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Page 2 Land Transfer Is Rejected By North Lyon Go. Board' THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS Vhe North Lyon County Board of Education denied a request for -a'v from the Northern Lyon school district to the Emporia district Thursday, night. A for the transfer was submitted to the board.off ice month. The transfer proposed was two sections and parts of four other sections west of Emporia. Eighteen children would have been involved in the transfer.

Board President David Goldsmith and other board members were skeptical of the proposal. Mr. Goldsmith said that he had always voted against such transfers because the district could hot afford to lose land, pupils, and valuation. He and other board members said that if the proposed transfer were made, a precedent would be set for other areas in the district, to petition for a transfer into the Emporia school district. Board members were reminded that at the last meeing, a similar request for transfer of land from the district had been turned down by state officials.

Michael Wood, representing seeking transfer, said petitioners were attempting to "even the dividing line between districts." In a letter to the board earlier this month, Mr. Wood: said the reason for the request was that a majority "of persons Involved in are employed in Emporia and therefore find that Emporia is the focal point of their business and financial The letter also contended that the distance of busing children was a paramount issue. "We want our to in extra-curricular activities during their secondary school experience and we, as parents, want-to support this involvement. Distance many times prevents this. Again, this relates to the parents seeking involvement in one community while their children are involved in another." The letter also contended that the city of Emporia was rapidly expanding to the northwest and that numerous tracts of land had been annexed and much suburban property subdivided into Wood also-expressed his night thedistrict, maintaining that ten of the iS'children involved proposed transfer were of "preschool age and it is the desire of their parents to maintain identity rather than to diversify family interests.

It becomes equally important to the parents of children already in school to be able to best and social: interests of their children." Board member Myron Van Gundy response to the patrons' request, "I can understand what you want and how you feel. But if we start giving in to too much of this, we'll have to give up the district." Board members voted four to one to deny the request. officers were also night. David Goldsmith was named President; William Choate, Vice- President; Mary Oliver, Board Clerk; Judy Mundy, Board Treasurer; and Thomas Krueger, board attorney. In other business, Superintendent Joseph Hargrave was designated "as the official lunch room representative and director of'the.

Title II, LV, and IV programs; The board unanimously approved a petty cash fund of for each district school and unanimously accepted'the resignation of Hall, Reading kindergarten instructor. The board also selected a committee representing different areas of the school district to meet and discuss the selection of capital outlay purchases. Consideration of- a preliminary 'budget-was discussed with the board'approving a legal imum of $831,184. Superintendent Hargrave told board members it was his intent to fill the supplementary contracts as indicated and that the contracts would be submitted today. After some discussion, the board accepted the contracts.

The board also voted unanimously to issue a supplementary contract for a dis- trict'weight-lifting coach. About Town, Three officials of the Board of Education, in Esfahan, Iran Hossein Saidian, Ahmad Mirsa- fian and Ahmad Rafieyan in Emporia visiting Mehdi Sai- dian, 627 Neosho and will attend Bicentennial celebration activities, in Ernporia. The guests are administrators at the technical high school in Esfahan and are on a tour of the United States to study educational They will spend some time touring Emporia State College. The visitors flew from Tehran to New York, and Mr. Saidian met them in Kansas City on Thursday.

THE COLONEL'S CLUB nil! be closed July 24. Please use up your beverage account by then. Books will close July I. We will be available for private parties as in the past. Thank you for Your Patronage.

Forren Restaurant 706 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Sickle of Philadelphia are guests until Wednesday at the homes of Mrs. Van Sickle's parents, Mr. and, Mrs.

1419 Center and Mr. Van Sickle's Tmottie'r 'and Mrs. Campbell, tonwood St. July Special! $18.50 reduction on good selection custom tailored suits and sport ensembles. Bill McNuti, 342-6316.

adv. James E. "Ed" Fitzmorris, who has been a patient at the Veterans Hospital in Topeka is now in room 321 at the Medi- center, 711 Garfield St. in Topeka. The Fitzmorris home in Emporia is at 1015 Chestnut St.

Midland 13 883 $145.95. July 4th special. Ray Coble, "Pacer," 917 Sunnyslope. adv. Mrs.

(Harriet) Somers, 2020 Huntington a member of the International China Painting Teacher's Organization of members, recently was asked to submit a design of a cylindrical object for a feature in the organization's magazine. Her design of a poppy vase approximately 19 inches tall and five inches in diameter, was chosen and used on the cover of READY BACK THERE? Laws of Hartford checks with a couple of not-too-experienced passengers before giving them a ride around his farm in a 70-year-old covered wagon drawn by a pair of sturdy Belgian draft horses. The wagon was originally purchased by his uncle just after the turn of the century to haul harvested grain to market and has remained in the family since. With the restoration process completed, Mr. Laws will take the wagon to the Hartford Bicentennial celebration.

He plans to give other interested people the experience of riding in covered wagon. the June issue. Mrs. Somers has also submitted a piece'of her work to be used as a door prize for the international convention of china painters to be held.at New Orleans. July 5th through July NEW CB RADIOS, any popular brand.

Mobile, 'base, sideband and AM Antennas, beams, and rotors. See Ray Coble, "Pacer," at 917 Sunnyslope. adv. Mrs. Boyd King, 1420 College.

Drive, was admitted as a patient Thursday at the K.U. Medical Center in Kansas City. She is in room 484-F. Check Litrvin's in-store "UN-ADVERTISED" spe- cials each weekend. adv.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nickel, 1407 Sean have returned from Chattanooga, where they visited Mrs. Nickel's brother, Gary Hostetter. Mr.

Hostetter 1 Singer Manufacturing panyV Selma Wilhite, Broadview Towers has returned from one-week visit in Kansas City with her daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Jensen and family, Prairie Village. Holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs.

J.D. McPherson, 1550 Berkeley Road, are Mr. and Mrs. David Hill and daugher, Jennifer, of Memphis, and Mr. and Mrs.

J.T. Jeffries and children, Jay and Katie, Lenexa. All Emporia liquor stores will be closed July 5th. adv. Mr.

and Mrs. John North, 2030 have as their weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. David Kemp and son, John North III, Overland Park. ig According to Japanese legend, earthquakes are caused by a giant catfish sleeping beneath the islands.

The fish holds its tail in "its mouth and it bites down in its sleep it stirs in pa in and Japan quakes. Farm (Continued from page one) tention Youth Center, points out that too many parents shirk their responsibility. He says "getting rid of kids can be easyV'-and believes "school systems don't deal with how to be a parent." He agrees with Mrs. John Walls, Supervising'Social Worker at the S.R.S., that "all parents are not able to parent." A child who is a dependency- neglect case is not a juvenile delinquent arid ha not committed any serious crimes. If his parents are not able to take care of him, someone must It is the purpose of the court to keep the child out of jail.

It is the -purpose of the S.R.S. to place the child in a situation that is as much like a normal home as possible. It is the Johnsons' purpose at The Farm to provide all Daily Report Thefts, Vandalism Michael Jones, 1016 Congress reported the theft of a bicycle from Fifteenth Avenue and State Street Thursday. He told police that the bicycle was taken after 6:30 a.m. and before ,5:30 p.m.

He'estimated the loss $120.. parents may adopt him. There are no adoptable children at The Farm. None of the parents have severed their legal rights to the youths. The.

children are in the custody of their foster parents through the S.R.S. but all medical arid marriage consents must, be signed by the natural parents. The S.R.S. arranges visits with the parents. The Johnsons say that when parents arrive at The Farm for a visit, are "impressed but uptight," perhaps thinking that-if they could provide their, child with the things available at The Farm, everything would be all right.

'the parenting that the children Delbert Johnson looks IVP nnwinii'slv finishing'touches! that count." Wt r- Tit' 'IN THE GOOL SHADE OF THE BARN boy, one of 16 foster children at "The Farm" spends his afternoon out of the heat, learning "welding and farm mechanics. The Johnsons buy old junk vehicles such as the jeep at right and the children fix them up. Tlji' John sons' an er a m- 1 pie: "A busy 1 kid happiest kid in world," says Mrs. Johnson. And there are plenty of things to keep the children Susy.

On 1,000 acres of fields, pastures and wooded areas, there are a lake and a creek for swimming and fishing and 25 Shetland ponies for trail rides. The children can learn welding and farm mechanics from Mr. Johnson. They can have fun fixing up old junk vehicles. But they are not free of responsibility.

The children may be seen handling just about any farm job because the raise wheat, milo, soybeans, hay and cattle. In the summer daily routine, the youths spend the morning doing house chores and have the afternoons free. During the school year they attend schools in Admire and at Northern Heights. When a youth first arrives at The Farm, Mrs. Johnson says, he is iriipressed.

It only takes about one day for the word "our" to become used, she says. He may look around in awe and say, "Is that our cattle?" The Johnsons have no established set of do's and don'ts. They believe that youths have a "good sense of fair play," that they will let the new ones know what they can and cannot do. At the end of the day, when the new one sits back in his chair at the supper table and says, "That was a delicious meal," the Johsons know that that child is beginning to feel at home. Some of the children become so close to their new foster parents that they begin to call them Mom and Dad.

The Johnsons have.no preference as to what they'-are called. They think about the child's natural parents, the problems that may have been involved, and try to fill the gap. Mr. Johson says that some people have "no responsibility within to be parents." So, the Johnsons do what they feel is the best thing. "We parent them all they want," as Mrs.

Johnson explains. Mrs. Walls points out that in ten years of operation, not one child has been removed by the court and not one child has run away. Darrell Johnson calls his parents' dedication "phenomenal" and says that his mother is "as much a mother to these kids as she is to me." The S.R.S. says that foster parents are told from the very beginning that the child belongs to his natural parents and that the ultimate goal is for the child eventually to return home.

If a child is adoptable, the foster Another bicycle theft was by 'Horn? 902 who told officers that his bicycle, valued at $25, was taken from the Logan Avenue School bicycle rack between 1 and 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Melvin D. Noller, 323 Rural reported an attempted burglary of the Reebles Food Store No. 1, 1005 Commercial St.

The aspiring thief tried to pry the north front door open after the store closed Wednesday night 'arid before it opened Thursday. The two half-inch pry marks One stable'was no more old says, but since they trimmed it-with red and white paint, it looks pretty special. He looks out at the expanse of land and says, "It's freedom. Why, it's so open put here they can scream, if they want to." Himself a fatherless child, Mr; Johnson knows that things do not make a home. Mrs.

Johnson recalls a boy who stayed with them until he was 21 years old. "Ronnie" had a mother who left him with his" grandmother during the "boom of the new morality." The Welfare Department recommended that he stay at The Farm. The boy could do anything from sewing clothes and dressing-a baby to hauling wheat and overhauling a tractor. "There is such a man," she says, laughing. "We've got the best kids-in the country!" Mr.

Johnson says enthusiastically. When a child leaves The Farm when he is of age, the Johnsons are proud. "After all," says Mrs. "you've only got your own for awhile." Besides their son Darrell who lives'on a farm just down the road with his wife Suzanne, the Johnsons have a daughter, Delberta who lives with her husband and their family in Dallas. The Johnsons are slowly remodeling and enlarging their farm to provide for more children.

They may soon be licensed as a residential center by the S.R.S. and the State Board of Health. On June. 13th, The Farm received its first donation. The Eagles Club presented them with $1,169113.

The money will be used for building expenses. "We are long on land, but short on house," Mr. Johnson says. Lyon County is short on foster homes. The Johnsons know this and are making efforts to provide for more children.

The Farm, has been highly acclaimed as one of the best foster home care units in the state as well as in the nation, officials say. The Farm will have its own Bicentennial celebration. On the morning of the Fourth of July there will be fishing contests, turtle and frog races, relay races; and flagpole climbing. At noon, there will be a chicken basket dinner. There will be a rodeo, 'a picnic supper, fireworks ar.d dancing.

The Johnson say that anyone is wel- come to visit on the Fourth or on any other day. The Farm is just off the Old Santa Fe Trail on Highway 56, between the Admire highway junction and the Turnpike interchange at Admire. "netted' another thief a 'wristwatch'with- out a band. Jan F. Bateman, 710 Constitution reported the burglary of an apartment at Mary St.

A window was broken to gain entry to the building and a pottery vase inside the apart-' merit WPS broken by the intruder, police, said. Loss, and damage totaled 514.50. A ball bat-wielding vandal smashed the front windshield of: Michael L. Ypunkin's 1969Buick Thursday night or early today. The car was parked in the front of the Younkin residence at 218 South Constitution from 9' p.m.

until 8 a.m. today when the was discovered. Damage was set at $175. Forest H. Callaban, Gulf Port, told police that vandals broke the 'mirror on his motor- and flattened one of-the tires during the same time span.

He told police that the vandalism to the motorcycle was committed while the vehicle was parked in the front yard of the Younkin residence. Damage was set at $3o! A window was broken from a camper at 945 Graham St. Lillian M. Van Sickle, 945 Graham police that vandals broke the window between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m..

Thursday. Damage was set at $20. Vandalism wich resulted in no monetary loss was reported by- Edward Bradley, 608 West Fifth Ave. He said that egg and other food was thrown on the porch of his home and that paint was spilled in the front yard of the residence. The incident occurred between 11 p.m.

Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday. Emporia police are investigating the theft of a bicycle owned by Wesley Lyon, Rt. 1. The bicycle was taken from the Flint Hills Village Shopping -Center, 1600 Industrial Road, between 1:40 and 10 p.m.

Wednesday. Loss was set at 1 Deaths Infant Son Dies Winston Kenneth Andrews, the infant son of and Mrs. Kenneth Andrews of Wichita was stillborn Tuesday in the Wesley Hospital in Wichita. Graveside services were held this afternoon in the Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita: The baby is survived by his parents and one sister Yvonne of the paternal grand-, mother, Andrews; 1215 Cottonwood paternal great-grandmother, Lois Smith; 1215 Cottonwood and maternal grandparents, Mrs. Elfria Lloyd and Clinton Lloyd, Omaha, Neb.

Emporian's Nephew Dies Charles C. of Buhl, Idaho, died June 27th in a hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho, and were held there Thursday. Mr. Griffin was the son of Mrs. Charles (Lela) Shaver of Buhlj-Idaho, who formerly lived in Emporia.

He was a nephew of Louise Shaver, 417 East St. Hammer Services Set Funeral services for Berlin E. Hammer of Derby, who died Wednesday in Denver, will be held Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in the Downing East Mortuary, 6555 East Central- Wichita. Graveside services in the Me mor i al Lawn Ce i Emporia.will be held at 1 p.rh.

Saturday afternoon. Berlin Hammer Jan. 23rd, 1931, in Emporia, the son of Berlin and Lola Mae Swangirri Hammer. He married Joan Olm in Emporia in 1951. He was principal of the White Elementary School in Wichita.

He is survived by his wife and one son, Steven, of the home, 601 Farmingto'n Drive, Derby; two daughters, Michaela Wichita, and Cynthia Hammer, 18 East Ninth Ave Emporia; one grandson, Chris Stenger, Wichita; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Bra'dford, Sedgwick, and Dean (Im- Arundel and one brother, Albert Hammer, Fresno, Calif: He was preceded in death parents. A memorial fund, Steven, Hammer Scholarship Fund, has been established at the Citizens National Bank and Trust Company, Box 1048, Emporia. f.tí'MÍA rl ijriB'lD MRS. OTTO MARHENKE DIES EUREKA Mrs.

Otto Marhenke, a long-tirne resident of Greenwood County, died Thursday in the Greenwood County Hospital. Funeral ser vices will be Saturday afternoon at 2 P.m. in the Campbell Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. Gilbert Daniel. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Delia Hayes, the daughter of Alvin and Louie Hayes, was born Jan. 18th, 1885, in Valley Falls. 'She moved her parents to Greenwood County in 1901. She married Otto' Marhenke Nov. 26th, 1902, in Eureka and he died in 1952.

Mrs; Marhenke was member of the Christian Congregational She is survived by two sons, and Clifton of Eureka; two Earl Hayes, Enid, Hayes, Chehalis, grandchildren; arid three great- grandchildren. -sr" Friday, July 1976 Bulletin Firemen were called 'to a house fire east early this afternoon. The two- story frame house is located seven miles east of the citron Highway 50, and one-half mile north, At 1:55 p.mj'thé top story of the house had been consumed in the blaze. house was reported to be oc- cupied, but the occupants were not at home and their had not yet been "determined, i "i Hospitals St. Mary's 1 Admitted Thursday: Paul.

Shepherd, Hartford; 704 Peyton Keith Kline, 2146 Morning- s'ide Drive; Patty Pimple; 2313. West Twenty-first 'Virgil Edgar, Tulsa, Herman Berndt, Lebo. Dismissed Thursday Etta Warner, 717 Elm toclay: Martha Snedegar, 714 Cottonwood St. Pamela Neighbor, Rt. Albert Haag, Hartford.

Dismissed today: Mark Wheeler, Summit; Mo. Otto Gerstner, Osage'city. Newman Memorial County Admitted Thursday Loria Howard, Eureka; Ray O. Linri, 1208 West Janet Telfer, 414 East Thirteenth Ave. Harry Wilcox, Co ttonwobd Fall Sharon Ne al 1201 Triplett Drive; De bra Jan 512 East South Elma Falls.

Dismissed Thursday Helen 406 State St. Jimmy Craney, Rt. William, Burnett, Dunlap; Reginald Ward, Wavefly; Sethable A1-. varado, 6 South Arundel St. Christine Wrign't and baby boy, Rt.

Alva and Elaine Milligan, i Grandview, Mo. "Admitted today: Everett Danford, Strong City. Dismissed today- Steven Sauder, Wesley Fleeker, 1325 Woodland Kewley, Cottonwood" Mae Su.ddoc.k«, BroadvLew'Towers; June Peter'-' -son, Greenwood County Hospital Lee Moon, Toronto; Opal Wil-j liams and Joan Gryder, both of Eureka; and James Ivy, ton; 'Dismissed Teresa Clark, Brian Nina Anderson, Kelly and Rita White, all of Eureka; James Leonard, Howard; Lillie. Corliss, Madison; Eldon. Shugart, Severy; and Leona Damron, Virgil.

Local On TV Show Miss Nancy Kay Asklund of Ada, Okla. a granddaughter of George W. Anderson and a niece of Misses Gwen and Pat Anderson who live at 308 East Fourteenth was'a performer Wednesday night in a show televised from Oklahoma City, Okla. Miss Asklund was a dancer-with "The Cougauns" who performed on "Stars and Stripes," starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. Miss Asklund attends high school in Ada and is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Charles F. (Virginia Anderson) Asklund, formerly of Emporia. reportedly removed from Mr. Russell's vehicle which was parked at Al's Auto Salvage, Rt.

1. The.car had been moved to the location after an accident. The theft reportedly, occurred Monday and was reported to the Sheriff's office Wednesday. Births The births of two boys and two I girls were reported today at' 1 Newman Memorial County Hospital; A boy was bprn today to Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Howard of Eureka. A boy was born today to Mr. 1 and Mrs. James Kewleyi tonwood Falls. A girl was born today to and Mrs.

David Neal, 1201-Trip- lett Drive. A girl was born today to Mr. i and Mrs. James Telfer, 414 East Thirteenth Ave. I June (Continued from page one) year through June was 14.79 in- ches here, about two inches below normal.

The June Summary: A dog-loving thief took DanielV R. Suchy's two-year-old Malamute from his car. Mr. Suchy told the police that someone took the dog while the car was parked the David's parking lot between 5:15 arid 5:30 p.m. The dog was valued at 'Todd Vincent Russell, 932 East reported the theft of a license plate from his car Wednesday: The tag, LY 1614, was Licenses Marriage licenses have been issued in the office of the Lyon County Probate Judge to John L.

Kurzen, 18, Rt. 4, and Retha Sue Thompson, 19; Rt. William Michael Woods, 27, 1114 Market and Janice Elaine Doerksen, 33, Inman; Jay Elvis Patton, 25, Rt. arid Charyl Yvone 24, Rt. 1, Scranton; and to Neil Charles Snyder, 31, Topeka, and Frances Mae Williams, 30, Lawrence.

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