Patty Roberts lives in Wellsville, Kansas. Peggy Beach drowned while swimming in a pond near Wellsville. Dale Beach lives in Topeka. Derrill Beach was killed when the milk truck he was driving collided with a train near Brookfield, Missouri. Judy Beach is at home with her parents.
     Lila Dodds lives in Havensville. Her husband is custodian at the Havensville Grade School. William Dodds lives at Osava- tomie, Kansas. He is a linotype operator for The Graphic News. His wife, Janice, is a nursers aide at Osawatomie Hospital. Leon Dodds is employed by the County Surveyors Office in Topeka. His wife, Patsy, works at the Santa Fe offices and Rober and Judy Dodds are in school.
     Paul Nott and family live in Circleville, Kansas. He works for the State. Lavona Bottom lives in Topeka. Gary Nott lives near Circleville.
     Russell Nott lives in Holton where he operates a garage and used furniture store. Lawrence Nott lives at Circleville and his wife, Leah, is employed at the Holton Dress Factory.
     Ethel Loughmiller and husband, William Meed, spent most of their lives in New York State. William A. Lougbmiller, with his wife and children, live on a farm southwest of Holton not cear from Soldier Creek. He was jovial and warm-hearted, made friends easily and everyone called him Billy. To the relatives he was Billy Fet because his father was George Festus, and Tillman Loughmiller named one of his sons William. His wife, Martha Flanders, was a fine Christian of the Mormon faith. The first three of their children were daughters and after several years, three sons were born to them. Ruth and Ruby, the oldest, attended high school In Holton and lived by doing housework for families. They were ambitious, hard working, girls. Ruth graduated and taught school in rural district. Ruby graduated and lived the following few summer months at home with her parents, sister Barbara, and small brothers. She contracted a sudden, fatal illnes and her body at the age of 28 years was lain to rest in the Shields Cemetery near Soldier Valley vicinity. The little plot was always sacred to the family and they visited there whenever they drove the long, long distance from Idaho to Kansas.
     Mr. and Mrs. Loughmiller, with Barbara and the three boys, left, Buck's Grove where they had lived a few months in the early spring of 1936. The trip was very hard but they reached their destination and established a home in the irrigated area of Twin Falls, Idaho. Ruth completed teaching her term at Prairie View School, then followed the family, making the long trek alone in her car. The united family planned, worked hard, and prospered. There was much happiness, for the family had great zest for life. There was music and laughter and dancing to follow the lean years experienced by them in Kansas. The family was devout Christians and served their church in various ways. They sometimes visited the beautiful Salt Lake Cathedral and Ruth sang a few times with its wonderful choir.


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