A look back in time – October 1981

40 years ago

Around Town

October 7, 2021 - 10:59 AM

With the threat of a $60,000 budget deficit staring them in the face, Allen County Commissioners laid off eight road and bridge employees and ordered all weed and brush cutting in the country suspended. 

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The history of Neosho Falls has just been published in a book called “Today, Beginning, Yesterday,” by Opel M. Henderson of Neosho Falls whose great-grandfather, Thomas A. McCullough, came to the area and homesteaded land west of the community. Her daughter, Terri, is a co-author.

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Two oil paintings by Iola artist J. R. Brownrigg are included in the October Area Artist Exhibit at the Stone House Gallery in Fredonia.

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The new stretch of U.S. 169 which ties into U.S. 54 just east of Iola, was opened to traffic this morning. Motorists may now drive from U.S. 54 to the Humboldt exit on the new highway.

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Bonnie Stewart will fulfill a long time dream Sunday morning when she opens Bonnie’s Corner Cafe, in Gas. The building belongs to Jack Webb. Her husband, Jack, bought the furnishings from the old L. and R. Cafe, which was also located in the Webb building.

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Donna Houser, chairperson of the Iola Planning Commission, proposed to the city commission that one block of West Street be made one-way to relieve congestion in front of the post office. Traffic clogs the street at times, particularly between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., she said. 

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Everett Tebben of rural Humboldt won the state championship in the senior division corn husking contest at Oakley earlier this month and placed fourth in the nation last Sunday in Des Moines. Tebben husked 255 pounds of corn in 10 minutes to defeat 19 other contestants in the Kansas contest. He also won the state senior title in 1980.

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