30 Years Ago
April 1988
27 Iola city commissioners approved Tuesday an ordinance to deal with graffiti and messy yards and decided to improve the extension of Miller Road west of U.S. 169 Highway. The graffiti ordinance places the burden of cleanup on the property owner, much the same as property owners will be required under the ordinance to deal with trash and debris in yards and maintain dog pens in a proper and healthful manner. The ordinance stemmed partly from the Citymark visit, during which several graffiti-marred buildings were noted as eyesores. Commissioners voted to spend more than $15,000 to improve the extension of Miller Road from U.S. 169 to Horville Road, along the south side of the Iola Industrial Park.
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Fifteen of Carol Immels Iola Junior High piano students earned top ratings for their solos at the Fort Scott Music Festival Saturday.
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28 Joe Chalker, superintendent of Marmaton Valley schools, will retire June 30. Chalker says hes had an interesting career. He has been a teacher, coach, principal of a high school and elementary schools, superintendent and part-time college instructor. He plans to enjoy tennis, golf, and fishing in his retirement and do some education work.
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30 An antique cage with 22 boxes that served as a post office for the Carlyle community for more than 127 years has a new home. This week, Alice Upshaw, Carlyles 22nd-and last- postmaster, donated the post office equipment to the Allen County Historical Society. Before the move to Iola, the old-time post office was located for 48 years in the white frame house that is Up-shaws home. The house was built by Floyd Higginbotham in 1940 after his wife, Myrtle, was appointed postmaster. Upshaw and her husband, purchased the post office along with the house after her appointment as postmaster in 1954. The Carlyle Post Office closed June 30, 1986, when Up-shaw retired.
