Betty K. Powers, the daughter of Guy E. and Clara Mae (Shaw) Ripper was born near Eldorado, Kansas, October 25, 1920, and departed this life Sunday morning August 22, 1948 at McPherson Hospital, after a week of serious illness. Mrs Powers was 27 years, 9 months and 27 days
of age.Betty resided at Eldorado until she was 16 years of age then moved to Lyon, Kansas,and then McPherson in 1941. She was a member of the Church and Chaplain of the G. A. R. Baptist.
Lee A. Powers and Betty were united in marriage June 21, 1944 at Salina, Kansas while Mr. Powers was in the service of his country. Following his discharge, they made thier home in California, until a few weeks ago, when they returned to McPherson. She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, a daughter, Betty Lynette; two sons of a former marriage, Charles Earl and Paul Arthur Tipton; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ripper; a sister, Mrs Evelyn Mae Schriner; three brothers, Glen Harold, Charles Edward and Howard Scott Ripper (the above relatives reside in McPherson with the exception of the brother, Howard Scott Ripper, of Emporia, Kansas); a number of additional relatives and a host of friends.
Katherine (Betty) Ripper played in her father dance band, she played the piano and guitar. She met Paul Bandfield Tipton at one of the dances that she was playing with her family.
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ObituaryAuthor Lloyd Tipton, son of Harmon Harris and Elizabeth Banfield Tipton was born October 26, 1875 at Westpoint, Missouri and departed this life July 2, 1968 at Laredo Texas at the age of 92 8 months and 9 days.
He and his parents moved to Lakin, Kansas in 1894. He was married to Mary Turah Lindsay December 23, 1908. to this Union were born five sons and two daughters. Two sons preceeded him in death, Erest in the armed sevice in 1944 and Orvel at the age of two years.
He accepted Christ as his personal savlour when a young man and was quite active in the Lakin Christian Church during the years he lived in Lakin.
In 1911 he moved his family to Burrton, Kansas where he engaged in business for himself until 1925. He then moved to Lyons, Kansas and was employed by the American Salt Plant until his retirement in 1945. He later moved to Laredo, Texas where he lived at the time of his death.
He is survived by 3 sons, Carl A. of Hutchinson, Kansas, Earl L. of Joplin, Missouri, and Paul B. Tipton of Vallejo, California; two daughters Mrs. Myra Eudt, Henderson Nevada, and Mrs. Myna Kimpler, Oklahoma, City, Oklahoma; 13 grandchildren, 23 Great grandchldren, other relatives and a host of friends.
Author Lloyd Tipton met Mary Turah Lindsay when she went to work for Author's Father, Harmon Harris and Elizabeth Banfield as a cook for them at their Hotel (pacific Hotel and Boarding House). the boarding house was in another building in the back of the Hotel.
Author Lloyd was a Blacksmith an a Farrier(a person who installs horse shoes on horse).
At one time he took a job in Colorado for the goverment as a carpenter building houses for the Migrants Beet workers. This was before he when to work for American Salt Plant.
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Orvil Edwin Tipton son of Mr. and mrs. Tipton was born, November 21, 1919 and enter into the Great Beyond, September 7, 1922.
His Illness was of but five days duration, during which time he suffered intensely the patiently. This beautful child was the idel of the home, of bright sunset disposition to his short stay on earth has been a benediction to his parents and his brothers. The young in years he was a regular attendant at the First Christian Church Bible School as a pupil of the beginners class. He could often relate to his parents the lesson story as his presented the same to the classmates. The baby was brought to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harrmon Harris Tipton. The Funneral was conducted by Rev. Calkins, after which he was laid to rest in the Lakin Cemetery.
Premature birth, from Mrs. Mary Tipton Family bible.
By Paul A. Tipton Mary Tipton was my grandmother.
Black Tuesday
Don Mc CarthyThis is the story of our crew on the night of June 7, 1944. This was my sixth mission as Bambardier on a B-24. We took off at 1300 hours, pretty late in the day. Our mission: Toures, France. We only had fair results. We came back in the rain and darness and flew low with our formation lights on. At 2330 hours, Stu. Stygal, our Radio Man Operator received word that there were bandits in the area of the Home Base. I can remember telling my nose gunner, Al Davis, to get his tail back in the turret and man his guns, Within minutes our right wing plane went down in flames. I believe one man did get out with his chute. We turned off our formation light and hit the deck, thinking we could possibly slip away from the fighters J U 88s, I think.
About 10 miles west of Ipswich, we got it. We were raked from stem to stern by 20 millimeter shells. the plane immediately started burning like tissue paper. some of our ammunition belts started popping offr. I open the nose turret door to help Al. and tried to help him put on his chute harness that he had taken off when he went back into the turret, and in his excitement, he had put it on upside down. I tried to open the bombay doors but they would not open from my controls. someone else's controls finally opened them. I opened the nose wheel door and put my chest pack on. At this point Al was still struggling to put his chute on. I finally got it on him and then I slipped and fell into the nose wheel opening. I caught myself and tried to pull back into the plane. I could not make it, so I pulled my elbows close to my sides and dropped out into the night. I Knew we were low, the indicator said about 500 feet of altitude when we were hit, so I pulled my ripcord immediately. I remember looking over my shoulder to see if my chute was open. Thank God, it was I swung back and forth a few times before hitting the ground at the edge of a ravine. No serious injuries,though I did hurt my back. I was praying for the other guys. My top turret gunner, Paul Schopf, landed close to me. He sprained his left leg badly. We lay low for a few minutes, some distance from our chutes, just in case the bandits came back looking for us. Paul and I made our way to a farm house, where we ran into richard Stevens, Steven as he was called. our navigator.
The farm couple fixed tea and cookie for us andwe used their phone to call the base. We sat along the road and smoked cigaretts for five hours before we were pickup by a truck and taken back to the base. Tail Gunner, Chet. Nowakouski and Ball Gunner, Ernest Tipton were still misssing. Our Pilot Stan Brain, our Co-pilot. bob Buenger showed up the next day. They did their very best to gain altitude for us to jump before they themselves jumped. We heard later our engineer, Junior Craft, was in the hospital.
On June 8th, What was left of our crew went to visit Junior in the Hospital, he was badly burned. His entire head and hands were covered with bandages and the tops of his ears were burned off. He was in very mush pain. I got sick at my stomach and had to run outside for a few minutes. He pulled through though.
On June 10th we went in search of our Tail and Ball Turret Gunners. I came upon Chet at the base of a tree. He looked at first, as though, he had just sat down. As I got closer, I knew he was dead. His harness, shoes and socks were missing. He did not have a chance at all. We found his tail turret about 200 yards away from him, it apparently burned off the plane. We heard, several months later, the Ball Gunner, Ernie Tipton, was found in a fild, by a farmer during harvest.
I think we were the second plane to go down and the crew with Lt. Ken Humphreys was the thrid. Who the first and last plane were, I just can't remember.
A few days later we had to leave Ipswich and went to a U. S. O.. They had a band playing from anothert base that night. They were dressed very unusual and I commented on it to the band members. They replied that they had lost most of their clothing, when a B-24 crashed into their barracks. It turn out to be our plane (Scottie).
A Rememberance
From the Book 34th Bombardment Group (H) 1941- 1945
Publish by Tuner Publishing
Paducah, KentuckyStaff Sergent Ernest Ashmon Tipton was born, December 3, 1922, at Burrton, Kansas, son of Author and Mary Tipton.
When 29 months old he moved with his parents and family to lyons, Kansas. He united with the First christian Church at Lyons, at the age 12. He was a member of the Boys Scout Troop 45 at Lyons, where he became an Eagle Scout later a Sea Scout, Author Adams was Scoutmaster at that time. Ernest was always proud of his sach of scout merit badges and oak leaves he won. On graduating from high school he worked for his brother, Carl, at Hutchinson.
Six month later he and Orlay Fay went to Van Nuys, California. Where he worked for Timm Aircraft Corporation until January 19, 1943, when he was inducted into the United States Army's 2nd Air Force. After completing his traning at Lowary Field, Denver Colorado, he was home on furlough. On April 2, 1944 on this way for oversease assignment, he flew over his home at Lyons, Kansas circled and threw a towel with his parents address and telephone number along with his name. The towel dropped about a 100 feet from the home of his parents who were watching and wounding why the plane was circling the home.
Sgt. Tipton was reported missing Jun 7, 1944, August 22, 19444 it was reported that he was killed in action. A member then of the *th Air Force, he was a Turrett gunner on a B-24 that was named Scotty.
He was on his 31st. Mission. He received the Air Medal, May 1944, and his Father recieved the Purple Heart posthumously, Oct 1944. His body was buried at Cambridge, England.
He is survived by his father, Author L., Douglas Arizona, Mother Mary T. Tipton, Lyons and three brothers, Carl of Hutchinson, Earl of Little Rock Arkansas, and Paul of vallejo, California and two sisters, Myra Rush, Hutchinson and Myna Kimpler of Valier, Mt.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. tipton, 502 South Reed, who were nitified by the government June 23 that their son S, Sgt. Ernest tipton, was listed as missing in action since June 7, received a second telegram Sunday which brought the tragic news tha tthe Lyons boy, a B-24 Liberator tail gunner, was killed on the early June date when his plane failed to return from a raid over Germany.
the telegram reached Mrs. tipton at Hutchinson where Mr. tipton is seriously ill in St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Sergeant Tipton one-time News carrier captain and later emplyed by the Southwestern Bell Telephone company was born in Lyons December 3, 1922. He graduated from Lyons High in 1941 and later that year went to Van Nuys, California, where he was employed until he entered the service the following January.
Enrout overseas last spring Sergeant tipton's plane circled Lyons the moring of April 2, the parents learning their son was aboard the low flying ship when a towel, dropped from the plane and carrying a brief message, landed only a short distance from their home. Besides the parents Sergeant Tipton is suvived by two sisters, Mrs. Myra Elliott, Lyons and Miss Mina Tipton, Manhattan, and three brothers, Pvt. Earl Tipton in the Army Station at Fort MacArthur, California, Carl tipton, Hutchinson, Banfield Tipton San Diego, California.
The paper had a few errors in it.
Banfield Tipton is Paul Banfield Tipton
Thenit said he lived in San Diego, he lived in Vallejo, Californiaby Paul A. Tipton
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Howard was seriously injured in WW2.
Howard married and divorced Mavis twice.
Terry died in a motor cycle accident. He was crossing the street and a motor cycle hit him. That was the same day that Terry's aunt Katherine Powers was being buried, Howards sister.
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Evelyn lived in Seattle, King County, Washington.