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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1973
Page
6
A mobile home owned by the Nazarene Church used as a parsonage burned with origin undetermined. Rev. Harold Park was away at a church conference. Firemen reported nothing saved from the blaze.
Police hire Darvin Winn 22 to replace last month's vacancy left by David Hagan. Winn served 14 months at Riley County sheriff's office in Manhattan and commutes from Fredonia to Chanute, where he and wife Jennie grew up. They plan to move to 208 W. Sth in October.
Five inmates escaped McPherson County jail over Labor Day weekend. Sheriff Ellis Musselwhite found the missing men during a Tuesday head count. The group, Ray Banda Floyd Ballard Charles Murphy Gary Cooper and A C Cooper, said in a letter to the Hutchinson News that conditions were inhumane. The escape involved sawing through a steel wall housing plumbing and exhaust fans, with hacksaw blades reportedly present for six months.
Norm Eccles opens a plumbing and heating shop in Yates Center after seven years in the trade, including two and a half years with a Topeka firm. The new venture marks Eccles as an experienced local businessperson expanding in the area.
State Highway Director A J Gray announced bids will be opened September 20 in Parsons for four bridges on the U S 169 relocation in Miami County. Contracts for grading and six other bridges on the project have already been let. The relocated section begins at K7 south of Ozawatomie and extends northeast. Additional bids at Parsons will include maintenance work in Jewel and Wilson counties and secondary projects in 12 counties.
District Court listings from Chanute and Erie cover multiple legal actions. Included are several divorces granted or dismissed, quiet title suits, judgments contractual and default judgments, and marriage licenses for local residents. Additional case activity involves annulment, driving while intoxicated appeals, and foreclosures.
Mrs Paul Haight becomes parish secretary at St Patrick’s Catholic Church working 9 to 12 daily from the rectory. She previously worked at Pioneer Hardware and Music Company’s retail outlet.
A collection of notices includes Welcome Wagon sponsorship info via Ben Dunlap, free vacuum at FARMER'S CAR WASH, BIRTH RIGHT-SE Kansas pregnancy help, Alcoholics Anonymous contact for Chanute, weekly Kenneth Hagin radio segment, ROXIE'S CAKES contact, VACUUM cleaner sales in Yellow Pages, MAC'S House of Vacs, and a stray Charolais heifer listing west of the county line with contact number 431-4273.
Evans Music Co offers band instrument rental or sale with available teachers. Chanute resident piano lessons taught by Mrs Charles Moore with a master’s in music. Location 515 South Lafayette contact 431-7043.
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