Frank Barnes was an enterprising young man who, as they say, burnt his candle at both ends. During his short life, he accomplished more than many can accomplish during a long life, while always maintaining a delightful sense of humor. For awhile he was conductor of the Dodge City symphony orchestra, and he composed several pieces for these concerts. His compositions received national recognition. During World War II, he was not only the town's only doctor, he also was doctor for the military base at Fort Dodge and the military arsenal outside Dodge City. In 1946, when the Arkansas River experienced the worst flooding in a century, he received honors for gallant efforts in helping flood victims receive typhoid shots. Even amidst the professional pleasures, he also found time to fish, hunt, collect guns and otherwise enjoy life. On one of Bob Hope's road shows in Dodge City, Frank appeared as Hope's sidekick. He also received letters from the White House his friend William Hassett was secretary to President Truman. However, Frank's candle burned out in 1949; he died from a combination of overwork and overplay.
Frank attended school in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. He roomed with his brother in law, Ben Landreth.
On the back of an envelope to his grandson from his mother is a stamp, "Osteopathic student loan fund 1937".  Most of his funding for college came from his sister Ruth.
Had an office with Dr. Foster in the First National Bank building on the mezanine floor in Dodge City, Kansas. Later Frank moved his practice to his house and alot of his patients were soldiers from Ft. Dodge.
In an email from Curatorial Assistant:
Still National Osteopathic Museum and the
National Center for Osteopathic History
800 West Jefferson Street
Kirksville, Mo. 63501

Frank N. Barnes".
Born Parsons, Kansas 4/11/1908. Died November 16, 1949. Graduated May 1934 from
KCOS.  Licensed to practice in Kansas.  Listed in the AOA (American Osteopathic Association)
Directory from 1935 through 1938.

1934 Yearbook photo page 34

Kansas State College
KCOS Research
(Kansas College Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery)
Sigma Sigma Phi
KCOS Band Director
Bacteriology Laboratory
Student Council Vice President
Ex Service Mens Club
Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium
Stilletto[beccas.FTW]

Frank Barnes was an enterprising young man who, as they say, burnt his candle at both ends. During his short life, he accomplished more than many can accomplish during a long life, while always maintaining a delightful sense of humor. For awhile he was conductor of the Dodge City symphony orchestra, and he composed several pieces for these concerts. His compositions received national recognition. During World War II, he was not only the town's only doctor, he also was doctor for the military base at Fort Dodge and the military arsenal outside Dodge City. In 1946, when the Arkansas River experienced the worst flooding in a century, he received honors for gallant efforts in helping flood victims receive typhoid shots. Even amidst the professional pleasures, he also found time to fish, hunt, collect guns and otherwise enjoy life. On one of Bob Hope's road shows in Dodge City, Frank appeared as Hope's sidekick. He also received letters from the White House his friend William Hassett was secretary to President Truman. However, Frank's candle burned out in 1949; he died from a combination of overwork and overplay.
Frank attended school in Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri. He roomed with his brother in law, Ben Landreth.
On the back of an envelope to his grandson from his mother is a stamp, "Osteopathic student loan fund 1937".  Most of his funding for college came from his sister Ruth.
Had an office with Dr. Foster in the First National Bank building on the mezanine floor in Dodge City, Kansas. Later Frank moved his practice to his house and alot of his patients were soldiers from Ft. Dodge.
In an email from Curatorial Assistant:
Still National Osteopathic Museum and the
National Center for Osteopathic History
800 West Jefferson Street
Kirksville, Mo. 63501

Frank N. Barnes".
Born Parsons, Kansas 4/11/1908. Died November 16, 1949. Graduated May 1934 from
KCOS.  Licensed to practice in Kansas.  Listed in the AOA (American Osteopathic Association)
Directory from 1935 through 1938.

1934 Yearbook photo page 34

Kansas State College
KCOS Research
(Kansas College Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery)
Sigma Sigma Phi
KCOS Band Director
Bacteriology Laboratory
Student Council Vice President
Ex Service Mens Club
Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium
Stilletto

Oma Belle, originally named Leoma Ella Belle, was born to Steve and Delia Landreth and raised in Marceline, Missouri. She stayed there until she was 27, helping her father's coal mine operation as the main bookkeeper, time keeper, and payroll clerk. In 1935, she married Frank Barnes, who was living in Dodge City, Kansas. They had been secretly married for two years before, but no one knew about it except her sister Retha. They had three children, William Steven, John Rush, and Mary Celene. Both boys died young; Billy of meningitis and John of diabetes. Oma Belle was a teacher and artist. She also worked in her husband's ever-growing office. On President Truman's whistlestop re-election campaign, her painting of Dodge City was presented to him as a gift. She based the painting on a photo that she found in the trunk that had belonged to Frank's great aunt Rosie. Kansas, during this time, was well into Dust Bowl days. Abetted by poor farming methods, the high prairie winds blew dark walls of dust into town. These fierce storms lasted many days. Winter blizzards were harsh. Huge cattle ranches were forced into closure. The days of the great cattle barons were over. A new scientific approach had to be made on farming, cattle raising had to be concentrated into smaller areas and everyone had to learn a better way of doing things. During the dust storms, Oma Belle put wet sheets over her family's beds at night so they could breathe in the dirt-filled air. When Frank died, Oma Belle was left penniless. She sold the house in Dodge city and invested the proceeds. Then, she and Mary moved to New Mexico, where she retired from school teaching. In 1961, she married Floyd Kennedy, a flamboyant traveling salesman. The marriage lasted only five years, but they remained good friends until his death ten years later. Oma Belle spent the final years of her life in Lorena, Texas, where she lived with Mary,Celene and Mary's family.
"Front Street" By the Former Oma Belle Landreth, Selected As Gift

 Mrs. F. N. Barnes of Dodge City, Kans., the former Miss Oma Belle Landreth of this city, again has won recognition as an artist. In a recent edition of the Dodge City Journal a four column picture shows President Harry S. Truman receiving a painting, "Old Front Street", painted by Mrs. Barnes.
 The photograph, taken when the president visited Dodge City on a recent tour, shows President Truman standing on the rear platform of his special train surrounded by young women, one of whom is Mrs. Barnes.
 " Old Front Street", painted after a great deal of research by Mrs. Barnes, shows Dodge City as it looked in 1875. The picture was purchased by the Democratic County committee and then presented to President Truman.

Oma Belle, originally named Leoma Ella Belle, was born to Steve and Delia Landreth and raised in Marceline, Missouri. She stayed there until she was 27, helping her father's coal mine operation as the main bookkeeper, time keeper, and payroll clerk. In 1935, she married Frank Barnes, who was living in Dodge City, Kansas. They had been secretly married for two years before, but no one knew about it except her sister Retha. They had three children, William Steven, John Rush, and Mary Celene. Both boys died young; Billy of meningitis and John of diabetes. Oma Belle was a teacher and artist. She also worked in her husband's ever-growing office. On President Truman's whistlestop re-election campaign, her painting of Dodge City was presented to him as a gift. She based the painting on a photo that she found in the trunk that had belonged to Frank's great aunt Rosie. Kansas, during this time, was well into Dust Bowl days. Abetted by poor farming methods, the high prairie winds blew dark walls of dust into town. These fierce storms lasted many days. Winter blizzards were harsh. Huge cattle ranches were forced into closure. The days of the great cattle barons were over. A new scientific approach had to be made on farming, cattle raising had to be concentrated into smaller areas and everyone had to learn a better way of doing things. During the dust storms, Oma Belle put wet sheets over her family's beds at night so they could breathe in the dirt-filled air. When Frank died, Oma Belle was left penniless. She sold the house in Dodge city and invested the proceeds. Then, she and Mary moved to New Mexico, where she retired from school teaching. In 1961, she married Floyd Kennedy, a flamboyant traveling salesman. The marriage lasted only five years, but they remained good friends until his death ten years later. Oma Belle spent the final years of her life in Lorena, Texas, where she lived with Mary,Celene and Mary's family.
"Front Street" By the Former Oma Belle Landreth, Selected As Gift

 Mrs. F. N. Barnes of Dodge City, Kans., the former Miss Oma Belle Landreth of this city, again has won recognition as an artist. In a recent edition of the Dodge City Journal a four column picture shows President Harry S. Truman receiving a painting, "Old Front Street", painted by Mrs. Barnes.
 The photograph, taken when the president visited Dodge City on a recent tour, shows President Truman standing on the rear platform of his special train surrounded by young women, one of whom is Mrs. Barnes.
 " Old Front Street", painted after a great deal of research by Mrs. Barnes, shows Dodge City as it looked in 1875. The picture was purchased by the Democratic County committee and then presented to President Truman.