The Winchester Star from Winchester, Kansas • 5

NORTONVILLE SCHOOLS Wit "i 01 on bi ononvme my 1 ml Mrs. W. C. WILK COMMUNICATIONS Mrs. W.

C. Wilkin, Rep. Nortonville News Nortonville, Kansas. I have just discovered that I am behind on my subscription and I certainly do not want to be cut off from the news of my old home town and the few residents who were friends and neighbors when we lived in Nortonville. The News, since combining with The Winchester Star, is "tops" for a weekly paper and is a credit to Jefferson County.

Hope everything is going well with you and Mrs. Rogers joins me in best wishes. Sincerely W. P. Rogers Miss Marlene McBride, a freshman at KSU, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs.

W. D. McBride. Dale Bryant has joined the Army Reserves and left Sunday for training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Dinner for thirty relatives was served Sunday at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. John! Cowley, northwest of Norton- ville. Guests included Mrs. Cowley's brother, Jess Leigh- ton and wife of San Gabriel, Calif, and their sister, Mrs. J.

F. Davenport and Mr. Daven port of St Louis, a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ida Leighton and a niece, Mr. and Mrs.

H. F. Rodehousej all of Osborne, Ks. who came Saturday and remained over Sunday. Those i 4f ir i to a.

tint- ill We are busy taking six weeks tests this week. Some very interesting essays were handed in Monday pertaining to their reading test. Several of the children have given very good book reviews. Several of the boys and girls attended Band Day at Lawrence Saturday, and several are planning to go to Kansas City this evening. We are looking forward to our softball game with Winchester this Friday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. John Haines, Yakima, Wash, and his aunt, Mrs. Grace Hood of Ferndale, Wash, arrived last week for a visit with Nortonville relatives and friends. Mrs.

Hood came especially to see her brother, Frank Haines, who is in a rest home at Winchester. The Nortonville Locker Plant closed as of Oct. 1. Bruce Smith, pastor of the local Christian Church, will be guest minister at the S.D.B. Church, Saturday morning, Oct.

8 in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Robert ippincott who will be attending the Mid-Continent S.D.B. Association in North Loup, Nebr. The Friday night prayer meeting will be led by Miss Margaret La- Mont, -x Mt Zion Chapter, O. E.

S. Mt Zion Chapter, No 284, Order of the Eastern Star met in reguler session Sept. 28 with W. M. Mrs.

Hazel Sowles and associate patron, Herbert Spen cer, in the East. Authorization was read from the Worthy Grand Matron changing the day of the Chapter's meetings to 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Had. practice in-iation. The district meeting of Dist.

No. 12 will be at Os- kaloosa Saturday, Oct. 22. Fourteen members were pres ent. Cake, salad, and coffee were served by Mrs.

Mary Nichols and Mrs. Jennie Figgs. The next meeting will, be Wednesday, October 12. REBEKAH LODGE Nortonville Rebekah Lodge No. 157 met in regular session Oct.

4 with the noble grand, Mrs. Nellie" McCoy, presiding. Nine members were present. The' finance committee an nounced1 that' a Bingo Party will follow the next meeting, Oct. 18, and each member is asked to bring a gift for bingo prizes.

Mrs. Dorthea Gutzman of Ponca City, Okla. is visiting relatives' in-and around Norton ville. Mr. and Mrs.

Earl Wershaar, Orville VanGaasbe.ek,.,M, and Mrs. Kenneth- Mauz.ey, and Mrs: Pearl. Harris, were Norton villians who' rode" the chartered bus to Kansas City to see and hear Nixon and Mrs; Nixon on; their recent stop there. Mr. and Mrs.

Woody Carr recently returned from three vears in Germany. They were Sunday guests at the Asa Prentice home. The Carrs also visited at the Otto Premauer home, Oskaloosa, before going on to western Kansas. First Grade Mrs. Alenna Sanders.

The first grade went to town last Friday afternoon and had a shopping experience We have completed our reading readiness books and are ready to start reading in our pre primers. The children have written several stories with these three words: Tip, no, In arithmetic we are on number 8. We have several number games we like to play, especially hide-the-ball and dominoes. Keith Locklin celebrated his sixth birthday last Tuesday He treated us to ice cream bars Our pictures arrived this week. They were very good.

The children had a real experience exchanging pictures. Second Fourth Grades Miss Katherine Kuhnert The second grade is writing sentences and studying about sortie of the common birds in connection with their unit on fall in The fourth grade has been experimenting with linear and liquid measure in arithmetic. In science they are finishing a chapter on friction and have made a chart on modes of trav el and one on things useful because of their friction and things useful because they have little friction. We have gone to Norway after leaving Iceland and the North Pole in geography. There have been several reports in connection with our travels.

Third Grade Mrs. Alma Bilderback We have lots of fun, and work at school. v- HWe have studying about rocks. Several people have brought rocks for the class to see. Gene Higley Lana Babcock treated the tfrird grade to candy bars the day before her birthday.

In English we are having a six weeks Eddie Clink-inbeard. While Pamela Jones is in the hospital her little brother, Ricky and sister Cindy are staying with us Marsha Hayes. The girls and boys have fun -nl a vine hall the first recess each day. Linda Nolting. Fifth and Sixth Grades Mrs.

Virginia Thorne The fifth grade history class is learning about the Spanish explorers in America during our early history. The sixth grade has com Dieted a visit to the Scanda navian countries and are now in France. The sixth grade has taken up the composition of a busi ness letter. Seventh and Eighth Grades Mrs. Ivalu Robbms Susan Kloepper brought a tn school to show hp ffrade school children They raise them in their yard t.

home. -It was the tirst rea nectarine some of the children had ever seen. We thank Susan for this. Our pictures came yesterday We really have some good looking children here at Nortonville. Pictures are being swapped this way and that today.

IN, Nortonville Representative MRS. MAUDE BUSHEY Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Salley Bushey, 89, who died October 3 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Virgil Jeter, in Kansas City were held at the Muscotah Congregation- al Church Wednesday. The Rev.

Ross Shinn officiated. Pallbearers were Clarence Rathert, Francis Christ, Lloyd Tinsley, Oliver Rice, Hans Lassen, and Leland Yazel. Burial was in the Muscotah Cemetery Mrs. Bushey was born in Chicago Dec. 19, 1870, and came to Kansas in early childhood with her parents.

For several years before her marriage to John C. Bushey of Muscotah Jan. 25, 1892, she taught in Fairview district school. Most of their married life was spent in the Muscotah vicinity. After the death of her husband Nov.

17, 1951, Mrs. Bushey remained on the farm north west of Muscotah about a year, then divided her time among her children. While visiting a sister in Oklahoma several years ago she suffered a broken hip in a fall and spent the rest of her life in a wheel chair She loved flowers and her was a place of beauty. youthful spirit and opti-jmistic outlook made her many friends. She was deeply relig-Jious, active in the Muscotah I Congregational Church most of her life, and a member of I the Ella Maynard Missionary society of the church.

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She leaves five daughters, TT.l are deceased. Monday morning, Robert King began work at Hoyt, helping to cut meat and sell groceries. He is living at home and driving back and forth. Mrs.

William Prentice of Leavenworth underwent surgery at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferris and Mr.

and Mrs. Cliff Stef-fey attended the Republican fish fry at Muscotah Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prevo of Junction City spent Saturday and Sunday with her mother, Mrs.

LaVerna Pickens grandmother, Mrs. Lula Wilkin. Mr. and lvirs. uonaid Bryant and son Billy of Kansas City spent the weekend with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Orville 'Bryant. Winchester, Oct. 7, 1960 BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs.

James Pantle of Winchester are the parents of a daughter, Coleen Joyce, born at the Jefferson County Hospital Sept. 30. They are al so the parents of another dau ghter, Susan Chris. The grand parents are Mr. and Mrs.

Chris Meintz of Winchester and Mrs Flora Pantle, Nortonville. Hall Stacey Linscott Gathering Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Holder of Atchison were honored Sunday at the home of Mr. Mrs.

George Stacey, when 38 Hall, Stacey, Linscott relatives gathered for a dinner and farewell party for them. The Holders are leaving soon for West Palm Beach, Florida, where they will make their winter home. They are selling their home in Atchison but have stored some of their things at Farmington, expecting to return for the summer months. At the business meeting it i i 1 i 1 11 was decided to Keep tne first Sunday in October for an annual get-together. Albert Hall was elected president to succeed Geo.

Stacey. Owen K. (Bud) Linscott is the new vice president and Mrs. Edgar Dunn, secretary. Edward Sta-cev.

92. was the oldest and Darla Hall, 6 months, of Dekalb, was the youngest at the gathering which closed with the group singing "God Be With You Till We Meet A new flag was presented recently to the Christian chur ch by members of the church Christian Endeaver. Jefferson County Memorial Hospital ADMITTED and date dismissed Mrs. Ella Nivens, Perry, October 3rd. SEPT.

29 Mrs. Mae Corcoran, Topeka, 30th. SEPT. 30 Mrs. Louise Ballagh, Oskaloo- sa.

OCT. 1 Jake Ziegler, Nortonville. OCT. 2 John Effingham. John Weishaar, Nortonville.

OCT. 3 Mrs. Anna Rogers, Winchester BIRTHS SEPT. 30 Mr Mrs. James Pantle, Winchester, daughter.

DISMISSED SEPT. 28 Mrs. JoAnn Wright, Leaven worth. SEPT. 29 Mrs.

Adelaide Lewellen, SEPT. 30 Mrs. Patricia Monohan Os- son, Leavenworth. Carl Risinger, Valley Falls. OCT.

1 Ralph Downie, Winchester. William Kirkpatrick, Potter. Miss Joyce Noll, Nortonville. andj who joined the other family lvirs- iauue J- vneieiu opec, members Sunday were another Nortonville Mrs. Walter brother, Mr.

and Mrs. W. FJ Ruth Martin' Tucson' Anz-Leighton, and another sister, Fred J- (Mildred) Kiehl, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.

Hawley, Muscotah Mrs. Virgil (Lou-and Mrs. Frank Keller and ise Jeter Kansas City; and son, Clauson, all of Atchison Miss Dorothy Bushey, Brook-Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jarrett, lyn, N.

a son, Dwight C. Jack and Michael, Mr. andiBushey, Evansville, a Mrs. Robert Cowlev and dau-. brother, Arthur Salley, 12 ghters, Nancy and Gayle, and 1 grandchildren and 21 great Nancy's fiance, Richard Glim-' grandchildren.

Three sisters 7 9- pse, all of Kansas City and Mr and Mrs. Donald Cowley. BENSON HAINES 0f! Announcement is made the marriage of Mrs. Jennie Benson of Winchester to Mr. John Haines of Yakima, Wash.

Friday September 16 at Boise, Idaho. After a wedding trip to Canada they went to Ferndale, Wash, to visit his aunt, Mrs. Grace Hood and then came on to Kansas. The First National Bank was closed Tuesday while the banK i personal attended Kansas Banker's Association at Prairie Village. Those who attended jwere Mr.

and Mrs. Peter Web er, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.

Mc- Bride, Mrs. Stella Stewart and Mrs. LaVerna Pickens. Mrs. Addie Bond Brown widow of Bert Hur- died Friday, Sept.

30, at home of her stepson Rob- 0v TTnrW. Riverside. Calif, She was a sister of Bert Bond and the late Ed Bond..