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Allice Critchlow

Ruth Tucker

Adelee Baars and Adelaide McWhirt

Ellen Tucker

Anniversaries

John and Hilda Freel, Onaga, 64th anniversary, Aug. 11.

Scott and Vera Parrett, Topeka, 62nd anniversary, Aug. 10.

Arthur O. "Tex" and Eleanor Price, Topeka, 60th anniversary, Aug. 3.

Russell and Phyllis Reynolds, Topeka, 49th anniversary, Aug. 3.

Silvino and Carolyn Gomez, Topeka, 47th anniversary, Aug. 7.

Arthur and Dorothy Linder, Topeka, 46th anniversary, Aug. 7.

Harold and Ferne Emert, Sabetha, 45th anniversary, Aug. 10.

John and Rachel Escobar, Topeka, 39th anniversary, Aug. 4.

Marvin and Theresa Schleif, Topeka, 39th anniversary, Aug. 4.

Brock and Sharon Heidner Winans, Topeka, 35th anniversary, Aug. 5.

Terry and Jo Ann Wright, Topeka, 30th anniversary, Aug. 7.

Charles and Anna Keller, Topeka, 29th anniversary, Aug. 8.

Tom and Teresa Eck, Topeka, 25th anniversary, Aug. 6.

Jeff and Debbie Sellers, Topeka, 25th anniversary, Aug. 7.

Scott and Tomi Sweany, Perry, 25th anniversary, Aug. 7.

David and Catherine Walter, Topeka, 23rd anniversary, Aug. 4.

Matthew and Paula Wilson, Overbrook, 22nd anniversary, Aug. 2.

Eliezer and Debra Meza-Zerlin, Topeka, 20th anniversary, Aug. 8.

Tony and Linda Stumbaugh, Topeka, 18th anniversary, Aug. 6.

Everette and Judy Thomas, Harveyville, 18th anniversary, Aug. 6.

Corey and Dianne Brown, Topeka, 6th anniversary, Aug. 5.

Mike and Jenny Roberts, Harveyville, 3rd anniversary, July 25.

Birthdays

Allice Tieck Critchlow of Topeka will celebrate her 101st birthday on Wednesday with a card shower.

She was born Aug. 8, 1900, in Sioux City, Iowa.

Mrs. Critchlow retired from Peacock Laundry in 1968. She was a supervisor in the linen supply section.

She and Perle Critchlow were married Oct. 11, 1940. Her husband died Nov. 23, 1948.

She remains active, cooking, helping with laundry, and sewing. She resides with her two sons, Walt and Bill.

Cards may be sent to her at 111 N.W. Jay, Topeka, 66608.

Ruth Tucker of Topeka will celebrate her 90th birthday as guest of honor at an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 12 at Rolling Hills Health Center, 2400 S.W. Urish Road.

Hosts will be her children, Mary Ann and Denny Steward and Julia Marsh, all of Topeka, and Ray and Susan Tucker, Salina. She has eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Tucker was born Aug. 17, 1911, in Parkdale, Ark. She has lived in Topeka since 1945.

She married Raymond Tucker in 1944. He died in 1975.

She was employed by the Topeka Police Department as a school crossing guard at Quinton Heights School for six years in the 1950s and '60s, and later worked for Peacock Laundry in Holliday Square for 12 years.

Mrs. Tucker requests no gifts, but would treasure cards and visits by friends and relatives.

Twins Adelee Baars and Adelaide McWhirt, both of Topeka, will celebrate their 75th birthdays as guests of honor at an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 12 at Mission Towers, 2929 S.E. Minnesota.

Hosts will be their children and their families.

The twins were born Aug. 10, 1926, to Pete and Bettie McCaslen in Hoyt, where they lived until 1944. Adelee and her husband, Chuck Baars, owned and operated Shady Lane Mobile Home Park at S.W. 57th and US-75 highway for many years. They later lived north of Lawrence before returning to Topeka in March 2000.

Adelaide and her husband, Jim McWhirt, lived and worked in Topeka throughout most of their marriage.

Their husbands are deceased.

Mrs. Baars' children are Charles Baars, Lawrence; Debbie Littlefield, Mayetta; Judy Baars, Centerton, Ark.; and Sandy Baars, Pea Ridge, Ark.

Mrs. McWhirt's children are Robert McWhirt, Basehor; Larry McWhirt, Gas City, Ind.; Ruth Beltron, Topeka; and Karin Juarez, Topeka;

Parking is available in the church parking lot west of Mission Towers.

Irene Baxter of Auburn will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Community Center at 840 Milton in Auburn and with a card shower.

Hosts will be her children, Darrel and Dot Baxter, Chandler, Ariz., and Alberta and Kenny Flohrschutz, Berryton. She has eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Baxter was born Aug. 14, 1911.

Cards may be sent to her at 840 Milton, Auburn, 66402.

Ellen Tucker of Topeka will celebrate her 85th birthday today with a card shower.

She was born and raised in Wakarusa. She married Merle Tucker in 1946, and they had a fruit and vegetable farm west of Grantville for many years. He died in 1984.

Her children and their spouses are Tony and Mary Tucker, Dennison; Nan and Nick Hipsher, Topeka; and Janice and Gary Johnson, Hutchinson. She has four grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren.

Cards may be sent to her at 5620 S.W. 22nd St., Apt. 312, Topeka 66614.

Paul Holenbeck, Frankfort, will be celebrating his 70th birthday on Aug. 13.

He married Joyce Haley on Sept. 4, 1955. Together they owned and operated the Standard/Amoco gas station in Frankfort for 35 years. For the past 10 years, they have owned and still operate Paul's Service Center in Frankfort.