‘County willing to try new road seal coat’
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
May 2, 1926
Pittsburg high school carried off premier honors in the first annual scholarship contest held at the College Saturday as the final number on the festival week program, by taking nine first places, seven seconds and three third prizes for a total of 59 points. Frontenac was next in order with 25 points gathered from three firsts three seconds and one third place. Picher took third place with nineteen points from two firsts, two seconds and three thirds. A final checkup of the entry list showed that there were 216 contestants from twenty high schools of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri hero for the examinations, which were held all day Saturday.
Building permit covering improvements and remodeling to the Colonial theatre at a cost of $15,000 was issued this morning by Leonard Boyd, city clerk, to Asa Messenger, contractor and builder. Management of the Colonial and Klock theatres passes from the Pittsburg Amusement Company to the Midland circuit of theatres following tonight's shows at both houses, it was announced today by H. E. Ulrich, manager of the Midland company. The Colonial will be closed for a period of about two weeks for remodeling, after which the Klock will be closed and the Colonial re-opened.
Three special trains bearing fully 1,500 Missouri Pacific employees will come to Pittsburg over the Missouri Pacific May 20 for the golden jubilee celebrating the birth of Pittsburg on the Kansas frontier 50 years ago. These trains will come from Jefferson City, in Missouri, Carter in Arkansas and Conway Springs in Kansas. Each will pick up hundreds of Missouri Pacific boosters at towns along the line as the trains steam forward to Pittsburg.
General inspection of Pittsburg's fire district was started this morning by members of the night force of the fire department under direction of Gus Tessmer, fire chief. The fire district extends from Euclid to Fourteenth and the east side of Locust to the west side of Pine streets. All trash and rubbish must be cleaned out of every building from the attic to the basement in every building within the district, Chief Tessmer stated this morning.
50 years ago
May 2, 1976
What's red, white, blue and everywhere? America's bicentennial and Pittsburg's centennial, of course. Yet, while a browse through the city's stores show merchants to be hyper-aware of the impending birthdays, a survey of Pittsburg citizens reveals that people often confuse the May 20 centennial with the July 4 bicentennial. The merchants show no such confusion. City stores offer a panoply of centennial and bicentennial artifacts to sate the most fervent patriot. A celebrant could conduct an entire day supported by birthday props.
Persons seeking shelter during tornadoes and severe storms should not leave their homes to go to a public shelter, where they are provided, because there is not enough time between when a storm or funnel is spotted and when it hits an area, Crawford County Sheriff Jim Sellars said. Pittsburg Civil Defense Coordinator Stan Smith said no public storm shelters are available in Pittsburg and residents would have to find something on their own.
Ambulance services in Crawford, Cherokee and Bourbon counties have enrolled their attendants in Emergency Medical Technician 81-hour programs to comply with state standards that do not go into effect until July 1, 1980, while the City Ambulance in Pittsburg, the only service that should comply with the regulations this July 1, has not yet enrolled its attendants.
GIRARD - Crawford County Sheriff Jim Sellars said his department is applying to the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration for funds to purchase $1,635 in riot control equipment because the county now has no such equipment and is not equipped to handle any riot situations. Sellars will request the funds at the Regional Planning Commission meeting tonight in Erle. The state (GCCA) and county each must account for five per cent of the cost and the federal government will pay for the other 90 per cent.
25 years ago
May 2, 2001
GIRARD -Motorists may notice a different type of seal coat on some Crawford County roads as a result of action taken Tuesday by Crawford County commissioners. Following a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation by Randy Chiartano, county road and bridge department engineering technician, and Buddy Clark, technical marketing representative for Koch Pavement Solutions of Kansas City, Mo., commissioners voted to experiment with an emulsion-type coat on several miles of road in each commission district. "I think we ought to try something new," Commissioner Anthony Pichler said.
Mt. Carmel Regional Cancer Center has been awarded $4,730 in grant funding from the Mid-Kansas Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to provide mammography screenings to medically underserved women in southeast Kansas. This award marks the third year the Komen Foundation has awarded funds to the Cancer Center. Through these grants, approximately 70 income-eligible women who may have forgone, this important screening have received free mammograms.
A classic children's story and a story of two middle-aged widows with a long-buried secret are featured in an evening of one-act operas to be presented at 7:30 p.m. today in McCray Recital Hall, Pittsburg State University. Directed by Kathryn Parke, the two operas star PSU music students. The evening is open free to the entire community. That's right, folks, FREE. You can't beat that deal with a stick.
Growing flowers means a growing English vocabulary for students in Pittsburg State University's Intensive English Program. About 14 students and their instructors spent Tuesday afternoon planting a butterfly garden at the corner of Sixth and Pine streets, on the grounds of Memorial Auditorium. "They're learning English in our Intensive English Program at PSU," explained Camille Olcese, one of the teachers. "We just wanted to involve them in some sort of community service project and to use their English outside of the classroom."
