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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1971
Page
9
The city seeks cost estimates to renovate the district courtroom and a clerk’s office on the Memioial Building third floor. City Manager Kenneth Sanborn notes a leaky roof blamed on Monday’s rain and inadequate heating and cooling.
The Board of Education office will close Friday and Saturday for floor work. High school students enroll for the second nine weeks. The NCC JC Education Association meets at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Revival services run this week at Calvary Open Bible Church with Rev. George Houghton speaking nightly at 7:30. The Avenue of Flags Committee meets Wednesday at the American Legion post. Memorial Park Cemetery volunteers prepare 340 flags for Veterans Day observance on October 25. Flags for veterans will be collected by Mrs. Bill Baker by Thursday to identify and plaque poles. Neosho County Junior College joins 18 Kansas junior colleges in a coordinated calendar. Labor Day is observed. next Monday has no classes for Veterans Day. Spring semester omits classes on February 21 Washington's Birthday.
Mrs. Hannah Mattson 88 of Elsmore died at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Born November 20 1882 she was daughter of Andrew Lindquist wife of Elmer Mattson. Survived by three daughters a son ten grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Friday at Elsmore United Methodist Church with Rev J M Torrence officiating. Interment Swedish Cemetery. Ralston Hutton Funeral Home Moran in charge.
William D. Coombs 29 will join Balch and Briley at 10 S Steuben. A KU alumnus, he served three years in the Marine Corps after graduating in 1964 and earned his law degree in 1970. He and wife Kay, natives of Wichita, have two daughters Suki and Christi. Balch and Briley formed in 1949.
Calvin Farmer formerly of LeRoy and a 1953 Chanute Junior College graduate will be honored by President Nixon and California Governor Reagan on Oct. 27 as president of the National Distributive Education Clubs of America. He studied here in 1948-49, played football, did dramatics, and was the only male cheerleader during a Navy hitch after returning in 1952-53. He stayed with Mr and Mrs H C Miller at 211 S Central while in school.
Daily Transcript reports visiting hours from 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm with a patient census of 55, including adults and pediatrics. The piece lists multiple Monday and today names and addresses of patients and relatives and notes two men bound over for District Court trial on aggravated burglary and theft charges with $2000 bonds each.
Roger N. Findahl, former vice president and director of The First National Bank of Tulsa, is named vice president of the American Bank of Tulsa with opening set for Nov. 5. He holds a B.S. from the University of Minnesota and a banking advanced degree from Wisconsin, and has served in local groups including the Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis American Red Cross and Boy Scouts. He is married with four children and will live in Tulsa's Indian Springs Addition.
Kenneth Sanborn spoke with a HUD official at a city managers meeting in Hays about potential federal aid for water improvement work. The HUD official will explore possibilities, but Sanborn questions if grant processes justify pursuing it since the project cannot wait for federal approval.
S. Sgt. Herbert L. Young received the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harold L Young of 1110 S Tennessee He was presented the medal at the Air Force Accounting and Finance Center in Denver where he is now assigned He is a 1965 Garnett High School graduate and attended the University of Kansas.
A Neosho County Community Junior College class in Introduction to Education visited elementary and secondary classrooms to acquaint themselves with classroom instruction. Professor Charles Moore led the tour after meetings with Superintendent Buford Fisher, Murray Hill Principal Melvin Owen, and High School Principal Miles Rickart to learn curricula philosophies.
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