After checking into the Hampton Inn on Manhattan's east side, the group traveled to Cox Bros. BBQ for supper. The differences in the meanings of the word barbeque arose again. The Fèvotes were confused why there was a carousel of sauces at the center of each table. Vaughan explained, but after a long day, most were not in the mood to be adventurous and so opted for their meat plain.

Morganville

Like the day before, September 10 dawned as a beautiful clear day with blue skies. Despite Vaughan's initial worries, the temperatures would only reach the low 80s F.

One of the visitors joked with Vaughan that he had heard about the severe weather that plagued Kansas and he was a bit disappointed to be deprived of experiencing it. No one knew that before the day was over, Kansas would leave them with an experience to remember!

Drawing attention to the large replica of "dog tags" at the center of the memorial, he explained they were worn by every American soldier during combat. In the event of the soldier's death, one tag remained with the body to act as identification, while the other was retrieved by army personnel to initiate the process of recording his passing. Vaughan added that the model for the sculpture were the actual tags worn by John Lindholm, a B-17 pilot in Europe during the war and Vaughan's boss many years later when both were teaching at the university.

The second reason the location was chosen was because Kedzie Hall, the building where both Freeland and Velma Carson had spent so much of their time, was visible just to the west. Vaughan explained Carson's critical role when a show of hands revealed none of the visitors were aware of her part in connecting the two villages.

The third reason for selecting the location was because Anderson Hall, the university's main administration building, could be seen to the northwest. Milton Eisenhower, the brother of WW II European commander General Dwight Eisenhower, had worked there as university president. His efforts on behalf of UNESCO had provided critical momentum to the Morganville-Fèves project in late 1947 and early 1948.

Vaughan speaks to the visitors with Pracht, to his left, translating. The memorial at the left is for World War II soldiers and features a replica of a set of "dog tags." Behind the group is Anderson Hall. At the lower right, a photographer frames a photo for the university newspaper. Kedzie Hall is obscured by the trees at the left.

When Vaughan finished, student Rafael Garcia, a reporter with The Collegian, the Kansas State University newspaper, interviewed members of the group about their trip to Kansas.

A short bus tour of the campus followed before the group left Manhattan for Clay County.

In Clay Center, they stopped to pick up Brent Rundell, who would serve as their guide for the next portion of the day. Much of the business of Kansas is agriculture and that certainly was, and is, true of Morganville. While Rundell was Morganville’s mayor, his profession was as an agribusiness manager for Wilbur Ellis, an international supplier of agricultural technology and products. Rundell’s job was to develop fertilizer, herbicide, and seed programs for individual growers based on observations he made while inspecting their fields.

The visitors again left the bus at Taddiken’s Land and Cattle Company. Owner Scott Taddiken introduced them to the large tractors and combines used on area farms. When finished, many accepted the invitation to take a ride around the lot in one of the large machines.

Several visitors took a short journey about the Taddiken grounds in this combine, while others looked on.

After a short bus ride, Bob Clark welcomed the group to the Morganville grain elevator and explained the importance of farmers having a place to store their crops after harvest. Then everyone moved outside to the truck scale, where Clark measured their combined weight.

The Fèvotes again boarded the bus to travel to the Morganville café.

Upon arrival, everyone was immediately drawn to the Stadium across the street, where the play had been performed a bit more than 67 years earlier.

With fellow Fèvotes on the Stadium steps, Roger Wechtler raises his cap to the photographer. The sign for the Morganville Café can be seen behind the bus.

As each person's curiosity was satisfied, one by one they crossed the street and entered the café.

The group had been scheduled to arrive at the high school in Clay Center about 45 minutes later, so little time was wasted starting the meal. But as a precaution, the school was informed there was a high likelihood the group would arrive late.

A short informal ceremony followed the meal. Freeland and Charlotte Rundell were presented with gifts of enamelware from Longwy, France. Torlotting gave a short speech, again spoken phonetically, which began, "Since my last visit, I have not learned English."

He, with the help of Pracht's translation, presented Mayor Brent Rundell with an oil painting of Fèves painted by one of its citizens. Roger Wechtler presented the mayor with a road sign that proclaimed Fèves was 4,639 miles away. Rundell vowed to have it displayed at the edge of the village.

Left: Morganville mayor Brent Rundell holds an oil painting of Fèves created by one of its citizens; middle: Roger Wechtler presents Rundell with a road sign with the distance from Morganville to her sister village; right: Torlotting speaking

When the ceremonies were concluded, the group filtered back onto the main street. Miller and Martinez-Serrano corralled several of them for interviews.