Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives

100 years ago

February 3, 1926

Girard, Feb. 3.- Elmer Pool, former cashier of the Farlington State Bank, defunct, pleaded guilty this morning in district court to a charge of accepting a deposit during the bank's insolvency, when his case was called for trial before Judge George F. Beezley. The plea was entered to one of six counts. He admitted accepting a $31.40 deposit July 22, 1924. He disappeared the following day. The five other counts alleged deposits were taken in for smaller amounts on July 21.

Last night's special "trail hitters" meeting at the tabernacle. closing the union revival in progress here for a month, probably was the most inspirational of all the services conducted by Rev. James Rayburn, evangelist, whose final act was a reverential plea to the converts not to become backsliders. He announced the number who have come forward as 956. The "trail hitters" were urged by Rev. Rayburn to become prayer meeting Christians, pointing the importance of attending the weekly sessions at the churches as necessary for spiritual growth.

All officers and directors of the Pittsburg Clay Products Company were reelected to the same official positions with the company at a meeting of the stockholders and directors at the company's plant on North Broadway yesterday afternoon. The official family of the company which was chosen to continue in office for another year is as follows: W. W. Patterson, president; F. A. Curnow, vice president; O. E. Coulter, secretary and treasurer, and M. O. French, general manager. The board of directors is composed of the officers and C. W. Squires.

50 years ago

February 3, 1976

The ratio of full-time students in Pittsburg Unified School District 250 to the total population of Pittsburg is significantly lower than many other Kansas communities, USD 250 Supt. Jack Reed said Monday. With a Sept. 15, 1975 enrollment of 2,982 full-time students in a community of 20,373, the percentage of students in Pittsburg public schools is about 14 per cent of the city's population. A typical percentage is a population comprised of 25 to 30 per cent students, Reed said.

Requests to accept bids for new machinery and materials for city use will be considered by the Pittsburg City Commission at the regularly scheduled commission meeting today in City Hall. The commissioners will approve or reject requests to receive bids on a 1976 model, two-ton truck, cab and chassis only, for use in the sewage treatment plant; purchase of asphalt for use by the street division of the department of public works; purchase of street materials, also to be used by the street division; and purchase of a 1976 model, half-ton van to be used in the water administration division.

GIRARD - Bad checks totaling $3,443.54 for tax payments and car and truck license decals were received by office the Crawford County Treasurer's office for the week ending Jan. 29. The information was included in the treasurer's daily statements signed by the Crawford County Commissioners at Monday's commission meeting. County Treasurer John Kovacic said that form letters have been sent to those submitting the bad checks and that he expects the money to be paid soon.

25 years ago

February 3, 2001

Preliminary budget figures circulating around the Statehouse have Crawford County legislators concerned. "It's kind of like we're in murky water and nothing is very clear yet," Rep. Bob Grant, D. Cherokee, said. "For what we're in the hole this year, it's going to be doubly bad next year. Area legislators said figures were indicating the state had received about $58 million less in tax revenues than expected as of January. State Budget Director Duane Goossen confirmed Thursday that in January, for the second consecutive month, the state collected less than expected in revenues in its general fund.

Kansas Master Teacher Janet Lewandowski visited Pittsburg Friday to meet with Pittsburg State University educators and tour Depco, a local education technology company. "It is incredible," she said of her tour of Depco, where she got to use science and technology modules like the ones used in area high schools. They include modules for everything from flight training to computer animation, virtual reality to biology. "I want to go back to high school," she said. "It's just fascinating. Children can try so many new things. I cannot believe the amount of materials they have!"

GIRARD -A Girard man accused of killing three local residents has been granted a change of venue by a local judge. During a hearing earlier this week in Crawford County District Court in Girard, District Judge Don Nolan choose to grant a defense request for the venue change and requested that the Kansas Supreme Court move the trial for accused murderer Michael A. Bethel to Erie in Neosho County, some 30 miles away, as long as there were no objection.