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From May 1939 With the employment this week of Miss Mary Louise Dungey, Winfield, for the home economics department, the list is again complete for the 1939-1940 term as all the teachers have been asked to return. Miss Dungey has had four years’ experience, the last two terms at Dexter.

7 Years Ago Several Campus High School track and field athletes have qualified for the State meet. For the boys team, the Colts' Federico Harvey was the standout at regionals last week.

140 Years Ago The Grand View Hotel will be opened next Monday or Tuesday. This is the most important improvement that has been made in Cheney in three months.

CHENEY – Cheney State Park is among the top choices for families seeking Memorial Day destinations. That’s according to a survey of 3,000 families conducted by a Las Vegas tour company.

The 2024 Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Winter Wheat Tour across Kansas wrapped up on May 16. During the three days of wheat scouting, tour participants traveled six routes from Manhattan to Colby to Wichita and back to Manhattan.

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The United States flag was first imagined after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. • Flagsshouldonlybe displayed in public from sunrise to sunset, unless the flag can be properly illuminated during darkness.

Memorial Day celebrations began to spring up on local levels just after the Civil War. But a Civil War hero from Illinois was the first to make it official.

Monday is Memorial Day, a federal holiday for honoring and mourning people who died while serving in the United States military. Here is a look at when and where local ceremonies are planned.