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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1963
Page
2
Local market quotes show wheat around 2.63 with little change and coop prices near 2.03 for wheat and 1.65 for rye. Kansas City AP reports cattle and hog markets steady to weak with prime steers 22.50 to 23.25 and slaughter lambs 50 to 75 higher as sheep demand rises.
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks at noon rose 3 to 270.1 with industrials up .5, rails up .2, utilities down .1. Large cap tech and mot ors led gains while steels and chemicals mixed. The Dow industrial average inched up 2.17 to 717.28 as trading remained quiet across exchanges.
Amarillo Texas performer Larry Kelley known as the King of Pantomime will headline Deerfield Lions Club 10th anniversary dinner and zone social Saturday May 11 at 8 PM CST at Deerfield Grade School. Sponsoring clubs are Zone 1 Region II. Reservations due by Sunday May 5.
Holcomb Lions Club sponsors Bruce Players appearing at Holcomb High School auditorium. The show features Bruce Wallace as Toby and the three act comedy Toby's Back in Town with vaudeville between acts. A 2:30 PM student matinee offers a family style entertainment with dismissal for classes.
Concord New Hampshire governor John W King announced he had signed the sweepstakes bill, urging a first state operated lottery. He said tickets could be sold to non residents, with proceeds to fund schooling. The bill won support amid a state legislative joint session as galleries filled with visitors.
Admissions list includes James Schiffelbein Lee Pilcher Mrs James Overbey Mrs Monte Lowry Mary Ellen Garcia Lillie Vanderree Mrs Kenneth Ochs George Lipe Mrs Marshall Walker Renee Brewer Juan Mercado George Sprague Mrs Gerald Cranston at multiple locales. Dismissals include Gina DeBey Edward Bowman Viola Wright Alvin Richmeier Earl Bates Jacqueline Biernacki Mrs George Matthews. Birth announcements report a son for Monte Lowry and a son for Gerald Cranston with precise times and weights.
In Garden City area notices list inadequate registration costs four and five dollars. Names include Raymond W. Blackwood speeding with ten and five costs, Robert D. Ball speeding ten and five, Velma Munger and Warren Lee Litzman over length five costs. District Civil and Foreclosure actions cited with Land Bank of Wichita, and a sweep of police notices for no parking zones disqualifications and improper driving. Bond forfeitures involve Joe Dee McMillen Bill Ellis Gibson Vicki Schroeder Raymond Gonzales Hugh Loyd Carlton Larry Adams Manuel Dechant Ruth Humphrey Larry Underwood and James Ruark.
C E Fender and spouse transfer tract 11 in 11 24 33 to W C Rice and spouse. Arthur J Schmale and spouse transfer Lot 9 Block 4 in Stoeckley s Subdivision to Robert M Fenton and spouse. Charles Walter and spouse transfer Lot 13 Block 4 in Harris Addition to Jack Hopkins and spouse.
Elmer Joseph Gross of 1604 W Kansas had driving on a suspended license suspended from April 2 to November 21, 1964. Alette-Leroy Salem of Cimarron faced insufficien t fund check charges. Raymond W Wait of Sublette had no account checks. Harold R Kitch of Garden City faced insuffici ent fund checks with costs. Roger Klotz of Engle was fined.
Robert Schreiber elected chairman of the Kansas Blue Cross Blue Shield State Members' Committee. He succeeds J. D. Smer chek of Manhattan and will serve on the Blue Cross Blue Shield Boards. Ernest Bird re elected vice chairman and Bernice Buchanan re elected secretary.
AP reports Kansas experiences a gradual warm-up after an eight-front drop in temperatures overnight. Highs range around 60s with 30s to mid-40s at night, warmer by Wednesday, while showers were scarce and clouds drifted eastward. Local highs varied from 60 in Goodland to 76 in Pittsburg.
Bert Range of Kansan State Penitentiary received one to five years for writing no account checks. James William Howard drew a term not to exceed ten years for forgery. Both sentences run concurrently. Syria spans over 72,000 square miles, making it slightly larger than North Dakota.
Douglas Crotty Sr elected worthy grand patron and Mrs. Paul Reid named grand chaplain at the 87th annual Eastern Star meeting in Topeka. Mrs. Alfred Wille of Wamego elected worthy grand matron. Crotty Weldings’s Doug Crotty Sr and family active in Garden City groups. numerous posts and civic work noted. A May 10 reception and banquet precede further ceremonies with tickets from chapter officers.
Pre enrollment for first graders at St Mary's School is Friday with sessions 9 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm. Bob Graham and David Thompson, Liberal juniors, won first place at the Kansas Key Club convention in Hutchinson. Graham performed a Kennedy imitation and an original piano piece. Merle Atman of Garden City Junior High was accepted to two National Science Foundation summer institutes at Southwestern Oklahoma State College Weatherford. Captain Howard P. Woertendyke, Kansas Wing CAP, left for a regional chaplains conference at Richard Gebaur AFB. Dale and Mrs Raynesford of Garden City named National Alumni fund drive chairs for Kansas Wesleyan University. about 250 workers participate.
Vernon L. Mathes, 19, of Harper, named 1068 Star Farmer of Kansas at the state FFA convention. He received a $200 award as 23 contestants competed. seven $100 foundation awards were also announced. Mathes milks 26 Ayrshires, raises hogs, alfalfa, and grain sorghums after his father quit milking. he borrowed funds to buy the herd.
Anna M. Lightcap 71 of 612 N 12th died Monday night at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Born July 8, 1892 she was married to Reuben Lightcap who survives. Garland Funeral Home to handle arrangements. Mitchell Hauth brother of Mrs Lilly Hofbauer 307 N 2nd died last Wednesday in Fairfax California. Funeral and burial held in Fairfax Saturday. Mr Hauth a former Scott Citian.
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