A Look Back in Time – August 1950

70 Years Ago

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August 18, 2020 - 10:11 AM

The new “S” curve on U.S. 54 is open to traffic.

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Gov. Frank Carlson called the Register from Topeka to announce that he has appointed Walter Fees, Iola oil and gas operator and prominent figure in Kansas Republican politics, to the State Board of Regents. The board is the governing body of the state universities.

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Mrs. Maude McKinley of Humboldt was re-elected president of the Allen County Women’s Christian Temperance Unit at the annual convention which was held Friday at Humboldt.

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Robert Stadler

Bailey R. Chaney, Iola insurance man, has been appointed chairman of the Allen County sponsoring committee of the Children’s Service League. Other members of the committee are George Mack, Judge A. M. Dunlap, Alvin Erickson of Elsmore, and Robert Stadler and Mrs. Madeline Works of Humboldt. The organization will solicit funds for the neglected and homeless children of Kansas.

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