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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1963
Page
1
Local market notes show wagon prices for Wheat Barley Rye and Corn with small changes. Kansas City livestock data report hogs steady to up to 10 higher, sows steady, calves and cattle mixed with varying price ranges and wholesale beef figures.
Washington remarks reveal Senator Humphrey denounces lack of a national cultural center while criticizing federal plans for area development. He cites Berlin Opera House as a standard and urges action amid proposed laws on federal involvement. The speech coincides with Laos red alerts and moon landing talks.
Annual training session for all WH club officers set for Friday at 9 00 a m at the WH club. Mrs Elsie Branden county me economics agent notes many Haskell and Finney County 4 H ers will attend with officers receiving instruction from Kenneth Fromm Willis Blume and others.
Garden City’s St Catherine Hospital opened a physical therapy department on September 17 led by physical therapist Mrs Martha Towns with aide Mary Regan. In two weeks 66 techniques were used for inpatients and outpatients though outings require physician referral. The program features whirlpool, hydrocollator, ultrasound, infrared heat, diathermy and more, with a focus on restoring useful pain free activity for patients from auto and farm accidents, chronic diseases and stroke survivors.
Kenneth Fromm a Finney County extension agent was among 15 chosen for the honorary Eperson Sigma Phi in the 49th Kansas Extension Service Conference at Kansas State University Manhattan October 22 to 25. Delegates and other agents participated in debates and activities across campuses with leaders named from several counties.
TOPEKA AP Teamiore Kansas counties have been designated an aide of drought emergency by the secretary of agriculture. The designation allows farmers to graze livestock and harvest hay on bank conservation reserve acres through December 31, with approval from local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees. Counties named include Anderson, Cottey, Elk, Franklin, Greenwood, Lyon, Marshall, Montgomery, Neosho, and Chase.
In Cape Canaveral and at Vandenberg officials reported the Atlas missile failed for a sixth straight time during a Monday night flight. Demonstrators sought the cause while the test aimed to test a deceptive warhead and 5500 mile flight. Officials offered no explanation for the repeated failures.
Mrs Vinita Lola Lightner Burton 64 formerly of Garden City died Monday in Paso Robles after a long illness. Born June 18, 1899 in Washington Kansas she lived here 1914 1956. Survived by widower Maj. Robert W Lightner two daughters and several stepchildren and grandchildren. Phillips White Funeral Home to announce arrangements. Mrs Virgie Hampton 77 died Sunday at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital Ulysses born June 13 1888 Sparta Tennessee moved to Ulysses in 1918 married Robert R Hampton in 1910 he died in 1990. Survived by four sons four daughters siblings and many grandchildren and step-grandchildren. Funeral planned at First Baptist Church with burial in Ulysses Cemetery.
Mrs Myrtle May Appl 72 died Monday at Greeley County Hospital Tribune born July 21 1891 in Lincoln County came to Wichita County with family in 1907 married Paul Appl April 19 1908 in Leoti lived on a farm before moving to Leoti 1943 member of Presbyterian Church VFW Auxiliary and American Legion Auxiliary survivors include widower three sons Victor Ernest Alfred all of Leoti three daughters Mrs Loren Rutt Mrs Ernest Krenzel both of Leoti and Mrs Charles Watson Cheyenne Wells Calo two brothers W C McCurdy and Harvey McCurdy Denver Calo and a sister Mrs Elsie Hayden California funeral Wednesday 2 pm Weinmann Funeral Home Rev F A OKelley burial Leoti Cemetery.
Eighteen paintings by local and area artists are on display in the Train Room of the Warren Hotel, replacing the previous 14. The exhibit, organized to promote civic art and a future local art organization, features works by Civic Center class participants led by Mrs. Harold Stoner with pieces by Mrs. F. B. Wadley, Mrs. James Neumann, Mrs. Mabel Whitham, Mrs. Robert Blackett, Mrs. Jack Smith, Mrs. Lee Smith, Mrs. Wayne Harper, Mrs. Ronald Scott, and Marshall Finney among others. The collection includes oil, watercolor, and palette knife works with titles such as The Torn Hat, Harvest, Orienta l Mood, and Baseball Favorites. Interested artists should leave names and phones at the Trail Room or contact Mrs. Stoner.
Today’s notice lists hospital admissions at St Catherine and related patients by name and address, followed by dismissals including Chad Jones and several others. The column also covers real estate transfers in Leopold and adjacent areas, and county court actions with fines and license suspensions for habitual violators.
The Garden City district lists Thomas L. for forgery with a sentence up to 10 years at Hutchinsons Industrial Reformatory. Civil action Woods vs Woods involves bonds posted by Mrs. Kenneth Swenson and others. Several individuals face fines for offenses such as improper vehicle starts, driving without a license, speeding, drunkness, and disturbing the peace. Bonds forfeited include a long list of names from across several states.
At 8:17 p.m. in the Stoners No. 1 parking lot a vehicle driven by Loretta Mary Matza of 1712 St. John collided with a parked car owned by Mrs. Isidoro Saiz of Holcomb. There were no damages reported.
New York AP reports Detroit automakers post record earnings and sales for the first nine months. GM leads with $1,086,000,000 in earnings and $11,681,000,000 in sales, signaling possible full year records and prompting talk of dividends or stock splits. Chrysler splits stock as profits soar. Ford remains to report.
Ninety eight Boy Scouts and leaders were inducted into the Order of the Arrow during the ordeal ceremony at Hodgeman County Scout Camp over the weekend. More than 150 Scouts and leaders arrived Friday night and remained through Sunday morning for the annual event. The ceremony includes a day of cheerful service as participants cleaned brush from the dam, beautified the OA ceremony ring, and cleared refuge from around the lake. Seventeen Scouts and leaders advanced in the brotherhood ceremony, the second degree in the Order of the Arrow.
In Independence Missouri a 3-year-old girl naping in bed was overcome by smoke when a basement fire erupted. Firemen said flames began near a water heater and burned four mattresses, filling the house with dense smoke. Susan Pigue, daughter of Mr and Mrs William L Pigue, was treated at Independence Hospital.
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