Public asks flood pictures. Tribune thanks contributors
The Tribune thanks readers who sent 1951 flood photos and a story. Contributors include Mrs. Wilbur Allison, Ira Barber, Mrs. Russ Browning, Kenneth Dillon, Virgil Gericke, Mrs. David German, Gordon Goltry, Elsie Ivins, Harry Johnson, James Kiser, and many others. Some pictures and a flood story appear on page 8.
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Wilbur Allison
W. 7Th
Ira Barber
N. Lafayette
Russ Browning
N. Garfield
Kenneth Dillon
W. Beech
Virgil Gericke
S. Katy
David German
S. Larson
Gordon Goltry
S. Denman
Elsie Ivins
S. Santa Fe
Harry Johnson
Th. James Kiser
Highland
Edna Rush
F. Main
A. H. Russell
W. Main
H. C. Sleeper
N. Grant
Claude Wanamaker
N. Highland
Bill Young
S. Rutter
Chanute Area
Local Stocks Kustom Electronics 77 Percent Rise
Kustom Electronics shows a 77 percent gain in local stock trading with ILC Products at 6.7 bid and asked figures not fully listed, reflecting modest market activity and price quotation gaps.
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Kustom Electronics
ILC
Noted Fredonia resident Merrill F Gerkin dies at 75
Merrill F Gerkin former Fredonia resident dies at home age 75 He owned Gerkin Insurance Agency 1930 to 1966 Born August 10 1895 Shoales Indiana Married Opal Ann Claiborne November 15 1919 She died November 14 1966 Survived by son Merrill C Fredonia sister Mary G Burns Denver half-brother Charles Gerkin Alabama two grandchildren and a great grandchild Funeral at Cason Knickerbocker Chapel Interment Fredonia city cemetery Also Lewis Harland Reece 71 of Pleasant Valley died at St Margarets Hospital Chanute born July 13 1899 Married Fern E Wilson May 6 1925 Farm near family home Survivors widow three sons and eight grandchildren Funeral at Gibson Koch Chapel Interment Pleasant Valley Cemetery Family visits Wednesday evening
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Fredonia
Buffalo
Merrill F. Gerkin
Gerkin Insurance Agency
First United Methodist Church
Rotary
Masonic Blue Lodge
Shoales
Ind
Charles Gerkin
Opal Ann Claiborne
Merrill C
Mary G. Burns
Denver
Colo
Alabama
Cason- Knickerbocker Chapel
Fredonia City Cemetery
Chaute
Lewis Harland Reece
St. Margaret's Hospital
Chanute
John M. Reece
Fern E. Wilson
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Floyd
Starkville
Miss
Dale
Ankeny
Iowa
Kent
Waterloo
Gibson- Koch
Daily Transcript Highlights At Neosho Memorial Hospital
Visiting hours are set from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 20 to 8 p.m. with a patient census of 44 adults and pediatrics and three babies. The report lists names and addresses of patients and relatives for Monday and today. Legal notices cover driving while intoxicated pleas plus fines and custody. Washington reports note a half million telephone workers to strike and AFL CIO conference remarks blaming Nixon policies for the economic crisis.
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Michael Benson
Shawnee
Neosho County
Knute Erickson
N. Malcolm
Thomas Vernon Morrison
Commerce
Okkla
Sorrest McMillen
Chanute
Washington
Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
Nixon
Turnpike Section Being Resurfaced
The Kansas Turnpike Authority will begin resurfacing all four lanes of the toll road between El Dorado and the east Wichita interchange today. A two inch overlay on the 16 mile stretch was delayed in June by weather and material delays. Two additional resurfacing projects are planned this summer on the southbound Wellington to the south and a 14 mile stretch near Emporia.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas Turnpike Authority
el Dorado
East Wichita
Wellington
Emporia
Iola Police Seek Missing Woman Lota Tinnell
Mrs. Lota Frances Tinnell 48 vanished after leaving East Side Tavern with husband Emmet Tinnell reporting the disappearance at 10 30 a m Sunday. He said they were in the tavern Saturday afternoon and she left tired to go home. A resident saw her walking west on East Street late Saturday night.
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IOLA
Lota Frances Tinnell
East Side
Emmet Edward Tinnell
Two Juveniles Escape Jail In Fredonia Car Theft Case
Two youths fled the Wilson County Jail in Fredonia early Sunday by sawing through a north side window. One held for car theft, the other for parole violation, aided by a local female juvenile who supplied the hacksaw blade. A stolen car belonging to Gene Manning was taken. the car’s owners and two juveniles remain at large.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Gene Manning
Hubert Harris
Missouri
Mrs Bass Transferred To RC&D Office Here
Mrs Phyllis Bass, longtime clerk to soils engineer Charles Cheek in Iola, began work Monday as secretary to Jim Gaskell See-Kan RC&D project coordinator here. The RC&D office moves follow Cheek’s transfer to Emporia next month, and the new building west of Martin Johnson Municipal Airport opened Monday.
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Bass
Rc&d
Phyllis Bass
Charles Cheek
Iola
Jim Gaskell
See-Kan
Cheek
Emporia
Gaskell
See-Kan Rc&D’s
Martin Johnson Municipal Airport
Harvey Family Hosts Guests From Across States
Last week Mr and Mrs Carl Harvey of Buffalo hosted relatives and their families. Attending were Bill and daughter from Salisbury Missouri Joe Dorn and family from Austin Texas Carl Harvey Jr and sons from Bazine Leonard Harvey and daughters from Benedict Larry Harvey of Hays and Harold Harvey of Latham parents of Carl Harvey visited Saturday.
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Carl Harvey
Buffalo
Bill Barnaby
Salisbury
Joe Dorn
Austin
Tex
Carl Harvey Jr
Bazine
Leonard Harvey
Benedict
Larry Harvey
Hays
Harold Harvey
Latham
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Independence
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Henry Sheerer
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Joey Savala
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Danny Donavan
Emil Kennedy
St. Paul
Danny Shaw
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Walnut
Charles Hole
Lawrence Hunt Jr
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the Wizard OF ID
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Bernarda Trollez
London
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Skeezix
Hans J Dower
S. Central
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