June Wedding For Ruth Mertens and Van Stevenson
Mr and Mrs Norman Peacock Walnut announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth Mertens to Van Stevenson son of Mr and Mrs H V Stevenson 1301 W Main Chanute High School graduate employed by Chanute Wholesale Florists Stevenson attends Kansas State College Pittsburg a June wedding is planned
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Norman Peacock
Walnut
Ruth Mertens
van Stevenson
H. V. Stevenson
W. Main
Miss Mertens
Erie High School
Chanute Wholesale Florists
Stevenson
Chanute High School
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Reading Club Meets In Snyder Chapel
The Friday Reading Club met in the K. C. Snyder Chapel on the Neosho County Community Junior College campus. Mrs. R. D. Johnson presented a conservation program from The World Beneath the Sea with three parts reviewed by Mrs. Harold Umbarger, Mrs. Marion Showalter, and Mrs. Johnson. Election of officers for the next year: Mrs. Anderson president, Mrs. J. K. George vice president, Mrs. Showalter secretary, Mrs. H. E. Anderson assistant secretary, and Mrs. Willard treasurer. Next meeting January 16 at the library.
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Thayer
R. D. Johnson
National Geographic Society
Harold Umbarger
Marion Showalter
Johnson
K. C. Snyder
Neosho County
Anderson
J. K. George
Showalter
H. E. Anderson
Willard
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Umbarger
Marilyn Umbarger was honored with a bridal shower at Thayer United Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon hosted by Mrs. William Dean of 1724 S. Malcolm with Terri Phillips and Teresa Dean assisting. Forty seven guests attended as Becky Stiels and Linda Russell of Altoona helped open gifts. The Volga River is noted as Europe s longest river.
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Marilyn Umbarger
Thayer United Methodist Church
William Dean
S. Malcolm
Terri Phillips
Teresa Dean
Becky Stiels
Linda Russell
Altoona
Miss Umbarger
Social and church calendar highlights Jan 7
Citywide listings show WSCS meetings at First United Methodist Church with multiple sessions, Rainbow Division Veterans dinner at Memorial Building, and NWMS and Toastmasters events. Also notes an bridal shower for Gayle Coots and a curious polar bear fact about scent detection from a whale carcass.
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WSCS
First United Methodist Church
Rainbow Division Veterans
St. Anne
Grace Episcopal Church
NWMS
Nazarene Church
Chanute Toastmasters Club
Chamber of Commerce
Christian Women's Fellowship
Dick Crowl
W. Main
Fellowship Hall
Jack Sparks
S. Lincoln
Howard McNeill
Guild
Loren Nelson
S. Santa Fe
Presbyterian
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
United Presbyterian Women Sewing Group
Jaycee Wives
Peace and Progress Ehu
Heritage Room
Sweet Adelines
W. Elms
Delta Study Club
Tioga
Today's Mothers Club
Ellis W. Riegle
Letter Found After Twenty Two Years From a Mother to Daughter
A reader sends a long exchange with Ann Landers including a mother's 22 year old letter to her daughter about cherishing childhood moments. The piece contrasts a Montreal reader's sentimental message with reader reactions and a critical note on May December marriages citing a 51 year old groom and a 15 year old bride.
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Ann Landers
Montreal
Daugher
Peaches
Daddy Browning
Boca Raton
Fla
Edward Browning
Frances
Heenan
New York
Heloise hints and reader notes on daily life
Readers share assorted tips from denture care to preserving books and catnip toys. Advice covers chopping steak bites, absorbing moisture with tissues, repurposing galvanized mop buckets as planters, and a playful letter about a child misplacing mittens in a stocking cap.
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Heloise
Charlotte Collier
Nurses Protest Scale of Pay
About 100 federal and District of Columbia nurses staged symbolic resignations in a protest against low pay. They marched in front of the Civil Service Commission offices accusing discrimination against women professionals and warned the resignations could become real if half of federal nurses back the action.
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Washington
Federal
District of Columbia
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Vey
Tex Ritter seeks Republican Senate nomination in Tennessee
Tex Ritter 64 a veteran screen cowboy and country singer seeks the Republican nomination for the US Senate seat held by Democrat Albert Gore of Tennessee. Primary is August 6 and Ritter is noted for films such as High Noon Boll Weevil and Hillbilly Heaven. Omar Sharif leads a London bridge team in high stakes rubbers for about 50 000 pounds total, with sessions filmed for a US TV series.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tex Ritter
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Ritter
London
Omar Sharif
Crockford’s
United States
Edith Head debuts Airport Look line at New York show
Hollywood costume designer Edith Head unveiled her first ready to wear line inspired by Air port styles at a New York Couture Business Council dinner. The collection features wrinkle free Trevira fabric pieces including a white hooded poncho and pants ensemble.
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New York
Edith Head
Miss Head
New York Couture Business Council, Inc
Hystron Fibers, Inc
Mae West
Myra Breckinridge
Couture Business Council
Vogue-Butterick
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Reading Club
Snyder Chapel
Umbarger
Volga
Europe
Kentwood
Mich
Barbara Shanahan
Air Force
Joseph Shanahan
Vietnam
Arlie Duncan
S. Rutter
E. D. Morris
Ss. Plummer
Miss Coots
Gayle Coots
Fay Edwards
Grant
Orville Breiner II
Linda Edwards
Miss Edwards
T. M. Bayless
Darrell Gates
S. Central
Mary N. Farha
M.H.B
Mama Cat
Helise
Margaret Tansek
Westview Baptist Chapel
David Blase
Seattle
Barry Bryant
Bryant
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Thayer, Kansas
BANK
Truitt
N. Steuben
Cedar Lodge
Glenn G. Taylor
Jay T. Klinginsmith
West Bend
Turkey
East Main
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