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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune feature focuses on Clifford Olson and the makeshift airstrip he created in 1971 on his farm between Erie and Chanute. The 2,610-foot-long strip is certified by the FAA. The primary purpose of the landing field is to make it easier for Olson’s son, Larry, to drop by for visits while making trips for his employer. 50 years ago (1959) EARLTON- A Boy Scout troop has been organized here. The leader is B.A. Morri...
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25 years ago (1984) Gov. John Carlin has signed into law a measure that would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under age18, and also illegal for such persons to purchase tobacco products. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune photo shows Senior High girls practicing a “can-can” dance routine that will be part of an assembly program. Pictured as they kick their heels up are Deanna Dunham, Phyliss Carder, Deanie Burks, Janice Jord...
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25 years ago (1984) A photo in today’s Tribune shows Dennis Rollow and sons Aaron and Brett, with the miniature vehicles at Kartwheels, the go-cart track the family operates at 21st and Santa Fe. The facility will open Friday for the summer season. 50 years ago (1959) Mrs. Maggie Doron, 1202 S. Grant, is celebrating her 90th birthday this week. She said she was born in Germany in 1869 and came with her parents to Chicago when she was thr...
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25 years ago (1984) Nancy Leffler, 7, is pictured in today’s Tribune as she helps a younger friend, four-year-old Misty Porter, learn to roller skate. Both girls live in the 800 block of South Malcolm. 50 years ago (1959) Nominated to receive State Farmer degrees are Chanute Future Farmers of America president Carl Hines and chapter reporter Glen Swiler. 75 years ago (1934) HUMBOLDT – Furnished rooms and rental houses are becoming scarce here...
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25 years ago (1984) A photo in today’s Tribune shows progress on remodeling of the building on West Cherry, just west of Plummer Avenue, which will be occupied by Justus Enterprises, a manufacturer of tanks for scuba diving. The company expects to employ 60 to 90 people. 50 years ago (1959) Pictured in today’s Tribune are members of the Page Milk bowling team. Shown are Dorris Neyhard, Lola Daniels, Stella Browning, Ruth Benson and Mary E...
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25 years ago (1984) Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Hanson, R. 2, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday. 50 years ago (1959) This week’s election results: To the local school board, Mrs. Edwin Bideau, Mrs. John Nation and E.C. Cathers; and to the city commission, R.D. Churchill and Dalice Rush. 75 years ago (1934) From the Tribune’s classified ads: Will oil complete set of harness for $1.00. J.W. Gray, 407 E. Main. 100 years ago (19...
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25 years ago (1984) Kathy Powers, 921 S. Ashby, is featured in today’s Tribune, as part of the series on the Chanute cooks and homemakers. Kathy said she grew up near Bronson. 50 years ago (1959) Scholarships have been awarded to these six sophomores at Chanute Junior College: Karen Penner, Jean Watts, Edna Heady, Marlin Simon, Forrest Junod and Sam Morford. 75 years ago (1934) HUMBOLDT - Fire last night caused about $5,000 damage to ...
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25 years ago (1984) Ed Bideau III has announced his intention to seek the 5th District seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. The seat is being vacated by Bill Reinhardt, who declined to run for another term. Both men are Chanute residents. 50 years ago (1959) ALTOONA – A new $275,000 High School building is to be constructed here, to replace the building which has been used for the past 58 years. 75 years ago (1934) White Eagle O...
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25 years ago (1984) Lesta Swender will represent the Chanute Board of Education at the convention of the National School Boards association in Houston. 50 years ago (1959) The Modern Study Club held its end-of-the-year luncheon at Maple Leaf Tea Room. Mrs. Hubert Ulrick, outgoing president, completed her year of service by presiding at the meeting. 75 years ago (1934) Among local advertisers in the Tribune whose ads were related to the...
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25 years ago (1984) The local Montgomery Ward store advertises a 1.5 cubic foot microwave oven, $279; or a combination microwave/convection oven at $499. 50 years ago (1959) THAYER – The Thayer school was broken into last weekend, but an attempt to open a safe at the school was unsuccessful. The breakin was accomplished by smashing a glass panel in a gymnasium door. 75 years ago (1934) An article first printed in a police magazine and t...
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25 years ago (1984) Neosho County residents pictured in the Tribune while they were attending a state Farm Bureau meeting are Kathy Wicker, Lotos Reinhardt, Linda Reinhardt, Anna Ratliff, Naomi Simmons and Richard Reinhardt. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune photo of this year’s leaders in the Neosho County Cancer Crusade shows Mrs. Ross Miller, Mrs. Jeff Bilyeau, Sam Dixon and Mrs. Charles Berthot Jr. 75 years ago (1934) Lightning in the ...
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25 years ago (1984) A story about Chanute resident Cleo Webber is included in today’s Tribune as part of a series about local homemakers. The story contains several of Webber’s favorite recipes. 50 years ago (1959) The Tribune’s April Calendar Girl is Carolyn Thompson, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Thompson. 75 years ago (1934) The Chanute Tribune and local merchants, sponsors of the Cooking School to be held next week, have deci...
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25 years ago (1984) The dining room of the Continental Inn (formerly the Tioga) is to reopen Tuesday under direction of veteran restaurateur Alta Lundine and her daughter, Tina Allen. 50 years ago (1959) As a nod toward the beginning of the gardening season, a Tribune photograph taken last summer shows Mrs. Myrl Fairchild with an assortment of the vegetables she grew last year on two lots behind her house at 608 N. Steuben. 75 years ago...
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25 years ago (1984) Art pencil drawings produced by three Royster students will be entered in the National High School Art Exhibit in New York City. The three are Cindy Augustine, Kathy Stephens and Rachel Morales. 50 years ago (1959) Chanute’s tornado warning system consists of blowing the whistles or sirens at Ash Grove Cement, Mid-America Refinery, the fire department, the electric plant, the Santa Fe roundhouse and the Warwick wax pla...
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25 years ago (1984) Pictured in the Tribune are Dodie Noland and Patty Sanborn as they unload fresh flowers flown in for distribution to hospital patients and nursing home residents. The project is a promotion by the American Cancer Society. Locally, Consolidated Oil and Cornish Wire Line Co. paid for the 7,000 daffodils to be given out here. 50 years ago (1959) Robert Kern is the new commander of Boerstler-May post of the American Legion. ...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune photo shows Tim Anders, owner, in front of his new business, Tim’s Muffler Shop, located at the south edge of Chanute. 50 years ago (1959) Candidates for city commissioner are Dr. Henry Baker, R.D. Churchill, Howard Carder, Lee Judy, Dalice Rush, and A.B. Johnson. 75 years ago (1934) All Neosho County banks have agreed to close at noon on Thursdays. Included are banks, one in each town, at Chanute, Thayer, ...
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25 years ago (1984) Patty Kubler and Cindy Spillman were winners of shopping carts full of food, in an Agriculture Day promotion put on by area farmers, to show the variety of foods produced locally. A Tribune photo shows the carts being filled at Pence IGA. 50 years ago (1959) A Tribune photograph shows two local men as they participate in Army Reserve training. Shown are M-Sgt. Bill Clifford and SP4 Norman Reep. 75 years ago (1934) ER...
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25 years ago (1984) Rooster’s Thriftway grocery store, Main and Plummer, advertises Red Delicious apples, 39 cents a pound; tomatoes, 3 lbs. $1.00; and pork steak, 99 cents a pound. 50 years ago (1959) The Santa Fe Railroad advertises round-trip tickets from Chanute to either Los Angeles or San Francisco, $91.95 per person. 75 years ago (1934) Charles Williams, 68, a resident of Chanute nearly 60 years, died this morning. He had been i...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune classified ad seeks someone to be a computer operator at Kustom Electronics, while another ad, inserted by a local electronics manufacturer, is looking for a person to do electroplating. 50 years ago (1959) Four adults were honored for their work with the Chanute chapter of Future Farmers of America. The honorees are Mahlon Morley, Earl Reinhart, Dell Reed and Walter Poor. 75 years ago (1934) WASHINGTON – The Arm...
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25 years ago (1984) A Tribune photograph shows Anjanette VanGotten, 9, and Jennifer Drisdell, 11, as they play on a trampoline. 50 years ago (1959) A new federal program to limit oil imports is cheering news for local producers and refiners. Among those with good things to say about the bill are Fred Griswold, of Big Chief Drilling Co.; Ray Coder, of Chanute Refining Co.; and Oscar Cunningham, of Mid-America Refining Co. 75 years ago (19...
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