The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 26

Suday, July Local sales show fireworks, still popular Don't miss the downbeat! Outdoor concert of Wichita State ductor busy during most of the ses- university band kept junior con- sion. (UPI Photo) Old grads reminisce at three reunions here this weekend Salina is bigger and busier than it was when Jim Marcum graduated from high school 25 years ago. "There's so much congestion now," Marcum said. "I don't remember there being that much congestion. And the city used to end at the college (Kansas Wesleyan) on the south.

Now it's moved way past the college." Marcum, now a resident of Salinas, noticed a number of changes in Salina Saturday. He has not been back since he left in 1948 after a year at Kansas Wesleyan. Marcum and other members of the Salina high school class of 1947 discussed their high school experiences Saturday at a reunion at the Hilton Inn. It was one of 3 high school class reunions Saturday in Salina. "Santa Fe used to be brick," Marcum recalled.

He also remembered the Saturday night dances sponsored by Club Cherokee at Memorial hall and the old football field. Building disappearing The high school which the class of 1947 attended, the old Washington building, is being demolished. Marcum thought Central high school, which replaced Washington, is a "nice-looking "I haven't seen the other high school yet, but they tell me it's even nicer. Approximately 150 members and spouses from 13 states attended the social hour, buffet supper and dance of the class of 1947. Persons attending the other 2 class reunions probably noticed some changes in Salina as well.

About 120 members of the 1957 graduating class of Salina high school and their spouses attended a social hour and dance at the Salina Labor building. States represented at the reunion were Kansas, North Carolina, Virginia, California, Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri. The 1962 10th reunion of the graduating class of the Sacred Heart high school drew 54 members and spouses for a social hour, Mass, dinner and reminiscing at the Cavalier Court. Persons from Kansas, Virginia, New York, Oklahoma, Colorado and Illinois attended. The class also plans a 2 pm Sunday potluck picnic at the Sunset park shelterhouse.

Bicycle auction makes some children (and wives) happy By AT ASTON "You got any Devil Dogs?" "No, just ran out. But we have a good stock of Peacocks and Black Cats." "Black Cats, huh? Okay. Got the 8-for-a- quarters?" "Sorry, we're all sold out of those, too. But I have some for 50 cents." A cut-rate wild animal auction? No, merely an example of the hard bargaining to be heard at fireworks stands scattered around Salina's Merimeter as local youngsters prepare once again to celebrate maepenaence Day in their own time-honored fashion. As always, some impatient youngsters couldn't wait until the 4th to begin celebrating.

The muffled stutter of exploding packs of could be heard in fields and gullies throughout rural Saline county Saturday afternoon. Although a fire hazard exists due to the dry wheat stubble still standing in most fields, the youths do it, anyway, because firecrackers were banned from the city several years ago. Former Clyde man honored MANHATTAN Neil P. Woodruff, a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist at Kansas State university, Manhattan, is one of 14 agricultural engineers named fellows of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Woodruff, a native of Clyde, was named to the society at its annual banquet at Hot Springs, last week. He is a research investigations leader for soil erosion investigations, and scientist in charge of the Agricultural Research Service's Soil and Water Conservation Research Division Wind Erosion Research laboratory at K-State. Woodruff is in charge of investigations in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. To give plumber's exam A plumber's licensing examination will be given at 7 pm July 14 in Government center. Test applications must be completed in advance and are available at the city building inspection office.

Weather roundup Mirror has By BARBARA PHILLIPS When Mrs. Verna Lineaweaver's youngest son left his older brother's bike in the driveway and the bike came to an untimely end, the older brother was understandably unhappy. But Mrs. Lineaweaver, 861 Pontiac, remedied the problem Saturday when she bought a nice-looking Schwinn bike for $28 at the Salina Police department's auction at Dale's Wrecker Service, 749 N. 12th.

Twenty unclaimed bicycles and 6 frames were among items sold at the auction, and the bike sales far outdrew the sale of 14 abandoned cars Saturday afternoon. Approximately 100 persons attended the auction. Bikes were purchased for children, grandchildren and adults. Lawrence Rundell, 955 S. 5th, bought one bike for $12 early in the auction.

"It's for my wife," Rundell said. "She said she'd ride it to work if I bought it for her." Later in the auction, however, Rundell bought a second bike for $15. "This one's definitely for the missus," he said. "I'm going to ride the other one." Ed O'Dowd, 1702 Hickory, bought 2 bikes, "mainly for the "I priced 4 wheels the other day, and they came to $45," O'Dowd said. The 2 bikes with all wheels intact which he bought Saturday cost Jess than the $45 for new wheels.

Maj. William E. Markham, 144 Phoenix, Schilling Manor, is due to leave Salina in a month after attending Marymount college for the past year. But he found a good buy before he left, a good-looking 2-wheeler for $22, and one of the Markham children will be riding an almost-new bike at their new address. Mrs.

Louie i i Beverly, found a bargain for $16 on a bike for her son. After Mrs. Griffin paid for the purchase, she and her son waited outside the gate for the end of the auction and the disbursement of the bikes. "Gee, I wish I had mine now," the boy said wistfully. 'Most Happy Fella' opens Broadway RFD That prohibition, however, apparently hasn't dampened youngsters' enthusiasm for a noisy Independence Day celebration.

All sorts of fireworks stands have been doing a brisk over-the-counter business in Salina since they opened June 27. "There were some kids waiting here the night of the 26th to buy fireworks," said Mrs. Alfa Hamilton, who runs a stand on State Street Road. "We hadn't even put up the booth yet." 4 Firecrackers come in as many sizes and colors as their young customers' imaginations dictate. "Firecrackers are like coffee and cigarettes," said Mrs.

Hamilton. "Everybody has his own brand." And heated debates are likely to arise over just which make of cracker puts out the most sound for the money. Black Cats are generally cited as the most dependable by those who ought to know. Atomics, when they go off, are said to be the loudest. Peacocks draw mixed comments, while the brand-new devil dogs havn't been sufficiently tested by the experts.

Scuttlebutt has it that Devil Dogs are made in Red China, but no Mao quotations were evident on the shiny wax-paper package fireworks sold in America are manufactured in Hong Kong or Macao, colonial outposts a few miles from the Chinese mainland. The big, lethal firecrackers T-bombs, cherry bombs and M-80's, have been illegal for years in Kansas. Added to that list this year are "booby traps" and pop-bottle rockets. "Booby traps" look like normal firecrackers, but instead of a fuse, a length of string protrudes from each end of the paper cylinder. Affix one string to, say an inside car-door handle and the other one to some stationary object inside the car; when the door is opened, the friction of the string being jerked violently from the cylinder ignites the powder, and the resultant explosion is enough to frighten the living daylights out of an unsuspecting victim.

Pop-bottle rockets can travel 100 yards on a good day, and some sparks may spew from the rocket's business end even after landing. The resultant fire hazard was considered too great particularly in the dry stubble fields of Kansas in July. But some youngsters opt for quieter Independence day hijinks. "Smoke balls 1 colored spheres that put out a surprising amount of smoke for their diameter, are going "by the case," according to Mrs. Hamilton.

Reports from other firecracker stands indicate their popularity isn't an isolated phenomenon. Nightworks continue to be popular, but their high price makes them prohibitive for the financial resources of most kids. A single large floral shell can run $3.50, all for a 10-second spectacle. For that kind of money youngsters can buy enough firecrackers to destroy the better part of a good- sized Kansas anthill. There's an inherent danger, of course, even in the small firecrackers.

Mrs. Hamilton keeps a small doll in her stand to illustrate the point. The doll, victim of a firecracker onslaught last year, is missing half an arm and a leg. "I tell them to be careful," she said, "so they won't end up like this." Sister Betty Suther, Abilene, also came to Salina for the bicycle portion of the sale. She found one for $13 and wheeled it to her car after the sale.

"I'll use it for exercise," Sister Betty said. Manuel Eckhardt, 1413 Cheyenne, was one of the major buyers at the sale. He bid successfully on 3 small bikes. Four grandchildren "I'm not a dealer," he said with a grin. "I have 4 grandchildren 2 in California and 2 in Pitt.sburg and the bikes will be something they can use when they come to visit.

"I'm kind of a goof about getting something for those kids." A few of the successful bidders rode their bikes home, including one man who rode a bike while his young sons walked beside him. Most buyers, however, walked their bikes to cars. Four lawnmowers, a little red wagon and a tricycle also were sold. The wagon went for 50 cents and the tricycle for $1. Proceeds from the cars will be put in the city's general operation fund, and the other proceeds will be divided equally for the police and firemen's pension funds.

Teenagers to be returned to Wichita Three Wichita teenagers being held in Saline county jail as the result of what lawmen say was an attempted drug purchase last Thursday are expected to be turned over to Wichita juvenile authorities this week. Two of the youths called the sheriff's office Thursday afternoon and reported they has been robbed at gunpoint. A third youth was later picked up near the Crawford interchange on I-35W. Two men believed involved were later arrested in Manhattan and returned to Salina on charges of aggravated robbery. Complaints are expected to be filed Monday in juvenile court here charging the teenagers with possession of marijuana.

Then they will be turned over to Wichita juvenile court for disposition. Broadway RFD. Lindsborg's community theatre group, opened its Summer season in Swensson park with weekend performances of Frank Loesser's musical "The Most Happy Fella." Friday's opening night show began at 8:30 pm and, according, to Elmer Copley, producer-director for the show, went off with hardly a hitch. "There were a few little bugs," Copley said, "but overall the performances were good and there were no major disasters." The Loesser musical which is about a California grape rancher and his involvement with a mail order bride, is known for its warm humor, a a i overtones and memorable songs. Harvest emphasis moves to the north Custom cutters were busy Saturday loading huge combines onto flatbed trucks, as men and machines were being readied to follow the Kansas wheat harvest northward.

With cutting in Saline and the surrounding counties about 98 percent complete, the combines will be moving into the uppermost tiers of Kansas counties to begin chewing away again at the ripe golden fields. The Thomas county harvest only shifted into high gear over the weekend; and cutting was only 20 percent complete by Saturday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the Cooper Grain company in Colby. Although more than half an inch of rain fell in the Colby area overnight Friday, the elevator had taken in 35,000 bushels, of new wheat Saturday and grainmen were awaiting more. "We're having a real good run up here," said the elevator spokesman. "The harvest won't be as good as last year's but I'd say we ought to make a 30-bushel county average.

In extreme combines the answer to June rainfall puzzle By PAT GASTON Question: How do you figure out the amount of precipitation that fell on Salina in June, 1972? Answer: Take last year's July 1 edition of The Journal (you've guarded it jealously, of course), find the weather column listing rainfall amounts, and hold it up to a mirror. A simple flip of the decimal point, and last year's June total of 4.42 inches is easily converted into 2.44 inches of rain recorded in Salina last month. Traditionally Kansas' wettest month, June of 1972 failed to live up to expectations; recorded precipitation fell shy of the 90-year average of 4.50 inches by almost half. And most of June's measly rainfall occurred in the gullywasher of the 13th, when 1.32 inches of rain drenched city and county, nipping the just-begun harvest in the bud. The rains lasted into the next day, when another third of an inch fell as an afterthought.

Farmers suffered no better luck until a hot, dry spell at the end of the month allowed them wheat fields for a little serious harvesting. Cutting operations were delayed throughout the middle of June by on-again-off-again showers; not enough rain fell during those intermittent sprinkles to wet the city's streets for more than a few hours. But the moisture was just enough to overload already heavy heads of wheat, bending them to the ground and making harvesting impossible. Hourglass figure A chart of June temperatures in Salina this year bears a rough resemblance to an hourglass. Daily highs, in the upper 80s and 90s throughout the first half of the month, plunged to a shivering 67 on June 20 and 72 the next day.

At the same time, lows on June 18 and 19 registered 65 and 64 respectively. But the nearly-converging graphs of high and low temperatures widened again as daily maxima climbed back into the 90s to provide a sweltering sendoff during the last' week of the month. High for the month was degrees record- Precipitation Scoreboard Month January February March April May June Subtotals July August September October November December Totals 1972 .15 .08 1.01 2.55 5.77 2.44 12.00 1971 1.04 2.44 .41 1.86 8.30 4.42 18.47 4.42 8.96 .13 3.97 1.96 .41 Avg. .67 .96 1.37 2.48 3.93 4.50 13.91 3.15 3.10 2.92 2.04 1.12 .81 35.36 27.05 ed on June 30. The weatherman apparently wanted to give Salinans a preview of the sizzling July to come.

High and low temperatures and precipitation for June as recorded by the Salina FAA weather station: were in short supply as the harvest shifted into high gear Saturday. Some bleaching was reported in Rawlins county fields due to heavy rains followed by hot weather during the past week. But test weights on the first newly-cut wheat were holding at 60. The first wheat was dry, averaging around 11 percent moisture. Beloit grainmen report the Mitchell county harvest is around 80 percent complete.

"Everybody talks like the wheat is doing real well," said a spokesman for one elevator, but Saturday morning rains put a halt to harvest mopping-up operations. Mitchell county wheat cut before the rains was also reported to be dry, and testing at about 60 pounds per bushel. The spokesman said the harvest should be finished by Wednesday. In Saline county, test wheat plots, planted to compare the quality of a variety of wheat strains, were cut Thursday afternoon. Preliminary results should be available next week.

Horses bolt in Hutch parade, 6 are injured HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP.) i persons were injured, apparently none seriously, when a team of horses bolted at the start of Hutchinson's Centennial parade Saturday and ran onto a crowded sidewalk with a small wagon in tow. Witnesses said A number of persons were knocked to the ground in a mad scramble by the crowd to get out of the horses' path. One of those to fall was a 13-year-old girl, Kim Heath, of Overland Park, Kan. A wagon wheel went over her shoulder and arm.

but she was reported in good condition at a local hospital. The wagon was being driven by Paul D. 26, South Hutchinson. Witnesses said Burch was waiting to move out when the horses became unruly. A man jumped onto the back of one of the animals in an effort to calm them, but they veered across the street and into the crowd before being brought under control.

Travelers corner Charles Keating, 1018 Scott, agent for Equitable Life Assurance, has returned from a week-long national sales system conference in Dallas, Tex. Good parts have been written for trios and quartets as well as soloists. Outstanding songs include "Standing on the Corner," "Big and "Joey, Joey." In leading roles were Larry Buckley as Tony Esposito; Rebecca Copley as Rosabella, the waitress who eventually becomes Tony's bride, and Jean May as Marie, Tony's sister. "The Most Happy Fella" will be presented again in Swensson park, Lindsborg, July 7th and 8th. The show begins at 8:30 pm.

Single admission tickets arc $2 for adults and $1 for junior high age and under and can be purchased ct the gate the nights of the performances. Date i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 High 86 90 94 90 93 95 93 94 95 82 84 93 64 81 86 88 88 90 91 67 72 78 62 88 90 90 94 88 93 96 Low 55 58 64 69 67 64 64 65 65 67 63 70 66 62 62 62 65 64 56 SI 55 57 65 64 64 63 62 62 64 Precipitation t.32 .32 06 25 .06 .43 a Shoppers Bob Bledsoe (left), 1017 Gypsum, employe of Edgington Music presents $10 bill to Mr. and Mrs. Gene C. Hudson, 901 N.

10th, who are The Journal's Happy Shoppers of the Week. (Journal Photo) Commission has a light agenda City commissioners face a a agenda that should allow them an early start on the July 4 holiday. Scheduled business is routine, and commissioners already have thoroughly discussed most agenda items. Included are first passage of a new taxi fare ordinance and amendments to the inoperable vehicle ordinance; considering a resolution for privately-sponsored but federally subsidized dwelling rentals, and formal approval of payments for several contracting jobs. The commission meets at 4 pm Monday in Government Center.

Empty table This chessboard awaits the arrival; of America's Bobby Fischer to be- gin his world title a against Russia's Boris Spassky. (UPI Photo) US chess whiz still balking REYKJAVIK Iceland (AP) It was Bobby Fischer's move Saturday night to break the deadlock threatening the richest chess match ever arranged. The 29-year-old American grand master was balking at a chance to end the Soviet Union's monopoly on the world chess crown because of a a i dispute he created himself. Fischer was in New York on the eve of the match holding out for more The problem was his attempt to grab: a share of the gate receipts collected during his 24-game match with world champion Boris Spassky of Russia, scheduled to begin Sunday afternoon. Fischer wants 30 per cent of the gate.

His eleventh-hour demand for more money than provided in the original agreement was rejected by the Icelandic Chess Federation that organized the match. Two meetings between federation president Gudmundur Thorarinsson and Andrew Davis, a New York lawyer representing Fischer, produced "some results," Thora- rinsson said. But "there are still some difficulties," he added. Asked if Davis had promised that his client would show up for the opening match, Thorarinsson replied: "We have no assurance." If Fischer doesn't appear for the match, Spassky would retain the title. It also was likely the International Chess Federation would apply strict sanctions against Fischer in future tournaments the federation sponsors.

There also was discussion of a possible suit against Fischer by the Icelanders. Registration sets record for Red Circle auction The gavel will fall at 10 am Saturday, July 15, for the start of the 21st annual Gooch Red Circle auction at the CK ranch near Brookville. But the fun begins Friday, as youngsters from throughout the midwest compete for enlarged cash prizes in talent and square-dancing competition. The unique "no-money" auction, started in 1952 by John Vanier, heads into its 21st season with a field of 150 youngsters set to bid on more than 110 auction offerings. Pre-registration has increased this year, with a 500-point bonus as added incentive for those who signed up before July 1.

The event annually attracts upwards of 200 bidders and their families to the ranch. They arrive loaded with Gooch Red Circle points, the equivalent of cash in bidding for the baby livestock and sewing machines up for grabs at the Saturday sale. On the block this year are 15 registered CK Hereford heifers; 28 Hereford and 2 Shorthorn steer calves; 40 registered Duroc and Hampshire gilts; 10 registered ewe lambs; 2 registered Holstein heifers, 2 quar- terhorse colts and" 10 electric portable sewing machines for the fair sex. Pre-auction festivities begin Friday afternoon, July 14, with judging in the achievement event, where buyers of livestock at the 1971 auction vie for more than $1000 in college scholarships and $535 in class awards on the basis of improvement shown in the ani- mals over the last 12 months. "The price for talent has gone according to the auction's general chairman, E.

R. Weddle, so fattened cash prizes will be offered in the 1972 square dance and talent competition slated for Friday evening: 14 teams Fourteen 4H clubs have entered teams of hoofers in the dancing contest. They'll be promenading for a $75 first prize and another $75 in lesser prizes. Entries in the open talent contest totaled 16 Friday. Stage-struck youngsters will compete for a total of $150 in cash prizes, with $50 earmarked for the winner.

The talent competiton is open to all youngsters under 21; entry forms for both contests can be.ob- tained from any Gooch Feed dealer or! by contacting Weddle, P.O. Box 1308, The talent and square dance contests will be preceded by the traditional Friday afternoon barbecue. A chuck-wagon breakfast will be served Saturday morning before'the auction, and tte sale will recess at noon Saturday for lunch. "We're expecting an even greater turnbut of 'second generation youngsters' at this year's Red Circle auction," Weddle commented. "Many successful bidders during the past 20 auctions are now parents of youngsters old enough to be Red Circle bidder sand buyers.".