From the files of the Ellsworth Reporter
From the files of the Aug. 8, 1957 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter.
COMPLETED NEW
DIAMOND
Monday evening, the newly constructed baseball diamond at Kanopolis, was initiated, when the Ellsworth Pee Wee’s played against the Kanopolis Cookies. The score ended in a tie, 15-15.
The Kanopolis American Legion sponsor the Cookie League and Bob Kempke is the team’s manager. Thanks goes to the Local Union of the Independent Salt Co., for furnishing the back stop wire, the various merchants for their donations and the White Construction Co. for the leveling of the ground. The diamond is located directly north of the Fort Harker Museum.
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IMMENSE CROWD
SATURDAY
Last Saturday evening witnessed the largest crowd ever to attend the jamboree since it’s beginning several weeks ago. It was estimated that there were nearly two thousand people on Ellsworth’s streets during the evening program. It was well after midnight before the crowd began to get home-ward minded.
This Saturday will be the last of these Saturday night jamboree pregrams, and it will be featured at the “Old Settlers Jamboree.”
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HORSES WANTED
Vinc Wilson, chairman of the Old Settlers Parade, is issuing a request to the farmers of this vicinity if they own carriage horses trained to pull vehicles, if they would please let the parade committee use them in Tuesday’s parade, as there are far more ole-time vehicles on the list for the event than there is “horse power” to propel them. Notify Mr. Wilson, or Mrs. Leuty at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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BIG TRUCK TIRE
STOLEN
Sometime during Sunday night a large tire and rim were stolen from the big maintenance truck and trailer belonging to the Brown & Brown Construction Company of Salina. The outfit was parked by the White House Hotel. The tire and rim are valued at two hundred dollars.
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ELLSWORTH
ASSURED NEW SWIMMING POOL
Ellsworth swimmers were assured of a new swimming pool in Tuesday’s special election, with 587 voters turning out to cast ballots, of which 422 voted in favor of the project, and 154 against. Eleven ballots had to be discarded because of improper marking. The $80,000 municipal project carried by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 at the surprisingly large turnout. State public health officials sometime ago condemned the existing pool, pointing out it didn’t come up to standards of health and safety. The old pool was constructed in 1921, and has been in use ever since.
The modern pool, for which the architectural plans were drawn by Seitz & Jones, will be erected on the same site of the present one after it is razed.
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HAS WOMAN
POSTMASTER
President Eisenhower has sent to the Senate the name of Mrs. Velma M. Peters, as postmistress of Lorraine. As soon as Mrs. Peters receives her commission she will be sworn in as postmistress.
Mrs. Peters, widow of the late Paul Peters, Jr., is the first postmistress for Ellsworth county.
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4-H FAIR TO BE
BIGGER, BETTER
Ellsworth county’s 4-H fair promises to be bigger and better this year than ever before. Entries in the exhibits total 1,172, with the home economics department having the largest number of displays, with the foods and clothing exhibits expected to be unusually fine.
Due to the best growing season in several years for garden truck and crops, this category will, without question, have some outstanding prizes: 276 entries have already been entered in this class.
In the livestock building, a fat steer show will be exhibited by 4-H members. This year’s exhibit in this department will display forty-six head of beef cattle, thirty-one hogs, and twenty-four sheep will make up the livestock display. Fortytwo pens of poultry and rabbits will also be in the agriculture building.
Judging of the exhibits will begin at one o’clock on Thursday, Aug. 15, the first day of the fair, and the sale of steer calves will be the feature of the second day of the fair, Friday, Aug. 16, at eight o’clock in the evening, in the 4-H building.
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ATTENDING
NATIONAL MEET
Lester Crandall of the Ellsworth Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers is attending the meeting of the National Vocational Agricultural Teachers’ Association, as one of the official delegates from Ellsworth, at Philadelphia, Pa. this week.
The convention started Friday, August 2, with a dinner for the state presidents, and will conclude today (Thursday). The last two days will be joint meetings with the American Vocational Association.
The N.V.A.T.A. is made up of 10,000 teachers of Vocational Agriculture with members from all the 48 states. There are 214 members in the Kansas Association.
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TO WEAR
COSTUMES
The Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce committee is issuing a request to all business places to cooperate and have their employees dressed in costume during the week’s festivities, and if possible for the businessmen, themselves to help carry out the 90th Anniversary theme in costume.
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ATTENDED
EXERCISES
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McCoy attended the graduation of their son, Major Ralph McCoy at the Fort Hays State Teachers college, last week Thursday evening. Mr. McCoy received his Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and this fall has a teaching position in one of the Hutchinson grade schools as a teacher of the sixth grade.
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RETURNS FROM
GERMANY
Sgt. and Mrs. Donald Thielen and son arrived in Ellsworth from Frilda, Germany, a week ago Thursday to spend a twenty-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thielen. This is Sergeant Thielen’s first visit to the states in four years. En route to the states their plane developed engine trouble and they were grounded for two days at the Shannon Airport in Ireland, during which time they were permitted to go on tour in the immediate vicinity.
At the completion of his leave, Sgt. Thielen will be stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., where he will serve the remaining time of his enlistment.
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OBSERVE 50TH
WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Novak of Wilson will observe their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 11th at their home in Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Novak were married August 13th, 1907, in Russell. They lived on a farm south of Lucas, prior to moving to Wilson in 1919.
They have three daughters, Mrs. Alvin Barta, Mrs. Louis Hirt and Mrs. Harold Holtz of Clay Center. They have twelve grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Novak request that no gifts be sent.
The historic items on this page appear as they did in the original publication.
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