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The Fugates sit in their Wichita home after 75 years of being together. When Josephine came to the University of Kansas at age 16, she met Justus. But it wasn't love at first sight.
These KU alumni met 75 years ago today. After all this time, they are...
Still Sweethearts
Story by Novelda Sommers
Josephine Fugate, pictured here on a tester-totter, and Justus Fugate went on walks to Schoolhouse No. 6 near 23rd and Iowa Streets when they dated 75 years ago.
Photo by Matt Flickner
when she was 16, Josephine Baucher stepped off the train at the Santa Ke Railway
station in North Lawrence and met Justus Fugate, who also was 16. Neither could have guessed that they would begin a relationship that would span decades — 75 years today.
It wasn't love at first sight.
Josephine left a boyfriend in her
hometown of Humboldt, and she
really wasn't looking for another.
And Justus was just there to carry Josephine's and several other girls' baggage from the station to boarding houses because his mother asked him to.
Justus said he remembered wonder-
ing how he would fit the girls
and their baggage into the car.
"They all had heavy bags, and we loaded them up and took them to the second block of West Vermont." he said.
But Justus must have made an impression on Josephine. The
Sept. 13, 1820, entry in her diary marks their introduction to one another. The two dated intermittently while Josephine worked on her undergraduate degree in math and Justus finished school at Lawrence High School.
Josephine had graduated from high school that spring and had moved to Lawrence to attend KU against her mother's wishes.
"She thought I was too young to go to such a big school," Josephine said. "She wanted me to go to a smaller school, like Ottawa."
That fall, KU had 2,400 students. The University also had a new chancellor, Ernest Lindley, who identified with Josephine's freshman class, saying that he, too, was a freshman. At the time, the Lawrence music scene had more of a brass, wood-
wind and percussion sound. And forget about parking problems. The students walked everywhere, Josephine said, except when they rode the trolley from campus to downtown.
Dances were held on campus every week, and Josephine never missed one.
Justus, when forced to go, was a pretty good dancer, she said.
Josephine graduated with a degree in math in 1924 and taught in Hutchinson for four years before returning to KU to earn a master's degree.
"I was making $80 a month teaching in Hutchinson and living quite well," she said.
The two kept in touch but were not dating.
When Josephine returned to KU, where Justus was studying law, the two began dating seriously.
In 1931, the couple was married in Lawrence. The same year, Justus passed the bar exam and the two moved to Wichita, where they have lived since.
A lot has happened. They had three children, Justus served as mayor of Wichita from 1959 to 2013. They traveled the world.
There is no secret to staying married for 65 years, Josephine said.
"You have to learn to compromise," she said. "Both sides have to give a little."
Chris Jacecki, a senior at Wichita State University, runs errands and does odd jobs for the coule.
Jacek said he felt a special kinship with Josephine because, although he is 91 and he is 21, they think a lot alike.
"I just really admire her," he said. "She thinks very liberally and is open-minded. They're both amazing."
Justus Fugate, pictured at School house No. 6, and Josephine Fugate met in 1920 who did not many until 1940 late years.
SPIKE LEE'S MOVIE 'CLOCKERS' MUDDLES POWERFUL STORY
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By Patricia Bibby The Associated Press
This time, Lee marshals his unique brand of righteousness against the violent plague wrought by drugs and handguns in the inner-city. But social commentary and good intentions are not enough to salvage "Clockers" — a movie filled with unintelligible dialogue, quizzical editing and plot turns.
In "Clockers," Spike Lee once again tries to mine the controversial ground that made his earlier films like "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X" such critical magnets.
Chunks of the script are incomprehensible. It makes for maddening viewing.
One is a "clocker" — a low-level drug peddler so called because he sells around the clock — named Strike, played by a newcomer worth watching, Mekhi Phifer. The other is Victor (Isiah Washington), a virtuous young man who is so polite he laces almost every sentence with "please" and "thank you."
That's a shame because at the heart of "Clockers" is a compelling story of the deteriorating lives of two brothers.
Their lives become doomed after one senseless act of violence. Strike emerges as a likely suspect, but Victor confounds everyone by confessing.
Is Victor selflessly sacrificing himself for his brother? Did the two conspire to commit the murder together? Or did Victor do it alone?
One person who wants to unravel those riddles is the racist veteran homicide detective, Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel). He and his equally racist partner, Larry Mazilli (John Turturo), are investigating the murder. But why does Rocco care?
Despite some fundamental flaws, there are admirable elements in "Clockers."
Starting with the opening sequence, a montage of stark and startling crime scene photos of children dead from gunshot wounds, Lee shows the reality of drugs and its attendant violence.
one telling scene, Little asks a group of boys what color they see when they look at the tops of their hands. When they respond by saying black, he tells them they should see green for all the cash their little hands can collect selling drugs.
Then there's Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), the local drug dealer-mentor who cares very much about Strike. In
In many respects, we see these boys as confused innocents. They spend their days using hand signals as rich and complex as those on a baseball diamond. However, they are communicating the intricate and tense movements of a drug deal.
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What is ultimately frustrating about "Clockers" is that amid all the clutter, muddle and mumble, there's a powerful and original story.
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Cultural Calendar
EXHIBITIONS AND LECTURES
Exhibition—The University of Kansas Basic Studies Scholarship Show, through Sept. 22, at the Art and Design Gallery.
PERFORMANCES
Recital — Faculty Recital, featuring William Campbell and guest performer Lucia Campbell, sponsored by the Department of Music and Dance, 7:30 p.m. Monday at Swarthout Recital Hall. The event is free.
Recital — Student Recital, featuring Tony Kostecki, sponsored by the Department of Music and Dance, 7:30 p.m. Friday at the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center, 1631 Crescent Road. The event is free.
Performance — Tuba-Euphonium Festival, sponsored by the Department of Music and Dance,
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Swarthout Recital Hall. The event is free.
Master Class — String Master Class, sponsored by the Department of Music and Dance, 1 p.m. Saturday at Swarthout Recital Hall. The event is free.
Performance - Solo Artist Series, featuring Oleh Krysa and Tatiana Tchekina, sponsored by the Department of Music and Dance, 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Swarthout Recital Hall. Tickets $10, $8.
Performance — East Side Comedy Shop, sponsored by Renegade Theatre, 8 p.m. Saturday at the Icehouse, 1801 Massachusetts St.Tickets,$5
Performance — "Meet Me in St. Louis," sponsored by the Helen Hocker Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m. Sept. 15-17 at the Gage Park Amphitheater, 10th and Gage Streets, Topeka. Tickets $6, $4.
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