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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1968
Page
8
The noon Dow Jones工业平均 up 6.99 to 842.33 amid mixed cattle hog and sheep quotes. Kansas City includes cattle, calves, steers and heifers with varied prices, while Garden City reports steady hogs and calves, cattle getting moderate activity and cows feeding buyers at 18 to 19.50.
YMCA calendar shows multiple items for Monday to Thursday with times and locations mostly at Mal Krebs pool YMCA Hall and other halls. Entries include Tiny Tot Swim Women's Exercise executive committee meeting board meeting ceramics guitar lessons bridge and deliveries with several garbled words and mistyped venues.
Annual meeting of the Federal Land Bank Assn of Garden City will be Wednesday at Knights of Columbus Halls begun at noon with a luncheon. William S. May of Wichita Federal Land Bank will speak with slides on the golden anniversary. M. L. Russell will preside. stockholders to elect directors and receive the annual report.
Garden City girls split two games at Liberal under the High School Girls Athletic Association. The 1A team lost 15 17, 14 6, 3 14 with players Heinz Widows Rodriguez Lightner and Rodriguez scoring. The B team won 9 14, 13 4, 14 10 led by Proffitt Arellano Davis and Gau Besa. Next games at Hays March 16 and Liberal March 19 under sponsor Florine LeClerc.
Kansas reports strong gains in land game production with rising bird hunting activity and an expanding deer herd. Officials cite improved habitat management and weather conditions driving the increase across counties.
A list of dismissals at St Catherine pending Sunday services includes Rev J A Biegler John E Herrera Jack A Lowry Mrs Leo Mills Lyle Nelson Ervin Nightengale Scott Eldon E Pauls James A Peterson Harry Reece Stephanie Jo Rocha Clarence Eugene Schneider Glenn C Stover Jane William Dean Walker Mrs Joe Wing Marienthal Mrs Willard Zimmerman and others. County court notes show suspended sentences for J E Lutters and Steve Silvas and fines for James A Rogers and Dennis E Smith.
A list of speeding charges includes Terry R. Kells 97 in a 70 zone with 20 and 10 costs, Rus ssell Maxfield Jr. 75 in a 0 zone with 15 and 10 costs, Robert L. Meyer 80 in a 60 zone with 10 and 10 costs, and others. Also reports drunk driving for Ruth N. Doran and several vehicle accident notes with names and addresses. Legals note Warranty Deeds transferring property in Garden Belle Addition and other parcels.
Holcomb music students participated in two festivals on Saturday. At Seot Invitational Festival the fifth and sixth grade band earned I ratings, coronet trio I. Individual I ratings went to Candy Fief, Bonnie Whitman, Mary Kraus, Cathy Boehling, Janice Rome. II ratings to Kim Linnenberger, Jerry Bongtrager, Judy Rome, Mitzi Adams, Penny Davis. At Hugoton seventh and eighth grades earned I for band and Girls Chorus, II for Mixed Chorus. percussion, brass, clarinet quartettes, and woodwind choir I. flute ensemble II. woodwind trio II. Solo I ratings to Kay Fry, Gary Miller, Verlon Engler, Nancy Linville, Paul Hewson, Stephane Kraus, Janice Rogers, David Morris, Carol Lang. II ratings to Susan Fief, Penny Small, Becky Schreibvogel, Delma Joss. III ratings to Bernice Lofing, Susan Mader.
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatality log covering 48 hours to 9 am Monday in March 1968. The record compares 1968 with 1967, noting 102 deaths this period versus 83 in 1967. Highlights include year to date and period totals for reference.
Pete J Harms 61 died Sunday at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital Ulysses. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday Grant Mennonite Church rural Ulysses with burial in Ulysses Cemetery. Born August 31 1906 Inman Kansas married Fanny Koehn June 1 1927. Survived by widow son Gene L two daughters plus six sisters and a brother. 17 grandchildren. Memorials to heart fund requested. Phillips Mortuary in charge.
Ansel Drake, 70, died Friday evening at St. Catherine Hospital Garden City. Funeral was held this afternoon with burial at Scott County Cemetery. Born July 16 1897 Lyons he married Dorothy H Lantz in August 1921 El Paso Tex He lived 28 years in Scott City as a commercial artist and landowner Surviving are a son Lance Phoenix Arizona a daughter Ellen Logan Utah and three grandchildren.
Mrs Melba Sigley 51 resident of Ingalls for 23 years died unexpectedly yesterday at Trinity Hospital Dodge City Born March 29 1916 in Sa Junta Colorado married to M D Sigley in Newton 1937 Survived by widower five sons and several siblings Funeral services at Ingalls Federated Church with Rev Richard Goold Burial Syracuse Cemetery Memorial fund suggested to the Ingalls Federated Church Evans Funeral Home Cimarron in charge
Rosalyn Waldorf violinist won a certificate at the seventh annual Kansas Federated Women's Club music contest in Pratt on Saturday. She earned an invitation to return next year. Waldorf is sponsored by Estralita Club and is daughter of Rosa coe Waldorf. Other participants included Peggy Stoner Monte Baird Cindy Towles Kathy Brown Lois De Pew and David Ellington. Credit slips and return invitations went to Stoner De Pew Towles and Ellington. Star Federated Club backed Stoner De Pew Towles Ellington. Astraea Club backed Towles. Estralita Club backed Waldorf Baird Brown.
Emporia Kansas AP reports a record graduate school enrollment at Kansas State Teachers College for this term. Director Clint Webber says graduate enrollment reached 1136, up from 907 last semester and 1075 a year ago. Summer enrollments typically exceed 2000, with total spring enrollment at 6658.
Two area servicemen have been promoted to Army private pay grade B-2 upon completion of basic combat training at Fort Bliss Texas. Robert L. Proudfit and Darrell L. Holden earned early promotions two months ahead of schedule under an Army policy rewarding outstanding trainees. Proudfit, 20, is the son of Mr and Mrs Ernest G. Proudfit of 211 West Olive. Holden, 28, is the son of Ralph Holden of Lakin with a Syracuse mother and a wife in Great Bend. Promotions reflect high range scores, top physical proficiency, military bearing and leadership. Proudfit is serving personnel training at Fort Huachuca Arizona.
Private Gregory M Culbreath son of Mr and Mrs Clarke Culbreath 605 Briar Hill Drive is undergoing six months of radio avionics training at Fort Garton Georgia after enlisting November 7 1967 and completing basic training at Fort Bliss Texas where he fired expert with the M 14 rifle He graduated Garden City High School in 1965 attended Wichita State University and now lists Fort Gordon Georgia as his service address His mother Mrs Esther Ann Braums resides in Hutchinson The expert rating is the highest mark on weapons qualification
Army private Richard E Taylor aged 20 son of Frank R Taylor of 507 North 4th finished vane training at Fort Bliss and fired expert with the M 14 rifle near completion of his training in the army.
Charles Newcom son of Mr and Mrs C Kent Newcom 707 E Fair was chosen as a senator for the Student Governing Assn for 1968 69 at Kansas State University where he studies He will represent the College of Arts and Sciences John Ley Leon Student will represent the College of Engineering Robert Church Dighton will represent the Graduate School
Donald Dean Martin, a Garden City High School attendee, enlisted as a High School Seaman Recruit and trains at the US Naval Training Center in San Diego California. His sister, Mrs. Carrol Walker, resides at 2010 N Main.
A reflective note on dust storms moving topsoil and the cycle of Nature. It emphasizes that matter is never destroyed, only transformed, and that rains, floods, and droughts reshuffle the land but fertility returns. Courage and education will sustain the state as fields and families endure and rebuild.
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