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Archives Text by Ashley Maready Images courtesy Reno County Historical Society and Reno County Museum
(Left) This cheerful photograph was taken November 28, 1937. It must have been a lovely Thanksgiving weekend for Bert Totten, Hattie Schall and children Porter Herbert and Tricia Jane, who were likely Bert’s grandchildren. Everyone is dressed in their Sunday best for a chilly, late-autumn day. Tricia, in particular, is resplendent in a wool coat and plaid scarf with a matching tam-style hat; this type of hat initially became popular during the 1920s. Perhaps she received this ensemble as a birthday gift; her 10th birthday was two weeks before this photo was taken. (Above) The year of this photograph is unknown, but it shows the now-defunct Hadley Methodist Church of Hutchinson. A small family looks out on the wintry day from beneath snowcovered trees on the church’s grounds. Hadley Methodist was the original home of the Hadley Daycare, which was founded in 1969 and operated out of the church before moving 11 years later. The church itself disbanded during the 1970s, and the building that now stands abandoned and overtaken by nature at the corner of Avenue F and Elm streets is a different one from the striking building pictured here.
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