Clyde S. Boots was born December 24, 1899, on a farm near old Lawndale,
     in Pratt County, Kansas. His parents were Riley Edwin (Ed) and Olive G. (Meairs)
     Boots, both of whom grew up near Westphalia, Kansas.
          About 1903 the family moved to Isabel, Kansas, where his father engaged
     in the grain business.
          Clyde grew up in Isabel and attended both grade and high school. His
     summers were usually spent working on the farm near Isabel, and in 1916-18
     he spent the summers on the farm in Finney County, driving a four-mule team
     from Isabel to Finney County at the start of summer, camping out along the
     way, then returning the same way in the fall.
          In the fall of 1918 he enlisted in the Army but was not sent overseas
     due to the surrender of the Germans.
          After having attended business college for two winters, he started working
     at the Isabel State Bank as bookkeeper on August 1, 1919. He was with the
     bank continuously until his retirement in August, 1971, a period of 52 years.
     He had been elected president of the bank in 1953 and served as such until
     the bank was sold. For many of those years he was an Independent Insurance
     Agent.
          In July, 1928, he married Orpha S. Randle of Wichita, who had been
     teaching in the Isabel Schools. She was the daugher of Arthur E. and Pearl
     (Miller) Randle.
          Two children were born to them: Edwin, born in 1933, and Clydene, born in 
     1937. Mr. Boots was a charter member of the Isabel Legion Post and a member
     of the Masonic and Odd Fellow Lodges. In the late 1920's he was a member of
     the Isabel City Band, along with Guty Lynch, Bob Bell, Web Huitt, and others.
     He was a long time member of the Isabel City Council and instrumental in
     obtaining federal money to install the city sewer system in the late 1960's.
          Clyde and Orpha were some of the first members of the "99 Springs"
     resort, and built one of the first cabins there. Their family spent many
     happy hours relaxing there.
          Orpha has been active in the Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary, 
     and Eastern Star. She was a member of the Isabel Garden Club for many years.
     She is also an active member in D.A.R.
          Clyde died at the Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital in August 1984, and
     at this writing, Orpha resides in the family home at Isabel. 
               
     Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987,  pg. 49 
     
     Submitted by: Edwin Boots