Although my father was born in Missouri, his parents Dave and Margaret
  were on their way to Sharon, Kansas, where Dave practived as a veterinarian
  and farmed. Besides Grover, there were Frank, Olive and Julia. In the early
  1900's they moved to Medicine Lodge, and Grover married Mary Ida Coombes,
  also from Missouri.
     A building contractor, Grover specialized in cement work and was in
  great demand as it was the fashion to plaster and decorate the houses with
  chat. He and Frank helped build most of the homes in Barber County; many
  now standing and still sturdy.
     Our family - David, Neona (Rita), Clarice, Betty, and myself - lived on
  the southern edge of town on a hill overlooking Elm Creek where we often
  played. For recreation Dad and his fishing friends built a cabin by a pond
  northeast of town, where we spent summer days with the Woodwards, Halls,
  and others.
     We also swam in the city pool, located north of town by the water plant.
  Afterwards we would troop into either Luallen's, The Sweet Shop, or Russell's
  for refreshments. Movies provided much of our entertainment, and we three
  girls worked at the Pastime Theater during the Depression. We not only
  earned needed cash, but came to believe those "rags to riches" stories,
  never doubting our ability to overcome adversity.
     Since "times were hard" my class of '33 had more of a circus than a
  banquet, but we laughed alot and went confidently into the Great Dust Storm
  of life, literally.
     I was the first of the Gordon girls to marry, to Beuford Duncan. We spent
  the first years of our marriage in Barstow, California, were we worked for 
  a gas company; and our two children, Larry and Kathleen, were born there.
     Mother died of pneumonia during a terrible storm in 1940. Dad later 
  married an old family friend, Betty Sears, and continued his quiet life in
  Medicine Lodge until his death in 1958.
     My sisters followed me to California where Rita enrolled in Los Angeles
  City College to study drama. She later became an active member of the Long
  Beach Community Theater. She was married briefly during the warn, then
  continued her profession as beautician. Her clients included nobility who
  had fled Europe, movie stars, and Miss Universe contestants.
     Betty married Guy William II while he was in the Navy. They have two
  daughters, Christal and Victoria, and two sons, Guy III and Johnny. 
  Unfortunately Betty contracted Mutiple Sclerosis in her thirties, and Rita
  devoted many years assisting her afflicted sister. Later Guy sold his
  thriving food store to be at home with Betty.
     Clarice and her husband, Fred Upshaw, got into the antique car business,
  and he is renowned over the United States for is expertise in that line.
     David saw service in the Philippines in the Medical Corps, then set up
  his own Pest Control business in Garden Grove, California. He has a son, 
  Gary, and two daughters, Davienne and Gladys Ann.
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 198 
     Submitted by: Edna Gordon Duncan