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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1961
Page
2
Livestock and produce prices in Kansas City show cattle, hogs, and sheep steady with mixed demand. Cattle and hogs move within wide ranges for grades, weights, and classifications, while produce and grain quotes reflect marginal shifts across regional markets.
Wall Street fell further in moderate trading with about 3.5 million shares changing hands. Key stocks declined by fractions to around 2 points as traders booked profits. Analysts blamed the lack of steel stock enthusiasm despite rising production and orders, while government bonds held steady to higher and corporates showed weakness.
A Christmas program of recitations and songs by children will be held Thursday at 7 30 PM at the Wesleyan Methodist church located at 12th and Evergreen. The Rev Willard Lloyd announced the event and a candle lighting ceremony by the young people will conclude the program.
The article discusses Reserve Forces Act six month call ups and later service terms up to fifty years, prioritizing those with least prior active duty and those with needed skills. It notes why some with two years prior duty were called and why some units overseas assignments occurred to build an American strategic reserve. It also mentions deferral rules for graduates and troops pursuing studies and reports local civilian notices and community events.
Mr and Mrs Marion Dorris and Clarice visited son George in Lansing last weekend. Clarice traveled to Kansas City for a nurse training interview. Parsons visits by Esther Hodgen and Mr and Mrs Horace Jones. Galesburg junior class hosted a Christmas party with pictures games and treats. An operetta She Didn’t Believe is set for Monday at Galesburg grade school.
The article explains hydronic panel heating using hot water in pipe coils embedded in ceilings walls or floors to provide full area radiant warmth. It highlights zoning with automatic thermostats plus savings on fuel and a single plant for heating and hot water, advising consultation with a qualified plumbing and heating contractor.
The Wisconsin Towns Association moved to support a tax on horses mules donkeys and jacks. Officials argue city residents own these animals and keep them in rural areas.
Daily Transcript notes yesterday admissions for Rev. Robert Price Greensboro NC medical and Mrs Dale McKenzie Yates Center medical. Dismissal includes Lloyd Barry South Mound. A birth to Edward and wife at 819 W Beach. Admissions today list Lois Drollinger 110 FE Walnut and Brenda Mathews 119 S Gretchen medical. Dismissals include Bert Senn Yates Center. Births today to Bill and wife at 527 S Santa Fe a boy.
Fluffy scrambled eggs recipe uses 6 large eggs with sour cream salt and white pepper. Cook in hot butter until just set, stirring from the edges to the center. Serves 3 to 4.
President Kennedy returned from a Latin American trip with a day in Palm Beach to rest and fight a cold. Severe weather forced a jet landing at Washington National Airport instead of Andrews. He said he felt fine as he left Palm Beach and headed to the White House.
Announcement of a free whole hog sausage supper for National Farmers Organization members and the public at Erie on January 20. Wilson County NFO hosted the meeting in the auditorium last night with speakers Oren Lee Staley and Vince Ros sitter. County NFOs in the 3rd District sponsor the event. more than 100 members attended and a covered dish supper preceded reports from delegates who attended the Des Moines NFC convention.
The county group gave five silver dollars and five large bags of popcorn to the winners. The Wilson County organization will meet January 18 at 7 30 in the REA building at Fredonia.
Funeral service for Charles Thomas Wall 76 of Eureka Kansas was held Wednesday at Baird Funeral Home Eureka with Rev Lee Weems officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery Eureka. Wall longtime Greenwood county farmer and stockman died December 10 after six weeks at Westview Nursing Home Chanute. He born November 27 1885 in Marshall Missouri moved to Kansas at age two. He married Laura Bland April 10 1916 in Kansas City. Survivors include his wife two sons Bertram Wall Howard Wall a daughter Thelma Wall seven grandchildren and a brother and three sisters.
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