Gray Lady Volunteers Hit 7000 Hours In Four Years
More than 7,000 hours of Gray Lady service have been logged in Garden City nursing homes and at St Catherine hospital over four years. Seventy six women and one man contributed, with training under Red Cross supervision and self-supplied uniforms. Gray Ladies began in April 1957 and now serve at six homes, led by long-time volunteer Mrs. Schulman then Mrs. Kaiser. Mrs. Guy Palmer, leader in hours, has logged 415% hours, performing visits, letter writing, crafts, and supportive tasks for ill and aged residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Ladies
Gray Lady
Garden Ciy
St. Catherine Hospital
Mildred Hope
Red Cross
St Catherine Hospital
Dearth's
Fellowship Baptist
Goodwill
Laurel Street
Shadylawn
Stella’s
Frank Schulman
Gray ‘Lady
Mark Kaiser
Schulman Rag
Red Cross Volunteer Services
iGuy Palmer
Palmer
Myrtle Wood
John Talley
St. Catherine's
Charlton Brown
Hope
M. A. Myers
Darreil Morrow
Guy Palmer
Emma Austin
Goodwill Nursing Home
Garden City
Local notes on move, scholarships, and sales in community
Bruce Garnand moves to Santa Fe with family joining a new loans organization. Kansas State University honors include Paul Weigel Foundation scholarship for Jerry A. Ogburn and a book prize for Max Delmer Bishop Leon. Army Pfc Steven J. Bloyd earns Order of Gold Patriots while serving in Germany. Cadet Larry Lane Ellington at Wentworth Military Academy awaits graduation. Logoperics Auxiliary scholarship fund sale set at Walls Foodliner with proceeds from home baked goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry A. Ogburn
Everett Ogburn
St. John
Architecture
Kansas State University
Paul Weigel Foundation
Jerry
K-State
Max Delmer
Leon
Army Pfc
Steven J. Bloyd
Donald E. Bloyd
Lakin
U.S. Army
S “Order of Gold
50Th Infantry
Germany
U.S
Bloyd
Lakin ‘High School
Larry Lane Ellington
A. L. Ellington
T. Laurel
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Gale
Walls Foodliner
Logoperics Auxiliary Scholarship Fund
Dick Stone
Marvin Hamman
More Soviet Radio Signals Are Caught
Paris AP reports French monitoring stations picked up voice signals on a frequency used by Soviet technicians for space satellites. Officials speculate the signals indicate testing of communications in preparation for another space missile test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Swine Session Set for Garden City Tomorrow
The Southwest Kansas Swine Producers Association holds its second meeting of the year tomorrow night at the Warren Hotel Garden City. Veterinarians Dr Ray Pyles and Dr Lee Railsback will discuss anthropic rhinitis, a disease destroying bone in swine snouts. The meeting starts at 8 p m and is open to all local swine producers and interested persons.
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Southwest Kansas Swine Producers Association
Warren Hotel
Garden City
Ray Pyles
Lee Railsback
Kansas State University
Kansas
Duane Hays
Garden City PCA High in Loans
Garden City Production Credit Association ranked second in the nation for total loans in 1960. Manager Charles Korff announced that 87 members borrowed a combined 24.6 million dollars, marking a second consecutive year of this high ranking. Plainview, Texas led with 9.7 million in loans on December 31, 1960. The nation’s 488 associations served 936 thousand farmer rancher members, with 2.6 billion in credit. The Garden City PCA serves 14 southwest Kansas counties. Officers include Korff, Dickhut, and Til ler, with other directors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City Production Credit Association
Charles Korff
Korff
PCA
Garden City Association
Plainviaw
Texas
Koriff
Guden City
Southwest
Kansas
Dickhut
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Activity Mixed
AP dateline from Kansas City shows cattle prices mostly steady to lower with steers 21.50 to 23.50, heifers 22.50 to 23.00, cows 15.75 to 17.50, vealers 25.00 to 30.00. hogs 4,200 head steady to 25 lower, barrows 16.50 to 17.00, sows 14.50 to 15.25. sheep 5,000 with lambs not established, ewes steady, lambs 12.00 to 15.00, utilities 2.00 to 4.50.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Laos Geneva talks open amid push for arms ban and coalition
In Geneva the Laos conference opens with Western nations aiming to ban arms shipments and press for a unified coalition among rival Lao factions. Major powers plan to address international settlement while bypassing Laos internal disputes. U.S. plans to participate despite Vientiane boycott. opening speeches set by Gromyko and Home with Rusk slated to speak midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Laos
U.S
Edly
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Kennedy
United States
Leuam Tasistengmay
Souvanna Phounia
Britain
Russia
Cochairmen
Andrei Gromyko
Lord Home
Dean Rusk
Centennial Day Parade in Garden City Sets 1961 Themes and Prizes
Garden City Chamber of Commerce invites local clubs to enter a float for Centennial Day on June 3 with the theme Early Kansas Days prior to 1900. Prizes total 50, 25, and 15 dollars. The event includes a Sidewalk Bazaar 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and ends with a Centennial Dance to fund expenses. The 1961 KABIE Tour visits June 14, and a July 4th program crowns Miss Southwest Kansas Centennial 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Piland
Garden City
Retail Committee
National Guard Armory
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Five youths arraigned in theft of gasoline caps
Five youths aged 14 and 15 appeared with their parents at police headquarters here Monday after police linked them to weekend thefts of 154 gasoline tank and radiator caps. Police Chief Mitch Geisler placed the matter under advisement as caps valued at $200 to $250 were recovered Friday evening in the west part of town, found by a parent of one of the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitch Geisler
Seven Fined For Cafe Fight at Las Palmas Cafe
Seven men involved in a late Saturday night brawl at Las Palmas Cafe were fined 25 dollars each, received 30 day jail terms, and placed on a year of probation to restitution 104 dollars for tavern damage. Bottles and ashtrays flew during the melee though no injuries were reported. One man, Leo Guerrero Servantez, was found innocent on disorderly conduct charges and had his bond returned. The fined individuals were Lloyd Rodriguez Hilburn Alejandro Eleazar Lopez Freddie Bernal Medina Guadalupe Salinas Valles Robert Hilburn Jose Valero and Murilio Valero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Palmas Cafe Fiere
Leo Guerrero Servantez
Lloyd Rodriguez Hilburn
Alejandro Eleazar Lopez
Freddie Bernal Medina
Guadalupe Salinas Valles
Robert Hilburn
Jose Valero
Murilio Valero
Hospitals and property deeds listed in defunct records
Admissions and dismissals at St Catherine and Leopold hospitals list names and addresses including Mrs Louise Ott Ruben Hernandez Mrs Edwin Johnson Kenneth Chmelka and Kathleen Katz among others. Executorships and warranty deeds cover multiple parcels in Holmes Third and Fairmount Additions with oil and gas leases and refinery stakes detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Catherine
Louise Ott
Ruben Hernandez
Property transfers and licenses noted in Garden City records
In Garden City an assortment of land parcels is recorded. Transfers cover areas in SE sections 20 21 31 with 120 acres and air to depth 5 750. Swenson acquires NW 23 21 32 180 acres, King and spouse to Helmenich and Payne Inc. NW 11 23 27 160 acres. Also mentions marriage licenses Sidney Nevin and Joyce Meier, both Garden City, and Durley and Ardyth Martin ages 24 and 21 respectively from Garden City and Molcomb.
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Owen L. Grable
Richard T. Roberts
Fairmount
Lawrence L. Beckett
Loren E. Percival
Holmes
Effie L. Scott
Frank Reed
Harry H. Reed
E. Mear Hutton
Et Ux
Wilcox Oil Co
NEM
Roy Hatfield
Hermerich and Payne, Inc
Elmer G. Becker
el Ux
National Cooperative Refinery
Agsn
SW34
Gertrude Richards
National Cooperative Refinery Assn
Wesley Sterling
Kenneth R. Swenson
L. L. King
Helmenich and Payne, Inc
Sidney Lee Nevin
Joyce Meier
Garden City
Eldon FR. Durley
Ardyth Martin
Molcomb
County Court Fines and Suspensions in 1961 Proceedings
In county court, Donald J Brungardt paid fines for improper starting while Loyd Smith and Leonard Henning faced overload charges with fines and costs. LeRoy Riven also charged with overload. Bonds posted for Charles Nixon on bad check. Leonard Jennings sentenced on no account check plea to 30 days jail and costs. Multiple licenses suspended for driving related charges with dates in 1961. Several individuals cited for improper driving and bonds posted or forfeited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald J. Brungardt
Loyd Smith
Leonard Henning
LeRoy Riven
Charles Nixon
Leonard Keith Jennings
Raymond Francis Johnson
B Street
Robert Deuti Ball
Edwards
Donald Stewart Haywood
Rosita Marie Torres
Horace O'Neal Gay
Donald Dean Handy
Carl LaVerne Knous
Melvin Eugene Bauer
Larry D. Grantham
Elizabeth Ann Salter
Eugene Earl Wright
Death notices for Guynes Keen Evans in Dighton
Funeral services set for Guynes Keen Evans 53 after a Sunday truck crash. Burial at Mayetta Cemetery. Born March 12 1908 in Saratoga Arkansas he lived in Dighton 20 years worked for State Highway Commission. Survived by daughter mother and three sisters.
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Guy Keen Evans
Arlo Snodgrass
Dighton Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Keen
Saratoga
Ark
State Highway Commission
Arkansas
W. D. Keen
Dighton
Pete Perdune
Shields
Charles Saddler
Pete Black
Scott City
Franklin B Oldweiler Dies. Rites Planned
Franklin B. Oldweiler of Mayetta, father of the late Ralph Oldweiler of Garden City, died Monday. A grandson, Franklin B. Oldweiler of Holcomb, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Lawrence Dawson of 613, are noted in the obituary with funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin B. Oldweiler
Mayetta
Ralph Oldweiler
Garden City
Holcomb
Lawrence Dawson
Tony Baier, Holcomb resident, dies at 54
Tony Baier died this morning at his farm home three miles west of here after a heart attack. A 30 year resident of Finney County, he was born February 18, 1907 and married Eleanor Prewo in Chicago in 1929. Survived by widow, eight sons, four daughters, four brothers, and his mother. Garland Funeral Home in charge.
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Bill
Garden City
Anita Savolt
Mary Ann Metts
Dorothy Vairchild
Carolyn Bentor
Kansas City
Kan
Joe
Phil
Val
Holcomb
John
Deerfield
Wise
John Heili
Garland Funeral Home
Death of Gid Rotramel at Garden City Home
Gid Rotramel aged 52 was found dead this morning at his home 508 E Santa Fe Garden City. He had lived in Garden City for the past year. Born July 22 1908 in Arkansas he married Effie in August 1938 in Fine ville Missouri. Survived by three daughters Betty Minnie Joy Ann and two sons James and Richard and one sister Orie Matlock Gravit Ark. arrangements under his direction.
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Gid Rotramel
E. Santa Fe
Garden City
Mr. Rotramel
Arkansas
Effie
Fineville
Betty
Minnie
Gentry
Ark
Joy Ann
James
Richard
Orie Matlock
Gravit
The
Garland Funeral Home
Retired carpenter Leslie Christmas dies at 73
Leslie Christmas 73 longtime Garden City resident and WWI veteran died Monday evening at St. Catherine Hospital. Born July 4 1887 in Boonville Indiana he worked with his father and later as an independent carpenter until retirement. He served in World War I with actions in St Michiel Vosges Arvenne and Muese counties and was a charter member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2279. Survived by cousin Mabel Raibley of Rosnville with arrangements by Garnand Funeral Home.
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Leslie Christmas
Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Stone Hotel
Christmas
Boonville
Ind
W.C .Christmas
Leslie
Valley View
U. S. Army
Camp Funston
Kaw
St. Michiel
Vosges Arvenne
Muese
John J. Haskel
Tamar
Colo
Rosnville
Mabel Raibley
Garnand
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D. V. Morgan
Walter Wolf
Robert Scott
John J. Wolf
Andrew Lar
L, Elsey
Eugene Rose
Paull Need
John Dopler
Charles Hockstrom
Mmes
Paul Cole
A. J. Longley
Hugh Miller
Edwin Rohr
Richard Stansbury
Bessie "Grieve
Roy Fankhauser
S. E. Zitkle
W. E. Leavgitt
Dick Robinson, Sr
Owen Robinson
Edith Bennie
Arthur Brandt
Lester Clark
Harold Drake
M. M. Etrick
A. G. Gottschalk
Chas
Hooper
Andrew Hummer
Leland Kendall
Lee Eisner
Philbrick
John Robinson
Dale Saffels
Dudley Schneider
J. P. Sheehy
E. F. Ware
Lloyd Haag
George Kinney
D. M. Mimms
Charles Estep
C. O. Gereken
Harry Gigot
William Groh
Clifford Hope
Don LaGesse
Margaret Mahan
J. B. Pinegar
James Price Jr
George Sabine
J. 8. Sloan
Karl Svaty
Herbert Harms
George McCarthy
R. H. Callhan, Jr
R. L. Ball
Ralph Miller
Oliver Huffman
Chas, Schoonover
Shirley Slegle
Earnest Kells
Mary Rundell
J. Runidell
R. L. Stone
J. 0. Kuhn
Bruce Garnand
Bryant
Alton
Garnin
Santa Fe
N.M
Nancy
Scott
Patricsia
David Paasch
Garden City, Kansas
Palmer Jewerly
Don Linenberger
Ray Palmer
Egos
New York
Bullock
Chemical
Dreyfus Fund
Finan Ind
Mat
Gen Invest
Ios
Aes
Fund Invest
TOL
Hamil
Incorp Inc
Incorp Invest Ae
Keystone Cust
Mass Invest
Mutual Treatntren
Ser-Inc
Ser
Wellington
BREIT
Conkling
Roofing Company
Fiji
Robert Gale Robinson
Roy Robinson
Goodland
Phillip Pater
B. G. Robinson
Henry Johnson
Jacob Peter
R. F. Morgan
Bethany
Hattie Green
Bremen
Ind. E
Ton
Edwin Johnson
Evans
Kenneth Chmelka
Imperial
Gordon Carlisle
Curtis Lee
Michael Katz
Kathleen Katz
Leopold
J. F. Leatherman
Healy
St. Cathrine
Legals
Tony Baier
Finnup Seed Store
Jang Morales
Prop
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