A CONSOLIDATION OF THE WESTERN ADVOCATE, JEWELL COUNTY MONITOR, AND THE FORMOSO NEW ERA.
Vol. 75; No. 46.
MANKATO KANSAS
Thursday, April 28, 1966
IF IT'S FOR JEWELL COUNTY,
At Co cord"
Janet Kay Herbin, Jamestown, Miss Norfl~ Centrat Kansas 1965 'placed the
crown on Sharon Kay LGo~is, Miss Ne>::)C,::~,'~:~ Kansas of 19116 at ~Coneordia
High School. Auditorium Saturday~ nigh~. 'i?:eture, courtesy Coneordid Blade)
Exceptional talent, poise
and beauty won Sharon Kay
Loomis of Mankato the title
of Miss North Central Kan-
sas, entry into the state pag-
eant, and a $300 scholarship
in the third annual Jaycee-
sponsored Miss North Cen-
tral Kansas Scholarship P~;g-
eant held at Concordia Sat-
urday night.
The 19-year-old pageant
winner is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Loomis of Mankato. She has
had training in tap and bal-
let dancing and 12 years in-
struction i:] [;i~:~ A ~'ter
graduating fc~):, ; a~ka~.o
High School. :-;, " ,~ ~ trend-
ed Hastings (< :~, ~, Has-
tings, Neb ~; 1 s ]~uw a
student at ;~:c:~ ";b, Si te
College.
Miss 1,o~,mi ; ',~1:: title
winner, v.i',i u~:'r ~,~ Miss
Kansas Pa'.~4mt ~.{ PrJtt in
'July. Price-to r:: ki::,~{ this
t~ip, she v:i?I :ecoive
numerau:', ?,i{::s !";~'~ Cor,-
cordia re!oil [r~s Her
~ransport~t;<)~ to t;" Miss
Kansas Pagea:4 will be fur-
nished by the Jaycees.
In the talent competition
Miss Loomis presented two
of Carl Sandburg!s poems
from his book, "Chicago
Poems." Watercolor sketch-
es painted by the contestant
and related to the poems
were shown during the read-
ings.
Her many friends in Man-
kato and JewelI County are
extremely proud of Sharon
They are pleased with her
victory at Concordia and
wish her success in the com-
ing State Pageant at Pratt
in July.
Retires
towns in which they have
!Ned wish them every hap-
~iness in the years to come.
Fhe Wolfes have been ex-
:ellent citizens and will
:ontinue to boost for all the
worthwhile activities.
The Mid-West Lumber
Eo. is fortunate that Loren
will continue to serve as
~resident of the board of
directors, where the corn-
')any will have the benefit of
his experience.
Meetings To
Discuss
Election
Loren J. Wolfe is resign-
ing his position as general
manager, of the Mid-West
Lumber Co. May 1st, 19.~6.
He will still be president of
the Board of Directors of
A meeting will be held at
~he Mankato High School
Osborne for 25 y::'a::~ befor~ Gym, May 3rd, at 8:00 p. m.
coming t,') M,~,: ~, ~ 1~5 to discuss the school bond
to tak~ Iris p,':se:~ p.~sition. 'issue proposed by School
S
Two Long Established
Businesses Merge To Form
R-K Shopper, Inc.
@
Kier Grocery
He has b.:,cn ~;: ~,dent of District No. 278, which will
the I(an::~s !.~ ~ ~:'nen'," be voted on May I0.
Associati,m; a ~:~,: ,b; a>d has May 4th, at,8:00 p. m. Any
all prospered under his fine served on .'.:ch, :q boards resident of the district may
management, city couucil~, 4 ,d h:s been attend either place, depend-
Loren started as a helper officers in r, vm~crous other ing on the convenience to
in the yard at Smith Center organization,s, the individual. IM
on May 1, 1912. H~ then Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe have All patrons of the Unified a
Y
went to Bellaire from Smith three daughters: Edith Seyb School District No. 278 are
moved of Wichita, Alice Tote ofurged to meet-
" Merriam, Kansas; : and Bar- ings, ,for the new The
Perry Kier purcha~:,d a
Produce Business in the ;'M
of 1916 and operated t ;
the building, now occt ;,~.
by the American l.=~,i .
Perry's father had,const~:
ed this building.
Perry went to Wor!d W:.
I the spring of 1913 cmd ~:
turned in the fall of 19i5 ~':
resumed his produce
business. Perry and 1Vhs
Perry Kier, who was acCw
in the store, until a ~'v.
years ago, added grvcv~'ic~
in the early 1920's and n:.ov-
ed' to the building that i
now occupied by the Man-
kato Laundry.
In the late 1920's, Perry
The present high school,
which will serve Unified
District no. 278, is accredit-
ed by the State Department
of Education as "standard"
and next year will offer a
total of 47 units of credit,
compared with 27 units in
1956. This improvement has
been accomplished with the
addition of more dedicated
teachers and a fine group of
students, who are eager and
i ,eh to right Mrs. Perry Kier, Gerald Kier, and Mrs.
Gerald Kier.
Inc a fine One-Stop Shop-iwhen Mr. A. L: Hale bought
bought the Co-op Creame;y, ping Ccutur. This fine new the store.
Mr. Dalton came to Man-
which was located on the ce>ter is holding its Grand kato in the early 70's and
present lot, occupied by ttvc Openml; April 28-29-30. A
R-K Shopper, Inc. In 1932, t,~:,o-coi0r eight page section started the store soon after
his arrival. It continued un-
the Kiers built the grocery in the Jewell County Record der his ownership until
stoi'e just east of th. cream-
ery. Gerald Kier has been this week gives details of about 1895, and then be-
associated with the stor~e &is shopping center and the came the property of Ray-
since returning from college meny fh~e bargains they are nolds and Co. Dr. E. L. Ray-
at,Kansas State in the earij~ offerin;, during its Grand nolds, who practiced med-
40s. The store was operatec Op ~ai~g. We congratulate icine in Map.kato, was the
in the same location untii the Kier, Hale and Ramey principal owner. It continued
the new R-K Shopper was L'amilies upon their past under his direction until
willing to obtain a' broad
educational background. The
school has been encouraged
by the State Dept. of Educa-
tion and by the North
Central Association of See-,
ondary Sch~mls and Colleges. i
The high school was first
liminary "
ports that
facilities
this
great advanl
to graduate
Central
because it
entering
not have
accredited by the North
Central Association in 1916J
and received a 50 year cer- We
tificate this year. Other facts in
schools in this area belong- ing the
ing to the North Central munity and
Association are Belleville, support the
Beloit, Smith Center and bond
Osborne. During the years District 278
1967 to 1970 all member Each
high schools are to be given Unified
an extensive evaluation. We ceive in the
are to be inspected in the brochure
school year 1967-68. It ap- school bond i
~ pears from their recent pre- tail.
Kansas Educator Named I pLEASE
Professor at Penn College
vantage of
cause the
high and
must
ments.
proposed
be possible to
hensive
State
tion. This is
ing given
Kansas.
Mrs. Glen (Edith) Glover Each sul
of Emporia, Kansas has to please
oeen appointed assistant expiration
professor of Education at on the up~r
William Penn college, and Iaer of your
constructed on the former su~c .s.:,~s and wish them about 1912 or 1913 and was plans to join the faculty this If your
location of the Kier Grocery. cotadtmed prosperity in their :sold at that time to W. O. summer to teach remedial 4-66,
{he lat,~ R-K Shopper, Inc Weeks. This ownership con- reading, according toDr. you will
Perry's
parents,
tinued until September of Donald E. Schultze, dean of subscripl
Mr. and Mrs. Wayma~ Kierl Hale Drug Store 1923 when Mr. Hale pur- instruction. . Expire
moved to Jewell County For over ninety-two years chased the store. An elementary principal mailed to
{from Gentry Co Mo. in the
1870's. They had a cauntr5 the establishment known as In 1915, Mr. Weeks ob- the past 13 years, Mrs. are asked tol
store on White Rock knowi; the Itale Drug Store has tained a Rexall franchise Gtover has conducted work- piration da C,
as the Reubens store. They been doing business con- and the store has been a Slmps nine years aad has each montll i
tinually in Mankato. It is Rexall store for the past 51 taught in the Kansas State tion whicl
later moved to Mankat0 cme ~;f the real pioneer years: ~'eachers college laboratory month bef, r~;i
where they ran a feed store business hvuses of the town; In 1962 this store was sold :scho~,k moved fro: a':
and produce add the pioneer drug store to Charles Ramey but re- ~, ---.i
The Hale Drug Store a~ ~ of J~ v,elt Cou:~ty. Originally tained the name 0f the Halt Her B. Sci. and M. Sci. de-
~rees ~e!9 ea(ned at the Mr. and 1~ ii;
~e Itier Gr~cePy t~ve::be~ k"~store w~ ,~;:O ~'~' KansaS'State "lea~lters col- el~ a~'~ HI
succeisfully ol~erated ]for John Dalton he storebeeam~r s ~,
imany years. They have been having been of the corPoratior: iege, and she will receiveMr. and
two of the leading business 1874 by the late Mr, Dalton known as the R-K Shopper, :he ,'Educatzon Specialist de-
firms in Mankato for many and it had been owned by inc. Charles Ramey and greedlovertnerewillth~SreplaceSUmmer.Dr. MrS,Mir willwedding
years, Now, they have merg- two other companies be- [ Gerald Kier are the present ~am Dusenbexy who resign- day, May
ed into the R-K Shopper, tween ~hat time and 1923,[ owners~ ed to join the faculty oI
Central Missouri State Col- home
lege at Warrensburg, Mo. aer bust
fhis fall Mrs. Glover will Marvin
{,each the lower elementary Formoso.
and reading methods gifts
courses, and will supervise
Lhe elementary student tea- Junior
chers. Her husband will be Sign-up
employed on the mainten-
ance staff of Penn. He for- The J~
merly worked for the rail- ball
road. The family include~ held at th~
Lwo children and is affiliate~ 2:30
with the Friends church,lowell
Mrs. Glover is the daugh- Nigible.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Johr, a Jewell
Beam of Mankato.
11013
,Vlankato Grades Compete
at Smith Center Invitational Dr.
----- open
The meet held at Smitf from 1:30 to
Center last Friday was ex- May 14,
ceptionally competitive witt rabies. All i
several new records bein~
established. The competin[ License.
teams were Smith Center
Beloit, Belleville, Downs, Os
oorne, ~Kensington, Lebano~ ~Ir. and
]nd Mankato. Jnderwoot
The Mankato girls finish .10th
~'d 4th of seven teams. Thos~
~arning points were: Mr.
GIRLS, 8th GRADE: lerwood
JoAnn Murray, 1st, Ball!0th
Throw, and 2nd, 220 Sunday,
yd. Dash. home
April Merrill, 3rd, Broad
Jump. Guests in
GIRLS, 7tb GRADE: Judge &
Kathy Blackwood, ls~, 5~ this
yd. Dash. Mrs.
Sarah Jane Russell, 5th,
75 yd. Dash. Mrs.
bIankato, 1st, 220 yd. Re- Mr. and
lay. and sons,
Diane Rourke, 3rd, BallJeffry of
Left to right: Mrs. A. L. Hale, A. L. Hale, Mrs. Charles Ramey, Charles Throw.
Ramey. Mankato, 5th, 440 yd. Re-
lay. of
immunizationsare nee
