I am the daughter of Bruce Alvin and Hyacinth (Matney) Kindig. Dad grew up
    on a farm in Pennsylvania. He and his brothers took turns going to school and
    working to help each other through college. He served in the Signal Corps in
    France during World War I. 
      For health reasons he came to Kansas, teaching in Syracuse and Fowler before
    moving to Medicine Lodge in 1925. He was the science teacher and later principal
    of the high school, which included grade 7 to 12.
      During World War II, he served as a chemist for Kansas Power & Light. Other
    interests included ham radio, woodworking, and genealogy. Dad watched with
    great interest the technical advances and lived to see a man land on the moon,
    as pictured on the color television set. Bruce Kindig died November 12, 1969.
      I remember the old grade school building as having wide stairs and large
    windows. Dad and I spent many hours in the basement preparing slides for
    classroom work. (We also worked with Mr. and Mrs. Binning, the local photo-
    graphers.) Our family went hiking in the Gyp Hills, checked on the new roads
    and bridges as they were being built, or visited the oil and gas fields. It
    was exciting to see and oil well "Blow!" As a family, we attended most of the
    athletic events. Our school had many winning teams.
      Because of participation in extra-curricular activities such as band, 
    orchestra, choir, debate, and speech, we made many out-of-town trips; our
    parents furnished the transportation. The band provided live music for the
    Peace Treaty Pageant. The orchestra was in concert in Emporia, Kansas, on
    December 7, 1941.
      Three girls "from town" (Patricia Tilton, Phyllis Richardson, and myself)
    joined the Mingona Boosters 4-H Club. We participated in 4-H programs at the
    county and state level. Sunflower Girls State was a meaningful experience.
    Candy parties were fun, except the night someone brought salt instead of 
    sugar.
      The pay for baby-sitting after school was 10 cents an hour. I worked
    Saturdays at Mr. Overstreet's Jewelry Store - the only place in town that 
    had sheet music. Later I worked in the Acid Laboratory at Sunflower Ordnance
    Works.
      Following graduation from the University of Kansas, I married Sameul G.
    Neis, Jr., in October 1947. Our children are, Carl, a ward clerk at K.U.
    Medical Center; Bruce, a farmer, Sam and Russ, both students at Eudora
    Schools. We live on the family farm southeast of Eudora.
      I have been actibe in Eastern Star, Rebekahs, Nineteen Hundredd and Now
    Club (a literary groop), EHU, and PTA, and have helped with 4-H and Scouts.
    My hobbies include collecting local history and genealogy.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 343 
     Submitted by: Elizabeth Kindig Neis