05 Jan

12 Jan "Ben Schofield, 82 years old, brother of Mrs. A. J. Johnson and uncle of Dr. H. B. Johnson, met with a peculiar accident Saturday afternoon. He has been making his home with niece, Mrs. Clarence Reed at Greenwood, chopping wood and doing other odd jobs about the farm. Saturday afternoon he went to the timber to cut wood along the river bank. He was chopping off a log and it gave away sooner than he expected and began to roll, throwing him down on the lower side. He tried to get out of the way of the log but it rolled upon his arm and breast and held him fast, where he lay in the mud and snow, in his shirt sleeves, for five and a half hours, when he was found and rescued by Clarence Reed, who went to hunt him, when he failed to come home. He escaped serious injury and appears as ever, with the exception of his arm which he has not yet regained the use of."

Pomona basketball boys beat Rantoul 15-10 at Pomona. Pomona girls win over Appanoose 18-16.

19 Jan

26 Jan "Ralph Bower has moved to the farm known as the Swayze farm which Mr. Bower recently traded for."

"Silver Lake school house burned to the ground this morning."

2 Feb "If the cowardly cur, who has been tucking anonymous notes under my office door and putting anonymous letters in the post office for me and another will have the guts to show his face and swear out a complaint as to what he claims to know he will find me ready to do my 'sworn' duty, especially if that duty requires me to pound his cowardly head with a wet elm club. Of course the women he refers to are 'cute.' They are cute enough to work hard, stay at home and mind their own business, and they can 'get by with it.' Neither the Police Judge, Mayor nor members of the Council has any more power to arrest a violator of the law than has the louse whelp that is too cowardly to sign his name to the dirty notes he is sticking under peoples doors. G. R. O'Brien. Police Judge.

9 Feb

[16 Feb ?]

[23 Feb ?]

1 Mar

8 Mar

[15 Mar ?]

22 Mar "Will Parkinson and wife of Topeka spent the day here Sunday visiting his cousins, J. H. Parkinson and Mrs. E. E. Wickham."

"Linton Usher arrived here from Texas yesterday morning to visit his brother John Usher."

Citizens State Bank monthly statement for March 1928: Resources, $255,935.15; Liabilities, $255,935.15.

29 Mar

5 Apr Ed Smith's barn six miles north of Richter burnt.

[April 12 1928 - 3 May 1928; weren't printed]

10 May Possibility of hooking onto new Cities Service gas line.

17 May Sixteen graduate from Pomona High School.

Graduation to be 22 May at the high school.

[24 May not published]

31 May "George Kelly of Topeka, formerly Prof. Kelly, Pomona's ballonist and parachute jumper, was in town yesterday calling on old friends."

6 Jun "A representative of the United Gas Service Co. of Bartlesville, Okla., is here working up a franchise to furnish the city with natural gas from the new pipeline being built south of Pomona. He will meet with the council this evening."

14 Jun POMONA TO HAVE GAS "Last Thursday night at a regular meeting of the city council a franchise was granted the United Gas Service Company to lay gas mains in the city for the purpose of furnishing the residents of Pomona with natural gas. The gas will be obtained by building a pipe line and connecting with the new Cities Service Companies line being built from Wichita to Ottawa, which will be about five miles south of Pomona. The right of way for the pipe line to Pomona has been purchased and we are assured that work on the line will begin soon.

The ordinance granting the franchise is published in another part of this issue of the Republican. It provides for installation of pipe lines and customer service. The franchise is granted for a period of 20 years, and is subject to approval of the Kansas Public Service Commission.

Rates established are: 90 cents per thousand for the first thousand cubic feet; 80 cents a thousand for the next 7,000 cubic feet; 60 cents a thousand for the next 42,000 cubic feet, and 50 cents a thousand for the next 100,000 cubic feet."

Ordinance #149 (Union gas rights to lay line to and in city).

"The R. N. of A's and M.W.A.'s are going to have an ice cream supper Wednesday evening, June 27, at I.O.O.F. Hall, for members and their families."

21 Jun "The Odd Fellows annual picnic this year will be held on Thursday and Friday July 19 and 20. A fine program is being prepared and the Brombeck Amusement Co. will be here again."

28 Jun

5 Jul [issue missing]

12 Jul

19 Jul "I. H. Roberts is building a neat little bungalow on his farm one mile east of Pomona."

26 Jul THE PICNIC "The Odd Fellows annual picnic last Thursday and Friday was a grand success in every way and far surpassed anything ever held here. The weather was Ideal picnic weather both days and there was a large crowd in attendance both day and night. On Thursday the Quenemo band of thirty pieces gave two fine concerts, and the crowd appeared to be well pleased with the negro minstrels. The Quenemo band is a fine band and gave a number of good selections. Ye Mayor and his wife both won first prizes in the contest the first day; the Mayor in the mens' dress-up race and his wife in the womens sawing contest. The evening program was one of best ever given in Pomona. It consisted of concerts given by the Quenemo Band and the Ottawa High School Orchestra of ninety people, and a drill by the Pomona Odd Fellows Degree team. The Ottawa high school orchestra, is wonderful organization of young musicians and the director, Prof. Peacock, is a wonderful man. The second days programs were also well rendered. The Overbrook mens Octett gave a fine vocal concert and the lady readers were good. About a dozen babies were entered in the baby show. The first prize was awarded to Bobby, 7 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richardson, second to Jack Henry, 7 months old son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Marconett. There were five entries in the "old fiddlers" contest. The first prize was given to uncle Billy Pyle of quenemo, second to Ed Price of Michigan Valley. The evening program was a splendid concert by the Ottawa Boys Band, acrobatic dancing by little Miss Clover of Hoisington and a drill by the Pomona Rebekahs. It is estimated that there were at least 8000 people on the ground Friday night and the best of order both days, no accidents or disturbance of any kind."

"Mrs. L. A. Burrows has concluded to remain in Washington D.C., and has resigned her position in the Pomona post office."

[2 Aug 1928; issue not printed]

9 Aug Ordinance #150; Providing a tax levy.

"An Ordinance providing a tax levy for the City of Pomona, Kansas, for the year 1928.

Be it it Ordained by the mayor and Councilmen of the City of Pomona, Kansas.

Sec. 1- That the levy for taxes for the year 1928, on all taxable property in the City of Pomona, Kansas shall be as follows:

For General Purposes........... 3 mill

Streets........................ 3 mill

Sinking Fund Electric.......... 1 mill

Lights......................... 2 mill

Cemetery..................... 1/2 mill

Parks........................ 1/2 mill on each dollar of valuation.

Sec. 2- That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval and publication in the Pomona Republican.

Passed August 2, 1928, Approved August 2, 1928.

Amos Richardson, Mayor.

Attest;

J. F. Vigor, City Clerk.

16 Aug

23 Aug

30 Aug Frank Dyer found insane taken to Osawatomie Insane (third time).

"Cleve Baxter has traded his grocery stock here to Sam Spangler for property in Ottawa. Mrs. Spangler is here in charge of the store."

6 Sep "We have received word from the United Gas Service Co. of Bartlesville, Okla. that the pipe fittings for the gas service here had been shipped to this place and that work would be in progress within the next ten days."

13 Sep "E.G. Swayze of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a former resident of Pomona, passed through town Monday afternoon."

"Mrs. C. H. Loper and children left Saturday night for Muskogee, Okla. where they will join her husband and make there home."

20 Sep "One of the Rassell drilling rigs was brought in here last Thursday evening and taken to the Howard and Hawarth lease on the Barton farm northwest of Pomona. They spudded in for the well just south gaser #1 on the Bethell farm."

27 Sep "The United Gas Service Co. began work for the Pomona service this morning. They say they will be supplying us with gas by Nov. 1. The supply at present will be from the wells on the Bethell farm northwest of Pomona."

"Football team played their first game at Lecompton, Pomona won 6-0."

4 Oct Football, Williamsburg at Pomona. Burg won 6-0.

Barton well came in.

11 Oct

To sand the streets.

"After Nov. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Roberts will be at home in a new residence a mile east of Pomona."

25 Oct Horst store robbed.

"Earl Staley has sold his restaurant to Willard Hardy and his sister Mrs. Rebecca Finley."

1 Nov

Barton

Basketball

Pomona beats Rantoul 15-10 1

Pomona girls win over Appanoose 18-16 1

Baxter, Cleve

Bethell

Bower, Ralph

Brombeck Amusement Co.

Burrows, Mrs. L. A.

Cities Service Gas

Citizens State Bank

Clover, Miss

Drilling

well came in 7

Dyer, Frank

Finley, Mrs. Rebecca

Fires

Ed Smith's barn 3

Football

Pomona won 6-0 over Lecompton 7

Williamsburg 6-9 over Pomona 7

Hardy, Willard

Hawarth

Horst

Hot Air Ballooning

George Kelly 3

I.O.O.F. Hall

Ice cream supper

International Order of Odd Fellows

Johnson, Dr. H. B.

Johnson, Mrs. A. J.

Kelly, George

of Topeka 3

Loper, Mrs. C. H.

Marconett, Jack Henry

Marconett, Oscar

Modern Woodmen of America

Muskogee, Oklahoma

Natural Gas

Pomona to have gas 3

Possibility of hooking up to 3

Negro minstrels

O'Brien, G. R.

Odd Fellows Picnic

to be July 19 and 20 4

Ordinance #149

Rights to lay gas line 4

Ordinance #150

Providing for a tax levy 6

Osawatomie, Kansas

Ottawa, Kansas

Boys Band 5

High school orchestra 5

Overbrook, Kansas

Mens Octett 5

Parkinson, J. H.

Parkinson, Will

Peacock, Prof.

Pomona Rebekahs

Pomona Schools

High school graduation 3

Post office

Mrs. L. A. Burrows resigns her position 5

Pyle, Billy

Quenemo, Kansas

Band 5

R. N. of A.'s

Rassell

Reed, Clarence

Reed, Mrs. Clarence

Richardson, Amos

Richardson, Bobby

Richardson, Mrs. Charles

Robbery

Horst store robbed 8

Roberts Mr. and Mrs.

Roberts, I. H.

Schofield, Ben

met with peculiar accident 1

Schools

Silver Lake 1

Silver Lake school

burned to the ground 1

Smith, Ed

Spangler, Mrs.

Spangler, Sam

Staley, Earl

Streets

to sand streets 7

Swayze

Swayze, E. G.

Topeka, Kansas

United Gas Service Co.

3, 7

Usher, John

Usher, Linton

Vigor, J. F.

Wickham, Mrs. E. E.