60 Years Ago
December 1959
The Lehigh Portland Cement plant will be down for about five weeks while workmen reline the smokestack with firebrick and other repairs and replacements are done throughout the plant, manager H.W. Guth said.
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Ernie Fultz, veteran Iola taxi owner, said he will start a private ambulance service. He has purchased a station wagon which is to be equipped with a cot and everything needed for the transportation of the ill.
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Frank W. Thompson, Jr., Iola High School senior, has been awarded a Summerfield scholarship to the University of Kansas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson, rural Iola.
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The purchase of the Ramsay Dry Goods Store here by Bob Ramsay of Pittsburg according to E.W. Harriman, local manager. The transfer of ownership will be consummated early in February. Bob Ramsay is vice president of the Ramsay Co. which owns stores in Carthage, Joplin, Miami, Okmulgee and Pittsburg. The Iola store is owned by Ronald Ramsay, Atchison, who will continue to operate his store there. Robert C. and Ronald Ramsay are descendants of the original founder of the Ramsay dry goods stores.
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John Page, who has surprised his share of miscreants during the 16 years as a peace officer in Allen County, was feted with a surprise steak dinner attended by 16 of Pages fellow officers and a gold Hamilton wrist watch last evening. Page, 65, will retire Jan. 11. He has been an Iola police officer since 1951.
and served as a deputy sheriff before that.
