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Sign coming in from Lyons to Chase
The water tower
The Smoker, which was a hang out for many and ran by Virgil & Betty Wood
What The Smoker looks like now :(
Taken coming in from the South, looking North-East
Taken looking South-West
Looking towards the Cafe and the Co-op
Looking North
This is the Park, taken during one of the June Parades
Chase High School Old and Newer Part
The High School with the newer part on the other end
Newer Part of Chase High School
These pics were taken August 2009--looking towards front entrance
The Office
Looking down the hall outside the gym to down
where the Algebra and typing class rooms were.
Display case for Paul Coffman
Looking down the hall going north
Some of the lockers
The old gym, lots of dances held here.
Entrance to the old part of the school.
Junior High School
Grade School taken from the North and the South
David Peebler made a trip to
Great Bend and on the way back cruised through Chase and
went down memory lane. He has shared the following 17 photos he took that
day--enjoy.
Office staff
had a hard time believing Dave when he told them when he was in Jr High
he would go by
Mr. Palmers house on weekends and get a key to the school and play in this gym
on weekends.
Hard to believe this was principals office.
Principals office is now at the end of the hall which Dave believes was an
English room
when he was in school in the 50s. It
is now elementary building rather than Jr. High.
It has been moved to High School. Jr High through 12 in the same building.
Looking down hall by the music room.
This was used as a shower room for athletes in the 50s.
Dave thinks this looks like a mean bunch.
Old gym.
Dave says all of us that played
football and BB remember this dressing room in the HS.
Benches run in a different direction now.
Thanks Dave for sharing.
Sorry, this was the only picture
I could find of this building. I think it housed the 5th & 6th grades.
This is Class of 1964. UPDATE--Frances
got a nice email from Jack Schroeder, Class of 1948 on June 1st. He added some
history to this building saying that it also housed the 3rd & 4th grades and he
attended all four grades there. Leo Rogers was principal at the time. Thanks
Jack, good to hear from you!
St Mary's Cross
Front of St. Mary's Cemetery
St Mary's Cemetery
St Mary's Cemetery
Oil well by St Mary's Cemetery
Same oil well on the up stroke
View of the Elevators from St Mary's Cemetery drive way.
Anyone remember going out on the highway
towards Lyons and
making a turn around here. I think it was called Rollies?
St Mary's Catholic School--now
home of Chase Agri-Credit Systems, Inc.
Thanks, Frances for getting this.
How many of you remember the Nazarene Church?
Frances Heine took these shots of The Christian Church & The Catholic Church which are both closed now
Our sincere thanks to Frances &
Alvin Heine for taking these following pictures and to you businesses,
for
allowing us to post them on the web site to show the world that Chase, Kansas is
still alive and kicking!
Mike's Testing & Salvage--Mike
Kelso & Sons are following in Grandpa Darrell's footsteps.
They are all Chase
Alumni with Mike being Class of 1974
Basic's Hair Salon, Valerie Holliday Shultz, Class of 1976, is the Owner/Operator
Co-op with Brenda Singleton Nightengale, Class of 1963. Following picture is of the Coop Fuel Station
Kizzar Well Servicing Inc. Doug Kizzar, Class of 1976
Chase Post Office. Terrance McClure, son of Bob McClure, Class of 1943
Chase Police Officer Max Bryant, Class of 2000
Police Department City Hall
Denise Schmidt Sledd is City
Clerk, Class of 1975
Farley's Machine Wks. Co was established in 1929. Ed Ward, Class of 1981
Chase Fire Department
Hair House is operated by Georgia
Tony's Buggy Supply. Chase's Mechanic Tony Oberle, Class of 1981
LongShot Bar & Grill. Mary Casey Brady, Class of 1962 is Owner/Operator
T's Hair Salon. Teresa Palmer Owner/Operator Not pictured is Marsha Kozel Belk, Operator, Class of 1998
Ace Welding, Inc. Bob Coldwater, Class of 1950
Revs Jesse & Arlene Patrick
Community Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church, Charles E Kirk, Pastor
Victory Church of Chase, Larry Weatherman, Pastor
Silica Grain LC, Nancy Eberhart Kizzar, Class of 1976.
Silica Grain Elevators
How many of
you remember the Old Slaughter House, North of the Highway and South of
Silica?
Now, who can remember the name of it? Please tell us if you know.
The above two
photos are Chase Agri-Credit Systems, Inc.
It's the South side of the former St Mary's Catholic School
Kats Korner sign on the Highway
Kats Korner , owned by Mike Kelso
Kats Korner
The New Chase Senior Center sign
The New Chase Senior Center the kitchen
The New Chase Senior Center
The New Chase Senior Center card playing
Jim Lindsay is the owner. This is just south of the old Smoker. It is for oil field supplies
The Custom Cutter Salon. Rhonda Gillespie is the Owner/Operator
Not pictured is KCD Enterprises, Kenny Aldridge
If we have inadvertently
missed your business, please let Frances know and we will get you on here.
Thank you again for your co-operation and support.