First annual meeting set for district east of Chanute
Local brief notes visiting relatives from Phoenix and Buffalo. Cadet William Drollinger returns from West Point for leave before summer training at Camp Buckner. Car collision on West Main reported. minor dent noted. Officials discuss price supports and flexible system at Wyoming gathering. Benson urges Congress to end formula and let supports vary between zero and ninety percent parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint 110
Chanute
Big Creek Church
William
Drollinger
United States Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Lois Drollinger
W. S. Allen
Camp Buckner
Wichita
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Report
Wednesday entries list admitted patients Lester E. Matlock Earlton Burton E Barkley Elizabeth Newberry Humboldt Clara M Peters W A Brazil Nor evergreen Virgil Henson Howard Johnson Thayer Glenn Worley Thayer MrsThomas McGuire St Paul Dismissals include Mrs Mary Mourey and Anita Umbarger Thayer Claude E Divine Earlton Birth announces a son for Mr and Mrs John Parkins Chanute Traffic citation Paul Wiltse Altoona RR 1 $10 bond Marriage licenses issued John Wilfrid Johnson Chanute and Phyllis Shook Chanute William Edwards Erie and Barbara McKelvey Erie Divorce granted Reta Bouman vs Melvin Bouman with support and alimony details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester E. Matlock
Earlton
Medical
Burton E. Barkley
N. Forest
Elizabeth Newberry
Eric
Clara M. Peters
Humboldt
W. A. Brazil
N. Evergreen
Virgil. Henson
Howard Johnson
Glenn Worley
Thayer
Thomas McGuire
St. Paul
Mary Mourey
S. Washington
Anita S
Janis Umbarger
Claude E. Divine
John M. Parkins
S. Garfield
John Wilfrid Johnson
Chanute
Phyllis Gail Shook
William E. Edwards
Erie
Barbara Jean McKelvey
Benson Says Flexible Price Supports Remain Too Rigid
Secretary of Agriculture Benson in Lander Wyoming criticizes the current flexible price support program for major crops as too rigid to foster agricultural prosperity and progress. He reiterates his 1954 argument for replacing fixed parity supports with a range of 75 to 90 percent to avoid rigidity.
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Lander
Wyo
Benson
Congress
Boy Scout Swim Meet Here Monday
The north district of the SeKan Area Council will stage its annual scout swimming meet at the municipal pool Monday at 7 p.m. Troops from Chanute Iola Humboldt Yates Center and Toronto will compete in five events plus diving with entries due at 6:45 p.m. Races include crawl breast back and 100 yard relays and medley. Top troops earn ribbons. winners advance to the June 24 council meet at Neodesha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SeKan
Boy Scouts of America
Ebur Schultz
Boy Scouts of American
Meet
Harry Steeves
Kenneth Horton
Jim Cooper
Ralph Freeman
Ebar Schultz
Nat Armel
Walter Crossen
Council
Neodesha
Bill Slane
George Palen
Dale Steinman
Obituaries and funeral notices from Erie Kansas region
Multiple obituaries list Joseph Albert Carwile 74 of 1207 W Main Erie Kansas died unexpectedly at home He was a retired mail carrier and a member of Cedar Lodge AF&AM and other local groups Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 pm at Wilson Johnson Chapel with burial at Elmwood cemetery Masonic rites at grave Also listed are death notices for Mrs Eugene Pope 42 of Erie and Rev Charles L Barr 36 formerly of Erie born in St Louis and a World War II veteran who served as pastor of Colfax Baptist Church in the area Surviving relatives and service details provided for each notice.
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Joseph Albert Carwile
W. Main
Carwile
Thayer
Nina L. Bower
Iola
Cedar Lodge
Af&am
AOUW
Sunflower
OES
White Shrine of
Jerusalem
First Methodist—church
Eugene Pope
Kanas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
Hospital
Pope
St. Louis
Wichita
Girrard
Springfield
Girard
Erie
Erie Christian Church
Erie Amer- Rock ‘N’ Roll
Erie HD
A. W. Swanson
Girard Cemetery
Pierce Funeral Home
Charles L. Barr
Kansas University Medical Center
Colfax Baptist Church
Barr
Central Baptist Theological Seminary
Chanute Junior College
Holiday Baptist Church
Charles Robert Barr
Fred L Barr
Fred L. Barr Jr
Glenn Barr
Detroit
Mich
Dorothy Risner
Shawnee
Madge Ragland
Los Angeles
Betty Jean Egelhoff
Adams City
Colo
Charles A. Peay
Holliday Baptist Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Son Mortuary
Rev Houts Heads Interseminary Group
The Kansas Conference of the Methodist Church granted a charter yesterday to a newly organized Methodist Church in Kansas City Kansas. Bishop Dana Dawson presented the charter to pastor Rev Charles Bennett and charter members at a ceremony at the First Methodist Church in Coffeyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Methodist Church
Kansas City
Kas
Kansas Conference of the Methodist Church
Dana Dawson
Charles Bennett
First Methodist Church
Hog and Cattle Prices Steady Across Kansas and Missouri
Kansas City area markets show cattle steady with good to choice steers at 19.00 to 21.00 and bulls 14.50 to 16.50. hogs moderately active with barrows and gilts 20.00 to 25.00. sheep active with spring lambs 22.00. Parson's market reports hogs down 25 cents and various weights of sows and heavy calves noted. Kansas City produce and Chicago butter and egg prices are listed with unchanged tendencies and ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
U. S
Parsons
Chicago
English grammar and spelling quiz with weathered market notes
A mixed item presents five English questions and answers on grammar pronunciation spelling and word meaning followed by a weathered Chicago grain market report noting futures shifts, commodity prices and a stray paragraph about Eskimos and plastic in trade.
Ottawa Mayor Named To Accounting Board
Kenneth Andrews, Ottawa mayor, has been appointed by Gov. George Docking to the Kansas Municipal Accounting board. He will fill the unexpired term of A. A. Deeter of Holton and then serve a four year term beginning July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kenneth Andrews
Ottawa
Kansas Municipal Accounting Board
George Docking
Andrews
A. A. Deeter
Holton
Market Wrap Soybeans and Grains Edge Lower in July Trade
Grain and corn futures drifted lower with soybeans and rye slipping on July contracts while corn options edged down by small fractions. Wheat, oats and barley showed modest declines or mixed quotes as traders adjusted positions amid thin volume and regional price ranges.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Longs
Eskimos
Wall Street advances as oils lift market
Oils and other industrials pushed the New York stock market higher in late trading. Volume for the day was about 2,000,000 shares, up from 1,940,000 shares yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bark Turned Into Inexpensive Soil Builder
Illinois Institute of Technology has begun converting bark into a low cost soil enhancer. The program aims to provide an affordable amendment for farmers and gardeners while promoting sustainable waste use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Illinois Institute of Technology
Reprieve Likely For Soil Bank Death Sentence
Senator Aiken predicts Senate and then House approval of a farm bill to reverse a soil bank death sentence. Subcommittee endorsement authorizes 600 million for acreage reserve payments this year and 500 million for 1958, with total under 3.69 billion dollars, and a higher cap of 350 million for next year. Aimed at preserving soil bank and conservation reserve programs amid budget cuts.
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Washington
Sen
Aiken
Senate
House
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations
Russell
D-Ga
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Ellender
D-La
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Bethel couple wed in quiet May ceremony
Walnut Dyer daughter of Mrs. Margaret Spencer and Sidney Alexander Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Alexander, Bethel Kansas, married May 25 at the groom’s parents home. Officiated by a Baptist minister. Bride wore nylon dress with pale blue trim and pink and white rose corsage. Reception held at home. They plan a brief wedding trip and will reside in Kansas City where he is employed. Funeral services for Ernest L. Vehlow, 62, of San Francisco.
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Walnut
Jenean Dyer
Margaret Spender
Sidney Alexander Jr
Sidney Alexander
Bethel
Kans
Mrs. Spencer
Kansas City
Ernest L. Vehlow
San Francisco
Walnut man Vehlow dies after long illness at 25 dairy career
R F Vehlow of Walnut California died May 20 after a long illness at Hal stead funeral home in Walnut. He was 25 years a prominent figure in California’s dairy industry. Survivors include wife Frances and three sons Charles Sacramento Robert New York City Ronald San Francisco. his mother Mrs Emma Vehlow. sister Annette Barnes Ventura and brother Fred Walnut. He was cousin to several Walnut residents.
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Calif
Halstead
R. F. Vehlow
Walnut
California
Frances
Charles
Sacramento
Robert
New York City
Ronald
San Francisco
Emma Vehlow
Annette Barnes
Ventura
Fred
Vehlow
Harry Kennedy
Howard Plum
Anna Peterson
Thayer
J. E. McFarland
Mmes
Helen Titmus
Margaret McClintick
Frances Greve
Lucy Dowling
Martha Zandler
Chanute
Emera
Hepler
Pearl
Erie
Sunflower
Hazel Barnhart
Thomas Leatherman
Methodist Church
el Dorado
Paul Houdashelt
William Carlos
Kansas City
Charlie Clark
Loretta Fox
St. Margaret's Hospital
L. A Fox
Kenneth Corn
Girard
Harold Stankard
Wauconda, Ill
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B.M.A. — Life, Health, Accident and Group
Alen Mintz
Betty
Barbara
Phoenix, Ariz
Nathan Mintz
Robert Johnson
R. C. Pearson
Kansas
G. B. Gardner
West Main
Gardner
Pearson
Elisabeth Ann Schubert
Buffalo
Johanne Higgins
QO. R. Stevens
Robert Hayes
Steven
Alameda, Calif
Stevens
M. C. Taylor
Ed Barnhart
E. L. Duffield
Eleanor
Tommy Tripp
E. C. Birdsong
Birdsong
Mrs
Charles Tripp
Wyoming Stock Growers Assn
GOP
Daily Transcript
Paul Wiltse
Altoona RR
Reta Jeanne Bouman
Melvin Bouman
Price
Boy Scout Swim
Yates Center
Toronto
Schultz
Tribune
Rev. Houts
Parsons Livestock
Accounting Board
Wall Street
Gen Motors
Mont Ward Teeeenes
Penney JC Eeereses
Phill Petseeees
RCA
Seers
St. Jose
Sears
Litwin
Litwin's
Laura Mae Life Ship & Shore
Union Made
Express Stripe
Carpenters Overalls
Burlington's
Cowden
UNION
Painter's
Burlington & Cowden
Harry Little
Earl French
Bil
Don
Louis French
Pittsburg
Betty Little
Providence Hospital
Donald FE. Markley
Mary Markley
J. L. Moore
Moore
Joe M. Johnson
Fort Scott
Lulu Kensinger
Roger
Pat Reeves
Bert Reeves
Gus Kalbe
Kalbe
Jerry Reeves
U.S. Marines
Jerry
Camp Pendleton
Japan
Charles Stephan
Grand Prairie
Tex
Eileen
Ted Otto
Stephans
Charley Kensinger
Burnt Kensinger
Independence
Donald ‘Kensinger
Mission
Lyle Kensinger
Jack Haight
C. A. Jones
George Jones
LaClede
Linneus
Tom Duling
Mercy Hospital
Duling
Jerry Pryor
Colby
Fred White
Pryor
Independence Junior College
Fred Wadsack
Tulsa
John Wadsack
Ike Smith
Ed ‘Smith
Garnett
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