About 40 people, most of them members of the Olathe Historical Society (OHS), converged on Ensor Park and Museum the evening of Thursday, July 16 for the July meeting of the historical society.

     The event began with informal tours of the Ensor home and outbuildings and then supper, which included hot dogs, baked beans, potato chips, and dessert (homemade cookies were one option) served buffet style from the north room of the Peg Barn. Those present enjoyed the meal while sitting on Ensor benches or in their own lawn chairs, both positioned in the driveway between the barn and the house.

     Marty Peters, KEØPEZ, the treasurer of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club (SFTARC) and the secretary of the Olathe Ensor Foundation, welcomed the group to the 40-acre historic site and gave it a good overview of the place where Jacob, Ida, Marshall and Loretta Ensor made their mark on Olathe and its people, the latter two as amateur radio operators.

     I was the next speaker and used the opportunity at hand to read three stories to the group, each one while wearing a different hat to chalk up a "hat trick" in a nod to the FIFA World Cup that was still in progress at the time. I donned a beige woman's cap from the Ensor collection before reading a story about the Ensor museum that had been written in 1974 by my grandmother, Margaret Yancey, W6VQO, for the Heart of America Radio Club's monthly newsletter. Then I put on my late mother's black baseball cap with her KDØVQO call sign on it before reading her short story titled "Double Duty." Finally, I picked up my late father's brown fedora before reading my story about the week he spent in the 1950s running The Johnson County Democrat while the editor of the weekly newspaper in Olathe was taking a vacation.

     In addition to Marty and myself, Howard Cripe, NØAZ, the president of the Olathe Ensor Foundation, and John Gray, KDØVRS, a member of the foundation, represented the SFTARC at the OHS meeting.