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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1964
Page
3
A reflective, humorous epistle by Betty musing on weddings, family faux pas, fashion quirks, and local life. She jokes about hair care, kitten sales, and the era’s shifts from cowboys to modern amenities while noting a building boom in a Kansas metropolis and a proposed Flint Hills Trail to boost interest. She ends with light musings on civil defense and weight loss.
Salina Kansas reports Mrs. Eugene Moravec received a $149 federal income tax refund check in error. She already had a $149 check, and officials acknowledged a mistake. The brief notes the duplicate refund and government oversight.
Mr and Mrs Gail Malson announce the engagement of their daughter Linda Gail to Robert Hacker Whyte son of Mr and Mrs John C Whyte Leavenworth Miss Malson attends Kansas University majoring in art education and belongs to Kappa Kappa Gamma Whyte earned a KU BFA in design and is in the graduate school pursuing a master's degree He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon May 31 is the wedding date.
Social calendar listings outline club meetings and gatherings across multiple venues. Notable items include Gray Lady Class sessions, Bellies Lettres Reading Club, Quest Club, Roosevel PTA Hulda Parker Chapter, Ladies of the Grand Army, Kanate Textile Paint Club, Art and Literature Club, Friendly Thimble Club, WSCS at Big Creek church, and church class parties, with times ranging from morning to evening and locations including Memorial Building, Masonic Temple, and First Methodist Church.
The Senior Citizens Club met Friday for a covered dish dinner at the Memorial building. Mrs. Joe Ermey opened the meeting with the flag salute. Group singing led by Elsie Ivins with Alta Allen on piano accompanied the gathering. Martin Rotunno attended as a guest and helped with new games. Sixty four members were present. The next meeting is scheduled for April 24.
An Ohio State University team insulated undersides of two Interstate bridges with foam to test freezing patterns. Early results show uninsulated bridges stay frozen about 30 percent longer than adjacent highways, while insulated bridges freeze 15 percent longer. Researchers note uninsulated bridges freeze earlier and plan to continue with the Ohio Department of Highways.
Mr and Mrs Wendell Wilhite presided at Bluebird Chapter ces meeting in Masonic Hall in Buffalo Mrs Wilhite was named teller for the grand chapter meeting Apr 21 22 23 Star Points and several members were honored with gifts A memorial was read and the charter draped in memory of Carl Hutchison Assisting officers and social hour hosts were named flowers and jonquils decorated the hall
Harmony HDU met at 212 S Evergreen hosted by Mrs. Viva Russell. Mrs. Henry Alford presided and announced a district meeting in Coffeyville on May 6. Attendees reported on St Paul Spring Tea. a cancer fund donation was made. Ten members answered roll call. lessons on hard surface floor covering and recreation were led by Trammell and Arnett. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Wayne Berthot.
Mrs. Palmer Forslund and Mrs. Wendell McMurray returned home from Goodland after attending the State Federation of Music Clubs convention. McMurray is district president and Forslund district secretary. national president Mrs. Clifton Muir spoke. State president Mrs. L. B. Gloyne announced the 1965 convention in Independence with Chanute assistance. The Chanute St. Cecilia Club earned a ribbon for its 1963-64 yearbook. about 200 women attended.
A reader laments a long steady but noncommittal relationship and a 27 year old secretary living with a foreman who never proposes. Ann teases that the ring is the tub plug, urges frank talk on marriage. A second letter asks why perfect parents see kids unhappy. Ann reassures there is no perfect parent and emphasizes steady standards and love. Copyright 1963.
News Briefs report A2C Mark K. Rinehart of Humboldt has been reassigned to Forbes Air Force Base Topeka after completing technical training at Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi He graduated Humboldt High School and trained to tune operate and repair airborne electronic equipment for the Air Force.
Mrs. A. A. Osgood of 626 South Malcolm returned home Saturday after trips to Denver in November to visit her daughter Mrs. John Gaughan Concordia in March to visit her son and family Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Edington and then to Lawrence to see another daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Lockwood.
George L. Varnes, former Chanute resident now of Indianapolis, Ind., will address the Animal Health Institute's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on April 22. He serves as president of the institute and of an agricultural, industrial and home products company. A 1926 Chanute High School graduate, he earned a B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Kansas in 1939.
Ira Barber to show pictures from Mexico at the Perry gathering. Attendees urged to bring a pie.
Everett L. Olson a civil engineer with the state highway commission has been promoted to resident engineer at Syracuse. Olson assumed his new position April 1 and will move his family to Syracuse at the end of the school term.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Swain of Topeka announce the birth of a son this morning. Mrs Swain is Marian Gates daughter of Mr and Mrs C G Gates of Topeka, formerly of Chanute.
Mrs Hazel Slane and several companions attended the Ice Capades in Kansas City Sunday. They passed through the area struck by a tornado near Garnett about half an hour after the event. Charles McKellips Ulysses and others visited Delbert McKellips home in Caney over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Max McReynolds Jr of Kansas City are parents to a son born Sunday at Bethany Hospital. Mrs McReynolds is Judy Jordan daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Jordan of Kansas City formerly Chanute. Sunday dinner guests at 306 S Highland included Leland Lowe family and Eric and Chris Mitchell Walnut Pittsburg Garvin Samples Kensinger families.
A mother-daughter Future Homemakers of America event titled Over the Rainbow was held in the Little Theater on Sunday afternoon. Cheryl Wiles and Joyce Anderson performed Some Where Over the Rainbow as Cherrie Zillner narrated. 13 members modeled suits dresses shifts sportswear and formals while Mrs. Hal Davis received a corsage. The tea featured a white lace tablecloth jonquils cookies punch nuts and mints. Chapter mothers Mrs. Fred Dicks and Mrs. Forrest Sale plus the sponsor and attendees totaled 17 mothers 14 members and four guests.
The Rainbow HDU met Friday morning at 10 30 with Mrs Lanah Wilson at 611 S Grant. Seven members answered roll call with a remembrance of childhood. A salad luncheon followed at noon. Each member made a washable lap robe for Westview Nursing Home. Mrs Frank Fackler led the lesson on When You Chose Fresh Fruit and Vegetables and read two pieces If I Had Any thing to Get Mad About I Would Scream and Grandmothers Get All the Breaks. Mrs Dewey Bedell at 429 S Lincoln will meet at 1 30 on May 8.
In tight secrecy, rail management and labor reps resume issue by issue bargaining near the White House under a five man mediators panel and a presidential truce. A strike could erupt nationwide if agreement is not reached by April 25. George Reedy, White House press secretary, provided sparse details.
Daily Transcript lists hospital activity at Neosho Memorial with admissions and dismissals across Saturday Sunday and today. Notables include Max Loy and Teddy Bradford among admissions. several residents named for dismissals. a birth recorded for Oscar Van Winkle and spouse.
The leaders of the carriers and the Brotherhood met Sunday afternoon, continuing through the night in a last-ditch effort to resolve the tangled work rules dispute. President Johnson, having exhausted presidential actions, avoided new legislation and said Congress is reluctant to reengage. He announced no new measures to shift the dispute from carriers and unions.
MILWAUKEE AP a sign at the Wisconsin Catholic High School Basketball Tournament promised fasting rules were dispensed for guests. One coach asked a priest to confirm if lent restrictions were lifted and the priest responded that the sign was kosher.
Carrie Luntz Shepler of 509 S. Evergreen died Saturday at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Born January 28, 1890 she married William J. Shepler in Wichita May 23, 1933. Surviving are brother George Luntz Fredericksburg VA and sister Mrs Henry Barr Bloomington IN. Memorial service Tuesday 2 p.m. at Johnson Mortuary with Rev. William T. Hunt officiating. Burial Elmwood Cemetery.
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