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From the files of the July 18, 1957 Ellsworth Reporter.

ATTEMPTED

ROBBERY

Sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday morning the small brick structure back of the Flanders & Horejsi Insurance office was broken into, but as nearly as can be ascertained no merchandise was taken. The building which formerly was used as a storage room for cases of beer, is now used by the Flanders & Horejsi for storing various electrical appliances, plumbing installation supplies, and plastic sewer pipe; also electric motors.

The thief or thieves made their entry by prying off the eyelet which holds the padlock, off the door, and owing to the fact that no merchandise which the company has stored in the building was stolen, it is assumed that the party involved was after beer instead of sewer pipe. No clues to the thief or thieves have been found.

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LEGION ELECTS

OFFICERS

Installation services will feature the next meeting of the Ellsworth American Legion Post, on Thursday, July 25, at which time officers elected at last Thursday’s meeting will take their respective posts. Newly elected officials include: Vernon Pistoria, commander; Gilbert Toman, first vice-president; and Harold Welk, second vice-president. Re-elected were: Emil Prochaska, adjutant; Ben Haase, sergeant-at-arms; A. M. Krupp, finance officer; Lowell McCray, chaplain. Legion members elected to the board of governors for a two-year term, 1957-58, were Elmer Erhardt, James Novak and Eli Billings.

Members designated as delegates to the state convention at Hutchinson on July 23, 24, 25, are: Vernon Pistora, Eli Billings, Elmer Erhardt, Kenneth Fox, Emil Prochaska, Jerry Wagner, Fred Pflughoeft, and A. M. Krupp. The delegates may appoint their own alternates in case they cannot attend the convention.

The jack pot at the July 25th meeting will amount to $52.63, the highest sum it has been for a long time. Lunch will be served.

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SHOOTING

OFF RANGE

Saturday noon, Sheriff Zavesky was called to the Walter Hoffman farm a half mile south of Kanopolis to investigate a locked parked car in the Hoffman field. Mr. Hoffman was in the process of opening up the field for plowing and the car was in his way. Upon investigation the sheriff found a box half full of ammunition, (about 500 rounds) in the blue 1951 Plymouth, which was registered in a A/1C Robert Rulison’s name, an airman from Massachusetts, stationed at the SAFB, at Salina. Rulison arrived on the scene of the car accompanied by another airman, A/1C Tom Malone, of New York, also stationed at the base, the men carrying rifles which were taken from the Base without permission, for the purpose, according to the men, of hunting. No charges were pressed by the Ellsworth county officials, but the men were turned over to the Base M.P.’s

A law violation which has been mystifying the county authorities is that of holes being shot in mail boxes, and fence posts being used as targets, with a certain make of shell cartridges found at the scene Saturday partly cleared up the mystery as to where these cartridges originate, as the ones found in the locked car, correspond to the ones found in the various spots where shooting incidents have previously occurred.

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TELEPHONE TALK

by Albert Butcher,

Ellsworth Manager

TIP FOR THE HOMEBUILDER:

To many of you summertime is “Homebuilding Time.” Probably you have spent months, maybe years, planning your new home. No doubt, you have given considerable thought to the placement of your stove, refrigerator and many other labor-saving devices which are a striking feature of the modern home today.

In the course of this planning, we hope that you have given some thought to the telephone arrangement which will be an attractive addition to your decorating scheme when installed in color.

COUNT TEN FIRST:

Remember this old saying? “Don’t lose your temper, count to 10.” Still pretty good advice, I guess.

And 10 can be a magic number for saving your telephone temper, too.

When you make a call and don’t get a quick answer, a good rule of thumb is to wait at least 10 rings before you assume no one is there.

Especially during the summer, when people are out in the yard so often, it’s a good idea to allow them some extra time to reach the phone.

I LIKE MY PHONE BECAUSE ...

If you were asked to name the one “main” reason why you like having a telephone, what would it be?

Time-saver, maybe? Housewives especially get so much more done during the day by using their telephone as an errand boy.

Business aid? The phone is an essential tool for most business and professional people.

Companion? Folks who have to stay close to home because of illness or family responsibilities find the telephone is a reliable friend. Frequently, it’s their number one means of keeping up with their friends they don’t often get to see.

Others find it reassuring just to have a telephone close by, knowing they can use it to call for help in an emergency.

But most of us, I imagine, like having a telephone simply because it’s an easy, pleasant way to visit the people we enjoy and want to talk to.

Telephone service means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For whatever reasons you like having a phone, you can be sure we’re always searching for new and better ways to make it even more useful, convenient, and economical.

Call by number.

It’s twice as fast.

SOUTHWESTERN

BELL

TELEPHONE

COMPANY

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MOOLY BAR

CHANGES HANDS

Harvey Grubb has sold his inventory interest to Lex Livergood of Lincoln, owner of the Mooly Bar Concession, who took active charge the first of the week.

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FORMER COUNTY

RESIDENT

In submitting his subscription to The Ellsworth Reporter last week, Lewis Sampson, of Wyoming, Iowa comments, in part: “I was born two miles southwest of the Mushroom Rock (a picture of which appeared in the Reporter in a recent issue): homesteaded 80 acres there at that place. My father’s family went to Kansas from Iowa in a covered wagon; and my father helped to lay the foundation for the Ellsworth school in 1900.”

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EXTINGUISH

GRASS FIRE

The Ellsworth fire department extinguished a grass fire Sunday evening on the vacant lot belonging to John Caldwell near the Union Pacific Railroad track in southwest Ellsworth. The fire was discovered at about seven o’clock, and had spread to a pile of old lumber stored on the lot. The blaze was brought under control before any serious damage resulted.

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ENROLL AT

K-STATE

Among students who reported at Kansas State College, Manhattan, on Tuesday and Wednesday to pre-enroll for the full semester were Sharon K. Knorr, who plans to major in physical education, and Larry L. Griffitt, mechanical engineering, Both are from Ellsworth.

The historic items on this page appear as they did in the original publication.