Frank (Butch) Loewenstein and Katherine Brown were married in Olpe,
     Kansas on February 7, 1906. They moved to Sharon, Kansas on January 15,
     1907. They opened a grocery store on Main Street, south of the black-
     smith shop. Their daughter, Mary, was born there in the living quarters.
     When the sidewalk was poured, my dad made an imprint of a saw, cleaver,
     and knife. I think they are still there. We then moved to the house west
     of where Al Pelzl's live, this was where Margaret and I, Josephine were
     born.
        My dad then managed the old hotel, which stood where the drug and
     grocery store are now. My mother cooked the meals for all the BORDERs
     and drummers who stopped by. I remember the circus and carnival people
     stayed there too. My dad was Marshal at that time. Loretta and Francis
     were born while we lived at the hotel.
        Dad was always interested in livestock of all kinds, so he left the
     hotel and started buying, trading, and selling.
        He also started the first Pastime Theater, about 1915, on the roof
     of the present Hommertzheim garage. In the fall, he moved it inside a
     building on Main Street. My mother sold tickets and we girls played the
     player piano for silent films. Paul Whelan ran the films, or projector.
        We moved to a house north of Bill Huffaker farm in 1916. Albert was
     born there. We moved several times while Dad continued buying and selling
     livestock. He bought 15 acres south of Main in 1922. While our new home
     was being built, we lived in the DeWitt house south of town where Veronica
     was born. We moved into our home in 1924. My dad continued buying and
     shipping stock to Wichita and Kansas City. He also had pens for fattening
     hogs. At this time, he also operated a restaurant and Butcher shop across
     from the Drug Store. In early 1930, he built a sales pavilion west of his
     home. Floyd Schubach was the auctioneer. Mary Margaret and I started
     school in the first school where the High School now stands.  When St.
     Boniface was built in 1917, we all went there and graduated. I, Josephine,
     Margaret and Frencis went on to high school and graduated.
        In 1952, the folks sold their home to Bob Whelan and moved near St.
     Boniface church. Dad passed away in 1961, and Mother in 1972. Albert
     preceded them in 1952. Francis and Margaret still live in Sharon, where
     Francis manages the COOP. Mary lives in Washington, and Josephine, Loretta,
     and Veronica in California.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 283 
     Submitted by: Josephine B. Whelan