Social Calendar Highlights Church Group Meetings and Events
Social calendar lists multiple church groups and civic clubs meeting across July 4 week. Activities include Missionary Society sessions at Grant Avenue Baptist and United Presbyterian Women at 9 a.m., Brethren in Christ dinner, Rainbow Division veterans dish, Christian Women's Fellowship circles, First United Methodist Rachael and Ruth circles, Nazarene NWMS, Chanute Toastmasters, Zion Lutheran Ladies, and First Baptist WMS with varied times. A Royal Neighbors picnic at Santa Fe Park and Adelines gathering precede golf events including county club mixed handicap and women's flag tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sissionary Society
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
United Presbyterian
Robert Jones
S. Lafayette
Womens Missionary Association
Brethren In Christ Church
P.m
Rainbow Division
Terans
Memorial Building
Christian Women’s Fellowship
James Read
W. Walnut
Don
Fe Ship Hall
Mildred Barnes
W. Plummer
Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church
Rachael Circle
Louis Junod
S. Ashby
Ruth Circle
Eldon Penner
N. Western
NWMS
Nazarene Church
Chanute Toastmasters Club
Zion Lutheran Ladies Circle
WMS
First Baptist Church
Royal Neighbors of America
South Shelterhouse
Santa Fe Park
Oo Adelines
W. Elms
Drisdells Host Rehearsal Dinner for Bergen-Drisdell
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Drisdell R. J. Buffalo hosted a wedding rehearsal dinner for Karen Bergen and son Doug Drisdell Thursday evening in the Orchid Buffet. Yellow and mint green candles and daisies adorned the head table and guest tables, with twenty six guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Drisdell
R. J. Buffalo
Karen Bergen
Doug Drisdell
Swanson Family Holds Reunion in Iola Theater
The Joe Swanson family annual reunion gathered in Iola Little Theater on Sunday with attendees from Iola Humboldt Moran Lawrence Wichita Reading and Kansas City among others. Families listed include Ernest Swanson T C Swanson Arnold Swanson Art Lagergren Shirley Ludlum and many more kin from across Kansas and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Swanson
Iola Little Theater
Ernest Swanson
Savenburg
T. C. Swanson
Arnold Swanson
Art Lagergren
Shirley Ludlum
Cynthia
Elsmore
Kenneth Swanson
Max Morrison
Susan
Betty Bland
Roger
Ronnie
Kristine
Tracy Atherton
Moran
Georgia Ludlum
Robert Logan
Karn
Kevin
Kansas City
Richard Krause
Stevin
Carolyn
Reading
Mass
Karen Borgen Weds Douglas Drisdell
Karen Borgen and Douglas Drisdell were married Friday evening at Zion Lutheran Church in Parsons. The ceremony featured a candlelit double ring service with music by organist Nancy Allison and vocalists. The couple will reside in Parsons after a Lake of the Ozarks honeymoon. Out-of-town guests included relatives from Pittsburg Bartlesville Erie and Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Borgen
John Borgen
W. Elm
Douglas Drisdell
Millard Drisdell
R. J. Buffalo
Zion Lutheran Church
Robert Greene
Purcell
Nancy Allison
Bob Ward
Marcello
CHS
NCCJC
Drisdell Studio
Lake of the Ozarks
S. Malcolm
Elmer Weitzel
Beverly and
Gagnell
Robert Weitzel
Philip Long
Lonnie Ashcraft
Steven
Jeffery
Lonetta
Parsons
Howard Weitzel
Richard
Bill Hartzell
Teresa Welch
Erie
Victor Fitz
Claude Wilson
Independence
Harry Bergen
Red Wing
Minn
Duane Olson
Little Creek
Edwin McMain
St. Paul
Beece Naff
Lawrence
Margaret Sale
Pittsburg
Coots Lopeman Wed In Church Here
Susan Jeanine Coots married Gary Richard Lopeman on June 21 at the First Christian Church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Bert Sutton with a double ring service and a reception followed in fellowship hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Jeanine Cots
Gary Richard Lopeman
First Christian Church
Bert Sutton
Jeff Coots
S. Kansas
Margaret Lopeman
S. Forest
George Lopeman
N. Washington
Chris Coots
Pittsburg
Jodi Coots
Sharon McKenzie
Coleen Ruble
George Lopeman Jr
Jim Lopeman
Pat Blanchard
Steve Lopeman
Don McFarland
Thayer
Fellowship Hall
Gail Boerwinkle
Debbie Fateley
Pam Lopeman
Peace Loving Pearl Prefers the Single Life
Dear Ann Landers column features Pearl, a 29 year old woman content with independence, rejecting marriage despite social pressure. She values career, leisure, and selective relationships while living with her parents. A reader criticizes Landers for bias against men, arguing men should lead the family.
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One
Ann Landers
D.R.Z
Bible trivia questions meet advice column quarrel
A column combines Bible quiz items from Mark Ezra and Acts with reader letters about gender roles and smoking in bed. It includes Ann Landers style replies and a note about a 29th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Wedding Details Highlight Champagne Lace Dress
A bride wore champagne lace with black accessories and white carnations in her corsage. After a short wedding trip the couple will live at 107 N. Grant. Attendants include W L Good Peggy Cooper Dennis Reba Snyder Parsons and others from Fredonia Pratt Pittsburg and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Dent
Debbie Fazeley
N. Grant
W. L. Good
Peggy Cooper
Dennis
Reba Snyder
Parsons
Guy Ostrander
Elsie Keesling
Fredonia
Dayton Kerby
Kansas City
Janet Forbes
Pratt
Chris Coots
Pittsburg
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Drisdells
Swanson
Allen Monument Company
Central, Chanute
James Cooper
Bartlesville
Eric
Jim Evans
Tamara
Nicha Olson
Jim Cooper
Ronald White
Wichita
Bill Lopeman
Steve Ashcraft
Bion Ostrander
Phil Brazil
Mike Post
Galen Smith
Paula Whitworth
Beverly Weitzel
Darrell Summers
O. D. Sperry
Bride
Chanute High School
Neosho County Community Junior College
Coots-Lopeman
Doug Lopeman
Service
Free
Caldwell
S. Santa Fe
Olds
Ann
Pearl
Lavina Ross Fowler
Shiloh
Tabernacle
Canaan
Joshua
Paul
Barnabas
Lydia
Thyatira
Cyrus
Babylon
Ralph Willcott
W. Main
Dryer Shoe Store
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