60 Years Ago January 1959 William M Gumfory, Gas City, is the new superintendent of the United Tile and Brick Co. plant east of Iola, succeeding F.T. Cranor, Iola, who is retiring. The plant employs…

HUMBOLDT —  Scott Brady believes creativity helps enhance learning. His students got in the act Tuesday as part of Brady’s Famous Kansans Wax Museum where they stood stock-still in imitation of wax caricatures of famous…

50 Years Ago October 1958 The L and M Truck Stop Cafe, located just north of Iola on U.S. 169, burned late Saturday night and was a total loss, firemen said. The restaurant was closed…

Barrett Young, a student at Pittsburg State University, will be in Humboldt Saturday to discuss Civil War gravesites. Young has concluded his research of members of the Union Army buried in Kansas, which will be…