Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
May 19, 1926
Tomorrow will be a festive day for Pittsburg and Crawford County. The entire community and its industries, institutions and organizations will join in a gigantic golden jubilee celebrating the anniversary of the founding of Pittsburg 50 years ago tomorrow. Activities will commence at 9 o'clock in the morning and continue throughout the day and forepart of the night. All old settlers and pioneers of the district are to congregate at the Shrine Mosque during the morning. There each will be presented with a badge showing his or her name and the date he or she came to the county.
Old settlers of Crawford County, whose number totaled 499 at noon today, will be guests of honor in Pittsburg tomorrow when thou-sands of later residents gather to pay tribute to the pioneers for the parts they played in building the community and to celebrate Pittsburg's golden jubilee. The early settlers will open the program of the day when registration begins at Mirza Mosque at 9 o'clock. The registration will be in charge of the entire old settlers' committee.
Tomorrow, Pittsburg's golden Jubilee, will be a part time holiday for hundreds who labor, and a full day off for many others. There will be no work at the Kansas City Southern shops. All the banks in the city will close at noon for the remainder of the day. Stores will close their doors at noon until 2 o'clock. Carriers at the postoffice will start out earlier than usual tomorrow so they can be free from noon until 2. o'clock.
50 years ago
May 19, 1976
Negotiations between faculty representatives of the Kansas State College of Pittsburg and the Board of Regents stalled in Topeka Tuesday over lack of agreement on salary distribution at the college, Dr. Denmar Cope, chief faculty negotiator, said Tuesday night. The Regents negotiating team indicated they would recommend that college proposals for next year's teachers' salaries be accepted without further negotiation by the full Regents board on Friday, Cope said.
GIRARD - The Crawford County Commissioners proposed that three sites and eight satellite transfer stations make up the county's sanitary landfill operation at a special meeting Tuesday. The commissioners agreed that a major landfill site should be placed near Pittsburg, with other landfills being set up in Frontenac and Arma. The eight transfer stations (large trash containers) will be placed in Arcadia, Mulberry, McCune, Cherokee, Walnut, Farlington, Hepler and Brazilton. Municipal bond attorney for the county, Keeth Jones, suggested that the commissioners make each city receiving a transfer station responsible for it.
The Pittsburg City Commission agreed Tuesday to delay requests for bids for the sale of $351,920 in general improvement bonds to finance sewer and street improvements in East Meadows and Briarwood. The bids were slated to be received on June 1, but city attorney Charles Menghini asked for a delay until he can consult the state department of administration in Topeka. "The delay was because we have not received a commitment from the office of the secretary of state administration for their share of the costs in the benefit district (East Meadows) City Manager Marty Stricklan explained.
25 years ago
May 19, 2001
Youth and enthusiasm teamed with age and experience, was a winning combination for Whitney Holland and Riote. Whitney, 10, and the bay quarter horse, 21, won in the Champion 3D Youth category recently in the National Barrel Horse Association Heartland Nationals. There were 164 youngsters competing in the youth division, according to her father, Bob Holland. "Whitney got $1,200 in cash and prizes," he added. "I got a belt buckle and Circle Y saddle and $180," Whitney said.
GIRARD - Friday's regularly scheduled Crawford County Commission meeting was canceled due to the absence of two of the three commissioners. County Clerk Kevin Anselmi said Commissioners Tom Moody and Anthony Pichler told him early Friday morning they would be unable to attend the commission meeting because they were planning to attend graduations of family members Friday. Commissioners had planned to discuss proposals for updating the county's comprehensive plan Friday with David Yearout, a Wichita consultant who helped draft the county's zoning regulations.
ТОРЕКА - A local man has been selected to participate in a prestigious statewide leadership program. It was recently announced that Kelly M. Kays, Weir, has been selected as one of the 35 individuals from across Kansas to participate in the 2001 class of Leadership Kansas. Leadership Kansas is a nationally recognized program that aims to develop and motivate future leaders for Kansas. Leadership Kansas is a program of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). It was established in 1978 to identify outstanding potential leaders from various walks of life.
