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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1956
Page
4
The column notes post office delays during pre Christmas week as mail volume rises and trains struggle over the mountain. It urges patience and understanding for postal workers and hints that those who can improve service would be welcomed, while suggesting delaying cards until after Christmas to avoid the rush.
Great Bend experimented with the city manager form, then repealed it for mayor council. Now the mayor leads a campaign to reestablish the manager system, arguing operation benefits from a trained experienced individual. The episode serves as a caution to towns considering ending manager government.
The author rails at printed ballots over voting machines and mocks industry price protests. He quips about a sleeping car rate hike and plays with humor about Christmas carols, Santa, and a joke on Bethlehem. The piece weaves social commentary with sly puns and cultural references.
An Irish worker on a ship signs articles with his right hand then uses his left as a joke. A judge and defendant exchange quips about actions and accidents as a politician is defined by foregone abilities in a light news item.
Arthur asks about future events while Albert explains a flexible shift pattern. The dialogue hints that independence in a new job comes with self assignment of hours and personal control over a daily routine.
Twenty five years ago residents were urged by Mrs B S Justice to promptly remit for Christmas seals. A county pantry gathering fruits and vegetables for Christmas baskets to be distributed to needy families next Thursday. E A Davis reported on the Mayor’s Christmas Tree committee and local harvest supplies. Rest Carl Hutchison and Paul Campbell returned from Montana with elk and deer meat shared with neighbors.
E Lawson May recalls a church wedding of a Little Blonde and her groom. The ceremony fills the church with smiles and music as vows are exchanged and the couple begins married life, amid warmth, formality, and hopeful prospects.
Washington whispers report President Eisenhower and family seek a delicate way to distance the Ike name from Jehovahs Witnesses while avoiding charges of prejudice. Ida Eisenhower’s late-life ties to a nurse in the sect and River Brethren background add complexity to the stance.
Dr. Crane describes Marsha M a 31 year old who adopted two children then conceived twins after fostering them He argues mind impact on body and body on mind noting improved mood appetite and hormonal balance with reduced neurotic tension leading to natural pregnancy The piece promotes a booklet offer and religious health claim.
Edna relies on a dry spring fed lake for 2% years after a larger lake failed to fill due to drought. Altamont’s dry well shifts supply to Idle Hour Lake, which is falling fast. Caney city council warns its Little Caney reservoir could exhaust in five to six weeks without rain.
The late Pauline Groomer’s son Chris and Mrs. Groomer donated her cottage to Walnut Baptist Church for memory and recreation. Dr. E. E. Dawson led the dedication service and a gold-plated plaque was installed. The Loyal Workers Class of the Methodist Church held its December Christmas party.
A New York Christmas message quotes Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath arguing that Jews did not reject Jesus or his core teachings. He says modern civilization rejects Christ, not Jews, and notes Jews rejected the messianic claims of later followers seeking universal peace and justice. Also mentions Japan's birth rate decline per United Nations reports.
In the probate court of Neosho County Kansas Mae Shirley sister of Earl W Coppock deceased petitions to determine the descent of real estate including North 60 feet of Lot 2 Block 31 Jones Seventh Addition Chanute and South 50 feet of Lot 1 Chanute plus all other property of the deceased. Defenses must be filed by January 3 1957 at 10 00 a m in Erie Kansas. Petitioner MAE SHIRLEY represented by JOHN N SHERMAN Jr Attorney First National Bank Building Chanute Kansas.
Christmas social at Mrs. Irvin Shively’s home featured a devotional, gift exchange, and lights. Library board reports 122 books checked out in November and closings on Dec 26 and Jan 2. Walnut PTA met with a program on family worship and spiritual training in the home led by Mrs. Thelma Garrett and Resin Wilkins.
Chanute Tribune notes a church program titled Meeting Spiritual Needs of Our Children led by Dr. E. E. Dawson with solo by Merlin dollars and Christmas carols. Room prizes were won by Mrs. Copeland and the senior students. refreshments were provided by sophomore mothers.
A partial TV timetable lists multiple show titles and times from morning through late evening. Programs include Tennessee Ernie Ford Your Time House Party Matinee Theatre Studio Kitchen and more across a dense daily lineup with various shifts and blocks.
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