Duane and Judy McGraw assumed management of the Dandy-Lion Flower Shop Monday and have renamed it Duane’s Flower Shop. The McGraws came to Iola from Garnett where he was an assistant in a flower shop there.
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Wesley and Wanda Stephens of Moran and Orville and Ruby Croisant of Humboldt were given this year’s conservation awards at the annual meeting of the Allen County Soil Conservation District meeting.
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A section of the first piece of braided hydraulic hose produced here at the Gates Rubber Co. plant was presented to Iola Mayor Jack Hastings at the plant yesterday in impromptu ceremonies. Burt Hoefs, plant manager, said the first major hurdle in putting the plant into operation had been overcome.
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An Arabian stallion bred and raised north of Iola by Mr. and Mrs. Phil Woodward is now a television and parade celebrity. The Woodwards sold the stallion when it was two years old to Richard Saukko of Breau, Calif., and it is known as Traveler III in its commercial ventures. It is now being used in a Ray-O-Vac commercial and is being trained to be the Trojan Horse for the University of Southern California in its football games. The Woodwards have been involved with horses for most of their adult lives and previously sponsored the Buckbrush Buckaroos Riding Club at an area on their ranch.
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The call letters for KALN radio have been changed to KIKS, Mike Russell, manager, announced today. The station is in its 15th year of broadcasting from Iola.
