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Here is a view I found on the internet. I circled where my room was at Shirk (Shirar/KRPS Shirk). The cemetery was there as well.

Did you stay at the Bess hotel? I installed antennas on the Bess. I remember getting to go inside the Hotel Stillwell when I first got to town in 1976. The Democratic Party had offices there for the 1976 elections. The Hotel looked a lot like the old picture back then. I thought they would demolish it. Fly a model airplane into it and watch it collapse.

My college job was working at Dick's Lectronics. I wanted them to use the slogan "Chicks like Dick's...Dick's Lectronics, 119 W 5th St, Pittsburg, KS." but they weren't too fond of that idea. Dick Parrish owned and ran the place. I worked on the bench in the back repairing 8-track tape players and other home and auto entertainment systems.

In the summer of '79, I worked at Chambers' Electronics. It was in Lowell, KS, right between Galena and Baxter Springs. Can't miss it. Built many UHF repeater systems for farmers wanting communications to family and workers. WA0UPB Rex Chambers was my boss there.