Howard Shippy came to Medicine Lodge in 1949 to work at the National
     Gypsum Company plant. He married Lucy Mae Knowles of Sun City, Kansas.
       Lucy Mae lived near Sun City and attended Kling Rural School and Sun
     City High School.
       Howard and Lucy Mae had four children: Max (who with his wife Yvonne
     and two children resides in Medicine Lodge), J.D. (now living in Salina,
     Kansas), Marcella (with her husband Don Wittenauer and daughter lives
     in Port Orchard, Washington), and Roger (who lives in Haviland, Kansas,
     with his wife Patricia and daughter).
       As the children became teenagers, Lucy Mae started working at the
     Lincoln Library and taking continuing education classes from Kansas State
     Teachers College, Emporia; later she became the librarian at the local
     library.
       Howard continued to work at the gypsum plant until 1976 when illness
     forced his retirement. Howard died on December 21, 1979.
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 414 
     Submitted by: Lucy Mae Shippy