The revised ordinances of the City of Iola, as prepared by Spencer A. Gard, attorney, become effective April 1. T. E. Shanahan, city clerk, collaborated with Mr. Gard in preparing the volume. Perhaps the most radical change is the banning of open privies, several of which exist in the residential areas. The law provides that outside dry toilets shall be equipped with sanitary flushing devices, and connected with sanitary sewers.
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A new public accounting office was opened in Iola today at 3½ N. Jefferson by Orville L. Kretzmeier who is moving here from Topeka. He graduated from the school of business at Kansas University in 1942, and worked at an accounting firm in Topeka since being discharged from military service.
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A heavy electrical storm lashed Allen County last night. Lightning struck the smoke stack of St. John’s Church about 7 p.m. and dropped hundreds of pounds of brick and rubble through the roof and into the church pews near the altar. None of the church’s fixtures or statuary was damaged, but water poured into the church. Men were kept busy most of the night covering the gaping hole in the roof with canvas and removing the debris and water. Lightning also struck a sub-station near the Municipal power plant, burning wires running to Gas City and points east and to the county farm and points north. Several poles were blown down in the northeastern part of town.
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Allen County’s selective service board will be liquidated by May 31. They had operated for six and one-half years helping to create this country’s greatest civilian army.
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DETROIT (AP) — Henry Ford, pioneer of the automobile industry, died at 11:40 p.m. in his home in nearby Dearborn. He was 83. Death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. He had appeared in good health yesterday while he was surveying flood damage around the Ford plant.
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This week marks the 50th anniversary for Iola businessman for T.B. Shannon, proprietor and senior member of the Shannon and Shannon Hardware Store. The store opened on April 3, 1897 in the Colburn Building at the northwest corner of the square with Shannon in partnership with Frank Horville. The partnership was dissolved after a short time and Horville turned it over to Shannon. Shannon was in the car business for a while and sold the first Dodge cars in Iola. T.B.’s son, Dave, is now in partnership with him. A few older firms which have been passed from father to son include Sleeper’s Furniture, the Allen County State Bank and the Register. Only T.B. Shannon, however, remains in charge of the business which he began.
