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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1975
Page
5
All girls in grades two through eight are invited to join Humboldt High School band twirling. A meeting at 2 p.m. June 16 in the high school gym will set future dates. A one dollar registration fee applies. Uniforms and baton measurements will be arranged and batons may be purchased at the meeting. Mothers should attend.
Monty J. McCoy of Erie is among 60 Henry J. Putnam Scholars at K State. The 1975 Erie High graduate will study chemical engineering and has also earned the Monsanto Company Scholarship and K State Seaton Scholarship. Putnam Scholars are premier entering student recognitions renewable for four years and endowed by Dr. L Irene Putnam.
Wes Smith of Yates Center won a 1975 pickup truck awarded as an attendance prize at a Kansas City retailers conference.
State administrators told a legislative committee that Kansas civil service hiring has women and minority underrepresentation and some tests may be biased. Secretary Keith Weltmer and Personnel Director Lowell Long said surveys since 1967 show inequities and that departments are working to correct discriminatory practices amid continued hearings.
Two cars were damaged in a noninjury accident on a bridge near Galesburg and .2 miles west and .5 miles south of town. Kathleen L. Michael 19 of Galesburg drove a 1971 Volkswagen that struck Karen L. Higley 15 also of Galesburg driving a 1967 Ford station wagon at 4 45 p m Wednesday. The Volkswagen sustained about 150 dollars in damage while the station wagon incurred about 50 dollars. Officials cited a narrow bridge and limited visibility as the cause of the collision.
Linda Summervill R 3 represented Neosho County Farm Bureau at the eighth annual Farm Bureau Youth Safety Seminar June 3 7 Terri Sue Reinhardt Erie was senior counselor at the event held for high school freshmen and sophomores at Rock Springs Ranch south of Junction City The program covered defensive driving first aid water safety law enforcement firearm safety motorcycle safety babysitter safety leadership training fire and tractor safety and a braking demonstration
The Neosho County Commission directed County Attorney Raymond Radford to draft a resolution outlining county and citizen responsibilities for the new landfill. The measure aims to enable enforcement of landfill regulations and state the commission will oversee broad operation. Heads of households outside Chanute face 65 cents monthly charges, with exemptions only by commission approval. only one exemption application has been received so far.
Neighborhood notes cover a Reinhardt Wells reunion hosted by Earl Reinhardt and wife, local visits from Gillum and Minkler families, key punch graduates Vicky Nichols and Sharon Henderson, a Glow Worm dance in Fredonia with Richard Verge as caller, a Wilson County National Farmers Organization meeting at the Orchid Buffet Chanute, KU scholarship recipients Dorinda Gormley Mikel Harris Samson Stoll, and county commission actions on juvenile defense counsel and industrial park entrance tubing with Eric paying for materials.
Mid-America Inc grants $1,000 to the Gladys A Kelce Center for Business and Economic Development at Kansas State College of Pittsburg to publish a quarterly regional report on southeast Kansas data including bank deposits and housing starts. Richard K. Hay chairs the project. NEODESHA board approves $20,000 purchase of welfare office building for board offices and superintendent. space freed at Heller Elementary for classrooms.
A 7 year old Chanute boy James D Shrum was taken to Joplin for evaluations after a collision between his bicycle and a 1974 Ford driven by Virginia L Norris at 5th and Forest. He was hospitalized at Neosho Memorial Hospital with injuries reported by a hospital spokesman.
Woodson County sheriff reports a turquoise 1965 Chevrolet half ton pickup with a left side tool box and Woodson County plate 1015 stolen about 10 p.m. from a farm home. A gold 1970 Buick Electra with brown vinyl top and possible Woodson County plate H 159 or H 68 was taken from a Yates Center residence around 10 p.m. The owners are Herbert Shepherd and Mrs. Clark Hollinger. neither vehicle has been recovered.
A man picked up Tuesday by Yates Center police and brought to Fredonia has been moved to Montgomery County. Richard Blaylock, 40, Elizabethtown Kentucky, was wanted for a motel fraud and is also sought by Cherokee County and by Kentucky and Ohio.
C. R. Wolford area director for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service presented a 35 year service pin to Lester Harding of Yates Center. Harding, a field performance assistant, has served in many capacities.
The Safari Museum observed its 14th anniversary with a birthday open house on Wednesday. Dorothy Wilson, a 13 year docent, was honored for dedication and service. John Awald, the director, waived admission for the day as 183 visitors registered, including 146 from Chanute, 25 from other Kansas towns, and 12 from other states.
Visiting hours listed 2 to 4 and 6 30 to 8 p.m. Patient census 61 adults and pediatrics with two babies. Admissions and discharges named. births recorded. Neosho County District Court filings and decisions include multiple transcripts of judgment and divorce, oil lease case, and money recoveries with several parties named.
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