The William Allen White Community Partnership, Inc. shared a corner of the Anderson Building with the Emporia Convention and Visitors Bureau during the Spring Expo this past weekend.
On Sunday, Tom Eblen helped man the W. A. White booth. He spent 15 1/2 years as adviser of the University Daily Kansan, the K.U. student newspaper. Eblen [...]
Filed under: E-town, WAW, events on February 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s Wayward Son’s take on William Allen White: The American Moderator.
Filed under: WAW, other people's stuff on February 13th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here’s the birthday cake from last year made by Reeble’s Country Mart for the celebration at the William Allen White State Historic Site.
The William Allen White State Historic Site, 10th and Exchange, Emporia
White was born in Emporia Feb. 10, 1868 at 628 Merchant St. He grew up in El Dorado, attended the College of [...]
Filed under: Kansans, WAW, history, other people's stuff on February 10th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Friday night at the Emporia Public Library, Roger Heineken of the William Allen White Community Partnership introduced Harry Haskell of Guilford, CT.
The photo on the screen is a familiar one of W.A. White seated at desk at The Emporia Gazette.
Harry Haskell tells about his grandfather, Henry Haskell, seen in the photo on the screen. (Family [...]
Filed under: E-town, WAW, other people's stuff on November 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Roger Heineken shares this information with us:
As the Emporia sesquicentennial year winds down, the Emporia Public Library and the William Allen White Community Partnership invite you to an evening with Harry Haskell, author of Boss-Busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star. Learn how the history of the Star [...]
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Through noon on Saturday, members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity are pole-sitting at 12th and Commercial to raise money from passers-by for S.O.S., a local agency that assists victims of domestic violence.
Roger Heineken sent this 101-year-old editorial by William Allen White.
TO PARDON A WIFE-BEATER
William Allen WhiteEmporia Gazette, Dec. 1, 1906
THE WOMEN of this [...]
Filed under: E-town, WAW on October 19th, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I ran into Roger at the gas station yesterday. He was distributing flyers for the upcoming Flashlight Tour of Haunted Emporia, which is, as you can see above, Friday, October 26.
Here, have a poster, Roger said.
What am I gonna do with a poster? Tack it on the window of my house?
Take a picture of it [...]
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Three of the crew members who flew in the “William Allen White” B-29 over Japan during World War II: Jim Meeks, Valrico, Fla; Karl Samuels, Slidell, La.; and Gin Wong, Los Angeles.
The three World War II veterans talk with Chris White Walker and his daughters, Hattie and Grace.
Today’s Flyover People column:
The Victory Lap
Filed under: WAW, columns, history on October 9th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
On the right hand side of the stone sign are three books. The titles on the spines are “Henry and Me, “Court of Boyville” and “The Autobiography of WAW” - all books written by White.
I had never been in this school building, so a sloppy Joe dinner sounded like a good excuse.
The meal (sloppy Joe, [...]
Filed under: E-town, WAW, buildings on October 6th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
