Memorial Day visitors

Memorial Day holiday weekend visitors to the Valley Falls Historical Society Museum were:
Mailyn Bernthal, Lincoln, Neb.,; Helen and Hoot Gibson, Rapid City, S.D.; Bruce and Inez Timmons, San Antonio, Texas; Jerry and Lorraine Ferrell, Des Moines, Iowa; Rosemary (Murphy) and Earl Weissgerksen, Menominee, Mich.; Ina Neubauer, Oregon City, Ore.; John and Herta Frommer, Lee's Summit, Mo.; Rollie and Elizabeth Hester, Dallas; Steve and Lauren Stoskopf, Leawood; Marlene Reichart Towle, Overland Park; Alice Burns Edmond and Bethany and Theresa Crubel, Manhattan; Pat Wilkerson, El Dorado; Deanna Hardenburger, Olathe; Judy Basnett, Shawnee; Lois Reichart Beames, Charles and Norma McMullen, Shirley Allen, Roger Barnes, Marlene Smith, Janet Barnes Burton, and Vera Irwin, all Topeka; and Patsy Frommer, Lee Botkin, and Francis and Virginia Grollmes, all Valley Falls.
Darlene Glassel, Maxine Hefty and Mary Maxfield will be museum hosts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 31. Admission is free. Guided tours are available.
-Betty Jane Wilson, society president

Memorial Day and reunion hours

The museum will have special hours for visiting alumni and invites resdients to take a tour and see the many new displays.
The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and then again on Sunday, immediately following the reunion dinner at the township hall.
Guided tours will be available and the society will have calendars for sale.

Historic fern offspring scattered

The purchase of the last offspring of the Santa Fe Depot fern left the Valley Falls Historical Society Museum recently.
The 18 starts divided from the parent plant in the spring of 2007 boast of owners local, state and out of state, including a single sprout stuck in a foam cup full of dirt and taken to Arizona.
The original plant continues to flourish on its pedestal at the museum. The plant dates back to 1914 or 1915.
- Betty Jane Wilson, president