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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1972
Page
3
Members of the Friendly Neighbors Club hold a roll call sharing home remedies for colds and chest infections. Remedies cited include a heated mixture of turpentine kerosene and lard for chest application and pulses of camphor and quinine, with optional goose grease, plus a raw onion cough syrup prepared with sugar.
Lemon meringue pie recipe details a thaw-and-bake method with a 9 inch shell and homemade meringue. The page also reports a marriage at Erie courthouse between Betty Gurwell and Robert Mayer along with their backgrounds and families. It recounts a Chanute Mothers Club meeting, members listed, and host households. It includes various home remedies, a Crude medical list, and a note that the Friendly Neighbors Club meets monthly without prepared lessons.
The Willing Workers 4H Club announced a $50 grant from Reader's Digest Foundation for a cemetery restoration citizenship project at the March meeting led by Treasurer Mark Neeley. Thirteen members five parents and one guest attended with recreation before the meeting.
Local organizations list gatherings for April 6 and 8 including women's societies at Grant Avenue Baptist First United Methodist and Grace Episcopal churches, Rainbow Division Veterans dinner, Alpha Chi Beta Sigma Phi events, and various Circle meetings with host addresses and start times. Notes emphasize 48 hour or seven day photo deadlines.
Fall planting in Kansas is impractical due to late delivery and severe winters. Roses are graded by size with Number 1 largest. Hybrid teas are popular for bouquets, while floribundas offer mass bloom for landscaping. Containers, bare root, and package roses require careful handling and inspection before planting.
Chanute World War I Barracks and Auxiliary members attended the 5B district convention in Pittsburg on Saturday. Mrs Gladis Jennings of Hallo well was elected district president of the auxiliary and Charles Barnes of Parsons was elected district commander for the Barracks. Chanute attendees included Mr and Mrs Luke Lasley Mr and Mrs Merlin York Hubert Slater Ruth Burdick and Mmes Vashti McCullough Edna Vance Goldena Lesher William Cline Kenneth Raney and George Wilson.
A collection of reader tips on easier child management and household hacks. Suggestions include using cookies to lure preschoolers, shopping trips for calm browsing, improvised pet dish from milk cartons, toy chest storage under windows, tuna can cookie and biscuit cutters, and nail on gripper fasteners with tape for safer assembly.
Colfax Baptist Church circle met at Mrs. Harry Jacksons home to study Easter themed works. Mrs. Jim McCoy led with readings from The Healing of Maude Bilanford and The Compassionate Christ while Mrs. Hattie Larson offered poems. Mrs. Jackson opened with a love gift dedication. eight calls were reported. refreshments were served for six members. the meeting closed with prayer.
Chad Erick infant son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Thouvenell was guest of honor at a baby shower hosted by Mrs Harold See feldt with Mrs Stella Thuma as co host. Prizes went to Mrs Betty Schmidt Mrs Kenneth Albin and Mrs Thouvenell. Diaper shaped nut cups highlighted the refreshments. Separate note says newborns with heart disease history are being tested at University of Cincinnati Medical Center to assess early prevention needs for atherosclerosis and cholesterol lowering from birth. Dr Charles J Glueck leads the research with plans to extend to older children referred by physicians.
Dear Ann Landers is blamed for marital strain after a reader recalls a shoe prank on a bus and a column about a man entering a girlfriend’s home. The writer contrasts a past unhappy marriage with a current happy family.
Mrs Mae Broderson led the Easter meditation for Athenaeum at the Maple Leaf Tea Room. She urged kindness and cheer to bring heaven to the Easter season. Mrs Nellie Sloman reviewed an article on Ralph Nader and consumer protection efforts.
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