The Marysville Advocate from Marysville, Kansas • 1

THE MARYSVILLE ADVOCATE Marshall County's Leading Newspaper (Combined wnh The Marshall County News) The Advocate Reaches 6,000 Homes Weekly Volume 96 Marysville, Marshall County, Kansas Official City County Newspaper Thursday, January 3 1 1 974 Number 5 34 Pages Board Inspects County Jail An evaluation of the Marshall corridor walls to prevent any related during the discus sior including inspection of tht fallout shelter provisions, bindweed schools in the area and one at Dodge City, com-munication modes during severe weather, and the retaining of Clarence Wassenberg, Marysville, as assistant Civil Defenst director. In a brief discussion of the solid waste proposal, Musi requested John Elmberg, Blue Rapids, county attorney, to study bid procedures and other steps necessary to start the project moving, and make his suggestions next Monday to the board. Robert Peeks, both rural Marysville, told the commissioners how the postal route road serving their area has become impassable. Because of floods, they explained, silt washed into the roads and was later removed with a blade. However, the ditches are higher now than the road, and "we are actually driving down a waterway," Ungerer said.

Thus the delegation inquired about the possibility of federal funds to divert the waters flow from the road and rebuild the roadbed. Commissioner William Harries, Bremen, Second district, explained to the delegation that those roads were on easement property, and thus exempt from federal funds. When the reservoir was constructed, he confined the government made their funds unavailable to roads within the easement area. Although the commissioners then agreed to help the township in any permanent or temporary repair, they advised the delegation to discuss the situation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Also in to visit with the commissioners was Dale Mayhew, Marysville, newly appointed Civil Defense director and noxious weed supervisor. Several topics county jail by the county commissioners following an inspection Monday revealed some maintenance is needed but security is adequate, the county commissioners agreed. One electrical fixture on the ground floor corridor had two bare wires hanging from the ceiling, and several fixtures through-out the jail were hanging loose from their receptacles, they noticed. Plaster on the second-storv walls, is in bad repair, with much of it gone die to both time and escape efforts. Dan Musi, Frankfort, Third district and chairman of the board said he would favor concreting the imure pii-oreans.

He noted one spot on the wall which had been repaired from an earlier attempt, and just below it one brick has almost been removed and several others have been "worked on." All the plumbing fixtures checked were operable, and although the walls are littered with graffiti, the white paint looked to be recently applied. Musil also pointed out to the other commissioners the heavy bars which can be slid into place and then padlocked to secure the cells. Representing Elm Creek township residents, Bruce lingerer, Marysville, and I If i 1 ml City Contests Proposed New Annexation Bill In Legislature Tr rrjJ 1 The new bridge built by the I'nion Pacific now spans the Big Blue llGtV Ul UriUgC river alongside the one which has been In use for many years, and Orir TT will be repaired to remain In service. The first railroad bridge Ver JSlUC Here built over the river here In 1871. The new bridge will accommodate the double-track system of the railroad through here.

Fuel Tank Problems Face Citv Council meeting in Topeka. Pick-Up Turns Over Tuesday Damage in excess of $200 was sustained to a 1972 Ford pick-up truck Tuesday afternoon one-half mile north of North and Third street, city. The driver, Howard L. Eno, 21, Lincoln, told police he tried to back into a driveway to turn around. His right rear wheel dropped off the drive, causing the truck to turn over but come to rest on its wheels.

No injuries were reported and no citations issued. notices of intent would be pulished in a newspaper, notices would be mailed to each affected property owner, and a public hearing slated on the problem. Property owners would have the right to challenge the proposal within 30 days in district court. The new law would prohibit a city from acquiring any tract of land of more than SS acres, provided the land was being used for agricultural purposes, except by action of the county commissioners. The city would be required to furnish the plan for providing utilities in the proposed area to Marysville joined other towns in the state Tuesday in converging upon Topeka to contest the proposed House Bill No.

1623 said to complicate annexation of property to a city. Councilmen were told at the meeting Monday night if the new law is adopted it will result in annexation of property to a city more difficult, more expensive, and place a heavier burden on the taxpayer. Under the present law a city may annex property without the property owner's consent, and little red tape. Under the proposed law be annexed. Officials say that the new law has sufficient teeth in it to carry out annexation, but would be more time consuming than the present law.

Councilmen also believe the proposed law virtually would stymie most towns in making progress, especially where delays and litigation could occur, it was said. Councilmen feel it is taking away the city's right to "run its own business," City Clerk Jay Funk said. Council W. B. Allred, Third ward, and Clerk Funk represented Marysville at the the operators wanted to know then certified by the city.

Miscellany When Herman Dierking, Bremen, paid his subscription to The Advocate Wednesday he raked up a record of 60 years, ever since his wedding in 1914 If ground hog sees his shadow Saturday, can garden radishes be far behind? Now on the entertainment circuit is ground hog and pancake suppers with the fifteenth annual ground hog supper to be served by Bethlehem Lutheran men at the church parish hall Sunday evening Dick Schneider, Oketo groceryman, made more than 100 pounds of homemade sausage for the Oketo pancake supper, to run out of the supply before the crowd's appetite was fulfilled Five groups of eighth grade English students, totaling 97, accompanied by their instructor. Ken Athv. toured The Advocate Tuesday Regardless of the energy crisis, travel abroad will set a new record for Marshall countians as already persons have applied for passports at the office of clerk of district court Model meeting contests will be held at Frankfort and Marysville County Attorney John Elmborg, slipped on the ice, and is now ciculating with a walking cast on a broken bone, plus crutches Six new city flags bearing the black squirrel insignia were ordered from Mrs. Clifford Bass, who lives on US36 four miles east of Marysville Depot Soon To Be A Memory Razing of the bunkhouse Local fuel storage tank problems confronted the city council at the Monday night meeting. One delegation including Dclmo Fragel, 1409 Elm, Marysville, representing Toad's Deep Rock station; V.

E. Costello, 711 North Eleventh, owner of the Skelly station at Twelfth street and Center; M. E. Nord, 1407 Otoe, co-owner of Rex's Champlin Service, all of Marysville, and John Kotapish, Blue Rapids, Phillips 66 Bulk agent, discussed a city ordinance with the council. The ordinance requires filling station owners and operators to have an annual air pressure test of their storage tanks to determine leaks.

Each operator is responsible, under the ordinance, to hire a plumber to conduct the check, no later than December 31. It is exactly where their was going if it did no' record on the pumps. Ernest Lange, councilman for the Second ward, recalled the ordinance originally was intended to safeguard against old and abandoned tanks, residue that might leak due to deterioration. Although the council had a list of those tanks located throughout the city, the councilmen noted some were not included on the list. The owner-operators also said they doubted the validity of air-pressure tests.

Some were slip-shod and archaic, they contended, and in addition to not being worth the money, would not detect a leak if it existed. Following the discussion, Mayor Ott thanked the delegation for their help and suggestions, and referred the problem to the ordinance committee for study and suggestions at the next meeting. Fragel pointed out to the council most operators check their own tanks at least once a week, thus a city required check is an unnecessary expenditure. He added that 30 days after a required inspection, a leak could occur. Thus they must "police their own tanks," the operator said, "and we know how much we have and how fast it is going out." Mayor Mert Ott asked the group if, by checking with a dip-stick, the operator could note a five gallon loss in a five to 6,000 gallon capacity tank.

Kotapish replied that such a small amount would, in truth, be difficult to determine. However, he said, by "sticking it in the evening and again in the morning," any measureable loss would be revealed. Some of the operators said their respective companies required periodic checks, but added that "with 50-cent gas," 1 I A 11 ntll This Union Pacific passenger station served Marysville In the ll-lM' eighties until I92S when a new la lion was constructed across the From The Past withtn'cuiK)1" r'movd" kKm the buHg in ue City Help Wage Hike It: Winchell Heads County Bankers HoUis R. Winchell, Axtell, banker, was elected president of the Marshall County Banker's association to succeed Joe Bottiger, Oketo, at the annual meeting Thursday night in the American Legion home here. Joseph Kennedy, Frankfort, was chosen vice president, and Harold McClary, Vermillion, will serve as key banker.

A total of 85 persons were present, including wives and friends of the bankers. an option be given to Herbert Plegge, RFD 3, who has been the farm ground leasee the past year. Since the ground is in need of repair, Ott suggested leasing the ground rent free on the condition that all repair work would be completed to the satisfaction of the Scully estates. If this is not satisfactory, Ott said, then rent the ground on a two-'ifths, three-fifths arrangement, with the city receiving the lower amount. The airport committee was instructed to contact the interested parties.

Full-time city employees will receive a $30 per month increase in "cost of living" salary effective next April 1 by action of the city council Monday night. The raise was made on suggestion of the finance committee. Councilman Ernest Lange, Second ward, said the hoist was from five to eight per cent of some wages. The vote for the increase was unanimous. Also discussed was the soil conservation work needed on some of the Marysvlle airport acreage.

Mayor Ott suggested If You Speed .4 building near Carolina and Seventh street by the Union Pacific ends a long era that the railroad company has used the site for operations. In the 1880s a passenger, express and freight depot combination station was built on the si te, which served through the days of steam until 1929 when the new passenger station on the east side of the tracks here replaced it. The first railroad station in Marysville, which was constructed by the St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad, was located on the east side of the South Tenth street railroad crossing southeast of the city park. The first station initially was used by a passenger train January 4, 1871 after Marysville citizens had fought for 10 years to "bring a train into town." Because of the location, and the fact that the Union Pacific came from the north with the line which was to extend from Lincoln, Neb.

to Manhattan, the first depot gave way to the new one. Through the teens and the twenties the station was a busy place. Open 24 hours a day for in and out passengers, telegraph keys clicked, train schedules were shouted in the lobby, the clatter of cream cans and thud of heavy wooden boxes of freight and express rent the air around the depot, especially upon arrival and departure of trains. In winter the pot-bellied stove in the lobby of the old depot usually was red from the constant supply of coal poured into it from an ample supply near the station. When construction of the new station began in 1928 Marysville boasted one of the finest passenger depots on the U.P.

system. The new station had a large lobby, and one of the better restaurants in this part It the state, which was open 24 hours dailv. Local employees in the station often recalled the night the Nebraska Cornhusker football team stopped at the station while enroute home by train after being defeated by the State Wildcats. After the train pulled out that night, the restaurant employees noted much silverware missing, and the rose bushes had been jerked up from around the building. It was reported later silverware was found along the right-of-way between here and Lincoln.

A shooting incident occurred in the summer of 1972 in the original depot at South Tenth street. A local crowd of ruffians decided this community was too tame for them so they agreed to go elsewhere by train. A man by the name of Bill Hewitt had sold his farm and he and. IS others got drunk Radar 7 Will Get You Marysville's Present Station Opened in 1929 this passenger station served In that capacity until February 12, IBSS when the last motor train pulled out of towa. Here the station, now an electronics center and office headquarters.

Is teen in the days of steam with No. tosz blasting her slack out of town. BU I. PHILLIPI Youngest Patrolman In The State Marshall countians will see a new face in the familiar blue and grey highway patrol car. Trooper Bill Phillipi, Home City, is the county's newest addition.

Graduating from the patrol academy in May, 1973, Phillipi has the distinction of being the youngest trooper in the patrol at age 23. But law enforcement wasn't his original goal. With Junction City as his home, Phillipi attended Emporia State college, and was graduated in May, 1972, with a business administration degree. However, at about his sophomore year, he decided to become a policeman." Thus after graduation, he spent six months with the Junction City police department, and also worked as park ranger for the park service at Milford Lake. As for the future, Phillipi would like to enter investigative police work with agencies such as the FBI or 'vBI.

Phillipi, his wife, Vickie, and their nine-month old daughter, Jennifer, make their home in Home City. In their spare time, they enjoy locating and restoring antiques, he said. series of filters, Phillipi said, each one must pick up signals coming back from the "target" or no speed is recorded. This, he added, "is another guard against mistakes." A speed is set by the trooper in two little center windows of the read-out unit, and any vehicle exceeding that speed is both visually and audibly recorded. He said the unit continues to beep until the release button is pushed, clearing the machine.

From emission of the signal to a read-out on the unit takes one-fifth of second. Range "depends on the weather, what car you are in, where it is placed in the car, and many other variables," Phillipi said. But the maximum is about a mile and one-half under ideal conditions, he added. Eventually the patrol would like to put units in each car, he said, but due to the expense about $1800 funds from the state are difficult to secure. When the MR-7 was first put to work, Phillipi said, speeders were being stopped 'tight and It beeps, lights up the dial with your exact speed, computed via-space age technology, but stops just short of writing up the violation.

The trooper does that. As you walk back to the colorful blue and grey auto, accented with flashes of amber and red, mumbling something about Capricorn, Aquarius, or something, and tear your billfold removing your licensethere it sits, with those little red numerals witness to posterity of your errant ways. You have been had by radar. More specifically, Moving Radar Seven and if it helps, you were tattled on by the best. Trooper Bill Phillipi, Kansas Highway patrol, said the "little machine" eliminates human error once calibrated properly.

This, he explained, is done at both the beginning and close of a shift with a tuning fork, and then double checked through the system. The second piece the one you saw hanging on the window or sitting on the seat is the antennae. Constructed with a left. But after it was here a month or so, the traffic knew we had It and slowed down." Many times the unit has already recorded a target's speed before the driver sees the patrol car, he said, but the read -out unit will detect when the driver notes the patrol as the speed will drop on the screen. "We call that the halo effect," he said with a laugh.

The older speed detection system utilized by the Patrol is VASCAR, designed on time versus distance calculations. Although accurate, it is only as "good as the man operating it. If he has good reactions, then is is reliable. But as trooper gets older, you lose some of it." However, Phillipi said, he has had both in his car at the same time, and after many hours of operation, "became quite capable with it." He explained two switches must be almost simultaneously operated in VASCAR check, and the trooper's vision and reaction time in operating the switches determines its reliability. fm 'irw sat! and during the party Hewitt fractured his wife's leg when he hit her with a chair.

The latter incident delayed the departure about a month. Fare from here to San Francisco was $52. 50, and all of the group but John Alderson purchased a ticket from John Lonergran, station agent. Alderson said he was paying only $5. Lonergan demurred.

Then Alderson whipped out a pistol, fired and the shot screamed through Lonergan'i hat, being deflected when Alderson 's brother-in-law moved his arm. Lonergan grabbed his shotgun and Alderson dashed out of the depot into the train. Hewitt paid for the ticket. Meanwhile Lonergan had laid down his shotgun, and normalcy reigned as the train chuffed out of town. Down Goes The Bunkhouse The Union Pacific railroad Is rating the bunkhouse aear Carolina and Seventh streets.

A new building north of the passenger station will replace it..