* And So They Say: Rip Poore: “The next time the company sends men out to paint the station, I hope it isn’t on a day before the dirt blows.” Mabel Nichol: “It IS news when people stay at home and enjoy it.” Hazel Larson:”It is really true that moth balls will keep skunks away.” Helen Lindsey: “Well, we’ll soon be paying 6¢ for a penny postcard.” Sheriff Elmer Odle: “Officers really aren’t’ mean people like some folks seem to think we are.”

Kathleen O. Fischer, of Plainville, passed away on April 23, 2025, at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville at the age of 80.

She was born on December 31, 1944, to Timothy and Mildred (Write) Fischer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was married to Timothy S. Boyd.

Former Plainville resident Elvera Holzhauer Beiker passed away on April 25, 2025, in Salina, where she resided since 2023. She was 105 years old.

She was born on April 14, 1920, on the family homestead in Rooks County, Kansas, to Paul and Emma (Keller) Holzhauer. Elvera, the eldest of three daughters, grew up helping with the daily chores on the farm and attending a one-room schoolhouse nearby. She graduated as salutatorian of Palco High School’s Class of 1938 and pursued a career in cosmetology, graduating from Steward Beauty School in 1940.