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25 years ago (1984) Yesterday was the last day of work of work for Kenny Dillow, who is retiring after 39 years with the city park department. Dillow recalled that when he took the job, he was one of two park maintenance men, and their motorized equipment consisted of walk-behind push mowers. Now the department has four full-time and six part-time men, who use eight riding mowers and three push mowers. 50 years ago (1959) Margaret Ranaba...
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25 years ago (1984) The old Bailey Bank building on the southeast corner of Main and Highland has been deeded to the Chanute Arts Council by the Neosho Valley Historical Society. 50 years ago (1959) Ella Meredith, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Meredith, 602 N. Grant, won an airplane trip to New Orleans in a contest sponsored by a Joplin banana company. 75 years ago (1934) Work is to begin Monday on construction of four horseshoe c...
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25 years ago (1984) Humboldt native Steve Hollingsworth, 20, has purchased Jacque Witherspoon’s interest in the 118-year-old Humboldt Union. Hollingsworth is now the editor and manager, and will be assisted by a staff whose ages range from 18 to 23. 50 years ago (1959) The Chanute High School class of 1919 held a reunion here Saturday, celebrating 40 years since the class graduated. Thirty-six of the original 46 classmates attended the b...
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25 years ago (1984) Appearing in today’s Tribune is a five-generation portrait of Ida McCoy and some of her descendants. Pictured are Mrs. McCoy, Geneva Neely, Elaine Anderson, Sharon Silva and 15-month-old Nicole Silva. 50 years ago (1959) HUMBOLDT – Jerry Long, 14, son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Long, was awarded the Eagle Scout badge in a ceremony Wednesday evening. Nat Armel and J.W. Morelan were in charge of the ceremony. 75 years ago (1934)...
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25 years ago (1984) Roosters’ Thriftway grocery store, Main and Plummer, advertises ground beef, 95 cents per pound; round steak, $1.69; tuna, 49 cents a can; and fresh tomatoes, 39 cents a pound. 50 years ago (1959) Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berthot, 423 S. Katy, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple have five children: Mrs. Howard Hollenshead, Mrs. Paul Ronniger, Mrs. Chester Adell, Charles Berthot and Hugh Berthot. 75 year...
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25 years ago (1984) A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this morning at The Computer Store, 123 E. Main. Scott Allen and Bob Brinkman are the owners, and say the store will also be a Radio Shack outlet. 50 years ago (1959) Wilbur Thompson is the new president of the Rotary Club, succeeding Carl Pate. Other officers include Richard Willis, Howard Jester and Dell Reed. 75 years ago (1934) The Chamber of Commerce has voted to pay the telephone b...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune photo shows Jody Gehrt and Roanne German inside their gift and home d√©cor shop, Jody’s Attic. The store is located at 207 W. Main. 50 years ago (1959) The Rev. and Mrs. Richard Worley Jr. and sons John, 5, and David, 1, will sail July 4 for Thailand, where they will be missionaries for the Baptist church. 75 years ago (1934) Members of the Outlook Study Club gave a picnic Monday evening at the Country Clu...
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25 years ago (1984) Melvin Paget, 322 W. Fourth, is pictured in the Tribune as he gives a ride to grandsons Travis Burris, 2, and Eric Burris, 5, on a stripped-down 1958 garden tractor that Paget likes to drive around the neighborhood. 50 years ago (1959) Price Ewing, 67, a prominent farmer in the Kimball area, was fatally injured in a tractor accident Tuesday. 75 years ago (1934) Chanute’s newest attraction, the Pla-Mor Gardens, will open T...
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25 years ago (1984) Baseball pictures in the Tribune show Jeff Wade, Tim Russell and David Bauer in various stages of action at the game. 50 years ago (1959) Lige Matlock has been appointed Chief of Police in Chanute. He is pictured in the Tribune with Leslie Spencer, who succeeds Matlock as assistant chief. Tom Ogden will succeed Spencer as sergeant. The other two sergeants are John Leroy and Chet Hale. 75 years ago (1934) E.T. Black...
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25 years ago (1984) Jim Williams of rural Thayer was a temporary hero Sunday morning as he ran one leg of the 9,000-mile run of the Olympic torch in the United States. Williams’ stint ended at Neodesha about mid-morning Sunday. 50 years ago (1959) The city has purchased a new automobile from Bill Young Chevrolet. Price of the unit is $1,699, plus trade-in of a 1957 Plymouth. 75 years ago (1934) Thaddeus Grady, 67, a police chief in Chan...
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25 years ago (1984) The Village Shop 23 W. Main, has a new department featuring new, but overstock, merchandise. Owners Lois Towery and Donna Willis are pictured in the store, which features arts and crafts as its primary merchandise. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune photograph shows July Oliver and Susie Biele as they pack their car for a trip to Wyoming, where they plan to spend the summer working on a dude ranch. The girls will be back to att...
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25 years ago (1984) Today’s Tribune has a photograph of five-year-old Jeffery Barriger holding the 22-pound flathead catfish he caught in the Neosho River. The 27-inch-long whopper was caught using a goldfish for bait. 50 years ago (1959) A $20,000 lawsuit has been filed in district court by a Chanute woman. The woman, now divorced, is suing the “hussy” who, she alleges, stole away the affections of her former husband. The suit asks for $...
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25 years ago (1984) As the nation observes the anniversary of D-Day, the US invasion of France during World War II, a Tribune photo shows a picture of Ray Sloan 117 S. Denman, in his air force uniform. Sloan, a signalman on a B-24 bomber, flew three missions during the D-Day invasion. 50 years ago (1959) Fred Gerardy and Ralph Evans, employees of Ash Grove Cement Co. were honored recently for their safety record on the job. A Tribune photo s...
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25 years ago (1984) Girl Scout camp is being held all this week at the VFW Lake south of town. A Tribune photo shows scouts Sheila Marque and Sharon Spohr as they prepare to cook over a campfire. 50 years ago (1959) Work has begun on a new building for the Bell Telephone Company. With completion of the $1,256,000 structure and its equipment, all local telephone service in Chanute will be converted to dial, and the need for telephone operators...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune feature tells of Robert Jenkins, who at age 14 is already working as a professional organist, playing for the Sunday worship services of Grace Episcopal Church. Harold Tarpley resigned recently from the post, which he had held for 25 years. 50 years ago (1959) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two monkeys have returned alive from a space ride in the nose cone of an Army missile. The experiment seems to prove that human...
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25 years ago (1984) The route of US 169 is being re-paved all along its length through Chanute. (Editor’s note: This was before the bypass was opened. US 169 followed Santa Fe from the north city limits to the north overpass, switched to Lincoln as far as the jog at 7th Street, then went back to Santa Fe.) 50 years ago (1959) Work is to begin Monday on construction of a home for the aged. The home is being constructed by the county, but t...
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25 years ago (1984) Dean Brandon has opened a new business which specializes in repair and customizing of Volkswagens. The Buggy Barn is open at 915 S. Steuben. 50 years ago (1959) The Tribune’s Calendar Girl for June is Carolynn Ahlf, 17, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. L. Glen Ahlf, 907 W. Main. 75 years ago (1934) Calvert’s department store advertises women’s girdles, made of genuine Latex, priced at $1 and $2, and women’s bathing sui...
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25 years ago (1984) Jane Wiles is the Tribune’s featured cook for this week. Jane said her hobbies, in addition to cooking for her husband, Bob, include her church work at Grant Avenue Baptist, her collection of thimbles and toothpick holders, and working at a variety of arts and crafts. 50 years ago (1959) A photo in today’s Tribune shows 12-year-old Robert Kern Jr., with the nearly six-pound bass he caught on rod and reel at the Wilson...
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25 years ago (1984) Among those shown in Tribune photographs taken at Chanute Senior High graduation are Chris George and class valedictorian Marci Hazen. 50 years ago (1959) Summer Fun pictures in the Tribune show Sandy Wood and Sally Balch at the Country Club swimming pool; Jennie Lou Giacoma, 3, and her sister Teresa Ann, 4, at play; and Keven McKelvey, 6. 75 years ago (1934) A new meat market will be opened at 104 W. Main by W.R. ...
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25 years ago (1984) Irene Steeves and Dorothy Hibbs, longtime teachers of second grade at Murray Hill school, are both retiring this spring. Each has taught more than 40 years, and the last 30 of those years have been at Murray Hill. 50 years ago (1959) Charles Adelgren, 412 N. Garfield, won’t put out a garden this year, because his children say, at age 94, he is too old for such heavy labor. Adelgren was born in Sweden and came to the U.S. i...
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