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45 Years Ago–March 11, 1977

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
March 10, 2022
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Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hendrix of Farley announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Becky Susan, to Steven M. Humes, son of Donald Humes and Mrs. Dorothy Humes of Weston.


Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Pederson announce the engagement of their daughter, Janice Carole, to Dr. L. Lowell Fox, son of L.L. Fox of Parkville, and the late Mrs. Fox.

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Friends and relatives attended a reception at Englewood Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, honoring the golden anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Noland.


Julie Stewart, service representative for United Telephone Company’s Kansas City North district headquartered at Ferrelview, has been promoted to business office supervisor. Her husband is Rod Stewart.


Candidates for the Platte County R-3 School Election for the board of education are: for three-year terms, Randall McPike, J. Larry Reineke and William A. (Bill) Brown; for two year term, Leonard Hill Turner and Ralph Wittmeyer.


Candidates for aldermen in Platte City are ward one–Gene Palmer; ward two–Clarence Gerdes; and ward three–Don Soper.

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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley, longtime owner/publisher of the Platte County Landmark, is a past winner of the national Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism, presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. He lives in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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