60 Years Ago
May 1959
Iolans appreciate good streets and are willing to pay for them; they want stricter enforcement of driving laws; they want their town to grow and attract new industries. These are broad generalizations drawn from the analysis of the 620 replies the Planning Commission received to the questionnaire sent to about 2,400 families. Howard Gilpin, acting chairman of the commission, said the board is delighted with the large response and the care taken in answering the 34 questions.
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The Rev. Don Kindheart, pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church, will give the commencement address Thursday evening at Memorial Hall for the 34 boys and girls who will graduate from 15 of the countys rural schools. Mrs. Una Todd, county superintendent, will be in charge of the program.
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Local officers and Kansas ABC agents raided an alleged moonshining and bootlegging operation here last night, the first to be uncovered here in many years. Arrested was Turner Ward, 74, at his home, 412 W. Martin, where officers said they found a 10-gallon jar of corn mash cooking behind the stove, a crude still and approximately a gallon of potent corn whiskey. Sheriff Ray Emmons said two agents from the state Alcohol Beverage Control board had been watching Ward for several days and recently purchased two half pints of whiskey from him. Robert Talkington, county attorney, said Ward would be charged with the illegal manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
