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I received a package in the mail today.
Yes, you read it correctly.
To me from Goober Pyle.
The door bell rang. Millard answered the door. It was the mail man. Millard said "You have a package. (pause) Who on earth is Goober Pyle?" I replied to be careful with it, as that was a ficticious name. I asked where it was from. He said Paradise, KS. I laughed hysterically. I figured it would say, "Your Favorite Student - not Goober Pyle." Dan Hoisington sent me the Simply Paradise Book for my birthday. It is wonderful! Very well done! If you haven't bought one, order one as soon as possible. Millard is still reading mine. I just got to glance at it.
Click on this link
http://paradiseeducated.blogspot.com/search?q=Simply+Paradise
Click on this link
http://paradiseeducated.blogspot.com/search?q=Simply+Paradise
Scroll down a ways and you will see how to order the book.
It will show this post, then Paradise Bazaar & Turkey Dinner - Nov. 8th.
Simply Paradise is next.
Thank You Goober for the wonderful birthday gift.
his
wife Jane of Tahlequah, OK, Crystal A. Green of Warrensburg, MO, and Michael E.
Newton and his wife Diana of Wichita, KS. Also surviving are grandchildren
Shelly Parr, Jim Green, Brooks Newton, Julie Newton, and Sarah Brown as well as
six great-grandchildren: Tyler Parr, Haley Parr, Jackson Green, Noah Green,
Griffin Newton, and Thurston Brown. 
Wellington, Stafford, Preston, Pratt before coming back to Russell
for retirement. During those years as a full-time homemaker, Charlotte kept the
family fed with her wholesome down-home recipes as well as with goodly portions
of moral instruction, creative spirit, and self-deprecating humor. 
spirit through her own works of art and her enduring memory of
hundreds of songs and poems from her school years. Through the years and into
her 90s, she would break into a poem or song when the topic of a conversation
reminded of a particular lyric. As a young woman, Charlotte created beautiful
works of sculpture, songs, and poetry. She and Jim kept the family in stitches
with their humor and on-going word play. Often the humor was based on double
entendre, misunderstandings that were quickly exploited for their bizarre 
implications, and Charlotte’s ability to laugh at her own foibles.
Charlotte continued the art of story-telling that her parents were known for.
She told hundreds of stories centering on humorous anecdotes or unique character
traits of her relatives or others from the small Kansas towns along the Lincoln
Branch of the Union Pacific: Lincoln Center, Lucas, Luray, Waldo, Paradise,
Natoma, and Plainville. She told these stories so well and so often
that the characters and the anecdotes have become part of
the family heritage.
always dreamed of being a stewardess in the airlines but
was never able to make that dream a reality. She worked for Travenol in Hays,
Kansas and also worked for King of the Road in Russell, a hostess at Russell's
Inn and a house cleaning service in Russell. She was a longtime member of the
St. Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Russell. She loved animals,
especially her cat Spooky. Most of all she enjoyed
spending time with her family.
parents. Her sister DiAnn Becker died February 16,
2015.
