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1939 History of Plains High School by Calista Bender Reprinted from "Plains, Kansas 2000 and Counting" with permission from Joyce Knott	Southwestern Heights - USD 483	Lots to do in Wichita.
HISTORICAL SURVEY OF PLAINS, KANSAS AS OF 1953 Thank you to Carl Dean Holmes, Class of 1958, for submitting this document for inclusion on this site. Donald C. Cushenberry taught at Plains Schools from 1948 to 1953. During that time he wrote a thesis as part of the requirements for a Master of Science degree. The topic of the thesis is a history of Plains, it's community and school system as it existed in 1953. In it he wrote," It is the hope of the writer that many people will secure some measure of enjoyment and profit from reading the events as they are recorded here". Dr. Cushenberry died 12 Jan 2009. This is his thesis. A note from Dr. Cushenberry CHAPTER I Introduction CHAPTER II A history of Plains CHAPTER III Religious and Social Organizations CHAPTER IV History of Plains Public Schools CHAPTER V School Plant and Equipment CHAPTER VI Organization, Administration and Supervision CHAPTER VII Educational Expenditures CHAPTER VIII Conclusions and Recommendations BIBLIOGRAPHY AND APPENDICES Editors note: Some of his recommendations were actually implemented in later years. Mr. Cushenberry was my/our (Class of '59) 6th grade teacher in his final year at Plains.	Plains Community Library Geographic Information about Plains Meade County Economic Council - Plains Local Information	Federal Writers Project Stories of Southwest Kansas The following material will be made into a multi-volume book. Copies of the books will be distributed to museums and libraries in the counties listed. We thank the author, Kathye Snyder-Knight for her permission to present them here. Introductory Title Page Preface 1936 Newspaper Article Albertine Becquet Sample of a story not used Sample of a story included in the book Project Notes The stories in the following counties were written by the people listed as Writers. The list of Consultants were people who the writers interviewed or referred to when they were writing the stories. These are presented within the counties as they will be printed in book format. We hope you enjoy them as Kathye did in resurrecting them and I did in putting them on this site. Click a county to read the stories within it. Thank you, Kirk Within each county there are: Stories Writers Consultants Clark 1 3 0 Finney 22 2 29 Grant 3 2 5 Gray 21 2 22 Greeley 2 1 5 Hamilton 9 1 7 Haskell 18 2 15 Kearny 9 3 5 Lane 2 1 3 Meade 3 1 0 Morton 2 1 0 Scott 1 1 0 Stanton 7 2 6 Wichita 3 1 3 Total 103 23 100
A History of Plains High School written in 2017 by the Alumni Committee	Meade County News	Kansas Sampler Foundation
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The 50s: A Pop Culture Tribute	Nostalgia Jukebox - Pick a year and Play 1951 - 2015	Remember the 1950s