COLONY — The Koons Feed and Produce store here was completely destroyed last night in the second disastrous fire which has struck Colony during the last 10 days. For a time the entire business district was threatened. The store was owned by Claude Koons who rented the building from the D.M. Davenport estate. It is located on the north side of the main street four doors east of the Post Office.
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Clair F. Morgan, 51, who has been in the automobile business in Iola since 1937, died last night while on a business and pleasure trip in Colorado Springs, Colo. Morgan has owned the Buick agency here at 210 N. Washington since 1944.
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HUMBOLDT — More than 60 members of the Humboldt Cooperative Association met at the Legion Hut Tuesday evening and adopted a charter which will be filed with the Secretary of State at Topeka, and the organization will be incorporated under the cooperative marketing laws of the state of Kansas. The organization now enjoys a membership of more than 100 farmers in the Humboldt vicinity.