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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1963
Page
2
AP reports cattle steady to higher with cows up to 25, vealers unchanged, feed ers steady and good to prime vealers 24.00 to 31.00. Hogs are weaker, barrows and gilts down to 25, sows down to 25, lambs rise up to 25 with good to prime lambs at 18.75 to 21.50 and ewes 7.00 to 60.00.
Hogs lower and varied grades listed with weights and prices across U.S. No. 1 to 3. Cattle steady with grain fed steers and heifers 600-700 pounds at 22 to 23.50. calves, stockers, and yearlings priced by weight and quality. Sheep steady with spring lambs under 90 pounds at 20 and heavier lambs down to 17.50.
Chicago AP notes butter unchanged while live poultry markets show mixed moves. Roasters range 25 to 52 cents per pound, special fed and white rock fryers 18 to 20 cents, barred rock fryers 21 cents.
Chicago grain notes no sales for wheat oats or soybeans while corn holds steady to higher. Wheat ends up about four cents a bushel with May at 2.08 and oats show mixed moves. Rye trades around 2.50 to 2.55 for May while barley ranges 1.23 to 1.30 and feed 1.00 to 1.08.
A 630000 fire destroyed the Santa Fe Railroad's car repair shop in Dodge City Kansas on Tuesday. A foreman blamed sparks from a nearby trash fire for the blaze.
Wheat prices ranged from 1 lower to 1 higher with No 2 hard at 2.35% and No 2 red 2.34-2.39. Corn moved with several lots including No 2 white 1.24-1.27 and No 2 yellow around 1.21. Oats showed limited movement, soybeans at 2.49-2.54 and bran and shorts around 35.25-36.00.
Wall Street rose late in the day with about 5 million shares traded versus 5.62 million the prior session. Gains in aerospace and oil stock offsets slight losses as bonds held steady and overall trading remained quiet.
Lee Montgomery won the commander position at the VFW post election, beating Gene Stewart 54 to 40. He succeeds Harry Johnson and will begin a term in June after installation next month. Other officers include Webb, Schmitt, Fitch, Ogden, Sherman Jr., Abbuehl, and Heinze with several re-elections.
Hospital notices list admissions on Tuesday including Earl Heminger 520 W 2nd medical Edna Emerick 719 S Grant surgery Wilfrid Cavaness 220 N Steuben surgery Carolyn Spencer 103 S Western medical Ed Shiflett 525 S Lincoln medical Birth to Keith and Mrs Dodd 905 S Larson a boy Dismissals include Chester Harvey Humboldt Mrs Kenneth Blankenhagen Humboldt Mrs William Keys 623 S Evergreen Mrs Roosevelt Owens and son 719 S Evergreen Frank Butin 115 S Evergreen Admissions today include William Emmett Allen 116 S Malcolm surgery Mrs Ralph Berg 417 N Grant Mrs Cora T Mintz 908 S Garfield surgery
Erie Herman Simmons, plant superintendent, named acting general manager of the Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery pending a successor for J E Mapes who resigns. Mapes and wife plan to return to Texas to lead Lamar Creamery Co Paris starting May 1.
Dismissals today include Bernard J. Forest and Nelsey H. Williams. Court actions note judgments and contempt proceedings with parties such as Woodruff Truck Sales Inc vs Charles DeWeese and Mid-America Petroleum Co vs Robert E. Kern, including quiet title and descent determinations and monetary judgments.
Chicago AP James Lee 46 a grieving father who gave away nearly all his possessions in memory of his 9 year old daughter Shirley is found dead by suicide in a tavern telephone booth two police officers report Lee had lost his wife and daughter in a March 4 fire he had donated his properties to church and school and asked strangers to attend Shirley’s funeral a Manila envelope and a note were sent to the Chicago Daily News detailing his calm on the edge of eternity and desire to be buried beside Shirley in St Lucas Cemetery
Ronald Sandberg, son of Rudolph and Mrs Sandberg, does two weeks of practice teaching in Chanute schools while a senior at Oklahoma Baptist University. Chanute High School 1950 graduates gather tonight. Connie Schleicher of 1212 W. 9th is elected AWSO secretary. Marvin Johnson named to return as Galesburg superintendent for 1963-64. Police report car electrical tampering near Ditmarsford. Willis Chaney pleads guilty to intoxication fine set. Dan Donica held on intoxication and vagrancy charges.
Mrs Norma Summers was elected president of the Neosho County Mental Health Association for the coming year at a meeting last night. Mrs George Eaton became vice president, Robert Geiger secretary, and Mrs Max Loy treasurer. Ann Wheelock remains treasurer. Officers take office July 1. A ministers seminar at Humboldt Lutheran church on April 24 was discussed with attendees from six counties. The Rev William T Hunt showed a film One Moment of Action. Next meeting is May 21.
Fifteen members attended the Chanute Assn of Life Underwriters monthly breakfast at the Silver Grill. The panel featured Bob Wilson Joe Giacomo John Hutchison and Colleen Ikenberry discussing daily life of a life insurance salesman. Hutchison Wilson Mrs Ikenberry Ralph Willcott Edna Peterson and Coykendall named delegates to the State Sales Congress in Salina April 26-27.
Mrs Pauline Flynn from the State Department of Social Welfare spoke at the Chanute Optimist Club about child welfare. Loren Marsh was elected the new club president with several new officers and planned events through July 1.
Fire destroyed six buildings in Buffalo and damaged a vacant cream station’s wiring. The blaze was controlled after about four hours, with roughly 60 phones out of service. Officials cited water system improvements for limiting the loss while insurance and relocation plans affected residents.
Funeral service for Kenneth Drake of Tulsa and formerly Humboldt will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Price Funeral Home Humboldt with Rev. Gene Taylor officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery under Price Funeral Home Humboldt supervision.
Chanute High School Spanish instructor Miles Rickart is among 40 teachers chosen for a National Defense Education Act language institute next summer at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The eight week workshop runs June 17 to August 9 with an $840 stipend and a language house where only Spanish will be spoken.
James T. McGuire 40 was denied a ballot in Cliffwood Beach New Jersey after officials said a sample ballot mailed to him bore a deceased notation. His name was removed from the voter list following the stamp.
The Marian circle of the Rebekah lodge met at Mrs. C. G. Kerwitz home with Mrs. Etta Hansen as president in charge. Members practiced the Constitution under Mrs. W. A. Coonrod. Gifts were given to secret pals. Door prize won by Mrs. Bertha Jeffrey. Hostess Mrs. C. B. Kerwitz aided by Mrs. T. L. Baker served dessert to 25 members. Next meeting in May with covered dish dinner and auction at Odd Fellows Hall.
The Quest Club met Tuesday for a closing tea hosted by Mrs. Fred Johnson at 820 West Elm. Mrs. Johnson Mrs. Mabel Hudson and Mrs. Norman Koch served as hostesses. Mrs. Rosa Stauffer, the club president, presided.
Frank Theis Democratic National Committeeman will speak at the Fifth District Democratic Women's luncheon in Neodesha this Saturday. Registration opens at 10 15 a.m.
The Magic Circle Hairdressers Unit 12 met in Iola led by President Hazel Wetzbacher. Guest artists Dema Marsh of Emporia and La Homa Dennis of Topeka demonstrated a new spring trend, with attendees from Chanute including Mmes Clint Bowers Agnes Zimmerman Pearl Loveau Marie McDonald and Bill Gerken.
Patriarch Militant met in the Odd Fellows hall Tuesday with Belle Milby presiding. Inspection was by Mrs. Ernest Biggs of Fort Scott. Refreshments were served by Miss Milby and Mrs. Elsie Stierwalt. Members attended from Iola and Fort Scott at the Green Lantern.
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