Rulings on two key points in the controversy over administration of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center were made today by District Judge Spencer Gard. He ruled the center was left in trust to the school district and was not an outright gift. He also ruled Allen County Community Junior College had no administrative rights under the will but that the students attending the college were beneficiaries and had the right to enjoy the use of the center.
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The Horville School property will be sold by auction in the near future, according to USD 257 trustees. The board also instructed Supt. Ennor Horine to confer with trustees of the Fine Arts Center on the possibility of hiring a full-time technician and manager for the center with estate funds.
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A 50% increase in business over the past year has brought 1966 employment at H.L. Miller and Son Dress Co. plant to 97, Ed Miller told Iola Kiwanis Club members. He said the dress company was unique in the industry because every phase of its operations — styling, manufacturing, selling and collecting — is located in Iola. The company also stands out, he said, because it has stuck to manufacturing a single item, a house dress that sells between $6 and $7 and has maintained that price for 13 years. Nancy Frocks are sold in 38 states. He said as many as 200 styles of the dress are made and sold in a single year. The company produces about 6,000 dresses a week which are sold from 2,500 to 3,000 stores.
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Two area students are among 143 at the University of Kansas being considered for Woodrow Wilson fellowships by KU professors. They are Dwight R. Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boyd, Jr., Moran, and Kathleen H. Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson of Iola.
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Marmaton Lodge No. 245 AF&AM, Moran, will dedicate and lay the cornerstone of a new lodge building in Moran. The lodge was chartered on Feb. 19, 1885 and the original lodge building was constructed in 1917.
