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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1963
Page
2
AP dispatch notes cattle 4,000 head and calves 100, with slaughter steers steady to 25 down and cows strong. Hogs 4,000 with barrows and gilts 25-75 lower. sows weaker. Sheep 3,500 with slaughter lambs steady and feeder lambs scarce. prices shown for steers heifers cows and lambs across categories.
AP reports mixed trading with no wheat oats or soybean sales. Corn prices mostly lower across grades, soybeans down, barley firm. Parson's hogs show declines for U.S. No. 1 and 2, sow and boar ranges noted. Cattle steady with grain fed steers and heifers mostly in the 18 to 24 dollar range. calves, hides, stockers, and yearlings listed with varied prices. Sheep markets steady with light lambs around mid twenties and heavier ewes lower.
In Chanute Kansas the last full week before final exams features PTA dinners at Lincoln and Alcott with safety awards and a school band show. Roosevelt PTA plans a basket dinner at 6 30 pm. The 12th annual Juco Picnic at Santa Fe Park includes games swimming and a tug of war between freshmen and sophomores. A dance at the American Legion building follows the Jr College Y event. Also planned are ninth grade party Royster High senior outing and a senior drum and bugle corps dinner at Maple Leaf Tea Room with a dance afterward. Major events include student council elections, credit union merger vote, honor assemblies, and Bank Day tours ahead of scholarships and testing.
AP reports mixed but overall steady prices in dairy and poultry markets. Consumer eggs unchanged while wholesale eggs show minor moves for mediums. Butter remains steady with small declines. eggs in Chicago area about steady with varied scores for dairy products. Missouri and Arkansas live poultry and broilers unchanged.
Kansas City market notes show wheat and corn prices with varied grades and small changes. Prices listed for No 2 hard and dark hard, No 3, white and yellow corn, oats, millet, kafir, rye, barley, soybeans, bran and shorts, with values in dollars per bushel and per ton where applicable.
Former U S SEnator George McGill died early today at St Francis Hospital Wichita after a heart ailment . He had been hospitalized a few hours before his death.
Wall Street mixed with a slight gain late as rails led on news a presidential panel backed a possible agreement to avert a rail strike. Northern Pacific Nickel Plate and Great Northern rose, while overall volume was about 4.9 million shares. Corporate bonds mixed, Treasuries edged higher in slow trading.
The text describes publication timing with evenings except Sunday, indicates second class master status, and mentions postage paid at Chanute Kansas post office. It lists memberships Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press, noting AP’s exclusive republication rights for focal news and AP dispatches.
William Neils Neilson’s funeral was conducted at Olivet Methodist Church with Rev. Clyde E. Barnes presiding. Burial followed in Alpine Cemetery. Mrs. Howard Kramer and Mrs. Emma Lusk sang Beyond the Sunset and Beautiful Isle. Flowers by Rodell Wilson, Mrs. Frank Barker, Mrs. O. D. Bell. Bearers: D. L. Almond, Phillip Cooper, Floyd L. Wilson, William F. Barker, O. D. Bell, Rodell Wilson. Gibson Funeral Home oversaw local arrangements.
Mother's Day dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Anderson and Judy west of Chanute. Attendees included Mrs. Lizzie McMillen, Mr. and Mrs. John Shahan of Los Angeles, 2nd Lt. Donald McMillen of Tinker AFB, and local families. Lawrence K. Jones promoted to sergeant first class on Okinawa with IX Corps. Humboldt High School graduate. Santa Fe carload totals for May 11 week listed with year-ago comparisons. Dinner guests of Earl Young and family from Wichita.
Police responded to a South Allen address at 3 15 a m today after a prowler report but found no one in the vicinity.
H. H. Wilson of 802 S. Lafayette and Carl Fisher of 715 W. 2nd reported to police a minor collision at 14 N. Highland around 12 45 yesterday. Wilson noted damage to the right front fender of his car and Fisher to the right rear fender of his vehicle.
Jeff Bilyeu reported to police that a children s dirt fight staged after work yesterday damaged his house at 915 S Tennessee. A neighbor said he saw the kids and sent them away with a warning about playing in the unfinished structure.
Mother's Day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Mann 816 S Forest included their three daughters and families from Independence Moline and Caney and Buffalo with names and relationships listed.
Eddie Ladd an eighth grade student and current Royster Junior High student council vice president was chosen as council president for the 1963 64 school year at today’s all school election Bob Magill a seventh grader was named vice president Lynn Evans an eighth grader also named to the council
Column features two letters from readers. Conscience urged to file bankruptcy and repay debts, advice to begin paying current obligations and contact creditors. Kitten asked about dating a basketball driven partner. advice warns of displacement and advises dating casually.
The Chanute Tribune records Monday admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital including Mrs. Charles Moss and others with medical and surgical cases. Dismissals list several patients. An additional traffic citation and an Ann Landers column discuss dog dish hygiene and germ theories with medical cautions. Copyright 1963.
Rebekah Lodge No. 158 met with noble grand Etta Hanson in the chair. Officers were elected with Gladys Franklin named representative to the Rebekah Assembly and Mrs John Oglesbee as alternate. Mrs Franklin also elected lodge deputy. Birthdays for Dorothy Bean Ruth Miller Gladys Franklin Lillian Marvin and Lois Bloom were noted. Refreshments for 67 were served from decorated tables. organizers were Hazel Slane Ethel Cox Ruth Miller Ruth Shannon and Nettie Miller.
The rural school held its final community meeting of the year on Friday evening. Officers elected included Mrs. Fred Reno as president, Mrs. Wayne Stitt as vice president, Mrs. John J. Hart as secretary, and Mrs. Robert Lopeman as treasurer. Teacher Mrs. Decia Parker led the program with students performing the three act operetta Hansel and Gretel, and 54 attendees were served coffee, punch, and pie by hostesses Mrs. Larry Chaney and Mrs. Stitt.
Grader was re elected as secretary treasurer after a campaign assembly this morning. The school constitution requires the president to be a ninth grader during the term, the vice president to be an eighth grader, while the secretary treasurer can be from either class. Defeated candidates were Bill Burghart for president, Margaret Park for vice president, and seventh grader Kathy Sloan for secretary treasurer.
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