New Fiction Books Offered at Library
The Public Library adds a wide fiction list for all tastes. Notable titles include The Moonflower Wine and The Mouse on the Moon, collaborative thrillers like Fail Safe and The Golden Rendezvous, westerns such as Wolfe Willow, modern works Ultramarine and The Inheritors, and a diverse set of mysteries from Agatha Christie to Rex Stout.
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Jetta Carleton
Leonard Wiberly
Patrick Dennis
Paul Gallico
Shirley Jackson
Eugene Burdick
Harvey Wheeler
Hammond Innes
Nicholas Monsarrat
Hornblower
C. S. Forester
Karawala
Edward Lindall
Alistair MacLean
Todhunter Ballard
Clifton Adams
Jane Barry
Wolfe Willow
Wallace Stegner
Plains Frontier
Malcolm Lowry
William Golding
America America
Elia Kazan
Cape Cod
John O'Hara
Paul Wellman
Ivo Andric
Halldor Laxness
Ilf
Petrov
Agatha Christie
George Harmon Coxe
Patricia Highsmith
Rex Stout
Arthur Upfield
Mignon Eberhart
Philip MacDonald
Doris Miles Disney
Charity Blackstock
Elsmore Area Happenings Highlight Local Socials
Elsmore community notes celebrate New Year’s Watch party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. D A Ludlum and Bonnie with many neighbors including the Barnetts Ard Ludlums and others from Elsmore. A covered dish choir supper, birthday gatherings, dinners with relatives from Iola Humboldt Chanute La Harpe and Kansas City mark a busy social calendar with visits, travel plans to Sweden and school departures. Local Robert Roberts recovers from illness and early 1900s era social ties surface in extended family and church circles.
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Clair Barnett
Linda
Humboldt
Mervin Ard
Dean Ludlum
Russell Ludlum
Wallace Senstedt
Lloyd Cox
Ervin Headley
Elsmore
Don Bauer
Judy
Ilola
Carl Anderson
Bronson
D. A. Ludlum
Roy Roberts
Roberts
Conrad Jackson
Bertil Gustafson
Clifford Olson
Steve
Earl Ericson
Robert Larson Jr
Fredolph Hawkinson
Dwight
Marjorie Nelson
Harold Johnson
Surg
Joan Dahl
Nyle Brown
Iola
Merrill Cunningham
Don Ericson
Sammie Jo
Hepler
Grace Ludlum
Bert Bennett
Lavenburg
Ira Beaman
Genevieve Marrs
Floyd Everts
Kansas City
D.A. Ludlum
Roy Johnson
William Johnson
Josephine Wolfe
Sheryl
Jessie Jackson
la Harpe
Dean Jackson
Elmer MecEndree
Joe Dean Ludlum
Cynthia
Bonnie
Jackson
Charley Braden
Jack
Earl Olson
Chanute
Claremore Military Academy
Oklahoma
Bruce Jackson
S. E. Fowler
Moran
Dukie Myers
Kathy
Mike
Duke Myers
Pearl Hill
William Baker
Chilldren
Joe Miller
Wichita
Fred Cunningham Sr
Alva ‘Brooks
Everett
Wrestler
Sandra
Pem Atteberry
Stark
Gerald Johnson
Kristine
Randall Cunningham
Rosann Cunningham
Lvernight
Lynn Jackson
Elsmnore
Melvin Ard
Richard Ard
Mary Ann Bauer
Altoona Social News Highlights Local Visits
Mrs Allan Stewart received treatment in Wichita for a back ailment. Mr and Mrs J E Bradshaw of rural Chanute visited Mr and Mrs R T Miller. O E Lance released from Wilson County Hospital after several days. Mr and Mrs FE B Whitney and Robert of Springfield Mo visited her parents T A Streets and Reed Streets. Car Kuntz attended funeral services for Clark Dodd in Kansas City Mo. Mrs Guy Newland, former Altoona resident, is treated for a broken hip in Chanute. Mr and Mrs Harry Russell of Oak Valley were guests of Mrs Roy Hall and husband.
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Reed
Car Kuntz
Clark Dodd
Kansas City
Guy Newland
Altoona
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Harry Russell
Oak Valley
Roy Hall
Ann Landers columns offer advice on love chores and pets
Readers share letters about love older boyfriends and wartime romance. Advice ranges from dating choices for a 19 year old to spankings and family funerals for a pet cat and a cocker spaniel. The Chanute Tribune notes Ann Landers features and invites letters.
Hearing Aid Help for Hesitation and Hearing Gaps
Do you hesitate to wear a hearing aid or pretend to hear when you don’t This message offers help and guidance for those who struggle with hearing aid use and listening challenges.
Knife Threat Report In Chanute Involves Juvenile
A Chanute father reported Thursday that his son was threatened by another boy with a knife while walking home from school. The alleged assailant held the knife to the boy’s throat and demanded money, then fled when the victim refused. Police referred the case to county juvenile officer Robert Geiger after preliminary inquiry. The pupils are in grade school.
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Robert Geiger
Scout Troop 34 Meeting at Hutton School
Scout Troop 34 met Tuesday at Hutton School with a flag ceremony led by Terri Jensen. Richie McAlexander was flag bearer and Gayle Sparks and Roxie Mueller were color bearers. Mary Joe Winkler reported on the dabber badge. girls drew pencil scenes from places visited. Meeting closed with Girl Scouts Together. Leaders are Mrs. Fay Edwards and Mrs. Joe Winkler.
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Hutton School
Terri Jensen
Richie McAlexander
Gayle Sparks
Roxie Mueller
Mary Joe Winkler
Fay Edwards
Joe Winkler
Brownie Troop 166 Meeting at Hutton
Brownie Troop 166 met Thursday at Hutton with leader Mrs. J. W. Kensett. Each girl spoke on a Girl Scout law. Two dances were learned. The wishing well closed the meeting.
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Hutton
J. W. Kensett
Girl Scout Neighborhood Service Plan Meeting
The Girl Scout neighborhood service team met with Mrs. G. B. Wall at 209 N. Plummer. They planned a neighborhood meeting for Thursday Jan 17 at 9 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Methodist church. Eleven members attended.
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Girl Scout
G. B. Wall
N. Plummer
Fellowship Hall
the Methodist Church
Local social notes list residents and gatherings around town
Lawrence Johnson and the Ericksons with Robert Larson Sr. and the Hawkinsons are noted with family activities. Alvin Crowder and Charles Quesney visit Weir. Royal Neighbor Lodge members held a meeting and dish dinner at Una McKey’s home.
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Alvin Crowder
Charles Quesney
Weir
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Una McKey
Library ban on teen hangouts raises school aid fears
York Pennsylvania district faces controversy after chief librarian Katherine Shorey upholds a ban blocking junior and senior high students from library reading rooms. The board backed the ban amid protests and a looming state aid review tied to after school activities.
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York
Katherine Shorey
York Library Board
Miss Shorey
Policeman Paid After Bite by Partner's Police Dog
In Birmingham Alabama the county approves payment of Officer W N Alvis salary for five days off work after he was bitten while trying to remove his police dog from a police car.
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Birmingham
Ala
W.N. Alvis
Five Wigs Stolen From Kansas City Salon
Five women’s wigs valued at $1,200 were taken overnight from a Kansas City salon. Owner Pierre Brandi said the German-made wigs were ordered for women customers. Several bird species are noted in the report, listing about 8,600 living types.
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Kansas City
Pierre Brandi
Germany
Seven Americans Die In Viet Nam Helicopter Crash
Saigon reports confirm that seven Americans aboard a US Army troop helicopter were killed southwest of the city after ground fire suspected. An H21 searching for the downed craft also reportedly crashed with no immediate casualty details.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
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Mekong River Delta
Mayor questions yarn purchase for youth knitting program
In Yuma Arizona Mayor George Shackleford questioned a $4 expenditure for yarn and knitting needles. The Parks and Recreation Department said the funds supported a program teaching children to make useful products with their time.
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George Shackleford
Parks and Recreation Department
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Louis Stanley
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Fred Cunningham
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David L. McCune
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Arthur Erickson
Robert Larson Sr
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Ozalid Blue Line Prints and Drafting Service
Oilfield Research Laboratories
N. Highland, Chanate, Kansas
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