Yates Center Dedicates New Post Office Ceremony
YATES CENTER Kansas The new Yates Center post office was dedicated Saturday at 2 30 p m in a ceremony attended by a large crowd The program featured Yates Center High School band led by Karl Keffer remarks by postmaster Lloyd E Herder and master of ceremonies John V Glades The national guard raised the flag and the band played the anthem The facility serves Woodson County and part of Coffey County with four rural routes and 306 miles daily two city delivery routes and one parcel post route The box lobby is open 24 hours daily and service windows run 8 4 30 weekdays and 8 12 Saturday The building opened for business July 23 1964 and was contracted November 5 1963 to D M and Corinne B McDonald constructed by Chapman Construction Co Other staff listed include clerks city carriers and rural carriers.
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Yates Center
Yates Center High School
Karl Keffer
Lloyd E. Herder
John V. Glades
Carl Packard
First Christian Church
Robert Morton
Glades
W. H. Guthrie
Leon
H. R. Merrill
R. L. Klick
Yates Center National Guard
Klick
Alvin Whittemore
First Methodist Church
D. M
Corinne B. McDonald
Chapman Construction Co
Erie and Vicinity Social Weave at Weekend Gatherings
Mrs L R Rogers Mrs Sam Ricketts and Mary Stephens represented the Federated church at a Christian Workers laboratory school in Lola Sunday. Mr and Mrs Bert Long attended the state fair in Hutchinson Saturday. Mary Demier and Doris Shellhorn were there for the weekend. Mr and Mrs Douglas Bruce and family of Midwest City Okla were here for the weekend. They visited her sister Mrs Rex Bohrer and family and her parents Mr and Mrs Verle Herod of St Paul.
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L. R. Rogers
Sam Ricketts
Mary Stephens
Federated Church
Christian Workers’ Laboratory School
Lola
Bert Long
Hutchinson
Mary Demier
Doris Shellhorn
Douglas Bruce
Midwest City
Okla
Rex Bohrer
Verle Herod
St. Paul
Wells Heads Toastmasters in Chanute Meeting
Dr J W Kensett acted as topic master at Chanute Toastmasters discussing the proposed junior college tax levy. Bob Wilson presided, Dr Fred Ingram gave the invocation, and Bill Lee served as toastmaster. Royce Wells was elected president with other officers including Patterson, Smith, Lee, and Ingram.
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J. W. Kensett
Chanute
Bob Wilson
Fred Ingram
Bill Lee
Royce Wells
Harry Patterson
Educational
Wayne Smith
Harry Steeves
Charles Wolfe
Yates Center visitors and community updates from weekend
A bus load of Yates Center High School football players and several coaches attended the KU TCU game in Lawrence. Residents at Hill Crest Nursing Home were entertained by Virgil residents including Mr. and Mrs. Don Woodruff and Mrs. Hale. Various local visits and travels were reported, including former Hartwig friends from California and Chanute, World’s Fair travelers, and servicemen returning home. Local church teachers attend a weeklong laboratory school in Lola, and neighboring visits span Bartlesville to Seattle via Washington State.
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Yates Center
Bob Shores
Ricky
Gaylen Rodgers
Clarence Newton
Dennis Perkins
Bob Trendel
Ku-Tcu
Lawrence
Virgil
Don Woodruff
Hale
Hill Crest Nursing Home
John Hartwig
Lee King
California
Chet King
Chanute
Hartwig
Humboldt
Neosho Falls
New York
Leonard Oswald
Jack Knotts
Knotts
McPherson
Larry Oswald
Charles Oswald
Dave Yohon
L. Yohon
San Diego
Larry
Alameda
U.S.S. Coral Sea
Dave
M. Rhea
The
Methodist Church
Lola
John
Mrs Hartwig visits Wichita sisters and relatives
Mrs. John Hartwig returned home after a week in Wichita with sisters Mrs. Margaret Laferite and Ruth Claw. Claw is a longtime principal in Wichita schools. Other relatives and friends gathered in Harrison Arkansas and Kansas City to see events including a Beatles concert at Municipal Stadium.
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John Hartwig
Wichita
Margaret Laferite
Ruth Claw
Miss Claw
Frank Smith
M. B. Mentzer
Jerry Mentzer
Alex Glades
Bob Hollinger
Bill Douglas
Kansas City
Municipal Stadium
Beatles
Johnson vows to campaign while keeping White House duties first
President Johnson told reporters he will campaign across the country while maintaining nonpartisan White House duties. He said the administration remains the office of all the people and pledged to put first priority on official work even as he plans fund raising and speeches in Cleveland and New England.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Federal Communications Commission
Cleveland
Ohio
New England
Democratic Party
Prisoner Shuns Parole In Robbery Case At Webbers Falls Bank
McAlester Oklahoma AP the State Pardon and Parole Board on Monday found no further action possible in the case of Billy Joe King 29 who refused parole from a 12 year robbery sentence at Webbers Falls Oklahoma Bank. He turned down parole saying he cannot live under parole conditions. On June 25 he was convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a fellow soldier at Ft Gordon Georgia and sentenced to death. He is held at Ft Leavenworth Kansas where his death sentence is under automatic review.
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Mcalester
Okla
State Pardon and Parole Board
Billy Joe King
Webbers Falls
Ohla
King
Ft. Gordon
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
W. J
Tex) Bynum
Henry Bell
Pvt
Joseph J. Page
Many
Oklahoma
Bynum
Chaplain Found Shot to Death at Fort Sam Houston
Major Carlton H. Mall a 46 year old Lutheran minister and father of five was found shot to death in his office at Fort Sam Houston Texas a .38 caliber revolver lay beside him. The incident follows military proceedings concerning an Army chaplain from Wichita Kansas and related cases involving a Pvt Joseph J Page of Many Louisiana and an Oklahoma bank robbery.
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Ita
Kan
Ft. Sam
Maj
Carlton H. Mall
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Woodson County
Coffey County
C. W. Henderson
H. E. Theobald
W. §. Kress
C. E. McCormick
L. A. Watts
F. N. Johnson, Jr
James R. Riley
L. A. Massoth
Glenn A. Shaw
New Yates Center
Maurice Stephan
Erie & Vicinity
Wells
Sue Tatman
Burlington
Nedd Hinkle
Tom Boaz
Washington State
Nova Atwood
Bartlesville
C. C. Jones
Stillwater
Oklo
Atwood
Selden Rogers
Keith Ward
Robena Pringle
Topeka
Nina Pringle
Allen County Hospital
Iola
Ipom Ming
Ding
City OF Chanute
Haldeman
Denver
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry J. Haldeman
Girard, Kan
U. § District Court
Sam Crow
Haldeman’s Company
Post Office Department
Prosperity
Florida
Georgia
San Antonio, Tex
Wichi
Houston
His
Rev
Mrs. C. E. Mall of
Chanute Tribune
Dodge
Ellis Dodge, Inc
Prather
Evergreen
Santa F
Priscilla
Tioga Hotel Bldg
General Electric
Chanate
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