Dale W. Muns, Neosho Falls hardware merchant whose store was virtually filled with muddy water during the July flood, will soon open a new lumber yard in Iola. Muns has purchased two acres of land on the west side of State Street running from the Santa Fe crossing to the first road north. He is now building lumber sheds that will be about 300 feet in length and a temporary office.
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The Eagle Scout award will be presented to Lewis Lust Monday evening during a court of honor to be held by Troop 55 in Fellowship Hall in the basement of the First Methodist Church.
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A.R. Sleeper of Iola is one of eight new members of the board of trustees of the College of Emporia.
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Mrs. L.W. Simmons, who has long been interested in the designing of women’s styles, announced today that she has purchased Betty’s Dress Shop from Mrs. Stone Wall, who is retiring. The name of the store will be changed to “Maureen’s.” Mrs. Simmons recently graduated from the Edna Marie Dunn School of Fashion and Costume Design in Kansas City and has had several years of experience as a designer of women’s clothes. She said she would take rather naturally to retailing as her father was in the clothing business in Bronson for about 42 years.
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Joe Ostenburg, superintendent of Iola schools, has received $2,071 from Gov. Ed Arn’s flood disaster relief fund with which to assist Iola school children who lived in the flood district. Ostenburg had previously asked the affected parents to give him the estimated cost of school books, clothing and other items needed by their children. The families will receive allotments from the fund to cover about 66 percent of their requests, he said.
