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25 years ago (1984) USD 413 has entered into an agreement by which the starting teachers’ pay in the district will be $13,240 per year, while teachers with the longest service and highest educational degrees will receive $27,056. 50 years ago (1959) Avery Sprague, 64, a prominent insurance agent here for 27 years, died Monday after a short illness. Sprague was particularly noted for his work in the Masonic and Elks lodges. 75 years ag...
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25 years ago (1984) Dwaine Ashcraft is making plans to hold the 6th annual Ashcraft Trail Drive this summer. Ashcraft said the event will probably consist of at least 20 wagons, 40 mounted riders and some 100 people. It will be a two-day event, with participants returning to the Ashcraft ranch for the night. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune photo shows G.T. Wheatley with crates of strawberries from his farm on Route 3. Wheatley said he has ...
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25 years ago (1984) Chanute businessman Jerry Phillips has sold all his assets in Chanute to Pennine Resources, Inc. The sale includes the residence at 626 S. Katy, the Continental Hotel, his oil holdings, antique car collection and manufacturing plant. Phillips said he plans to retire in Dallas after making an extended tour of Europe. 50 years ago (1959) Mrs. A.C. Williamson, 319 N. Central, celebrated her 95th birthday last Saturday. Sh...
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25 years ago (1984) The Thayer High School band has made a professional-quality tape which will be submitted in hopes of the band being invited to take perform in Anaheim, Calif., next March. A Tribune photograph shows band members Sheila Osborn, Jimmy White, Craig Olinger and Jerri Dougherty. 50 years ago (1959) Kay Freidline is the new majorette of the Chanute High School Drum and Bugle Corps. Pictured in the Tribune with Freidline are ...
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25 years ago (1984) Harry Johnson, 16 W. 7th, plans to travel to Europe this month to participate in the 40th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Johnson was one of the soldiers who took part in the invasion. He also attended the 25th and 35th anniversary ceremonies. 50 years ago (1959) Harold Miller is retiring after 34 years on the faculty at Chanute High School. Miller will be honored at a school assembly with a “This is Your Life” type...
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25 years ago (1984) Named as the 10 outstanding athletes of the past year at Chanute High School were LaRonna Hall, Ed Seidl, Ryan Wells, Susan Taylor, David Gossett, Sonny Manley, Sherri Vanderford, David Schooley, Scott Barr and Vicki Starr. 50 years ago (1959) Royster Student Council officers are Gary Eastburn, president; Dana Williams, vice president; and Deedra Lucas, secretary-treasurer. 75 years ago (1934) The City Rest Room is to reop...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune feature focuses on Bob Holtz of Humboldt, who for the past 30 years has been producing a wide variety of fishing lures in a little shop attached to his garage at 1111 S. Ninth in Humboldt. 50 years ago (1959) Carl Shickhardt, assistant postmaster at Chanute, was elected president of the Kansas branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors. 75 years ago (1934) Two young men armed with pistols he...
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25 years ago (1984) Winners in the sixth-grade spelling bee were, first, Jo Reading, who spelled all 150 words correctly; second, a tie between Kim Hall and Debbie Stevenson; and third, Nikki Barnes. 50 years ago (1959) The Byers Portabase company has a new and impressive product. The company is making pre-stressed, steel-reinforced cement beams for use in floors or roofs of new buildings. The beams can safely span 70-foot spaces, making int...
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25 years ago (1984) Evelyn Boone held a ribbon-cutting at the new building she had erected at 1401 W. Main. The building will house her business, Boone Real Estate. Two Wichita doctors have established a one-day-a-week allergy clinic there also. 50 years ago (1959) A Chanute appliance store advertises a “big” 10-cubic-foot refrigerator, $228; an electric range, $208; a two-cycle washing machine, $208; and an electric clothes dryer, $149. 75 ...
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25 years ago (1984) A photo series in the Tribune shows Deborah Maloun in the clown costume she wears while delivering cakes and balloons to parties, as part of her duties as owner/operator of The Party Carousel, 214 W. Main. 50 years ago (1959) New officers of the Chanute High School student council are Larry Phil Thompson, president; Jim Gough, vice president; Mary Truitt, secretary; and Linda Malson, treasurer. 75 years ago (1934) M...
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25 years ago (1984) The local cook featured in today’s Tribune is Katherine Munger, 201 W. 2nd. Katherine said she has lived in Chanute for most of her life. She and her husband have operated several dress shops in Chanute, including the one named Munger’s, which they sold to John and Mary Barr in 1969. 50 years ago (1959) SAVONBURG – Thomas Johnson of rural Savonburg celebrated his 100th birthday Sunday with a dinner attended by family membe...
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25 years ago (1984) Olive Frances Ruble, 315 N. Wilson, has been named “Nurse of the County” in Neosho County by the District Nurses’ association. Ruble has a long record of nursing service in Chanute, most recently in the operating room at Neosho Memorial Hospital. 50 years ago (1959) Groundbreaking was held today for the new building being put up by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The structure will hold equipment for the new dia...
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25 years ago (1984) Christy and John Heaton, owners of C & H Sailcraft, 18 N. Evergreen, have announced plans for an open house Saturday, to mark their fifth year of business in Chanute. 50 years ago (1959) Top honors in the adult division of the local art show went to Mrs. Don Abbuehl, 221 E. 9th, for her lead sculpture of a stylized human figure. 75 years ago (1934) The federal government has set minimum prices for the sale of tir...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune photo shows Sam Maksimowicz and Ben Bright as they climb the 250-foot communications tower at 2nd and Malcolm, to change a light near the top 50 years ago (1959) Excavation is underway for construction of the city’s new half-million-dollar water plant at 9th and, it was announced today by City Manager R.J. Hayes. 75 years ago (1934) A federal incentive payment of $225,000 will be shared among Neosho County farmer...
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25 years ago (1984) John Barr is highlighted in today’s Tribune as part of our series on local cooks. John said he loves cooking, and collects recipes from a wide variety of sources. A selection of his recipes printed in the Tribune show that John likes to give ordinary foods an exotic flair. 50 years ago (1959) The Tribune’s May Calendar Girl is Linda Campbell, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Campbell, 1401 S. Central. Linda is a sophomor...
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25 years ago (1984) The Union Gas Co., a long-time distributor of natural gas in Southeast Kansas, has changed from a publicly-owned corporation to a family-owned business. It was announced today that the 737 stockholders of Union Gas have voted to sell the business to a family from New York City. However, the name “Union Gas” will be retained. 50 years ago (1959) Lee Booe, 321 S. Kansas, who celebrated his 65th birthday last week, is ret...
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25 years ago (1984) Pictured in today’s Tribune is Mary K. Spurrier, standing at the counter of the liquor store at 8 S. Plummer. Spurrier recently bought the store, and will be its manager. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune feature about the livestock industry in this area includes photos of Fred Rehmert of Thayer working with a flock of sheep, and Ronald Cheyney, R. 1, installing a heat lamp in a pig farrowing facility. 75 years ago (1934) An ...
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25 years ago (1984) Cris Hall, Royster eighth grader, set a new five-foot, four-inch school record in the high jump. The old record was one she had set earlier this season. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune photo essay focuses on sisters Sherry and Artisha Mosley, of Humboldt. The 12- and 9-year-olds perform a professional-quality routine of acrobatics, soft shoe dances, tap dances and twirling. Their performances are choreographed by their ...
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25 years ago (1984) Two Chanute men will attend the re-commissioning ceremony for the USS Iowa. The ship is being put back on active duty after having been mothballed for some years. Vern Holman served in the US Navy during World War II, and Ray Morarity actually was stationed on the Iowa, so both men received invitations to the ceremony. 50 years ago (1959) A photograph taken during the Boy Scout Exposition last weekend shows scouts Ric...
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25 years ago (1984) THAYER – Jeff Elrod and Todd Sears, members of the Thayer High School baseball team, have signed letters of intent to play baseball at Neosho County Community College next year. 50 years ago (1959) A photograph taken during a fashion show by the Y-Teens organization shows Nancy John, Phyllis Hutinett and Kay Blair as they model new spring garments. 75 years ago (1934) John Brady, owner of Brady Shoe Store, 3 E. Main...
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