Deaths and Funerals in Humboldt Area
Multiple obituaries list John A. Purtle 66 Humboldt WW II veteran former Sinclair Pipeline chief engineer. Ellis Warren Riegle 75 Chanute Safari Museum treasurer WWI veteran and American Legion official. Bessie Benton Wible 83 Chanute resident Methodist. Gilbert C. Moss 94 Chanute oilfield worker First Christian Church and Eagles member. Services scheduled in Humboldt Chanute and nearby cemeteries with Johnson Mortuary handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
John A. Purtle
Allen County Hospital
Iola
The
Presbyterian Church
E. E. Tillotson
Pleasanton Valley Cemetery
Stanley
Price Funeral Home
Purtle
Sinclair Pipeline Company
Humboldt Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Olathe
Chanute
Ellis Warren Riegle
S. Rutter
Safari Museum
First United Methodist Church
American Legion
National Supply Company
van Buren
Ohio
David H. Riegle
Marian McFarland
Oklahoma City
Oklo
Warren
Nashville
Tenn
Bob
Wichita
Jack
Lawrence
Herbert
Patricia) Fox
N. Washington
Bessie Benton Wible
Neosho Manor
John William Wible
Ottawa
Rebecca Archibald
Long Beach
Calif
Omer Wible
Santiago
Earl Wible
S. Santa Fe
Lewis Wible
Gilbert C. Moss
S. Evergreen
Colonial Acres Nursing Home
First Christian Church
Eagles Lodge
Columbus
Edward Moss
Iva Green
Finley
Montgomery County Population Decline Reported
Montgomery County shows a slight population drop in the annual assessor count. The 1972 figure is 45,630, down 175 from 45,805, with Coffeyville at 17,374 versus 17,396 last year and Independence rising to 11,594 from 11,580. Cherryvale fell to 2,907 from 2,911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Montgomery County
Coffeyville
Cherryvale
Fom
Watermelon Attack Leaves Man Injured After Fall
In Los Angeles police hunt a 25 year old woman who assaulted her boyfriend with a watermelon. Orena Jones allegedly dropped a 51 pound melon from a second story window striking OC Henry 29. He suffered a broken shoulder two broken ribs and a punctured lung and was admitted to Martin Luther King Jr General Hospital. The watermelon remained intact and was taken as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Orena Jones
O.C. Henry
Henry
Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital
Nearly 40 Percent Of Delegates Women At Democratic Convention
The 1972 Democratic National Convention delegates include 1271 women, 39.7 percent of 3202, a record high. Eighty eight percent attend their first national convention. Many are under 35, with Sue Dean Spears of Hamilton Alabama among the youngest and Helen Nute 74 and Sadie Garbet 73 among the oldest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Suedean Spears
Hamilton, Ala
Helen Nute
North Conway
N.H
Sadie Garbet
Crescent City
Calif
Power Line Saves Plunging Skydiver in Calif
Gregory Jones, 30, of India, escaped death when both main and reserve parachutes failed near Elsinore California. His reserve opened late and snagged a 30 000 volt power line causing a short that saved his life as he dangled for about 30 minutes before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsinore
Calif
Riverside Sheriff’s Deputies
Gregory Jones
India
Illinois to send trade mission to Soviet Union
Gov. Richard Ogilvie announced Illinois will dispatch a trade mission of about 12 officials to the Soviet Union in early fall with federal aid. The group will explore soybean sales possibilities, though soybeans were not named in Nixon’s trade agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Soviet Union
Nixon
Ogilvie
Lightning Strikes Jerry Hutton Home Causes Smoke Report
Smoke filled the Jerry Hutton residence at 1522 St. Evergreen after a tree bark peeled near the house, burning TV cable and clothes dryer cord but no flames. A missing-woman report led police to recover a Jessie M. Zornes resident from Gas City later. A separate crash on South Santa Fe involved Jessie M. Zornes and Richard W. Crawford with about $450 in vehicle damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Hutton
St. Evergreen
West Main
Country Club
Westview Nursing Home
Nursing Home
Jessie M. Zornes
Gas City
South Santa Fe
Zornes
Guest House
Richard W. Crawford
S. Central
Grants Fuel 20 NCCJC Students At Kansas Colleges
Grants ranging from 200 to 91000 for qualified students under the Educational Opportunity Grant Program were announced by Kansas Senators Bob Dole and James B. Pearson. Eligibility includes family income of 9000 or less and full time status with U.S. citizenship or permanent residency. Each grant requires matching funds from another source and lists the benefiting area junior colleges with dollar amounts and student totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Bob Dole
James B. Pearson
U.S
National Defense
Old Cooling Towers Burn at Neodesha
Fire destroyed two old Standard Oil refinery cooling towers in Neodesha on Thursday night. Fire Chief Leland Reedy estimated losses at 13 000 dollars and cited sparks from a cutting torch as the blaze source. Workmen used a cutting torch on a tower roof that afternoon. the towers contained piping motors and fans and had been sold for salvage to Dutch Lorbeer. the owner had no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neodesha
Standard Oil
Leland Reedy
Dutch Lorbeer
Reedy
Neosho Memorial Hospital Visiting Hours and Patient Census
Daily Transcript lists visiting hours 2 to 4 PM and 6 30 to 8 PM. The census shows 58 adults and pediatric patients and five babies. Names and addresses for Friday Saturday Sunday and today include residents of Humboldt Neosho Manor Galesburg and Neodesha with multiple patients and relatives noted. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs Clinton Jones at 1417 S Malcolm a boy on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Harry Purtle
Stanley
Laverne Young
Kansas City
John D
Garden City
Neosho Memorial Hospital
John Borjas
N. Santa Fe
Philip Doty
Georgia Gluck
Thayer
Colleen Daniels
Neosho Manor
James Baughn
S. Evergreen
Charles Reynolds
N. Evergreen
Neil Moore
S. Central
Hael Sparks
Eric
Dewey Smith
Earlton
Oren Baugh
Mary Hill
S. Highland
Richard Crawford
Donald Geist
S. Kansas
Rodney Clover
Buffalo
William Dever
S. Allen
Robert Steele
S. Graz
Anna Carson
Vo S. Grant
Selena and
Patricia Rodriguez
S. Forest
E. L. Hudson
S. Santa Fe
Albert Dorris
Melvin Wilhite
N. Grant
Helen Larson
S. Plummer
Wayne Klauman
E. 17Th
Dustin Holmquest
Yates Center
Orval Swaney
Effie Isham
Matt Barker
Galesburg
Jan Kovacic
W. 4Th
Monte Summers
S. Rutter
Mae Hardman
S. Larson
David Shields
Neodesha
James Welch
New Orleans
Tracy Streblow
S. Steuben
Ray Riley
Lorence Barnett
Samuel Reid
S. Henry
John Ahrings
Malcolm
Kenneth Trumbull
N. Plummer
Central
Ronetta Rhine
Bertha Bouray
Kent Heaton
Pueblo
Colo
John Rucker and Son
Howard Spurrier
Santa Fe
Clinton Jones
S. Malcolm
School Lunch Program Meetings Set This Week
Two all day meetings on school lunch procedures will be held here this week at the Orchid Buffet for the southeast Kansas area. School food service representatives from Topeka and Dallas will lead sessions covering meal costs rules and regulations kitchen safety and planning meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
School Food Service
Topeka
Dallas
June Kiddoo
District 413
Food Service
Obituary notes and local academic and medical updates
Neighborhood Notes reports the deaths of Francis X. Moore and Jacquelin Moore in Dallas with burial plans in St Louis. Charla Heaton is omitted from Neosho County Community Junior College’s president’s honor roll for last semester. Edward D. Williams, son of local residents, is promoted to lieutenant commander and to begin radiology residency at Philadelphia Naval Hospital June 17 after submarine service in New London. Child Care Inc. will meet Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. at the day care center 425 S Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Slyker
E. Main
Francis X. Moore
Dallas
Tex
Moore
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Jacquelin Moore
St. Louis
Charla Heaton
Neosho County Community
Edward D. Williams
Robert E. Williams
S. Larson
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
New London
Conmn
Child Care, Inc
S$. Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
Livingston N. Witten
Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Johnson Mortuary
Bessie B. Wible
Robert D
Modesto
Katharine Palen
Bert Moss
Okla
Roy Moss
Jenks
Johnson Chapel
Elmwood Cemetery
Neosho County
Daily Transcript
Jerry Elrod
Highland
Ernest Eggers
the Wizard OF ID
Rooney
Pyese
Tre
Beetle Bailey
Beetle
Uoer
Andy Capp
Kiddoo
Kustom Electronics
ILC
Spencer W. Finney
Archie
Islands
Wei
Snuffy Smith
Lukey
Steve Canyon
Potset
Skeezix
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