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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1957
Page
3
Mrs. Cresent Owens hosted a Neosho County UNESCO meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Carter Brookhart assisting at a covered dish dinner. Barbara Balch becomes Student Council representative to the executive board as preparations begin to invite foreign students to holiday entertainments at the college.
A modern etiquette guide advises a businessman to rise when greeting visitors rather than staying seated. It also suggests a courteous greeting from the desk in busy offices. For grapefruit, cut, scoop, sugar, and let soak 15 minutes before serving. A bride may have both matron and maid of honor at a large formal wedding.
Pattern 7083 transfer of a 15 by 20 inch color chart panel for framing as wall hanging. Send THIRTY FIVE cents in coins plus 5 cents for each pattern for first order to The Chancie Tribune Household Arts Dept. P.O. Box 183 Old Chelsea Station New York 11 NY.
Lucy Blount drives taxi No. 5 in Chanute aboard a 1955 Plymouth with over 100000 miles. She has worked eleven hours daily for 12 years, chats with riders, returned a stolen purse, and keeps her own taxi in repair. She and husband Randolph live at 209 S Western. Six Sloan families joined a noon basket dinner nearby.
Social calendar lists events for Wednesday August 8 1957. Calvert fashion show at 2 p.m. and Business and Professional Women at 6 45 p.m. at Toga Hotel. community meetings include Sorghum Valley Grange pot lunch and Helping Hand Club luncheon all day. Village Creek Community Workers meeting in evening. Sunflower HDU coffee. Thursday features Chance Choir practice at 7 30 p.m. at Methodist Church.
Mr and Mrs Dan Forbes win above average score 68 at the Duplicate Bridge Club gathering held at the Tioga Hotel Mandawarcanina Winn tahlac.
Mrs. Raymond Gatewood led a mental health lesson at the Grant HDU meeting on August 20. A mental health film will screen at Grant High School on September 16 at 8 p.m. A fundraising food sale supports the Smurthwaite Cooperative House at Kansas State College in Manhattan. Door prize won by Mrs. Lloyd Audiss. September meeting canceled. next gathering set for October 15 with Mrs. Calvin Hurford as hostess. Also reports the Humboldt 30th annual reunion for descendants of Bob Boyd and others held at Community Park shelter house.
Clyde Bloomheart aged 58 appears with Mrs Frank Burris and Mrs Lloyd Mitchell both listed as 56 1/2 in a social roster. Also named are Mrs P. B. Darlington and Mrs J. E. Hudson with the address 542 and related household listings.
Mr and Mrs Roy Johnson of Chanute hosted a Friday evening wiener roast and party for members of the Sorghum Valley Juvenile Grange. Attending were Lynda Burk Lois Maxwell Karen Maxwell Sandra Lynda Eddie Glen Lee McMillen Ruth Olson Judy Anderson Nina Faye Shirley Gale White Barbara Olson Pauline Clyde Lowe Paul Johnson and Mrs Clement White and Mrs Roy Anderson.
A quick guide offers cementing chipped china with lime and egg white paste and drying for several days. It notes glass and marble compatibility. Spoons belong on the right of the plate with the first-used spoon farthest right. Wash cut glass in lukewarm softened water with ammonia soap or washing soda.
Descendants of Robert Miller Works hosted an open house at Humboldt Legion Hall to mark his centennial arrival in Kansas. Family members greeted guests, read his life story, showed photos and films, and a Sunday dinner at Tioga Hotel in Chanute brought fifty relatives together with numerous out of town attendees from cities including Kansas City and Topeka.
Effie Fritz aged 84, of 323 West 3rd, was feted with a picnic supper at Santa Fe Park Monday. A gathering of friends and relatives included Ole Bail, Press Hilton, Agnes Summers and Don, Jenny Noyes, Mary Wells, Selma Wells, Kenneth Cumings and family, Linda and Eileen, Linda Allen, and Nola Cumings of Oklahoma City.
The Neosho Valley Unit of the Kansas State Cosmetology Association met at the Parsonian Hotel in Parsons on August 26 with twenty five members and four guests present. Kay Gladish a Kansas City cold wave technician demonstrated a permanent wave and color technique in one operation. The coiffure matched the new fall fashions and a buffet supper followed. The next meeting is set for September 23 at the Tioga Hotel in Chanute.
A recipe note lists ingredients for a snack using one package junior shredded wheat, margarine, salt, garlic powder, and butter, with amounts detailed for proportion and flavor. The recipe appears informal and exploratory, focusing on quick snack prep.
Toast shredded wheat in butter until lightly browned then sprinkle grated Swiss cheese on both sides and dust with paprika. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Serve warm or reheat in a hot oven about five minutes.
Pattern notices for Marian Martin printed sewing pattern 9195 in Misses sizes 12 to 20. Instructions request 2 39 inch yards of fabric for size 16 and 35 cents plus extra for first class mailing. Include name address zone size and style number.
Scout Executive Ray Aringdale of Independence unveils plans to boost SeKan council membership from 2,850 to 3,200 within six months. The effort targets increased enrollment across local troops and units.
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