Sheriff and City Police Share Office Space
Fort Scott police and Bourbon County sheriff now share offices and a single jail to cut costs. The two units operate side by side with desks under six feet apart, each retaining control of its own prisoners. A full merger remains blocked by state law, though officials hope for eventual consolidation under one director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
City of
Bourbon County
Morris Nelson
County Board of Commissioners
Nelson
Dwayne Simpson
Clarence Northrop
Calf Handling Care Prevents Sickness
Advice from Bill Dickson on calf care highlights quiet handling, avoiding crowding, ample clean water, and dry roughage after arrival. Limit drugs early, provide shelter during bad weather, and monitor for infectious diseases, contacting a veterinarian promptly for proper treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Bill Dickson
City of Dams to Ring Atchison by 1959 Project
Atchison plans 26 retention dams costing 2.8 million to protect the city after 1958 floods that caused 4.5 million in damage. Ten dams are completed. four under construction. Warnock Lake, a 40 acre water pool, will be the largest body of water. Dam ownership spans city and private property with easements and limited public rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
City of Dams
Atchison
White Clay Creek
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
A. D. Warnock
U.S. Army
Warnock Lake
Watershed Board
Warnock
Fish and Wildlife Service
Big lift described by Army ambulance unit member in Germany
Eric Hunters Get Big Game ERIE Donald Malcolm serving with a 3rd Army ambulance unit wrote home about taking part in the big lift support assignment of U S troops in Germany. His letter to his parents Mr and Mrs Willis Stroup said his unit was setting up quarters at Kaiserslautern near Baumholder his permanent base. Miscellaneous family and social notes follow including visits, a KU Band Day appearance, and hunting trip returns with elk and deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Donald Malcolm
3Rd Army
United States
Germany
Willis Stroup
Kaiserslauten
Baumholder
Wilson County farm income and livestock totals in 1961
State Board figures show Wilson County crop income near 4.85 million, livestock value about 4.45 million at year start. Last year 126,775 acres harvested on 808 farms. 3,800 milk cows and 43,200 beef cattle. Rural farm population 26.8 percent. Kansas agriculture underpins 15,000 tool suppliers and 87,000 processing jobs. farm payrolls reach 352 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Wilson County
Kansas
Kansas Farm Bureau Delegates Elect At Wichita Meeting
The Kansas Farm Bureau annual meeting runs November 3 to 6 at Broadview Hotel Wichita with delegates including Don Olenhouse and George and Mrs Eisele from Wilson County. State president Walter Pierce and Mrs Victor Haflich speak. Chester Louck discusses at banquet. district caucuses, director nominations, and officer elections conclude the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Farm Bureau
Broadview
Wichita
Wilson County
Don Olenhouse
George Eisele
Ted Myers
Eisele
Farm Bureau Women
Myers
General Agents Assn
Kansas Farm Bureau Insurance Services
Birthday visit and local club results noted
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Stroup and family visited Baxter Springs to see his sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bell who is hospitalized after a heart attack. The Come Lately Pinochle Club met at the Dickson home with high scores by Richard Wood and the traveling prize to Draperlow and Nobles. Hines guests. Erie football injuries continue as a Frontenac game loss noted. Kenny Sexton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sexton, suffers a broken elbow as a sophomore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Shaffer
Willis Stroup
Baxter Springs
Grant Bell
Bell
Bill Dickson
Richard Wood
Jim Draperlow
Jim Nobles
Jack Hines
Erie
Frontenac
Kenny Sexton
Kenneth Sexton
Also Mentioned on This Page
John M. Davis
Fort Scott Tribune
The
Associated Press
President Kennedy
White House
Great Britain
Rutherford B. Hayes
Koch Furniture
Elf
Ervice
Oes
John Buckley
Atchison Globe
Federal
Eric
Elva Vanover
Charles Vanover
Mark
Todd
Ponca City
Okla
H. W. Rowland
Charles
Rowland
Henry Shively
Glen Johnson
Verle Craven
Randy
Ronnie
Mike Weidert
Frederick Swan
Jill
Tommy
Stephen Richey
Oliver Craig
Paul Beard
Nels Olson
Colorado
Lawrence Shaffer
Everett Stafford
Kansas City
Shaffer
V. W. Shaffer
Neodesha
Wilson
Philco
Caldwell & Son
S. Santa Fe
Midwest Office Supply
West Main
Midwest Auto Stores
Lap Sulla KS
Royal Ignition Spray
Cole Lu Battery
Rca
Midwest
Ets
Easy Credit
LO Hk
Nou
Italli
Reakty Buffler
Ripa
Peen
Main and Highland
Chanute, Kansas
Philgo
Nnte
Walter Lacey
E. Main
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