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120 State West Tenth Historical KS 66612 Topeka, CHESTER P. STARBIRD Chester P. Starbird, 86, Topeka, died Wednesday, July 5, 1989, at St. Francis Hospital. Mr.

Starbird was an auditor of freight accounts for Santa Fe Railway 46 years before he retired September 1, 1968. He was born April 14, 1903, at Valencia, the son of Edwin P. and Etta Blanche Cameron Starbird. He came to Fairview to make his home when he was 7 years old, left after graduating from high school. He was graduated from Fairview High School in 1922, and lived in Topeka since 1922.

Mr. Starbird was a member 66 years of North Topeka Baptist Church where he served as a Sunday School teacher and was financial secretary 21 years. He also served as a deacon, and was a deacon emeritus for several years. He was member of Gideon's International, a 65 year member of Golden Rule Lodge 90, and a member of Topeka Consistory of Scottish Rite and York Rite bodies. He was married to Inez M.

Lancaster July 8, 1929, in Topeka. She died October 16, 1981. Survivors include a son, James E. Starbird, Topeka; three sisters, Reba Speer, Fairview, Betty Dickinson, Kansas City, Kansas, and Florence McElwain, Sandy Lake, and two brothers, Clyde W. Noble, Kansas City, Kansas, and Richard Noble, Fairview.

Services were Saturday July 8, 1989 at 1:30 P.M. at Mount Hope Chapel with Pastor Gary Deeter officiating. Mrs. Barbara Deeter was organist, and selections were "Still, Still With Thee" and "It Is Well With My Interment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

The Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 conducted the Masonic services. Davidson Funeral Home was in charge of the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 1092, 66601, or to the charity of the donor's choice.

FARM CENSUS DATA Early data from the 1987 Census of Agriculture show that the U.S. had 2,087,759 farms, 1,059,573 of which had annual product sales $10,000 or more. Land in farms totaled 964,470,625 acres, 86 percent of them in farms with or more in sales, the Com Department's Census ureau reported. The census showed that the U.S.'s farmers and ranchers sold $136 billion in agricultural products and that farms with $10,000 or more in sales averaged $125,187 per farm. Other findings: $58.9 billion or 43 percent of total agricultural sales were for crops, while $77.1 billion or 57 percent came from the sale of livestock, poultry and their products.

The agriculture census obtains information on all identified farm and ranch operations in the United States. Mrs. Dora Kopp and Mrs. Dick Pearse were in Topeka Friday. Dora saw her eye doctor, then they visited Mrs.

E. C. Stokes at St. Francis Hospital. Society The Fairview Volume 101 Friday, July 14, 1989 MAKE ONE OF THE LOCAL FOLKS FAMOUS! COUNTRY magazine has launched a search for "America's No.

1 Country and has contacted Fairview Enterprise to request our staff's assistance in this national search. Our staff is turning this assignment over to you, our readers. We're asking your help in nominating someone from this area for the title. The national winner will receive a 30-day unlimited ticket on Greyhound or Amtrak, allowing him or her to travel anywhere in the U.S. for a full month to see rural America up close! And the person who nominated that winner will receive the same, allowing unlimited free travel by train or bus throughout the U.S.

for 30 days! Or the winner or nominator can accept $1,000.00 in cash instead. Possible Local Cadidates: A quick read-through of COUNTRY'S description of the kind of "character" it's looking for in this search leads our staff to believe we may have a few viable candidates right here in our community. "Every rural community has at least one 'real character" who can be counted on to brighten a dull day," says Roy Reiman, publisher of COUNTRY. "He or she is the one who always comes up with a colorful remark, finds humor in what could be depressing situation, is perhaps a practical joker, or is someone who simply marches to a little different drummer to the delight of others in the area." Sound like someone you know? Then nominate that colorful person--it may give him or her national exposure by being featured in COUNTRY MAGAZINE, which has attracted over 1 million subscribers in just 2 years. And both you and the winner could be traveling around the country by train or bus for a full month later this year! Here's the How-To: To nominate one of the locals, COUNTRY simply requests some details on why you feel this person is "America's No.

1. Country and asks you to enclose a photo of your candidate if at all possible. You're to enclose a selfaddressed, postage-paid return envelope so the editors can get back to you quickly to get more details or to return your material later. All entries and photos become property of COUNTRY magazine, which will feature many of the runners-up in future issues before announcing the national winner at the end of the year. Send your nomination to: "America's No.

1 Country Character COUNTRY magazine, Box 643, Milwaukee WI 53201. A sample copy of the magazine is available for $1. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Wenger, Daniel and Faith, Mr.

and Mrs. Rick Klein, Ashley and Christina, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Klein, spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs.

Clifford Klein. Mrs. Clifford Klein's birthday was celebrated. Number 14 FLAGS STOLEN AGAIN! For the fourth time someone or ones have stolen the flags at the Rogers sign--the Amiercan flag and the Kansas flag; also one of the letters of the sign is gone. The flags were taken Sunday evening.

Milan Kloepfer saw a car cruising around, later saw the flood light on the sign was turned around. He called Mayor Dale Lance and Dale picked up Jim Wilson and a check was made, but by then they were gone. When the flags were put up this last time clamps were put high up on the pole to keep the ropes out of reach, so someone pretty agile and just plain dumb took them. It is against the law to steal a flag. If anyone knows anything about this, tell Dale Lance.

When flags were first flown at the junction in at the Centennial Celebration, everyone applauded the idea, and it was a welcome sight at the entrance to our City. However, each time flags have to be reinstalled the cost is between $60.00 and $100.00, and may have to be abandoned in the future. According to the July 6 issue of the Highland Vidette, 8 flags were taken from their streets during the early hours of July 4th, and one was torn from its bracket. It is impossible to picture any one doing such a thing. Most people feel reverent toward the flag and respect and honor it.

CABLE INSTALLATION STARTED In January a number of people of Fairview met at a public meeting and expressed their wish for Cable Television. The City had left it up to the people. So permission was given after an ordinance was passed in March of 1989 to the Tri Star Cable Co. of Junction City, to bring cable into Fairview on a 20 year basis. The company was to start installation in 60 to 90 days.

Installation has now started on a building and a form to place the antennae, on the property just west of the hotel building. Installation price to patrons will be $12.50, and the cost of the service will be $19.95 per month with 11 channels available, including 4 out of Topeka. For an additional $10.00 per month a show channel will be available, Discovery, Showtime or HBO, the choiCe of which will be left to the subscribers. The technician for the company lives in Bern and may be reached on an 800 line. Work should begin in earnest in a few days.

ANNUAL RODEO Sabetha's 34th Annual Rodeo is this July 14, 15 and 16, at the Sabetha Rodeo Grounds. The rodeo is sponsored by the Sabetha Saddle Club. The queen will be selected Friday. She will be crowned following the parade Friday evening, beginning at 6 P.M. The rodeo begins at 8.

There will be steer wrestling, bull riding, calf roping, cattle roping, horse races, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wood and boys and Mr. and Mrs.

Bill Raglon of Kansas City spent several days last week with Emerson Bell. WINS FIRST IN TRACK MEET Charles and Joanne Jackson attended the Kansas Division of the Hershey National Track and Field Championship at Emporia on Saturday. Their grandson, Kevin Strahm, won first place in the 13-14 year old division of the 100 Yard Dash. Kevin also ran with the Sabetha relay team that finished second in the 440 Yard Relay. LOCAL BEAGLES? Sunday evening, after being notified the flags had been stolen from the Rogers sign, Dale Lance and Jim Wilson thought they'd do some detective work and try and catch the culprits.

They spotted a car and said "That's so they followed it. Those in the other car saw the first car and decided to follow it, so both cars were out to catch the thieves. They tried to cut off each other at the pass, and finally Lance crowded the other car toward a tree. The car stopped, and Lance and Wilson jumped out to take the others in hand, and lo and behold to their surprise they found it was Bob and Bev Tummons. The surprise capture went two ways, and some felt a little, shall we say FORMED PARTNERSHIP Maurice Reynolds and son Jim, have formed a partnership, and their business is now known as Reynolds, Heating Plumbing and Air Conditioning.

Jim has been working with his dad since 1975, so is not new at the business. He and his wife Carol and daughter Alison live here in Fairview. CHILDREN MUST WEAR LIFE JACKETS Children age 12 or under must wear an approved personal flotation device while underway in a boat, according to a Kansas law effective July 1. The law was passed earlier this year by the state Legislature to promote safe boating in Kansas, a news release from the Topeka regional office of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks stated. The majority of fatal boating accidents are due to capsizes or falls overboard, with little or no time to get into a life jacket, the release noted.

Children in particular are at risk if the jackets are tucked away inside the boat and not worn. Boat operators should keep in mind that only Coast Guardapproved type Il or Ill personal flotation devices will comply with the law. A ski belt or life ring will not satisfy this requirement. In addition to life jackets, boats 16 feet and over must have an approved, throwable flotation device. Orveda Anderson, Hiawatha Area Director for the Department of Social and Rehabitation Services, announced that her department is requesting input from the community regarding implementation of House Bill 2012, an act concerning individuals in need of in-home care.

A public hearing was held July 7, at the Topeka Area SRS Office, 435 Kansas Avenue. Further information regarding the public meeting can be obtained at each county SRS office. PHYLLIS PHILLIPS Phyllis J. Allen Phillips, 66, Hiawatha, died Friday morning, July 7, 1989, at a local hospital following a lengthy illness. She was born in Sioux City, Iowa.

Mrs. Phillips worked for Brown Electric and TV later called McQueen TV and Radio of Hiawatha, retiring in 1985. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Hiawatha, where she was a Sunday School teacher and member of the choir. She also was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 5210 Ladies Auxiliary of Hiawatha.

She married her first husband, Harold Allen, in August 1942. He died in June 1978. She married Warren "Bert" Phillips on August 5, 1985 in Hiawatha. He survives at the home. Additional survivors are her mother, Elizabeth Warren of Hiawatha; a stepson, Eric of Omaha, two daughters, DeAnna Moppin of Kansas City, and Jean Mara Payne of Lincoln, three stepdaughters, Frances Gard of Great Falls, JoAnn Karn and Tareca Schuetz, both of Hiawatha; two sisters, Kay Howe of Topeka, Kansas, and Peggy Argabright of Hot Springs, Arkansas; three grandchildren; and nine step grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday July 10, 1989, from Casselman-Meek Funeral Home with Dr. David W. Seward and Reverend Bill Hemmen officiating. Organist was Mrs. David A.

Meyers. The congregation sang "The Old Rugged Pallbearers were Virgil John, Harlan Buchler, Glen Jimeson Gene Shorb, John McQueen and Lloyd Robinson. Interment was in the Hiawatha Cemetery. Rolland Weaver of Ellsworth reported that one of his mail carriers, Angie Janzen said her husband Kent said "This is the first year I got all my wheat harvest in my He had 40 bushels from 30 acres. Lawrence Mellenbruch has been picking strawberries.

They are the ever bearing kind and he has watered them. Its too hot to pick strawberries so he's going to let them go til fall. He is 89 years young. Mrs. Blaine Shaffer of Hiawatha underwent major surgery at Stormont- Vail Hospital July 7.

She got along nicely and expects to be home the last of the week. Her room is 717. Sarah Rettele is visiting the Larry Eubanks family at Concordia. Mr. and Mrs.

Allen Gragg and grandson Erin Knight of El Segundo, California visited Allen's sister, Gladys Tulk, several days last week. They were enroute to friends near Denver to visit until this Tuesday. Dorothy and Leslie Wikle will be flying to Heidelburg, Germany the 12th to spent 6 weeks with Major and Mrs. Jim Mendenhall and their children. They will be gone about 6 weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davis of Apache Junction, Arizona will stay in the Wikle home..