Days of Yore
10 years ago
december 19, 1996
Peabody's postmaster, Greg Topham, has been named postmaster at Marion, he reported. Jay Christensen, postmaster at Cedar Point is serving as temporary postmaster for a while.
John W. Rhodes, 70, of rural Peabody, died Dec. 16 at St. Luke Hospital.
Darren Weems and Margaret Jewell were in Wichita Saturday where they visited with Bob Storbeck who is in Wesley hospital.
25 years ago
december 10, 1981
Ed Slocombe, San Luis Valley area extension agent, was elected Western Regional Director of the National Association of 4-H agents at a recent national conference. Slocombe has been a Colorado State University Youth Extension agent for 14 years.
Maude Gaines opened the Christmas meeting of the Up-to-the-Minute EHU by reading the "Christmas Story." Ten members and two guests answered roll call by expressing their thoughts of Christmas through poems, stories, thoughts, or songs.
Donna Kottwitz of Houston, Texas, was in Peabody for a four-day Thanksgiving weekend during which she visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Kottwitz and other relatives and friends, also her grandmother in Wichita.
50 years ago
december 13, 1956
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Litton of Enid, Okla., announced the birth of a son, Allen Winfield, who was born Dec. 1. He weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces.
Stanley Stovall left Monday for New York where he will meet Miss Margaret Fiesler, who is coming from Germany. They met while he was in military service in Germany and they plan to wed soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beeton and Janice were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Beeton and family in Wichita. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Beeton and family and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Clodfelter, all of Wichita, were also dinner guests.
100 years ago
december 20, 1906
Orlando Jolliffe was elected one of the vice presidents of the Farmers' Institute which was organized by Marion last week.
Christmas exercises will be held at the Wareham School Friday, Dec. 28, and at the Grand View schoolhouse Saturday evening, Dec. 20. Santa Claus will be there.
The Methodist ladies will have a sale of Christmas articles including cookery on Saturday afternoon Dec. 22, in the Seybold building. Coffee and donuts will be served during the afternoon. Hot biscuit supper from 5 to 8 p.m. usual price.
125 years ago
december 15, 1881
Guiteau 17th day: Edward David testified to Guiteau's peculiar religious views and his impression was that he was crazy. 18th day: There was an immense crowd at the courthouse when the prisoner arrived and he was trembling and begged the officers to take him by the back entrance but he was driven forward into the building. Dr. Kennon, editor of the Medical Review of Chicago, gave the opinion the prisoner was insane. The assassin became incensed at the evidence of Richard Hinton, a Washington journalist, and shouted he would rather be hung as a man than acquitted as a fool. 22nd day: Brought more evidence.
E.A. Sackett of Cincinnati and B. Emmett of Omaha registered at the Grand Central, last Thursday.
Mrs. Blake gave a tea party for her lady friends last Tuesday evening. It was a very pleasant gathering and the lunch excellent.
Grandma Briggs had a surprise last Saturday evening. As that day was the 71st anniversary of her birth, a number of her friends assembled at a near neighbors' and armed and equipped with a goodly supply of eatables, took the premise by storm. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs and Andy, the youngster, were thunderstruck, so to speak, the surprise being complete. A jolly time was had, a few presents made, and a good, square lunch spread by the visitors, of whom 30 were present. If the weather had not been rainy, several more would have been there.
