60 Years Ago
June 1958
Iolas fledgling Civil Air Patrol will hold an organization meeting Friday at the airport, John Womack, squadron commander, said this morning. Bill Meeks, operator of the airport, is the groups executive officer. The patrol now has 24 cadets and 15 senior members.
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The Kansas Corporation Commission has authorized the closing of railroad stations at Savonburg, Climax and Diamond Springs. It denied the Missouri Pacific Railroads application to close its station at Aliceville in Coffey County.
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HUMBOLDT Courtney W. Moles, Jr., a 1958 graduate of Humboldt High School, has been awarded a $6,000 Continental Baking Co. scholarship at Florida State University in baking science and management. He was one of four young men from throughout the U.S. chosen for the annual awards. Courtney is the son of Mrs. and Mrs. Courtney W. Moles Sr. of Humboldt. The senior Moles is sales supervisor at the Humboldt depot and has been with Continental for 10 years.
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Iolas anti-pool hall ordinance, the only one of its type initiated by a group of citizens and voted upon by the people, was discussed at length by the governing body yesterday. The ordinance prohibits the operation of pool or billiard tables for profit or hire in Iola. It was initiated in 1925 and approved in a citywide vote. Shortly thereafter a private club was created to operate pool and billiard tables.
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Saddle clubbers from about a dozen southeast Kansas areas will assemble here Sunday for the annual SEK association shodeo of the Iola Buckbrush Buckaroos. The show will be held on the Buckbrush grounds at the Phil Woodward farm 2.5 miles north of town on Highways 59 and 169.
