50 years ago

aug. 18, 1966

Homer D. Orcutt, 45, of Overland Park, son of Mrs. Nellie Orcutt of Peabody, was killed early Sunday morning in a car-truck crash near Joseph City, Arizona.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Riddiough, Tod Porter, and Richard Litton were in Hutchinson Saturday and Sunday attending an American Legion Post Officers’ conference.

Houseguests in the W.V. Krause home are the Gayle Krause family of Normal, Illinois, who will be moving to their new home in El Dorado Sept. 1.