Dues for 1995 can still be paid. The dues are $2.50 annually for a single membership, $4.00 annually for a married couple, or $35.00 for a lifetime single membership.

The Parker Rural High School Alumni Banquet will be held on May 20, 1995. The Alumni Board has asked us to include in our newsletter that there will be 1995 scholarship awards made at the banquet. If you would like to nominate a person for the scholarships, your reasons for the nomination should be sent to Marion Barnett, RR #1. Box 99, Parker, Kansas 66072 or to Thelma Troutman, 1019 E. Wea, Paola. Kansas 66071. The board has determined that the awards will be in the same amounts as in previous years and an award to a female student and a male student will be made as usual. The deadline for the applications is May 10, 1995. The banquet will be held at the Parker Elementary School at 6:00 P.M.

We will have the Museum open on Saturday, May 20 and on Memorial weekend Saturday May 27. An all out effort will be made to have the doors open for the convenience of all visitors. If you are here at a different day, please feel free to call one of the above officers who will gladly open the Museum.

Several donations and loans have been made since the fall newsletter. Two chairs that date to the late 1800's have been loaned and several pictures of people from the area as well as stories of events have been received. Also several obituaries which we did not have were received. The stories of the towns of Goodrich and Findley (Dunley) as remembered by Tom Bowman have been typed and put in folders and are now available at the Museum.

Parker Day will be on the third Saturday of July again this year. The Historical Society is celebrating its 15th year of existence in 1995, so we hope to participate more in the Parker Day activities. Plans are now being made as to the extent of that participation.

We were very fortunate to obtain display cabinets and an old cash register from the "Larry Farm Supply" sale. The display cabinets and perhaps the cash register were a part of the old Braker Lumber yard that was in Parker several years ago.

Since our Spring Newsletter of 1994, the following deaths of former Parker Rural High School students and Society members have been reported.

Class	Name	Date of Death
1948	Norman Paulin	04-09-94
1933	Elsie Morrison Blackmore	04-22-94
1939	Ellis Lanzrath	04-29-94
1927	Paul E. Hodgson	06-05-94
1926	Lee Smith	08-05-94
1943	Harold Satchell	08-08-94
1936	Raymond Lemon	09-29-94
1924	Avis Davey	11-14-94
1927	Ramona Manners Needles	12-03-94
1934	Paul Stainbrook	12-18-94
1932	Dale Koontz	12-19-94
1937	Paul Collins	12-20-94
1945	Clayton Hodgson	12-21-94
1932	James Traul	01-10-95
1932	Ruth Davidson Gowdy	03-09-95

Also we have received word that a former Parker Rural High School teacher, Mr. Merle Webb, passed away on February 10, 1995. Mr. Webb taught Vocational Agriculture before entering the Army during World War II.

WANTED: Items to furnish our old fashion kitchen ie: Utensils, appliances, old containers for coffee, tea, spices, etc flour sacks, sugar sacks or anything else you might like to loan or donate to the museum.

LAST MINUTE FLASH!!!! The theme for Parker Days will be "Good Ole Days". Pam Dunlop Chairperson for Parker Days, is looking for Senior PRHS Alumni to ride a float. Also former teachers of any Parker School or local rural school. Anyone with letter jackets, cheerleader, band or sports uniforms are welcome to be in the parade. Contact Pam at RR 1, Box 107, Parker, Kansas 66072 or 919-898-3520 if you are willing and ready to participate.