Person:Bruce Dewyke (1)

WAS BORN ON A FARM, AND LIVED THERE UNTIL 1959 WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TUTTLE CREEK DAM ON THE BIG BLUE RIVER DESTROYED THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER TOWNS ALONG THE VALLEY.

THE GOVERMENT EITHER PURCHASED OR TOOKEASMENTS ON ALL THE FARM LAND IN THE FANCY CREEK AND BLUE RIVER VALLEY. (THISIS THE SAME STORY IN THE LOST VALLEY OF TENNESSEE WHERE THE RICE FAMILY ORIGINATED, WHEN THE GOVERMENT TOOK ALL OF THE LAND FOR THE NORRIS DAM, EXCEPT FOR THE RICE CEMETERY WHICH IS ON TOP OF THE HILL AND IS NOW A WILD LIFE WILDERNESS PARK) HE IS A PIANO PLAYER AND HAS A SPECIAL KNACK TO PLAY BY EAR, AND PLAYED IN CHURCHES, CLUBS AND FOR GROUPS.

HE STILL PLAYS OCCASIONALLY, DESPITE STIFF FINGERS WHICH ARE CRIPPLED FROM ARTHRITIS AND PARTLY FROM INJURIES AND BRUISES HE RECEIVED WHEN HE PLAYED FIRST BASEMAN ON THE FAMOUS BLUE VALLEY BALLTEAM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER KANSAS STATE GUARD RANDOLPH COMPANY AUG 1917-NOV 11 1919 PRIVATE