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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1963
Page
2
AP dispatch from Kansas City reports cattle around 300 head with market not established, hogs down 50 cents to 75 cents for barrows and gilts and 25 to 50 for sows, with barrows and gilts 190-240 and 15.50-18.25 per hundredweight, sows 275-400. Sheep at 50 head mostly steady with choice wooled lambs around 18.00.
The Rev H C Kelment president of the Kansas Conference of Seventh day Adventist Topeka will be guest speaker at Garden City Seventh day Adventist Church Saturday The sermon will focus on religious liberty amid national emphasis by Adventist churches supporting the U S Constitution Local pastor C J Owens notes Kelment will speak on freedom to choose rest day and limits of state authority in areas relating to God to be true to the first four commandments.
In Kansas City Missouri a hit-and-run driver struck four men at Oak and Truman Road as they cut a pavement hole for a telephone conduit. Jesse Francis Blankinship, 35, died. Two others were injured but in satisfactory condition. One worker wrestled the driver from the car, stopping it a block away before the suspect fled on foot.
The Campbell firm merged with Stowell Abstract Co purchasing the Stowell firm last month. Helen M. Stowell joins Campbell as an adviser after founding an abstract office in 1921 and leading Kansas Title Assn. She and Campbell’s Hope and Campbell lineage extend over five decades. All Stowell assets moved to the new Campbell building south of the Courthouse.
In Alexandria Virginia Mucho a German shepherd police dog is trained to respond to commands issued through a walkie talkie mounted on his harness Officers Yoakum and Kesler tested the setup with the dog about 40 feet away Mucho moved on heard commands and performed sit and fetch like a normal handler training began last summer and the unit plans to refine the method for potential use on the job
Garden City hosts Dairy Day at the 4-H Club building from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m with free lunch at noon. The Artificial Breeding Assn. will meet at Plymell Community building at 7 p.m with a free dinner sponsored by local Co-ops. Also notes on lichen biology and its old, symbiotic pair.
In Yale Michigan a 1621 strong town faces mass layoffs as the Yale Woolen Mills shuts down after decades of operation. The plant's closure ends a $1 million payroll and 30 jobs, sparking fear for the future amid mounting local debts and a push for a new sewage plant and school bond. Local 980 member Donald Winkler says 300 lost jobs while factory leaders blame cheaper imports and shifts in world commerce for the collapse.
A complete interior remodel is underway at the Sweetbriar Shop at the southeast corner of Chestnut and Main. New flooring and ceiling will be installed while the store remains open, with completion in about three weeks. Nellie Moore says two outside signs will go up, and the rear north entrance will be closed.
Othal J. Robinson formerly of Satanta is the new operator of the Sinclair Service Station at Main and Pine, taking over from Rudy Perez and Seco Garcia. The station offers 7 am to 10 pm operations daily with washing, lubrication, and oil changes. new underground tanks and lighting are being installed. Robinson, a former United Carbon Co. employee, and his sons will run the business. Perez remains employed at the station and Garcia joined the city. They have moved to 14 N. 8th and work includes son Bill in Garden City and son Jerry at Phillips-White Funeral Home. another son lives in Ulysses.
Two Garden City Co-op employees attended a basic fertilizer short course this week at the CCA School of Cooperation in Kansas City Missouri. Clarence Mader and Jerry Roth, both in the fertilizer department, represented the local Co-op.
Prudential Insurance agent Jack H. Devolld of Hutchinson District Office is honored as Man of the Month for the Garden City area after besting district colleagues in the recognition program. A historical note recalls a five mile cast iron pipeline in Pennsylvania beginning operations in 1865.
Hospital notices list multiple dismissals and births at St Catherine including a new son for Earl Bondy family at 526 Summit on Jan 24 at 12 28 pm weighing 9 pounds 7 ounces and another for Tex George Johnson at 303 Emerson on Jan 24 at 11 36 am weighing 8 pounds 18% ounces plus a third for Jack Mata at 2073 N 13th on Jan 25 at 5 50 am weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. Other entries include names and addresses of discharged patients and patients in hospitals.
Legal transfers include Clarence A. Murry to Columbus E. Kiehl a partial block of Garden City. Duane E. West to Eldon Dailey a Teitelbaum Addition tract. Iva B. Branson to Thomas W. Hood a Harpers replat lot. Sunset Memorial ei dens to V O Slater a section C lot. McAllister Sons to L C Stalls worth a lot in McAllister Replat. Marriage license for Lester Toben and Virginia Ann Corey both of Garden City.
County fines for Calvin Pitt over length driving license and multiple costs. Earl Giles extra fines. Donald Honey and Robert Pfaffenhauser cited on overweight counts with costs. Bonds posted for Clarke and Natividad Hernandez for ordinance and improper driving. Civil case DoH vs Earl L Jay and several divorces and income tax delinquencies.
In Knoxville Tennessee locals dub the icy glaze causing slick roads “freezy skid stuff” during a severe winter siege. The article notes a curious fact that 5,000 tons of cargo aboard a ship near the equator would weigh 25 tons more at the poles due to the earth's rotational force.
Gar den City Public Schools presents the hot lunch lineup for next week. Monday includes chicken and dumplings with apples and sweet potatoes, buttered peas, hot rolls and baked custard in nutmeg sauce. Tuesday features hamburger steak with gravy, corn, lettuce wedge, whole wheat biscuits and cherry cobbler. Wednesday offers braised beef, green beans, parsley potatoes, hot biscuits and pumpkin pie. Thursday serves turkey and dressing, buttered carrots, Waldorf salad, whole wheat rolls and peanut butter pecan pie. Friday presents bean frankfurter casserole, steamed cabbage, baked potato, corn bread and peach pie.
The Kansas Highway Commission approved a plan to reallocate highway funds to the eastern divisions, effective July 1, raising shares for the 1st and 4th divisions to 26.1 and 20.1 percent while reducing allocations for the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th divisions. The plan targets construction needs on state primary, secondary, and urban systems, excluding Interstate funds, with a total of 35.1 million dollars this year for those programs.
The Rev. Robert Rusk attended the mid year meetings of the American Baptist Home Missionary Societies in Wichita this week. Seven new missionaries were commissioned. Mrs. Victor Harlich, president of the Kansas Woman's Missionary Society and of Garden City, read scripture at the First Baptist Church in Wichita on Tuesday. Also attending were Donna Selover and Beverly Krug.
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