Mabel (D.A.)
Zimmerman
Bevie
(Harold)
Bartley
Lillie
(Ernest)
Lassley
Margaret
(Samuel)Wenger
Alice
(L.L.)
Crane
Grovia
(W.C.) Hobbs
Hazel (Ernest)
Kneisel
Lela (Roy) Crumb
Fern (Ralph)
Rotz
Martha
(Henry) Willick
Evelyn
(Carroll)
Loyd
Fern (James)
Tweed
of the

Auxiliary

at

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE - THROUGH THE YEARS

ANNOUNCEMENTPARTY
1913
- The
Misses
Cora
and
Carrie
McGinnis
entertained
the Priscilla
Club Thursday
afternoon,
June
26,
in
honor
of Miss
Carrie's
25th
birthday.
The
afternoon
was
spent
in playing
various
games.
Books
were made from clippings
forecasting
her future.
A cat
was
turned
loose
in the room and around
its
neck
was
found the following
announcement:
"Mr.
and Mrs. W. H.
McGinnis
announce
the engagement
of their
daughter,
Miss
Carrie
McGinnis
to Keever E. Wharton of
Morrill.
The
wedding
to take place
later
in July."
Dainty
refreshment
of orange
ice,
wafers,
cake,
and
lemonade
were served.
(Note - The couple
were married
July 30,
1913.
Lillian
Womble,
their
daughter,
said
June 28,
1986,
in a phone conversation
with the writer
that
her
mother was enjoying
reasonably
good
~ealth.
Although
confined
to
a wheelchair,
she
was
sharp
mentally
and had just
celebrated
her 98th birthday
two
days earlier.)
M.B.S.....
DUSENBERY
ENTERTAINS
THE SUNSHINE.cL!m
One of the social events of the
week was when the Sunshine
Club and a number of other
guests responded to invitations
givea out by Mrs. S. li'. Dusenbcry fol' a " Washing Bee" party
at her home Weclt,1esday afternoon.
After their anival each wr.s

-- 1914

given a large square of paper clothes. This was followed by a

and scissors, and strings w ere contest pertaining
to washin g
fm:;tene<l from chair to chair to alrid Mrs. Stratton was given the
represent cloth es lines. Each A,nize. Some fine music was furwas tociit from Ulls piec8 of pa- n,iished by Mrs. Schlegel and .vas
per the Duse1~bery wa ,:\1ingand ~re enjoyed ,b:y all. A.dainty
hang ~m the !me . . M.rs. Ste w~u't jncheon cons1st.111.gof fruit salad
was given first pnze for the neat- .ake and grapr Jmce was cerved .
est and best arranged
line of

!I

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NUTTING PARTY
About
invited
to
The day was
built
a fire
dinner
was

1915
- "Last
go on a nutting
ideal
and the
and soon had
spread.

Friday
several
ladies
were
trip
with Mrs. Bert Stratton.
ladies
took wienies
and bacon,
them roasting
and a very
good

As soon
as the dinner
was over each one took
her
basket
and sack and proceeded
to fill
them with walnuts.
But while
they were busy,
thinking
they were all alone,
someone spied
a man running
over the hill,
and at
once
he was taken
for a horsethief
and Mrs. Stratton
and Mrs.
Albee
took up clubs
and made for the wagon and
horses,
thinking
to
scare
him away.
But when they
got
near
enough they recognized
an old friend
and neighbor;
then
we all enjoyed
a good laugh.
The crowd returned
late
in
the
evening
all declaring
they had had the best day
of
the season."

BAGS MOUNTAIN LION

Year -(When cars would go 30 miles
per hour)
"Troy,
Kas.,
Aug. 26 - To catch mountain
lion and
kill
it without
the aid of a gun has been the
exciting
experience
of Dr.
R. A. Calnan,
brother
of H. J. Calnan
of this
city,
who is well-known
here.
Doctor
Calnan,
with
a party
of friends,
was on a hunting
trip
in
the
Black Mountains,
northeast
of Hucco Tanks,
Tex.,
in a
motor
car.
As they passed
beneath
a high rock a mountain
lion
above lost
its footing
on a cliff
and
fell
directly
into the rear seat
of the machine,
and clung to
the cushions
while
the machine
covered
two miles.
Then,
while
the car was going thirty
miles an hour over a flat
strewn
with volcanic
boulders,
the lion
leaped,
fell
near
the
edge of a gulch,
and was found
thirty
feet
below with its neck broken.
Calnan
and his companion
the
lion while
it was in their
dead they skinned
it and left
the
lion's
death.
The pelt
inches
from
tip to tip,
and
glossy."

made no
car.
the body
measured
the hair

attempt
to
shoot
After
finding
it
near the scene of
seven feet
eight
was
thick
and

Note:
H. J.
Calnan was editor
of Powhattan
.E.Q.s.t.
several
years
after
its beginning
in 1894.
Later
he
sold
out
and
operated
a bigger
newspaper
in
Troy,
Kansas.
This Dr.
R. A. Calnan was a brother
to editor
H.J. Calnan and Dr. G. B. Calnan who was in Powhattan.

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GOVERNORCAPPER HERE
"Not
many small
towns
have
the
privilege
of
entertaining
the governor
of the state,
but
Powhattan
will have that honor next Sunday, and it will not be for
a campaign speech either.
The men's Bible class of the
Methodist
Sunday School have secured him for an address
in the
church Sunday evening,
June 11,
as has
been
announced
previously.
The Governor
will
bring
a
Christian
message,
also it is said by those
who have
heard
him that
he is
especially
pleasing
to his
audiences.
There will be no admission
charged,
everybody is invited
and we expect a record-breaking
crowd."
Capper
was Governor 1911 to 1915 so this
sometime
during his tenure.
Alice Crane says
remember
the
occasion
and people
were
very
about their
Governor.

happened
she
can
enthused

WINS NEW CHEVROLET

Fri-1

Gla~ys_ McGninnis, daughter of Wm.\'. s~cond_ to 1\Iis_s .ri~~.Gin1~is~Poto

McQmm s won the 490 Chevrolet . day night.. Sa tmclay cvcnm"' at the
1
t,ouring c:ir, in the contest a L the doscJ . c,;3c of the contest :Miss :McGinnis
l'f the A. J. Meyer sa le last Saturday ; 'Nas near a hundr ed thou~nnd votes
'eve nin g. Haro ld Ho gan, son of Mr. ~hea ~. Sa~1 Wen ~er_ ::is m th~ ra~e
, nnd Mrs. John Hogan, run a close .n third pbcc du1 mg ,.11 the thirteen
I ,days of the sale.

Note:
The contest
was conducted
in 1916.
Giving a
new car away in those days was a considerable
feat.
Mr.
Meyer continued
in the grocery business
until
about 1920
when the patrons
decided to have their
own store.
They
formed a coop and called
it the "Farmers Store."

SANFORD CROXTON TRAMPLED BY A MAD BULL

S. Croxton, well known farmer 21/2
mlles west of Powhattan, came near
losing his life Thursday evening when
an infuriated bull attacked him, pawing and butting Mr. Croxton for hear
ly one hour, after which the injured
man managed to crawl to a . tree
which he climbed while suffering excruciating pain from five broken ribs,
injuries in the cheat, his nose broken
and other serious bruises. Mr. Crox
ton ls 60 years old and it was feared
Friday that he might contract pnou- '.
monla, but he rested quite well Frij
day night and Saturday morning
there JI
.
.
was no indication
or compl!eatloni; . :
How Mr. Croxton escaped death is un- i
explainable as the maddened animal
fought him wHh Its feet and head,

I
84

pushing and kicking him.

Mr. Crox-

ton's only defense _was a sm~IJ stick

he happened to get hold of when the
bulil/ knocked him down and these i
blows only increased the animal's fury. '
It was ab.out chore time when Mr. \
Croxto'n went into a corn field to drive _
the cows home. The bull resented hi!"
appea.ra.nce and made a .dive for him-,

i .

knocking him down. Then began " ;

struggle for life against odds. When
Mr. Croxton came to a patch
o! 1
!}rush hb succeeded in dragging him i
~elf around the spot and jumped bl 5
'
.
I
hind a tree. He climbed it and re '
ma!ned there until the but! got away
at a, safe distance, and the animal
was so persistent in Its efforts to destroy Mr. Croxton It remalnc 'd near the .

mile distant.
A doctor was calltJtl antl I
gave him tcm1porary treatm e nt. Mr. '
Cr :ixlon wished Lo he takuu to llis
bloody, came down he mado his way
home iu splto of hin . dang!1TOU1?..
_J11:. !
to Lhe home or Jesse Hobbs, a half i Juries. A trained nurse is caring fo

tree, pn\\ing the ground Hke It was

waiting for its victim to como down:
\Vhnn the iujurCll rnan, bruised and

ow{

him.

died

Note:
This accident
in 1952 at age 92.

EXCURSION TO ST.

happened

in

1920.

Mr.

Croxton

JOE

The
May 25,
1900,
Powhattan
EQ.s..t.
carried
advertisement:
"Excursion
to St.
Joe via Grand
route
Sunday,
May 27th.
Round
Trip
Rate,
Special
train
leaves
Sabetha
at 8:15 a.m."
Note:
This
Robinson
and was not

train
went
the Powhattan

through
train.

this
Island
$1.00.

Hiawatha

and

EXCERTS FROM STUDY CLUB FILES

The GFWC Neo Century
Club hosted
the First
District
Diamond
Jubilee
Convention
at the
Powhattan
Methodist
w. C. McKee of Fairview
Church in October
1965.
Mrs.
was
honored
as the "Brilliant
Jewel"
- the
Federated
member
with the longest
and most outstanding
record
of
service.
She
was instrumental
in the Neo Century
Club
becoming
a member of the General
Federation
of
Women's
Clubs.
On March 7,
1970, the club met at the home of Mrs.
Leon
Wenger to celebrate
two anniversaries
- the
80th
anniversary
of the GFWC and the 25th anniversary
of the
GFWC Neo Century
Study Club.
The
late
Mrs.
Johnnie
Corrigan,
the
first
president
of the club,
was
also
serving
as
president
for
the
25th
anniversary
celebration.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - special

In 1976,
the
Bicentennial

following
news
luncheon:
une

memorable event was the

Bicentennial luncheon honoring the senior citizens. The
4-H'ers presented a program,
the Neo-CenturyBicentennial
Belles Kitchen Band performed. Couples honored - Mr. &
Mrs. Homer Krebs, Bicentenial king and queen; Mr. & Mrs.
Gus Edwardson, straw~..n-y
king and queen; Mr. & Mrs.

85

article

tells

Henry Meier, walnut cracking

king and queeri; Mr. & Mrs.
John Schwnann, the dancing
king and queen; Mr. & Mrs.
Charles Sales of Tulsa, Okla.,
traveling the greatest distance; V. D. Littrell recognized as the watermelon growing king; The most recent
senior citizen's luncheon 50
guests were present.

about

PICTORIALHISTORY - - THEN AND NOW

The home of John Fenry Moyer built in 1890, three and one-half
Jiiiles due north of Powhattan, Mr, Moyer was born in Pennsylvania
but moved to Kansas in 1871 where he broke raw prairie
and farmed
untU he retired,
Mro Moyer was the grandfo, :,her of both Louisa and
Johnnie Moyer former teachers
inPowhattan High School,
All material for this luxurious
home was forded across the river
at White Cloud and hauled by wagon tr:ain to the site. The stained
and trim for the doors and
glass windows, til a f'.-c the fireplaces
windows was shipped from Pennslyvania,
The house burned in March
1965 after being struck b~' lightning,
Ian Moyer, son of Henry, standing on the porch (far left) was
a devoted member of ~Lhe Powhattan Methodist Church while he lived
and farmed in the Powhattan Community,

Fly nets were commonly used on horses in the summer to help

keep down the fly problem, They did't do much for the "children"'
problem as can be seen in this picture taken in 1918, The larger
child on the near horse was the author - behind him his sister,
Their father is holding up the walking plow - a common implement
in those days,
86

Almost every farm had chickens 60 years ago, Not every farm
had as pretty a chicken feeder as this one . The auth or's future
wife tending her mother's
chickens about 1928 ,

The "chicken feeder" and her brother

to high school in 19J0p 1931 and 1932,

87

drove this

1925 Model T

Making hay was a never-ending

job in the old days before
power machinery. The average horse mower cut a five-foot
swath.
Cutting five to seven acres at a time was the usual daily rate,
because putting that much up the next day was about as much as
the average fanner could handle,

Here we see neighbors exchanging

ing days. Later came the hay loader
loose hay as the horses were driven
mon method of haying up until World
came the better,
faster way,
88

help during those laborious

haythat mechanically
loaded the
slowly down the windrow. A comWar II when pickup balers bePhoto by Wes McManigal

Hurrying

to get

the bales

picked

up before

it

rains.

About 19J8 ,

In 1950 Allis-Chalmers
na.rketed a hay oo.ler that made small
round oo.les. Hardly anyone liked the round, hard-to-handle
feature of the oo.le, but, it was soon learned
the oo.le would withbecause more hay
stand rainfall
quite well. This was appealing
could be cut and baled without the worry of having to get them
put ~way immediately,
In the last dozen years oo.lers that make large round bales
with almost the same weather resistance,
have been on the market. Since the l:ales from these machines welgh over a 1 OCO 1 bs
they must be handled with tractors.
thus, eliminating
hand labor.
-; oday, we judge that over 80% of the hay in our area is handled
in this fashion,
89

Beginning about 1880 perfected

self-tying
grain binders were
coming into general use. Although still
powered by horses,
this
was a tremendous improvement over the cradle sythe or first
reaper
which just cut the grain.
Photo by Wes McManigal

Th~'.'eshing the bundled grain was an exciting

time for everyone c
Neigh bo~s usually got together
to do this job and the ladies prerared those famous thresher
meals. Threshing was common up to 1940.

90

The last
of the real
"horse power before
Notice the 5-gallon
cream can sitting
beside
creamery man to pick up on his regular
route

tractors
took over.
the road for the
o
About 1932

A proud young farmer,

Homer Jacobsen,
breaking
into the
Era of tractor
farming with his new 1939 Oliver Tractor(on

91

New
ste el ) .

Combining standing wheat with a 5-foot cut Allis-Chalmers

combine pulled and powered by a gasoline tractor
- 1940. Larger uni ts appeared in the "wheat country",
but, it wasn't long
until the self propelled
combine became a practical
reality,

This is
as the one
short work
now harvests
also makes

a self propelled
combine made by the same comi:any
shown above ( 1964) . Today even larger models make
of the wheat harvest in this area. The 3ame machine
soybeans and milo. With a different
attachment
it
a corn harvester.

92

The common method of corn harvest up until about 50 years

ago. This 40-bushel load of ear corn represents
a good half
day's work for the average farmer in those days. Of course
the corn had to be scooped off by hand, the horses unharnessed
and fed before the other chores could be started.

The two-row mechanical picker was a tremendous labor saver.

Mechanical pickers were in from 1935 to 1970 when snapping attachments were perfected
for combines. Since 1970 most of the
corn in this area has been harvested
with a combine o Waiting
for corn to dry naturally
in the field to where it will keep
in the bin is impracticalo
All corn harvested
by the combine
has to be artificially
dried.

93

The present means of harvesting

corn a~ grain. The combine head
snaps six or eight rows at a time and the combine threshes and separates the grain. The harvesting
of 5000 to 6000 bushels per day is
a bout as common now as when a man could hand husk a 100 bushels in
a day. This operation is pictured on the Homer Jacobsen farm, where
pictat age 72 Homer has seen almost all of the farming operations
ured in this section transpire
in his lifetime.

A modern tillage
implement ready to prepare a JO-foot swath of
land each time through the field.
The tractor
has an air conditioned
cab 1 and the large tanks mounted on the side are for carrying water
and chemical for weed control which is sprayed on as the land is
worked.
94

One of the present means of harvesting

corn or sorghum silage
and hauling it to the silo. The hydraulic
wagon behind the chopper,
which can't be seen because of the truck, receives
the chopped forage until full,
The truck, which is a fast means to the silo, receives the chopped product from the hydraulic
wagon, This procedure
eliminates
the need for more than one chopper wagon and there is no
hassle in hooking up and unhooking the trailers,

The above is a picture

of Commercial Street
in Powhattan as it
looks from the north (Aug, 1986), None of the buildings
visible
in the picture are in commercial use today, The one in the right
foreground is the old Holcomb ~tore building.
The Masonic Lodge
occupied the second story for years,
95

CURREN1 HIS-..,O
RY AND BUSINESSES

1986 - As this histor y winds down to the day of our

Cente nnial
Celebration,
we have only a few busine s ses
left
to enumerate.
At this writing,
there
are
the
following
businesses
with their
operators:
AMS Oil
- Hugh & Ruth Cronk
Garage
- Cletus Samqua
Restaurant
- Maxine Brockhoff
Post Office
- Phyllis
Gartner
Tire Store & Station
- Coop - Ralph Kneisel
Feed Mill
- Coop - Dennis Hirsch
Elevator
- Coop - Alfred Ahrens
Coop - Victor Croxton
Coop - Billy Lowe

Coop - Mary Manley

The wheat
crop
in 1986 was the
poorest
in the
memory of most of our current
farmers.
The mild winter
and prolonged
wet spring encouraged
a plague
of stem
rust
that
really
took its toll on some of the
newer,
not-so-resistant
varieties.
At this writing,
is
about
as good as
elevator
is relatively
This can't
be moved out
export
markets are so
over the country.

the prospect
for a good fall crop
the wheat
crop
was poor.
The
full of warehouse stored
grain.
as terminals
are full,
too.
The
poor this grain is piling
up all

Because of this tense storage

situation,
the Coop's
Board
of Directors
decided to erect 500,000
bushels
of
temporary
storage.
The land has been prepared
on . the
old government grain bin site for this 120 ft. x 320 ft.
grain bunker.
This
good harvest
prospect
brings hope to those
farmers
of our area who have been
2 ble
to hang on
through these "tough times."

1986

.c.I...TXOFFIC+ALS

Alfred Ahrens
Ralph Kneise l
Billy Lowe
Dale Schuetz
David Cowley
Lester Boyer
Terry Hirsch

96

Mayor
City Clerk
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman

DAILY WORLD

MONDAY,JULY 14, 1986

PRICE 25 CENTS

Powhattan to celebrate centennial

Saturday, September 6th will be a

very special day for the people of the
Powhattan community. Everyone is
invited to join the fun.
A centennial committee is busy
making plans for festivities to
celebrate the 100th anniversary of
the city, starting with a parade at 10
o'clock Saturday morning.
The parade will include prizes for
entries in categories such as pets,
decorated bicycles, club floats,
'antique cars, kitchen bands, costwnes, etc. A special float will carry
the entrants for the Little Miss
Powhattan Contest.
This contest is open to girls 2 to 6
years of age inclusive. To nominate
your favorite candidate call your
entry to Wilma Daniels ( 474-3407),
Barbara Killoren ( 474-3305),or Mae
Wenger ( 474-3388).Then a penny a
nets a vote - so save your pennies
and vote for your favorite candidate.

The committee would also like a

picture of each candidate for publication.
There's much more: beard contest
- prize for best beard; pie baking
contest, both open to all with the pies
to be judged at 11 o'clock; then
auctioned to the highest bidder.
Other activities include watermelon eating contest; sack race;
three legged race; horseshoe pitching contest for women and men;
pony pull.
A barbecue supper will be served
at 5:30 with a centennial style show
to take place during the supper hour.
EntFants, any age, may model
original dresses made by the model
or old family heirloom clothes. They
will be judged separately.
Donations are being taken for the
opportunity to participate in a
drawing to win a handcrafted

97

cathedral window quilt made by

Powhattan women. Centennial
plates and various centennial mementos are on sale at the Powhattan
Cafe.
There will be lunch on the grounds
during the day. The flea market is
open to anyone wishing a booth. Call
B.I. Smith or Mrs. Ralph Kneisel for
reservations.
There will be movies all day
Saturday in the air-conditioned
Legion Hall.
The Eldon VanDalsem family will
be there with their train display.
That evening, the drawing for the
quilt, the winner of the Miss Powhattan Contest and other winners will
be announced at 7 o'clock.
A free dance will begin at 7:30.
An old fashioned church service is
being planned for Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock, followed by a covered
dish dinner in the city park.

TheHorton Headlight

Thursday

July31,1986

Powhattan

Celebrates Centennial

John K. McGinnis, left, and son William H. McGinnis, right, in

front of the McGinnis Hardware Store (and Post Office), Powliattan,
cicra 1888 - 90.
Saturday, . September 6th will be a
very special day for the people of the
Powhattan Community. Everyone is invited to join in the fun.
A centennial
committee is busy
making plans for festivities to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the city, starting with a parade at 10:00 Saturday
morning.
The parade will h:1cludeprizes for entries in categories such as pets, decorated
bicycles, club floats, antique cars, kitchen bands, costumes, etc. A special
float will carry the entrants for the Little
Miss Powhattan Contest.,
Thts contest is open to girls 2 to 6 years
of age inclusive. To nominate your
favorite candidate call your entry to
Wilma Daniels (474-3407) Barbara
Killoren (474-3305) or Mae Wenger
(474-3388). A penny nets a vote so save
your pennies and vote for your favorite
candiaate. The committee would also
like a picture of each candidate for
publication ..
There's much more: beard contest
prize for best beard; pie baking contest,
pies to be judged at 11:00; then auctioned to the highest bidder.
Other activities include watermelon
eating contest; sack races; three legged
race; horseshoe pitching contest for

women and men; pony pull.

. A barbecue supper will be served at
5:30 with a centennial style show to take
place during the supper hour. Entrants,
any age, may model original dresses
made by the model or by someone else;
or old family heirloom clothes. They will
be judged separately.

Donations are being taken for the opportunity to participate in a drawing to

win a handcrafted cathedral window
quilt made by Powhattan women. Centennial plates and various mementos are
on sale at the Powhattan Cafe.
There will be lunch on the grounds
during the day. The flea market is open
to anyone wishing to have a booth. Call
Lorene Kneisel (474-3303) or B.I. Smith
(742-2044) for reservations.
There will be movies all day Saturday
in the air-conditioned Legion Hall.
The Eldon VanDalsem family will be
there with their train display.
Saturday evening the drawing for the
quilt, the winner of the Miss Powhattan
Contest and other winners will be announced at 7 :00.
A free dance will begin at 7:30.
An old fashioned church service is
being planned for Sunday morning at
11:00 in the city park, followed oy a
covered dish dinner.

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CENTENNIALCOMMITTEE
Lela Ferne Currie,
Member
Wilma Daniels,
Member
Barbara Killoren,
Member
Mae Wenger, Member

Dale Schuetz,
Chairman
Mary Croxton,
Secretary
Jim McLaughlin,
Treasurer
Betty Barnes,
Member

PROGRAMCOMMITTEE
Legion Auxiliary,
Barbara Hirsch,
Pres.Food
Johnnie Wenger - Fiddlers
& Pickers
Contest
Claire
Krebs - Horseshoe Pitching
Contest
B. I. Smith & Lorene Kneisel - Flea Market
Dave Cowley & Billy Lowe - Garnes
OTHERACTIVITIES

Grand Prairie

Unit

- Sack races,

3-legged

race,

pie contest.

GFWCNeo Century Club - Style

Powhattan I,a.d.ies - Quilt

Show.

Ra:ffle.

--- - ------------------

A group of volunteers
building a gazebo in the Powhattan City
Turk in preparation
for the 100th Anniversary
Celebration
Sept. 6,
1986. Leon Wenger furnished most of the material.
Besides the roof
and other new material,
there was a lot of used material
that had
been salvaged from a chicken house, baled hay shed, cypress lot
fences and some Government Bin Site bins brought from Hays, Kansas
forty years ago. Helpers included his brothers Loren and Kenneth
Wenger, Claire Croxton, "Bill"Killoren,
Ia.ve Cowley, Ia.vid Barnes
and

Ralph

Hossf 'eld.

Painters

were

Barbara

Killoren,

Mary

Croxton,

Betty Barnes and Carol Schuetz.

Though smaller,
this gazebo replaces
one that had been included
in t he original
park equipment, but had long ago rotted down.
99

POWHATTAN
HIGH SCHOOLGRADUATES
CLASS OF 1915
1.
2.
3.

4.

5.
6.

7.
8.

Ethel
Bartley,
Lurah
Killoren,
Powell, Grace
Smith, Bessie
Smith, Earl
Sprague,
Allen
Sprague,
Jaunita
Tuggle, Doris
E. w. Buffen
Principal,

CLASS OF 1920
2.
3.

crane,
Helen
Congdon, Alice
Hogan, Harold

4.

Lewis, Juanita

5.
6.

Marie
Lindland,
Roberts,
James
Strube,
Alvina
Principal,
Mabel Battin

1.

7.

CLASS OF 1921

CLASS OF 1916
l.
2.
3.
4.
S.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

12.
13.

14.

15.

Bartley,
Col:umbia
Bartley,
Earl
Bokenkroger,
Carl
Bowmaster, Pearl
Coleman, Nathan
Dupont, ALice
Hinkle,
Gladys
Render, Ethel
Rife, Gladys
Rife, Vera
Schober,
Esther
Tuggle, Lucille
Wilson, Alice
Zimmerman, Arvel
Zinnnerman, Ione
Principal,
W. w. Buffen
CLASS OF 1917

1.
2.
3.

4.
5.

Bartley,
Bartley,
Fletcher,
Holcomb,
Schober,
Principal,
CLASS OF

1.
2.
3.

Glen
Herbert
Cecil
Daisy
Ermna
Mabel Battin
1918

2.
3.
4.
5.

6.

7.
8.

Keiswetter,
Ernest
Grace
Killoren,
Lewis, Raymond
Rife, Lila
Schumann, Anna
Wolfe, Clyde
Principal,
Mabel Battin

Mabel
Bartley,
Ralph E.
Bartley,
Caslunan, Mildred
Forbes,
Clarence
Hogan, Twila
Ruby
Kniffin,
Jennie
Nelson,
Sweeney, Unis
Mabel Battin
Principal,
CLASS OF 1922

1.
2.

3.
4.

s.
6.

7.
8.
9.

10.
11.

12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

Killoren,
Blache
McGinnis, Gladys
Strube,
Emma
Principal,
Mabel Battin
CLASS OF 1919

1.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Bartley,
Cecil
Bartley,
Harry
Bartley,
Ralph
Corzine,
Francis
Drap er, Frank
Fletcher,
Marie
Fletcher,
Murlin
Hinz, Huld _a
Irey,
Mayme
Johnston,
Mary
Kniffin,
Troy
Keiswetter,
Orville
Moser, Roy
Sunderland,
Donald
Williams,
Grace
Zook, Arnold
Principal,
G. B. Kappelman

CLASS OF 1924
1.
2.
3.

Bartley,

4.
5.

6.
7.

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

CLASS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.

l2.
13.

14.

1.
2.
3.
4.

s.
6.
7.
8.

Corzine,
Ralph
Gold, Helen
Jackson,
Glenn
Meir, Erna
Schmitt,
Hazel
Schumann, Margaret
Sechler,
Frances
Thornton,
Sylvia
Principal,
G. B. Kappelman

100

OF 1925

Bartley,
Leah
Bredahl,
Ruth
Jackson,
Mary K.
Johnston,
Edith
Littrell,
Irene
Oakman, Vivian
Pfister,
Ivan
Riley,
Lois
Roush, Melba
Schumann, Hannah
Schober,
Allen
Sunderland,
Herman
wasserfallen,
Irene
Wenger, Freda
Principal,
L. F. Wallace

CLASS OF 1926
Chandler,
Ivah
Corzine,
Howard
Hanson, Raymond
4. Hinz, Edward
s. Hinz, Harry
6. Huber, Goldie
Koester,
Emma
7.
Peterson,
Mabel
8.
Shannon,
Donald
9.
Shannon, Leon
10.
Walters,
Emil
11.
Wenger,
Rudy
12.
13. wolf, Ethel
Principal,
L. F. Wallace
1.
2.
3.

CLASS OF 1923

Twila

caslunan, Melba
Gold, Etta
Harrington,.
Hollis
Hunsaker,
Ray
King, Leo
Lewis, Esther
Patton,
Glen
Reber, Elwood
Schmitt,
Mary
Sechler,
Wilma
Sunderland,
Tom
Willich,
Adam
Yaussi,
Merlin
Principal,
L. F. Wallace

CLASS OF 1927
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Boss, Fred
Cashman, Lee
Harrington,
Ada
Killoren,
Marguerette
Littrell,
Verdo
Moser, Ernest
Rouse, Enunett
Sunderland,
Raymond
o. G. Mitchell
Principal,
CLASS OF 1928

1 ..
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Bell,
Norene
Funk, Richard
Gold, Agnes
Hiskey, Katherine
Kneisel,
Otto
Riley,
Maude
Speaks, Mae
Wharton, Mabel
Wolf, Grace
Principal,
B. R. Thorpe

l.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

12.
13.
14.

1.

. 2.

3.
4.

5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

13.

Edith
Barnett,
Idah
Bartley,
Uberto
Bartley,
Boss, Albert
Cashman, Maurice
Aloysius
Fritsch,
Hinz, Carl
Holcomb, Violet
George
"Killoren,
Killoren,
Bill
Smith, Rena
Wolf, Harold
B. R. Thorpe
Principal,
CLASS OF 1930

1.
2.

3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.

Clouse, Roy
Fish, Melvin
Hinz, Louis
Kiskey, Robert
Leonard
Hildwein,
Powell, Charles
Price,
Albert
Riley, Esther
Wenger, LeRoy
Twyla
Williams,
Wyatt, Howard
B. R. Thorpe Principal,

Bailey,
Lawrence
Bailey,
Norman
Boss, Martha
Chandler,
Paul
Enyart,
Phebe
Hall, Norman
Harrington,
Rex
Harrington,
Waldo
Hossfeld,
Albert
Hossfeld,
Alice
O'Brien,
Regisd
Schuetz,
Arthur
Weidman, Lloyd
Wenger, Goldie
B. R. Thorpe
Principal,
CLASS OF 1932

1.
2.
3.
/4.

CLASS OF 1929

CLASS OF 1934

CLASS OF 1931

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

17.

Bartley,
Harold
Bowron,. Ruth
Clouse, Augus
Dorei, Charles
Hallauer,
Louise
Harrington,
Eldred
Huber, Lester
Huffman, Opal
Jacobsen,
Horner
Merz, Norma
Owens, Effie
Sturm, Orlin
Volz, Lenard
Wenger, Leon
Wenger, Magdalene
Wharton, Lillian
Yingling,
Lyle
B. R. Thorpe
Principal,
CLASS OF 1933

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Bartley,
Lewis
Cashman, Samuel
Hill,
Norene
Jacobsen,
Mae
McCrerey, Eunice
McCrerey, Lucille
Proudfit,
Ernest
Schuetz,
Vernon
Schuetz,
Howard
Sereres,
Edgar
Shannon, Dale
Woods, Eva
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan
101

l.
2.
3.
4.

s.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Allen,
Geraldine
Bartley,
Dorothy
Bartley,
Harold
Baumgartner,
Alvin
Campbell,
Geneva
Gordon, Leon
Hill,
Agnes
Huber, Bonnie
Kurtz, Harold
Kneisel,
Clara
Proudfit,
William
Schuetz,
Edwin
Schuetz,
Jessie
Schuetz,
Mabel
Sprague,
Anita
Volz, Earl
Volz, Lloyd
Weidman, Raymond
Wall, Carl
Johnnie
Principal,

Corrigan
CLASS OF 1935
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

16.
17.

18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

Arnold, Francis
Barnes, Bonna
Baumgartner,
Lucille
Buss, Dora
B~oadfoot,
Christie
Cashman, Eugene
Croxton, Mary
Edwardson, Robert
Finger,
Ernest
Fish, Marietta
Hall, Richard
Hildwein,
Norman
Hinz, Dorothy
Loyd, Mary
Larson, Leslie
Lupold, Robert
McCray, Clanche
Hunsaker,
Rowland
Robinson, Harold
Schuetz,
Victor
Sprague, Norman
Wenger, Geneva
Wenger, Johnnie
Wharton, William
Johnnie
Principal,

Corrigan

CLASS OF 1938

CLASS OF 1936
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Bartley,
Junior
Bowron, Theresa
Campbell, Grace
Elliston,
Laverne
Henry, Pemberton Dee

1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

Barrand,
Norma.
Bartley,
Garrett
Hobbs, Elizabeth
Kneisel,
Wilbert
Lippoldt,
Robert

6.

Lewis, Glenn

6.

McKee, Cora

7.
8.

Hinz, Theodore
Holcomb, Otis
Irey, Wilbert
Keller,
Ethel
Mize, Loyd
McCrerey, Lois
McCrerey, Marvin
Peterson,
Grace
Proudfit,
Grace
Schuetz,
Albert
Sprague,
Donald Lee
Wenger, Pauline
Sprague,
Mary Margaret
Skulley,
Bruce
Wenger, Loren
Kneisel,
Paul
Principal,
Johnnie
.
Corrigan

7.

Meyers, Charles
Robinson,
Evelyn
Roush, Clyde
Schmitt,
Dale
Schuetz,
Phyllis
Spellrneier,
Alma
Veach, Paul
Wenger, Louise
Wenger, Norman
Principal,
Johnnie
Corrigan

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

14.
15.
16.

17.
18.
19.
20.
22.

a.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

14.
15.

CLASS OF 1939
1.

2.
3.
.,

. "S.

CLASS OF 1937
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

14.
15.
16.

17.

18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.

Becker, Charles
Bell, Loyd
Campbell,
Dorothy Mae
Elliston,
Thelma
Gordon, Myrton
Hinz, Burl
Hildwein,
Harold
Hossfeld,
Ralph
Loyd, Ruth
McCray, Grace
McCrerey, Homer
McCrerey, Rosalys
McCrerey, Thayne
Nichels,
Edith
Parker,
Mary
Schmitt,
Bernard
Schuetz,
Ethel
Schuetz,
Emmett
Weidman, Mary Helen
Wenger, Allen
Wenger, Ivan
Wenger, Harry
Wenger, Rapheal
Principal,
Johnnie
Corrigan

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.

24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

Alexander,
Lilah
Bell,
Helen
Bowron, Jar.~
Campion, ~crothy
!:dwardson, Leola.
Evans, Delight
Hall, Donna Ruth
Hinz, Joe
HO$Sfcln, Dorothy
Irey, Virginia
Irving,
George
Irving,
Ro~rt
Kneisel,
Floyd
Lassley,
Lola
Loyd, Carrol
McCray, Ruth
McLaughlin,
Ruby
Meyer, Helen
Meyers, Kathryn
Oldridge,
Cleon
Pittington,
Clara
Salverson,
Selmar
Schuetz,
Marcella
Strube,
Lucinda
Strube,
Walter
Scott,
Lucille
Walters,
Alice
Weidman, Leila
Williams~ Lorraine
Clifford
Vole
Principal,
Johnnie
Corrigan
CLASS 1940

102

1.
2.

Cashman Jennie
Chestnut,
Grace
Couch, Neal
3.
4. DuPuis, Viola
Emil
5 . Finger,
Finger,
Helen
6.
Hallauer,
Irma
7.
8.
Holman, Bruce
9.
Hossfeld,
Raymond
10. Hudelson, Mary Martha
11.
Joy, Olive
'?
.I.
Kidwell,
Lois
Kneisel,
Pauline
13.
Kneisel,
Ralph
14.
McCray, Edwin
15.
, ,.
.i . ).
McCrerey, Gerald
17. Meyer, John
Moll, Alice
18.
Musick, Paul
l 9.
Pfister,
Donald
20.
Pike, Aldie
21.
Roush, Wayne
22.
Sc ha<? fer, M.iry
23.
Schmitt,
Jennie
24.
Skulley,
Floyd
25.
Schuetz,
Bennett
26.
Schuetz,
Jean
27.
Sutley,
Junio.:28.
Volz, Aloysius
29.
30 . Wenger, Gladys
Wenger, Keith
31.
Wenger, Lelafern
32.
Wenger, Silver
33.
Principal,
Johnnie
Corrigan
CLASS OF 1941
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

13.
14.
15.
16.

17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

Alexander,
Louise
Barrand,
Warren
Bindle,
Loyd
Burngarder, Albert
Campion, Helen
Chesnut,
Clarence
couch, Afton
Dillaplain,
John
Hall, Ann
Hawks, Dean
Irey,
Ione
Loyd, Myrtle
Moore, Donald
Pittington,
Ferne
s~lverson,
Helen
Schuetz,
Wil1::a
Schmitt,
Marian
Sieberunorgan,
Alvin
Volz, Helen
Walters,
Raymond
Wenger, Delbert
Wenger., Opal Mae
Principal,
Johnnie
Corrigan

CLASS OF 1942
1.

2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
B.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

14.
15.
Hi.

17.
18.

19.
20.
21.

.:. ..:..

23.

Chesnut,
Hallauer,
Hobbs,
Hossfeld,
Irving,
Kneisel,
Krebs,
Lassley,
KcKee,
Meyer,
Moore,

Geraldine
Ruth
Ruth
Louis
Hazel
Harold
Clyde
Junior
Calvin
Alvin
Dale
O-,o1ens, Jack
Pfister,
Mor.ma
?fister,
Richard
Sc:h.11itt, RQsernary
Shipshee,
Hildreth
Sprague,
Carrol
Stumbo, Elizabeth
'!'ennison,
J. \l.
Volz,

,.,...,

CLASS OF J.944

Roush, Lorraine
Williams,
Richard
Willich,
Lucille
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

12.
13.
14.

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
23.
24.
:. 5.

Beale,
Donald
Beale,
Kath:::yn
Cadue, Ph.illip
Cashman, Vivian
Croxton,
Claire
Hall,
Lee
Halstead,
Clifford
Hinz, Rose Ann
Jimeson,
Robert
Kidwell,
Francis
Kneisel,
Leona
!<rebs, Virginia
Lomax, Virginia
Meyer, Richard
Olson,
Vernon
Owens, Garnett
Pfister,
Gale
Samqua, Vera
Schaefer,
Teresa
Sullivan,
Tom
Thonen,
Norman
Tyrer,
Lewis
Veach, Rosalys

Volz,

.J.

6.
7.

a.
9.

10.
11.
12.
13.

14.
15.
16.

Boss, Donna Jean

Bredahl,
Helen Ruth
Chesnut,
Clyde
Couch, E,.1gh
Hall,
Lula
Hossfeld,
Mildred
!'1cY.e:e, Vivian
!A.eyer, Jean
Oldredge,
Jack
Schuetz,
Patricia
Spellmeier,
Kenneth
Sullivan,
J.i.m
\..;en~;er, Glenn
Wenge:!".', Lester
Wenger, Louis
Widman, Stanley
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan
CLASS OF 1945

Anna J,,ne

CLASS OF 1943
1.
2.
3.
4.

1.
2.
3.
L

1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

27.

CJ.due, 1\lberta
Cadue, 1-!
e linda
Cru:nb, Carrol
H.
Draney,
Donna
Draney,
Edwin
Finger,
Ruben
Hobbs, Ray
Kneisel,
Dorothy
Kneisel,
Helen
Kneisel,
Irene
Kneisel,
Ruth
Loyd, Ina
Massey, Lorene
Pfister,
Irma
Pfister,
Wayne
Pike,
ElbP,rt L.
Rotz, Charles
Schuetz,
Ivan
Schuetz,
Helen
Smith,
Jean Marie
Sprague,
Carma Lee
Sullivan,
Charles
Veach, Vivian
Wenger, Doris
Wenger, Kenneth
Wenger, Leo
Williams,
Bernard
Principal,
Johnnie
CLASS OF 19<16

Loretta

Wenger, Loyd
Williams,
Doris
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Cashman, Virginia
Croxton,
Victor
Hayden, Glenn
Hirsch,
F~eddy
Kidwell,
Arthur

103

Corrigan

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

12 .

Loyd, Harold
McKee, Virginia
Meyer, Paul
r-1orey, Wauni ta
Schuetz,
Betty
Thonen, Lawrence
Wenger, Anita
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

CL.,.;S:, OF 1947

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

Cad 1.1e, Lorene

Crane, Marilyn
Davidson,
Alvin
Kneisel,
Lo:a
Kneisel,
Opal Arlene
Loyd, Don
Meyer, Ruth
Morey, Olivens
Olswald,
Williar.1
Pfister,
Donna Lee
Schuetz,
Jeanne Marie
Timberlake,
Carl
Volz, Junior
Wenger, Miriam
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan
CLASS OF 1948
1.
2.

3.
4.

5.
6.
..,

8.
9.

10.
11.

12.
13.
14.

l,llen,
Phyllis
Bindle,
Wilbur
Curell,
Ted
F i nger, Edward
Hossfeld,
Lorene
Laha, Patrick
McKee, LaQuita
McKee, Valora Mae
Ower.s, Virginia
Rodvelt,
Paul
Sullivan,
Dan
Thonen, Melvin
Wenger, Betty Jean
Wright,
Avanell
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan
CLASS OF 194~
1.

,.,
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

B.

Davidson,
Roberta
Hinz, Ruth
Hobbs, Edith
Hurst, Robert
Kneisel,
Nadene
Oswald, Laverne
Schuetz,
Agnes
Schuetz,
Delorez

9.
10.
11.

Schuetz,
James
Schur.iann, Gwendolyn
Zimmermun, Roy. B.
Pr inc:ipal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

1.

2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
').

'-2LASS OF 1950
1.
2.

Campbell,

Howard
Patricia

12.

Draney,
Hinkl e , ~elaine
Hall,
Phyllis
Hirsch,
Robert
Schl:iitt,
Wanda
Pederson,
Halvor
McKee, C;w~n
Loyd, Shirley
Lowe, Bill
Burtley,
Linda
Lassl Ly, Richard

13.

Rodvelt,

3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8

9.
10.
11.

10.

11 .
12.

13.
E.

14.
15.
16.
17.

18.
19.

Morris

Principal,

Cadue,

2.

Crane,

3.
4.
5.
6.

Greene,

7.
8.

Hobbs,

Kneisel,
Y.neisel,
McKee,

Kenneth
Rosalys
Harley
Clyde
Betty
Hazel
Keith

Principal,

1.

Campbell,

2.
3.

Couch,
Crane,

4.
5.

!'-!orey, . Don

Johnnie

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

CLASS OF 1952
Bearce,
,Draney,

3.
4.

Kneisel,

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

6.

7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.

13.
14.
15.
15.
17.
18.

19.

Corrigan

Jay

Jerry

1.

Allen,

2.
3.
4.

Brook,
Gene
Cashman,
Don Alvin

Schuetz,
Myrtle
Siebenmorgan,
Louis
Vermilyea,
.Emmett
Williams,
Levi

Johnnie
Corrigan

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

Connie

1.
2.
3.

Jerald
Delores

Alan

Rotz, Beverly
Pederson,
Shirley
Shar.non, Barbara
Schuetz,
Jonnie
Schumann, John A.
Sullivan,
Terry R.
Sullivan,
Ti~othy
Switch,
Charles
Wright,
George
Principal,
Johnnie

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

11.
12.
13.

Finger,

Marie

Fee, Thomas
Lowe, J irnrny
Moynagh,
Pat
Rockhold,
Teddy A.
Schuetz,
Leslie
Schuetz,
John Henry
Rodvelt,

Schumcnn,
Principal,

Kenneth

Gerald
Johnnie

CLASS OF 1958

Gary Lee

Lowell

5.

CLASS OF 1955

Krebs, Claire
Lowe, Don
Lovelady,
Donald
Moynagh,
James
:'-1oser,

3.
4.

?e~, W.:irren
Hall, Marlene
tsaars,
Teddy
Kneisel,
Anita
Kneisel,
M~rian
McCl~skey,
Michael
McKee, Larry
Meyex-, Gary
Moser, Jane
Hegonsott,
Mabel
Smith, Patsy
Rottinghaus,
Barbara
Strube,
George
Wenger,
Barbara
Wenger, Naomi
Wenger,
Pdtti
Wilhel~,
Galen
Wahwahsuck, Frank
Wolfenbarger,
Keith
Principal,
Johnnie
CLASS OF 1957

Evelyn
Isaacs,
Fed
Kneisel,
Marjorie
Lowe, Lila May

Principal,

Corrigan
l.
2.

1.
2.

CLASS OF 1954

Corrigan
1.

Brooks, Mary
Cadue, Jerry A.
Campbe 1.l, Margaret
Ann
Cash~ctn, Maurice
Chase, Vera
McKee, Naomi
Rodvelt,
Carl
R0ttinghaus,
Edward
Rotz, Joy
Schmitt,
Virgil
Schumann, Larry
Schurr.ann, Robert
Smith, Barbara
Steinbrink,
Earl
Trompeter,
Shirley
Tilburg,
Jack
Wenger, Gilbert
Wiltz,
Edwin
Wright,
Wiltur
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

Johnnie

CLASS OF 1951

CLA3S OF 1956

CLASS OF 1953

Corrigan

Bennie

Hirsch,

Leroy
Moser,
Annette
Osborne,
Mary Jane
Pederson,
Clifford
Rhoades,
Rodney
Rotz, Kay
Samqua, Edward
Schuetz,
Ronald
Schuetz,
Bernard
Sunderland,
Opal
Wenger, Herbert
Yaussi,
Donald
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

Corrigan
104

1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.

B.
9.
10.

11.

Betty
ChelI!ldr
Hinz,
Lyle
Kneisel,
Richard
Pfister,
Ronald
Smith, George W.
Sunderland,
Larry
Wenger, Anita
W~ngf~r, Vernon
~erner,
Donald John
Yaussi,
Ronald
Principal,
Johnnie
Brook,

Finger,

Corrigan

CLASS GF 1959

c:..,\SS OF 1962
CLASS OF 1964

l.
2.
3.

Aller.,

Ronnie
Barne~,
Coyle
Bontrager,
Gale n

4.

Chadwell,

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Fee, Shar.on
Hall,
Frederick
Hirsch,
De nnis
Kir.1sey, Ronald
Kneisel,
Corrine
Kneisel,
Karen
Krebs,
Gerald

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15 .

Lyle

Mcconnaughey, _ Erma
Sch~etz,
Jaon
Steven
Schumann,
Ydussi,
Roger

Johnnie
Corrigan

Principal,

CLASS OF 1960

5.
E.

7.

Irwi .n,

8.
9.

Jacob~or.,
Neal
J o nes,
Earl
Kimsey,
Deanna
Mcc laskey,
Mar y Sue
Pfister,
J a:, et Kay
Rhoaces,
Karen
Schuetz,
Carl
M.
Skoch,
Donna Marie

lG.
11.
12.
13.

14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

19.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Daniels,
Donna
DuesinrJ,
Wesley
Jones,
John
Mcclaskey,
Patrick

6.

Mueseler,
Schuetz,

7.
8.

Torkelson,
Robert
Wenger,
Richard

Johnnie
Corrigan

CLASS OF 1961
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

21.

20.
21.
22.
23.

Ernette
Donna Kay

Principal,

Adcock,

James

Allen,

Ronald

John
Bontrager,
Gary
Cadue,
Duane
Chadwell,
Gary
Corrigan,
Sharon
Finger,
Bettie
Lou
Hirsch,
James
Hoss f eld,
John
Hobbs,
Anna Marie
Kimsey, Esther
Irene
Littrell,
Mich~el
Pfister,
David
Schuet~,
Gary
Pollock,
James
Sch~~ann,
Suzanne
Skock,
Leroy
Sturk,
Willian
Strube,
Marvin
Werner,
Carol
Jeunne

Zirruners,
Principal,

.l\ 11 en,

Ec:na Mae
As hton,
Shirley
Dr yant, H~rry
Dani els,
Judy
Duesing,
Joy ce
Hirsch,
Larry

l.
2.
J.
4.

1.
2.
3.

4.

5.
6.

Sill

Smi th,
Smith,

Lena Belle
Louella

18.
19.

Paul

Wagoner,

Carolyn

Wagoner,
Zimmers,
Principal",

Marilyn
Marvin

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

David
Joyce

Stark,
Strube,
Strube,

7.
8.

20.

CLASS OF 1965

1.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.

Adcock,
Larry
Allen,
Virgil
Bartley,
James Allen
fritsch,
Jerome
Louise .
Greene,
Vivian
Johannes,
Carol
Kimsey, Joan

S.

Kneisel,

3.

9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

15.
16.

17.
18.
19.

2.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.

Lowe,

9.
lO.
11.

Loyd,

12.

Shirley

Mary Kathryn
Marjorie
Selle,
Carl
Schuetz,
Mary

Smith,

Duesing, Grace
Finger,
Stephen
Dupuis, Ronald
Gosser,
Carolyn
Mueseler, James
Oswald, Gary
Parkey,
Janice
Pollock,
William
Shannon, Sharon
Shuckahoose,
Gary
Skoch, Evelyn
Strube,
Karla
Tho_rnas, Fred
Weidman,
Patty
Willich,
Tom
Zimmers, Joan
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

Johnnie
Corrigan

CLASS OF 1963

1.
2.

Allen,
Raymond
Bauer,
Arlan
Bauer,
Harlan
Chadwell,
Stephen

Diana

Stanbarger,
Mary
Sunderland,
Lane
St rube,
Keary
Wagoner,
Alvin
Wenger,
Judy
Willich,
Karen
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

18.
19.

:o.
21.

.:2.
7.3.

Corrigan,
Mary Jo
Crumb, Gary
Finger,
Keith
Greene, Charlene
Hirsch,
Rose
Jacobsen,
Owen
Killoren,
Gary
Killoren,
Gene
King,
David

Kneisel,
Phyllis
McLaughlin,
Jerry
Molar,
Sue Ann
Nego~sott,
Norene
Pfister,
Donna
Schuetz,
Sam
Schuman, Nancy
Shannon, Karen
Simon, Cheryl
Simon,
Ellen
Smith, Janet
Struhe,
J.C.
Thomas,
Edwyn
Torkelson,
Carol
Principal,
Johnnie

Corrigan

Ronald

Johnnie
Corrigan
105

CLASS OF,
1.

s.

1965

Ashton, Susan
Chadwell, John

2.
3.
4.

Cowley,

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

14.
15.

16.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

21.
22.
23.

24.
25.
26.
27.

Wayne

Crwnb, Sheril
Kimsey, Rita
Loyd, Duane
Manley, Linda
Mcclaskey, Janet
McKinney, Dwight
Oden, Ronald
Pollock,
Susan
Schuetz, Cheryl
Simon, Harold Joseph
Smith, Naomi
Wenger, Dennis
Willich,
Dennis
Principal,
Ralph
Stinson
CIASS OF 1967
Allen, Carol
Ashton, Wanda
Bartley,
Joyce
Chase, Robert
Cowley, .David
Currie,
Pamela
Finger, Richard
Gates, Barbara
Greene, Roselle
Hall, John
Hossfeld,
Paulette
Jacobsen,
Eileen
Jahnke, Sharilyn
Kimsey, Gordon
Kneisel,
Judy
Mueseler,
Ruth
Negonsott,
Bill
Oldridge,
Kenneth
Parkey, Ronald
Pfister,
Susan
Schuetz, Nancy
Selle,
Earl
Simon, David
Strube, Connie
Thomas, Loren
Weidman, Beberly
Wenger, Glenna
Principal,
Clarence

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

Finger, Marilyn
Gates, Timothy
Hall, Robe:ct
Johannes, Shon
Lowe, Tom
Loyd, Max
Manley, Marsha

12.

Martinson, Peter

13.
14.
15.

Mcclaskey, Keo
Meyer, William
Oden, Carol
Schmitt,
Diane
Schuetz, Dale
Siebermorgen,
Dara
Simon, Leslie
Allan
Spellmeier,
Spellmeier,
James
Sunderland, . Joan
Wenger, Angela
Wenger, Kathleen
Wenger, Roberta
Wenger, Vernon Dean
Principal,
Russell

16.
17.
18.
19.

20.
21.
22.
23.

24.
25.
26.

DeVillier

s.
6.
7.

a.

9.
10.

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.

27.

CIASS OF 1969
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

19.
20.

21.
22.
21.

Pollock

Asht .on, Karen

Crumb, Carolyn
Currie,
Deborah
Devillier,
Eugene
Dodge, Sherman
Finger,
Ronald
F~ssfeld,
Bruce
Jahnke, Shauna
Jones _, Eddie
Kesler, Dana
King, Deborah
~cCladkey, Ellen
McCrerey, Steven
McLaughlin, James
Meyer, Wayne Paul
Mueseler, Frank
Oswald, Lois Janet
Pollock,
Elizabeth
Simon, Ralph Jr.
Thomas, Leonard Jr.
Wenger, Delaine
Wenger, Marcia Jean
Willich,
Keith
Principal,
Russell
Devillier
CIASS OF 1970

CLASS OF 1968

Liss

CLASS OF 19 71
1.
2.
3.
4.

s.
6.

7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.

13.
14.
15.
16.
17

4.

Ashton, Dennis
Barrett,
Wanda
QeVillier,
Stephen
Duesing, Dwight

l.
2.
3.
4.

Attarian,
Howard
Barnes, Oonnita
Lewis
Barrett,
Brown, Robert

106

Chase, Carol
Finger,
Nancy
Gibson, Elizabeth
Hall, James
Heiniger,
Richard
Hossfeld,
Dale
Twila
Jacobsen,
Jessepe,
Jennifer

Keo, Jack
Loyd, Carolyn
Meyer, June
Schuetz, Cathleen
Siebenmorgen,
Rose Marie
Strube,
Debor .ah
Thonen, Christine
Wenger, Alana
Willich,
Ann
Principal,
Richard W.
Liss
CLASS OF 1972

1.
2.
3.
4.

"
.J.

1.
2.
3.

Couch, Alec .ia

Currie,
Nancy
Finger,
David
Finger,
Fayne
Finger,
Kathleen
Finger, Wayne
Hossfeld,
Rick
Littrell,
Susan
Merriman, Joy
Oldridge,
James
Parkey, Steven
Shirley,
Michael
Siebernmorgen,
Bernard
Simon, Thelma
Skoch, Eugene
Smith, Roger
Strube. Terry
Weidman, Glenda
Weidman, . Peggy
Wenger, Curtis
Wenger, Jane
Wenger, Patrice
Willich,
Frederick
Principal,
Richard W.

6.
7.
B~

9.

Aitkens,
Lyman
Barrett,
Vikki
Cot;cn, Sonja
Fing:?r, Dale
Heiniger,
Ronnie
Ho5sfeld,
Vaughn
Manley, James
McCrerey, David
McKinney, Ronald

10.
ll..
=2.

13.
14.
~-5.
16.

17.
~-'3.

1).

:.o.
r

- "'.

Meyer, Dwight
Mil:1e, Thom.:1s
Osu:ild, Garry
Schuetz,
Barba.ra
Shnpt~ese,
Lorenzp Jr.
Karnes, Jean Simon
Sir:ion, June
Smith, Roy
St~llmicr,
Douglas
Thonen, Rosalie
Wabs~i, Bonita Jo
W~ng<::r., Joyce
\lcr..<;ar, Ronald

16.
17.

CL11.SSOF 1973

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Ahrens, Doris
Ashton, Randy
Barnes, Dav id
Boyer, Cathy
Brockhoff,
Judy
Currie,
Susie
Daniels,
Lanny
Finger,
Brenda
Gutierrez,
Barbara
Becky
:!..O. Heiniger,
Heiniger,
Cory
11.
12. Hirsch, Bob Jr.
:;_3. H;:,~!)s, Joel
Krebs, De::>bie
14.
Mcclaskey,
Tim
15.
16 . Meyer, Allyn
Shirley,
Joe
17.
Siebeilr.lorgen,
Buzz
18.
Simon, Danny
19.
Simon, Marilyn
20.
Wenger, Dana
21.
22.
i':nnge.r, Eldred
Carl Bryant,
Supt.
Don Nigus, Principal
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
B.
9.

CLASS OF 1974
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

14.
15.

Aitkens,
Kevin
Barrett,
Diane
Brown, Betty Jean
Bryant,
Don
Cisnero,
Valery Ann
Finger,
Linda
Goslin,
Michael
Jahnke,
Sheila
Lowe, Barbara
Manley, Don
Matchie,
Billy
McCrerey, Ronald
Niece, Peggy Ann
Si ebenmorgen,
Mary
Simon, Verna

Stark,
Norma
Spellmeier,
Dean
Willick,
Barbara
Wright, Gerald
Carl Bryant,
supt.
Don Nigus, Principal

18.
19.

12.

13.
14.
15.

16.
17.

CLASS OF 1975
1.
2.

3.
4.

s.

11.

12.
13.
14.
15.

Aitkens,
Gilreath
Barrett~
Dennis
Cisneros,
Debra
Currie,
Jim
Daniels,
Terry
finger,
Terry
Gutierrez,
Christy
Heiniger,
Susan
Hirsch,
Peggy
Johnson,
Arlene
Matchie,
Cecilia
McAllaster,
Bob
Meininger,
Janet
Pahmahmie, Henrietta
Shirley,
Susan
Gerald Marshall,
Supt.
Pc".t McAffe~, Principal
CLASS OF 1976

1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

13.
14.

Ahrens, Tim
Allen,
Howard
Brockhoff,
Kevin
Cadue, Bobbie
Cadue, Debbie
Cisneros,
Mickey
Darling,
Belinda
Finger,
Janice
Hall Judy
Heiniger,
Clifton
Hirsch,
Fred
Keo, Dennis
Lowe, Patti
McCrerey, J'im
Gerald Marshall,
Supt.
PatMcAfee,
Principal
CLASS OF 1977

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.

lG.
11.

Cadue, Betty
Chadwell,
Jeanne
Cisneros,
Malinda
Darling,
Carla
Finch, Judy_
Jessepe,
Robert
Johnson,
Velma
Jones, David
Knoxsah, Clifford
Lowe, Janice
Meininger,
Bruce

107

McKinney, Mike
Simon, Janis
Spellmeier,
Janet
Wakolee, Georgia
Wenger, Eli
Whitebird,
Albert
Gerald Marshall,
Supt.
Pat McAfee, Principal
CLASS OF 1978

1.

2.
3.

4.

s.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Banks, M\lrry
Banks, Narcissus,
Jr.
Brockhoff,
Gary
Cisneros,
Marlene
Darling,
Joyce
Gutierrez,
Willado
Hirsch,
Terry
Krebs, Cindy
Skoch, Rebecca
Wakolee, Pam
Gerald Marshall,
Supt.
Pat McAfee, Principal
CLASS OF 1979

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Cisneros,
Jimmy
Jessepe,
Kenneth
Johnson,
Rudy
Schuetz,
Debbie
Wahwasuck, Raymond
Gerald 1-!arshall,
Supt.
Dale Lilly,
Principal

CLASS OF 1980
l.
2.
3.
4.

s.

6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.

Banks, Jason
Cisneros,
Josephine
Jessepe,
Merle
Johnson,
Randy
Lieb, Twilla
Lowe, William
Novich, Kimberly
Oliver,
Tawana
Palmer, James
Simon, Gerald (Jerry)
Wakolee, Sally
Supt. Leroy Reams and Mr.
Baker

CLASS OF 1981
1.
2.

Brockhoff,
Jeff
Cisneros,
Matthew
Robert Albers,
Supt.
Ted Lonewolf, Principal

Reference Sources:

1. Annals of Brown County Kansas - Grant W. Harrington

2. Kickapoo Indian Trails

3. Memory's Storehouse

- Louise Green Hoad

(190.3)

(1945)

Unlock - John T. Bristow

(1947)

4. The Kickapoos - A. M. Gibson (1963)

5.

History

6. The Indians

of Powhattan - Mamie T. Wonder (1972)

Of Kansas - James H. Vandergriff

(197.3)

7. Book Of Memories - Powhattan High School Alumni Committee (1981)

8. The Kansas Kickapoo - Donald D. Stull

(1984)

This is the only semblence of a picture of the Powhattan Lumberyard we could find. This building and the operation in it was the
envy of most of the towns in Brown County in its hey day. More details of the operation can be found in the writeup :i;age 51.

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