Independence Day Festivities Spread Across Chanute Area
Chanute and nearby towns plan weekend Fourth of July celebrations with ballgames, parades, pageants, and multiple fireworks displays. Thayer cancels Amateur Night for Bicentennial events. Erie hosts Old Soldiers and Sailors reunion activities July 19 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Thayer
Booster Club
Erie
Old Soldiers and Sailors
Cub Scouts
Jaycees
Rainbow Girls
Kiwanis
Theta Kappa Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Business
Professional
Lions Club
Allen County
la Harpe
Iola
Gas City
Neosho Valley Country Music Group
Wilderness Park
Spencer Gard
Lola Jaycees
Altoona
Multi vehicle crash near Iola injures two drivers
At 4 15 p m Thursday a chain collision on U S 54 near the Neosho River bridge west of Iola left Reinhold Bloomquist III 27 Garnett and Craig Cole 17 Garnett injured and treated at Allen County Hospital in satisfactory condition Bloomquist may be moved to University of Kansas Medical Center for fracture reduction A 1964 Plymouth driven by Richard Coulins Iola stopped with signals to turn left as Bloomquist van passed Westbound a 1972 Delta Oldsmobile driven by Alfred Sarver Wichita halted behind the Plymouth A dump truck driven by Paul Sander Moran struck the Oldsmobile sideswiped the Plymouth and veered into the van The van was later deemed a total loss and assigned to the Kansas Highway Commission Division 4 in Chanute Sander faces a citation for failure to reduce speed Damage estimates total to 1000 25 1200 and the van to 1 0000
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Iola
Neosho River
U. S
Reinhold F. Bloomquist
III
Garnett
Craig Everett Cole
Allen County Hospital
Bloomquist
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Carl Letsinger
Alfred B. Sarver
Wichita
Plymouth
Paul H. Sander
Moran
Oldsmobile
John Wagner
la Harpe
Division 4
Kansas Highway Commission
Chanute
Sheriff's Department
Sander
Police, theft, and accident reports from Chanute and Fredonia
Police report a 1969 Ford Van sustained 250 dollars damage in a hit and run in the Coliseum lot. a witness named a 1968 or 1970 Chevrolet Impala as the hitter. Thelma Muninger reports the theft of a 15 foot Sea King aluminum boat. A 16 year old girl was struck by a car near 218 N Lafayette. driver Sharon Bryant identified. Health department clinics listed for July with a safety film on rape prevention.
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Steve Coester
Chanute
Coliseum
Malcolm
Thelma Muninger
S. Evergreen
Muninger
Harold Tarplay
S. Larson
Felicia Tarpley
Tarpley
N. Lafayette
Sharon Bryant
S. Santa Fe
Deaths and funerals in Chanute area figures
Maude McCann 89 of 902 S Grant died Thursday at Westview Nursing Home after a two year illness. She lived in Neodesha Moline before moving to Chanute in 1938 and was a First Baptist Church member. Survivors include three sons two daughters 12 grandchildren four great grandchildren a brother and a sister. Funeral at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with burial at Elmwood Cemetery. Frank N. Vaughn 78 of 20 N Lafayette a former county commissioner died Thursday at Mount Carmel Hospital Pittsburg after a long illness. He married Blanche Knapp in Chanute Sept. 4 1923 and was a WWI veteran. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery with a memorial at the Presbyterian Church. Walter E. Amberg 66 of 610 E Main died Monday at St. Margaret Mercy Hospital Fredonia after a short illness. He was a lifelong Chanute resident and painter. Survivors include one son seven grandchildren two brothers and two sisters. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gibson Koch Chapel with burial at Call cemetery.
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Maude McCann
S. Grant
Westview
John
Minnie McGregor
Wheaton
George McCann
Wauneta
Neodesha
Moline
Chanute
First Baptist Church
George McCann Jr
Overland Park
Bobbie McCann
Tulsa
Okla
Billy Joe McCann
W. 4Th
Isla Patterson
Georgia White
N. Central
Ralph McGregor
Vina Hoisington
Parsons
Marshall Davidson
Elmwood Cemetery
Frank N. Vaughn
N. Lafayette
Mount Carmel Hospital
Pittsburg
George
Matilda Vaughn
Tennessee
Blanche Knapp
American Legion
Presbyterian Church and Elks Lodge
Ben Burkdoll
Lyndon
Ben Whitmore
Topeka
Johnson Chapel
E. E. Bridwell
Walter E. Amberg
E. Main
St. Margaret Mercy Hospital
Fredonia
Nora Amberg
Jack Amberg
Alpaugh
Calif
Merle Amberg
Girard
Mervil Amberg
Medicine Row
Wyo
Daily transcript from Neosho Memorial Hospital
Visiting hours are 2 to 4 and 6 30 to 8 p m. Census lists 53 adults and pediatrics and four babies. Admissions Thursday include Mrs John Horton 919 N Grant Audrey Shiflett Bethesda Ronald Reed 702 N Grant John Irwin R 1 Mrs Joe Goltry 208 N Evergreen Grace Matlock 502 S Santa Fe Mrs John Ward 1110 S Grant. Today Arlene Adams 215 N Central Richard Worley 102 N Steuben. Dismissals Thursday Timothy Tray R 1 Joseph Brazil 128 S Forest Mrs Lemuel Beale 1322 S Edith Everett Thornton Galesburg Michael Garcia Humboldt. Today Dave Ashcraft 605 N Evergreen John Caudell R 3 Steve Walker Eric David Woods Humboldt. Birth Mr and Mrs Daniel Koen 72 S Steuben a daughter born Thursday.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
John Horton
N. Grant
Audrey Shiflett
Bethesda
Ronald Reed
John Irwin
Joe Goltry
N. Evergreen
Grace Matlock
S. Santa Fe
John Ward
S. Grant
Arlene Adams
N. Central
Richard Worley
Timothy Tray
Joseph Brazil
S. Forest
Lemuel Beale
S. Edith
Everett Thornton
Galesburg
Michael Garcia
Humboldt
Dave Ashcraft
John Caudell
Steve Walker
Eric
David Woods
Lentil film and readings at Chanute Public Library
The Saturday Story Hour hosts a 10:30 a.m. program at Chanute Public Library featuring the film Lentil about a boy who saves the day with a harmonica. After the film, Joanna Welch will read Little Toot Through the Golden Gate by Hardie Gramatky.
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Chanute Public Library
Lentil
Robert McCloskey
Joanna Welch
Golden Gate
Hardie Gramatky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miluski Park
Gene Bongiorni
Yates Center
Courthouse Lawn
Wendell Johnson
United Methodist Choir
Timothy Yoon
Clifford O. Nantz
Leon Hendrix
Ministerial Alliance
Toronto
Toronto Saddle Club
Neodesha Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee
Wizard Oil
Fredonia Arts Council
Lynn Breen
Button Creek
Lions and Rotary Clubs
Rotary
Breen
Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees
Fort Scott
Brent
Sarah Ann Myers
Jack Moore
S. Steuben
Wilson County Health Department
Rankin Memorial Library
Masonic Hall
City Hall
Buffalo
Memorial Park Cemetery
The
Presbyterian Church
Tribune
Kravek Spark
Gibson
W. Cherry
Daily Transcript
Daniel Koen
National mm Bank
Lewis Bartholomew
Village Inn
Erie, Kans
Dave
Don Divines Restaurant
N. Santa Fe
Rooster’s Thriftway
W. Main
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