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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1957
Page
3
The downtown district showcases sparkling tinsel and colored lights shaping a festive Christmas season. The Chamber of Commerce retail committee and contributing merchants fund the decorations, with city officials coordinating the setup to create an inviting shopping area for residents.
The Chanute high school drum corps with strong sponsors plans a December trip to St. Petersburg, Florida to perform at the Holiday Bowl where Pittsburg State will face Hillsdale College. The group aims to earn widespread recognition and praise for its drills, drumming, and bugling as officers expect substantial audience turnout.
This report describes Hong Kong’s New Territories with a leasehold border to China, a six mile curfew zone, and a two mile permit area. It contrasts rural peasant life with a 500-year-old walled village Chou Tin featuring a moat, iron-grilled gate, and a central well.
A columnist muses on what brings happiness to women from rings and flowers to college life and new babies, then laments the decline of front porches in modern homes and the discomfort of rainwashed visits, urging husbands to contribute to domestic cheer.
The narrator describes a compact settlement with a six foot wide main street and four foot side streets, lined with one room houses and heavy street traffic. Pigs chickens and pipe smoking elders fill the lanes while the air carries Oriental and vintage scents. A guide estimates three to four thousand residents.
In Erie a dozen new car tag sets sold today with a month ahead sale date. Humboldt Ben Ellis killed an owl that had preyed on chickens, the bird measuring 54 inches wingtip to wingtip. A Klingner is home with a fractured arm, cast since two weeks. D Wilson’s drilling bits found in Maywood belong to Wilson’s rig, stolen last spring. Girl Reserves social committee held a pot luck meal at the Senior High School cafeteria with sponsors Edith Foster and Leclaire Overbay and many members. Five Blue Comet players named to SEK League all star team. Chanute officials at Southeast Kansas Teachers Assn meeting. J H Adams elected vice president. high school chorus took second in music. Elm and Grant tabernacle of Christian church being dismantled after revival services. Mr and Mrs Sam Gingrich returned from California trip lasting three months.
The essay notes a shift from traditional front porches to private rear patios for family gatherings. It argues patios offer more privacy and reflect changing social habits while affirming a continued focus on front porches as a cultural symbol.
Brief quips from the Topeka State Journal and Emporia Gazette touch on college campus chatter and social scenes. Wry observations include college girls discussing winter fashion and tan lines, and notes that even the Joneses are seen socializing in the midprice field along with a humorous line about the awkward first meal after cleaning the kitchen floor.
A collection of humorous quips from several papers notes safety in numbers for climbers and keeps the sensible from going home. It also touches on miscellaneous local observations from Garden City to El Dorado and Wellington.
The piece notes medical consensus that Eisenhower suffered a minor stroke seen as similar to the small strokes endured by Franklin D Roosevelt and a major episode by Woodrow Wilson. It discusses stroke types, recurrence risks at age 67, and parallels to Roosevelt’s later-term strokes and Wilson’s massive episode.
The Interstate Oil Compact Commission begins a three day Tulsa meeting with about 450 attendees. Governors from seven states including Wyoming Nebraska Colorado Kansas Arizona North Dakota and Montana are on hand with Texas and Alabama joining shortly. Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary will chair the first general session and a special committee led by W A Delaney Jr of Ada will report on oil import effects on state conservation programs.
A 17 year old Kansas girl, Marilyn Lang, a senior at Oli High School, was killed in a head on collision in Burlington Colorado. The other driver, Ronald A. Hoke, 17, Navy at Hutchinson, was critically injured.
Errors include split words and incorrect emphasis. The corrections provide a crisp distinct feature phrase, a standard pronunciation guide, identify the misspelled word evaporate, define revive, and give a ba starting word meaning to check as baffle.
In the probate court of Neosho County Kansas Gladys Hoepker heir at law petitions to determine descent of Mary A Roberts real and personal property including undivided one half of the NW SE quadrant Section 2 Township 27 Range 19 Erie Kansas. Defenses due December 10 1957 at 10:00 A M. Fifth County Erie court. Balch Bailey attorneys for petitioner.
Science introduces Bio-Dyne based Preparation H claiming to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Case reports describe actual shrinkage and statements that piles no longer pose a problem. Available as suppository or ointment with money back guarantee.
Dr. George W Crane counsels as he presents case W-361 about 13 year old Lorna P who resents her father for a California trip during her mother’s cancer and hospital stay. He urges parents to nurture emotional needs with family councils and honest dialogue. A 200 point test promises guidance for good parenting.
The Chanute Tribune 13 15 is published by Chanute Publishing Company with Ernest W Johnson as editor and publisher and James Sheridan as advertising manager. The paper is issued evenings except Sunday and records mail subscription rates for Wilson and Woods counties and nearby areas.
In Neosho County Kansas a petition by D F Primmer widower and heir of Minnie B Primmer seeks descent determination of Lots 4 and 5 Block 27 Tioga Chanute City. Defendants must file defenses by December 17 1957 at 10:00 AM in Erie court. Attorneys Balch Briley for Petitioner.
In Neosho County Kansas probate court on November 8 1957 Elmer M Alexander and Ralph B Alexander were named executors of Fred C Alexander deceased and letters testamentary issued November 20 1957. Creditors must file demands within nine months from first publication or be barred. Attorney George W Donaldson Chanute Kansas represents the executors.
A reader note lists times and program titles including Restless Gun Red Skeleton Tales of Wells Fargo Talent Scouts Twenty One Danny Thomas and scattered stray letters and numbers across morning and evening slots. The fragmentary items imply a DIY TV guide snippet with irregular formatting and partial times.
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