A look back in time

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September 18, 2019 - 10:23 AM

Iola High School Marching Band Letter Girls in 1961 were, from left, Mary Ann Creitz, Betsy Daily, Judith Cartright and Ann Curry. Excerpted from The Chronicles of Allen County: 1945-2000

58 Years Ago

September 1961

Dr. George F. DeTar, 32, Joplin, will open an office in Dr. Gerald Pees’ building at 219 W. Madison. He has practiced in Joplin for the past two years but prefers a smaller town. He and Mrs. DeTar have three children, George Jr., 8, Karen, 2, and Marilee, eight months. They are moving into a house in Wheeler Heights.

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The M and M Packing Company, which has been closed by a strike since July 20, re-opened on a limited scale yesterday. A spokesman for the firm said today that nine to 10 men and women, including administrative and supervisory employees, are back to work. Ed Marquis, manager of the company, and Alva Morris, president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of America, are understood to be meeting with a mediator from the National Labor Relations Board.

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