Neosho Farmers Enter National Soil Awards Contest
Neosho County Soil Conservation District filed its score sheet for The Goodyear national Soil Conservation Awards program. District members Walter Poor Joe O'Brien Riley Baldwin Tommie Miller and Harms compete against Kansas districts for top points May 1 1959 to April 30 1960 with prizes including an expense free trip to Goodyear farms Arizona in late 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Neosho County
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Ernest Harrs
Kansas
Goodyear
Désort
Goodyear Farms
Litchfield Park
Arizona
Walter Poor
Joe O'Brien
Riley Baldwin
Tommie Miller
Harms
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Mound Valley Field Day Set
The spring dairy agronomy and horticulture field day at Mound Valley station is announced by Floyd E. Davidson. It will be held May 20 with Kansas State University experts C. L. Norton F. D. Fountaine G. H. Larson Kling L. Anderson on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound Valley, Branch Experiment Station
Floyd E. Davidson
C. L. Norton
F. D. Fountaine
Dairy Husbandry
G. H. Larson
Agricultural Engineering Department
Kling L. Anderson
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Fountaine
Grady F. Williams
Mound Valley
Norton
Larson
Anderson
Kansas
Joseph D. Ives
Interest Rate Unchanged for Crop Price Support Loans
ERIE The Department of Agriculture announced the interest rate on 1960 crop price support loans remains 32 percent per year on all loan repayments received by the regular nonrecourse loan maturity dates. Jim Norris, chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, notes this rate also applies to nonrecourse loans and to the recourse loan portion repaid by the regular maturity date. The 32 percent on recourse loans is intended to encourage early repayment. On recourse loans, capped by recent legislation at 50 000 dollars for nonrecourse price support, the rate will be 6 percent per year on the portion of the loan repaid during the regular period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIE
Department of Agriculture
Jim Norris
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Recourse and Nonrecourse Loans Terms Explained
The regu lar maturity date triggers repayment for recourse loans with interest due after a full year from the last loan date for each commodity. Nonrecourse loans require forfeiture of collateral to satisfy and accrue interest only on repaid principal.
Pea Aphids Threaten Alfalfa Across Neosho County
County agent Gale Mullen reports widespread pea aphid infestation in Neosho County alfalfa fields. Cold damp weather favors the pests, risking up to half the first cutting. early harvest is advised to improve hay quality and bypass spraying. If spraying is necessary on delayed fields, Malathion or Methoxychlor are suggested with specified rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Mullen
Mullten
Spraying Regimen Sets Hay Harvest Waiting Period
The plan specifies applying an organophosphate at one gallon of 25 percent emulsion per acre with a seven day interval before cutting hay.
Neosho County Delegates Named for 4-H Music Camp
Carter from Chanute and Susan Fickel from Chanute will attend the state 4-H music camp at Rock Springs Ranch June 7 to 11. Delegates must be 14 or older, with one boy and one girl per county. Tommy Davis will teach guitar free of charge to a limited number of delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho County
Rock Springs Ranch
Phil Carter
Neosho Valley
Busy Bees
Susan Fickel
Chanute
John Hanna
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Tommy Davis
Kansas City
Kan
Erie Area Residents Engaged in Federal Census Work
Several locals employed at Parsons assisting the federal farm census. Names include Mrs. M. L. Gervais Mrs. Ross Janes Ona Freeman Joan Mattéx Archie MecKinzie Orval Quinn Roy Spencer Paul Coover Etta Mackiser Kenneth Dutton Oral Ingleman Louise Houghton Virgil Sexton and Gerald McCoy. Government bureaus are where they keep the taxpayers shirts.
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Parsons
M. L. Gervais
Ross Janes
Ona Freeman
Joan Mattéx
Archie MecKinzie
Orval Quinn
Roy Spencer
Paul Coover
Etta Mac Kiser
Kenneth Dutton
Oral Ingleman
Louise Houghton
Virgil Sexton
Gerald McCoy
H. B. Brown
Chanute
Wayne Knox
Richard Ricketts
A. L. Ricketts
Army
Omaha
Leroy Runer
Brenda
Herbie
Iola
John Scoville
Lawrence Shaffer
Marilyn
Everett Stafford
Kansas City
Paul Beard
Sunday Dinner Guests and Local Visits Noted
Sunday gatherings featured Mrs McGill hosting a day dinner with the Fisher and Bowyer families and others visiting from Kingman Bartlesville Cen terville and Topeka. Weldon Naanes and area families were seen at church and in Walnut with multiple relatives and a rummage sale planned by WSCS at Federated church.
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McGill
Otis Fisher
Cecil Fisher
Alvin Bowyer
Jeffrey
Donnie
Dale
Darrell Hull
George Stead
Kingman
Ed Naanes
Centerville Township
Roscoe Pierce
Bartlesville
Fred George
Helen Pierce
Dale Jackson
Kansas City
Sam Ricketts
Walnut
Dorothy Naanes
Topeka
W. L. Oliver
Don E. Wells
Cleo J. Dalton
Fairy
Olathe Mayor Hit With Resignation Demand Over Surplus Truck
Olathe Kansas city officials clashed as Commissioner Robert Huggins called for Mayor J Lee Laptad to resign claiming the city sold a surplus Civil Defense truck for 45 dollars and Laptad later sold it for 800 dollars. Laptad acknowledged buying and selling the truck and said it would be returned to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kan
Robert Huggins
J. Lee Laptad
Huggins
Laptad
Johnson County Truck & Tractor Co
Olathe Civil Defense Office
Tam
Commission
Life Imprisonment for James McGill
James McGill 26 pleaded guilty to killing his ex wife Sherry Burnine McGill 22 and their 15 month old daughter Lee Ann on Christmas Day. Circuit Judge Arthur W. Rogers sentenced him to life imprisonment citing the murder of his child as a lasting punishment. McGill wounded himself in the kitchen and urged police to finish him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
James McGill
McGill
Arthur W. Rogers
Sherry Burnine McGill
Lee Ann
Woman Freed Marries Victim in Tampa Case
A 39 year old woman charged with stabbing her boyfriend Tuesday was released. She then married her alleged victim. Judge L A Grayson freed Patricia Lee Copenhaver last week on the charge and permitted the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
L. A. Grayson
Patricia Lee Copenhaver
Hearing in Evans estate case to determine real property descent
In Neosho County Kansas probate court James G Evans heir petitions for descent of Lot 18 Block 1 Grand View Addition Chanute and other assets of James Monroe Evans also known as James Evans or J M Evans. Defenses must be filed by June 1 1960 at 10 am in Erie Kansas where the hearing will take place. Attorney Charles E Henshall represents the petitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Tribune
State OF Kansas
Neosho County
J. M. Evans
Kansas
Grand View
City of
Chanute
James Monroe Evans
James Evans
Erie
James G. Evans
Charles E. Henshall
Marriage Plan Overshadows Sentencing in Aggravated Assault Case
Patricia and Cecil F E Barry, with 49 year old Cecil Barry filing for a marriage license, attended Grayson court where sentencing for an aggravated assault was expected. Barry stated his stab wound was not serious and that he had forgiven Patricia, shifting focus from punishment to nuptials.
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Cecil FE
Barry
Grayson
Patricia
Sniper Strikes Again In Nashville Train Yard
A midnight sniper wounded a truck mechanic in Nashville and escaped a police dragnet. W L Fuqua of Donelson said he was shot in the arm after finishing work on trucks. The shooter has injured at least six people and fired at Louisville and Nashville trains since April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
W. L. Fuqua
Donelson
Tenn
Fuqua
Louisville & Nahaville
Neosho County splits Big Creek Township into one election district
Public notice records a 1940 county decision dissolving two Big Creek Township districts and creating a single election district with described boundaries. The notice is dated April 25 and last published May 10 1940, signed by Lee R. Francis, chairman. Also listed is appointment of Myrtle Elizabeth Manley executrix of Fred L. Manley estate with nine month creditor claim period. attorney Charles Fe Henshall, Chanute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Tribune
Board of County Commissioners
Neosho County
Kansas
Big Creek Township
Big Creek
Board of County Commissionners
Lee R. Francis
Fred Lu. Manley
LL. Manley
Chanute Tribune Issue Highlight May 10 1960
Local page notes events from Chanute Kansas including community milestones and school updates. Mentions upcoming meetings, local figures and brief notices affecting residents of Neosho County.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Shooting incidents prompt police to search for motive
Police report multiple shootings near the city south area involving a service station a house trailer and a county patrol car. Authorities have yet to determine a motive for the attacks and note that all but two incidents occurred in the same general vicinity south of the city.
Dress by Galveston student wins state contest
Justine Smith a Galveston high school senior died Wednesday at 19% won first prize in the fancy dress division of the 6th State Industrial Education Conference contest. The event was held Friday and Saturday and results were learned Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Justine Smith
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Prompt Local Claims Service
E. M. Caldwell District
Richard Folks Agent
Highland
Johnstown
Brownstown Bridge
Carter-Fickel
Erie & Vicinity
John Craig
Ernest Craig
Jack Campbell
Sharon Brown
Carelyn
Denise
Leavenworth
Sandy
Dupont
Q. Yd
Chromspun
W. Main
John Bass
Roy Bass
Neosho Memorial Hospital
C. P. Caldwell
Independence
Marion Showalter County
Fred L. Manley
F L. Manley
Myrtle Elizabeth Manley
F. L. Manley
Probate
Ake F. L. Manley
Tribune
Pay Way
Studebaker
Singer & Sons
Savonburg, Kansas
FORD
America
Americas
Worle’s
Too
Living Color
NBC
the Tabor Motor Company, Inc
North Evergreen
F.D.A.P
Chanute, Kas
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