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25 years ago (1984) Roster’s Thriftway, Main and Plummer, advertises ground beef, $1.09 per pound; bananas, 4 lbs. $1.00; and fresh tomatoes, 49 cents a pound. 50 years ago (1959) ALTOONA – A new experiment in group marketing is being tried in southeast Kansas. Facilities for the Kow Town Cow Pool are to be constructed at a site north of Altoona. Milk cows from numerous owners will be housed and milked there, and the milk sold in bulk. ...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune story about the grade school wrestling program is accompanied by photos of Brian Solomon, 9, and Blaine Crellin, 10. 50 years ago (1959) Gerald Thompson, 22, of Ottawa, will replace Jack Thompson as manager of the Capitol Truck Line facility here. 75 years ago (1934) A group studying the need for flood protection in the Neosho River basin has proposed that dams be built at Council Grove and Elmdale, along w...
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25 years ago (1984) The City of Chanute has filed a law suit against two companies and four individuals, in regard to operation of the now-defunct Playmore Recreation Center. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune photo shows members of Chanute’s newest women’s club, the Merry Mothers Club. Shown are Mrs. Bob Davenport, Mrs. Bill Walters, Mrs. Harold Honn and Mrs. Jack Haight. 75 years ago (1934) WASHINGTON – Congress is considering a proposal ...
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25 years ago (1984) A local firm, Quick Attack Fire Extinguishers, is operated during off-duty hours by firefighters John Slocum and David McLaren. 50 years ago (1959) WASHINGTON – Top scientists believe the United States may have the capability to send a man to the surface of the moon as early as 1969 or 1970. 75 years ago (1934) Of all the Chanute families, one-third are on the public payroll, and half of that group are being employed on pu...
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25 years ago (1984) Jeff’s Foodliner, 102 W. Main, advertises a “Freezer Beef Sale.” Half a beef, cut, wrapped and frozen, is priced at $1.28 per pound, or a hind-quarter may be had for $1.59 a pound. 50 years ago (1959) The City Commission is creating a business zone along West Cherry, along the new route of K-39 highway. 75 years ago (1934) STARK – W.R. Wood, 72, for 50 years a blacksmith in Stark, has died in Oklahoma, where he had g...
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25 years ago (1984) Self Service Grocery is offering its barbecue sandwiches again this Friday and Saturday. The sandwiches, consisting of meat and barbecue sauce on a bun, are priced at 4 for $1.00, and customers are encouraged to “take home a bag full.” 50 years ago (1959) Today’s Tribune has a photograph of high school teacher Elizabeth Peiper as she hands out end-of-semester grade cards to John Carder and Jean Ashley. 75 years ago (1934) ...
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25 years ago (1984) The recent cold, snow and ice have made for treacherous driving and have caused numerous accidents, some which resulted in fatalities. The Tribune carried photographs of several accidents and in-the-ditch vehicles. 50 years ago (1959) The Chanute Girl Scout Association will become part of the Meadowlark Council as part of a multi-county merger. 75 years ago (1934) The Social Column of the Tribune notes that Mrs. Bri...
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25 years ago (1984) Three Chanute residents will take part in the annual Kansas City leukemia telethon Saturday. Patti Murphy and Oscar and Bea Cunningham will appear on the 3 p.m. segment of the show to present a check for $4,000, raised locally, to the Leukemia Foundation. 50 years ago (1959) Among the couples receiving Wilson County Soil Conservation awards are Mr. and Mrs. Dale Nelson, rural Chanute, and Mr. and Mrs. Orin Jaynes, rur...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune photograph shows third graders Marc Umbarger and Matt Cope as they look at books on offer in the Reading Is Fundamental project. This program awards a free book of their choosing to each third grader. 50 years ago (1959) The new sanctuary of Grace Episcopal Church was dedicated Sunday. The church is located on South Lincoln, and the new sanctuary is immediately north of the old building. The new structure pro...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune photograph shows Old Patch employees Wayne Stipp and Tom Emke as they work on a tank outside company headquarters. 50 years ago (1959) Local residents are again venturing outdoors, as the deep snow melts. Pictured in the Tribune as they play outside are Dean Oliver, 8, and Dennis Niver, 10. 75 years ago (1934) Hugo T. Wedell of Chanute is one of the persons appointed by the state to investigate possible fr...
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25 years ago (1984) The feature in the Tribune’s weekend magazine section focuses on the historic Santa Fe depot. Now unused and on the market, the structure was built in 1903 at a cost of $30,000, a huge sum at that time. 50 years ago (1959) Construction has begun on a new $30,000 school administration building, just south of the trade school, on Evergreen Avenue. 75 years ago (1934) At a meeting of King David Masonic Lodge, it was d...
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25 years ago (1984) The Square Deal Oil Co. has been sold to a Houston-based firm. Square Deal, a crude purchasing firm, was started in 1979 by Oscar Cunningham, Jerry Wimsett and three men from other towns. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune feature story tells of the Robert Lopeman family and their residence, a mobile home parked south of town on U.S. 169. The family say they love their new home, even though they moved from a seven-room in Lea...
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25 years ago (1984) Tribune photographs taken during the Ralph Miller Classic basketball tournament show Chanute Blue Comet team members Ryan Wells and Dwayne Crismas, and spectator Bryan Brotton. 50 years ago (1959) County officials sworn in this week included Gerald Sloan, sheriff; Merle Estes, district court clerk; Dr. H.F. Swain , coroner; Ava Jeffrey, register of deeds; Richard Ashley, county attorney; and Charles Norris, county commis...
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25 years ago (1984) Dr. Don Abbuehl has officially retired, after 40 years as a surgeon. The last 20 years were in Chanute, where he has been affiliated with the Ashley Clinic. His wife, Evelyn, an occupational therapist, is also retiring. 50 years ago (1959) Mrs. Vernon Brinkmeyer is pictured in the Tribune with her newly-purchased Chanute Booster automobile tag. The tags were designed by local resident Fred Forslund, and are being sold by ...
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25 years ago (1984) A new service station has opened in town, at the corner of K-39 Highway and Plummer Avenue. Sandy Johnston is the owner, and Deena Finley is manager. 50 years ago (1959) Candidates for Royster Basketball Queen are Janie Biele, Peggy Dormois and Myrna Rains. 75 years ago (1934) James A. Allen has been elected president of First National Bank. He succeeds Arthur A. Allen. And in an election at the Bank of Commerce, Miss Vir...
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25 years ago (1984) After the recent intense cold and snow, today’s 50 degrees and bright sunshine seem like spring weather. A Tribune photograph shows Christy Porter, 9, and Angie Louck, 8, walking along without coats. 50 years ago (1959) Mr. and Mrs. Victor Adelgren have returned to Chanute after living 19 months in Germany, were Victor was stationed with the U.S. Army. While in Germany, Mrs. Adelgren taught in a school for children of Amer...
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25 years ago (1984) Meals are now being provided for hundreds of elderly and disabled people in Neosho, Wilson, Woodson and Allen counties. The meals are prepared at a central site, and then packed into insulated containers for distribution to 27 meal sites in area towns. Some meals are delivered to the homes of shut-ins. 50 years ago (1959) This year’s first baby in Chanute is Richard Allen Aikins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Aikins, 602 S. ...
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25 years ago (1984) The USD 413 school board has finally decided to have architects draw up plans for renovating the high school building. The board had originally hoped to erect a new building on a different site, but met opposition from taxpayers. 50 years ago (1959) Now that Alaska has become the 49th state in the U.S., a new national flag has been designed. It has seven rows of seven stars, but the rows are staggered so that the star...
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25 years ago (1984) HUMBOLDT – The city’s water tower has developed a significant leak. It is theorized that water in a valve froze during the recent bitter weather, causing a crack which is now leaking since above-freezing temperatures have returned. 50 years ago (1959) A.A. Frischenmeyer of Chanute camped out all night at the courthouse so he could be first in line to purchase new license plates for his cars. He was rewarded by being ...
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25 years ago (1984) Self Service Grocery, Main and Evergreen, advertises five pound sack of flour, 99 cents; bananas, 3 pounds $1.00; cucumbers, four for $1.00; and grapefruit, seven for $1.00. 50 years ago (1959) Pictured as the Tribune’s January calendar girl is Jean Treloggen, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Treloggen. Jean is a junior at Chanute High School. 75 years ago (1934) City authorities are planning to add to local relief...
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