Morganville to examine its former link with France

By The Journal Staff

MORGANVILLE - A meeting is planned Thursday to discuss a post-World War II project between this Clay County town of about 200 and Feves, France.

The Clay County Museum has received a grant from the Kansas Humanities Council to research the project, which linked the two towns through Operation Democracy Inc., an effort based on the Marshall Plan concept of sending bread instead of bullets to Europe. Morganville adopted Feves, which was badly damaged in the war. Its citizens needed help, especially in feeding its children during the winter of 1948-49. Townspeople here rallied to collect money and clothing for the French village. As part of that effort, they staged a pageant that attracted an audience of about 1,000 and raised $1,000 for the citizens of Feves.

Slides taken the night of the pageant will be shown at Thursday's 7:30 p.m. meeting at Morganville City Hall. Anyone with memorabilia from the Morganville-Feves project is asked to take it to the meeting. Grant funds will be used to make a slide program on the project.

June 2, 1993
Salina Journal