Yesteryears
25 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 23, 1978
Florence Ambulance Service has gained four new EMTs on their staff. Those newly-certified by the University of Kansas Medical Center are Larry Hanes, Mary Jean Meirowsky, Dave Huntley, and Estelle McCarty. They have completed and passed tests and requirements of at least 81 hours of classroom and lab work and a minimum of 10 hours of work in the emergency room of a hospital.
Two students at the Brown Mackie College in Salina have been named to the President's Honor Roll for the 1977 fall quarter. They are Janet Bezdek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Bezdek, and Virginia Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Black.
50 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 26, 1953
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Inlow announce the birth of a daughter on Feb. 16. The girl, who weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces, has been given the name of Sheryl Lea.
Mrs. Frank Haucke will be honored as the annual KFBI "Kansas Woman of the Year" in a special broadcast over that Wichita radio station today at 3:45 p.m. A special reception will be held in her honor at that time at the radio station. Florence women are invited to attend.
75 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 23, 1928
When Mrs. Shamus O'Brien was ready to retire late Thursday night she saw someone standing by the window of the Ralph Whitney home nearby. Shamus O'Brien got out of bed, dressed hurriedly and with his old trusty shotgun, started in pursuit of the man at the window and slipped upon him before he was aware that anyone was near. Mr. Whitney was called from the house and the two men marched their captive downtown where Marshal Eichenberger placed him in jail.
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106 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 26, 1897
Blondin, the rope walker, is dead. He was undoubtedly the greatest of the rope walkers of the world. He commenced rope walking when only four years old and continued his wonderful exhibitions until a few months ago. Blondin crossed Niagara Falls on June 30, 1859, in the presence of nearly 50,000 people. It was the first time this feat had been attempted.
Nervous collapse, caused by overwork, is the physician's diagnosis of the case of Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, who has been seriously ill for over a week at his home. There is a slight change for the better, but his mental and physical condition are acutely affected, and it will probably be a long time before he can return to his pulpit.
