50 Years Ago
November 1969
Miss Nancy Conner of Iola was named student nurse of the year Friday night in Pittsburg at the opening night of the Kansas Student Nurse Associations three-day convention. She is a senior at the Mt. Carmel School of Nursing at Pittsburg. She is the daughter of Albert Conner of Iola and Mrs. Eva Mulkey of Chicago and president of the Mt. Carmel student council. She will represent Kansas student nurses at the national convention in Miami next spring.
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The Iola High School cross country team, paced by a career-best effort by Rick Cloud, won the 3-A meet at Wamego Saturday. Cloud finished eighth with a career best of 10:16 for the two miles. Following him for the Mustangs were Steve Highley, Gary Curry, Randy Latta and Tom Franklin. Coach Dale Stiles said he thought all of the Iola team topped their best times and really did a job to win the title. The state title for the Mustang harriers may be the first official state title ever won by an Iola athletic team.
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A full page advertisement in this issue announces that the Sleeper Furniture Co., a fixture on the Iola square since 1887, is going out of business. Three generations of the family have operated the business over the past 83 years. It may be the oldest business operated by one family, along with the Iola Register, in the community.
