The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 10

tf Plant sale doesn't mean Bogue's longtime cheese era over By LINDA MOWERY BOGUE Gary Horst stopped in Bogue Monday and walked away with the town's biggest bargain of the day. Horst, president of Shawnee Mission In- -dustries, paid $25,500 for the 16-year-old Bogue Cheese Company. Last year, the company sold more than $1 million worth of cheese. "We came into this hoping for the best," i-said Leon Stephen, who farms in the Bogue farea and is chairman of the board of the Jcheese company. "I'm not real happy with the price.

It wasn't real good. But it's a relief. It's -taken a lot of hard work." The cheese plant one of the few businesses in this Graham County community of about 214 residents went on the auction block because local stockholders knew little of the business. Most of the board members also are near retirement age and didn't want the added responsibility of the plant. At first, the business was offered by private treaty.

Two or three times it appeared a sale had been made, but the deals always collapsed. Finally, stockholders decided to put the plant on the auction block. News of the pending sale brought an immediate response from Bogue customers. "I think people outside of town were more concerned than those inside town," Stephen said. "It has been around for so long, people here just sort of took it for granted.

But it brought a lot of people to town. We sold a lot of cheese over the counter." On sale day one man announced he wanted $300 worth of cheese. "He said he just couldn't go without it," Stephen said. "He said he would freeze it." The company also has shipped out a number of orders to wholesale and retain customers in such places as Denver, Wichita and Texas. One oilman, who gives Bogue cheese to friends and acquaintances at Christmas, requested $100 worth of cheese for his own table.

In recent weeks, counter sales alone have amounted to about $1,000 a week, Stephen said. "And that's quite a bit of cheese when you consider most orders are anywhere from $5 to $10." The sale, which attracted about 100 persons, took a little more than an hour to conduct. "All the stockholders weren't there so we had to call to make sure they agreed to everything," Stephen said. The $25,500 bought Shawnee Mission Industries which also owns cheese plants at Alma, Tescott and Atwood the real estate, equipment, inventory and the good reputation of Bogue Cheese. "There's no cheese as good as Bogue Cheese and I'm not being conceited," said Stephen's wife, Agnes.

"There's just a little secret. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the milk. The cheese has just got something." The company offers a variety of cheeses including colby, "kojack" a mixture of mon- terey jack and colby, and flavored cheeses onion and garlic, bacon, caraway and pepper. No changes Horst said there would be no changes in the way the cheese is made.

Nor does he intend to fire any employees. There are now six workers at the plant, but there have been as many as 20. That was in the golden days of the plant, when the company shipped cheese by rail to all parts of the United States. Stephen said more than 100,000 pounds of cheese was processed daily. Now the figure is closer to 2,000 pounds and the cheese is moved by truck.

Employees work a straight eight-hour shift instead of the 20-hour days of old. Milk prices soared "In the early days, milk was so cheap $2.50 for a hundredweight," Stephen said. "Now, it's $12.20 a hundred. And we don't have nearly the producers we once had. Times have changed." As the price of milk increased, demand for milk products fell, thus creating a backlog of cheese in warehouses this summer.

Bogue Cheese was forced to slash its production and reduce the amount of milk it accepted from dairymen. Stephen, one of the original investors in Bogue Cheese, said he is saddened to see the business leave local ownership. But the work has been hard and he is content to step aside. And Mrs. Stephen is happy to see Shawnee Mission Industries assume control of the plant.

"It will be run and run she said. "These are top-notch people in the cheese business." The only remaining question is the fate of Bogue's yearly Cheese Festival, which centers around the plant and draws hundreds of visitors to town each April. "If the plant stays open, I'd say we'll have the festival," Stephen said. "Of course, that's just me speaking." Local-State The Salina Journal County Dads put limits on insurance salesmen The Saline County Commission issued an edict Monday afternoon prohibiting insurance salesmen from attempting to sell insurance to county employees during business hours. The three commissioners' order was prompted by actions of an insurance company with offices in Topeka and Wichita.

The firm somehow obtained a copy of official commission stationary, typed a message about the company's life insurance program, and duplicated the letter for all county employees. The wording of the letter led county employees to believe the information originated from the commissioners and had their endorsement. So sure the letter came from the commission, one employee distributed copies to fellow workers with their paychecks. The letters were followed with personal visits by two of the insurance company's representatives. County Clerk Robert Armstrong halted attempts by the men to talk to his employees, although they did manage to discuss the insurance plan in other departments.

The commissioners are not sure how many signed up for the program. County land use plan wins backing of commissioners The Saline County Commission Tuesday passed a resolution adopting a comprehensive development plan for the county. The issue had been tabled from last Tuesday to give county residents time to prepare comments, but there was no opposition. The plan was approved by the Saline County Planning and Zoning Board Sept. 2 and did not need the assent of the commission.

However, county planners suggested the commission action as a show of support for the goals and objectives of the plan. The document includes the revised land use map which, along with the eight goals and their corresponding ob- jectives, form the core of the plan and strengthens the planning board's desire to preserve the county's agricultural land from "urban sprawl." The goals cover land use; natural resources; public services, facilities and utilities; transportation; community design; population and housing; economics, and special areas. The commission also established the public hearing date of Tuesday, Oct. 14 for release of land between Water Districts 3 and 6. District 6, covering the Knoll Crest subdivision southwest of Salina, overlaps the boundaries of Distict 3.

The Farmers' Home Administration prohibits such overlap and is requiring the land release. Saline County Republicans planning salute to Sebelius Retiring First District Congressman Keith Sebelius will be the guest of honor Oct. 11 in Salina at a salute sponsored by the Saline County Republicans. The event is slated for 7 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, 1127 Armory Road, just south of the Salina Holiday Inn.

Tickets are $20 per person, or $35 for couples, said ticket chairmen Greg Bengtson, 1844 Roach, and Marc Ryan, 914 S. Santa Fe. Bengtson said the salute will honor Sebelius for his years of service in Congress. Sebelius is retiring from Con- gress after his current term expires in January. A group of digniaries will help salute Sebelius.

Included are former U.S. Senator Frank Carlson and State Republican Chairman Morris Kay. Invitations have been mailed to registered Republicans. The public also is invited. Tickets are available from Bengtson, Ryan or Republican Headquarters, 201 S.

Santa Fe, 823-7190. Proceeds from the dinner will go to support local, state and national Republican candidates. Mrs. Karen Graves, 23 Crestview Drive, is chairman of the event. SACRED HEART OFFICERS The student council officers for Sacred Heart High School are (from left) Cathy O'Connor, 17, president, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Patrick O'Connor, 638 Albert; Marcia Bergkamp, 15, secretary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel- Journal Photo vin Bergkamp, 2108 Leland Way; Patty Faerber, 17, vice president, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Kenneth Faerber, St. John's Military School, and Phyllis Jankord, 17, treasurer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al' Jankord, 2118 Norton. Rider suffers head and leg injuries in car-cycle mishap Michel Tweedy, 31, 921 S.

Fifth, was listed in serious condition in Asbury Hospital Tuesday morning with head and leg injuries he suffered in a 6:07 a.m. car-motorcycle collision at the intersection of South Ninth and Belmont. According to police, Tweedy was riding the motorcycle north on Ninth when he collided with a car driven west on Belmont by Steven J. Broshar, 22, 531 S. Ohio.

The car and motorcycle collided as Broshar pulled away from a stopsign on Belmont in an attempt to turn south onto Ninth. Broshar was not injured. Tweedy was not wearing a helmet, police said. Joyrider finally nabbed, say police Salina police say they have cleared at least 22 recent joyriding cases with the apprehension of a 14-year-old Salina youth. Police Monday placed the youth in juvenile detention following a non-injury accident in East Salina.

The youth had lost control of the car he was driving and veered into a yard at 408 Anderson. Police arriving at the scene questioned the youth, checked the registration of the car and discovered it had been reported stolen. During questioning at the police department, the youth reportedly admitted to joyriding in 22 separate incidents since April, involving cars, trucks and motorcycles. The youth told police where he took the vehicles and where he abandoned them and his information matched police reports of the incidents, police said. School notes Dana Pogue has joined the admissions staff at Kansas Wesleyan.

Miss Pogue has a degree from Stevens College, Columbia, Mo. TV TV TV Six Salina area students are members of the Kansas State University marching band this fall. They are Lori Brax, Assaria; Ruth Clements, Salina Rt. David Deckert, 1413 Beverly; Susan Johnson, Salina Rt. Bruce Major, Mentor; and Nancy Pihl, 448 S.

8th. TV TV TV Three Salina students have received dean of engineering scholarships at Kansas State University. They are: Robert Erickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Erickson, 613 Carl; Dung Tien Nguyen, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Viem Van Nguyen, 1009 Apache and Kevin Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parker, 808 Plaza Dr. TV TV TV Carol Kellet has received her Ph.D.

from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is the daughter of Mrs. Rachel Kellett, 2066 Highland, and is now a professor of home economics at Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg. TV TV TV The Marymount College Student Education Association has elected officers for this school year. They are Celia Nicholson, 824 Gypsum, president; Noreen Schuessler, Washington, vice president; Glenda Wares, Lead, S.D., secretary; Jane O'Hare, Central City, treasurer; and JoAnn Jacobs, Gorham, historian.

TV TV TV Dave Cooper is a member of the University of Kansas Jazz Ensemble I this fall. He is the son of Robert Cooper, 528 Beechwood. MAKE A WISH Chainsaw-wielding Kansas Power Light Company crewmen prepare to carve off part of a wishbone-shaped tree in West Journal Photo by Britcoom Salina late Monday morning. The top of the tree would have soon grown into power lines if not trimmed. Jury named to hear lawsuit A 12-member jury was named Tuesday morning to decide a personal injury lawsuit filed by Martha Thomas, 562 Berkshire, against Donald Rhone, Manhattan, and the Strawhat Pizza Restaurant Corp.

Mrs. Thomas claims injury in a fall on March 28,1978, outside the entrance of Strawhat Pizza at 2030 S. Ohio in the Southgate Shopping Center. The restaurant has since changed hands and is now operated as a Big Cheese Pizza franchise, having no connection with Strawhat. Mrs.

Thomas's attorney, Jerry Levy, Topeka, said the'point of contention is a 3-inch-high step built around the entrance to the restaurant to keep rainwater from blowing from the Southgate parking lot into the building. Levy said his client was leaving the restaurant when she stepped on the edge of the step and fell, dislocating her left elbow and aggravating an already-existing knee condition. Her arm was in a cast for six weeks and she subsequently had surgery to implant an artificial knee joint. The accident could have been prevented, Levy told the jury in his opening statement, if "50 cents worth of paint" had been used to paint a line around the edge of the step to make it stand out from the concrete of the parking lot. Mrs.

Thomas is seeking damages exceeding $10,000. The defense, attorney David Knud- son told the jury, maintains the step was "very visible to be seen if one is looking where one is walking." He added Mrs. Thomas should have known of the step since she crossed it entering the restaurant earlier. Knudson also alleged Mrs. Thomas was not injured to the extent claimed, noting that the knee problem was not raised until nearly nine months after the accident.

The trial is expected to last two days. Members of the jury James E. Davis, 2058 Mare; David J. Dorf 2379 Monlclolr Drive; Charlene Gulllot, 728 N' 8th' Wanda L. McCollum.

841 Osage; Joseph 622 N. 10th; Mariorle J. 218 Falrdale Road; Diane Nlelson 2305 Norlhwood; Rhonda Pf 'l aU 5' B61 Welda Sm Brook vllle; Wanda J. Storm, 738 Banner; Sandra 00 Va Helen Olathe police arrest 'bomber' OLATHE, Kan. (UPI) A 27-year- old mechanic was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of sending a bomb that killed his ex-wife and five members of her family.

Danny E. Crump was arraigned Monday on six counts of first-degree murder, three counts of aggravated battery and one count of arson. He was being held in Johnson County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bond. The court appointed an attorney to represent Crump after he testifed that he has no money and owns only an old truck. A preliminary hearing was set for Oct.

1. Crump, a mechanic from Olathe, was arrested late Saturday about 15 hours after a bomb blew apart the Robert Post house, killing Post, his wife Norma Jean, two sons and two daughters, including Crump's former wife, Diane, 19. The blast injured the Crump's son Randy, 4, and a friend of the familv' Kraig Weber, 8. The explosion scattered debris and bodies over a large area of the quiet neighborhood on the city's north side..