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GREAT BEND TRIBUNEAREA NEWSPage 9Wednesday, September 1*. 1962Dorrance Farmer LHS Enrollment Gets High Honor Climbs Over '61DORRANCE — The Victor Doubravas have been singled out for recognition by the Northwest Kansas Register, a Catholic diocesan publication. The family has taken an old, rundown farm house and remodeled it in such a manner that Bishop Frederick Freking of Salina will confer an award to the couple Sept. 25 at the diocesan convention.Mrs. Doubrava's grandfather, refer Thielen. built the farm home in 1884 Before the Doubravas bought the home a tornado had hit the place and litter was strewn around the yard.Taking new heart, the Doubravas went to work with a will, applying gallons of paint, now fencing, lawn planting, shelterbelt setting and installing of utilities. Fields were terraced and the whole farmstead landscaped.Elevator Fire Poses Problem For Hose HandlersST. JOHN — Firemen had to drag heavy hoses to the top of a 150 - foot - high concrete grain elevator and run water down a conveyor shaft lt;lcg to extinguish fire which had been started in the boot pit, from the boot, grain is distributed to various tanks and bins.Lowell Selfridge, employed at Hahn Elevator, found the fire while he was at the top of theelevator. Firemen finally entered the boot pit and snuffed out flames i that spread through accumulations of grain dust.Misses Jog, Car Whams into HouseLARNED — A jog in the road I held the ingredients for an auto I accident involving a 15 - year - old girl. Driving her mother’s auto, the girl. Karen Moore, failed to negotiate a right turn on West First and the vehicle slammed through a fence and came to rest against the corner of a house.Riding with the girl was a com-1 panion, Marlene Wieman, 19. Both girls were treated for minor injuries at St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital. A third occupant in the car, Vicki Hall, 15, was uninjur-, od.The car sustained damages a*j mounting to $400 while the house and fence damage amounted to $200.The house is owned by Mrs. Phyllis Mische, state hospital nurse.LARNED — There are 44 more students in senior high this year than was the case in 1961. Tabulation showed 310 as compared to 266 for 1961.School administrators see an even larger peak for the 1962-63 year when the current ninth grade class of 120 moves into the senior high bracket. Eighty seniors will be graduated next spring—which gives the upcoming year's potential student body an count of 350.Two years hence, with the present 8th grade enrollment at 80 and with 106 juniors who will be ready for commencement by 1964 plus 80 sophomores moving into the higher echelon, enrollment figures are due for a decline.Total enrollment in all Lamed schools this September has been set at 1.238, as compared to 1,199 in 1961 and 1,197 in 1960.WhYnGood-Time Charlie Suffers Uneasy BladderUnwise earing or drinking may he a source of mild, bui annoying bladder irritations — making you feel resiles*, tense, and uncomfortable. And if restless nights, with nagging backache, headache or muscular aches and pains due to ovei-exertion, strain or emotional upset, are adding to your misery —don’t wait-try Doan's Pills.Doan's Pills act 3 ways for speedy relief. 1 — They have a soothing effect on bladder irritations. 2 —A fast pain-relieving action on nagging backache, headaches, muscular aches and pains. 3 — A wonderfully mild diuretic action thru the kidneys, tending to increase the output of the 15 miles of kidney tubes. So. get the same happy relief millions have enjoyed for over 60years.For convenience, ask for the large size. Get Doan's Pills today!DoansF0lan gra j nc I vat la 1 ere mo Ctholanforda’Vma1orbetineTh«gnancim|•i*-—1\
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Great Bend Daily Tribune
Great Bend, Kansas, US
Wed, Sep 19, 1962
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