Belleville Telescope (Newspaper) - November 25, 1971, Belleville, Kansas T n i Waverly's Junior Miss Rhonda Jo Rice was crowned 1972 Kansas Jr. Miss at the conclusion of the state pageant held last weekend in In winning the state honor Miss Rice was able to top only one of five categories of that being poise and Her talent ran three seconds over the alloted time limit and according to Junior Miss rules had to be It was an emotional filled evening for the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond She has never traveled in the trip to the Jr. Miss pageant was the first time she had been from home She will represent Kansas in the America's Miss pageant which will be televised nationally from Ala. next First was Northeast Kansas Jr. Janet Hecht who topped competition in scholastic achievement and mental She was a tal ent performing both Friday and Saturday nights and won the Breck hairstyling Scandia Jr. Miss Karen Sweat took third place as second winning best instrumentalist and performing as a talent finalist Saturday Washington County Jr. Miss Thelma Mueller a talent finalist was named third and Jr. Miss Nelson was fourth as a talent finalist and in the Breck Other winners included Maria Jones of Topeka who won creative and performing arts Belleville Jr. Miss Jean Beyer topped the Kraft foods contest while Terri Chanute Jr. Miss was a in Breck The youth fitness competition was won by Herington Jr. Miss Margaret The crowd of 1,100 which the last night of the pageant on Saturday was the largest to ever view a Kansas Jr. Miss This was the twelfth year the pageant has been held in Belleville and sponsored by the Republic County Jaynes and NBC Representative Terms Kansas J-M Pageant A Doris S. practices of the National Broadcasting New York attending the Kansas Junior Miss Pageant in Belleville this past week said that she was at the amount of community cooperation the Kansas pageant Miss Williams who enthusiastically was having a indicated the trip had really She flew into Kansas City from New York before coming to Belleville and stayed at the Bel Villa Motel where she said she had and adequate NBC choses one state contest in each district each year and sends a representative to on the local state Miss Williams indicated she was making the Washington and Florida contests this The visitor from New York said she thought the choreography routine exceptionally good and different from other state contests she has We will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Sunflower U A L I T Y 1 st winner 18 in Three Sections area newspaper of north central kansas REPUBLIC NOVEMBER 25, 1971 PRICE 15 CENTS Several Students Injured In 24th Street Collision Two cars containing collided at the intersection of O street and 24th street Friday November 19, injuring five Terry L. 16, driver of one of the cars received a broken He was taken by ambulance to the Republic County Peggy J. 18, the driver of the other car was thrown from her car and received According to the police Miss Barnes was going west on 24th street about 2:50 p.m. and failed to yield the right-of-way as called for and hit the Stertz car at the O street Stertz was going Mary 17, riding with Miss and Brent 17, Belleville and Lloyd 16, riding with all received light Both cars received estimated damages according to the police Stertz was driving a 1962 Oldsmobile and Miss Barnes a 1963 Both drivers indicated they didn't see the other car before entering the Mother Writes A Letter Over Candy Theft Further signs of people's basic intent to be honest was illustrated this past week when the Bel Villa Restaurant at Belleville received the following letter from Grand N. November 12,1971 Dear I hate to write but the Monday of the 1st of we had stayed all there and that Monday as we left my 5-year-old son stole a Hershey chocolate candy We didn't know this until we were quite a ways down the I tried to get my husband to go back but he All I can say is I am very sorry and I am so I try to raise the boys better than Please accept my Thank Mrs. P.S. Here is a quarter to cover the cost of the candy One can have little doubt that this mother is doing her part to try to rear an honest with rheir annual harmers Bel The evening Belle Crest Milk Dial 527-2758 Delivered to your Bob Morin Is Awarded Wreck on High Scouting Honor Bob a former Belleville and Mankato agricultural experiment field has been named as one of two adult leaders of Manhattan Boy Scout Troop 72 sponsored by Seven Dolors Parish who have been awarded the Saint George Medal for outstanding contributions to the spiritual development of Catholic youth in the Boy Scout who was a member of the Kansas State University faculty is presently a sales representative for the Geigy Chemical Company and headquarters im Bob has been Scoutmaster of Troop 72 since 1967. The award is one of the highest given leaders of Catholic scout The other recipient of the medal was Rudy a 14-year veteran of Morin was honored during Sunday Mass at Seven Dolors Rev. Donald McCarthy of representing Bishop Cyril Vogel of the Salina Catholic presented the He was assisted by Ignatius Mango of Clay Kuhn is the father of Mike well-known 1970 Eight conference football end at Kansas State He has other a student of Manhattan high Both sons are Eagle Morin is the also the father of an Eagle His a student at Luckey High earned the honor this past Started in Belleville Morin started his adult scouting in 1962 in Belleville where he organized a new Boy Scout troop sponsored by the Knights of Columbus during the time he was Grand Knight of the Belleville During the four years he has been Scoutmaster of Seven Troop 72, the troop has grown from a small organization to one that serves 30 active As a member of the Kiwanis Club at Belleville and the Manhattan Elks Morin has participated in youth He taught CCD Christian classes to members of St. Edward's Church who were freshmen and sophomores in Belleville High He has served as secretary for the Salina Council of Catholic an organization with a particular interest in Kuhn and his and Morin and his were honored by members of Troop 72 and Seven Dolors at a reception in the Emerald Room of the Seven Dolors Church following the awarding of the Saint George This spring the two men will go to Salina to be personally recognized and honored by Bishop Vogel at ceremonies in the Fairmont Viaduct Two young Belleville women Dianne 19, and Connie 19, skidded on ice and crashed off the Fairmont viaduct on highway Monday their car The Telescope talked to the Geneva Hospital Tuesday morning where both young women were taken and they appeared to be resting satisfactorily according to the Hospital Administrator Larry a former Belleville The doctor that attended the Dr. Charles Ashby was not The accident occurred shortly before 10:00 p.m. as the girls were returning from Iowa where they had been to visit Miss Newman's Local Republicans On 100' Committee Area residents named by the Kansas Republicans as the of One in conjunction with the Kansas Kick-Off Dinner to be held at Century II in Wichita on December 3 H. W. John M. Ned Arden Smith Senator Frank Clyde and Loyal C. Smith The announcement was made November 15 by Senator Carlson of who is chairman of the dinner and by Maurice E. Fager of ticket chairman for the Completes A 1955 Agreement FINALISTS in the 1972 Kansas Jr. Miss pageant are pictured following the last night of competition Left to right Washington County Jr. Miss Thelma third Northeast Kansas Jr. Miss Janet first 1972 Kansas Jr. Miss Rhonda Jo Rice of Scandia Jr. Miss Karen second and Courtland Jr. Miss Pamela Sue fourth Krob Photo The final link in a highway agreement made in 1955 is about to be realized in Republic M that year there was a discussion as to whether the Kansas Highway Department would take over the paving and upkeep of State 148 highway or the north road across Republic county from in county to the Morrowville road in Washington County Engineer Clarence Smith looked it up on the proceedings and found the agreement of the Republic county commissioners to pave and maintain the north county highway the state would surface and maintain 148." This week the State Highway Commission issued a construction work order for the last two miles of grading and subgrade modification on the FAS Route 334 beginning 0.25 mile north and 3.4 miles west of thence west on the county This is the last link in completing the agreement made in 1955. The 2-mile project is financed by Republic county's share of state and federal highway user tax Republic County Forces have the contract for the work on a bid of Resident engineer on the project for the Highway Commission will be John Sandusky of Clarence Smith of county is directing the county road program under policies set by the county
