Oil firm expands fleet and operations in 1976
Dalton of D-J Oil Co. says the firm now runs two semi trailer fluid rigs one vacuum truck two 40 barrel tank trucks a backhoe and bulldozer a hot oil unit a double drum well service unit and an oil reclaiming plant. In 1976 they bought a new shop on R. 4 and employ 10. The Daltons started the business in June 1961 in El Dorado with a small bank loan and moved to Chanute in 1962 with a fleet of one truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwayne Dalton
D-J Oil Co
R. 4
Dalton
el Dorado
Daltons
Chanute
Hay used to absorb oil spill near KU
Hay absorb oil spill near Lawrence as 5000 gallons of fuel leaked from underground storage tank into a drainage canal feeding the Wakarusa River. Cleanup crews monitor the site after the spill was detected last Friday and work to contain contamination.
Chanute American Family Insurance Expands Office and Staff
The Chanute office at 9 N Highland expands to better serve clients with two new employees Charlene Binnion and Ron French and moves from 210 E Main to North Highland. Owner Robert Johnson notes added commercial coverage alongside auto home health and life, as the firm marks American Family Insurance’s 50th anniversary.
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Chanute
American Family Insurance
9 N. Highland
Charlene Binnion
Ron French
North Highland
E. Main
Robert Johnson
Organization of American Family Insurance
Oil Service Firm Opens New Facility in Santa Fe Area
Oil service firm SEK Fracing and Cementing moved into a 4,000 square foot metal facility at 1310 N. Santa Fe. Owner Jerry L. Phillips said the firm, in its second year, has drawn strong reactions from other oil industry segments and noted that the oil business is good. He also anticipates delivery by midsummer of a Gardner-Denver 2,500 foot capacity drilling rig ordered months ago.
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N. Santa Fe
Jerry L. Phillips
Phillips
Chanute Tree Board Seeks One More Member
The Chanute Tree Board, a five member panel, awaits a new appointee as Mary Ellen Scully says the vacancy will be filled soon. The board’s leadership has changed since its inception with Jerry Bratton as the first chairman, followed by Gary Kilgore who resigned in April, and current chairman Jack Colborn. Bratton remains an advisor alongside fellow members Harold Williams and Harold Anderson.
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Chanute
Mary Ellen Scully
Kansas State
Jerry Bratton
Gary Kilgore
Kansas State University
Kilgore
Jack Colborn
Bratton
Tree Board
Scully and Colburn
Harold Williams
Harold Anderson
Cleavers Clear Land North of Plummer For Possible Park
Curt Cleaver and his sons bought about 30 acres west of Plummer north of 14th and Plummer. They cleaned brush and weeds with no definite plans yet. They may resell the land as one piece or in five or ten acre plots and see it become a future city park as growth moves away from existing parks.
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Curt Cleaver
Plummer
Larry Cleaver
14Th and
Curt
Cleaver
Cleavers
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