Frank Gordons Wed 50 Years
Mr and Mrs J Frank Gordon celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at home on Wednesday. They were married August 19 1909 in Erie and lived their entire married life in the region. They have two children a son L L and a daughter Frances Faulkner, plus three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Gordon came to Chanute in 1907 to work for the Santa Fe. He later worked for Cooperative Refining Co. and Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co. before retiring in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Gordon
N. Steuben
Erie
Gordons
L. L
Frances Faulkner
el Dorado
Gordon
Chanute
The
Santa Fe
Roundhouse
Seventh
Cooperative Refining Co
Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co
Social Calendar August 24 1958 VFW Auxiliary Meeting
The August 24 1958 social note lists no VFW Auxiliary meeting. Duplicate Bridge at Tioga Hotel at 7 30 p m with attendance encouraged.
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VFW
Duplicate
Tioga Hotel
Luncheon Honors Mrs Addie McCormick Visiting Los Angeles
Former Chanute resident Mrs Addie McCormick visited a month with her sister Mrs Anna Carson. One o'clock luncheon Thursday hosted by Mrs Johnie Johnson R 2. Attending were Chanute residents Mrs Carson Bessie Dawson Jessie Deal Alpha Riggs Mollie Dixon Odessa Cole Marie Maples Jeanette Warren Artha Criss Maude Riley Nettie Williams Oda Fields Romaine England Grace Turner and Omaha guest Mrs Jennie Straughther. Mrs Johnson was assisted by Mrs England Deal and Maples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnie Johnson
Addie McCormick
Los Angeles
Anna Carson
Mmes. Carson
Bessie Dawson
Jessie Deal
Alpha Riggs
Mollie Dixon
Odessa Cole
Marie Maples
Jeanette Warren
Artha Criss
Maude Riley
Nettie Williams
Oda Fields
Romaine England
Grace Turner
Chanute
Jennie Straughther
Omaha
Ned
Johnson
Mmes
England Deal and Maples
McCormick
Queen Esther Class Meets to Quilt at Church
Members of the Queen Esther class gathered Friday morning at the Christian church to quilt. Vice president Mrs. J. W. Ames led in Mrs. Frank Steinmetz’s absence, with prayer to begin. A gift was given to the Christian church home for the aged at Newton. Mrs. Jim Evans gave devotions on Seeking God and served refreshments to 13 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
J. W. Ames
Frank Steinmetz
Ames
Christian Church Home For the
Newton
Jim Evans
God
Evans
Kihms Win Top Score in Beginers Duplicate Bridge
Dr and Mrs Al Kihm won top score at the Begin ners Duplicate Bridge club meeting Thursday evening with 45. Other above average scores included Mrs Fred L Johnson and Mrs Clyde Bloomheart 44, Mrs Ralph Taylor and Mrs Jack McKelvey 39.2, Mrs Burris Blume and Mrs Kathryn Lock 38.2, Mr and Mrs Ralph Caldwell 36, and Mrs Wilma Highfill and Mrs Gladys Eaton 36. Next meeting set for 7 30 p m next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Kihm
Duplicate Bridge Club
Fred L. Johnson
Clyde Bloomheart
Ralph Taylor
Jack McKelvey
Burris Blume
Kathryn Lock
Ralph Caldwell
Wilma Highfill
Gladys Eaton
Missionary Society Picnic and Fund Drive Report
The Women's Missionary Society of the First Church of God held a Thursday noon picnic at Highland Park Shelter House with 24 members and guests. A white elephant sale, led by Rev Don Richardson, raised funds for the Frances Fallen Memorial Fund. A watermelon feed is planned for August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park Shelter House
Women’s Missionary Society
First Church of God
Randall Bell
Russell Sharp
Don Richardson
William Gregory
Sadie Beck
McCauley
Chanute
Topeka
Peach Custard Peach Cobbler and Parmesan Turkey Dish
Recipe style notes describe a peach cobbler bake with flour, cornmeal, sugar and peaches layered in a pan then baked until custard sets, followed by a Parmesan flavored broccoli dish with butter flour and cream to create a cheese sauce. The instructions emphasize precise measurements and stepwise mixing for a warm fruit dessert and a savory broccoli side.
Broccoli Casserole With Turkey Slices and Paprika
Four individual casseroles bake a broccoli base topped with turkey slices. A butter flour roux with broth and cream forms a rich sauce poured over the veg and meat. Top with cheese paprika and broil until bubbling and browned for four servings.
Modern Etiquette Answers On Polite Phone Exits And Dining
The article offers discreet ways to end long telephone conversations without rudeness, such as citing an engagement or doorbell. It also covers pie etiquette, stating you may eat any part of the pie you wish and that a considerate hostess won’t object. It explains dining from a small baking dish by eating directly or placing portions on the plate.
Doors New Hearers Only Lesson At Women’s Society
The Women’s Society of World Service held a meeting at Mrs Darrel Nelson’s home with 15 members and nine children present. Mrs Bill Carlson led the session titled Doors, New Hearers Only. A Service for New Members honored the new pastor’s wife. The September meeting will be with Mrs Carlson. The gathering closed with a poem It Must Go Shopping by Mrs Dale Nelson and a prayer by Mrs Virgil Solomon.
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Center Ridge
Bill Carlson
Women's Society of World Service
Darre! Nelson
Masking car parts with aluminum foil
Use aluminum foil pressed around bumper guards headlights and similar parts to mask the surface without tape. The foil can be reused, offering a simple solution for protecting areas during spray painting.
How to Fasten Leolo rs in Garments with Vinegar
A reader asks about making colors in garments more fast. Advice notes that adding a little acetic acid or ordinary vinegar to wash water can help set colors more securely.
Typhoon Iris Hammers Formosa and Asia Seas
Strong winds and heavy rain hit southern Formosa as Typhoon Iris passed south of the island and moved toward the Red China mainland. Iris, packing 75 mile per hour winds, surged into the South China Sea toward the port of Swatow between Quemoy and Hong Kong. Earlier Iris struck the Batanes Islands near Luzon, causing wrecks with heavy loss of life and leaving only 11 survivors from a Philippine interisland motorship. A motorboat sank off Quezon province, drowning six people.
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Taipei
Formosa
Iris
Red China
China Sea
Swatow
Quemoy
Hong Kong
Batanes Islands
Luzon
Philippine Interisland
Palawan Island
West
Philippines
Quezon Province
Humboldt First Baptist Family Night Programs and Visits
Humboldt church hosted a Wednesday Family Night with a program led by Mrs. Herman Crawford and a social hour. Acts included congregational singing, prayers by Rev. Orville Mason, a saxophone solo, a Homebuilders class play, and colored slides. A garage fund offering was taken. A cradle shower honored Mrs. Ervin Headley. Numerous Humboldt residents attended, and visitors from Lebanon, Missouri joined gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Herman Crawford
E. J. Lombard
Ray Middendorf
Cloyd Hengan
Orville Mason
Wayne Gillham
Elmina Wilson
Savior
Joyce Solomon
Arthur Solomon
Carl Huffmaster
Herbert Tidd
Arthur Carson
Lawrence Larson
Lynde Mosely
Wayne Gillham. Colored Slides Were Shown By Mr. Mason
Mary-Martha Circle
Mmes
Arthur Carlson
A. L. Chaney
Walter Headley
Gabe Crancleton
Family gather at Headley home for afternoon dinner
A basket dinner and family get together were held at the Headley home. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Larson and children, Mr. and Mrs. George Beaman of Chanute, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Headley, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Headley and Ralph of Gas City, and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Headley and family. They were joined in the afternoon by Mrs. Elmina Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Headley
George Beaman
L. L. Larson
W. E. Headley
Marvin Wellcome
Mmes
Walter Senstedt
William Wilson
Elsmore
Ross Laver
Moran
Headley
Lawrence Larson
Chanute
Everette Headley
Ralph
Gas City
Elmina Wilson
Deaths and funerals for Mrs. Ruth Poffenbarger in Plainville
Ruth Poffenbarger 31 died Friday in Plainville after a short illness. An autopsy is planned. She was born Sept. 6 1928 on a Humboldt area farm and married to Connie C Poffenbarger in 1945. Survived by husband four children mother and large siblings. Rosary Sunday 8 p.m. at Plainville, funeral Monday 9 a.m. Sacred Heart Church Plainville, interment St Joseph Humboldt, graveside 5 p.m. Monday.
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Ruth Poffenbarger
Plainville
Poffenbarger
Clara Frederick
Humboldt
Connie C. Poffenbarger
Guam
Betty
Clifford
Billy
Tony
Velma Frederick
Clyde Roush
Chanute
Jim Phalen
Jerri Frederick
Prairie Village
Ralph
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Lloyd
el Paso
Tex
Clarence
Stafford
Tom and
Bob
Rosary
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Funeral services held for Mrs Ida Bartling at Savonburg church
The funeral for Mrs. Ida Bartling took place Thursday at Savonburg Methodist Church with Rev. Walter Enstrom and Harold Peters officiating. Nadine Ericson sang and was accompanied by Mrs. August Ericson. Bearers included nephews Edd Beeman, William Hill, Jack Peterson, Dale Ham, Dave Attkison and Lester Talbott. Burial followed in the Swedish cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartling
Ida Bartling
Savonburg Methodist Church
Walter Enstrom
Evangelical Covenant Church
Harold Peters
Methodist Church
Old Rugged Cross
Nadine Ericson
August Ericson
Edd Beeman
William Hill
Jack Peterson
Dale Ham
Dave Attkison
Lester Talbott
Savings Bond County Sales Reach Four Hundred Thousand
Leif R. Nelson Neosho County Savings Bonds Chairman reports total purchases of Series E H and FE bonds in the county amount to 400 330 to date in 1959 with July included The state total now stands at 64 991 983 up from 60 854 476 in 1958 He attributes much of the gain to a strong first quarter and notes Congress is considering a Treasury plan to raise interest rates on BE and H bonds by about 0 5 percent with a similar rise on all outstanding Series E and Series H bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif R. Nelson
Neosho County
United States Savings
Kansas
Congress
Treasury
Nelson
Taxpayers Asked to Pay for Dead Horse in Brown County
In Nashville Indiana Brown County asks taxpayers to cover 3132 dollars after Elmer Richardson’s prize show mare died when it fell through a defective culvert on a county road. This bill seeks reimbursement for the animal’s value and related costs.
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Nashville
Ind
Brown County
Elmer Richardson
Neosho briefs include local meetings and traffic notes
The Neosho Valley Busy Bee 4H club plans a Monday meeting at the school with completed record books required. Local police report a minor Main Street accident with two vehicles damaged. Several residents relocate addresses and a series of county deeds and transfers are listed.
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Neosho Valley
E. Main
Chevyl Umbarger
Thayer
Ray Traylor
K. 1
Buffalo
Ford
Traylor
Packard
Daily Transcript Admittances at Neosho Memorial Hospital
Admittances at Neosho Memorial Hospital reported yesterday show patient inflow across departments. Details are limited due to fragmented text labeled Rar in the source.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Switzerland completes Mauvoisin dam in 1957
The article notes that Switzerland finished the Mauvoisin dam, touted as the world’s highest at 780 feet, in 1957, marking a major engineering milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Mauvoisin
Cool Front Hinges on Relief for Heat Across Regions
Weather bulletin notes a cool front moving from the Great Lakes toward New England bringing relief to Missouri to the Atlantic states. Forecasters predict 80s in New York by Sunday with pleasant conditions early next week as cooling spreads from Chicago to the eastern seaboard.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
New England
New York
Connecticut
Baltimore
Washington
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Eastern
Seaboard
Virginia
Central Plains
Midwest
Northwest
California
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Region
Nebraska
Lincoln
Maryland
Boy in Phoenix Wanderer Arrested After Party Fake Spike Incident
An intoxicated 11-year-old boy wandered a Phoenix parking lot and was arrested by police after being asked what happened. He said he went to a party to celebrate the end of school and did not know the spike was punched.
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Ann
Julia
Danbury
Conn
Maurice Chevalier
Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix
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Frank Gordons
Kihms
Frank Gordon
Drisdell
Edith
Ann Landers
Ruthie
Ozzie
Johnstown
Chanute Tribone
Roy S. Gibson
Clifford L. Gibson
West Main
First Baptist Church Bibles
Leon Bennett
L. D. Solomon
Roy Masons
Scarsdale
N. Y
Barney Morgan
Cortney Kaufman
Dale Kaufman
Flagg Ranch
Wyo
Ross Matthews
Lebanon
Gath
Savings Bond
Bill Blaylock
Rome
Oime
U. S. Royal
Glen's Tire
S. Santa Fe
Tribune
Joe Myers
Monaca
Vincent Myers
New Brighton
Frances Mary
Sterling, Ill
Julia Myers
S. Evergreen
William C Markley
W. Crissman
S. Highland
Quinter
Crissman
Helen Ackerson
Western
Tom Northrop
Melissa Jo
Kurt and
Leslie Ann
Kansas City
Kas
Barn Balch
S. Larson
Blanche Tinsley
Weioer Itl
Wighland Reck
Poller
Frederick Jack Cano
Kenneth Patterson Jr
N. Forest
N. Highland
Dexter
N. Garfield W. Komnetone
N. Grant
N. Plummer
J.D Laurie
Steuben
Brdoward
James Christy
N. Garfield
N. Garfeld
Keith Dodd
W. Let
B Larson
Neal W McCoy
Ethel M Linyh
Dorothy M Alewander
Rik
Eden Park
Ada Viela J. Lopeman
Pauline B Aiford
Benedict
Paul Hobart Beard
Gale Mullen
Bik
North Erie
Eric John M Lee
Bil L. Voge
Ney
Leas
Maggie Wo Osborn
J CC Thornton
Brevereen Park
Sebury Et al
Samuel V Dixon
KE Tyft
Banes
Benjamin H Cunningham
Jerry Arthur
Teele
Ada Warner
Sample
Kerb Matlock Jr
Bit
Evergreen Park
Frank Percy
George E Taylor & W. Lms
Burris Brothers
Ada
Daily Transcript
Floyd L. Johnson
Mortuary
Parsons
Sun
Joplin
Kode TV
Peoples Cleaners
A. B. Chauncey
Federal
DERCI
Nsurance Corp
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