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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1958
Page
4
The Humboldt Chamber of Commerce sponsors a two day fall festival to become an annual affair. The event will feature a parade and aims to be a community winner following last year’s centennial celebrations.
A satirical column comments on public life. It notes that a woman’s nap is rest while a man’s is a conference. It mocks naming a summit with a bronze plaque and jokes about the Congress’s spending record and political behavior.
A Bible themed parade along with a free bean feed street dance and a high school football game offer varied activities for all. Organizers anticipate steady interest and a possible centennial celebration as yearly events evolve.
A column compares Rand with Izaak Walton noting Walton’s Angler philosophy and modern fishing’s gear. The piece muses on nature’s food chain, turtle reproduction, and survival of the fittest amid Gulf Coast fishing weekend observations.
Tribune Files recalls a 12 year old boy, Don McCune Jr., struck in the face by a snapping rubber gun band, left home and sight unaffected. Also notes Santa Fe rail signals at Main Street, a Chanute fishing trip, a filling station purchase, and a cave fire scare in Manitou involving Emma Elliott and her daughters.
Clips note a race for governor will pair a newspaper man with a banker to settle the pen versus the discount rate question. A joke about a public official delaying retirement to avoid desk cleaning hints at political intrigue and succession concerns.
A Pearson column notes Admiral Stump warned of tensions with Red China and that China could lose half its population in war yet remain 300 million. It cites Beijing and Moscow restlessness, Khrushchev's summit stance, and general global fear of Red China. The piece also recounts Eugene Frazier and James Mitchell hosting African Labor delegates to Geneva, implying US race progress.
Dr. George W. Crane argues against viewing God as a cruel punitive tyrant. He calls for a shift to a positive theology centered on love and the Golden Rule, noting that fear drives people to hospitals and sanatoriums. He cites Bethlehem’s story of sacrifice as a corrective example.
Buffalo BUFFALO-S Sgt and Mrs Don Robinson of Albuquerque visited relatives including Mrs Melvin Sperry and family. Maggie McLean traveled to Wichita for a three month visit with her niece Mrs Dave Dalghety. J L Walker family joined by Albuquerque relatives visited Wichita and another daughter, Mrs Claude Brazill, in Gooding Idaho. Lt Morris Uden, in Adana Turkey, reports extreme heat after landing near Lebanon. Roy Robertson and wife left for two week vacation visiting family in Idaho and Wyoming. WSCS meeting at the Methodist Church was led by Mrs W T Blackwood with devotions and a lesson from My Life In the March of Missions.
TV schedule lists Bob Crosby Gale Storm Gunsmoke and Sheriff of Cochise among Saturday night lineups with later entries including Captain Kangaroo Queen for a Day and Wagon train. Channel listings KOAM KOTV WDAF KODE 7 6 4 12 feature news weather sports cartoons and variety shows through late evening.
School of Missions gifts from Mrs E M Kamm and others. new year books given by Mrs Braman and WSCS. A graveside service for Arthur Leonard at Buffalo Cemetery with Rev Max Wolfe officiating. Local residents Mr and Mrs Engles now live in Lyons. Travels and visits noted for Locke, Hodgin, Hunt, Snodgrass, Webb, Rinabarger, and others. Amino Construction moves equipment to Toronto for bypass project.
Mrs Earl Beeler Jr hosted a party for daughter Dana Renee s fifth birthday with neighborhood friends. Families from Waco and Ottawa visit Erie as relatives plan trips and gatherings include Terrills Rogers McCoy Nitcher and more. Weekend guests from Oswego Welch and Bartlesville join to mark second birthdays and family events. Contact lists and travel plans frame the community update.
WICHITA AP A Kansas City Kas barber Menno C Heidebrecht 47 was found shot to death in a motel room a pistol near the body Dr Dean L Brat Sedgwick County coroner said he died almost instantly from a bullet entering his head behind his right ear Detective Melvin Ohlsen said insurance papers personal papers and photo were found at the scene
Police say graphs of family members were found neatly stacked on a motel bed beside a note from the barber to his brother Rudy Heidebrecht. The Kansas City man had phoned his brother minutes before the fatal shot. An open Bible lay on the dresser. Heidebrecht's wife died seven weeks earlier and he visited her grave at Hutchinson, Kansas shortly before his body was found.
The piece reflects on how outlook shapes life and reputation. It contrasts roles from preacher to gambler and soldier to poet, urging a cheerful disposition, trust in the worthy, and high expectations to uplift others while accepting some disappointments.
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