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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1961
Page
3
Advice column snippets by Ann Landers addressing marital duties leaving a home and divorce, a bus companion reading the paper, pregnancy after engagement, and guidance on unwed mothers. The letter writer details chores, temper, and a planned departure, while responses advise practical action and humor.
The Social Scene Sorosis met Tuesday with Mrs Myra Brobst at 512 S Highland. Dessert for 12 featured a Christmas table and a gift exchange. Members read Christmas thoughts and other groups held parties and exchanges at various addresses with details on timing and hosts.
Outlook Club gathers December 15 at the Neosho Valley HOU with Mrs. Mervin Wolfe hosting at 6 N Forest. A luncheon and gift exchange will feature past presidents of LAte 8 of RT. Absentees and event details list affiliations with the Methodist church and White Shrine of Jerusalem.
Mr and Mrs J Kneebone of Neodesha announce the engagement of their daughter Billie Marie to Patrick Ross Porter son of Mr and Mrs Don Porter Sr of Winfield Former Chanute residents Porter is a Chanute High School and Arkansas City Junior College graduate and a KU City School of Pharmacy student The wedding is set for December 28 at the Church of the Ascension in Neodesha.
Peggy Ann Wolfe daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Herndon Whittier California married Tommy Wiegand son of Mr and Mrs Chris Weigand Manitowoc Wisconsin at First Lutheran church Manitowoc December 2. Both graduates and in United States Navy stationed at Bainbridge Maryland. Grandparents Frank Miller 103 E Chestnut and relations Mr and Mrs Robert Rains 527 S Central and Mr and Mrs Harold Umbarger Thayer noted.
Miss Beverly Jeanne Moore of Erie is engaged to Larry D. Simmons son of Mr and Mrs Herman Simmons of Erie The couple are Erie High School graduates both attending Parsons Junior College with a June wedding planned
Mrs. Edwin Bideau of 424 W. 6th welcomed the Belles Lettres Reading club for a luncheon Tuesday with 16 members present. A center evergreen arrangement with red tapers and pine cones graced the table. Mrs. Alvin Jones related the Christmas story Seeing the Way and a gift exchange was held.
Patricia Ann Page daughter of Mrs. Cordie Hedrick Junction City wed Sp. Arthur LaVern Hasty son of Mrs. Mary Conklin Junction City formerly of Chanute. The Rev. Albert Dwyer officiated the double ring ceremony on December 2. Hasty grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kirby, former Chanute residents. The couple resides at 440 West 8th Junction City.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary held a covered dish dinner in the Memorial building honoring October November and December birthdays. Seven members were recognized with cards and handkerchiefs from president Mrs John Oglesbee. District funds and dues reports were reviewed and plans made for the December 19 Christmas dinner to be hosted by the auxiliary.
Hulda Parker OBS chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple with officers elected led by Mrs. Edgar Gilbert and Joe Wasser presiding. Guests included Richard W. Farris and Garnett Farris. A public installation is set for Dec 26 and members received 50 and 25 year pins along with honorary memberships.
Mrs Carl Pate hosted the Art and Literature club at 1119 South Highland. Mrs Joe Balch led the meeting continuing study of early Roman culture and discussed the Etruscans as a mysterious race. Archeologists are expanding knowledge of the Etruscans.
Several tables were decorated for the holiday season by households and couples including Mr. and Mrs. Ted Callow Mrs. Charles Krull of Mound City Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown of Coffeyville Mr. and Mrs. Richard Coykendall of Humboldt Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Snodgrass of Iola Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warner of Cherryvale Mr. and Mrs. Erle Schweizer of Burlington George Pierce of Buffalo Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Willcott Mr. and Mrs. Harold Arthur Mrs. June Newland Mrs. Edna Peterson and Cole Leverenz.
The Tuesday Reading Club met at Maple Leaf Tea Room for a Christmas dinner with eight members a guest Mrs Leon Henderson from Humboldt and a new member Blanche Gafney present A gift exchange followed by Christmas articles read by Grace Hill Mmes Fred Cone C W Markley Gladys Wright and Ernest Brazen Mrs Ira Barber closed the meeting by reading Peter Marshall s Christmas Prayer.
The Eastern Kansas branch of the Business Men's Assurance Company held its annual Christmas party at the Tioga Hotel with an afternoon business meeting led by branch manager Ralph Willcott. A buffet dinner, gift exchange, and ballroom dance followed, with numerous attendees including Ben Munday and multiple couples from Parsons Fort Scott Neosho and Kansas City listed among the guests.
The St Cecilia Music club met in the Memorial building to hear Hymn of the Month Of the Fathers Love Begotten. Vocal group led by Harold Tarplay performed Gloria Child With Us Indian Carol Jingle Bells Silent Night. Brass quartet played Angels We Have Heard on High. A second quartet sang Jesus Jesus Rest Your Head with Billie Whitworth as soloist. The room featured a Christmas display and a tea table with green cloth and ornaments. Committee in charge listed.
New York AP reports Norman Norell, famed American couturier, unveils a spring show featuring knee length skirts and wide gore dresses with slim jackets and capes. Models wear inch-high pumps and opaque fabrics for freedom, with reds and blues dominating the palette.
Jennie Ann Bergman, 22, daughter of Ingrid Bergman, was granted an interlocutory divorce from Fuller E. Callaway III. Judge Francis McCarty restored her maiden name. She plans to fly to France for Christmas with her mother next week amid an undisclosed property settlement. The couple wed February 21, 1960 in Elko Nevada.
NASA Administrator James E. Webb says the U S will follow the first manned orbital flight with similar flights every 60 days to study weightlessness and its effects, guiding the pace of future two man craft missions.
Scout Troop 171 meeting held at Mrs. Charles Berthot's home wrapped Christmas gifts for Julia Inman at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Girls will deliver toys and books and go caroling at nursing homes and shut-ins Monday.
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