St. Cecilia Youth Caroling Group Hosts Christmas Meeting
St. Cecilia Youth Music club members caroled at a rest home before their meeting in Memorial building. Barbara Balch presided as Mrs. Raymond York led a musical quiz. The program included solo, duet and quartet numbers and a lesson from Much Ado About Music about early music and MacDowell.
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St. Cecilia Youth Music Club
Memorial Building
Barbara Balch
Raymond York
Betty Wilson
Country Gardens
Nancy Desselle
Edward Alexander
MacDowell
Balch
Karen Earnest
Kay Friedline
Judy Bower
Mary Wood
Jim York
Roy Marks
Rod
Notable Sponsors Present at Community Event
The event featured speakers including Ney Sievers Kent Dobson Anita Weber and Janet O Conner. Sponsors present were Mrs York and Mrs Howard Earnest, highlighting local civic participation and community support.
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Ney Sievers
Kent Dobson
Anita Weber
Janet O'Conner
Mrs. York
Mrs
Howard Earnest
Joan Turner Hosts Epsilon Sigma Alpha Christmas Party
Joan Turner was hostess to Beta Delta chapter Epsilon Sigma Alpha in Mrs Petit's tearoom Thursday night for a Christmas party attended by 14 members a pledge Mrs Robert Smith and a guest Billie Solomon. Secret sisters were revealed in a gift exchange with games carols photos and a dessert table. The next meeting is January 5.
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Joan Turner
Beta Delta
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Mrs Wright Hosts Cottage Grove Ladies Aid Christmas Party
Mrs George Wright entertained Cottage Grove Ladies Aid for a Christmas party with 16 members and three children. A gift exchange and refreshments were served. $10 was donated to Girard Children's Home. Mrs Ralph Debler was re elected president for a third term with officers Hessel Ray vice president Glenn Strack secretary Verle Dennis treasurer and George McKaska reporter. Perfect attendance gifts went to Debler and Everett Booe.
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George Wright
Cottage Grove Ladies Aid
Ralph Debler
Girard Childrens Home
Debler
Everett Booe
Currie Couple to Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
ERIE Mr and Mrs Frank Currie of Erie will celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with an open house Sunday from 2 to 4 PM at 202 E 7th St The Curries were married Christmas Day at the farm home of his sister the late Mrs Chella Earnhardt by Rev Westley Emerson Their daughter Dwaine Ashcraft and Roger live on the same farm with them They have two children Ethel Ashcraft and Frank Currie Jr three grandchildren Tommy Currie Roger Ashcraft and Maurine Kennedy all of Erie The couple have lived in and around Erie all their lives The same farm 115 miles northeast of Erie was their home for 42 years before retirement.
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Erie
Frank Currie
Maude Adell Singhurst
Chella Earnhardt
Westley Emerson
Dwaine Ashcraft
Roger
Mrs Bailey Hosts PEO Chapter Christmas Party
Mrs. William H. Bailey hosted the Chapter DD PEO Christmas gathering at her home 118 S Highland on a Thursday afternoon. Mrs. D A Finney presided as carols were sung by several members and Mrs. Mull read The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell. Coffee served on a table with a red cloth and green decorations. Party committee included Mrs. Finney, L E Lofgren, Lee Judy, Jim Gilbreath, Db C Diver and A B Chauncey.
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William H. Bailey
S. Highland
D. A. Finney
Mmes. Finney
C. H. Pankratz
Arthur Eltzholtz
A. B. Chauncey
James A. Butin
John Mull
Littlest Angel
Charles Tazewell
Mrs. Finney
Mmes. L. E. Lofgren
Lee Judy
Jim Gilbreath
Db. C. Diver
Thompson Smith Nuptials At Elsmore Home
Mrs Earl C Thompson announces the marriage of Carol Beth Thompson to Wayne V Smith at Rev Virgil A Collins home in Elsmore at 6 p m on December 9 The couple were attended by Louise Rhodes and Donald Krone Carol Beth is a Humboldt High School graduate 1951 and Monarch Cement sales worker Wayne Smith is Chanute High School 1949 graduate and Navy veteran now attending Chanute Junior College They reside at 1413 South Central
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Earl C. Thompson
Elsmore
Carol Beth
Wayne V. Smith
L. R. Smith
Highland
Virgil A. Collins
Pentecostal Holiness Church
S. Evergreen
Louise Rhodes
Donald Krone
Smith
Humboldt High School
Central Business College
Kansas City
Monarch Cement Company
Humboldt
Chanute High School
U.S. Navy
Chanute Junior College
S. Central
Dinner for Families Of North Valley Aid
North Valley Ladies Aid hosted a Christmas basket dinner for families at the school on Thursday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flottman and others, with children present. After meals, games were played and a door prize awarded to Mrs. Evans. A vote approved adopting a family for Christmas. next meeting set with Mrs. Elmer Pilgrim on January 19.
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North Valley Ladies Aid
Fred Flottman
Bill Bathe
Kenneth Raney
Harley Roberts
Paul Barnhart
Tom Evans
Eugene
Everett Barnhart
Glenn Eastburn
H. A. Wininger
William Phillips
Evans
Hastburn
Elmer Pilgrim
Covered Dish Dinner For Beta Sigma Phi
Alpha Chi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a Christmas covered dish dinner at Mrs. Kenneth Childers home. Thirteen members seven pledges and Ann Redelberger attended. The evening featured a gift exchange from a light red tree and carols while the social committee led by Mrs. Baird Brinkmeyer organized plans. Each member contributed cash for a Christmas basket and gifts for an adopted mother and five children.
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Alpha Chi
Beta Sigma Phi
Kenneth Childers
Ann Redelberger
Baird Brinkmeyer
Don Goff
Meeting Set With Mrs Brinkmeyer in Humboldt
The next meeting will be with Mrs Brinkmeyer in Humboldt on January 5.
Week's Sewing Buy Pattern 9082 for Misses Waist Sizes
Marion Martin sewing offer promotes Pattern 9082 for a slim sheath skirt. One yard of 54 inch fabric covers all listed waist sizes 24 to 30 inches using wool remnant velveteen or corduroy options.
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Marian Martin
Pattern order form for Marian Martin department
A historical notice directs readers to bend thirty five cents plus five cents per pattern for first class matting. Send to Marian Martin Pattern Dept at 15 West 18th Street, New York NY. Include name address zone size and style number.
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Chanute Tribune Household Arts Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Marian Martin
Chanute Tribune
Party for Children at Grace Episcopal
Grace Episcopal church announces a Christmas party for the primary department Saturday from 2 to 4 in Sawyer Hall. Mrs. Roy Wiggans, superintendent, says children should bring gifts for a food basket.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Sawyer Hall
Roy Wiggans
Social Calendar Do Si Do Dance At Alcott Saturday
Do Si Do square dance club hosts a 8 p.m. event at Alcott school on Saturday December 17 1955 for dancers and guests.
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Alcott School
First Baptist Circles Meet Delights Members With Christmas Reading
The First Baptist Woman's Missionary Society circles 2 3 and 5 held Christmas gatherings with devotions gifts and readings. Mrs William Templeton hosted circle 4 Mrs Fred Mullen led a Christmas story and scripture roll call tied to Christ Is Christmas. Guests included Mrs W L Lee Mrs Gilbert Gray and Mrs Herla Rush while Vivian Green Kodiak Alaska sent a thank you letter.
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F. P. Faucett
R. O. Wicker
Vivian Green
Kodiak
Alaska
E. E. Zastrow
Christ
Fred Mullen
J. W. Johnson
W. L. Lee
W. Gayel Bender
Christmas Party Gathers Holly Mothers Members
Holly Mothers club hosted a Christmas party for 27 children and 18 mothers at the County Country Club Thursday afternoon. Ice cream cookies red stockings candles sleigh greenery and a festive tree set the scene with Santa distributing gifts. Committee members included Ames Arthur Rule Neal McCoy Charles O Carter Jr Robert Martin and Richard Ashley.
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Holly Mothers Club
the County Country Club
Santa
Ames
Arthur Rule
Neal McCoy
Charles O. Carter Jr
Robert Martin
Richard Ashley
Ever Ready 4 H Club Holds Christmas Themed Meeting
Ever Ready H club met at North Valley school for a covered dish supper and meeting. Harold Barnhart presided and Marie Raney served as secretary pro tem. Fifteen members answered roll with a Christmas family theme. Program included a talk The Christmas Story a Christmas cookies demonstration Silent Night music and talks on safety. Gifts were exchanged during recreation. Guests included several Barnhart Procter Bath King Hasty Carpenter families.
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North Valley School
Harold Barnhart
Marie Raney
Leland Raney
Lois Barnhart
Mary Kay Hasty
Bill Bath
Robert Procter
Ernest King
Earl Barnhart
Everett Barnhart
Kenneth Hasty
Clyde Carpenter
Community Leaders Gather in Claude Camp Event
Claude Camp and family join Mr and Mrs Stanley Lundine Mr and Mrs Merle Raney and family John Gordon Bill Gough Mr and Mrs Kenneth Raney and family Mr and Mrs Fred Flottman as local community leaders at a prominent gathering.
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Claude Camp
Stanley Lundine
Merle Raney
John Gordon
Bill Gough
Kenneth Raney
Fred Flottman
Seven of ten farms report cars in 1954 census
The Census Bureau announced that seven of every ten farms owned an automobile in the 1954 census of agriculture. The report outlines farm ownership trends across the nation and highlights rising rural vehicle use.
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Washington
Census Bureau
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Alice Brooks
Alice Brooks Needitecraft
le Luxe
Koch Bros
W. Main
Mrs. Wright
Cottage Grove
the Tribune
Frank Curries
Mrs. Bailey
PEO
Angel
Sweden
Ort Mowar Treasure Chest
Families of
North Valley Aid
Grace Episcopal
Bobbie Brooks
Calgary
First Baptist Circles
Ralph Lockman
Missions Magazine
First Baptist Woman's Mission Society
William Templeton
T. H. Lovett
Luke
Vivian Arthur
Dr. Lockman
Mather School
Herla Rush
C. E. Nickerson
Gilbert Gray
WMS
Etta Yockey
Lockman
Paul Harris
Holly Mothers
West Window Rain's Bakery
Johnsons
T.V
Chanute
Elaine
Jantzen
Mademoiselle
Mitin
Robes
East Main
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