Community notices and personal updates from Benedict region
Guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Bird of Benedict are their daughter Mrs Ted Cassity and children Susan and Terry of Wichita. Milo Riley of Larned visits grandmother Mrs Frances Riley and great grandmother Mrs Flora Kirkpatrick at Benedict. Mrs Kirkpatrick just turned 81 yesterday. Mr and Mrs George Eaton invited to USS Swerve commissioning at Port Everglades Fort Lauderdale Fla. Saturday. The ship commanded by his brother Comdr Howard K Eaton. Further visits span Buffalo Kansas City LaCygne and back to Buffalo. Sorghum Valley Grange met with Bryan Burk chair and 2 officers present. County Grange meeting set at Butts School near Fredonia. Aug 14 watermelon feed with Probate Judge John Hemphill as speaker. Ice cream social Aug 9. Mrs Fred Markham lecturer presented readings and an accordion solo. 30 attended. Three youths to attend Grange Youth Camp at Sedan Aug 4-7.
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Charles Bird
Benedict
Ted Cassity
Susan and
Terry
Wichita
George Eaton
Swerve
Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Comdr
Howard K. Eaton
Sorghum Valley Grange
Bryan Burk
County Grange
Butts School
Fredonia
John Hemphill
Fred Markham
Pappy
S. L. McMillen
Willie
C. E. White
Lois Maxwell
R. D. Johnson
McMillen
Grange
Sedan
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Report
Wednesday admissions include Hosie Perkins Richard McLaren Mrs Leo Schmidt Mrs Leonard Carlson Mrs Tommy Hudson Donald Vaughn Mrs Mel Burdette Arthur Myers Joe Skrazmas and others. Dismissals list Noel Wright C M Cordner Mrs George Zugmier James Ellis Niles Plummer Lucille Thomas birth noted for Orville and Mrs VanWinkle a girl. Building permits show Walter Bass Homer Matlock and others. district court reports Grace Lawrence plea and concurrent terms. Boan divorce action. marriage license issued George-Eberwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosie Perkins
Santa Fe
Richard C. McLaren
S. Plummer
Leo Schmidt
Humboldt
Leonard Carlson
Elsmore
Tommy C. Hudson
Eric
Donald W. Vaughn
Mel Burdette
S. Steuben
Arthur A. Myers
Joe Skrazmas
N. Central
Noel E. Wright
Stark
C. M. Cordner
S. Highland
George W. Zugmier
Thayer
James H. Ellis
W. 7Th
Niles E. Plummer
S. Allen
Lucille Thomas
Lavonburg
Orville VanWinkle
Banks to Share State Deposits in Pro Ration Plan
TOPEKA State funds to be pro rated as demand exceeds supply. Banks asked for 87.7 million dollars but about 72 million is available. Banks will pay interest on deposits for the first time in years, at one percent on 60 percent of inactive funds. The allocation is based on each bank’s total capital and surplus. First National Bank of Lawrence sought 700 thousand dollars and will receive 560 thousand. Docking, former governor and bank director, supported the interest plan.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Treasury Examiners
First National Bank of
Lawrence
George Docking
Docking
Still
Death of Ernest G. Mounsey at 72 in Kansas
Ernest G. Mounsey, 72, died unexpectedly about 6 last evening at Ralph McMinimy farm five miles southwest of town where he had worked 20 years. Born February 2, 1885 in New Biggen England he moved to Medicine Lodge in 1906 later to Neosho Falls then Chanute in 1926. Survived by niece Mrs Myra Esser Medicine Lodge and nephews Garnett Mounsey Medicine Lodge and Robert Mounsey Lawrence. Funeral Friday 10 30 at Koch Skinner Memorial chapel with Rev C Edgar Rains officiating burial Green Lawn Memorial Park cemetery.
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Ernest G. Mounsey
Ralph McMinimy
New Biggen
England
Episcopal Church of England
Medicine Lodge
Neosho Falls
Chanute
MecMinimy
Myra Esser
Garnett Mounsey
Robert Mounsey
Lawrence
Koch-Skinner Memorial
Deaths of Kelly Stockton and Frank York in Kansas and Missouri
Kelly M. Stockton, 64, died at his daughter’s Tulsa home after five months illness. Born March 15, 1893, in Hamilton, Missouri, he married Gladys Kearns in 1917 and moved from Eureka to Chanute in 1936 to work as a blacksmith. Survivors include his wife, a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, two brothers, two sisters, and he was an Elks member. Funeral arrangements by Koch-Skinner Memorial Home are incomplete. Frank M. York, 80, died unexpectedly at his Walnut farm home 242 miles southeast of Walnut. Born April 30, 1877, in Brooklyn County, Illinois, he moved to Liberal, Missouri, then Walnut in 1917 with Alice Huning, whom he married in 1909. Survivors include his wife, three sons, two daughters, three grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, a brother, a stepsister, and funeral services by Carson Funeral Home at Walnut are incomplete.
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Kelly M. Stockton
William
Helen
Tulsa
Hamilton
Gladys C. Kearns
Eureka
Stockton
L. E. Stump
North Santa Fe
Chanute Elks Club
Dean Stockton
Gene Stockton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Hugh Stockton
Lathrop, Mo
Margaret Porter
Frank M. York
Walnut
Brooklyn County
Ill
Liberal
Alice Huning
Boliver
Melvin
Lloyd York
Neodesha
May Wimmer
Grandview
Lois Day
Fort Scott
Charles York
Riverside
Calif
Ida Finley
Springfield
Carson
Madman Killer Hunt Expands Across New Mexico
A statewide search for a madman killer continues as Carlsbad police question 48 year old Jack Smith of San Diego on a vagabancy charge while authorities pursue the shooter who killed truck driver J. D. Cantrell and two Hobbs women. Cantrell’s body was found on U.S. 180 and eight bullets were fired from a .22 caliber weapon.
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Hobbs
N.M
Carlsbad
California
Hartsill Martin
Jack Smith
San Diego
Calif
J. D. Cantrell
Barbara Lemmons
Dorothy Gibson
Cantrell
Jewell McAdoo
Lea County
U.S. 180
Here
Mary Trevino
Smith
San Bernardino
Rails Advance as Rail Stocks Rally in Quiet Session
Wall Street in New York reports a late afternoon lift for rails in a listless market. Carriers gained a point or more amid news that 34 major railroads propose government financing to purchase rolling stock and lease to companies, with potential freight rate increases. Trading softened from the morning, with volume around 1,800,000 shares.
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New York
Livestock Prices Show Mixed Trading Across Markets
Kansas City cattle and hog quotes show varying trends with cattle mostly steady to lower and hogs higher. Parsons and regional feeds report steady to higher hogs, steady cattle, and mixed lamb prices. grain futures drift lower on Chicago board.
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Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Parsons
Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansas Storms Cause $2 Million in June Damage
Violent June storms in Kansas, including tornadoes, hail, and severe rain, caused about $2,121,075 in crop and property damage. Only 14 of 50 reported tornado tunnels caused damage, with June 15 in Smith County marking the greatest loss at $1,000,000. Hailstorms totaled 29, with $15,000 property and $801,000 crop damages.
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Topekaw
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Smith County
New Refinery Head Named at El Dorado Refining Co
Sam L. Roberson is named president of El Dorado Refining Co succeeding George J. Peterschmidt who resigns due to health reasons. Phone 17 The Tribune.
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EL Dorado
Sam L. Roberson
The
el Dorado Refining Co
George J. Peterschmidt
Allen Death Story Probed by LA Officers
Los Angeles County officers checked the bragging tale of William T. Allen a 25 year old Illinois mental hospital fugitive who claimed to shoot and kill two El Segundo officers Monday. Sheriff detective captain Richard Tiernan and El Segundo assistant police chief Vern Woods questioned Allen for more than three hours, saying they have not completely eliminated him as a suspect.
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Oakland
Calif
Los Angeles
William T. Allen
Illinois Mental Hospital
el Segundo
Richard Tiernan
Vern Woods
Allen
Philadelphia Man Found Dead in Apartment
Arthur D. Hewitt, 73, was found dead in his apartment by hanging. Police reported a note mentioning too many cream and sleeping pills and excessive noise as possible motives. Police described the apartment scene and noted Hewitt’s weight and health concerns in the incident briefing.
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Philadelphia
Arthur D. Hewitt
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Willard Batteries
Glen's Tire Service
First Christian Church
Tribune
Milo Riley
Larned
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Kirkpatrick
Lloyd Krepps
Dean
Buffalo
Wyona Scott
Gary
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LaCygne
Lettie Krepps
Daily Transcript
Walter Bass
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Homer Matlock
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H. C. Miller
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W. EB
F. J Hodges
Tyro
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Erie
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Lansing
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Pisinoff
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