| Lebanon American Legion Juniors at the State Legion Tournament in Cambridge, 1934. Lebanon was beaten in the Semi-finals. [L. ro R. bottom row] Charlie Wiggins, Jiggs Van Vleet, Pete Gill, Marvin Stephens. Dale Kieth, Wilbur [Wig] Childers, Lon Warner, Howard Daffer, Harold Williams. [L. to R. top row] Kieth Ingram, Henry Dean Overstake, Kenneth Norton. Dale Knight, Lowell Evans, Max Ingram. |
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LEBANON GUN CLUB A gun club was formed by five sportsmen. Charter members were: Harry Morgan, George Hummel, Jack Leach, Kenneth Ankenman, Marion Gotchall, Irvin Ingram. A building was moved from the Ankenman farm to the gun site north of Lebanon for an office. Memberships from the community keep the gun club in operation and enthusiasts come from near and far to the blue rock shoots. Presently the club has twenty-seven members. |
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OIL WELLS The very first oil well was drilled just southwest of Lebanon over in Kansas on Mrs. Louise Warner's land in May of 1956 by the Cities Service Drilling Company. Since then, many oil wells have been drilled to the south and east and west and north of Lebanon. Drilling is still active around about. |
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WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION A program published in 1919 for the Womens Christian Temperance Union in Lebanon lists the following officers: Lucelia Daffer, Melissa Devoe, Maude Thomas, Sara McCarty, Anna Waterman, Ida Garrett, Mrs. A. E. Grafton, Aimee Cumming, Flora Cady, Mrs. C. A. Lichfield, and Pearle Garrett. Their motto was "A saloonless nation in 1920." Their Pledge was "I hereby solemnly promise. God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented and malt liquors, including wine, beer and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use of and traffic in the same." It is not known how many years this organization was active, but it was still going in 1934. |