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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1957
Page
2
Local brief notes a rummage sale hosted by the White Shrine at the Masonic Temple on Thursday Friday and Saturday with advertising running for hours and prices. The item references events and attendees in the community including several households and visitors.
Cattle sold 1,500 head with calves 200. feeders steady to good. Steers 19.50 to 23.00, Holstein 16.50 to 17.25, cows 13.50 to 15.50, stock yearlings 18.50 to 21.50, bulls 15.75 down. Hogs 2,000 head up 40 to 50. sows steady to strong. Lambs 1,500 head 25 higher. shorn lambs steady to strong 20.50 to 21.50.
Hogs higher with top at 17.75, bulk 190 to 240 pounds at 17.75, lighter weights 16.25 to 17.25. Cattle steady with steers 19.25 to 21.25, extra choice 22.25, cows 12.50 to 15.00, bulls 13.50 to 15.25, calves 11.00 to 21.50. Sheep 50 cents higher. lambs 21.50 to 23.00, ewes 4.50 to 8.00. Kansas City eggs and butter unchanged, Chicago butter varied, live poultry steady, grains down some on board.
Prices for corn oats rye and soybeans drifted with minor changes across contracts. Wheat showed a modest rise with No 2 hard at 2.2854 and No 2 red around 2.1842. Corn prices held firm with No 2 white near 1.67 and No 3 around 1.42 to 1.67. Oats held steady with No 2 white about 0.77 to 0.85. Soybeans traded near 2.38 to 2.40 per bushel with slight declines. Bran and shorts quoted 38.25 to 41.50.
Independence High School thinclads won the A and AA class division with 110 and one fifth points at the invitational meet. West Mineral led the B and BB division with 60 points while Moran took second with 52 3 5. Five new records were set in A AA and two in BBB divisions, with winners named for hurdles, sprints, relays, and field events.
Mrs Tillie Gerken mother of M W Gerken of 222 S Lafayette died this morning in Lincoln Missouri. Mr and Mrs Gerken will go to Lincoln today for services. The funeral for Mrs Theodore Roberts was held at Wilson Johnson Chapel with Rev IT Cagle officiating and bearers listed. Interment was in Elmwood cemetery. Mary Alice Watts last rites were held at Wilson Johnson Chapel with Rev Judd Jones officiating and several floral attendants and bearers. Interment followed in Elmwood Cemetery.
Campaign managers selected for Royster Junior High School student council candidates. Larry Thompson will manage Jim McCune, Betty Wilson handles Jim Gough, Pat Blackston for Pamela Gray, Viola Manly for Berry Gerken. Sharon Cooper backs Sherry Goff, Andrea Goff backs Jean Treloggen. Election slated for Tuesday.
Edna postmaster Charles W. Taylor was elected president of the Kansas branch of the National League of Postmasters at the 28th state convention. Amy Sellman Kanorado was named vice president Blanche M. Schwilling Bazaar was chosen secretary treasurer and Wesley Melson Bentley joined the executive committee.
A fragment notes Benjamin Franklin, aged 16, authored fierce critiques of censorship in 1722, highlighting early advocacy and provocative writings during his youth.
Erie Kiwanis dinner at Christian Church featured this year’s Erie High seniors with a talk by Rev. Ted Hurst on The Day of Destiny. Club members and guests attended, women served, and post-dinner bridge awarded Mrs. Horine and William Hill.
Clarence Ray 82 a retired baker and businessman in Neodesha was found dead on his back porch Tuesday about 11 am. The shotgun was propped in a chair and his grandson Eljywyn Ray found the body about noon. The death was instantaneous.
The article notes a man in poor health who used a cane to release a trigger and presumably ended his life. Details remain sparse about location and identity.
Par son Mary Elva l of Mercy Hospital marks the fifty year milestone since she entered the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita.
Earl W. Wilson, 46, died Tuesday morning at Mercy Hospital after injuries from an auto accident near Upper Spain now lake in Oklahoma. He had been hospitalized since April 22. In Iola, Mayor Ben Ellis and commissioners received a note from Chanute city manager Ross Cooper thanking Iola for supplying 116,000 gallons of water during Chanute's drought battle.
County clerk Faye Traylor reports 62 coyote ears turned in at the Burlington County clerk office over several days as part of the bounty program. The count reflects ongoing efforts to curb livestock losses and wildlife conflicts.
About 36 acres are to be added to Coffeyville's city limits under terms of an annexation ordinance slated for consideration. The measure outlines the extension of municipal boundaries and implications for services and zoning.
In a Tuesday session the city commission heard the first reading on a proposed measure. The discussion outlined key points and next steps before a formal vote.
A weekly crop report says rainfall and above normal temperatures accelerated growth across Kansas. Eastern wheat advanced to boot stage in the south, western fields remain thin with weed concerns, wind erosion affected sandy lands, and subsoil moisture remains deficient in the west. Rye and oats show solid progress as farmers complete spring seedings.
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