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Newspaper
Newton Kansan
Location
Newton, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1977
Page
2
Larry Carter, formerly of Potwin, is named manager leaseholder of Interstate Texaco at 1504 East Ast. Carter brings 17 years in the service station business and is a lifelong Kansas resident. He plans to run a full service facility offering personalized service.
Midland National Bank plans to deploy a Diebold TABs 500 automated banking system within three weeks, enabling cash withdrawals deposits loan payments and fund transfers once operating on July 8. The system is showcased in a mobile unit north of the Main Street bank. Bill G Brown takes over Newton Public Golf Course management with son Billy assisting. The public is invited to play the nine hole course.
A Newton area home in Quail Creek features a solar hot water system installed by Alternative Energy Works. The 60 percent efficient setup uses 40 square feet of solar collectors and a 105 gallon storage, saving an estimated 130 dollars first year and growing to about 2,000 dollars in ten years.
Alternative Energy Works AEW of Newton has incorporated to expand operations. Stockholders elected S S Hartvickson as president Gilbert Buller as vice president Gary Lyndaker as secretary and Roger Rutschman as treasurer. The firm markets solar hot water and space heating systems and wood heating designs and plans a DIY solar kit this fall.
Jolene Anderson Smith opens Grandma's Attic at 315 N. High in Newton as owner operator. The new store offers decorating aids antiques and hobby items not offered elsewhere in town and stocks many items found in large department stores.
Reynaldo R. Gonzales of 214 Elm joins The Carpet Centers Co. at 1900 E. Pawnee Wichita as interior decorator and drapery supervisor. He has four years in carpet and drapery sales and is a Newton lifelong resident with wife and two daughters Virginia and Veronica. Mrs. Gonzales works as a legal secretary with Railroad Savings and Loan Assn.
Newton residents David Spencer and Jim Bestgen announce a new miniature golf course named Putt-A-Round, opening Saturday at 12th and Meridian. Spencer, Newton High and Wichita State alumnus, has ties to Legal Tended and local Historical Society activities. Bestgen, Fort Hays State graduate, has lived in Newton four years and works with the Newton Unified School District. the couple previously ran the Newton Country Club pro shop.
Deann Moody named manager of Grampy’s Pancake House at Ist and Spencer. Moody is a Manhattan native and Manhattan High School graduate with six years in the restaurant business and four months with Grampy’s. She currently resides in Manhattan.
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