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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1968
Page
2
AP wire notes cattle price levels with steers heifers and cows at steady ranges and feeders for Thursday. Hogs total 4 000 with barrows and gilts lower and varied weight grades. sows, boars, and U S 3 hogs listed. Sheep and lambs show steady to varied prices with spring lambs at mare high ends and stockers and feeders described.
Kansas City AP reports wholesale eggs show 80 percent large at 22 3, mediums at 20 22. Butter unchanged with Grade A solid at 77 per pound and Grade A quarters at 78 per pound.
Chicago reports live poultry roasters at 25 to 26 1/2 cents per pound and red white rock fryers at 20 to 20 1/2. Butter prices show AA 66 cents per pound, A 66, B 63 1/2, C 60 1/2. Eggs grade A whites 27, mediums 23, standards 24 cents, checks 17.
Chicago grain prices listed with no 2 hard wheat at 1.44 percent, no 2 soft red at 1.38 percent, no 2 yellow corn at 1.20 percent and other corn grades around 1.16 to 1.18 percent. Oats no 2 extra heavy white, soybeans no 1 yellow at 2.75 percent and soybean oil at 8.85 percent.
The report lists hog prices for Parson s No 1 and 2 grades 200 to 220 pounds at 17 75 to 18 25 per cwt 230 to 270 pounds 17 00 to 17 50 180 to 290 pounds 16 50 to 17 50 and sows at prevailing bids.
The Cedar Lodge Brethren list Vervon L. Dothan and Jay T. Klinginsmi as members.
The New York stock market fell irregularly with losses led by key issues, while gold mining shares jumped after world gold prices topped $40 an ounce. The Dow stood down 0.64 at 907.42 at noon as market averages wavered.
Four Chanute women attending a Wichita Newcomers luncheon and talent show found their 1968 Ford stolen from a parking lot after the event. Mrs Ted Roberts notified her husband division highway engineer, who arranged transport home. The car owned by Mrs W F Dunlap of 217 N Forest was recovered later with no condition reported.
Erie district 101 menus for May 2021 listed by Loretta Harding lunchroom co ordinator. Monday goulash beef spaghetti with cheddar cheese broccoli applesauce orange cake rolls and butter milk. Tuesday chicken with gravy whipped potatoes lettuce salad raisin oatmeal cookies bread and butter orange juice milk. Wednesday no lunch school dismissed before noon.
John Sherman, Chanute city attorney since 1961, was chosen president of the City Attorneys Assn of Kansas for 1968 69 at the group’s annual meeting held in Wichita with the state bar convention. The association notes there are 310 Kansas cities with city attorneys.
Police report a break-in at Plattner welding supply warehouse 1723 S Santa Fe. A bottle of acetylene gas and a bottle of oxygen were taken after a padlock was cut with bolt cutters. Police note such stolen torch supplies often reappear in safe burglaries.
People may honor deceased relatives by establishing memorials with the American Cancer Society. To set up a gift, provide the honoree name and addresses for the deceased, next of kin, and donor. Gifts may be mailed to Mrs Daisy Jordan or the Kansas Division in Topeka. donations are recorded in a Living Memorial Book with a card to relatives.
Daily Transcript lists visiting hours from 2 to 4 pm and 6:30 to 8 pm for Neosho Memorial Hospital. Census shows 65 patients including adults and pediatrics with three babies. Admissions include Joseph Jackson 25 S Western medi cal Edgar Logsdon 214 N Grant surgery Mrs Alice Hempen Buffalo medical Mrs Fred Kimble 124 N Grant medical David Wylie 302 N Grant medical Margaret Jerome 112 S Steuben medical. Births include a boy to Mr and Mrs Marc Hoofnagle 620 W Oak. Dismissals include Apolonio Perez Humboldt Harold Isaacs 208 N Malcolm Mr and Mrs Lloyd Moulton 1505 S Garfield Walter Akridge 823 S Garfield Mrs Fred Grisier Yates Center Maria Graham 424 W 7th Mrs Paul Standfast 1020 S Washington Arch Allen 1028 S Central. Admission today Debra Brazil Humboldt surgery. Birth today a girl to Mr and Mrs Fred Brown R 1. Dismissals today Viola Woodward 1719 S Malcolm Grant Mrs Marion Bailey R 4 James Lightfoot 731 S Grant Sandra Sue Mason Blue Mound David Wylie 802 N Grant Mrs Henry Tilman Humboldt. Building permits issued include Bill Chrisman addition 221 N Kansas cost 800 dollars Ronald Rice canopy filling station 701 N Santa Fe cost 7500 Dale Thornton storage building A S Highland cost 100 Robert Fe Hembree garage 808 S Wilson cost 900. Police Court Action Lorena K Thompson Fredonia failing to observe stop signs two counts 20 dollar bond.
Recreation calendar lists tonight as empty. Thursday events include Golf Registration at Launching Pad from 8 to 12 and 1 to 5, Open House at Launching Pad from 3 to 5, Evening Golf at Safari Golf Course from 6:30 to 7, and a social club gathering at Launching Pad or Santa Fe Park at 7 p.m.
John Hjalmar Peterson 91 of Chanute died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after ill health. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church at 2 pm Friday. burial Elmwood Cemetery. survives wife Alma, son Curtis, three granddaughters, brother Alfred. Also Mahaffey funeral set for Erie Christian Church at 2 pm Thursday. burial East Hill Cemetery. graveside by Erie Masonic Lodge. Also driverless car crash damages two vehicles on West 10th with minor collision on Main Street streets. no injuries reported.
Funeral services for Earl V. Garrison were conducted at Gibson-Koch Chapel with Rev. Edgar Raines presiding. Burial followed at Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs. D. A. Finney and Mrs. Dave Petterson sang. Flower arrangements came from Mrs. Neil Cole and Mrs. Paul Vaughn. Honorary bearers were World War I veterans from Iola and Chanute. Active pallbearers were Paul Vaughn, Roy Feeback, Harold LaRue, Harold Williams, Charles Donovan, and Billie Beck.
W Richard Hoover of Great Bend was elected president of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association at its 31st annual convention succeeding John H Knightley of Wichita. Area vice presidents named include Atkinson Liberal Dresling Victoria Engstrand Wichita Everly Winfield Knightley Wichita Volosin Great Bend and Sheedy Yates Center. E B Shawver received a permanent vice presidency. Robert L Williams Wichita named secretary and Dale Robinson Wichita treasurer.
Local page 2 of the Chanute Tribune dated Wednesday May 15 1968 carries community notices brief items and local news snippets from Chanute Kansas and nearby areas. The short items cover civic matters school notes and social notices typical of a mid century small town newspaper.
The Weather Bureau issued a tornado watch for northeast Oklahoma and parts of eastern Kansas and western and northern Missouri. The threat lasts until 8 p m Wednesday with severe thunderstorms and large winds likely. The greatest risk lies along a line from west of Tulsa to northwest of Kirksville, spanning about 70 miles on each side.
Shawn Patrick Keene was born May 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Winston Keene Jr. of Jefferson City Missouri. The former Sharon Pillot is the mother and daughter of Charles C. Pillot of 403 S Lafayette. Great-grandmother is Mrs. C. A. Sharpe of 314 S Evergreen and great-grandfather is Carl J. Pillot of 424 S Malcolm.
Gary L. Trammell a Kansas University senior at Lawrence has been initiated into the KU chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon the national honor fraternity for men. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Trammell of 714 S Western.
In Winfield Kansas Unified School District 465 voters rejected a bond proposal to build a new high school and remodel the existing junior-senior high to convert it to a junior high. The tally was 982 for and 3 198 against.
Doan’s Pills relieve nagging backache and muscular pains caused by overwork or stress. The analgesic claims to be non habit forming and a well known remedy used for over 70 years, with the suggestion to buy the large size for convenience.
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