50 Years Ago
By one measure, Iola is $1 million in the hole, Jerry Bratten, district extension forester, told a group of Iolans last night. Bratten and another extension agent from Kansas State University conducted an inventory of shade trees in Iola and concluded that Iola has only 30 percent as many shade trees as it needs. Bratten spoke to members of the newly formed city forestry committee and representatives of a dozen civic and service organizations. “When we talk about the value of shade trees, we don’t mean replacement cost,” he said. “What we mean is the esthetic value of the trees,” he said.
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Ed Lewman, 65, secretary-manager of the Iola Chamber of Commerce, died unexpectedly at his home yesterday. He had been at his desk in the Chamber office and appeared in good health the previous week. A trim, energetic man, Lewman looked many years younger than his age and was active in a variety of civic and fraternal organizations. As a young man he joined Louis Schlanger in the Globe Clothing Store and worked as a salesman for the firm for 40 years, retiring to accept the Chamber of Commerce position about five years ago.
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MORAN — Construction of a nine-hole golf course is expected to start here this month. The newly organized Moran Golf Club’s course is to be built with the financial support and physical labor of the members. It will be located directly northeast of the intersection of U.S. 54 and 59, at the north edge of Moran, on land owned by Joe Fowler.
