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Senior Citizens of the Year crowned at Memorial Auditorium
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Nadine Hudson is crowned the Southeast Kansas Senior Citizen of the Year in the Ladies Long-term Care category by last year’s queen, Helen Trotter, at Memorial Auditorium. - photo by File Photo
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Sept. 2-4, 1923 Pittsburg was the lodestone that drew Labor Day celebrators from all over the district. Starting with street concerts in the morning, and ending only with the ensemble act in Lincoln Park last night, entertainment never lagged. Police activities were confined to arrest of a few “drunks."