45 Years Ago
November 1973
During his speech at the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of Allen County Community Junior College Wednesday, Gov. Robert Docking urged citizens to make sacrifices and exercise restraint as the best way to cope with the energy crisis. Sharing the podium with the governor were past heads of the junior college including Floyd Smith and T.C. Brown, Mrs. R.H. Carpenter, wife of the former dean, and Dr. Paul Parker, the first president of the junior college. Current president, Dr. Bill Spencer, and Lyndell Mosley, chairman of the ACCJC board of trustees, were also on the podium with Don Bain, IHS principal, representing the colleges alumni.
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HUMBOLDT Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Haughney are the new owners of the Humboldt Union. Haughney, who was news editor at the Lamar, Mo., Daily Democrat, and his wife, purchased the newspaper from Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Allen.
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A shortage of acetone has caused a layoff of about 37 employees at the IMP Boat Co. here, Jim FitzPatrick, company president, told the Register this morning. FitzPatrick said IMP was one of the last fiberglass boat manufacturers in the country to feel the impact of the supply of petroleum. Acetone is a chemical used to thin the resin used in the manufacture of fiberglass. It is also needed for clean-up in the fiberglass section.
