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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1964
Page
2
Kansas City cattle and hogs show mixed declines with calves and sows easing, steers and heifers mostly weak. Sheep steady with steady to higher meat values. Chicago grain and wheat futures show no wheat sale, corn and soybeans mostly firm to higher, oats and rye mixed as July futures edge upward.
Kansas City market reports list hog prices by grade weight and category, cattle prices by steer, heifer, calf and stocker classes, and sheep valuations. Additional quotes cover eggs butter poultry and grains in Kansas City and New York market notes with minor bond movements.
The Abruzzi Mountains around L Aquila provide Italy’s main saffron source since Roman times. The stigmas of fall-blooming crocus yield the perfumed yellow spice now used as seasoning. Nero once had saffron sprinkled on Roman streets to perfume them.
Chicago AP notes live poultry prices easing to 1 lower to 23 26 for fryers while red white rock fryers run 18 42 to 19. Butter prices hold near steady with AA 57 2, A 57 2, B 53 2 levels. Eggs remain near steady with A whites 27 2 to 27 and mixed 27, mediums 23, standards 26 4, dirti es 24 2 and checks 24.
New York AP reports most stock exchanges and commodity markets will be closed Friday May 29 for Memorial Day observance.
Mrs. Edwin P. Smith 81 Humboldt died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a six month illness. She earlier lived in Bowling Green Ohio and came to Humboldt in 1906. Survived by husband Kenneth Smith three grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Price Funeral Home Humboldt. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Clifton Crawford 68 Abilene died Saturday. Born Hiawatha Feb 2 1896. Former sales manager Chevrolet Chanute. Survived by wife and one grandson. several siblings and a daughter. Funeral Tuesday 10 a.m. Damer Funeral Home Abilene. Graveside Mount Hope Cemetery Topeka. William Tracy Garvie 72 Humboldt died unexpectedly at home. Born Aug 2 1891 Pierre South Dakota. Worked as pharmacist in Humboldt Chanute Iola and Abilene. Survived by wife Roberta Armel two sons George Humboldt and Herbert Evansville Ind. plus siblings and three grandchildren. Funeral service Humboldt Presbyterian Church. Burial Mount Hope Cemetery. Gertrude Switzer 92 Humboldt died Saturday at Neosho Manor. Born Pettis County Missouri Sept 8 1871. Married Charles Switzer 1887. Survived by one son Erle Switzer two brothers five grandchildren 16 great-grandchildren five great-great-grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Johnson Mortuary. Burial Elmwood Cemetery. Henry Fred Sheel funeral in Koch-Skinner Memorial Chapel. Marion Goldie Buckner funeral Saturday Wesleyan Methodist Church. Burial Elmwood Cemetery.
In Shelbyville Kentucky AP reports a tight golf matchup between W. W. Curtis and Jim Fulton. As they prepared to tee off at the first hole pro Evan Settle asked Curtis' caddy how they stood and the rookie replied with a straightened pose, prompting a light moment.
Admissions and dismissals span Saturday Sunday with lists of names and addresses for patients and births. Notable items include birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Winder in Buffalo and a boy to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Coddington in Humboldt. A traffic case notes G D Holbert of Augusta posting a $25 bond for reckless driving and a district court action against Neosho Memorial Hospital dismissed and settled.
The notice instructs readers to call Tribune if they cannot reach their carrier and provides an after hours contact HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m.
Perry Watkins, Fredonia R3, was arrested yesterday on an intoxication charge and jailed. Three traffic citations were issued, with hearings set for Thursday at 4 p.m. Robert D. and Richard Rinehart of 522 N. Evergreen were cited for reckless driving, Le Roy K. Weese of Humboldt R1 for disturbing the peace with a loud muffler. The Rineharts were said to be racing on Highway K39 near the US 169 junction.
H M Lefever of route 3 was rushed to Neosho Memorial Hospital by ambulance after becoming ill at home. Ed Hardendorf of 611 South Central, critically injured Friday in a traffic accident in front of his home, was reported to be improving today at Neosho Memorial Hospital.
Anton Weinkauf recalled his lost watch when Holy Name Catholic Church in Sheboygan Wisconsin began removing a false ceiling for an addition. He had dropped the timepiece while wiring an organ 32 years earlier and it was found in good working order once exposed.
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