(page 1) Kansas Day '76 Club Gala January 29 Topeka, Kansas KANSAS DAY CLUB OFFICERS WALT MCGINNIS President Mission Hills ANNE RUPE Vice President Clay Center GENE M. OLANDER Secretary/Treasurer Topeka (page 2) Under Secretary of the Interior KENT FRIZZELL Kent Frizzell was sworn in last year as Under Secretary of the Interior. Prior to assuming this position, he served as Solicitor for the Department of Interior and as Acting Secretary of the Interior. Before going to the Interior Department he had served as a practicing attorney in Wichita, a Kansas State Senator, Attorney General of the State of Kansas and Assistant Attorney General for Land and Natural Resources in the Department of Justice. Kent is a native of Wichita, Kansas. He holds a B.A. Degree from Friends University of Wichita, and a J.D. Degree from Washburn University Law School at Topeka. Kent, his wife Shirley, and their five children make their home in Falls Church, Virginia. (page 3) Program Introduction of Distinguished Guests Shelby Smith Lieutenant Governor of Kansas Pledge of Allegiance Damon Weber National Anthem Damon Weber Invocation Rev. James McCrossen Presiding Walt McGinnis President of Kansas Day Club Remarks Anne Rupe Vice President of Kansas Day Club Toast to Kansas Rex Danford Toast to America John Erickson Greetings Bob Dole Senator from Kansas Introduction of Speaker Robert Bennett Governor of Kansas ADDRESS Kent Frizzell Under Secretary of the Interior Epilogue Damon Weber DISTRICT DIRECTORS First District Lon M. Buzick, Sylvan Grove Roberta Harkness, Dodge City Second District Robert W. Smith, Manhattan Lynda Williams, Topeka Third District Rick Harman, Shawnee Mission Shirley Vaughn, Lawrence Fourth District Elmer Peters, Wichita Dona Frank, Wichita Fifth District George Clasen, Garnett Betty Weatherbie, Iola (page 4) Past Presidents and Vice Presidents of Kansas Day Club PRESIDENT 1892 Harry W. Frost, Topeka 1893 Ewing Herbert, Hiawatha 1894 Phill P. Campbell, Pittsburg 1895 Charles M. Harger, Abilene 1896 J. E. Junkin, Sterling 1897 W. Y. Morgan, Hutchinson 1898 Arthur Capper, Topeka Charles F. Scott, lola 1914 Fred W. Parrot, Clay Center Walter L. Payne, Burlingame 1901 1902 1903 Victor Murdock, Wichita Del A. Valentine, Clay Center 1904 1905 George E. Tucker, Eureka 1906 W. E. Fitzpatrick, Independence 1907 S. H. Brandon, Douglass PRESIDENT 1908 S. B. Haskin, Olathe John S. Dawson, Hill City 1909 George R. Allen, Kansas City 1910 Thomas E. Wagstaff, Independence 1911 R. H. Faxson, Garden City 1912 Earl M. Geddes, El Dorado 1913 Charles L. Kagey, Beloit 1899 1900 H. F. Mason, Garden City Charles S. Finch, Lawrence Wm. Allen White, Emporia 1915 1916 1917 Dr. J. W. Graybill, Newton J. N. Tincher, Medicine Lodge 1918 M. E. Leatherwood, Council Grove 1919 Burns Hegler, El Dorado 1920 J. H. Lee, Harveyville 1921 Wilbur Hawk, Atchison 1922 John O. Evans, Asherville PRESIDENT 1923 Charles Townsley, Great Bend 1924 Don E. Wells, Erie 1925 W.E. Archer, Hiawatha 1926 Paul Palmer, Kingman 1927 Joseph F. Finch, Beloit 1928 Frank Haucke, Council Grove 1929 H. W. Shideler, Girard 1930 George Siefkin, Wichita 1931 Walter Niebarger, Tonganoxie 1932 Walter A. Rugan, St. John 1933 James M. Scott, Lebanon 1934 Max C. Bucklin, Pratt 1935 Frank Todd, Atchison 1936 Wilford Riegle, Emporia 1937 F. W. Brinkerhoff, Pittsburg 1938 Frank McFarland, Topeka 1939 Gale Moss, El Dorado 1940 D. G. Hansen, Logan 1941 Dale Fisher, Kansas City 1942 Jess Denious, Dodge City 1943 Richard Robbins, Pratt 1944 Ed Morgenstern, Salina 1945 No Meeting 1946 Frank Meek, Clay Center 1947 Sam Wallingford, Wichita 1948 Clarence Beck, Emporia 1949 Dolph Simons, Lawrence 1950 Ewing Herbert, Jr., Hiawatha 1951 Kirke W. Dale, Arkansas City 1952 McDill Boyd, Phillipsburg 1953 A. V. Wheat, Kansas City 1954 Guy Josserand, Dodge City 1955 Howard Harper, Junction City 1956 Walter McVey, Independence 1957 Lew Galloway, Wakeeney 1958 Richard D. Rogers, Manhattan 1959 James B. Pearson, Mission 1960 Glee S. Smith, Larned 1961 Garner Shriver, Wichita 1962 John Wall, Sedan 1963 August W. Lauterbach, Colby Donald P. Schnacke, Topeka 1964 J. C. Tillotson, Norton 1965 Odd Williams, Lawrence 1966 L. H. Ruppenthal, McPherson 1967 William R. Hagman, Pittsburg 1968 J. Rex Duwe, Lucas 1969 Jack Greenwood, Topeka 1970 John W. Brand, Jr., Lawrence 1971 Bob Gadberry, Wichita 1972 Ron Hastings, Independence 1973 Keith Sebelius, Norton 1974 Cloud L. Cray, Jr., Atchison 1975 Walt McGinnis, Mission Hills VICE PRESIDENT Mrs. Ida M. Walker, Norton Mrs. Lilla Day Monroe, Topeka Mrs. Effie H. Van Tuyl, Leavenworth Mrs. J. P. Kelley, White Cloud Miss Olive I. Thompson, Kansas City Miss Stella B. Haines, Augusta Mrs. Patricia Solander Mayhew, Osawatomie Mrs. J. B. Patrick, Satanta Miss Nannie Bingham, Sabetha Miss Lelia Elliott, Coffeyville Mrs. Daisy Howard Nelson, Wichita Mrs. Edwin Abels, Lawrence Miss Gertrude Ackerman, Topeka Mrs. Etta Beavers, Marysville Mrs. A. J. Murray, Kansas City Mrs. Dwight Hardman, Alton Mrs. E. C. Bray, Syracuse Mrs. Chester Davis, Holton Miss Ebba Fornberg, Lindsborg Mrs. J. C. Mckinney, Hartford Mrs. L. S. Holroyd, Sedan Mrs. Ben Severlson, Galva Mrs. Hugh Hope, Hunter Mrs. C. W. Jones, Olathe Mrs. Jess Denious, Dodge City Mrs. C. Y. Semple, Baxter Springs Mrs. Grant Watson, Burlingame Mrs. William Biby, Topeka Mrs. Frank Belinder, Kansas City Mrs. Frank Boyd, Mankato Mrs. Chester Dunn, Oxford Mrs. M. V. Covington, Kingman Mrs. Moslyn Reece, Goddard Mrs. Ella Ruehman Balderson, Wamego Mrs. Joe R. Beeler, Jewell Miss Lahoma Dennis, Topeka Mrs. J. Frank McNaught, Girard Mrs. Hobart Hoyt, Lyons Mrs. Irene Cogswell, Topeka Mrs. Norman Williams, Shawnee Mission Mrs. Fred Curtiss, Burlington Mrs. Ross Beach, Jr., Hays Mrs. Richard D. Rogers, Manhattan Mrs. Reynolds Shultz, Lawrence Mrs. John Hayes, Hutchinson Mrs. Tom R. Van Sickle, Ft. Scott Mrs. Ross O. Doyen, Concordia Mrs. Gerald L. Mowry, Manhattan Mrs. Arkie Vaughn, Lawrence Mrs. Irene Whitlock, McPherson Ms. Karyn Criss, Augusta Mrs. Anne Rupe, Clay Center