Around Town
Miss Amy Jones is celebrating her 25th year as operator of a retail store in Iola. She began as a partner with George Williams when he started his typewriter store, took it over when he…
With the threat of a $60,000 budget deficit staring them in the face, Allen County Commissioners laid off eight road and bridge employees and ordered all weed and brush cutting in the country suspended. *****…
50 Years Ago By one measure, Iola is $1 million in the hole, Jerry Bratten, district extension forester, told a group of Iolans last night. Bratten and another extension agent from Kansas State University conducted…
The September meeting of the Seekers-Not-Slackers 4-H club was “Parent’s Night.” All parents assumed the duties of the club and their children, in order to show the reversal of roles and how to run an…
Fifty members of the Allen County Historical Society had a dinner meeting at the Kelley Hotel last night to elect a board of directors and to discuss society programs and affairs. The new board members…
More than 20,000 people attended Humboldt’s Biblesta celebration Saturday. ***** An open house will be conducted Sunday afternoon at the Iola Medical Arts Building. The building, constructed by Iola Industries, Inc., is connected to the…
The Seekers-Not-Slackers 4-H Club float in last Saturday’s Kincaid Fair included members, front from left, Molly Thompson, Lizzie Ellington, Ruby Thompson, Owen Thompson; back, Gunner Ellington, McKayla Powell, Aubrey Ellington, Greta Thompson, Nora Thompson, Gracyn…
The 68th annual Kellerman family reunion was July 11, at Kelley Park in Burlington. The family of Harriet and Fred Kellerman were hosts. The late Ed and Belle Kellerman had 14 children. Seven are still…
