Background
Gaston, Karl Kurtis was born on July 6, 1929 in Corning, Kansas, United States. Son of Karl Howard and Edna Alice (Wadleigh) Gaston.
Gaston, Karl Kurtis was born on July 6, 1929 in Corning, Kansas, United States. Son of Karl Howard and Edna Alice (Wadleigh) Gaston.
BJ, Kansas State University, 1955.
News editor, Belleville (Kansas) Telescope Weekly, 1955-1965; public, Ellsworth (Kansas) Reporter, since 1965; public, Sterling (Kansas) Bulletin, since 1973; public, Wilson (Kansas) World and Marquette (Kansas) Tribune, since 1974; public, Rice County Monitor-Journal, Little River, Kansas, since 1975; public, Kanhistique Monthly, Ellsworth, Kansas, 1976; public, Kansas Works, Ellsworth, since 1988.
Mayor City of Ellsworth, 1967-1971. President South Center Economics Development District, Wichita, Kansas, 1986. Media advocate United States Small Business Administration.
Active North Control Kansas Regional Planning Commission. Economics committee Ellsworth County. Captain United States Army, 1951-1953.
Member Kansas Press Association (president 1976), Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Chamber of Commerce, United States Chamber of Commerce.
Married Dorothy Anne Buckley, May 31, 1953. Children: Kurtis A., Kent H., Kale B.