Community News
Students participate in National Disability Mentoring Day
Tuesday, Oct. 28 Tri-Valley Developmental Services hosted Disability Mentoring Day, inviting high school students from the surrounding area to participate. Twenty five students from Iola and 19 from Chanute took part. Disability Mentoring Day is designed to promote career development for students and job seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration, job shadowing and mentee/mentor relationships. This program started as Nation...
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Business briefs
Two tax seminars planned on Nov. 12 Two tax seminars will be held in Chanute on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the Memorial Building, Alliance Room, 101 S. Lincoln. A “Sales and Withholding Tax Seminar” will begin with sign-in at 12:45 p.m., and the program beginning at 1 p.m. and concluding at 4 p.m. This session will ease the time the small business person spends filing tax reports, and will cover two key areas: Kansas withholding tax and sales ...
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Frances Ruth McKinley 1923-2008
Frances Ruth McKinley, Pauls Valley, Okla., passed from this life on November 3, 2008 in Pauls Valley, Okla., at the age of 85 years. She was born to Leslie E. and Mattie Fuhrman Bacon on Sept. 2, 1923, in Moran where she grew up on a farm and graduated from high school. On Jan. 17, 1942, Ruth married Clifford Burtnett in Iola. He preceded her in death. On Nov. 24, 1990, Ruth married Vernon McKinley in Ponca City, Okla. He survives. Ruth work...
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Bill Schornick 1916-2008
, 91, Yates Center, died Friday, October 31, 2008, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He was born Nov. 25, 1916, in Yates Center to Frank and Mary Plouzek Schornick. He married Wilda Johnson on Sept. 22, 1946, in Yates Center. She survives. He was a farmer and rancher. Other survivors include a son, Lynn Schornick, Zion, Ill.; a daughter and son-in-law, Roxanne and Joe Gregg, Yates Center; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren....
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Virginia Lee Smith 1933-2008
Virginia Lee Smith, 75, died Friday, October 31, 2008, in Tulsa, Okla.. She was born August 26, 1933 in Milo, Mo., to Edmund and Ora Belle Byram Reaves. She attended Humboldt schools, graduating in 1951. On Sept. 6, 1953 she married Robert “Bob” L. Smith in Humboldt. He survives, of the home. Also surviving are three children, Victor A. Smith, of Richardson, Texas, Rhonda L. Kennedy, Ringwood, N.J., and Juli A. McCurry, Stigler, Okla.; four...
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Urwin H. Neely 1943 – 2008
Urwin H. Neely, 65, Chanute, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at the Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Urwin was born in Chanute on Oct. 11, 1943 the son of Herbert Urwin and Marie Thornton Neely. He grew up and attended schools in Chanute. He was disabled. He was united in marriage to Judy Green Jones in 1995. She preceded him in death on Sept. 10, 2001. Urwin is survived by his mother, Marie E. Bell, Humboldt; and a brother, Don E. ...
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Ralph L. Mentzer 1940-2008
Ralph L. Mentzer, 68, Yates Center, died Friday, October 31, 2008, at his home. He was born May 18, 1940, on Mentzer Farm in Woodson County to Harley and Winifred McCormick Mentzer. He graduated from Yates Center High School in 1958. He owned and operated Mac Propane from 1979 until his retirement in 2002. He was a member of Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He married Beverley Angus on July 16, 1962, in California. She survives. Other survivors ...
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Looking back
25 years ago (1983) The rural home of the Carmen Colston family was destroyed by fire. There were no injuries, as the family had left the house shortly before the fire took hold. 50 years ago (1958) Chanute firefighter Charlie McQuin and Fire Chief Bill Brennan are pictured in the Tribune with the fire department’s two talking birds, a parrot and a mynah bird. 75 years ago (1933) A few days ago, on Oct. 31, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wheatley ...
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Looking back
25 years ago (1983) Southwestern Bell telephone company has proposed a new rate schedule for Chanute residences. For unlimited local calls, the cost would be $17.40; for limited local calling, $13.90; and for 12 or fewer local calls per month, $8.45. Long distance calls are billed separately, according to distance and duration of each call. 50 years ago (1958) Fred Johnson has announced that a bronze plaque honoring the war dead from Worl...
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Engagement — Zuiss/Stafford
Steve and Connie Zuiss announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Zuiss, all of Andover, to Dustin Stafford, Wichita, son of Ron and Janet Stafford, Thayer. The bride-elect is a student teacher at Ogden Elementary. She will graduate from Kansas State University in December with a Bachelor’s of Science in elementary education. The groom-elect is employed as a production management engineer with Horizon Milling L.L.C., Wichita. He graduat...
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C.A. Wolf 1934-2008
C.A Wolf, 74, Earlton, died Thursday, October 30, 2008, at his home. He was born Feb. 7, 1934, in Cassville, Mo., to Adell Wolf, and Rosetta Trellous Jenkins Wolf. He was married to Lela Tubbs. She survives. He retired from selling welding supplies and served in the U.S. Army. Other survivors include a daughter, Trellous Marler, Earlton. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Kermit and Carl; and a sister, Opal. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Mo...
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Birth ¬≠— Chaney
Phillip and Jayci Chaney, Chanute, announce the birth of their son, Lawrence William Chaney, on Sept. 6, 2008, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. Lawrence was welcomed home by a 2-year-old brother, Royce John Chaney. They are the grandsons of Sonya and Doug Roseberry, Craig Browning, Beth Chaney and Dean Chaney, all of Chanute. They are the great-grandsons of John and Merle Grady, Jim and Ann Carter and Helen Carter, all of Chanute.
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E. Esther ‘Happy’ Costin
E. Esther “Happy” Costin, 86, Buffalo, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 at Chanute Health Care Center. She was born Feb. 4, 1922 to James Walter and Georgia Katherine Rueter Costin on the family farm west of Derby. She attended Pleasant Valley School and graduated from Derby High School. Following graduation, she spent two years at Friends University in Wichita and two years at Ottawa University, graduating in 1943. Esther enlisted in the United St...
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Florence Alliene Jackman 1921-2008
Florence Alliene Jackman, 87, Moran, died Wednesday, October 29, 2008, after an extended illness. She was born Feb. 11, 1921, on the family farm north of Iola to William B. and Hattie King Gay. She attended Gas and Iola schools. On July 17, 1938, she married Herman D. Jackman at the Trinity Church in Iola. He survives. The Jackmans lived the majority of their married life in Moran, except when the family business, Jackman Excavation, took the...
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Honor roll
Humboldt High School 1st Quarter Principal’s Honor Roll (4.0) Seniors – Lenzie Boring, Megan Dillow, Bailey Myers, and David Setter. Juniors – Brett Hauser and Mary Hauser. Sophomores – Sherryl Scovill; Freshman – Jackilyn Huse, Nathan Miller, Jeremy Setter, and Darrah Tinkler. Teacher’s Honor Roll (3.5-3.99) Seniors – Randi Barnett, Kristin Castle, Troy Davis, Josh Elder, Rachel Green, Todd Hauser, Shelley Herder, Andy Hill, Andrew Honas, A...
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Estelle Gladys Wells 1917-2008
Estelle Gladys Wells, 90, a lifelong resident of Fredonia, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 at Fredonia Regional Hospital. She was born Nov. 28, 1917 in Fredonia, the daughter of Harry Ralph and Georgia Mae Armstrong Giles. She was retired after 35 years of working as a beautician. In 1936, she married Roy Findley. He preceded her in death. She later was married to Orval Wells and they were divorced. Survivors include three sisters, Margaret Rodrig...
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Looking back
25 years ago (1983) George Cunningham, well-known for officiating baseball, softball, football and basketball in the area, has been joined in the profession by his daughter Tamara. A student at NCCC, Tamara is now certified to officiate volleyball. 50 years ago (1958) A photo/story package highlights the Wilson Class at the First Methodist Church. The class, which now consists mostly of older women, is taught by Mrs. W.E. Wilson, 624 W. M...
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Chanute chess team second in Missouri tourney The Chanute High School chess team placed second Oct
Chanute chess team second in Missouri tourney The Chanute High School chess team placed second Oct. 18 at the Lamar Invitational Chess Tournament. Purdy, Mo. home school took top honors. Following Purdy and Chanute were the host team Lamar, in third, and Pittsburg and Smith home school. “It was a great start,” said sponsor Bob Larson. “We took second place with no seniors.” “We have a good group, with a talented group of sophomores. T...
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CNB awards 15 scholarships to southeast Kansas PSU students
Dan Mildfelt, chief executive officer of Community National Bank, has announced the recipients of the bank’s fifth annual Pittsburg State University scholarship awards. In total, 15 PSU scholarships in the amount of $500 per student for the 2008-09 school year have been presented to the following students: Corey Scott Kepley and Megan Williams from Chanute; Garrett Barton from Humboldt; Chris Goble from Girard; Jessilyn Clarkson from Frontena...
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Juanita ‘Jenny’ Sanchez 1932 - 2008
Juanita “Jenny” Sanchez, 76, Humboldt, died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 at her home. Jenny was born on Jan. 12, 1932 in Chanute, the daughter of Ignacio and Refugio Alonzo Marquez. She was a homemaker. Jenny was active in the Altar Society and numerous church activities. She enjoyed her family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was united in marriage to Abel D. Sanchez in January 1951 in Humboldt. He preceded her in death on Sept. 6, 200...
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