Deaths and Funerals in Altoona and Nearby Areas
Eight year old Max Carter of Altoona died at home. Funeral held at Cason-Knickerbocker Chapel in Fredonia with Rev. Ralph Mitchell officiating. Burial in Altoona City Cemetery. Survived by wife Alice, son Willard, daughter Wilma Geer, siblings, and many grandchildren. Also listed are Carl Verne Huffman and Marion Gale Flickinger with brief life histories and funeral plans in Chanute and Erie.
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Max Carter
Altoona
Cason-Knickerbocker
Pleasant Valley Township
John W
Anna Wiggins Carter
Alice Wiltse
Willard
Frank
Wilma) Geer
Claude
Chanute
Coralieaugherty
Dearing
Nervie Smith
Redmond
Wash
Parsons
Topeka
Kansas City
Western Missouri and
Kansas
Dora Ginn
Eugene Ginn Huffman
Huffman
Erie
Memorial Park Cemetery
Pierce Funeral Home
Marion Gale Flickinger
Bannin
Calif
Jesse H. and
Eva Jean Flickinger
Storm Causes Gas Shutoff
Lightning damaged a Fort Scott pumping station cutting gas service to about 5 000 customers in eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Crews bypassed the damaged area and restored most service by Sunday with only about 1 000 customers still awaiting full restoration. No injuries were reported. Fort Scott Nevada Prescott were among the impacted areas.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Cities Service Co
Gas Service Co
Nevada
Prescott
Visiting hours and patient census at Neosho Memorial Hospital
Daily Transcript notes visiting hours 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to 8 pm. Census lists 30 adults and pediatrics with three babies. Admissions and marriage licenses include residents from Chanute Erie Humboldt Arkansas City and Yates Center with several named individuals and addresses.
Patrol Investigates Two Minor Accidents
The highway patrol reported two weekend accidents in the area. A 1971 Gremlin driven by Rebecca Brooker, 17, left the road at K146 and US 39 north of Erie, with passenger Allison Frame, 16, sustaining slight injuries. A second, near Elsmore, involved Ernest Westerberg and Deanard Daniels. Westerberg’s 1967 Ford and Daniels’ 1973 Chevrolet pickup sustained $600 and $300 in damage respectively with no injuries.
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the Highway Patrol
Erie
Rebecca Brooker
Parsons
Brooker
Allison Frame
Elsmore
Ernest L. Westerberg
Oak Grove
Deanard J. Daniels
Moran
Westerberg
Ford
Benedict Girl Princess Candidate for Fredonia Homecoming
Charlotte Chambers, 15, sophomore at Fredonia High School, is among candidates for Princess in the Fredonia Homecoming. Other contenders include Debby Lowder Miss Toronto Ivey Whitmore Miss Fall River and Cris Baker Miss Lafontaine.
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Fredonia
Charlotte Chambers
Benedict
Princess of the
Fredonia Homecom
Doug Chambers
Fredonia High School
Debby Lowder
Toronto
Ivey Whitmore
Fall River
Cris Baker
Lafontaine
No Condensed Milk Involved in Report
The Associated Press clarifies that a Consumers Union report on alleged lead contamination concerned evaporated milk, not condensed milk. FDA challenged the tests and stated no evaporated milk on the market violates safety rules or is unfit for consumer use. Peter Revson of McLaren won the rain delayed 200 mile Grand Prix of Canada in Mosport, Ontario.
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Washington
Associated Press
Consumers Union
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Mosport
Ont
Peter Revson
McLaren
Humboldt Debaters Earn Runner-Up in Invitational
Humboldt high school placed second in the experienced division of the Fre donia High School invitational debate tournament held Saturday. Team members Barry Massey and Fred Works reached the finals. Ron Schulze and Gary Mosley finished two points shy of the finals. Parsons won the novice division. Fifty-seven teams entered with six from Humboldt.
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Humboldt
Fredonia
Augusta
Baxter Springs
Cherryvale
Coffeyville
Emporia
Erie
Eureka
Fort Scott
Girard
Independence
Neodesha
Parsons
Humbold
Grant Newman
Joe Bader
Ron Bumstead
Ronnie Aikens
John Hart
Jeff Johnson
David Smith
Alan Ford
Daphine Horine
Kindergarten enrollment and district totals reported
District 413 schools show 168 kindergarten students this year with 39 at Alcett, 51 at Hutton, and 78 at Murray Hill. Grade one through six total 1 091, junior high 624, and senior high 638 students enrolled.
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Alcett
Hutton
Murray Hill
Montgomery Ward Plans New Fort Scott Store
Fort Scott officials confirm talks with Montgomery Ward for a new 10 000 to 12 000 square foot store. The plan includes a retail outlet catalog department and an auto service division as replacements for the current three Fort Scott locations.
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Fort Scott
Montgomery Ward
Charles W. Wagner
Leal Sroces Bid At Kustom Electronics Lie
A bid by Leal Sroces to Kustom Electronics Lie is reported, with involvement from Whyte J and Manley Industries. The listing credits Spencer W. Finney as furnishor.
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Kustom
Slaughter
Whyte
J & Manley Industries
Spencer W. Finney
Local Market Egg Prices by Grade
Readable eggs pricing shows Grade A Extra Large at .65, Grade A Large at .65, Grade A Medium at . , Grade A Small at .43. No further details provided.
Growth of a Giant Tomato Grows Local Fame
Neighborhood Notes report two Tribune carriers from Humboldt showed staff at The Tribune office a giant tomato grown by their family. The Ohio Giant vine produced a 15 2 inch circumference fruit weighing about 1 pound. The First Circle of the United Presbyterian Women will auction items at the church at 9 30 a m on Wednesday with Mrs Don Geist as auctioneer offering pink mood glass African violets a Martha Washington desk and Christmas items.
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Tribune
Dorothy Houdashelt
Kerry
Humboldt
Ohio
United Presbyterian Women
Don Geist
Martha Washington
Turnpike Feasibility Report Expected by October
Independence Kansas Turnpike Authority official says a preliminary feasibility study for the Southeast Kansas Turnpike should be ready by early October. Two firms handle the study one on costs and engineering the other on traffic and revenue. Brindle remains cautiously optimistic though interest rates could pose a problem.
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Independence
Jerry Brindle
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Brindle
Police and Fire Reports Chronicle Local Incidents
Oscar Martin R 2 was taken into custody Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated and left of center. Restrooms at Santa Fe Park were vandalized with five windows broken. Firefighters responded Saturday to a stove short in the home of Kelly J Stewart at 12238 S Washington but no fire occurred. The Christian Church at 1 N Grant reported three items missing after a burglary last week including two microphones and a public address amplifier. A padlock was found thrown through the Jehovahs Witnesses building window at 1003 S Evergreen Sunday.
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Oscar Martin
R. 2
Cen
Santa Fe Park
Kelly J. Stewart
S. Washington
The
Christian Church
N. Grant
Jehovah's Witnesses
S. Evergreen
Dog stolen from Willis Jones home in Washington street
A dog was taken from Willis Jones at 402 North Washington on Sunday. The animal is described as a mixed German Shepherd and Doberman Pinscher.
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Willis Jones
Washington
Iola Senior Nancy Laas Named Merit Semifinalist
Iola High School senior Nancy Laas is a semifinalist in the 1974 National Merit Scholarship Program. She competes for one of about 3,100 scholarships to be awarded next spring. Miss Laas is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Lucas of Iola.
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Iola
Nancy Laas
Miss Lucas Is
The
Mr. and
Mrs
Richard Lucas, Iola
Enrollment Rises at Atlala College
IOLA Allen County Community Junior College reports 64 more students than last year. Fulltime equivalency climbs by under one percent. Current totals show 406 day students and 260 evening students, a total of 666.
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IOLA
Allen County Community Junior College
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Carter
Carl Verne Noliman
Carl Verne Huffman
Greenfield
John Huffman
Bell Telephone Co
Southwestern Bell Telephone
California
John Snow
Tulsa
Art Krone
W. Oak
Leonard J. Flickinger
Conway Springs
Clyde
Gibson-Koch Chapel
Daily Transcript
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Warner Tiegreen
S. Steuben
Kevin Wilson
Fiord Greenwood
S. Kansas
Rex Smith
S. Central
Alfred Garcia
Arkansas City
Theda Fairchild
S. Edith
Myrtle Roosers
Westview Nursing Home
Arthur Stockebrand
Yates Center
Glen McLaren
S. Plummer
Gloria Rankin
N. Steuben
Jerry Hutton
S. Rutter
Henry Kipp
Piqua
Walter Phillins
N. Garfield
Ida Hill
Colonial Acres
Jake Byers
N. Plummer
Wilbur Hallam
David Chandler and Son
Walnut
Roy E. Ogle
N. Lee
Bert Farmer
N. Highland
Ellen Mann
Eric
Samuel Dennis
Ira Christy
Norma Scott
Paul Haller Sr
Carl Kirkpatrick
S. Garfield
Billy Courter
N. Western
Galen Terrill Deaver
Christy Ann Rollow
Joe Elmer Marshall
Cynthia Sue Springer
Patrol
Benedict Girl Princess
Revson
Rou
the Wizard OF ID
Beetle Bailey
Beetle
Andy Capp
Gober
Sten
Archie
Jughead
Snuffy Smith
Loweezy
YORK
Enny
Steve Canyon
Skeezix
Tecumseh, Kan
Here
Santa Fe
Barbara Richardson
Willie Lee Williams
Catherine Williams
Shunganunga Creek
Richardson
Wayne
Karla
Nita
Ter. Martin
Atlala College
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