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This picture of Velda O'Donnell and Henry Lillard was taken in March of 1961. Rossville’s American Legion Auxiliary Unit was organized October 14, 1958, as the Jimmie Lillard Unit 31. Velda O’Donnell was elected vice president on October 22, 1958.…

Three unidentified women hoe the flower bed at the triangle end of Main Street in Rossville, Kansas, in August of 1960. The triangle end of Main Street was located on the west side of Main Street north of the railroad tracks. The lady on the left…

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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…

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