Schedule for the Harry and Ike Elderhostel
Dr. Edward R. Butler, Elderhostel Coordinator
Mrs. Judith E. Butler, Assistant Coordinator
Emporia State University
Emporia, KS 66801
October 5-10, 2003
Sunday, October 5
3:00 Motel Check-In and Elderhostel Registration -- Courtyard -- Best Western -- Emporia
4:30 Welcome, Introductions -- Flint Hills Room -- Best Western -- Emporia
5:30 Dinner -- Courtyard -- Best Western -- Emporia -- Brenda Barrett
6:30 Orientation, Get Acquainted -- Flint Hills -- Best Western -- Emporia
Monday, October 6
6:30-8:00 Enhanced Continental Breakfast -- Courtyard -- Best Western -- Emporia
8:45 President Eisenhower, 1953-1961- Kanza Room - Memorial Union - ESU - Dr. Chris Lovett
10:00 "Dwight David Eisenhower, 1961: A Senior Statesman Reminisces"- Kanza Room - Memorial Union - ESU - Dr. Loren Pennington.
11:30 Lunch with "President Eisenhower" - Skyline Room - Memorial Union - ESU - Dr. Pennington
12:30 General Ike: 1941-1945 - Kanza Room - Dr. Lovett
1:45 American Culture in the 1950s - Flint Hills - Dr. Lovett
3:00 The Cold War and Korea - Flint Hills -- Dr. Lovett
4:15 Return to Motel
5:15 Leave for Tour of Emporia and Dinner at Olpe
6:00 Dinner - Olpe Chicken House
Tuesday, October 7
6:30-7:45 Enhanced Continental Breakfast - Courtyard - Best Western - Emporia
7:45 Leave for Eisenhower Center - Abilene
9:45 Arrive at Eisenhower Center - Refreshment Break - Library Courtyard
10:10 Film: "Ike: An American" Library Auditorium
10:35 The Eisenhower Center: How It Started and How it Works - Martin "Mack" aka "Mr. K-State" Teasley
11:00 Tours: Eisenhower Home, Library, Chapel, Visitors Center - Two Groups - Tour Guides
12:15 Catered Lunch - Library Courtyard - Becky Fry
1:10 Group One - Research - Eisenhower Archives - Mack Teasley and Barbara Constable
Group Two - Museum Tour - Dennis Medina and Museum Staff
4:45 Bus Tour - Abilene Historical Sites - CVB - Lori Desch-Miller
5:30 Diner Brookville Hotel - Abilene - Mark and Connie Martin
6:45 Leave for Emporia
Wednesday, October 8
6:30-8:30 Enhanced Continental Breakfast - Courtyard - Best Western - Emporia
9:00 World War II and the Bomb, 1941-1945 - Harry Truman's Most Difficult Decision - American Legion - Dr. Pennington
10:30 Meet "Mr. Truman" - American Legion - Niel Johnson
11:45 Lunch with Mr. Truman - American Legion - Niel Johnson
2:00 Post-War America, 1945-1953 - Flint Hills - Dr. Lovett
3:15 Break
4:00 Meet Bess Truman - Flint Hills - Best Western - Kay Kuhlmann
5:15 Leave for Dinner - Cotonwood Falls
5:45 Dinner - Emma Chase - Cottonwood Falls
6:30 Leave for Emporia
7:00 "Meet Mrs. Eisenhower" - Flint Hills - Best Western - Kay Kuhlmann
Thursday, October 9
6-7:30 Enhanced Continental Breakfast - Courtyard - Best Western - Emporia
7:30 Leave for Truman Center - Independence, MO (Participants Bring Golden Age Pass)
10:15 Arrival at Truman Center
10:30 "Letters from Bess" - Independence Room - Neil Johnson & Ray Gesellbracht
11:15 Research - Truman Archives - Carol Briley
12:15 Catered Lunch - Atrium Lobby - Caterer to be determined (Group will be divided in half to visit Museum and Tour the Truman Presidential Home)
1:15 Group One - Introduction and Self-Guided Tour of Truman Museum - Carol Briley
Group Two - Leave for Truman Visitors Center and Tour Truman Presidential Home
3:15 Group One - Leave for Truman Visitors Center and Tour Truman Presidential Home
Group Two - Introduction and Self-Guided Tour of Truman Museum - Carol Briley
5:00 Leave Truman Library and Museum
5:30 Dinner - Time and location to be determined
6:45 Leave for Emporia
Friday, October 10
(If convenient, Please Check Out of Motel Before 8:30 Session Begins)
6:30 - 8:30 Regular Continental Breakfast - Pool Area/Courtyard - Best Western - Emporia
8:30 Political Correctness? Harry and Ike and the Historians - Dr. Lovett and the Participants
10:00 Brunch - Courtyard - Best Western
10:45 Graduation - Flint Hills - Best Western