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Men ride donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is Don Jones.

Unidentified men ride donkeys at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas.

George Sullivan (pictured at right) rides a donkey at the Lions donkey ball in Rossville, Kansas. The man on the left is unidentified.

Mr. LaVerne H. Spears was born on a farm near Wamego, Kansas, on September 20, 1906. He married Edna Vilven in 1927. They moved to Rossville, Kansas, in 1928. He was mayor from 1955-1965. He was elected to the Kansas State Legislature in 1964 and…

LaVerne Spears is sitting in a stock tank fully clothed with nice shoes on after getting dunked. It was part of the Tall Corn Festival in Rossville, Kansas.

Charles Martin is sitting in a stock tank fully clothed with nice shoes on after getting dunked. It was part of the Tall Corn Festival in Rossville, Kansas.

The man on the left, talking into the microphone, is Herman Spacek. The stage is on Main Street, Rossville, Kansas. The other gentleman on the right is unidentified.

This is the home of Elmer Stewart on Main Street in Rossville, Kansas. He died June 2, 1961.

Pictured left to right at the Rossville, Kansas, International Harvester are Oliver Tuller, Herb Trimble, and George Stadler

Members of the Rossville, Kansas, city council in February of 1961 are as follows (seated left to right) Cletus "Teetle" Reding, Ross McCollough, Frank Stach, LaVerne Spears, Mildred Page, Bill Martinek, Horace Holder, and unidentified.