The Iola High School Band, composed of 113 student musicians directed by Dale Creitz, will give its spring concert in Memorial Hall. Jacqueline Robinson, a senior, will play a modern cornet solo, “Skyline Silhouettes,” by William Laas.
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D.A. McDonald was elected mayor of Iola. The bond issue of $325,00 with which to construct a science building for the high school and junior college was approved 1,119 to 625. The $120,000 elementary school bond issue passed by 1,162 to 625. The half mill industrial levy was approved 1,027 to 731.
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Claud F. Gilpin, 70, president of Iola State Bank, died last evening at Allen County Hospital. Mr. Gilpin was born on a farm near Centerville in Linn County. In July, 1944, he bought Iola State Bank and has made his home here since. Mr. Gilpin has always been particularly interested in farms and farming and given that phase of the banking business his special attention.
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The six IHS forensic students who returned from the State Speech and Drama Festival with I-rating gold medals are Webster Golden, Sheryll Lynch, Sharon Hoye, Gretta Luttrell, Jerry Hoggatt and Mary Pierce.
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Iola held an open house for its new warehouse north of the Red Fish Boat Company. It will be the headquarters for the three utilities, the street and alley department and the municipal storeroom where supplies for all are maintained. The structure was designed by John Bills, local architect, and erected by the LaForge Construction Co., Parsons.
