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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1955
Page
4
A 17 year old, Eddie, shows rapid talent drawing portraits and cartoons but left school after ninth grade. He has no formal training or teacher though his sketches hint at potential. The piece urges him to resume schooling to improve his craft and pursue comic strip art.
Willard Mayberry leads a Dodge City revival movement with Georgia Neese Gray as treasurer and James Yount loaned from the CIO to work with the State Chamber of Commerce Farm Bureau and Livestock association. Yount to help raise funds with cross union and AF of L cooperation amid a regional push, including Oklahoma City.
In this light column the author riffs on popular topics from Grace Kelly’s Oscar season rise to Pakistan’s prime minister taking a second wife for 25 000 dollars. It mentions Mary Pickford’s 61st birthday and a public demand for a bold editorial on firecrackers amid fashion caprices.
A fragment from a column notes aging as a one time event. A man recounts a joke where a first lady driver speaks to a second lady driver about aging, hinting at humor in the tale. The piece reflects light social commentary on time and experience.
A mixed set of quirky lines from Lyons News and Altoona Tribune items. A professor endures a wrong number call at night while a prizefighter dines with a companion. A humorous exchange about ears and a quip on ear piercing closes the fragment.
Twenty-Five Years Ago thieves stole six rings two watches valued at 19250 from a rear window display before the owner secured the safe. The tale notes a window entry and the owner’s absence during the theft.
A May calendar highlights events from 1539 De Soto landing in Florida to 1918 Cantigny battle. It notes May Day traditions, Braddock road beginnings, Barrie’s birth, Ethan Allen’s fort take, Glacier National Park creation, and other historical milestones with playful asides about tourism, impeachment, and cultural legends.
Dr. Crane warns young adults in churches to discard petty feuds and pride. A theological student, Clem L., recounts alienating a longtime church supporter over subscriptions, sparking a public rift. The column urges maturity, warns against clergyman-baiting, and cites biblical examples of jealousy.
Washington reports indicate Eisenhower may swap Quemoy and Matsu for a Formosan settlement, a move framed as preserving the 1956 election by avoiding a new Far East war.Officials say Dewey, Brownell, Clay, Nixon, Adams, and Hoffman pressed the political case against a military push.
Mrs Ray Parsons and family and Dorothy Erickson dined with Mr and Mrs N A Erickson. Roy Harkrader Jr and Sr hosted visits with Elk City relatives. Dean Scott and family from Chillicothe toured R D Scott's home. Sadie Johnson moved to Augusta and Robert Dale Scott’s family joined supper at R D Scott’s. Roper WSCS held a cooked food sale in Fredonia. T C Clinesmith aided Carl Payne in trucking cattle to pasture. O E Hines and others noted.
A discussion predicts a shift to one story homes erasing basements and stairs. It argues escalators and elevators render stairways obsolete, noting benefits for moving, caregiving, and daily chores while lamenting loss of romance and the thrill of stair rails.
R. D. Scott and Mrs G C Cline Smith were in Fredonia for business. Recent callers at the Scott home included Mr and Mrs Everett Hull of Fredonia Mrs A B Hull of Chanute and Mr and Mrs Leslie Bell.
County Line notes dining guests: Mr and Mrs Walter Tyree and children Delores and Carl of Jefferson visited Mr and Mrs Clyde Heck and family. Mr and Mrs Bob Newman and several others attended.
Mrs. Charles Payne and children visit Chanute relatives. Mrs. Will French and Mrs. Myrta Payne hosted Chanute callers. A person returns home after visiting family. The note appears in The Chanute Tribune dated April 30 1955.
Mrs. Harry Faust of Topeka called at the Charles Payne home. Joan Stitt, home for Easter, returns to Omaha for employment. Ann Berkermier visited Carolyn Heck and the Powers and Studebaker families. Donald Heck, on a road project near Augusta, visited his parents. Betty Jac Reece, college student at Pittsburg, vacationed with Wellington ties and plans to teach at Wellington schools. The Thornton family moved to the Horton farm, with David employed at the Harshman sheep ranch. Emma Mears, Glen Stoll and Maxine of Buffalo visited E. J. Stitt’s circle. Mrs. Arthur Noel has returned.
A garbled list shows time slots from 3:00 p.m. to midnight with titles like So This is Hollywood and Your Hit Parade. It includes The George Gobel Show and The Millionaire alongside various p.m. times and station notes for KOAM Channel 7.
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