Stories from Monday, November 13, 2006

For Jake Underwood, the definition of today's military serviceman or servicewoman is not limited to just one statement. The 87-year old long-time Uniontown resident and World War II veteran was the keynote speaker during a chilly Veterans Day memorial service conducted Saturday morning at U.S. National Cemetery No. 1. During his address, Underwood talked about a recent article he read in a military magazine that asked the question, "What is a current military man like?"...

In any organization, a new direction filled with fresh ideas and philosophies sometimes needs to be sought so the institution can grow, Fort Scott City Commissioner Nick Graham said in a statement last week. The organization to which Graham referred was the City of Fort Scott...

It's not often, these days, that an event comes along that calls for dancing shoes and 1840s-style clothing, yet that's exactly the case with the Fort Scott National Historic Site's Christmas Ball, conducted as part of the annual Homes for the Holidays tour...

Vernon J. Neese, age 77, formerly of Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, died Sunday, November 12, 2006, at Woodbine Healthcare Center in Gladstone, Mo. Vernon was born June 14, 1929, in Buxton, Kan. the son of John and Myrtle Chamberlin Neese. Vernon's parents died at an early age, and he was raised by an aunt. They lived in Lafontaine, Kan., where Vernon graduated from high school in 1947...

Daniel P. VandeWynkel, age 64, of Fort Scott, died at Mercy Health Center on Saturday, November 11, 2006. He was born on May 19, 1942 in Sioux City, Iowa the son of John A. and Betty Jane Phillips VandeWynkel. Dan grew up in fort Scott, and graduated from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College. ...

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Audrey Elaine Smetana, age 81, a resident of 1605 Clark, Fort Scott, Kansas, died Sunday, November 12, 2006, at the St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. She was born February 20, 1925, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Arnold Stieve and Pauline Ruex Stieve. ...

Marilyn McQuitty, age 76, of Fort Scott, died Sunday morning, November 12, 2006 at the Mercy Health Center. She was born on July 3, 1930, in Fort Scott, the daughter of John E. and Helen McClain Lockwood. She attended Eugene Ware School and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1947. She was school president her senior year. She graduated from Fort Scott Community College and was editor of the school paper her sophomore year...