Holton Recorder, Thursday, 30 November 1944

Former A.D. Walker farm home destroyed by fire. Escaped fire: Florence Trumbley and Alice Tutt. Roy Thomas, owner, had asked Marion Bennett to clean the furnace and flues the day of the fire, but Mr. Bennett hadn't been able to answer the call.

Lt. Bacon in Army Air Force. Mother Mrs. D.L. Bacon at Rose Hill, VA. Wife Evelyn Bacon, 910 New York, Holton KS.

Glenn E. Fisher graduated from Naval Training School, son of Hulda A. Fisher, Holton.

M/Sgt Edson M. Lunger, son of Dudley Lunger, Mayetta, is in India.

Creston Kerns, Mayetta, left for the army.

S/Sgt Donald Ash, Jr. in England, son of Don Ash, Circleville.

Sgt and Mrs. Raymond Sumner and Jacquelyn, El Paso, TX, visiting relatives - High Prairie letter.

Wilbur C. German in the Far East. Aunt Willetta German, Holton.

James Turner son, Pvt Wilbur L. Turner in France.

Elfa Rudy son, Sgt. Ernest Rudy, wounded in France.

Homer Hawks, Pleasant Grove area, in Rhode Island.

Carl Smith, son of Mrs. Bennie Fleisher, Mayetta, visiting Colhouer relatives, northeast Hoyt.

Leonard L. Wood

Charles Darlington - new grandson, John Henry Darlington, born in Des Moines, IA, son of Lt and Mrs. Henry R. Darlington. Wife, former Frances Osborn, Los Angeles, CA.

A.A. McKinsey, Topeka, KS Thanksgiving guests: Ralph, Donald Bruce and David Alan French of Kansas City, MO; E.W. Hawk and Helen Hillman, Topeka; Dale and Robert Dale Starr, Soldier; Floyd Swain, Soldier; and J.A. Ayers, Holton.

John O. Roderick, former janitor at Soldier Rural High school, has civil service appointment as Janitor I at Kansas State College in Manhattan.

Thanksgiving guests of Henry McCrory: James, Helen, Joanna and Katherine Turner; Robert Turner; Tom and Linda Sue Vestle; I.C. and Jacquetta Shaw; Patty Harris; Marion Howell; and W.R. Turner.

Willetta German leaving for Pittsburg, KS, to spend time with her brother, F.L. German, then to Alamo, TX to visit C.B. German.

District Superintendent Leslie Miller of the Methodist Church held quarterly meeting for Crusade in which the church will raise $25,000,000 to rehabilitate the destroyed missionary properties. Holton church's share is fixed at $2500.

Clennie Steel, Marshall, MO, and Edith Steel, Slater, MO, visited Mrs. Clennie Steel's parents, Thomas Frakes, and grandmother, Margaret A. Chrisman.

Scrambled Town Topics - Will Beck, editor: A linotype operator came from an eastern state to work on this newspaper, alongside the editor who has been doing a hitch for some sixty years, and others whose terms of service reach the half century mark. But the newcomer decided not to stay, although his wage checks for the two weeks respectively were $66 and $64.90. Moreover there was an offer to provide him and his family of five a furnished house, the rental of which would seem like peanuts in comparison with similar quarters in any city in the country. But the operator did not think he would be satisfied with the situation here, so he departed.

File: A.D. Walker. Jackson County Historical Society, Holton KS.