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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1958
Page
7
Advertises Peter Pan Ice Cream half gallon cartons for 1.27 at the Peter Pan Store 902 W Main with flavors listed. Includes library story hour Twice Saturday and Sunday Webb reunion in Highland Park with basket lunch. Details weekend guests of Tripp and visits from Hollis and Walkley families, Harmony Grange meeting, and Humboldt hospital visit.
Several local families announce births and relatives. Bryant Dean Lowe joins the Phoenix Oregon family of Dean and Phoe nix Lowe in Medford Oregon. Grandparents include Robert Rader and G R Lowe. Additionally Army Reserve Sergeant First Class Richard R Cole of Neodesha completed two weeks of annual training at Fort Carson Colorado. Navy Cadet Richard D Stout and family report his solo flight at Saufley Field Pensacola Florida. Private Orvan L Adams completed basic Army administration training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
Wood Missouri born soldier 23 named Lorren A Adams son of Mr and Mrs Lorren A Adams entered the Army in March 1958 and completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri He graduated Elsmore High School in 1953 and worked for McGintys Ornamental Iron in Kansas City Kansas in civilian life.
Mrs. Charles Forsyth hosted a Wednesday coffee for 20 in honor of Mrs. Betty Wooster prior to the Wooster family’s Venezuela departure. Local happenings include library board meetings, poetry book purchases, and a watermelons social by the Berean class.
Lionel Hebert the 1957 PGA champion and Tommy Jacobs shared the early lead in the St Paul Open at Keller Course with 64s and a one stroke edge over a large chase group. Sam Snead Frank Stranahan Cary Middlecoff and Doug Ford opened at 65 while Finsterwald Wall Rosburg Souchak and Venturi stood at 66.
In Jefferson, Georgia, the Drake murder case was resolved after two years. A. D. Allen Jr., 37, a bootlegger formerly of Winder, was convicted of murder as an accomplice and sentenced to life imprisonment. Charles Paul Roths child, 33, a former Cairo Illinois policeman, pleaded guilty and received life imprisonment.
James Fulton Foster, 49, a Greer South Carolina house painter, acquitted by directed verdict and freed after two death sentences in the Drake slaying. Allen, serving a five year liquor sentence in Atlanta, convicted by Jackson County jury after 21 hours 50 minutes of deliberation. Rothschild, already jailed in South Carolina, signed a July 4 confession admitting firing the fatal shots at Drake's home June 19, 1956.
The Rev. Patrick J. Smith, a Roman Catholic priest with 55 years in Kansas, died yesterday at St. John's Hospital in Leavenworth. He served in the diocese and was a reader among parishioners.
This Chanute Tribune page reports local news from August 15 1958 with community updates and brief notices. It notes town events, school items, and civic notices affecting residents, reflecting mid‑century rural Kansas life.
The individual served as chaplain for eight years and previously held pastorates at Perry Blaine Basehor Delia Frankfort Easton Atchison and Olathe across multiple communities.
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