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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1969
Page
7
Kansas City market summary shows cattle and calves around 3,000 head with feeders and prime grades listed by weight. Hogs total about 4,500 with varying barrow and gilt categories and price ranges, while sheep include spring lambs in multiple quality tiers and price brackets.
The Dow Jones average of 30 Industrials stood at noon, down 0.46 points to 900.14 as traders considered buying or selling options. Telegram want ads offer guidance for market activity and quotations from Goffe & Carkener Inc.
Glehn Wright led a county project to establish a regional Southwest Kansas museum in an abandoned Syracuse hardware store and an adjacent building near US50. The facility will house early furnishings, Indian artifacts, Syracuse’s first horse drawn fire hose cart, and other local relics with about $6,000 already raised from a 1965 county levy. Donations are welcome as the museum prep continues toward an anticipated public opening in two to three weeks.
The Prairie Players present The Birth of a Town a melodrama about Fulton town history with a devilish villain a brave hero and a shameless town reputation. Cast includes Bill Alsop J J Fulton Bob Murray and Jane Wentley with dancers from Knox and music by the Prairie Pipers. Proceeds fund City Christmas decorations.
A cluttered schedule lists various fitness activities including women’s jog and walk at 7 p.m., men’s run for 20 minutes at 7 a.m., and swim sessions at Memorial Stadium and Penrose Stadium. Toddler and mother-toddler sessions run in morning slots, with additional exercise classes and a Bradlu Sweat event noted.
Mrs Zora Beeson 77 of Garden City died at St Catherine Hospital after long illness. Born 1891 in Jefferson County Indiana, she and Monford Beeson moved to Garden City in 1909. Funeral Saturday at the Community Church. Lucile Keller 61 of Seward died at St Joseph Hospital Larned after short illness. Funeral Friday at St Francis Catholic Church Seward with burial in Seward Cemetery. Rosary tonight at Cook and Weber Funeral Home Great Bend.
The Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Extraction plant west of Deerfield returns to farmland after two 1965 disasters. A tornado June 3 damaged units and a July 19 fire and explosions destroyed the heart of the plant, ending operations. Eight workers were on site, and the facility was never reopened. The site was later sold to farmer Denzel Dyer, with only the old superintendent’s house and a garage remaining as remnants. The auxiliary station nearby continues to operate, with minimal signs of the plant remaining.
Fifty six pints of blood mark the progress of community donor Roy Wilkerson who hit the seven gallon level during the Red Cross Bloodmobile May visit. Fellow donors also reached notable milestones with four gallons for Lester De Pew and two gallons for Stewart Boone Jenny Duran Donald Rex Lear and Rudy Perez. Additional donors Mrs. Lester Heinemann Mrs. Harry Johnson Tony Ornelas and Roger Lea Childers reached one gallon.
Mrs Myrna Price of Woodson Terrace sent her 10 year old son Eddie and neighbor Julie Dulaney to drop discarded clothing in a Goodwill box. They wandered 10 miles to a box at a St Louis corner along Interstate 70 and were found at a service station seven hours later, tired and thirsty after completing their task.
State Rep. David Heinemann spoke to 425 delegates at the American Legion Girls State on the University of Kansas campus, outlining fiscal strains from inflation and aging populations. He warned Kansas faces costly health care and education pressures, urging younger generations to fund expanded services through a fairer tax system and better use-based taxes. Heinemann noted Kansas has a large under-25 cohort and a high elderly share, stressing the need for tax reform tied to use and benefits received.
Hospitals dismissals list names including Mrs Daisy Bond Mrs Benny Billinger and others with addresses in Enid Scott City Dighton and Ala ba. A separate line notes fines for Dennis E Thomas and Neal A Bradstreet for fishing without license and excess rods. Police bonds forfeited for Larry H Phillips at 708 Mulberry.
Garden City parking in loading zone four dollars. Le land Mead on Imperial Road parked in a truck zone four dollars. Albert Knoll at 710 Bancroft failed to yield at a stop intersection fifteen dollars. Fredrick J. McMillan at 307 North 10th careless driving fifteen dollars. Greg A. Clare at Holcomb careless driving twenty dollars.
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