Mills Family Welcomes Visiting VFW Officials in Florida Links
Captain Bill Mills and Mrs. Mills and their sons from Tendall Air Force Base in Florida visited his parents Col. and Mrs. Leo Mills from last Thursday to Tuesday. Col. Mills attends the National VFW convention in Cleveland as National Judge Advocate. Weekend guests of Rev. and Mrs. Walter Everhart included Mr. and Mrs. Avis Breeze and family with Francis Reid from Pharaoh. The Christian Womens Fellowship met in the church basement with Iris Winfrey leading devotion and Katherine McLaughlin guiding Spanish America lesson. Lucille Patterson served refreshments to nine members. Thursday night softball was played locally with Gambles defeating Gauldings 16-15. the girls game was rained out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Everhart
Avis Breeze
Janet
Barbara
Kerry
Gambles
Gauldings
Taylor’s Goldsox Beat Peterson P.L. 7 to 2
The Goldsox defeated Peterson P.L. 7-2 on Friday night. On Monday Virgil visited Yates Center and Dixons Pee Wee team won 27-3 against Virgil Little League. Steiner Pee Wee topped Virgil Pee Wee 17-1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylors Goldsox
Peterson P.L
Virgil
Yates Center
Dixons Pee Wee
Steiners Pee Wee
Virgil Pee Wee's
Birthday Picnic Honors Joe Steiner At City Park
Mr and Mrs Henry Horsch and Janie returned from Burlington Wisconsin with their daughter Ardis who spent the summer at Brown s Lake resort A birthday picnic was held in the city park honoring Joe Steiner Nearly 20 Steiner relatives and friends attended Homemade ice cream cake and a big dinner were served Joe received cigars and candy Out of town guest Don Gilbreath and Nova Atwood with their sons visited Topeka friends last Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Horsch
Janie
Burlington
Wis
Ardis
Brown's Lake Resort
Joe Steiner
Steiner
Joe
Don Gilbreath
Chanute
Nova Atwood
Charles Holden
Topeka
Christmas in August Party Held at First Baptist Church
The Womens Missionary society hosted the annual Christmas in August event in the church basement on Friday night. The program featured Christmas scripture and carols. Attendees brought gifts for missionary Frank Belvin serving Creek and Seminole Indians at Okmulgee Okla. A watermelon feed concluded the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Womens Missionary Society
Frank Belvin
Okmulgee
Oklo
Visitors At Bert Ralston Home Include Ralston Family
Sunday visitors at the Bert Ralston home were their son L D Ralston and family from near Topeka. They also called on Mr and Mrs Leonard Hoag and family. J R O Keefe and Pat from Lincoln Nebraska arrived to visit Mr and Mrs George Hill for several days. We anticipate Chanute friends at the Donkey ball game September 5 at 8 pm in the rodeo arena. Mrs Sam Summers and children of Moline spent the weekend with her parents and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Ralston
Topeka
Ralstons
Leonard Hoag
J. R. O’keefe
Pat
Lincoln
Neb
George Hill
Chanute
Sam Summers
Moline
Henry Horsch
A. A. Koenig
Surfing Championships Draw 210 Contestants From Nine States
The Long Island surfing event attracted 210 competitors from nine states, showing growing East Coast interest alongside the West in the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Higher meat prices seen since NFO action in six days
Des Moines Iowa AP reports scattered notices of price increases across wholesale and retail outlets as the National Farmers Organization boycott enters its seventh day. Beef prices rose four to five cents a pound in parts of Ohio and Louisville while a Baltimore packer predicted housewives would pay 12 to 15 cents more per pound this weekend or early next week. Some stores such as Columbus Ohio raised bacon to 70 cents a pound, though Chicago Jewel National and Kroger chains said they had not raised meat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NFO
Midwest
East
Ohio
Louisville
Baltimore
Boston
Portland
Maine
Chicago
Jewel
National
Kroger
Six-Wheeled Lunar Vehicle For Apollo Logistics Study
Boeing disclosed plans for a six wheeled two astronaut lunar vehicle named Molab. The 14 day 250 mile surface jaunt would be part of a nine month NASA payload study for the Apollo logistics system. Wheels would be five to six feet across and protected with steel mesh for rough lunar terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Boeing Co
Boeing
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo
Mo Lab
Louis Junod to Command Destroyer Gyatt at Norfolk
Commander Louis L. Junod of the United States Navy is ordered to command the destroyer USS Gyatt at Norfolk Virginia. He will travel with his wife Bernice and children Frances and John. A 1945 Naval Academy graduate, he studied at MIT and has served as liaison for the Polaris program at MIT’s Instrumentation Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis L. Junod
United States Navy
Uss Gyatt
Norfolk, Va
Navy Department
Junod
Louis Junod
S. Ashby
Norfolk
Bernice
Frances
John
U.S. Naval Academy
MIT
Bureau of Weapons
MIT Instrumentation Laboratory
Notable Scientist and Naval Group Member Honored
He was admitted to Sigma Gamma Tau Honorary Aero nautical Fraternity and Sigma Xi Honorary Society of Scientists. He is a member of the US Naval Institute and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Gamma Tau
Sigma Xi Honorary Society of Scientists
US Naval Institute
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Vfw Post
Mills
America
Lucille Patterson
PVE Te
Hembree Tire Service
N. Senta Fe
Dale Steinman
Goodyear
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bert Ralston
Des Moines, Iowa
National Farmers Organization
NFC
Corning
Iowa
Columbus
Jupiter
Midwest Office Supply
West Main
SudsWater
Naff & Bolze
W. Main
Western
Slim
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!