65 Years Ago
October 1954
Next Sunday the 12 churches affiliated in the Ministerial Alliance will open the most intensive and extensive evangelism crusade that Iola has known for many years. The plan is unique in that each congregation will conduct its own campaign but the common goal will be to strengthen the churches of Iola and to increase the number who regularly attend worship services. Next week, under the leadership of their pastors, laymen will visit homes of Iolans who are not now affiliated with any church. They will be urged to attend services and invited to join one of the local churches. The groundwork by the laymen will be followed by a series of evangelistic services held in the various sanctuaries.
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GARNETT (AP) The operators of the Kincaid Nursing Home have been named in charges growing out of the Sept. 17 fire that snuffed out the lives of seven patients. Charged with unlawfully and willfully neglecting residents of the home were Illiff H. and Minnie A. Statham.
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The United States Navy Band captured the hearts of the 3,000 men, women and children who heard the three concerts given in Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon and evening. Perhaps the individual who was most delighted by the Navy Bands performance was Louis Kinman, local band leader, who is a graduate of the Navys Music School. Some 20 of the men who appeared here last night were his classmates.
