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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
3
Mrs John Shike hosted the Center Ridge WSWS meeting at 403 West Elm on December 18. Nine members answered roll call. five children attended. Secretary reports were given by Mrs Anna Carlson and Mrs Shike. The lesson Strengthen The Church Through Love was taught by Mrs Millard Carlson. Songs were sung and scriptures read.
Mrs. John King was elected president at a Thursday meeting with Mrs. Myrtle Fletcher. Mrs. Glen Winder became vice president, Mrs. Clarence Collins secretary, and Mrs. Myrtle Fletcher reporter. Donations to Boys Town and Boys Ranch were approved. Mystery sisters were revealed and gifts exchanged. Mrs. Winder hosts January 16. salads planned by Mrs. Scogins and Mrs. Collins. 13 members served refreshments.
The Thornburg Home Demonstration Unit met Friday with Mrs. Ralph Russell as host. Co hostess was Mrs. Joe Morton. Mrs. Carrol Folger opened with prayer and Nadine Howard installed new officers. The unit voted to aid Mrs. Evertt Price after her December 14 home fire.
A covered dish luncheon and Christmas gift exchange was held Friday at the home of Mrs. Daly Edwards 802 South Malcolm. Co hosts were Mrs. Bill Weis and Mrs. Lee Sharp. Fifteen members attended and the afternoon passed informally.
A condensed etiquette Q A covers when to wear earrings which types suit day or night a best man toast phrases for receptions mourning band widths and envelope etiquette for wedding invitations. It notes inner and outer envelopes usage and dress expectations for women.
Pattern 7358 offers seven potholders from easy scraps and gay thread. Send 25 cents plus 5 cents per pattern for mailing to The Chanute Tribune Household Arts Dept in New York. Include name address zone and pattern number and add 25 cents for Alice Brooks catalogue.
The article explains how a speaker should dress for a daytime talk and outlines table service steps. Plates are removed before dessert, leaving a plate less table. Salt cellars pepper pots and unused flat silver are cleared onto a serving tray and crumbs brushed from each place with a napkin onto a tray.
Customer requests fifty cents in coins plus 5 cents per pattern for first class mailing. Send to Marian Martin care of The Chanute Tribune Pattern Dept. 222 West 41st St New York NY 11 print name and address plainly with zone size and style number.
Members of the Savonburg Methodist WSCS held a Thursday Christmas gathering at the church. Mrs. Ed Towle read the Christmas story from Luke, the group sang carols, and Mrs. Walter Enstrom presented slides from her time in Germany as an International Farm Youth Exchange student. Gifts from the Christmas tree were given to children and refreshments in Christmas colors were served.
Social calendar notes Hulda Parker chapter OFS postpones to December 27 at 7 30 pm in the Masonic Temple for public installation of officers and Sunflower chapter OFS postpones to December 26 at 7 30 pm with installation to follow.
A photo of 3 year old Charles Ledbetter from Nashville spread widely after the Tennessean published it. Gifts of clothing food and toys poured in from Americans whose generosity followed the image via the Associated Press wirephoto network. The family of ten, living in a two room home, faced a bleak Christmas but expressed gratitude.
A reader recalls a nine year marriage begun under pressure from both families and now flourishing with a home, car, and four children. Ann Landers warns such unions are exceptional and stresses that love remains the key reason to marry. The column includes multiple letters about arranged marriage pressures and a request for further guidance.
In the Silver City area along the Woodson Wilson county line Kansas a late 19th century mining venture drew high hopes but yielded no silver. Reported resemblance of exposed rocks to metal lodes spurred belief of a strike that did not materialize.
Phi Kappa Psi at the University of Texas start Ivy League Bus Line to shuttle members between the new fraternity house and campus. About 90 students ride a 19483 model former school bus on an hourly route over 10 blocks. Each month riders share upkeep costs.
The list reports several newborns at Neosho Memorial Hospital with their birth dates and parental addresses. Pamela Sue Herman born December 13. Nancy Jo Nelson born December 7. Linda Ann Dietrich born December 6. Gail Lorraine Cheney born December 14. Mavis Lea Barnett born December 17. Judith Arlene Palmer born December 14. Tammie Lea Bright born December 12.
Sara Suwal, who has been blind for 20 years, uses the town’s smallest television set which lacks a picture tube yet provides audio from TV programs. Built by the American Foundation for the Blind, she works for the Texas Commission for the Blind.
A Vancouver based committee seeks a location to erect a windmill to be donated from Holland. The plan envisions a public gift and aims to showcase advances in wind power locally.
A Netherlands based society announces a giveaway of 25 000 tulip bulbs. The program highlights a distribution event and aims to promote horticulture among members and local communities.
Huntington West Virginia December 23 1957 Dr Jonas Morris president explains to the Middle Atlantic Assn of Chiropodists Podiatrists that the National Assn of Chiropodists will change its name to the American Podiatry Assn effective January The president notes fewer than 7000 podiatrists are in practice and that about 70 percent of Americans have a foot disorder An estimated 5000 more podiatrists are needed across the country.
In Wichita Falls Texas a considerate hijacker robbed Leo Wood at his workplace liquor store. He tied Wood and then phoned Wood’s wife to report the kidnapping before escaping with $200.
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