Willette to KC position signals Atchison change
Ray Willette will leave his nine year Atchison Chamber role to become secretary of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce on September 15 with a higher salary and prospects. He led major industrial recruitment, rate hearings, and expansion programs here and will be succeeded after a board vote. He came to Atchison in 1915 from Topeka as traffic and industrial commissioner.
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Atchison
Ray Willette
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Willette
Kansas City
Kas
Chamber of Commerce
Wilette
Heber Mize
Missouri
Topeka
Chamber
Atehison
Atchivon
Willotte
Kansas Public Utilities Ecomission
Missouri Valey
Kansas City, Kas
Atchisom
Chamber Board of Directors
Atchison County Pioneer Dies in Mayetta Kansas
Mrs Dennis Murphy 84 a pioneer woman of Atchison county died at her daughter Mrs M L Griffin s home Mayetta Kan after four months bedridden She came with her husband from Bangor Ireland to Kansas lived near Parnell Effingham and raised five children including Mrs Nellie Curtis buried in Effingham parish cemetery Monday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Murphy
Atchison County
M. L. Griffin
Mayetta
Kan
Murphy
Bangor
County Mayo
Ireland
Kansas
Parnell
Effingham
Effinghaum
New Local Newspaper Delivery Service Expands
The Globe begins day delivery in Shannon Linewaster Monrovia Effingham and Muscotah with Evans bus delivering papers from Atchison. Rural routes keep mail delivery. Effingham and Muscotah customers must pick up at drug stores due to post office hours.
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Globe
Shannon
Linewaster
Monrovia
Effingham
Muscotah
Evans Bus
Atchison
Lancaster
Dbus
Horton
Haron
Everest
Huron
The
Local Garage Break-In At Overland-Anderson Co
The Overland-Anderson Co garage at 07 Commercial street was burglarized last night or early this morning. About $70 in cash, six new tires, several checks, and papers from the safe and cash register were taken. Entrance was gained by a hole in the rear door, with the thief leaving through the same method. The front door remained locked at discovery. The desk of Miss Rose Shuck was tried but yielded nothing of value. This marks the second garage robbery in two weeks, with police led by Chief Willard Linville pursuing the case. no fingerprints were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland-Anderson Co
Commercial Street
George Campbell
C. A. Anderson
Anderson
Miss Rose Shuck
Atchison Dedicates New St Benedicts Parochial School
Atchison will dedicate the new St Benedicts parochial school at Second and Division streets in a four o'clock ceremony led by Father Martin Veth. Father Malachy Sullivan will give the dedicatory address as hundreds gather despite weather. The $93,000 Romanesque brick building includes eight classrooms a gym auditorium and bowling facilities and will replace the St Louis college structure. The project starts the first of two new Catholic schools with St Josephs nearly complete nearby for September occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
St. Benedict's Parochial
Second and Division Streets
St. Benedict's Church
Abbey
College
St. Benedict's School
Martin Veth
St. Benedict's
Malachy Sullivan
St. Benedict's College
Kansas City
Topeka
Leavenworth
St. Joe
St. Louis College
St. Joseph's
Ingalls Homestead
South Atchison
Scholz Injured Unloading Sand at Missouri Pacific Yards
Oscar Scholz employed by Ed Omiel injured his leg this morning when squeezed between a clam shell and a truck box while unloading sand in Missouri Pacific yards at Sixth Street. X ray will determine fracture. Scholz, a young married man, lives at 517 North Tenth Street. son of William Scholz of near Doniphan. His brother Henry Scholz was seriously injured months ago near Atchison when a car hit a mower he rode. Henry recovered. West Main street features an unnamed orator nicknamed The West End Orator who quotes Lincoln and other presidents, speaking on wars and Kansas. Law enforcement seeks a Ford truck carrying 51 sacks of flour stolen from a mill in Eudora, near Lawrence, weighing 2250 pounds. Funeral for Mrs. Gerhardt of Doniphan county held. survived by husband and four children. Paul Yocan, brother of Mrs. Akers, to perform vaudeville in Kansas City. Mrs. Akers and daughter Jacqueline visiting. Russell Keithlue suffers a peculiar illness.
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Fred Smith
Shannon
Union
Atchison
Lawin & Douglass
Atchison Peope
Atchison Savings Bank
Emil Forbriger
Weston
Forbriger
Kansas
Tie
South Fifth Street
Monrovia Road
Ebenezer Baptist Church
RE. J. Buckner
Dorl Helmes
Everest
Kansas Power & Light Co
Effingham
Barney Askren
Moore
Q Street
Barney
M. Voelker
Kansas Elks
Elks Lodge
Grand Lodge
National Elks Lodge
Wil
Miami
Bim
Oscar Scholz
Ed O'Miel
Missouri Pacific
Sixth Street
Scholz
North Tenth Street
William Scholz
Doniphan
Willian
Henry Scholz
West Main Street
Main Street
West End
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lawrence
Eudora
George Gerhardt
North of Doniphan
Courtney
Geary City
Doniphan County
Geary
Gerhardt
Paul Yocan
C. FE. Akers
Santa Fe Street
Mainstreet
Kansas City
Margery Kli‘larney
Europe
Cherbough
France
Ben Lyons
Ed Mattocks
D’hotel
Italy
Rome
Colosseum
Austria
Switzerland
Alps
Holland
Germany
Shiller
New York
Carlos Cox
Colorado
Grand Canyon
Symphony concert in Atchison promises cultural boost
The Orpheum theater hosts a September 1 8 15 PM concert by Professor John McKenzie and his 27 member symphony orchestra. Admission is 25 cents. McKenzie funds the group himself. The Globe urges strong attendance and praises the ensemble as an Atchison cultural asset with local talent including Lon Childs Evan Tonsing William Stanton Jr A W Seng Elizabeth Long.
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Atchison
Orpheum — Theater
John McKenzie
Symphony
McKenzie
Service Cubs
Globe
MccKenzie
Lon Childs
Evan Tonsing
William Stanton, Jr
A. W. Seng
Elty
Wallace Brockett
Elizabeth Long
Chicago
Local notices and social updates from Atchison and Kansas City
I N Buis attends baseball game in Kansas City while Ken Fisher and Charlie Chilcoote work and vacation from the Pillsbury mill. Emma Manage and Elizabeth Downing visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Leslie Lambert move addresses. Martin at Pillsbury mill ill. Dave Hershey returns from Chicago for construction work. W F Donald resigns as sewer inspector. Bill Witt now with Richards Conover visits family. Mrs Mueller and son Edmund return home from Crystal Lake. Dora Burns was Miss Dolly Burns. Funeral of John Kirby set for Monday at Stanton chapel with Rev T D Fry and Mt Vernon cemetery burial. Ducks season opens in 20 days. hunt window Sept 15 to Dec 31. O G Edson and five children relocate to St Joe. Edson to serve as religious educational secretary. Miss Mildred Nye named night supervisor at Bethany hospital succeeding Miss Mary Upton. Hi-Twelve club at Bryam hotel with Ruth Marlin piano and James Joboon vocal. Milas Carol Schaefer speaks on school nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Downing
Kansas City
Leslie Lambert
Kansas Avenue
Parallel Street
Gene Martin
Pillsbury Mill
Dave Hershey
Chicago
W. F. Donald
White Clay Creek
Bill Witt
Blish, Mize & Silliman
Richards & Conover
William Witt, Jr
South Fourth
R. G. Mueller
Edmund
Atchison
Crystal Lake
Kansas
Missouri
O. G. Edson
St. Joe
Edson
Mildred Nye
Effingham
Kas
Bethany Hospital Nurses Training School
Mary Upton
Miss Upton
Byram Hotel
Ruth Marlin
Raphael Marlin
James‘oboon
William Stanton, Jr
Milas Carol Schaefer
Scott Jones to Retire After 42 Years at Atchison Postoffice
Scott Jones will retire September 9 after 42 years of service at the Atchison postoffice. He began as a substitute mail carrier and served as register and postal savings clerk. George Blakelsey will replace him as mail clerk.
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Atchison Postoffice
Jones
George Blakes‘ey
Post Office
Postoffice
Uncle Sam
Scott Jones
Mr. Jones
Atchison
Fatal Auto Wreck on Bridge Near Severance
Harold Dittemore son of Mr and Mrs Adam Dittemore of Severance was killed when a brace rod broke causing his car to overturn on a bridge near the Ed Vigus place northeast of Severance. He died after being removed from the wreck and was survived by his widow Myrtle Mink Dittemore and their infant daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dittemore
Adam Dittemore
Severance
Ed Vigus Place
Dittemore
Ted Pierce
Myrtle Mink Dittemore
Apple Growers Win Rate Victory in Kansas Freight Decrease
Northeast Kansas apple and pear shippers won a Kansas public service commission victory, with the order cutting intrastate freight rates on carload shipments. Reductions range from one cent per hundred pounds for short hauls to 22 cents for longer routes, also applying to pears. The changes take effect within 30 days and are expected to boost orchard expansion as the Atchison Chamber of Commerce and Farm Bureau push a five year horticultural plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison and
Doniphan County
Kansas Public Service Commission
Topeka
Northeast Kansas
Ray T. Widlette
Atchison Chamber of Commerce
Atchison
Doniphan
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Oklahoma
Willette
State Commission
Atchison County
Atchison County Farm Bureau
Former resident of Cummings is dead
Mrs. Lara Burnham aged 74, a former Cummings neighborhood resident, died in Smithville Missouri after a stroke. She was sister to Mrs. Anna Barber and aunt of Ury Hillery Mauzey. Funeral attendance planned by Mr. and Mrs. Hillery Mauzey. Several local notes include travel, concerts, and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lara Burnham
Cummings
Smithville
Anna Barber
South Seventh Street
Atchison
Ury Hillery Mauzey
Purnham
T. K. Bradley
Hillery Mauzey
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Mrs
Frank Haag
Rick
Walter Oldham
Harry Moore
St. Louis
PB. Graham
Republic City
Furst
Ralph Fisher
Excelsior Springs
Castor
George Wolf
Hollywood
George
Ed Ingels
Ingels
Inge
North Third Street
Wall Berger
St. Benedict’s
Berger
Wentworth
Michaels
George B. Wolfe
Chattanooga
Okla
Wolfe
San Antonio
Texas
California
Atchison Ec
Beventh Street
Ea Auys
G. KE. McNutt
Sparks
Baker
Lou Bonham
Troy
Potter
Bill Powers
C. W. Lane
Potter Pitch
Bill
Lane Gaim
Frank Maxwell
John Highfill
Lowemount
Oscar Mauzey
Kirt Bilderback
Dora Majors
District Court
D. W. Majors
Emma E. Carleton
Arlington
Ernest Dale
James Murnahan
Murnahan
Beanlake
Clarence Hansen
St. Mark's
Charles Robinson
Stranes
Essex
Walsper Bros
Sam Elliston, Jr
Dolan Mercantile Company
Arthur Long
Jacob Zimmerman
Park Place
Flavian Voet
Marysville
American State Bank
Eighth and
Commercial Streets
Niemann
Overland-Anderson
McKenzie’s Little Symphony Orchestra
Ken Fisher
Charlie Chilcoote
Emma Manage
Public Service Commission
Cummings IS
Joe Schmitz
Harry Searle
Cawker City
F. L. Furst
Addie
Gertrude Mattocks
Canada
New England
Harold Hinkson
Los Angeles
Frank McKinney
Seitz Cigar Store
Pearl Smith
North Tent Street
Whiting
Duke Benthin
D. E. Taylor
State Highway Commission
Julius Coppins
Coppins
Misouri Pacific
Reign
W. F. Morris
Dallas
Margaret Rolley
Morris
Frank Rolley
Omaha
Commercial
Vee Glamann
Ben Schlinger
Henry Field
Ira Sickler
Heeman
Harry Rodiger
North Oberlin
W. C. Oberlin
Santa Fe
Atchison Hospital
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