Robert L. Lane, 39, is a candidate for the Iola Board of Education. He is the first Negro to seek that post. Born in Iola, Lane graduated from the local high school and junior college and has always lived here with the exception of 42 months in the armed services. He was discharged with the rank of master sergeant. He is employed at Sleeper Furniture Store. He is a past master of the Golden Square Masonic Lodge and is a trustee of the Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hixon, who opened the Hixon Office Equipment Store three-and-a-half years ago at 109 W. Madison, have moved their stock to 12 S. Washington, the room formerly occupied by the New Leader. The Hixons have outgrown their old quarters, having expanded steadily since opening the business.
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The half-mill levy for industrial development, discontinued last spring, will be voted on again by Iolas citizens at the March election. The governing body decided yesterday afternoon to submit the issue to the citizens. The levy was first authorized in 1954 and renewed in 1956 for a second two years. It was voted down in the 1958 election. During the four years it was in effect, the levy raised about $11,000. The fund will be largely exhausted this spring to extend sewer lines and utilities to the industrial tract west of the Pet Milk Company, where a building is being erected for Iola Molded Plastics inc., a branch plant of the Red Fish Boat Company.
