55 Years Ago
October 1963
The Allen County Health Facilities Planning Council has recommended a new wing be added to Allen County Hospital, increasing bed capacity from 42 to 56. The council also agreed with conclusions reached in a six-month study directed by the Kansas Health Facilities Information Service.
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A new rock crusher, costing $62,500, has arrived for Allen County in Chanute and will be first located at the quarry on the Elder Thomas farm seven miles south of the drive-in theater, Charles Burrows, chairman of the board of county commissioners, said today.
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WICHITA (AP) Dr. Thurlow W. Leiurance, musical composer and dean emeritus of the University of Wichita school of music, died Wednesday at Boulder, Colo. He was 85. Mr. Lieurance was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, but received his high school education in Neosho Falls. He attained national fame for his composition, By the Waters of Minnetonka, in 1914. He also wrote a march for the City of Iola. The house his family lived in was pointed out in Neosho Falls to visitors for many years. It was torn down about 15 years ago.
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Opposition to a proposed move by the Missouri Pacific Railway Co. that would discontinue freight from Iola eastward through Fort Scott was voiced last night at a meeting in Bronson, Gerald Wright of the Bronson Grain Co. reported. Attending the meeting were representatives of LaHarpe, Moran, Bronson and Uniontown, the four towns between Iola and Fort Scott that would be directly affected by the move.
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One of the major problems facing Iola is the loss of population in the age bracket of 15 to 34 and the increase of population in the 65 years and older bracket, according to a comprehensive plan for the city completed recently by Butler and Associates of Springfield, Mo. A population study is only part of the report which also includes a land use plan, a thoroughfare plan, a community facilities plan and a capital improvements program.
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Plans were laid last night for a new Iola group that will be organized more formally in the next few days and weeks as the Mustang Spur Club. It is a proposed organization for adults to demonstrating moral support for IHS athletic teams. It was decided to order western style hats, light blue or turquoise, for the members to wear at IHS games.
