65 Years Ago
April 1954
Mrs. Dora Dixon of Iola, who lives with her daughter Mrs. C. L. Steeley at 419 S. Ohio, will celebrate her 100th birthday tomorrow. She moved to Iola in 1910 with her two daughters and supported them by doing housework, taking in washing and similar tasks. In this period, Mrs. Dixon came to know many of Iolas leading families and to win their respect. She was quite active both physically and mentally until just a few years ago. She remembers one battle during the Civil War which was fought only a few miles from her childhood home in Coles County, Illinois. She also recalls seeing Abraham Lincoln during one of his political campaigns.
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A check for $2,875 was given to Harold Blake of Iola by the Christian Mens Fellowship. Blake, a former secretary of the Iola Chamber of Commerce, was field director of the Fellowship when he suffered a stroke last May. The check was given to him to help him pay the medical bills he has incurred.
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A new political group, the Iola Womens Republican Club, was organized last evening by precinct committee women and others who met at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Foust. Mrs. Glenn O. McGuire was elected president. The other officers are Mrs. Howard Immel, vice president; Mr. Frank Thompson, secretary and Mrs. Fay Goodner, treasurer.
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The mobile X-ray unit of the Kansas TB Association will spend most of the next three weeks in Allen County taking X-rays of local men, women and children. The service is provided without charge by the TB association and is sponsored by the State Board of Health. The chest X-rays provide a quick and positive method for detecting the presence of tuberculosis, cancer and other diseases of the lungs and heart.
