Hay Hooks Reflect Rural Industry At Holloway Co In Yates Center
The Holloway Manufacturing Co in Yates Center, labeled the Hay Capital of the World, makes hundreds of bale hooks yearly under Dale Stoll. Since 1948, the firm has sold over 60,000 hooks and runs mainly by mail order across several midwest states. A Chanute hardware clerk notes odd uses like horse collar frames and dog collars, highlighting shifting harness demand.
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Yates Center
Holloway Manufacturing Co
Dale Stoll
Lester A. Harding
Stoll
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Naff & Bolze Hardware
California Sweetheart and Long‑Lost Lovers Stir Tribune
A column notes Dr. John McFaddan, 98, of La Jolla who ran a volunteer clipping service and helped start Kansas Boy Scouts in 1910 while a Methodist pastor. It also recalls a 57 year old romance, a San Diego clipping, and a Kansas wedding hint.
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John McFaddan
la Jolla
Calif
San Diego Union
Kansas
Methodist Church
California
T. B. Thompson
Augusta
Chanute
San Diego
Thompson
the Tribune
Dr. McFadden
Patriotic Week Planned at Humboldt Elementary School
Next week at Humboldt Elementary School students will gather at 8:35 each morning for flag raising and the pledge of allegiance in front of the building. After the ceremony the class hosts a program in the gym featuring songs and patriotic duties.
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Humboldt
State Salary Report Highlights Kansas Personnel Director
TOPEKA AP Lowell Long of Tulsa will become Kansas personnel director likely starting April 1 after the Finance Council authorized Brandt to hire him. Long, 43, has led Tulsa personnel administration since 1958 and was city manager of Columbia Tennessee before that. And the council adopted a salary plan for state hospital heads, setting director of institutions at 31500 and heads at 29500 for Larned Osawatomie Topeka and Parsons, with Chanute TB hospital at 28500 and Neurological Winfield Norton hospitals at 25000. Shultz noted PAS cost 190000. In Manhattan AP the first Star Young Farmer Family of Kansas award goes to Homer Wulfkuhle family of Berryton, with second to Freeman Sander Stockton and third to Lloyd Wulfkuhle Lecompton. plaques and cash prizes follow the three. The conventions of the farm groups end today.
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Topeka
Lowell Long
Tulsa
State of Kansas
Robert Brandt
State Department of Administration
Kansas Finance Council
Brandt
Long
Walter Kuiken
Columbia, Tenn
Emporia State Teachers College
University of Kansas
de Vere Kay
Kuiken
Robert Docking
State Finance Council
Reynolds Shultz
James de
Larned
Osawatomie
Parsons
Manhattan
Kan
Young Farmer Family
Kansas
Homer Wulfkuhle
Berryton
C.C. Eustace
Freeman Sander
Stockton
Lloyd Wulfkuhle
Lecompton
Wrong Tape Puts Station Off Air
Chanute radio station KKOY was off air about twenty minutes this morning from 8:30 to 9 due to a goaf by the Air Force. Dale McCoy, owner manager of the station, said the Associated Press wire message was received at 8:33 advising emergency operations.
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Chanute
KKOY
Air Force
Dale McCoy
Associated Press
Emer
Snowy Weekend Forecast With Cloudy, Heavy Snow Likely
Today at 10 a.m. temperatures ranged high 30s and low 10s, with yesterday at 58 and 33. Forecast calls for cloudy skies and snow tonight, starting as rain or freezing rain, then Sunday remains cloudy with possible heavy snow and highs in the 30s.
Nationwide Emergency Broadcast Test Message Shared
The President directed emergency action with normal broadcasting halted as stations aired EAN tests. The Feb 20 authenticator was hatefulness, checked by KKOY. AP wire later reported the Air Force at Cheyenne Mountain placed the wrong tape, stating the message was a test, and stations resumed later.
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FCC
Federal Communication Commission
KKOY
A.t.&t
American Telephone & Telepgraph
Air Force
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado
Weeks Extended For Unemployed Insurance Law Signed
Governor Robert Docking signed a bill extending unemployment insurance benefits for jobless Kansans. The signing occurred Friday afternoon, later than his planned 10 a.m. Wichita news conference due to the bill arriving late.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
Wichita
Intercepted Letter Shows Swindlers and Law Clash
Intercepted letter suggests swindlers resist conscience while the law looms. The brief note reads Dear Cha and ends with Yours, highlighting a tension between criminal activity and moral restraint.
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Cha
Aged Chanute Man Bilked of $2,400
An 86 year old Chanute man, Claude Parrish of 425 West Fifth, reported losing 2400 dollars to an apparent swindle on Friday. The caller posed as Jim Benton and urged withdrawals then replacement with an envelope that contained only old newspaper. Police warn elderly residents to contact authorities if approached about bank withdrawals.
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Claude Parrish
W. 5Th
FBI
Omaha
L. R. Spencer
Jim Benton
First National
Parrish
Citizens Form Progressive City Issues Group
A local group named Citizens for a Progressive City forms to air candidate platforms and discuss spring election issues. Gerald Roberts is temporary chairman and Mrs. James Burke acts secretary. permanent organization set for 7 30 p m Thursday at the North Malcolm Community Center.
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Gerald Roberts
N. Washington
James Burke
Citizens Group
North Malcolm Community Center
Former FHA official fined and placed on probation
Billy E. Musgrave 47 a former Federal Housing Administration broker in the Kansas City area was fined 11500 and given three years probation by Judge William H Becker in U S District Court. A jury convicted Musgrave last Aug 20 of demanding and receiving kickbacks from contractors while in charge of repair and control of rental property under FHA jurisdiction from 1963 to 1969.
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Kansas City
Billy E. Musgrave
Federal Housing Administration
William H. Becker
U.S
Musgrave
City considers longer landfill hours under Manning plan
City Manager Don Manning says he may ask the city commission to extend landfill hours from 10 as a weekday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to 12 to 13 hours daily, requiring an additional part time attendant if approved.
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Don Manning
City Commission
Manning
Fisherman’s Luck Wins Women’s Championship in Toronto Derby
Mrs Eldiva Sturman of Iola won the Toronto Lions Club 8th annual Reservoir fishing contest with a 22 ounce crappie 4 inches long caught near the dock as the day’s stormy conditions persisted. Bobby Clark 10 earned the men’s prize through a random drawing.
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Toronto
Eldiva Sturman
Iola
Toronto Lions Club
Sturman
Bobby Clark
District 413 agrees on six percent raise in salary talks
A four man Cha nute teaching team and Sort of Schools Buford Fisher report progress in District 413 negotiations. Salaries and sick leave reached agreement while fringe benefits and teacher load were debated. The board meeting March 1 will consider wage and sick leave proposals and set hourly wages for custodians cooks and bus drivers.
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Board of Education
Buford Fisher
Chanute Teachers Association
Carl Druart
Wayne McDaniel
John Watson
Royster
Lois Slater
Roosevelt
Fisher
Druart
Ule
McDaniel
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Fred Moulton
St. Lafayette
Moulton
Marilyn Kensett
Chanute Blue Comet
Randy Herron
Marilyn
Public Administration Service
Shultz
PAS
Young Farmer Award
Berryton Family
Star Young Farmer
Kansas Young Farmer and Young Farm Wives Organizations
Yours
First National Bank
FHA
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