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Newspaper
Iola Messenger
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1969
Page
2
Mrs. Bert Burton, LaHarpe, underwent surgery Friday at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City. She is reported to be satisfactorily recovering and is in room 3020.
Lola Council No 8 R S M special assembly set for Tuesday April 29 at 7 30 pm with a spring ceremonial and a dinner at 6 30 pm served by Beauceapt ladies. Honoring memory of Don A Burtnett led by Chas C Blanchard and I M.
Mrs. Donald Wiles and Martha Jean, Mrs. Victor Sigger and Rodney, and Mrs. Leon Morrow visit Coffeyville this morning to see Mr. and Mrs. Larry Brown and Cary. Mrs. Brown is identified as the former Sheila Morrow.
Family thanks relatives friends and neighbors for acts of kindness after the death of Earle O Fetherlin. Gratitude extends to Rev Donald Hood pallbearers floral tributes and food providers and Dr Lyle F Schmaus for help.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Sommerfeld of Kansas City Kansas visited Rev and Mrs Earl Bell and son David Sunday evening. They were en route home from Neodesha where they stayed with Mr and Mrs William Mullins and Miss Sandy Sommerfeld. Mr Sommerfeld spoke at the North Street Wesleyan Church evening services.
Friends and family thank Rev. Blase and Chanute pallbearers and honor Nellie R Kilby. They name Marion Wells Curtis Duggan Rick Duggan Duane Beatty David Inglis Earl Gray as musicians and floral tributes. Also notes weekend visitors at Mrs Ben Lytle home include Collins Anderson and Don Lytle relatives.
The family of Johnny Heinlein thanks those who showed kindness after his death including the ladies of the Christian Church for a lovely dinner. This message expresses gratitude from his husband son and brother and other relatives.
The Iola High School Kay Club will sponsor a multiple sclerosis drive from 7 to 8 30 tonight.
The Senior Citizens Group of the Community Action Program will travel to Pittsburg tomorrow to tour KOAM television studio as part of the Melody Matinee at 12 30. About 28 persons are expected to make the trip. A picnic lunch will follow the visit.
Out of town friends and relatives attended the funeral service for Nellie R Kilby on Thursday. Attendees came from Fayetteville North Carolina Hibbing Minnesota Monroe Wisconsin Chanute Fowler Colorado Lyndon Coffeyville Yates Center and Chanute Kansas with several local relatives also present.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Moore return to Houston after visiting their brothers Mr and Mrs Earl Moore in Iola. The two families are linked by shared kinship as siblings.
Mr and Mrs Clark Fleming of Erie spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ennor Horine, Frank and Jon, sharing a family afternoon together.
Mr and Mrs FEF S Walker of Carmel California spent the past week in Lola visiting his aunt Mrs Martha Simpson. They left Monday from Kansas City by plane for Washington DC to spend a month visiting their daughter.
A newborn infant found in a hospital restroom in Kansas City after birth. Police say the mother entered the General Hospital, gave birth there, then left through the main entrance. The baby, a 5 pound 4 ounce girl, wrapped in white and blue blankets, was placed in an incubator.
Katherine F. McCall, 75, Humboldt, died Sunday after months of illness. Born May 27, 1893 in Lebannon she married LaRoy B. McCall in Smith Center. Survivors include a daughter Arvilla Willson and three sons. Services at Humboldt United Methodist Church Tuesday. Grave side service in Smith Center Wednesday. Memorial in her name at Humboldt United Methodist Church.
Elvie Middleton moves from 204 S. Third to 605 N. Third and Gladys Perdue relocates from 316 S. First to 419 N. Chestnut under a local credit bureau record listing.
In forestry deciduous refers to trees that shed leaves seasonally while coniferous describes cone-bearing evergreens. This distinction helps in planning ecosystems and timber resources.
Hospital records show admissions and dismissals at Allen County Hospital from April 26 and 27. Notable items include 45 patients and 3 babies admitted April 26, 56 patients and 2 babies on April 27, with listed names for admissions and discharges. Births include a Moran couple William Higinbotham with a girl weighing 1 pounds 7 ounces.
The Pentagon reports several ships have been withdrawn from task forces guarding U S reconnaissance flights off North Korea. This action reduces naval presence in the area and may affect surveillance coverage.
Coffeyville marks its 100th year with Dalton Defenders Day on May 3 featuring a re enactment of the 1892 Dalton raid. The program honors lawmen and four defenders who died in the bank raid and Death Alley.
Norman researcher Neil Ward of the National Severe Storm Laboratory explains a circular 10 by 8 foot model apparatus that uses a wire mesh and titanium tetrachloride to visualize wind patterns and study tornado dynamics. He aims to predict direction and damage and notes peak twister activity April through June.
State readings report Kansas City high and low temperatures for the 24 hour period ending at 6 a.m. The record lists the day’s temperature extremes and notes the conditions observed in the region.
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