Humboldt Clubs Observe Christmas at Dinner Meetings
Humboldt Rotarians hosted a Monday night dinner at Tie Toe restaurant with thirty Anns, red carnations, and a Christmas menu while Lewis Drake announced new members Garlan Wright Frank McClanahan and David Woods. Humboldt Lions Club Women’s Night featured Santa corsages and gold Lion paperweights and a Money hunt to fund Glasses for the Needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Humboldt Rotarians
Lee Murren
Frank McClanahan
Garlan Wright
David Woods
Oscar Cunningham
Les Matthews
Charles Broadwell
Chanute Drake
Audrey Gibson
Chanute
Lions Club
Humboldt Lions Club
Humboldt Christian Church
Humboldt Club
Bob Rush
Ernest Garner
Nat Armel
Mr. Calloway
Retiring Matron and Patron Honored in Masonic Lodge
Mrs. Dee Cox Esther Mil dred Bogert Martha Leota Works Electa Vesta Williams and Homer Smith served as warder and sentinel as Mrs Lucille Brown and David Brown presided. Gifts and jewels were exchanged, Olive Mason and Nellie Heavan presented honors, and May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You was sung. A social hour followed with tea towels donated for the Masonic hall kitchen and a hostess committee led by Alta Schoonover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Cox
Esther
Mildred Bogert
Martha
Leota Works
Electa
Vesta Williams
Homer Smith
Sentinel
Lucille Brown
David Brown
Margaret Smith
Brown
Mr. Brown
Olive Mason
Nellie Heavan
Mary Smith
Masonic Hall
Alta Schoonover
Lorene Holmes
Mae Stange
Mrs Margaret Smith Becomes Worthy Matron at Masonic Hall
Mrs Margaret Smith is installed as worthy matron of Humboldt Chapter OFS at a formal Monday night meeting in the Masonic hall. She succeeds in the position and vows to lead the chapter with service and dedication.
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Margaret Smith
Humboldt Chapter Ofs
Masonic Hall
Smith
Lever Touch Marks Brasil Ship Launch in Mississippi
HAL Boyle recounts launching the SS Brasil the largest passenger liner built in the Deep South. The frightened stranger, practicing with buttons, finally pulled the lever to release two pins and the ship slid into the river amid cheers as champagne popped on the platform.
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Hal Boyle Pascagoula
Brasil
Deep South
Theowners
Moore-McCormack Lines
United States
New York
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Emmet J. McCormack
Lines’ Board
Launching a Ship Like Giving Birth Aboard The Chanute
A writer describes a ship launch as a vast, life like moment that makes the vessel seem alive. The passage recalls the emotional height of the event, the thrill of sea duty, and the physical effort of operation, ending with a painful kick of a lever and a humorous note on motherhood.
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Humboldt
Robert Todd
Allen County Hospital
Iola
Charles W. Strieby
Lansing
Mich
C. C. Strieby
Mary E. Wilson
Judith Finney
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Robert A. Finney
Paul
Kathleen Hamm
Ann Arbor
Helen Hamm
A. J. Trueblood
Robert Hamm
Lawrence Goodnough
Ray Brown
Fred Bartholomew
G. C. van Nice
Georgia Barricklow
Gladys Billings
Marshall
Evelyn Murdock
June Peterson
Jack Peterson
Nellie Hengan
John Billings
Ralph Cox
Lois Squire
Kathleen Carlson
Grace Hamm
Lola Morgan
Rosalee Lombard
Adah
Hazel Lewis
Ruth
Morehead
Krone
Insuran
Lincoln
Boyle
Caldwell & Son
S. Santa Fe
The
Chanute Tribune
North Forest
Chanute, Kansas
Electrolux
T. A. Newlin
Neal W. McCoy
H & H Agency
Mahlon Merle
First National Bank
Independence Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc
Coca-Cola Company
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