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A CONSOLIDATION OF THE WESTERN ADVOCATE, JEWELL COUNTY MONITOR, AND THE FORMOSO NEW ERA.
12 Pages - 2 Sections
MANKATO, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1966
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:~COrding to Slick Deines steel. On top Lf the cement,
,,.~an for Abbott Construe:[insulation is p iced and tilis
'~Co, good progress is be- is topped with a tar and gra
$~.l~ade at the Mankato vel roofing material. The
~itlg Plant If the good roofing is wh~lt is heing in
l~er continues he expects] stalled at pre:ent in the low
.:~llStructure to 'be enelosedlrool' area. This covers the of
Jl~b°Uta week If ice freezers, and eook, rs
lt). resent, workmen are la,'A.
fj/~lling the roof on the low I The high roof covers the
~area, The Serrault Roof-Ikilling area & the tnezzanine.
~CO. of Salina is the sub. [The workmen are getting
Z?Ctor on the roof The/ready to pour the concrete
building is covered ]in that area.
~ Cement, reinforced with] Part of the cement floor in
the basement has been pour-
ed. Ilills Construction Co.
has started work on the
lagoon system, which will be
used for (lisposal of the wastes
from the phmt.
This plant is being co~l-
strutted sound from a struc-
tural standpoint and is
modern in every detail. The
superintendent for Abbott I
Construction Co., Chef Kline, I
is ill at his home in Salina &]
hasn't been working this [
week. [
( ood Progress Is Being Made on The Mankato Packing Plant. The
tbOve picture shows the north side (rear) of the Packing Plant.
IERS AT CASH
IN MANKATO
DEC. 20th
Winners at the Cash
in Mankato Tuesday,
20th were:
Fred Paxson,
,, :~i~0: Mrs" Ll°yd M' Falk'
L~.$10.00: Mrs. Ray Burn-
'~-Q' Jewell. ~. ,
~ Stores were packed at:
~9, m. when the winners
announced and traffic
IL~,/ good all day in Man-
Tbusiness houses.
,o
r )utl°n " i
s Wallpaper and Gifts,
i'~tly made a contribution
~llc~ Children's Rehabilita-
IIm:,J nit at tbe University of
~'~aS Medical Center.
By Clyde C. Reed
In
nuary
are mostly for those we know. health" can save lives.
By our beautifully wrapped Donors are needed in large._
packages, we instill joy in the nm~fl)ers to supply the amount
season, on birthdays, anniver- of blood needed for accident
saries and special occasions, victims aud numerous illness-
But what about the someones es. To this we've added the
we do not know? What about casualties of Viet Nam.
a gift that not only preserves: Plan now to give when tbe
i
a spirit of happiness;but Bloodmobde comes to Man-
more important, a life. kate on Jan. 5, 1967 from 9:00
No one knows how many a. rn. to 1:45 p. m. Appoint-
have life in 1966 because pep- ments can be made by calling
pie were generous in 1965. i I"R 83757. l:~iease make an
It is easy to criticize the]appointment soon and the
man financially wealthy who sooner, the better.
fails to give 0f his abundance
MANKATO 7TH AND 8TH
GRADE TEAMS
DEFEATED AT DOWNS
The Mankato 7th and 8th
Grade Teams lost to Downs
on their court Thursday, Dec.
15. The score of the 7th Grade
game was 26-19 and the 8th
grade contest ended 37 to 24.
Gerald Cox is the junior
coach. The box scores:
Mankafo 7th, 19; Downs, 26.
fg ft f tp
M. Peteete 2 22 6
R. Willard 2 03 4
R. ~imon 1 02 2
M. Cortner 0 13 1
C. Hiltgen 0 12 1
A. Meyer 2 11 5
Totals 7 51319
Mankato 8th, 24; Downs,37.
fg ft f tp
W. Coffman 0 05 0
J. Dewey 0 01 0
B. Hansen 2 04 4
M. Simon 3 03 6
R. Hancock 6 23 14
Totals 11 22024
Merle File stopped at the
"Record office Friday morning
and subscribed to the paper
for the coming year for his
father, J. H. File• He is send-
ing the paper to him as a
Christmas gift. The Files Give
in the northeast part of Jewell
County.
L. M. Jeffery of the North-
branch neighborhood, whose
mailing address is Guide Rock,:
stopped at the Record office
Friday morning and renewed
his paper for the coming year.
Monday be a day off.
i The courthouse, banks, post-
~oft'ice and all other govern-
ment offices will be closed.
Lawrence -- The names of
596 persons who have com-
pleted requirements for de-
grees from the University of
Kansas since the June 1966
Commencement have been an-
nounced by James K. Hitt,
registrar and director of ad.
missions.
K. U. holds but one Com-
mencement a year and their
names will be recorded in the
June 1967 program. However,
they already have their diplo-
mas, and many of them
"marched down the Hill" in
the June 1966 exercises.
'['he Graduate School award.
ed more than half the degrees,
327, including 46 doctors of
philosophy, 9 doctors of edu-
cation, and 3 specialist in ed-
ucation. The remainder were
master's degrees. The School
of Education conferred 87
I)achelor's degrees and the
College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences 79.
A graduate of Cbemieal En-
gineering is Philip Walfrid
Westiu of Mankato.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl DeHaven
and Paul Hackathorne of To-
native grass seed is
drilled in the county.
on a larger scale will
~lStart until Jan. 1. Grass
Will then be available.
ers who expect to get
a Seed from the Soil Con-
~i}~ation District will be no-
li~7'.~1 as to when seed will be
~.lable.
~,faay be done from" Dec. 1
~l)ril 30. lanted
D~terways should be p
~,~Onth Brome grass and
~rn wheat planted now will
r~;" early in the spring.
~Orne grass, for best re-
p'S, should be fertilized in
~3"~iY. The dry subsoil does-
I¢~_ k encouraging for brome
|~'*.~ Production next spring,
0i] bank grass will produce
ly next spring because
subsoil moisture. Grass
|~ Is in the soil bank and is
|,.~:g to be grazed next year
[Q ~!cl be mowed this winter.
[~,~e grass isn't mowed, the
[~,~e won't graze it even next
[~ They get an area down
[~J e ground and then wont
|t~ the area that is full of
[,~a~s. In general, soil bank
~aS.Will carry a large nurn-
~i~dot cattle the first year. If
k,,°esn't rain by spring we
SUre need the grass.
that is to be planted .................. poke will arrive Christmas
needs to be plowed Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCune eve at the home of her parents,
It ought to be done and daughters, Leslie and Re-. Mr. and Mrs. Ed L0omis. Mr.
It will rain one of bin and her sister, Dixie and Mrs. DeHaven will go
and we need to be Reece, and a friend, Pruden- from here for a visit with his
it, rio Caldron. arrived this week family at Sedgwick, Kin.%
YOU to spepd Christmas at the ly- and Paul will stay with his
COUNTS ;and the, hell-
Left to right: Leland Bartley, Esbon and John Perdue,
Mankato at the Deer Checking Station at Frontier Station
in Mankato. Leland shot a 4-point white tail, which weigh-
ed l l0 lbs. field dressed. John killed a 4-point mule deer,
which weighed 100 lbs. field dressed.
Many persons are sending
the Jewell County Record to
friends and relatives for a
Christmas Gift. A partial list
of the gift subscriptions were
printed in the Record last
week. The rest of the gifts
are printed below (this list is
l up to Wednesday morning):
Milford Johnson, Manza-
nola, Colorado and Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Johnson, Salina,
Kansas by Bessie Johnson;
Margaret MeFarland, Ionia
by Bert Alcorn; Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Rightmeier, Riley by
the Mullins; Mrs. Doyle Re-
mus, Glen Elder by Leone
Aleorn; Charles Holdren, Jew-
ell from Florence Holdren;
Henry Heller, Lebanon from
Milton Underwood; J. H. File,
Courtland by Mr. and Mrs.
Merle File.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Par-
sons, Bliss, Idaho by Corn
Launchbaugh; Warren Han-
cock, Denver, Colo. by Joy
Long; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Elniff, Randall from the
Srand kids, Steve, Pam, and
~harla; Dale Thronson, Eagle
Creek. Oregon from Mr. and
Mrs. JOhn Thronson; L. E.i
Hancdcl~, Esbon from Mr, &~
Mrs. R. R. Black,
Miss Lucflle Vance, l~orest
Park, Illinois from Mr. and
Mrs. Greg Thummel; Kathryn
Claycamp, Arlington, Va. by
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MANKATO WEATHER
According to Clyde Reed,
the official weather observer,
the high for the past week
was 64 degrees Saturday,
Dec. 17. The low for the week
was 23 degrees Friday, Dec.
16 and Saturday, Dec. 17.
The week before the high
was 56 degrees on Tuesday,
Dec, 13 and the low was 2
degrees on Saturday, Dec. 10,
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, we
received .05 of an inch of
moisture.
CARD OF THANKS
The Olive Hill Missionary
Society wishes to thank all
who contributed records and
money toward the record play-
er which was purchased as a
Christmas present for the
County Farm. May each of
/ou be richly blessed.
P. C. Mendenhall of Esbon
xas accompanied by his ne-
phew. Howard Fisher, of Cal-
ifornia when he visited in
Mankato Friday. They stopped,
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at the Record office lor a ws-
it. Howard, who formerly liv-
ed at Esbon, recently retired
from the real estate business.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Junker
and Vickey plan to spend
Christmas at the home of her
3arents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
McCoy, in Tulsa, Okla.
Mrs. Roy Reager left Mon-
day for Denver where she took
a plane for California to spend
Christmas with her daughter,
Margaret.
Mrs. Fay Myers of Silver-
ton, Ore. called at the Record
office Tuesday to renew ber
subscription for another year.
Mrs. Myers and her husband
2ame to spend Christmas with
her father, Robert Korb, Sr.,
at Burr Oak.
~rs. L. H. Stafford reports
tha~ her brother, Art Betts,
i had a gall bladder operation
Me. last week,
Mankato defeated Clyde 71
to 59 on the local court Friday
night. Coach Miskimon's ca
gers played excellent ball in
downing the previously unde-
feated Clyde team. The Clyde
club is leading the Solomon
Valley league with previous
Mr. & Mrs. Emil Claycamp;
Miss Eunice Russell, Superior
from ttelen Parkhurst; ttow-
ard (;ehrett. Greenville, Miss.,
M. T. McCammon, North
Kansas City, and Leonard
Stephens, Goodhmd from
Clarence Black; Vita Riggs,
ttaysvillc, Kansas from Bob
and Clarence Black; Mrs.
Clinton Rector, Colorado
Springs from Mr. and Mrs.
Wint Smith
W.L. Kier, Cochranville,
Pa., Mrs. Charles Kier, Wash-
ington, Kansas, Dr. Robert
Schuster, Minden, Nebr.; and
,lira Powell, Ilays, Kansas by
Mrs. Perry Kier; Mrs. Eva
Wilson, Jewell by Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Terrill; Mrs. A.
S. Wierman. Ft. Collins, Colo.
Santa Claus and his large
Sleigh will be in Mankato on
Thursday, December 22 from
4:00 p. m. until 6:30 p. m.
and from 7:00 to 8:30 p. m.
tie will take all the kids for
The opening, the flag salute, [
was by Den 2 -John Huntsing-I'
er, Roy Wakefield, Duane
i
Beougher, Dennis Kennedy and l
Richard Bartholomew. Thei
program was skits by Den 1
and Den 2. Den 1 presented a
doctor skit, sewing up Santa's
toy bag. Cubs in the skit were
Roger Rightmeier, Stephen EI-
kins, Jerry Harder. and Mar-
tin Neeper. Den 2 presented an
outer spaceman skit, *'Happen-
by Laura Switzer. ing on Mars", with Santa
[ . .
Jessm tiaras, Colorado: Claus. Cubs in the skit were
Springs from Martha Harris; Duane Beougber, John Hunt-
C. R. Briggs, Williams, Colo. !singer, Dennis Kennedy, Roy
by W. E. Tobias; Ralph Min-: Wakefield and Richard Bar-
ard, Concordia by Pete tholomew. Jean Hamilton led
Julian; Roy Phillips, Esbon the Cubs in a Chl'istmas card
by Mrs. Paul t,'rost and Mrs.. game for recreation. During
Walter Marihugh; : Myr¢~.]shoW and tell, the Cubs gave
Cordel, Scandiaby George|tbeir parents gifts that they
Cordel. ]had made in their den meet-
Mr. and Mrs. Ldnnif~ Bas-lings', ~ ':;:!~
art, Superior, Mr. and Mrs. Awardg were presented to
Dennis l{asart, Mankato, and ~he following:Cub Scouts: Re-
Mr. and Mrs. Adrion Shad get Rightme/er, wolf badge
duck, Norton by Roy Basart; $nd gold arrow; Stephen El-
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fieldkins, wolf badge and gold ar-
by Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Field. row; Jerry Harder, wolf
badge; West' Alexander, bear
badge and gold arrow; Rich-
Farm Bureau Women's ard Blair, bear badge and gnld
District Meeting arrow; Dennis Kennedy, lion
The Annual Meeting of the
Farm Bureau Women of the
East 6th I)istrict will be Jan.
3, 196~, at Stockton, Kansas.
The meeting will begin at 9:30
A. M. and should be over by 3
P.M.
Let's have our County have
a good representation at this
meeting. Any Farm Bureau
woman, wbo would like to at-
tend, may notify the Farm
Bureau office in Mankato by
December 30, 1966, in order
that transportation arrange-
ments may be made. We will
expect to leave the Farm
Bureau office at 8 a. m. on
January 3.
already? But what then? I
mean it's not everyday you
step into the Jewell County
Courthouse and find two adults
engaged in a furious game of
)addle ball. No, only on that
annual ocasion, the 4-H Jun-
ior t,eadet's Christmas party.
That evening, Dec. 8, started
off with a few games by the
Formo~'~o Willing Workers
l'olh)wed by a film, "Ride 'Era
Cowboy". Next came the gift
exchange in which many use-
ful items were given and re-
ceived such as pacifers, baby
rattles, and make-up kits.
What ['olh)~ed were the two
most important items on the
agenda, refreshments, and
all-out horseplay, including a
grueling and dangerous (for
10nlookers, that is) game of
paddh, ball bet~een Jim Gun-
ter and Mary Francis.
..... Dale Switzer, Jr. Reporter.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tyler,
Glenda and Judy attended the
golden wedding anniversary
open house for Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Wassemiller at Oakley,
Kans. Sunday Mr. Wassemill-
er is Mrs, Tyler'S brother~,
badge; John Huntsinger, lion
badge; Keith Hamilton, silver
arrow; Martin Neeper, silver
arrow; Marty Rafferty, gold
and silver arrow; and Mark
Blew, silver arrow. A tie clasp
and cuff links set was presept-
ed to Cubmaster Vernon tiam-
ilton by Jack Blair on behalf
of the members of the Pack.
Den 5 had the closing, a can-
tile light service. Each boy re-
cited scripture from the Bible
as he lighted a candle. Boys
in the closing were Darrell
Beougher, Jimmy Murray,
Scott Neilson, Ricky Hancock,
Scott Nelson, and Duane Nel-
son. The Cubs then sang "Si-
lent Night".
Virgil Beougher will be the
Cubmaster for Pack 36 this
year. There are 19 boys re-
gistering on the new charter.
Wayne Blaylock is the Insti-
tutional Representative of the
Lions Club in Mankato. Jean
Hamilton played Christmas
music on the piano before the
Pack Meeting. Newell Alexan-
der led the group in the sing-
ing of Cbristmas songs. The
World Friendship Fund offer-
;ing was taken and $2.26 was
collected. The Pinewood Der-
by races will be at the Janu-
ary Pack Meeting on Jan. 19.
Each boy should take 50¢ to
his Den Mother for the pur-
chase of a Derby kit. Den 4:
won the attendance lantern
for having the bighest percent
of members of their Den pre-
sent.
R I C H A R D--Jo$-E P H--K R A U S
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kraus,
Jr. of Hays, Kansas are the
proud parents of a son, Ric-
hard Joseph, u'ho was born
December 16. The grandpar-
ents are Mr. and Mrs. John
Smies of Courthmd and Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Kraus of
Pretty Prairie. The great
grandparents are Mrs. E. H.
Smies of Courtland, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Kraus of Pretty
Prairie and Mr. and Mrs. Cole
of ArlingtonA
IF IT'S FOR JEWELL COUNTY, WE'RE FOR rr :::
'O
I victories over St. Johns,
Glasco, and Downs. In the
I"B" team game, Clyde nipped
Mankato 47 to 46.
Coach Miskimon has select-
ed Melvin Kitts as the defen-
sive player of the week. The
Mankato Cougars will be idle
[n
blankets to the County Home
Monday in time for Christmas.
These gifts were made possi-
ble by the generous contribu-
tions of the members of the
society and friends in the
county. The committee in
charge of purchasing the gifts
and delivering them were Mrs.
Vera Dye, president of the
Olive Hill Missionary Society,
Mrs. Mabel Davis, treasurer,
Mrs. Orpha Fogo, secretary,
and Mrs. Wilma Andrews.
Sunshine Circle Club 7"
The Sunshine: Circle, Club
met with Mariann Neeper on
l)eccmbcr 14. The meeting
was c~tlled to order by our
president, Bernice Carter.,, 14
meml?ers~ answered roll call
with i.~ome outstanding thing
that 'you re, member about
Christ;mas. After the business
meeting, Mary Lagergren had
some contests which were won
hy Sada May and Pat ftunter.
Ruby Scarrow guessed the
guess box. "After a lovely
lunch, we all adjourned until
December 19 when we~ are to
have a family Christmas din
net' at Clara tiancock's home.
On January 10 Sadie May will
have the next meeting.
-- Elsie Zadina, Secretary
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rafter-
ty, Dale Jean and Ronald of
Springfield, Me. will arrive
Friday to spend Christmas
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Frink, and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Marshall.
Mrs. Frink's mother, Mrs. Ed
Winkel, of Cawker City, Kans.
will spend Christmas with her
daughter, Mrs. Ed Frink.
until Tuesday, January
they go to Glasco. The
plan to practice several
during the holidays.
The box scores:
Mankato "B", 4~; Clydew
Sam Colson ~ 6
LeRoy Moser 4 ~ i
Jerry Rourke 5 0 5
Ed Wilson 5 ~ 1
Chuck Zadina 1 ~
Jack Dean 0 0 1
Totals 17 12 84@
Mankato "A", 71; ¢lyde¢ |l,':!i:.
J. C. Clegg 5 3 3 1|
Mike Rourke 6 5
Melvin Kitts 4 4 3 1|:,:
Ralph Ozmun 2 4
Russell Lange 7 3 4 ~?
Sam Colson 1 2 8: ;~
Totals 25 21
EXTENSION SWINE ',~/
DEPTH SCHOOL
.....
Sixteen Jewell County
producers attended the
Swine Depth School held
Mankato Nov. 30, Dec.
14. ~ i
The school cons|sted
Swine Nutrition,
Swine Production and
Breeding. ,: ,''rd'
Those attending the
were: Bill Thomas,
Warne, Verlan Broyl~,
ald Ault, Bill Wilson, Dale!
haffy, Ted Thummel.
Keefauver, E. I.
Jacobs, Fred
Bennett, Doyle
Totten, Jay Gillett a:a¢
Shipley.
MANY THANKS ..... ~,
I wish to extend
thanks to relatives
who remembered mesa
rously on my 9ffth bt~
I especially thank fills i
ing organizations for
membrances: P. l~. O,
hood, the Modern i l~
Club, and the,, Junioi,
My memory book I S,~"-=
ing with precious il@i
of good will and
bless each one of;.~,.Ydii-'o
-- Mrs. Frank t
(Mamie)
Nor,cz:
Tampering ,with
drants to obtaln w
sonal purposes is
is subject to
city has furnished ~'
dispenser for thia'
This privilege has
in the past and
hopes that there are'
abuses of this
-- Mayor Gayle
Mabel and, Amos
Tuesday to drive to
nadino, Calif. to
mas with their
husband, Mr. and
Griffith.
The Mankato Freshmen
basketball team defeated
Smith Center 55 to 51 on the
local eourt Monday night. This
was the fourth consecutive
victory of the season for
:Coach Don Anderson's unde-
feated club.
Monday night's contest was
a thriller. With the score tied,
51-51 and a minute to go,!
Mike Dodd was fouled. He
made both free throws. Smith
Center came down the court
and missed a shot. Eddie
Beck got the ball and was
fouled as he dribbled into the
front court. He converted the
two free throws to make the
final score 55-51. The Cougars
were 13 points down at half
time and had to make a real
comeback to win. Coach An-
derson has seh, cted Eddie
Beck as the defensive player
of the week.
The box score:
Mankato, 55; Smifh Ce~nter, 51.
D. Wirtz 2 0 5 4
F. Rose 2 0 5 4
G. Diamond 5 2 0 12
M. Dodd 6 6 4 18
E. Beck 5 5 3 15
L. Blew 1 0 0 2
M. l,,)empsey 0 0 1 0
'rptals 21131855
The Mankato ,:
team, coached
son, defeated
on the Delphos court,
Dec. 12. On
15, the Freshmen::
to Downs and
team 61-50. Coac~
selected Fred
fensive player
In the Downs
ing to Coach
Dodd played
In scoring 35
55 per cent of
attempts and
21 rebounds.
The box scores;
Mankato, 46;
D. Wirtz
F. Rose
G. Diamond
M. Dodd
E. Beck
L. Blew
M. Dempsey
Totals ~
Mankato, 61;
D. Wirtz ........ ~
F. Rose
G. Diamond
M. Dodd
E. Beck
L. Blew
M,
