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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1957
Page
2
Local items report Christmas visits by Clark and Patrick Lofthouse and other relatives. Social announcements include Christmas dinners at the Johnson home and travels of Jim Johnson and family. Also mentions an auction at Wesley Furniture and service ads for Glen's Tire Service. no major events confirmed.
Police say Smith and sister Gloria Ann Montgomery were involved in a Sunday incident in Sapulpa. Gloria Ann Montgomery visited family including Thomas Montgomery Sr and Ray Noble before returning home. Sgt. Montgomery, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, is expected to return to duty.
Mrs. John V. Meagher, 63, of Stark City Mo died after a second stroke at St. John's Hospital Joplin. Funeral Friday in Neosho Mo. Belle Hanna 99 a former Chanute resident died in Kansas City. Survivors include son Claire and two grandsons. Graveside service at Elmwood Cemetery. Wornall Funeral Home Kansas City in charge.
Daily Transcript lists Monday admittances for Mrs Pete Zaragosa James Evans Ray Christianson Mrs Edward Richardson Floyd White Carl Yates Chester Decker Elmer Lee Mrs Harold McNeal Delays include Monday dismissals for Fred W Smith Elizabeth Meyer Mrs Kenneth Chestnut and others Births report a girl to Mr and Mrs James A Sunday and a boy to Dr and Mrs Albert Kihm Fire Run Tuesday at 6 30 a m one half mile east of the city covering a car incident.
Youth Carl Weiner III of 823 S High Land received 15 days in jail and a $75 fine for reckless driving. One license tab was removed and he was paroled for one year from the jail sentence.
Sadie Stiles died at 12 45 p m yesterday at St Margaret s Hospital Fredonia after a heart attack. She was 80 and had been ill for a year and a half. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Loran Fawcett Funeral Home Neodesha at 2 p m with Rev W W Pfautz of the Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be in Altoona cemetery. Sadie Jane Babcock born November 17 1877 near Thayer to Wilburn and is the deceased’s maiden name.
Frances Babcock, lifelong Altoona resident, married Charlie Stiles in 1901 near Altoona. Survivors include husband Coy B. of Belew New Mexico, daughter Irvin Gibson of Altoona, four grandchildren, sister Nettie Guy of Grassland Alberta Canada, and brother Hugh Babcock of Gravity Iowa. She was active in Altoona Presbyterian church Order of the Eastern Star and Royal Neighbors of America.
Loyd N Mosbarger, federal probation officer for Wichita, died in a snowstorm crash on a Lebo overpass. His wife suffered a scalp cut. Truck driver William Helms of Valley Station Ky was uninjured. Mosbarger served as deputy U S marshal for the Wichita area and was a former Senate bill clerk.
Topeka The State Highway Commission ends a record year for contract awards and plans a new program for 1958. Yesterday's awards totaled 8,735,000 dollars, the largest single session sum, pushing 1957 contracts to 66,188,000 dollars.
Kansas City livestock markets report steady to higher cattle prices with slaughter steers up to 25, hogs mixed and sows strong. Parson s stockyards show adjusted hog and sheep values, cattle and feeder prices mixed across categories, New Year open at Parsons with steady to higher cattle trends.
The Lutherans defeated the Nazarenes 27 to 15 in a church league basketball game. R Burghart led the winners with seven points while Tripp scored six for the losers.
The New York stock market moved toward year end with advancing prices and heavy activity. Volume for the day was about 4.1 million shares, up from 3.75 million yesterday.
The notice lists M. W. Wilson and W. M. Roy as secretaries with reference adv. 222-11. It presents a formal archival entry likely a legal or administrative appointment or action. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
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