Bazaar and sale notices headline local events
News briefs list rummage bedding and food sale at 122 South Forest Friday and Saturday December 2 and 3. An Advent bazaar at First Christian Church runs December 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ben Wheat and Madelyn Wheat resume studies at Pittsburg State College after Thanksgiving visits home with parents Mr and Mrs George Wheat. Capt Vance Booe and family from Sedalia Missouri visited Benedict with Mrs Booes parents Mr and Mrs John Spencer. Mrs Iva Cauble of Topeka visited Benedict during the holidays.
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South Forest
U.W
Ben
Madelyn Wheat
Pittsburg State College
George Wheat
Madelyn
Vance Booe
Dara
Debra
Galeann and
Vance Jr
Sedalia
Iva Cauble
Topeka
Benedict
Thanksgiving Travel and Visitation Across Thayer Area
Mrs. Edgar Rash arrived by plane in Kansas City to meet her son Kenneth and family. Families and friends dispersed for Thanksgiving, visiting relatives in Great Bend Lincoln Neb Waldorf Md Urbana Mo Springfield Mo Parsons Parsons etc. Several local residents and visitors traveled to see kin or attend care duties including Mrs. Lola Swan funeral services and others.
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Thayer
Edgar Rash
Palo Alto
Calif
Kansas City
Kenneth
Women of the Christian Church
Lola Swan
H. M. Minnich
Jesse Johnston
J. S. Burt
M. M. Swan
Great Bend
Lawrence Jones
Waldorf
Swan
W. L. Albin
Lincoln
Hoisington
Luraine Whisman
Wiiwerkenmier
Paul
Parsons
J. C. Low
Thayer School
Urbana
Springfield
Belle Siple
Ed Aillen
Charlotte
Bob Colborn
Frank Colborn
Jack
Charles Bugtorf
Riverdale
N.C
Gus Tuttle
Harold Gillett
Barnsdall
Okla
Ernest Gillett
Harold Sutton
Independence
el Dorado
R. E. Barnard
Bernice Walt
Herb Walt
Coldwell
Raymond Stafford
Tulsa
Cleo Stafford
Truman Fogleman
William Hensley
Ricky
New York
Frankfort
Germany
W. D
William T. Hensley
Prairie Queen Community Attends Bridal Events
About 75 people joined Connie Strack for a bridal shower at Big Creek church. Several locals attended her wedding to Jess Ryan at Humboldt Methodist. Visitors included Joan Culbertson, Ima Jane Webb, C H Stagner and Janet from Wichita, and others from Chanute, Chanute ties.
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Prairie Queen
Connie Strack
Big Creek
Jess Ryan
Humboldt Methodist Church
Joan Culbertson
Ima Jane Webb
C. H. Stagner
Janet
Wichita
Ralph Phebus
Nelson Arnett
Nora Breiner
Chanute
Lee Francis
Harry L. Briley
Luke Lasley
Ima Jane
Lasley
Charles L. Mueller
Christie Ann
Cathy Lynn
Homer
Tee) Mintz
Meeker
Colo
Mintz
Nina Lasley
Weathermen Named to Help Civil Defense on Fallout
Seven weather experts were designated to assist federal civil defense officials in determining the spread and course of radioactive fallout from hydrogen bomb explosions. The trio of agencies aims to improve protective measures and public guidance in potential attack scenarios.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Yankee Gil McDougald Finds Japan Baseball Crazy Land
Yankee infielder Gil McDougald returns from a goodwill safari to Japan praising the fans as baseball crazy and polite. He notes Japan uses a lighter ball on dirt fields, emphasizes pitching differences with a hesitation style, and observes the Japanese team unity and restraint after relief appearances. Providence College stands out as the only North American college run by Dominican Fathers.
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Yankee
Gil McDougald
Japan
New York
Pi Gil McDougald
New York Yankee
Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Gil
Lus
McDougald
Hank Bauer
Providence
R.I.) College
Dominican Fathers
Fourth GI Turncoat Fails to Arrive
Fourth GI turncoat Richard R. Tenneson, 22, son of Mrs. Portia Howe of Alden Mississippi, did not arrive at the Hong Kong border as expected. U S consular officials reported no arrival indication from Canton while Chinese Red Cross said Peiping released him at his request. He was captured in Korea in May 1951 among 21 GIs who refused repatriation. The first ocean steamer passed the Panama Canal August 3, 1914.
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Hong Kong
China
U. S
Richard R. Tenneson
Portia Howe
Alden
Miss
Canton
Red Cross
Peiping
Tenneson
Korea
Red China
Eastern Kansas Crude Oil Study Reveals 453 Samples
A State Geological Survey report analyzes 453 crude oil samples from 28 eastern Kansas counties. The study lists API gravity viscosity and interfacial tension, with location and depth for each sample to aid secondary recovery efforts and possible reactivation of idle fields.
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Lawrence
Kansas
J. P. Everett
C. F. Weinaug
State Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Carnation and Pleasant Hour Club Activities Report
Erie area clubs held meetings with nine members and one guest at the Carnation Club where a dessert was served. The Pleasant Hour Club met at North Main for wrapping Christmas packages and a dessert. future gifts and programs were planned for two weeks hence at Mrs. James Pierce’s home. Mrs. Olen Trent returned from Mercy Hospital after observation. Ralph Janssen bought the Cunningham estate residence on East Third Street and plans to move with his family after repairs. Mr. Verle Craven and wife visited Kansas City earlier in the week.
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Main Street
Wichita
Wendell Phillips
Robert Butler
Erie
Clement Reed
Coffeyville
Alice Hester
Emporia
Don Lawrence
Miss Hester
L. J. Heaton
Mrs Heaton
Lottie Schaal
Carnation Club
Marie Holt
C. E. Locke
Gene Highfill
North Main
Virginia Moody
Mmes
William Harvey
Jack Dickerson
James Pierce
Olen Trent
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Ralph Janssen
Cunningham
East Third Street
Verle Craven
Kansas City
Rural Carrier Retires After 51 Years of Safe Service
Norwich Kansas honored Victor Merritt Doze on his retirement after 51 years and one month as a rural mail carrier. He estimates delivering mail 700000 miles without an accident and received multiple safety citations from the National Safety Council Gov Hall and other officials including the Postmaster General and Rural Carriers Association.
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Norwich
Kas
Victor Merrit Doze
Doze
National Safety Council
Fred Hall
Gener Arthur Summerfield
Assn
Butler in Honolulu for Democratic conferences
Paul Butler national chairman of the Democratic party arrived in Honolulu for a week of conferences and a speech at a $100 a plate dinner scheduled for tomorrow.
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Honolulu
Paul Butler
Democratic Party
Cold Weather Over Nation Spreads Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a widespread cold spell across the eastern two thirds of the nation with limited relief in the mid continent. Early temps rose slightly from Texas to the Dakotas but stayed below freezing south of Oklahoma and western Texas. Rains hit Texas while freezing rain and sleet moved into Oklahoma Kansas and Arkansas as Jacksonville Florida logged 39 degrees.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas
Arkansas
Chanute Tribune December 1, 1955 front page summary
Local Chanute paper dated Thursday December 1 1955 reports community notices and regional news items. Includes brief society notes and agricultural market updates with city political snippets and weather outlooks for the week.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Woodpeckers Assist In Beetle Battle
The U S Forest Service says Engelmann Spruce beetle problem is licked in Colorado's San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests. Woodpeckers contributed to beetle control by cleaning up beetles in areas not chemically treated, according to Regional Forester Donald E Clark in a report issued yesterday.
State Sen Grimwood Dies of Heart Attack
Cedar Point Eas funeral services will be held tomorrow for State Sen. G H Grimwood 61 who died at his home yesterday after a heart attack Grimwood a Republican was serving his first term in the Legislature He was an implement and hardware dealer here and at one time was Chase County commissioner
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Cedar Point
Eas
G. H. Grimwood
Grimwood
Chase County
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