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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1957
Page
7
Erie residents enjoyed a high school gym Christmas program directed by Music and Speech departments led by Mr. and Mrs. Scoville and Inez Barbee. Kay Kiser narrated The First Christmas with Jill Swan as a Christmas fairy, and Santa handed out candy to attendees.
Evelyn Larsar presided the Vilas Vikings 4-H club meeting on December 12 with 15 members present along with 10 parents and guests and leaders Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson. The program featured junior leaders report by Marlene Anderson group singing Nancy Jones demonstrations on proper desk lighting and conservation topics and a flute duet by Ruth Ann Olson and Nancy Jones. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Clarence Nelson and Mrs. Elmer Anderson.
Cameron residents celebrate a Salvation Army Christmas party for Hurricane Audrey survivors. Santa from Baton Rouge distributed about 1,000 toys and similar candy packages as 1,200 people gathered at the courthouse to lift spirits amid ongoing rebuilding after the June disaster that killed and displaced many.
Sheriff B Carter said the town of about 1200 is rebuilding after the Audrey hurricane reduced the population from 2000. He noted many residents are returning daily and that growth will continue even if another storm comes next year.
Ernest Smith returned from 25 months in Germany and will enroll at Chanute Junior College. Sgt. Armand Smith and his wife, based at Fort Riley, plan a trip to Columbus Georgia and then Washington D C for a six month Army music school.
In Breckinridge County Kentucky Sinking Creek disappears into an underground channel for an undetermined distance then resurfaces as a scenic fountain attracting observers and curiosity.
In San Bernardino California teachers at a grade school focus on the spirit of Christmas amid language differences. Pupils from foreign‑born families send greetings such as For you grandma on Valentine s Day Thank you a million and Sincerest sympathy reflecting the season s goodwill.
Tulsa police records show Common Pleas Judge Lloyd C. McGuire suspended a $15 fine against Mrs Paddy C. Miller of Broken Arrow after the incident. The judge delayed payment as restitution was arranged to aid the crash victim.
A 23-year-old woman was found to have made restitution after a highway crash involving Airman Ernie Joe Barnes of Little Rock. She reportedly told the judge her husband had given the pickup to the soldier after failing to return him home. Police meanwhile retrieved a boy named Peter, contacting his mother Mrs Henry Ingram. The station was festively decorated as officers chipped in to buy Peter’s entire stock.
In Santa Monica a boy and police officers share a mistletoe moment as 11 year old Peter Ingram laments failed sales near Topanga Canyon. The scene unfolds with a light holiday note amid small town chatter.
The badly burned body of Frank Haupt was found early today in the ruins of his three room Atchison house where he lived alone. Haupt worked for a wholesale seed firm.
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