Ensor Articles

Details: Written by: Rick Nichols; Published: 15 December 2022

Ensor Volunteers Club members Marty Peters, KEØPEZ, Howard Cripe, NØAZ, Joe Krout, KRØUT, and Rick Nichols were among the many volunteers who got a shout-out from the City of Olathe the evening of Monday, November 7, the occasion the city-sponsored Volunteer Appreciation Reception at Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in Olathe.

Marty, Howard, Joe, Rick and the other volunteers in attendance were treated to a veritable feast in the form of an array of appetizers at the start of the two-hour event, then listened as Mayor John Bacon talked at some length about the importance of volunteers to the various facilities operated by and programs offered by the city. Marty, Howard, Joe and Rick regularly give of their time to ensure that Ensor Park and Museum, which is owned by the city, is open to the public for guided tours Saturday and Sunday afternoons during the months of May, June, September and October.

Details: Written by: Rick Nichols; Published: 23 November 2022

One "perk" of volunteering at Ensor Park and Museum as a tour guide during the month of September is the opportunity to collect some of the pears that have fallen onto the ground from the large pear tree located just to the southwest of the historic Ensor home.

Read more: Pear for the Course

Details: Written by: Rick Nichols; Published: 16 May 2022

By the time the so-called "Roaring '20s" were behind them, Marshall Ensor, W9BSP, and his younger sister Loretta, W9UA, had begun teaching radio by radio from the comfort of their cozy Radio Room in the Ensor home, volunteer work they eventually would be honored for by CBS, and Charles "Buddy" Rogers had already appeared in the first film to receive the Academy Award for Best Picture.

But the early part of this tumultuous boom-then-bust decade found all three of them at Olathe High School, Marshall as a teacher doing what he always did best, building things, and Loretta and "Buddy" as students, where, 100 years ago this month, they each had a role to play in putting on a theatrical production with a pronounced Oriental flavor to entertain their fellow Occidentals. Here is the story from the May 25, 1922, issue of The Olathe Register: Feast of the Little Lanterns Presented by Girls' Glee Club

The Feast of the Little Lanterns, a Chinese Operetta by Paul Bliss, was presented by the Girls' Glee Club of the Olathe High School, in the High School Auditorium, Wednesday evening May 17. The play was the last number of the Lecture Course. It had been planned to give the play on the Central School Grounds, but the weather prohibited them, so the play was given in the High School building. The decorations at the Central School Grounds were exceptionally beautiful and the audience for the most part, had the privilege of seeing them before the rain.

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Four From Club are Recognized

Pear for the Course

Their Talents Came Together "One Magic Night" on the OHS Stage