MAYFIELD PHOTO GALLERY

Mayfield Softball Team

L - R -- back row:    Melvin Chitwood, Jack Yearout, "Dewey" Snider, Harold "Fred" Stocking, Floyd Eugene "Gene" Heasty.

L - R -- front row:    Ron Woodbridge, Gene Metzen, Roger Cranmer, Dick Segraves.

1933 Girls Softball Team

L - R Back Row: Dorothy Stayton Wade, Georgia Roberts, Roy Stayton, (coach & manager), Elizabeth Magill (catcher), Carol Ruth Roberts.
L - R Middle Row: Maxine Deffenbaugh Kline, Margaret "Peggy" Stocking, Betty Roberts, Marcella Threlfall, Lucille Ammann (pitcher).
L- R Front Row: Ruth Anna Miller, Edith Mae Woodbridge Porter.

Men's Softball Team - Mid 1930's

Front row L to R: Gerald "Shorty" Ashmore, Frank "Pike" Stocking. Middle row: John Heasty, Earnest "Ernie" Young, Max Stocking, Marion "Crip" Hill, Roy "Dutch" Stayton. Back row: Russell "Hank" Hill, Everett Heasty, Loyd Hill, George Stayton, Clifton "Cliff" Cranmer, Russell "Rusty" Alexander.

Cemetery Research

Cemetery research was a very big part of writing the Mayfield Book. Larry & Elaine Clark, and Norman and Sherry Kline walked Mayfield Cemeteries, documenting tombstone inscriptions, and verifying information. Sherry & Elaine are shown here by Elaine's great-grandfather, Elias Evans.

Norman and Sherry Kline pose by Sherry's great-grandparent's grave, Roderick and Frances Stocking. Norman and Sherry walked and documented the Osborne Cemetery burials.

Larry Clark finds a tombstone "buried" inside an overgrown lilac bush.

The Mayfield Water Tower

This photo of the Mayfield Water Tower was taken by Donna Yearout on the day it was torn down.

Harvest with Harlan & Harry

Harlan Barry and Harry Gerberding take a break from harvesting wheat to pose in front of their combines. This photo is one of Elaine and Sherry's favorites in the Mayfield Book.

Is the Coast clear?

 John Duvall peeks out of his backyard outhouse. Outhouses were a common site in most backyards even till the mid 1950's.

Students of the Longbranch One-Room School.

The photographer in this picture was looking northwest, and the Deffenbaugh and Roland Miller places are visible in the background.
L to R: Doris Miller (Dean's twin), Dorothy Armstong, Anna Marie Ellison, Elizabeth McCreary, Ruth Anna Miller, Kathleen Deffenbaugh, Maxine Deffenbaugh, Geraldine McCammon, (teacher - later married Bob Walcher), Orville McCreary, Neel Lauterbach, Lloyd Miller, Eugene Heasty, Bruce McCreary (almost hidden from view), Bill McCreary, John Ellison (almost hidden), John Hyndman, David Deffenbaugh, Raymond McCreary, Dean Miller. (Gene Heasty photo)

Pleasant Valley School Students

Circa 1928 - Front row L to R: Lizzie Della Clark, first grade; Mary Stocking, second grade; Herbert STockign, first grade; Warren Wilson, first grade. Back row: Henry Harry Clark, third grade; Reese George Clark, fifth grade; Margaret "Peggy" Stocking, eighth grade; Clyde Wilderson, unknown grade; Charles Wayne Hill, third grade. The teacher was Francis Stocking. (Lizzie Miller photo) (Sherry's Note: This school was located on the north side of Elmer Stocking's pasture, between the Stocking's and the Stayton's, in the NW 1/4 18-32-2W, just a little over a quarter mile from the junction of HWY's 49 and 160. In 2003, part of school's foundation remains, and is in the right of way next to the road.)

Stocking Homestead

This was the first home of Roderick and Frances "Fanny" Stocking when they homesteaded west of Mayfield. This 10 X 12 shiplap house was so small, they had to put the table outside at night to go to bed. They lived in this small little house for two years, and their first child was born in this home. They went into Indian Territory to gather wood to burn for heat when buffalo or cow chips ran low.

Please send correspondence to:

Sherry Kline
410 N. Park
Wellington, KS 67152
PH: 620-326-3401
e-mail: skline@sutv.com