Official Website Est. 2023
City of Paradise, KS
Home of a famous 1938 Historical Kansas Landmark, the only functioning Limestone Water Tower in the United States
Paradise Annual
Turkey Dinner and Bazaar
73rd Annual | Est 1951
Date : Saturday, November 9th
Location : Paradise Gym
$15 (Ages 13+)
$10 (Children 12 and under)
$10 (Veterans Discount)
Fees and Donations accepted via Cash, Check and Venmo
All Proceeds benefit The City of Paradise
10:00am - 2:00pm Bazaar Booths
($25 Vendor Registration Fee (SIGN UP DEADLINE 11/01 )
10:30am - 1:30pm Dinner Is Served
2024 - 2025 Pheasant Season Opening Day
VENDORS WANTED!
Send us a message or contact
a City Council member to register your booth
10:00am - 2:00pm Bazaar Booths
$25 Vendor Registration Fee
Venmo: @CityofParadise
SIGN UP DEADLINE 11/01
Annual Events
Thursday, October 31 2024
Trick or Treat Trolley 2024
Saturday, November 9th 2024
Annual Turkey Dinner and Bazaar 2024
Saturday, September 20 2025
8th Annual Paradise Fall Festival 2025
City of Paradise Population : 34 (2021)
Citizen Spotlight
Joyce Thompson
Born in 1933
Citizen of Paradise since 1958
Owner of
Paradise Grain Company Inc
2 Children (Brett Thompson and Trisha Barenberg)
6 Grandchildren, 1 Great Grandchild
Mother, Lillian Howe founded the Paradise Annual Bazaar (1951)
As a citizen of Paradise for 65 years, Joyce Thompson has gifted the community with her kind spirit, hard work and ambition
In 1951, the first Paradise Annual Bazaar, as described by Joyce...
Lillian Howe, Joyce’s Mother, was the founder of the Paradise Annual Bazaar. Joyce had just graduated from High School, and she remembers the dinner consisted of Ham, which was later switched to Turkey. The Bazaar sold aprons, pillow cases, tea towels, and other hand knitted and crocheted items in efforts to raise money for the Paradise Methodist Church
What is the most valuable life lesson you have learned?
“Don‘t put off doing what you want to do today, because tomorrow might be too late. Enjoy every day.“
116 Main St, Paradise, KS 67658
Phone 785-998-4373
Mon - Fri 7:30 am-11:30 am
Saturday - 7:45 am-9:15 am
Sunday - Closed
102 East Ave E, Paradise KS 67658
Mailing Address PO Box 115
Phone 785-998-4442
Fax 785-998-4410
Email paradisegrain1970@gmail.com
Mon - Fri 8:00 am-12:00 pm
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturday - 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sunday - Closed
101 B Ave, Paradise, KS 67658
Phone 785-998-4384
Email paradisevalleygracechurch@gmail.com
Sunday Service
Corporate Prayer - 9:30 am
Sunday School - 9:45 am
Sunday Worship - 10:45 am
PO Box 5 Paradise, KS 67658
Todd Schneider
Phone 785-885-8061
prfd812@gmail.com
A&M Timber
Tree Cutting Service
Brian Angel
Phone 785-639-0691
Kim Mead
Phone 785-998-4325
114 Main St Paradise, KS 67658
Phone 785-998-4313
Paradise, Waldo and Natoma Fire District
Email wpnrfd3@gorhamtel.com
Fire Chief - Quentin Maupin
History of Paradise, Kansas
Historic
Water Tower
Photo Credits : Paradise Educated Blog
“The Paradise Water Tower, a WPA project of 1937 was completed in 1938. This piece of art stands 65 feet tall and holds 58,000 gallons of water. It is the only one of it’s kind in Kansas.
In January of 2007, it was named to the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior Nationals Parks Service.”
Kennedy Hotel
“One of the earliest buildings erected in Paradise, Kansas, the Kennedy Hotel (1888, 1936) is significant for its association with the early development of Paradise. The construction of the limestone hotel in 1888 was documented in area newspapers including The Waldo Enterprise and The Russell Record. Catherine Kennedy, who also served as postmaster, opened her hotel in September of 1888.”
Paradise Educated Blog, July 2008
View from North East of Town, Early 1900s
Originally the City of Ivamar founded in 1887
“In 1859, a hunting party explored the area, including a small tributary of the Saline River which led them to a site abundant in water, timber, and bison. One of the hunters, James R. Mead, described the site as paradise, and the tributary subsequently became known as Paradise Creek. The first post office in the area opened under the name Paradise in 1875. In 1887, the Union Townsite Company established a town on the north side of the creek northwest of the post office, naming it Ivamar after Iva Marr, the daughter of a local rancher. The Paradise post office relocated to Ivamar the next year, but kept its name.”
Tom’s Brown Store
Hotel Paradise
Paradise Cafe
Paradise Public School, Early 1900s
City of Paradise
Contact Us
Mailing : PO Box 14 Paradise, KS 67658
Physical : 112 Main St Paradise, KS 67658
Phone : 785-998-4202
Email : paradisecityclerk@gmail.com
Hours of Operation
City Council Members
Debbra Mead, Council President
Brett Thompson, Mayor
Brynae Thompson, City Clerk
Bonnie Thompson, Council Member
Kim Mead, Council Member
Todd Schneider, Council Member
Bobby Ross, Council Member
Volunteer Opportunities
8th Annual Fall Festival 09/20/2025
Please contact a City Council Member to sign up as a volunteer
Annual Turkey Dinner and Bazaar 11/09/2024
Please contact a City Council Member to
sign up as a volunteer or vendor
Thank you for joining the 72nd Annual Paradise Turkey Dinner and Bazaar
Let’s Party!
8th Annual
Fall Festival
Date : September 20, 2025
Location : Paradise City Park
Cornhole Tournament, Greyhound Racing
Kids Activities, Bouncy Houses
Poker Run, Trolley Tours, Food Trucks
Live Band, Dance, Beer, and more!