Ralph and Edna (Rogers) Phillips were married in 1918. Ralph was in
      the service during WWI. Edna continued living with her parents, Grant
      and Willa Rogers in Elm Mills township where their first daughter,
      Fern (Mrs. Albert Heublein) was born.
        After the war they moved to the Mayme Holmes farm, north of Medicine
      Lodge. Three children were born there. Jennie was born in 1921 and
      passed away in 1969. Carol (Mrs. John Allen) was born in 1924. She lives
      in Coldwater, Kansas, and her daughter, Shannon (Mrs. Rollie McGrath)
      lives in Medicine Lodge. The only son, R.C. was born in 1927. He married
      Dorothy Balding; they live in Dallas, Texas. Their three children are:
      Cindy (Mrs. Henry Wood) Galveston, Texas; Sherri and Randy of Dallas.
      R.C. is owner of The Ranchwood Co., which makes wood chunks of mesquite
      and hickory for outdoor cooking.
        It seems the community revolved around Grandview School. Mother played
      the piano for the programs held there if the teacher didn't. Dad was on
      the school board most of the years I can remember. We were taught to
      respect the teacher as our authority!
        The tornado of 1927 destroyed the school house. A new one was built
      that summer, along with a very good storm cellar.
        Our mothers always tried to have the house cleaning done by the time
      school was out in April. They would go from house to house, helping
      each other hang wallpaper.
        In August, we cleaned the school house, cistern and horse barn. "Mr. 
      Ed" from Skinner's Elevator hauled coal into the shed for winter fuel.
      He was the first negro I ever saw.
        Church was never held at Grandview. We went to Amber School, 4 or 5
      miles north, to Sunday School and Church.
        A late Easter was often the day for a big community get-together in
      the Currie Grove or on the Skinner ranch, where the W.F. Nipple family
      lived.
        Some of the old neighbors were: Tom Gallaghers, Bob Lamkins, J.O. Warrens,
      John Hacsons, Rolland Dixons, Lunsfords, George Hogans, Grant Rogers,
      Haas, Harve Warrens, Dan Axtells, Scott Freemans, Lyle Nipples, Carl
      Barrows, Stanley Bush, Catlins, Roy Lakes, Fred Moomaus, Coffmans, Jay
      Warrens, Horace Stouts. In this group were the best of cooks, ice cream
      makers, cake and bread bakers.
        I remember my folks making cider and sorghum. Sorghum was cooked over
      a cement pit which Dad made. We kids carried wood for the fire and took
      turns pusing chipped feed along the tray of compartments to keep the
      sorghum from sticking as it cooked.
        My folks left Barber County in 1938, but returned in 1944. They were
      the first couple to live in the Carry Nation Home as caretakers, after 
      the WCTU purchased it. They later built their own home on West Jefferson.
        Mother passed away in 1959. Daddy lived until 1963 when he fell from
      a church in Sharon and fractured his back. 
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 366 
     Submitted by: Fern Phillips Heublein