Bales, Polly Roth

Polly Roth Bales (Pauline Elsie Roth) was born June 30, 1920 at Whitewater, Kansas to John P. and Anna Roth. In 1938, she entered the University of Kansas, where she studied organ. On November 29, 1941, she married Logan, Kansas native Dane Gray Bales, also a graduate of the University of Kansas. Their son, Dane Gray Bales, Jr., was born at Logan, where Mrs. Bales has been a leader in numerous community organizations and in the United Methodist Church, serving for many years as church organist.

As an active member of Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas and the Republican Party, Mrs. Bales has also served in many leadership capacities. She was twice a delegate and once an alternate to national Republican conventions, was a member of the [Bob] Dole for President Exploratory Committee, and was Regional Co-Chair of Dole for President.

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