A CONSOLIDATION OF THE WESTERN ADVOCATE, JEWELL COUNTY MOHtl'CH~
AND THE FORMOSO NEW ERA.
IF I~"S FOR JEWELL COUNTY, WE'RE FOR IT
2 Sections - 14 Pages
Mankato, Kansas
Thursday, March _30, 1967
how youi" voice lines are separated and con-
the party at the nected to central switching
the telephone line? equipment; and batteries that
much equipment is furnish talking current to tele-
to make phones phones.
"Narrators will explain how
learn about these and the ringing machine works and
fascinating sub- many other items that are part
Mankato's Telephone of the telephone system."
Wednesday, Ap- In addition to tours of the
according to John building, a number of special
manager for South- telephone exhibits will be set
up. Among them will be a
House will run display that enables visitors to
12 a.m., 1 to 5 and 6 hear their own telephone voice.
It, on Wednesday. "Our Telephone Open tIouse
will be taken on a has a definite educational and
behind-the-scenes entertainment value," Schmitz
to see telephone said. "And there will be free
in action," refreshments and souvenirs.
see the cable We hope parents will bring
telephone lines their entire family for this
the frames where chance to see something differ-
ent."
~tout, storo~manager Cultural Arts Program
Super Market, Meeting Held March 22
Kans., was among ....
aart's and Best- A meeting March 22 was
store owners, man- held to organize classes for the
department managersCultural Arts Program. Clm;s
who attended es for drawing and painting.
28 seminar on Im creative writing, creative mu¢
Your Supervisory ic, sculpturing, ceramics, pho-
Business. It was held tography, flower arranging.
Center, Kans. and landscaping "were discuss-
.m. to 5 p.m. session, ed and a toll taken to deter-
by Boogaart Supply,mine interest in each of thesei
Kans., was fields. Possible location of the i
by Ray Henry Asso- classes and instructors were
consultants, discussed.
the Peterson Care If you feel you might be in-
Center. forested in taking one of these
films and question-classes you are urged to call
periods were in either Mrs. Evan. Hanson or,
the all-day seminarMrs. Gayle Cristman for addi-
and moti tional details.
The Mankato City Election
will be held Tuesday, April
4th. Polls will be open from
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Voters
will cast their ballots in the
basement of the Mankato Cam
munity Building.
The Citizens Party held its
caucus Thursday, March 23,
in the Community Building.
The officers of this party are:
Roy Basart, chairman; Mary
Lagergren, vice chairman:
Monsolete Trubey, secretary;
and Joyce Caylor, treasurer.
They nominated the following
candidates for the city elec-
tion:
Mayor: Gayle A. Cristman.
Councilmen: Doyle H. Al-
corn, Dale L. Seirer, Eugene
Meeker, Cleo D. Hiltgen, and
Alfred Ross.
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State Spelling Bee May
Jewell County will send a
best speller to the 1,tth annual
State Spelling Bee at Topeka
May 6. The winner will emerge
from the county spelling con-
test in Mankato Monday April
3.
Eligible spellers from spell-
ing preliminaries for the state
position are Joni Hansen, Sher-
ry Buckley and Dixie Pettit,
Burr Oak; Karen Louder, Pa-
tircia Cady and Keith Roe,
Mankato: Rex Lienberger,
Randy Yancey and Gregory
Barrett, Randall; Ray Winkel,
Judy Birdsell and Jim Bird-
~II, Athens; Marsha Willmeth,
Becky LcCoe and Rosanna
Slate, Jewell; Sherri Dietz,
Kathy Heiman and Connie
Tucker, Ionia; Becky Foutz,
Peggy Nebel and Dennis Fla-
vin. Esbon.
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Police Judge: Clarence P.
Meeker.
The Conservative Party met
Thursday night, March 23, in
the Club Room at the Correll
Hotel and re-elected Chas. W,
Ramey as its chairman. Rod
Weltmer was re-elected secre-
tary. The following were nora-,
Inated for city offices as can-
iidate~s for the April 4 else,
lion:
Mayor: Carl Westin.
Councilmen: Bob G. Newell,
A. R. Weaverling, George G.
Jensen, John R. Ross, and Leo
P. Dreiling.
At the present time, Gayle
Cristman is serving as mayor
and the councilmen are A. R.
Weaverling, Doyle H. Alcorn,
Dale L. Seirer, Eugene Meek-
er, and Cleo D. Hiltgen.
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ceive until your subscription
is renewed.
With the last copy of the
month, in which the subscrip-
tion expires, the paper is re-
moved from our addresso-
graph file.
We appreciate the fine co-
operation of our subscribers
and welcome renewal and new
subscriptions.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Fiero of
Milton, Ore. and Mrs. Law-
rence Jones were Wednesday
dinner guests of Mrs, Edith
Oat.
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row, left to dght: Delton Blecha, Darcl
Debra Jensen, Jackle Ouellette, Mike Metz-
row, left to right: Kimberly Sandeli, Lyn-
Beverly Wlrtz, Corlene Lange.
the cloudy weath-t Mankato Chamber of Com-
ual Easter Egg merce. 1
City Park in Man-I The youngsters were divided1
a large crowd Sat-] into groups, according to their[
:n )on, March 25. ages, Every sack had,a name l
is sponsored by the stamped on the outside. The[
Front row, left to right: Barbara Lange, Lance
Newell, Jay Jenaen, Kevin Jansen, Sharon Hesket,
Danny Hesket.
Back row, left to right: Dennis Kennedy, Chert
Kennedy, Elaine Wirtz, Diana Hesket, Debts Hesk-
el, Lynnette Wilson.
sack, when presented to the
merchant, was worth 5 cents.
The kids cover the area in a
short period of time and it
doesn't take long for them to
get up town and turn in their
4~
sacks.
Flnlay Munro, Cliff Hancock,
Bob Shoemaker, Henry Dia-
mond, and Leo Dreiling were
helping with the-Hunt. They
hid the sacks and supervised
the event.
to right: Bob Shoemaker and Leo D eU ,
Im.ckSmu elm be Nm the variou qo
ready for the Faster Hunt in
lark.
A Uoup of the youaMtem at the Eutor F4B
Hunt. Henry Diamond elm be M oa the
of the picture.
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Left to dght: Jim Gunter, Herman Popp, Paul
Dutton, Harley Zhnmer, V. E. M'cAdams, John Hart,
Otle Cunnlngham, Melvin Joerg, and Harold Knarr.
Pictured above are some of
the Jewel County Lamb &
Wool Association members
who attended the annual meet-
ing Tuesday evening, March
21. Midwest Wool Marketing
Cooperative and the Jewell
County Association sponsored
a lamb dinner for those attend-
ing.
The Association members
had the opportunity to hear
Mr. Paul Dutton, Dutton Sheep
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Unified School District
Elections April 4th
The elections for school
board members in the four
Unified School Districts in Je-
well County will be held Tues-
day, April 4, The polls will be
open from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. Three members will be
elected to the six member
board in each Unified District.
In the Burr Oak Unified Dis-
trict 277, three board mem-
bers are being elected. In this
district, the voters in each area
select a board member. Arnold
Ross is the candidate in area
one and the voting will take
place at the Valley View School
House. In area two, the voters
will cast their ballots at the
Oak Creek School House and
Gerald Boyles is the candidate,
In area three. Donald Diehl is
the candidate and voting will
be done iq the Northbranch
School House•
In the Mankato Unified Dis-
trict 278, Clarence Loomis is
a candidate for position num-
ber one; Don Walker is the
candidate for position number
two; and Quentin Leece is the
candidate for position number
three. All voters in the Unified
District vote on all three posi-
tions. There will be only one
polling place in the Unified
District No. 278. That will be
in the gymnasium at the Man-
kato High School,
In the Esbon Unified District
No, 276, Vaden Davis, Jr. is a
'candidate for position number
one: W. L. Peroutek for posi-:
tion number two. and Meryl
Schoen for position number
three. All the voters in the!
district will cast ballots for
the three positions. There will
be two polling places in this
district, at Chandler School
House and Esbon Legion Hall.
This is an at large election
and voters can cast a ballot
at either polling place.
Monkato Scores 12 Points
In Sterling Relays
Coaches Larry Dreiling and
John Jones took the Mankato
Track Team to the Sterling
Relays, with the exception of
the seniors, Saturday, March
,25, and the Cougars scored 121
points in the Class "B" Divi-
sion.
Leon Hell, a sophomore, won
the half mile with a time of
2:06. Russell Lange, another
sophomore, placed 3rd in the
broad jump with a leap of
19'7%". The mile relay team
of Mike Dodd, Eddie Wilson,
Chuck Zadina. and Russell
Lange, placed third with a
lime of 3:41. Eddie is a junior.
Chuck and Russell are sopho-
mores, and Mike is a fresh-
man.
The Mankato Seniors were
on their Senior Sneak. Several
of these boys are fine track-
men. When the whole squad is
together, Mankato will field a
strong track squad. The Ster-
,ling Relays attract a large
number of quality athletes
from a :large area. The under-
classmen made a strong show-
ing and showed a lot of poten-
tial for future meets,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tyrell
and sons, David, who attends
Concordia Junior College, and
Vance, who attends Hays State
Collego were guests for dinner
Easter Sunday at the hmne of
her Imrents, Mr. and Mrs.
,w.ll Davis.
Commission Company, St. Jo-
seph, Missouri; Mr. Herman
Popp, Midwest Wool Market-
ing Cooperative and V. E.
McAdams, Extension llve-
stock specialist, talk about
lamb and wool prices and the
sheep industry in general.
It was reported by secre-
tary-treasurer, Harold Knarr,
that the association shippe~
2600 lambs last year and mar-
keted 33,000 rounds of wool a.,
DR. W. E. SCHLOTTERBACK
WILL OPEN OFFICE
IN MANKATO APRIL 16
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Dr. W, E. Schlotterback will
open his office in Mankato
Monday, April 10th, His clinic,
which is being remodeled, will
be ready for use by that time.
It is located across the street
south from the Mankato Apart-
ment House•
He will have his last appoint-
ment in the Republic County
Clinic at Belleville April 1st,
This will give him the next
week to get ready to receive
patients at Mankato.
At the present Mrs. Schlot-
terback and the children will
remain in Belleville, The
Schlotterbacks are investigat-
ing housing facilities in Man-
kato and the family will move
as soon as definite arrange-
ments are made.
Dr. and Mrs. Schlotterback
and children are welcomed
back to Mankato with open
arms. He is a wonderful doc
tar and they are topnotch citi-
zens. The people of Jewel]
County are certainly happy
they have decided to return to
Mankato to make their home.
Annual Meeting Of
Jewell Co. Teachers~ Ass'n.
The annual meeting of the
Jewell County Teachers' Asso-
ciation will be held April 3,
1967 at 1:45 p.m.
The executive officers of
J.C.T.A. are: Miola Griffeth.
See'y-Treas.; Jimmy Downing,
VicePres.: and Norman Walk.
er, President.
The program will be as fol-
lows:
Invocation, Orville Hafner
Burr Oak Public Schools.
Music Selections, Mankatc
Music Department, under the
direction of Dorothy A. Libben.
Instrumental Instructor. 1.
"trombone Solo, "Diamond",
Roberta Meyer. 2. Alto Saxo-
phone Solo, "Saxophobia", Su
san Kier. 3. Clarinet Quartet,
"Quartet in F", Max Smith,
Bob Walker, Sarah Jane Rus-
sell, Sherry Beck.
Address, "Problems of the
Future". L, M. Weltmer, At-
torney, Mankato, Kansas.
Presentation of 1967 Spelling
Winners. Carl A. Westin, Coun-
ty Superintendent.
Presentation of Cash Awards
by Mike Stout, President, Man-
kate Commercial Club.
Adjournment.
Business Meeting, Norman
Walker. Presiding.
Annual Meeting of the Jewell
County Livestock Association
to bQ Hold Tuesday, April 4
The armual meeting of the
Jewel County Livestock Asso-
ciation will be held in the Ar-
mory in Mankato b~ginning at
7:30 p.m, Tuesday, .April 4.
Mr, George Ahlschwede. Ex-
tension meats specialist will
be the speaker for the evening.
Mr. Ahlschwede's presentation
will be on the dressed meat
trade, meat quality, and syn-
thetic meat substitutes.
A business meeting will pre-
cede the guest speaker's pre-
sentation, at which we will
need to set up committees for
this year and to discuss the
1967 program,
I am sure that this will be a
very educational program and
all members and their wives
are urged to attend.
-Edwin Marl See.-Treas,
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A ilrouP of Jewell County members are shown
eating at the Frontier Cafe, Tuesday, March 21, at
the annual meetin8 of the Lamb and Wool Asso-
ciatinn Meeting. In the foreground are: Benny
Kemper, Esbon, left, and Harold Knarr, Jewell, right.
Behind Benny are Ernest Blattner and Harry Kind-
ler, Esbon. Behind Harold are Verle Mendenlmll
and Albert Schaffer.
well as providing several wool
bags for association members.
The Association elected Har-
old Knarr, Jewell, as presi-
dent for 1967. Benny Kemper,
Esbon. was secretary-treasur-
er, and the following members
to thp Board of Directors: O.
R. Cunningham, Webl r:
Vaughn Prather, Randall
Verle Mendenhall, Manka :
and Ernest Blattner, Esbon.
The Association plans to
ship sheep regularly every
three weeks again this year.
NOTICE
The Jewel County Historical
Society will have a meeting
beginning with a covered dish
supper at 6:30 ~turday even-
ing, April 8, at the Mankato
National Guard Armory.. The
business meeting will include
election of officers. A program
"Discover Kansas Through tho
Eye of a Camera" will be pre-
sented by Mr. and Mrs. Orval
Wagner, McPherson. The To-
peka Daily Capital, Kansas
City Star and other newspa-
pers featured the Wagners'
work on their editorial pages
in February. A welcome is ex-
tended, to every one to attend
the society's cvcning's pro-
gram.
NOTICE
The Jewell County Women's
Democratic Club will meet
Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m.
at the home of Mrs. Glenn
Hale. All Democrat women,
who are interested, are invited
to attend.
Mr. and Mrs, Fred Hill and
family of Cawker City and
Miss Janis Fair of Salina spent
Easter at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. R. Fair.
Mankato Delegation Will
Attend Bus Hearing
A delegation from the Man-
kate" Chamber of Commerce
will attend a Bus Hearing in
Topeka Thursday, March 30,
at 8:00 a.m. before a State
Senate committee.
Rep. Arden Dierdorff spen-
sored a bill in the house, which
requires the .nearest bus llne
to service any county seat in
the state that doesn't have bus
service, This bill passed the
house by a large majority and
is now in commRtee in the
Senate.
If this bill passes, Bus Ser-
vice will be available in Man.
kato~ If it doesn't, prospects
are dim for getting the
lines to bring a bus through
this area.
At the Chamber of Com-
merce meeting Monday Start.
Icy Ozmun offered to take a.
car to Topeka Thursday and
the following volunteered to go
with him: H. R. Rhea, Melvin
Blecha, Jan Menhusen at~l
John R. Ross,
Smith Center is going to send
several carloads to the hearing
and it is hoped arrangements
can be made locally, before
Thursday, for other carloads
from Mankato to attend,
Diana Oat I Cathy Gates
Diana Oat and Cathy Gates[ This was an honor as 43 pages
of Burr Oak served as pages served each day and only one
for Representative Arden Dier-] telephone page,
dorff March 13 and 14. [ The girls enjoyed very much
Each girl served as[ serving as pages in the House
te!ephone pa.ge for one day,I Pf Representatives.
Alene Framer, left, and Jer-
ry Campbell, right, who are
pictured above, served as
pages in the House of Repre-
sentatives at Topeka Monday
arm Tuesday, March 20.21,
Arrangments for Alene and
Jerry to get this fine exper.
lenee at the State House were
made by Arden Die.oHm,
presentative for this district.
Mrs. Walter Campbell and
Mrs. A, T. Kramer took the
young people to Topeka
day, March 19. and fl, ey ro-
t u~n ~dr • ~uesd~ e v~l~,
March 21.
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