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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1962
Page
2
Cattle and calves light demand with cattle 350 head and calves 125. Hogs 3,000 with barrows and gilts 25 through 50 lower. sows steady. Sheep receipts limited. Eggs prices listed by grade. various weights and product categories shown with small quoted shifts. Hens, hides, and roosters noted with minimal figures.
Chanute Junior College students under Glen Bacus staged The Heiress in the college auditorium. Janet O Connor led as Catherine Sloper with a demanding transformation from plain girl to embittered woman, supported by Roy Marks as Dr. Austin Sloper and Larry Thompson as Morris Townsend. The stylized set featured period costumes and local antique furnishings, enhancing the drama and character analysis over action. The Heiress runs tonight only and promises refined dramatic entertainment.
The Kansas City AP report lists consumer egg prices by size and grade, with ranges and typical values for large A through ungraded eggs. Wholesale egg prices show 80 percent A or B grades across large, medium, standard, and unclassified categories. Poultry and butter unchanged.
AP report from Chicago shows butter and eggs steady with price and quality breakdowns. Butter prices hold at 93 score AA and 92 A with highs around 90 B and 89 C. eggs steady with grade A whites at 70 percent, mixes at 28, mediums 26.2, and other categories listed.
AP reports mixed corn and wheat activity with no wheat or soybean sales. Corn No 2 yellow 1.16 1/2, No 3 1.15 4-16 4, No 4 1.15. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 74 42, sample grade 73. Soybean oil 9 1 2 percent. Wheat inched up cents per bushel. May futures around 2.14 / corn near 1.13 to 1.26 . oats 70 4-8. rye down. soybeans around 2.48.
Wall Street slipped as profit taking hit the industrials late in the afternoon. Trading remained moderately active with about 3.1 million shares. losses ranged from fractions to 2 or 3 points on pivotal issues. Corporate bonds edged higher while U.S. government issues declined.
The Michigan Funeral Directors association at its 83rd annual convention backed a State Mortuary Science Board ruling that serving coffee or food to mourners is not part of proper funeral service.
Wheat and corn futures move little with mixed notes on grain classes. No. 2 hard wheat priced around 2.13 to 2.52 per bushel, No. 2 red 2.13, oats largely unchanged, soybeans near 2.48, with bran and shorts futures around 33.75 to 34.50.
Cecil Newell Ellis, 14, of Baldwin died when his family car collided with a mail truck four miles west of Baldwin. His mother and younger brother Paul William, 12, were hospitalized. The crash report cites the Ellis car turning left in front of a northbound truck driven by Russell M. Pulliam, 23, of Iola.
Blue Comet varsity cheerleaders were chosen for next year at Senior High School. Four new members join two returning veterans. new members are Peggy Dormois Janie Biele Judy Perkins and Daisy Willis. Returning are Linda Rhodes head cheerleader and Sandy Park. The lineup has three juniors and three seniors each year. Bteam cheerleaders will be chosen from the sophomore class next fall by the Cometeers Pep Club.
A speeding car carrying seven schoolmates collided with another vehicle at a suburban Wichita intersection. Three youths died Steven Wells 6 Marilyn Majerus 17 and Ann Coffing 19. Five others were injured. Surviving teens Geneva Herman 16 Connie Classen 17 Karen Spexarth 14 Dorothy Spexarth 14 of Colwich were treated for injuries.
Mr and Mrs A A Baltz returned from Phoenix to attend a Security Benefit Life Insurance Co convention and visited relatives in Phoenix Window Rock Albuquerque and Dallas A flower culture display from Sunflower Home Demonstration Unit is in Ben Franklin Store window This week Jack Brown name omitted from Neosho Publishing Co officers list Charlotte Greer Josie Banta Elizabeth Bordeaux Vivian Best and Mary Lou Edmondson attended the annual registered nurses conference at Osawatomie State Hospital The all day session on Interaction of the Psychiatric Team included a tour of a 25 million dollar treatment unit The Chanute area annual old friends picnicwill be held May 20 in Penn Park Whittier Calif Mrs Hurley Lowe and Mrs W F Showalter of Norwalk Calif have announced Mr and Mrs Ralph Chapman returned from Des Moines to attend Pioneer Laboratories sales meeting The First National Bank founded 1887 was honored at the Kansas Bankers Assn 75th anniversary convention in Kansas City Kan with a certificate of honor The Tuesday dinner guests of Esther Ysusi and Elisa Serrato were Mr and Mrs B D Tims Natchez Miss Mrs Aleno Moya and Joe Ponce The Tims family returned home Wednesday after visiting friends in Chanute
Mrs. Maggie Osburn of Lincoln is identified as sister of Elmer M. McFarland of Thayer who died on Wednesday.
If you cannot reach your Tribune, contact your carrier. If he is unreachable, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m.
A 5 year old used car dealer Ray Nicholson was fatally injured Thursday afternoon in Salina when a bumper jack slipped and a car fell on his chest while he worked under it.
Progress on the river jetty north of the water plant intake continues as large rock from Harry Byers and Sons is dumped and bulldozed to extend the barrier toward the stream center. Work on the Brown Wells dam begins on the east bank with base excavation and shelf rock removal. Walter Poor is dam contractor and Randall Diver jetty contractor.
Erie area report notes Patrick Carroll hosted a Wiener roast for kindergarten children including Hank Krieger before his move to Leavenworth. Guests included Mickey Hanson Bradley Shrum Charles Huffman Donnie Beard David Holland Scotty Johnson Steven Welsh and Jimmy Forsyth. Robert Druet of Salina begins four weeks of medical internship with Dr. E C Bryan.
Mary Jane Dawson a student nurse at St. Margaret s Hospital Kansas City plans a month long vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs William Dawson and family. She will go to Osawatomie state hospital for three months of training before returning to St. Margaret s. Mrs Glenn McKinney hosted the Hi Lo Bridge Club at the Grillett Tuesday night with Mrs Neal Trumbull high score Mrs Earl Miller low and Mrs Marion Richey traveling prize. Mr and Mrs Orville Funk Topeka and Mrs Myra Brobst Chanute were Sunday guests of Mrs Lillian Benson. The Carnation Club met Tuesday with Mrs H B Brown 11 mem...
Hospital news lists yesterday admissions for Mrs. John Reep Yates Center John Johnson Thayer and others with medical procedures. Dismissals include Clar ence Manley John Brotton Lesa McNeal and more. A birth recorded for Mr. and Mrs Joseph Brucel Humboldt. Today admissions include Gary Hizey Ken neth Adams and Mrs Glen Shook. Traffic citation issued for Byr Herndon reckless driving with bond forfeited.
Princess Homes Inc of Selinsgrove Pa announced a Parsons branch plant for mobile home production. The plant will employ 45 people, with production expected by mid June, and will be the third manufacturer to locate in Parsons in the past 24 months.
The Chanute High School class of 1945 plans a joint reunion with the class of 1944 for next year and has yet to contact Esther Marie Andres, Melba Dankel Swank, George Duvall, Joseph Grady, Mary Loraine Holderman, Cyril Hromek, Homer Massey Jr., Dora Lee Jones, L Nanette Meeker, L Vivi an Olson, Leona Deane Perry, Ruth Scott, Louella G Tibbs and Harvey W Carter.
Fire crews respond Thursday night to 113 West Main where a 1960 Chevrolet owned by Charlies Pugh suffers wiring damage. The blaze reports cited wiring as the cause with no injuries noted.
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