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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1963
Page
2
Reported cattle hogs and sheep prices at Kansas City with hogs weak to 25 lower and sows steady, cattle steady to 25 lower, calves mixed, and prime steers and heifers priced. Chicago grain futures closed with mixed moves with December corn and soybeans down and oats and rye mixed in today’s trading.
Livestock prices listed for hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs range from 12 to 15.75 per cwt with various grades and weights. cattle steady with steers heifers and calves priced from 16 to 25 per cwt depending on weight and quality. stockers and yearlings priced 16 to 29. sheep and lambs steady with prime and choice up to 17.50 per cwt and feeders 12 to 14. Breeding bulls and sows shown with varied ranges. Overall market steady across categories with multiple grade distinctions.
AP reports consumer eggs prices paid to producers in Kansas City region with medium eggs 28 to 36 cents and other sizes unchanged. Wholesale mediums 30 to 36 cents. Missouri and Arkansas live fryers and broilers quoted at farm 12 to 12.5 cents and delivered at plant 12.2 to 13.5 cents. Butter and poultry unchanged.
Chicago AP reports live poultry wholesale prices were unchanged to slightly lower with roasters at 23 to 24 cents. Butter wholesale prices ease with varied grade scores listed. Egg prices hold steady with wholesale buying prices unchanged.
Wall Street in New York saw no breakout from an irregular price pattern late in the afternoon. Volume was about 4.5 million shares, up from 4.07 million Monday, with steele and most major groups edging lower while utilities rails and chemicals mixed. Mail order firms rose modestly and bonds steadied as corporate issues varied. A 1929 Canadian stamp honored the schooner Bluenose with its image on the dime.
Chicago AP grain notes Wheat No 1 mixed at 2.11 percent. Corn No 2 yellow at 312 32. No oats sales. Soybeans No 1 yellow at 2.88 91 and No 2 yellow at unspecified.
Wheat quotes drifted 1 to 2 percent lower with 25 cars traded, corn down modestly, oats barely moved, and soybeans and bran to follow within narrow ranges. Prices span from No 2 white corn at about 1.31 to soybeans near 2.90, with milo and kafir around 1.93 to 2.02 and rye 1.40 to 1.49, reflecting a cautious trading day.
The annual homecoming at High Prairie Church is set for Sunday morning with a basket dinner after the service. The afternoon speaker will be Rev. Gene Taylor from Humboldt. Lawrence T. Filosa, Chanute Public School of Practical Nursing administrator, will attend the Kansas State Convention of nurses in Hutchinson Wednesday through Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lewis of Lincoln, formerly of Chanute, visited Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gottlieb at 101 S. Tennessee for the weekend.
Total carloadings moved over Santa Fe System lines for the week ending October 5, 1963, were 36,150, up from 35,818 in the same week a year earlier. On line loadings were 24,125 versus 23,172 last year. Cars received from connections totaled 12,025, compared with 12,646 for the prior year. Santa Fe handled 33,426 carloads in the preceding week of this year.
Mary E Moffett celebrated her 90th birthday at Santa Fe Park in 1706 Katy with relatives including her son Fred G Stravlo of Oklahoma City and many guests from Kansas City Fallbrook Shawnee Tepson and Tucson visiting Mrs Frank Rush. Joe Baich named Neosho County chairman of the Greater University Fund KU Lawrence for 1963 64 announced by Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe.
The dean of women at Kansas State College of Pittsburg announces 28 candidates for 1963 homecoming queen. Sherrill Rush and Connie Noland are among the contenders. The queen will be crowned at halftime of the October 19 homecoming game.
Police arrested Chet Ackerman of 719 S Highland and Jesse Woods of Marlow Oklahoma yesterday on intoxication charges. Woods posted a $15 bond and was released while Ackerman remained in the city jail awaiting a hearing. A Chanute mother turned in a transistor radio and railroad torpedoes believed taken from a Santa Fe way car by her sons, who are juveniles referred to juvenile authorities. A minor traffic accident at Lincoln and Main last night involved cars driven by Mike Gerardy of 125 Lafayette and John Frerichs of Girard.
In Miami smokers respond to a nickel-a-pack rise by rolling their own cigarettes. Tobacco stores report demand outpacing supply of do it yourself rolling machines.
Clint Keller of rural Humboldt died this morning at Neosho Memorial Hospital. No further information was available late today. Johnson Mortuary is in charge.
Adathea Gwendlyn Thompson was born October 16, 1959 in Chanute and died at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas after five days there. She attended the Methodist church. Survivors include her parents Wesley and Mrs. Thompson of Route 3 and four grandparents. Funeral services will be held at First Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 PM with Dr. Duff Wagoner officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. Johnson Funeral Home directing.
Lowell F. Bogue, 61, died Sunday in Winslow, Arizona after a brief illness. Born December 22, 1901, he married Agatha Chambers in 1920 in Erie. He worked for Santa Fe Railroad from 1917, transferring to Winslow in 1951 after 46 years of service. He was a deacon at First Christian Church and helped found its youth camp near Prescott. Surviving wife, son L. D. Bogue of Phoenix, four grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Body to arrive Chanute Thursday evening. funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Roy S. Gibson Funeral Home. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery.
Minnie Irene Gough, 69, a Centerville area resident for most of her life, died Monday at home after a 25 year illness. She was born Jan 24, 1894 in Erie, married to Clarence Gough in 1916, and survived by a daughter Elaine Kustenborter, son James, three sisters, two brothers, four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. She attended Galesburg Methodist church.
Pitman and Jane Manske sponsor Columbus Day activities across Pitman Hutton and Alcott schools. Hutton fifth graders perform a play The Greatest Dreamer and a choral reading at 2 30 p m Friday while the Senior High drum corps marches in the Girard Homecoming parade Thursday night and Royster Junior High group performs at the Fort Scott game. Alcott plans a 11 a m Friday assembly with the same play and a poem. district leaders Mike Trumbull Kathy Toon Ruth Ann Caldwell Brad Berg direct it. Local teachers and students attend district meetings in Altamont and Topeka with a host of speakers on ethics, standards and safety. The high school drum corps and band join fall activities including pregame ceremonies for home games and the Buffalo Homecoming parade.
Admissions and discharges for Neosho Memorial Hospital listed for Monday and today. Names include Hershel Woolery Thayer Earl Morrison Yates Center Percy Stanfield Buffalo and others with addresses. A birth reported for Mr and Mrs John Jordan. Local moves show residents relocating within city areas and to nearby towns. Citations include speeding and stop sign fines in North Santa Fe and Humboldt areas.
Harmony HD Unit met at Route 1 home of Mrs W W Trammell with Mrs J H Alford in charge. Christmas Fair at Erie Oct 9 and township elections Oct 28 announced. Cancer dressings made. Second lesson on family living by Mrs Rollo Rush. Officers elected: Alford president, Lee Francis vice president, Rush secretary, Robert Johnson treasurer, Mildred Wheatley public relations. Refreshments for six members and two guests.
AP report logs Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period ending 9 am Tuesday. October figures show 6 fatalities, with 8 in 1963, 428 in the comparable 1962 period, and 44g noted.
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