J. G. Meyers, president of Columbia Metal Products Co., Kansas City, has announced that the company is moving into the former armory in Riverside Park, and will open its first production line here next week. The Iola plant will manufacture aluminum primary windows, both for residential and commercial installations, single-hung windows and sliding glass doors. One of the main products of the local factory will be combination storm windows, screens and doors in a wide variety of sizes.
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Dr. Frank Lenski, health officer, and his secretary, Mrs. Jane Lane, submitted a tabulation of Iola’s outhouses or privies. Mrs. Lane reported 186 apparently still exist. Dr. Lenski added that some of these may be on a standby basis and not in daily use. However, it is now planned to eliminate all outdoor toilets under the provisions of the ordinance passed in 1960. The deadline for installing modern sanitary toilets is Aug. 1.
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The 125-member Iola High School class of 1961 is the largest in the school’s history. Graduation ceremonies are at Memorial Hall.
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The call letters for Iola’s radio station will be KALN, Welcome Stanton, manager, was notified yesterday by the Federal Communications Commission. He said the station expects to be on the air by the middle of June.
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The Presbyterian Church will dedicate its new education wing and improvements made to the sanctuary in ceremonies Sunday. The occasion will mark the completion of a building project which started eight years ago.
