The Marysville Advocate from Marysville, Kansas • 1

MAtYSVBILLE ADVOCAT (Member Audit Bureau of Circulations) MARSHALL COUNTY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER (Largest Net Paid ABC Circulation of All Kansas Weeklies) VOLUME LXV1II OFFICIAL COUNTY NEWSPAPER MARYSVILLE, MARSHALL COUNTY, KANSAS THURSDAY, JULY 3, 19r2 OFFICIAL CITY NEVPAPER (NUMBER 27) It PACES THE Among Early Donors PEOT PACKING CO. TO EXPAND IN MARYSVILLE Harry W. Smith In Race For Sheriff Of Marshall County Harry W. Smith, 1506 Jenkins street, announces in The Advocate that he is a Republican candidate for sheriff of Marshall county. The office is not new to him for he served as undersheriff for some time a few years ago, and Supply Of New Cars Dries Up Cars Now On Dealers' Floors May He The Last For Some Time Will Process Poultry, Miscellany Street scene youthful entre-peneurs shooting up the profits at their sidewalk fireworks stands In Blue Rapids.

door to the fire station has been given a new coat of paint firehouse red was the color selected. got the flood waters before the rains came this time. The Blue was bank-full and beginning to inundate dusty cornfields Sunday morning. The first rain in several weeks came Sunday evening operations on the Union Pacific in Marysville have been going ahead smoothly with an adequate supply of cars available. Ice cream Sunday evening at the Dairy Queen after lightning Interrupted the power.

face missing this year was that of the dog which usually takes refuge each summer at Gray-don Kraemer's when firecrackers start popping in town. Says US 36 Publicity Excellent Miss Shirley Gall Is Well Received All Along Highway Says F. Batcher US36 highway received some of the best advertising in its "perfect 36 campaign" this year since the idea was Instituted, according to Fred Batcher, St. Joseph, national secretary. He said that Miss Shirley Gall as MisB Perfect 36 was well received from Indianapolis, to Denver.

"We received much front page publicity of her visits in the towns, including front pages in both Denver newspapers in their Sunday morning editions," he said. He said Miss Oall proved to be a gracious, charming, pleasing advertising medium for the highway. Plans are being made next year to have Miss Perfect 36 ride in the case car at the annual Indianapolis Speedway race Memorial day. He traced the condition of the highway state by state from Indiana west thus: Indiana: Highway wearing out in places, and next state appropriation goes for its repair. Illinois: Keeping the highway good condition.

Missouri: New section of highway going in at Hannibal, but traffic not bad as old highway is used as detour; section extends to Shclblna; the new asphaltic treatment over concrete gives tourists a good road across Missouri. Kansas: The gap has been closed where the Missouri ri-er washed a new channel and traffic goes over the gap; the grading Is being done on the new routing of US30 from the Pony Express bridge west to Troy. The "fill" will be permitted to go through the winter end the paving with concrete Is slated to be finished in June 1953. AT ST. PAUL'S SUNDAY The Rev.

Samuel Bowman, Wa-mego, will give communion services at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Marysville Sunday morning, July 6 at 7 a.m. Old Trails To West By Or. Driggs, A Modern Pioneer understands the operation of the office and the ditties that with it. A native of the Oketo community where he farmed for many years, he has re- "1 sided in Marys- Vtn ville for several years.

For some time ne owneu and operated a service station at Seventh and Center and the Smith Truck lines. He has lived in Marshall county all of his life, and has a wide acquaintance. His familiarity with the law and his business experience fully qualify him for the office of sheriff, his many friends believe. To Be Taken Dr. Howard R.

Driggs, New YOrK City, nationally known historian and author, will head a national centennial caravan over the pioneer trails to the west through here this month. It is expected that the caravan will pass through here shortly after the middle of the month. The party will leave Kansas City For St. Joseph and move thence northwest to Kearney. Neb.

Since Marysville was one of the historic spots on the Oregon Trail and Pony Express route it is presumed that Dr. Dri.tm will stop here, as he has done on former trips. One of his last books, "Wagons Westward" has been read by several Marysville persons and depicts the history of 1852 when the people were moving by the thousands through here to the west coast. Outfitting of most of the caravans of the fifties was done in 3t. Joseph and Marysville was the first major stop out of there.

At nighttime MArysviUa-waa-ttie anas toga wagons, oxen, donkeys, stage coaches, Indians and pioneers with but one goal in mind, the west coast or bust. Kinsley Buys Back Interest In The Kinsley Mortuary E. R. Kinsley has re-purchaspd his interest in Kinsley Mortuary from Archie Griffith, it was announced Monday. Griffith said he would remain in Marysville.

but did not announce his plans. He has been associated in the business since November, 1950. For the past year Kinsley has been representative for the Aurora Casket company, Aurora, 111. BUYS TAVERN Ken Lortscher of Bern, has purchased the Wagon Wheel here. He will be assisted in the management of the business by his wife, the former Norma Jackson of Blue Rapids.

The Wagon Wheel was formerly owned by LaVenne Hig-glns. Lortscher received his discharge from the army last Thursday. He had served in Alaska. Oketo Bridge Is Damaged A portion of the Oketo bridpc over the Blue river has moved downstream about 10 inches, said County Engineer C. T.

Mohrbach-er. The shift apparently occurred Sunday evening. The bridge is still in use and the only parts affected are some of the planks in the flooring and the steel support for one of the approaches at the southeast end of the bridge where the damage was done. With the Big Blue running bank-ful, the immediate cause of the trouble was blamed on accumulations of drift against the bridge supports. This driftwood problem becomes serious since the gradual shift of the river current to the south side of the river in recent years ln creases pressure at that point.

County forces got busy remov ing the driftwood from the upriver aide ot the bridge but more exten sive repairs will have to wait until the water goes down. The upriver side of the brldno is partially supported by guywlres, three of which have gone slack after weights in the bank to which they were attached have been undermined by water. Unmarried Ladies To Get A Break In Special Event Plans are underway for "something special" for all unmarried ladies in Marysville and vicinity, a spokesman for the event said yesterday. Invitations will bo sent to oil who return name and address to P.O. Box 482, Marysville, Kansas.

Among the first blood donors at the Presbyterian church for the visit of the Bloodmoblle Tuesday was a soldier slated to see duty soon in Europe. He is Robert Kenworthy, Axtell, who has been in the Air Force for six months, stationed at bases in Texas and Wyoming, lie Is now on a 30-day furlough, awaiting transfer to Europe. With steel scarce and marly manufactures expecting to have to shut down in the near future, the shortage of new cars in the Marysville area is expected become acute this month. In fact, say many local dealers, the supply has been none too good during the past 30 days or more but the worst is yet to come. "It looks like it's going to be a little rough," said Tom Parry of Parry Automotive.

"Kaiser-Frazer cars have been in short supply for the past 60 days and the supply lot Willys cars is getting critical, especially In the four-wheel drive models. "I don't know how much longer we will continue to get passenger models. I have two transport loads a week overdue, and I understand they have only eight cars in Wichita for 38 dealers." As to Hudson cars, O. J. Brauch of Brauchl Brothers said, "There are very few cars in the zone and supplies are getting low.

I have been told that there are only five new 1952 model Hudson cars in the Kansas City zone." "There is no answer to the problem. I understand the plant may shut down soon," said San-ford Tunison of Myers and Son Chevrolet. "We haven't been getting nearly enough cars for some time." "The supply of new cars Is cut down pretty much," said Wayne Baker of Baker Motors, "In another week probably none of us will have any merchandise. "Unless something unforeseen happens, we'll be lucky if we get any more cars before September. "I got a load of cars Monday but I had to phone Detroit to get it.

The plant said that it would probably be the last for some time." Unless the problem of steel production' ttf" settled soon, reappearance of black market practices may be expected, be-(Contlnued on Page 5) acre actually produced closer to 20 bushels, according to reports at the Farmers' Union elevator in Home City. Others who had expected to average 20 bushels were down to 11 or 12. On the bright side, tests there That Something Missing This Fourth Of July Will Be Official Fireworks llmmm i -mm- 1 DAV Dance At Cahan Park Is Set For July 4 A Fourth of July dance will be sponsored by the Marysville Disabled Veterans chapter at Cahan Park that night. Music will be furnished by Johnny Coon and his orchestra. which has been featured in dance ballrooms and nightclubs for a score of years.

Coon is a son of the late Carlton Coon who was a partner with Joe Sanders with Coon-Sanders Nighthawk orchestra. Johnny, a drummer, started hli own orchestra and sings much while leading his band. He appeared recently In Kansas City at tb: Kansas City Club. A feature of the band is Chlng Harlow who gives pantomlnes of Spike Jones, Phil Harris and Cass Daly. "Maxine" is the band's vocalist.

The band has appeared at Conrad Hilton hotel, formerly the Stevens, Chicago; William Penn, Pittsburgh; PlaMor, Kansas City, and Steel Pier, Atlantic City. HEADS ROTARY CLUH R. M. MVERS, R. M.

Myers, city, Monday assumed his duties as president of Marysville Rotary club, succeeding W. M. Griffce. Quantity Of Wheat Harvested Is 'Average' But Quality Is High Turkeys; Hire From 10 To 50 Employees In Setup Tho Perry Puckinjr company here will undergo ex pansion soon tnat will in crease production of poultry and turkey processing and at the same time add lrom 40 to 50 employees to the payroll. William Wehlinir, local plant manager, who made the announcement, at the same time said that the long es tablished poultry and egg processing plant of the Perry company at Manhattan will discontinue processing operations.

The company will continue a 1 1 its buying contacts throughout the Manhattan territory as well as in the city, Wehling said. Improved roads and transporta tion makes it possible for the ettgs and poultry from Manhattan ter ritory to move Into other company plants here and Topcka, The Marysville plant will bo equipped with modern machinery to do the complete Job of processing poultry and turkeys under supervision of the United States Ds- partment of Agriculture and Fed eral Food and Drug act for dis tribution throughout the United States and foreign countries, Weh ling explained. In operation here now by the company is a largo egg candling operation, a modem egg breaking department, poultry dressing operation and equipment is being added to draw, eviscervate and cry-o-voc poultry and eggs. The Perry Packing company business was started 62 years ago by the late H. A.

Perry who drove with a team of broncos and a wagon from farm to farm buying poultry and eggs. It was H. A. Perry, father ot J. L.

Perry who first bought eggs from farmers on a quality grade. He pioneered in establishing standards of quality for poultry products, which standards have been maintained throughout the years and are now generally recognized throughout the egg and poultry industry. PROMOTE FLOYD WOOD Floyd F. Wood, highway foreman for Marshall and Nemaha counties the past three years has Deen promoted to highway supervisor of the First District at Hor-ton by the state highway commls. slon.

Mr. Wood assumed his new duties yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Wood, who reside at 609 Jackson will move their household furnishings to Horton as soon as living quarters are available. With the aid of company engin eers from Topcka, the city water situation Is showing Improvement In the northeast section of Marysville, according to Harry Young, manager here.

When the hot, dry weather struck here recently, the water consumption in Marysville leaped to more than one million gallons one day and held close to that point fur some time, nearly every day. It has followed that the northeast section of the city quickly showed a vast reduction In water pressure. The Kansas Power and Light company officials Installed a 25-horsepower motor and new water pump at Twelfth and Jenkins, which has boasted the pressure materially east and northeast of that point. Manager Young said that in a few Instances consumers had complained that the pressure was too high. The pressure was reduced in that area.

D. M. Miller, Topeka, company engineer, is here making a checkup and survey of the sltuutlon. Until it is finished no statement will be made as to what the complete plans of the company are to meet the Situation. Oats Of Winner Kruse Average 78 Bushels Acre Wllmer Kruse, a farmer living north of Bremen, combined six-acre tract of Cherokee oata last Monday which averaged 78 bushels to the acre or 92 bushels by actual weight.

It was combined by Bargmann brothers, Harold and Wllmer, with their self-propelled Massey-Harris combine. Mr. Kruse said he wa well pleased with the Job they did for him. The wheat harvest coming to an end this veek in Marshall found the average yields per acre somewhat disappointing but the quality of the grain was high. Fields that had been expected to run as high as 30 bushels to the River Runs Bankfull More Water Pressure Available To Northeast City Residents By IIP New 4-H Club Agent Arrives This Week Kenneth Vlsser, Marshall county's new 4-H club agent, arrived to take over his duties here Monday morning.

He succeeds John Gorton who resigned June 16. Visser's desk, as before, is located In the Extension Service offices KENNETH VISSER upstairs at the courthouse in Marysville. The new agent Is a native ot Riley county where he was in 4-H work for many years. He is a veteran of World War II, and was graduated from Kansas State college last May. Since his graduation he has been serving as assistant agent of Sedgwick county.

He is net married. Pulleine In Race To Succeed Self On The Bench P. R. Pulleine announces today he Is a Republican candidate to succeed himself as probate and county Judge of Marshall county. His years of experience in the two offices have enabled him to gain a vast knowledge that has been reflected In the efficient manner In which he has conducted the offices, his many friends believe.

Judge Pulleine has built up a reputation of handling estates to the satisfaction of those concerned, and his business knowledge has proved of value in many of his decisions. If reelected he promises to continue the operation of his office as In the past. Goble Leaves For Job In St. Louis Jerry Goble, who has been with the Shoebox company in Marysville since September 1, 1950, leaves Saturday for a new job In St. Louis, Mo.

He will be with the Roberts, Joh.ison, and Rand division of the International Shoe company. He will take a short, training course In St. Louis In preparation to taking over a territory as a salesman. The course will consist of studying manufacturing methods in the company's plants and learning policy and procedure in the main office. Ooble, who is originally from Hastings, served with the Eighth air force in Britain during World War II and met his wife.

(Continued on page 5) Is NT BE SURE THEY ARE REGISTERED A traditional fixture missing from the holiday picture this week will be the customary display of fireworks. One of the few places planning fireworks for the Fourth of July Is Blue Rapids which has scheduled a display at the fairgrounds and a ball game is to be played the same showed the wheat running 60 to 62 pounds per bushel and moisture content 11.97 to 14 percent with very little grain delivered which contained more than 14 percent. The average yield for the county would probably run 18 to 20 bushels to the acre, said Ray Thornborrow at the Larabee Mills. "I don't ever recall a time when the wheat was at such a uniformly high quality," said Morrison Barker at the Ptoduction Marketing Administration office. The first three applications for wheat loans In the county this year were made Friday and more were coming in after the PMA office opened for business Monday (Continued on page 8) VOTERS ASKED TO Every Possible Step Being Taken To Make It Convenient, Says Hamburg Nearly every possible step to make It convenient for eligible voters to register has been taken by city authorities, George Hamburg, of the chamber of commerce cooperative 'get out the vote' committee, said this week.

All (registration quires ts a few minutes time and the books remain open until within 10 days of the August 8 primary, Hamburg pointed out, During the last three days before the books are closed, Hamburg said, the city clerk's office will be kept open during the noon hour and open at night until 10 p.m. Anyone over 21 years of age and who has been resident of Kansas six months and a residents of his voting 'Ward for 30 days may register. "However," Hamburg said, "there are several requirements of registration which the voter must fulfill." After each general election, held every two years, names of voters on the books who failed to vote in the previous general election are "red-lined." This is due particularly to eliminate the accumulation of names of voters who are deceased or who have moved away. It also takes off the voters who did not exercise their right vote in the general election. (Continued on page 8) ucmcrece- iMmng irom mawauia hi Fttlrview is to be finished this summer.

highway between Marysville arid Seneca is now undergoing repair; a stretch around Belleville Is now being finished. A new stretch of highway west of Smith Center will be completed by fall, meanwhile the old route is being used as a detour. Colorado: The governor of Colorado has promised that a $30,000 appropriation will be alloted to rebuild the BIJou bridge near Byers which washed out and is shutting off thousands of dollars annually in business from northwest Kansas and southwest Colorado that ordinarily goes into Denver: otherwise, the road is good in Colorado. The way to get on US36 where U838 and US40 divide in eastern Colorado is to take US40 at the division point a short distance east and turn left three blocks and proceed east. Hospital Fund To $20,000 The hospital fund reached the 20,000 mark this week, said Dwight Burkhead of the memorial hospital fund committee.

This sum includes personal contributions ranging from $10 to $1000, Burkhead said. In its gradual build-up since the opening of the campaign last December, the fund has also benefited by money raised by individual organizations which on their own volition undertook projects to produce money for the hospital, Burkhead said. Many of these gifts of from organizations have come lrom women's groups, including several home demonstration units, which have held, food sales for the benefit of the hospital drive. The next stage of the campaign, Burkhead said, would be a general canvass of contributors to be held during the month of August. An appeal will probably be made to outlying communities to lend their support to the campaign for the establishment of the public hospital.

The Mixer' New Business' Opens Here Marysville' newest business, The Mixer, has opened in a new building at 1511 Center street. Peter DiOiovannl owns the new enterprise, TO ST. LOUIS Dr. and Mrs. C.

A. Ott. city. Mm. R.

L. rrederlck and daughter, Manhattan, leave to-t'ay for St. Louis for a week where Dr. Ott will take a week's post graduate course at Logan Basic f-ollege of Chiropractic. Dr.

Frederick already in St. Louis and the two families will return next Thursday. FOR TRUSTEE Emil Miller, Home City, demo-crat, has filed for trustee of Franklin township. Wheat Loan Rate Is Set At $2.28 The loan rate for farm-stored wheat in Marshall county has been established at $2.28,. according to Morrison Barker of the Production Marketing Administration office tn Marysville.

Barker announced the rate at the local PMA office Tuesday morning. The loans are now available from the PMA. The $2.28 rate Is scheduled for Number One, 60-test wheat and assures the farmer of a price at 90 percent of parity as of July 1. Also available to the farmer at the PMA office at this time are ourchase agreements and loans on arehou.se receipts for locally stored wheat. By the purchase agreement, the farmer signifies his desire to obtain price support for his wheat at the time of delivery, leaving himself the option of obtaining a price, If possible, on the open market.

STARTED EARLY Firecracker accidents started coming in shortly after It became legal to shoot fireworks rrioay, said Police Chief Leo Schramm. Several persons, not all of them children, were treated for burns, Lvfi BOY DIES OF INJURIES IN ACCIDENT Dan Cawley. nine-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. E.

P. Cawley. died Friday afternoon while being taken to a hospital after injuries sustained when his bicycle collided with a dump truck at the east side ot the city park. Both truck and bicycle were going south at the time of the accident which occurred about 2:30 p. m.

The boy was riding on the sidewalk and turned Into the street In the middle of the block, according to Under-sheriff George Branson. The driver of the truck was Leo Miller, 1118 Kansas avenue, To-neka. He was employed by the Rono Construction company which engaged in re-surfacing US-77 highway south, of Waterville at the time. Tha driver of the truck was ur.able to avoid the collision. The ambulance was called but the boy was dead when the body arrived at the hospital, according to County Coroner H.

H. Haerle. The Cawley family moved to Marysville from Denver, last November. Cawley Is an employee ot the Union Pacific railroad. Dr.

Haerle said that after an investigation the driver was absolved of all blame. He told authorities he tried to avert striking (Continued on Page i Before the rains came this week, Marshall countlans witnessed the spectacle of the Blue running bankfull through dusty, parched fields and, in some places, washing over into the corn. By Sunday noon, the dam at Blue Rapids made scarcely a ripple in the surface of the river. With certain contrariness, the river level started dropping after showers fell Sunday night and Tuesday afternoon. Schramm satd..