Social calendar highlights from Chanute churches and clubs
A December 1961 society page lists birthday receptions, dinner events, and club gatherings across Chanute. Notable entries include a birthday reception for Mrs. PF Needham at First Christian Fellowship Hall, a Great Books Discussion at the Public Library, and multiple Christmas parties hosted by church and civic groups at venues such as the Stapie Leaf Tea Room and Masonic Temple. The mix features Beta Delta chapter events, Rainbow for Girls activities, and Women’s and Professional circles with dates running December 17 through December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PF Needham
Fellowship Hall
First Christian Church
Les Des
Linda Bower
Public Library
Pariey
American Seton Jr
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Robert Hembree
Rutter
Queen Esther
A. M. Garton
Lafayette
Rebbeken Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Zack Baker
Earth
Chrilan Womens Fellowship Guild
Charles Arnett
N. Highland
Chanute Gem and Mineral Society
Memorial Building
Chanute Textile Paint Club
Carpenter's Hall
Patriarchs Militant
Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
H.W. Lewis
Business and Professional Women's Circle
First Septiet Church
Joe Jackson
Western
Twentieth Century Study Club
E. Null
S. Lafayette
Mrs Wolfe Hosts Neosho Valley HD Unit Meeting
The Neosho Valley Hare Demonstration Unit met Friday afternoon at 106 N Forest with twelve members and two guests. Mrs Marvin Wolfe led roll call with The Earliest Christmas I Remember. Officer installation occurred by Mrs Lopeman, a county home economics advisor. A Tuberculosis Foundation contribution was made. Door prize went to Mrs Harry Larson. Next meeting set for Jan 19 with Mrs Myron Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho Valley Hare Demonstration Unit
Marvin Wolfe
N. Forest
Robert Lopeman
Viola Loperman
Lopeman
County Home Economics Advisory Board
Tuberculosis Foundation
Harry Larson
Myron Cooper
Past Presidents In Meeting Of Ladies Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met Friday at 112 E. 4th with Mrs. H. M. Bauer for a buffet luncheon. Mrs. Bauer presided over the business session as plans for the coming year were discussed and gifts were exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Railroad
H. M. Bauer
Bauer
Cheslie McConnell
Mmes. McConnell
Eric Axcell
G. E. Barker
Floyd Carpenter
Charles Finney
Lester Welch
Axel Anderson
Edna Emerick
Mrs. McConnell
Christmas Party by Peace and Progress Unit
The Peace and Progress Home Demonstration Unit held a Christmas party and gift exchange on Thursday afternoon at 620 N. Grant with Mrs. L. F. Erickson presiding. Officers were installed by E S Faulkner. Charles Bidding president, Joe Jackson vice president, Erickson secretary, George Allen treasurer, Marion Wise public relations, J C Davis recreation. Allen led carols. hosts were Harley Knapp and Wise with a dessert course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace and Progress Home Demonstration Unit
L. F. Erickson
N. Grant
Harley Knapp
Wise
Cottage Grove
Everett Booe
Humboldt
Needlecraft Catalog Offers 200 Designs for 1962
Advertises a Chanute Tribune request for 35 cents plus 5 cents per first class mailing to receive 200 designs to knit crochet sew weave embroider and quilt. Includes patterns for bed spreads linens toys afghans slipcovers and two tree patterns with a 25 cent offer.
Christmas Luncheon Held by Mothers Club
The Mothers club met Thursday for a Christmas luncheon with Mrs. C I Newton RI and officers Mmes Newton Krone Vierth Wible and Johnson in charge. Gifts were given from a lighted tree to 20 members. The next meeting is January 11 with Mrs Giles Whitworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers Club
C. I. Newton
R. I
Mmes. Newton
Alfred Krone
Charles Vierth
Lewis Wible
J. W. Johnson
Giles Whitworth
Autumn Mothers Club Holds Christmas Party
Mrs. Bob Hembree hosted the Autumn Mothers club Christmas party and gift exchange at 407 S Rut ter. Leon Chard Paul Metzinger and Charles Esslinger led the program and games. Mrs. Duane Houck won the door prize. Next meeting is January 11 with Mrs. Tom Elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hembree
S. Rutter
Autumn Mothers Club
Mmnes
Leon Chard
Paul Metzinger
Charles Esslinger
Duane Houck
Tom Elder
Grant Avenue Circle Meets at Grant Avenue Baptist Church
The Hannah circle of the Grant Avenue Baptist Church met with Mrs. Blaine Marks at 617 N. Grant on a Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Ralph Toland presided. The group sang carols and devotions titled The Greatest Gift were led by Mrs. Neil Kepley. Lessons titled Ring Out Church Bell were presented by Mrs. Esther Erickson. Plans were made to send gifts to church shut ins. Refreshments served to 11 members and one guest, Mrs. Robert Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Circle
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
Blaine Marks
N. Grant
Ralph Toland
Neil Kepley
Esther Erickson
Robert Cox
Mrs Life Hosts Hannah Circle At Evangelical United Brethren
Mrs Paul Life of 213 W Std hosted the Hannah circle Thursday evening. Edna Strohm read scripture and Bessie Lehman offered prayer. Plans were made for an all day study on Edge of the Edge. E A Pauli and others presented a Christmas lesson followed by missionary offering and Silent Night. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Life
W. Std
Hannah
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Edna Strohm
Bessie Lehman
E. A. Pauli
Sunflower Chapter Officers Honored
Mr and Mrs Wayne Taylor and Mr and Mrs Roy Adams entertained Sunflower chapter officers of the Order of the Eastern Star Monday evening with a dinner at the Evangelical United Brethren church Barston. Attending were Mr and Mrs Ora Cheyney, Mr and Mrs Jay Klinginsmith, Mr and Mrs F D Clopine, Mr and Mrs Robert Koch, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Caldwell, Mr and Mrs Bert Hargrove, Mr and Mrs J C Rensing, Mmes William Hennessey, Leon Webb, Klint Johnson, Neal Munger, Harold Cox and Violet Jeffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Taylor
Roy Adams
Sunflower Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Barston
Ora Cheyney
Jay Klinginsmith
F. D. Clopine
Robert Koch
Kenneth Caldwell
Bert Hargrove
J. C. Rensing
Mmes
William Hennessey
Leon Webb
Klint Johnson
Neal Munger
Harold Cox
Violet Jeffers
Friendly Neighbors In Dinner Meeting
Mrs Emily Marlow hosted the Friendly Neighbor club for a noon dinner with nine members and three guests Wilbert Johnson Clarence Collins and Terry Lynne Olson present. Officers were elected with Mrs Rice re elected president and she won the door prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Marlow
Eric
Friendly Neighbor Club
Wilbert Johnson
Clarence Collins
Terry Lynne Olson
Dale Rice
Rice
Collins
Carl Mellard
Homer Wallis
Ralph Baker
Ed Lemback
Veteran's Hospital
Wadsworth
Modern Etiquette Query on Asking for a Definite Visit
The columnist advises balancing courtesy with practicality. If friends rarely set a date, you may call and propose a specific visit time you can commit to. If they consistently dodge, reassess the effort and consider scheduling visits with other hosts instead.
Engagement Announcement Before Divorce Decree Sparks Discussion
A reader questions a woman announcing engagement prior to finalizing divorce. The answer warns this is more than out-of-line. Also notes etiquette on napkin use before water to keep glass edge clean.
Bartholomews Are Honored On 49th Wedding Anniversary
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bartholomew hosted a Thursday evening celebration at their 905 N. Garfield home for the couple’s 49th anniversary. Cake and punch on a lace table with tapers complemented red and white carnations and a poinsettia plant from their children. Attendees included Ralph Bartholomew Clarence Bartholomew Mrs A L Mathewson Mr and Mrs Larry Goodnough Los Angeles Mrs John Kester Mrs Mary Long John Bartholomew Wichita Mr and Mrs M A Scott Ottawa Mrs Thad Clements Sarah Jane Clements Mrs Mary Manion Mr and Mrs G C Bartholomew Mr and Mrs Edward Schoonover Mr and Mrs Fred Brown and John Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bartholomew
N. Garfield
Ralph Bartholomew
Clarence Bartholomew
A. L. Mathewson
Larry Goodnough
Los
Thanksgiving turkey dinner and party at VFW club
ERIE reports eighty members and guests attended the annual turkey dinner and Christmas party at the Veterans of Foreign Wars clubhouse. A committee led by Charles Hill and others organized gifts and treats for members while the auxiliary plans to send candy to Elm Acres Orphans Home. Next meeting is January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mines
Charles Hill
Albert Lydick
Morris Raney
Bennett Haddan
Eugene Lee
Elm Acres
Girard
Casserole Style Red Cabbage with Apples and Caraway
A slow baked dish combines red cabbage apples and a caramelized onion base. Butter onion apples sugar cider vinegar rose wine water and caraway seed create a savory sweet braised cabbage served in a deep dish for 8 to 12 portions.
First Lady Kennedy Tours Puerto Rico Amid Welcome Crowd
Jacqueline Kennedy toured San Juan with President Kennedy amid cheers from about 200000 Puerto Ricans. She viewed historic antiques, including crystal centerpieces gifted by Queen Isabella, and attended a reception at La Fortaleza with cellist Pablo Casals. The trip marked a relaxing moment in the Latin America visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
Isabella
Latin America
Global Briefs round up from Trail to Dominican Republic
AP dispatches report Trail, British Columbia celebrating seven years with no traffic fatalities. Other items include a Taunton boy’s drowning explained in an inquest, Pope John XXIII calling for Congo peace, Kennedy party calls in San Juan, a mishap in Caracas as Kennedy arrives, and Rafael Trujillo Jr fleeing with $30 million from the Dominican Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trail
B.C
National Safety Council
Vatican City
Rome
John XXIII
Congo
Belgium
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
John
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Kennedy
San Juan White House
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo Jr
Reserve Bank
Young Trujillo
Winter’s sting reaches Northeast with subzero readings
The Northeast endures cold as parts of New York and New England report subzero and near subzero temperatures. Rome New York records five below, Massena Watertown and Caribou Maine show near to subzero, while Vermont New Hampshire and western regions register single digits. Elsewhere mild to warm opposite conditions prevail across the country with rain and snow events shaping a mixed northern weather pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
Upstate
New York
New England
Rome
Massena
Watertown
Mercury
Montpieler
Caribou
Maine
Lebanon
N.H
Wisconsin
Madison
Green Bay
Plains
Great Lakes Region
Atlantic States
Florida
Rockies
West
Texas
Oklahoma
Gulf States
Appalachians
West Virginia
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Michigan
International Falls
Minn
Sioux City
Iowa
Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club Holds December Meeting
Marilyn Chapman presided at the Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club December session. Lana Ruth Ford and Billy Clinesmith led singing. Members shared hobbies during roll call. The program featured demonstrations by Marilyn Chapman health talk by Nancy Jones music appreciation by Debbie Engelman conservation talk by Melvin Morrow and Dan Pherigo film showings. Refreshments preceded gift distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Chapman
Buffalo Boosters 4-H Club
Lana Ruthford
Billy Clinesmith
Nancy Jones
Debbie Engelman
Melvin Morrow
Dan Pherigo
Confiscated yacht Angelita returns after voyage to Paris
The vessel Angelita, used by the unnamed traveler, sailed to Paris via Guadeloupe and was later seized upon its return to port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Angelita
Guadeloupe
Two Virginia Youths Admit Killing Only Two Murders
In Nevada Missouri a growing tale of 11 murders across Virginia to Illinois is retracted as Joseph Riddick and William Potts admit to two killings of William Forst and Earl Pinchbeck. Robbery motive cited with $12 taken. earlier claims about a hitchhiker named Fred Williams recanted. Virginia officers plan further questioning on two additional local slayings in Halifax and Stafford counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Virginia
Illinois
Atkinson
Joseph Riddick
William Potts
Norfolk
William H. Forst
Savannah
Earl L. Pinchbeck Sr
Lunenburg
Riddick
Potts
Forst
Pinchbeck
Fred Williams
Williams
Lover's Lane
Halifax County
Stafford County
Plastic Wheels Likely Cure For Headaches
Washington AP reports Capitol engineers hope plastic wheels ease two year rumbling Senate subway. Since January 1960 the steel cars on the Capitol complex link the old and new Senate offices, with critics noting speed and wind as issues. The four new cars cost about 75 thousand dollars, part of a total system price near 4.8 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Capitol
Senate
Capitol
Subway car wheel fix tests under way
Capitol engineers Walter Rubel and Harold Ericksen scrap rigid steel wheels and rails for a trial with flat rubber like plastic wheels. The car runs on a flat steel plate with horizontal guide wheels against a vertical side plate to stay on track amid curves and rough rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Walter Rubel
Harold Ericksen
Deaths and funerals for Mrs W A Kyle
Mrs W A Kyle a former Erie resident died early today in a Tulsa hospital Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Erie Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Kyle
Erie
Tulsa
Erie Funeral Home
Caroling teens visit hospitals and nursing homes
Thirty five Y-Teens toured hospitals and nursing homes Thursday with Nicki McGuire leading the singing. They returned to Cha nute High School for refreshments served by the junior girls. A separate report notes a two vehicle accident at Main and Evergreen involving Earl M. Wible and Mrs. Jean Gray, with damage to both vehicles. Police also report a theft of an electric fence from property west of town by Martin McNamara. Howard and June Hargrove left Cha nute for Salt Lake City after Howard’s transfer. Kay Blair, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Blair, was named to Burrell choir at Stephens College, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicki McGuire
Earl M. Wible
S. Santa Fe
Jean Gray
S Evergreen
Main
Evergreen
Wible
Studebaker
Martin McNamara
W. Main
Howard Hargrove
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hargrove
Hargroves
Chanute
Kay Blair
Ed Blair
S. Plummer
Burrell Choir
Stephens College
Columbia, MO
University of Missouri group noted in Chanute Tribune snippet
The Chanute Tribune mentions Miss Blair as a member of Sigma Gamma Gamma Music Club and the International Club. Radio program How Christian Science Heals is listed with Sun Parsons on KLKC 1540 kHz 7:45 am. Kansas City WHB 710 kHz 8:15 am. Joplin KODE TV Channel 12 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri
Miss Blair
Sigma Gamma Gamma Music Club
The
International Club
Sun
Parsons
KLKC
Kansas City
WHB
Joplin
Kode TV
Daily Transcript Dismissals and Births Reported in Neosho
Dismissals listed for Mrs. Axel Larson Mrs. Frank Heiman Mrs. Ray Carder and Mrs. Nick Bonilla. William Leroy dismissed today. A birth reported for Mr. and Mrs. Truman Shrum a girl. Several highway patrol citations noted for speeding failing to observe stop signs and related costs. Names include Jonnson Atoka Okla Charley J Perez Parsons Thomas Slater Jonns Lewis Joan L Hamilton F Taylor Ellis M Venus Robert Louis Wood Consid W Tiffany Oliver Hunt Billie Schupbach Lorraine Wagner HM Reekie Jim Romeis Johnson Farmer Ernest D Olson Belin Hawes and others with fines listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axel Larson
R. 2
Frank Heiman
Humboldt
Ray Carder
Nick Bonilla
S. Forest
William Leroy
N. Garfield
Truman Shrum
S. Henry
Highway Patrol
Inert
F. Taylor
Central
Ellis M. Venus
Robert Louis Wood
Consid
Billie V. Schupbach
Lorraine Wagner
Osawatomie
Reekie
Garfield
Jim Romeis
Tulsa
Iegel
Johnson
Farmer
Ernest D Olson
Lincoln
Hawes
Belin
Christmas Sale on Registered Basset Puppies
Ray Finley advertises Christmas special on registered basset puppies at RR 1 Chanute contact HE 14685 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Finley
Chanute
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dial Tribune
Mrs. Wolfe
Neosho Valley
Alice Brooks
Chanute Tribune Household Arts Dept. P
Old Chelsea Station
N. Y
Grant Avenue
Mrs. Life
Bartholomews
First Lady
Kennedys
la Fort Valeza
Pablo Casals
Global Briefs
Taunton
England
Graham
Caracas
Venezuela
Northeast
First National Bank
Chanute, Kansas
F.D.I.C
Buffalo Boosters
Steven Clinesmith
Sally Jones
Loretta Carlson
Roma Payne
John Atkinson
Portsmouth
Episcopal Church
Joe Balch
Larson
Gay Bauer
W. 5Th
Gordon Barker
Wm. M. Gray Sr
S. Highland
Dr. J. Dean Gough
W. Elm
Kenneth Keas
Episcopal Church Women's Organization
Peoples Cleaners
al & Fern
Chauncey
Chanute Tribune
Tribune
Daily Transcript
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Guid
Charles Stroh
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Erie CI
Ee Lee Ted
Floyd L. Johnson
Fred L. Johnson
Individual Mausoleum CO
Grand, Parsons
Kas
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