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Rossville 4-H has 11 County Champs by Linda Kelsey
November 26, 1959 The annual Shawnee County 4-H Achievement Party was held November 21 at the Municipal Auditorium. The Agricultural Service Division of the Topeka Chamber of Commerce sponsored…

Don Jones, Mr. Sears, and Gene Irwin enjoy watermelon at the Lions watermelon feed in Rossville, Kansas, in September 1960.

Either partial or total destruction of 75 farms and homes were reported from this storm late in the afternoon May 19, 1960. There were no deaths in this area.

The Shawnee County Reporter, Page 5
Rossville, Kansas Thursday, Dec. 8, 1960

The Friendly Circle Class met with Stella Page and Ella Whearty with a covered dish luncheon at noon. Those present were Thelma Wehmeier, Ethelyn Ferguson, Stella…

WSCS MEETS
The Women's Society of Christian Service met on Thursday, November 17, at 1:30 at the home of Mrs. Joe Gresser. The meeting was called to order by the President, Irene Parr.
A very interesting lesson was given by Elizabeth Hesse and…

Attend A Church of Your Choice Sunday
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
SILVER LAKE METHODIST CHURCH Kent Hayes, Pastor
Church Service at 11:00 a. m., Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Paul Snavely, Supt.
DOVER FEDERATED CHURCH Rev. Terry Hodges,…

People relax against parked cars on Main Street as they watch a Tall Corn Festival parade in Rossville, Kansas. The boy on the left is Kenneth Coleman and the one next to him is Doug Kelsey.

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.

This Tall Corn Festival parade float is of John Wehner and John Levin in a bathtub.

This picture shows Clyde Rogers pulling a Rossville, Kansas, Tall Corn Festival parade float in August of 1961.