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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1955
Page
2
Mrs. Lon Gemmill departs San Francisco for Guam to join her husband in U S Navy. Several Benedict area families and individuals attend trips, hospital releases, and visits including Ozarks vacationers, nursing staff, and extended family travels across Missouri and Kansas.
In Elmira New York Henrietta B Hewitt 63 pleaded guilty to speeding in Recorder's Court after swatting a bee down her neck. She produced a slip she wore at the time containing a squashed bee. Judge Henderson Riggs fined her five dollars instead of twenty.
In Lake Geneva Wisconsin Jean Ashley of Chanute Kansas beat Lois Drarke of La Grange Illinois to reach the semifinals of the Western Junior Girls Golf Tournament. Anne Quast of Seattle Washington earned medalist honors with 73 and defeated Judy Anderson 3 and 2 to advance. Jo Anne Gunderson of Seattle faces Meriam Bailey of Palatine Illinois in the other semifinal as the 18 and under event continues.
The Iola area election by mail selects three regular members with one chair and two alternates for each community. C R Wolford says voting runs from last Monday to August 18 and ballots must include the voter's name for eligibility. Farmers with approved conservation program participation or price support loan eligibility may vote. A Purdue scientist notes Indiana corn yields rise while cultivation frequency fell by half in 20 years.
The Blue Comet football squad begins practice at 9 a.m. September 1 with equipment issued to seniors and juniors August 29, to sophomores August 30, and freshmen September 6 at Royster Stadium. New assistants Stowell and Allen join Coach McMurray as the 1955 schedule lists five home games starting September 23 versus Caney and other dates through November.
Humboldt hosts Humbold Kuan Nu Yao of Tiapei who visited Chanute as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Janzen. Yao, sanitation engineer for Formosa, toured local sites while attending a birthday dinner for Paul Johnson and Herman Janzen. The event drew eighteen people including Yao.
Adlai E. Stevenson indicated he will seek the Democratic nomination for president in November and outlined a possible campaign against President Eisenhower. He said Eisenhower is not invulnerable and spoke at an informal news conference.
The Kindergarten Mothers Club met at Mrs. Dale Ewen home with co host Mrs. Ivan Green. Eleven mothers attended along with teacher Mrs. Opal Currie. Kindergarten starts Sept 7 at the Christian church from 9 to 11 30 a m on Monday Wednesday and Friday weekly. Next meeting will be at Mrs. Blaine Heady home with co host Mrs. Warren Welch on the second Monday in September continuing through winter.
People head to Chicago and Tucson for two week visits while Mrs. J. L. Naff visits Oklahoma City. Twin Ferguson girls visit in Pittsburg. The Men's Fellowship Group meets at Federated church with Dr. E. C. Bryan, Rocky Naff, Mayor Cleo Dalton, Supt. E. G. Horine and Glen Dietz in charge. menu includes hamburgers, ice cream, and cake.
Oklahoma City police recover five wheels a jack a tow chain and seat cushions from a missing 1954 automobile believed stolen from the Capitol parking lot. The body of the vehicle remains unrecovered while legal adviser Morris Flynn searches for the missing car.
Grant Rural High School students will enroll Thursday and Friday next week, said principal Howard Woodworth. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday. Last year’s school annuals, already ordered for summer delivery, may be picked up during enrollment.
The Agriculture Department forecasts 1955 wheat harvest may equal 1948’s record as favorable weather, fertilizers, and machinery boost output. Prospects include near record corn barley soybeans oats hay sorghum sugar cane beets with potential new surpluses in feed grains and livestock products despite lowerPrices and acreage cuts for cotton wheat rice peanuts and tobacco.
The report describes improving crop prospects in the southern United States after drought earlier in the year. It notes rainfall in July revived much of the dry Southwest and mentions unsettled weather in the northern half from the Rockies eastward.
Kansas City schedule announces Wonderful Town at Swope Park Starlight Theatre August 15 to 21. Helena Bliss stars Ruth with Betty Gillett as Eileen in this Broadway musical adaptation of My Sister Eileen set in Greenwich Village.
In Richmond Virginia a female secretary thwarted a holdup when a shotgun she grabbed from a nearby area forced two intruders to flee. Mrs Adlee E Craddock 23 faced the robbers after a boss left the weapon in the mezzanine office of an appliance firm.
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