UCT Auxiliary Hosts Meeting and Walter Davis Trip Slides
Mrs Walter Davis hosted the UCT Auxiliary gathering at 105 S Larson with Mrs Shelton Propst presiding. Mrs W T Blackwood led prayer as the group viewed Walter and Mrs Davis film and slides from a recent trip. Refreshments followed. A joint ACT and UCT picnic is planned for Santa Fe Park on August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Davis
S. Larson
UCT
Shelton Propst
W. T. Blackwood
Davis
Santa Fe
Park
Dining room chair placement and wedding cake decor Q A
The etiquette guidance states chairs may be placed under the table between meals if wished. It also notes bride and groom figures are common but not the only acceptable wedding cake adornments. An unmarried woman staying in a hotel can reciprocate hospitality by taking her hosts to dinner at a hotel or restaurant.
Sub Debs Meeting Discusses Pledge Walk-out
A Sub Deb Club meeting at RoAnn Gifford's home 819 S Forest discussed a pledge walk-out. Karine Bowman, secretary treasurer, led the gathering, with 20 actives and two sponsors present Mrs Gus Nelson and Mrs William Gray Jr provided refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RoAnn Gifford
S. Forest
Karine Bowman
Gus Nelson
William Gray Jr
Vilas Vikings 4-H Club Picnic and Meeting Report
The Vilas Vikings 4-H Club met at Santa Fe Park for a Sunday picnic and the regular monthly meeting. Evelyn Larson reported on the last council meeting in Fredonia, and Jean Kay Olson spoke on the Manhattan 4-H Roundup. Rodney Goltry discussed pool safety, Ronald Goltry presented a yard improvement project, and Catharine and Margaret Ann Thorsell demonstrated dairy product use. The clothing group met at Mrs. Everett Olson’s home to discuss sewing machine care and garment fitting. Eight girls, their mothers, Nadine Howard, and Kay Ald- participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilas Vikings
Santa Fe Park
Evelyn Larson
Fredonia
Jean Kay Olson
Manhattan
Rodney Goltry
Ronald Goltry
Catherine
Margaret Ann Thorsell
Gene McMillen
Everett Olson
Nadine Howard
Kay
Pattern add costs and mailing address request
A request to send fifty cents plus five cents per pattern for first-class mailing to Marian Martin care of The Cha at 18th Street New York NY. Print plainly the name, address with zone, size and style number for Tribune Pattern Dept. 232 West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
New York
N.Y
Wits
Tribune
West
4‑H Club Plays Seamstress Round Table
Ruth Burdick demonstrated making a doll apron at the Willing Workers 4-H sewing class held in Mrs Rex King’s home. Tea towels were discussed and judged. Five members and three mothers attended. The advanced class met later with Janice McKelvy presenting zipper history and plans for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Burdick
Willing Workers 4-H
Rex King
Miss Burdick
Janice McKelvy
Cihu Club Hosts Mrs Richardson at Coffee Hour
The Cihu Club of the First Church of God met Wednesday morning at 9 30 in the Silver Grill dining room for a coffee hour. Mrs Lee Sharp presided a gift exchange was held and photos taken. Hostess Mrs L Don Richardson gave each attendee a small gift. Guests included Mrs Jack Wilson and Mrs Ben Cunningham. Six members were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Don Richardson
Cihu Club
First Church of God
Silver Grill
Lee Sharp
Jack Wilson
Ben Cunningham
Hong Kong Lesson Guides Christchurch Women’s Mission
The Women's Missionary Association meeting centered on China with the Pearl of the Orient Hong Kong theme. Rev Effie Simon led the lesson and devotions, aided by Mmes Elmer Gibson Ira n Grogan W N Holman and John Bodin. Nine members attended with three guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Association of the United Brethren
Christchurch
China
Hong Kong
Effie Simon
Mmes
Elmer Gibson
Iran Grogan
W. N. Holman
John Bodin
Divorce Actions Filed in Erie District Court
Divorce suits filed in Erie list Ruby Mae Rice versus Ralph Rice for neglect and extreme cruelty with marriage on September 11, 1933 at Bolivar and McFaye Hale versus Donald Hale for similar grounds married in Erie on September 18, 1940, noting two minor children. The page also records birth, hospital admittances, and a Chanute tax lien foreclosure case with a pleading deadline of August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Ruby Mae Rice
Ralph Rice
Bolivar
Mc Faye Hale
Donald Hale Bross
District Court
Board of Neosho County Commissioners
Margaret Aurentz
Chanute
City For
Local Briefs and Scenes From Court and Visits
Community notices cover a parade of small items: car crash at 701 N Santa Fe injures two vehicles, a birth in Great Bend to Mr. and Mrs. Dent, travel plans of Dr. Herbert Rollow and family, a scout hike to Camp Wonderwood, church society lunches, and kin visits between Chicago and Kansas. Court filings include Ida Wheeler versus Ivan Wheeler for separate maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Earl Wertz
S. Lafayette
L. R. Edwards
Mission
N. Santa Fe
C. Edwin Dent
Great Bend
Dent
Rose Dent
Grant
Kathy
Debbie
Bill Slane
Methodist Church
Wonderwood
Social Calendar July 1957 Mary Martha Guild Dinner
July 1957 social calendar lists Mary Martha Guild dinner at Presbyterian church 6 30 p.m VFW Auxiliary Memorial Building Chanute Ladies Encampment at Odd Fellows Hall and Duplicate Bridge Club at Tioga Hotel 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Martha Guild
Presbyterian Church
VFW
Memorial
N. Chanute
Odd Fellows Hall
Duplicate Bridge Club
Tioga Hotel
John B. Kays Visits Mountain Home in Colorado
John B. Kays, his wife Glenice Hoffman Kay and son Jeffrey Allen returned to their Kittredge Colorado home after a three week visit with Mrs Hoffman's parents Mr and Mrs Hoffman and sister Mrs Ted Gorrell. Jeffrey celebrated his first birthday with a Hoffman birthday party and guests received cake and homemade ice cream. Kay is employed by American Long Lines Telephone Co Denver and joined the family for the weekend trip home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Sue Grant
K. A. Grant
Springfield
Ill
George Niles Warren
William T. Warren
S. Highland
John Fleener
Doris Jean Grant
William T. Warren Jr
University of Illinois
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
DePauw Art Studio
Peoria
Warren
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Chanute Junior College
University of Kansas
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Colorado
John B. Kay
Glenice Hoffman
Jeffrey Allen
Kittredge
Colo
Hoffman
Ted Gorrell
Jeffrey
Kay
American Long Lines Telephone Co
Denver
How to make a baby bib from a dress shield
A dress shield can be cut in half and tied with tape to form two soft baby bibs. This prevents chafing and stops spills from soaking through.
Korean Tot Kills American Soldier
In Inchon a U S soldier guarding a pipeline post accidentally killed a 3 year old Korean boy named King Young Ho a carbine bullet through the head. A board of officers will investigate. Pvt Ronald J Fasset was described as in a state of shock and Col Joseph V Smith expressed regret to the mayor and the child's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
Inchon
King Young Ho
Ronald J F. Fasset
Col
Joseph V. Smith
Indion
Kim Chin Chou
Robertson Dies in Kansas City at 76
James Guy Robertson 76 longtime public relations director for United States Cold Storage Corp died yesterday of cancer in Kansas City. He lived in Prairie Village and served on the Kansas Selective Service Appeals Board. In 1951 he became international director of coordinated affairs for the world movement of the Order of DeMolay and received a Founders Cross last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James Guy Robertson
United States Cold Storage Corp
Robertson
Prairie Village
Kas
Kansas Selective Service Appeals Board
The
World Movement
Order of de Molay
Order
Death Notice for William H. Smith 78 in Chanute Area
William H. Smith, 78, died Wednesday night at the McAfee Rest Home in Iola. Born February 4, 1879, near Moran, he lived in and near Chanute most of his life. He married Lou Vinnie Reed on January 27, 1904 in Fresno, California. Surviving are four daughters including Beulah Rubeling of Laramie, Wyoming, and Wilma Adams of Welda, among others. he was a member of the First Christian Church of Chanute and long employed at Truitt's Greenhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Smith
McAfee Rest Home
Iola
Chanute
Obituary notices from Iola and Erie areas file
Mrs Naomi Lee and Mrs Claire Annice Perkins noted as survivors in a multi person obituary. Funeral services set for Monday 2 p.m. at Sleeper Mortuary Iola with burial in Leanna cemetery. In separate notices Mrs Harry F Mitchell aged 76 of rural Erie died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a stroke. Survivors include five daughters and two sons with services pending at Erie Christian Church and Bethel cemetery. Also listed are Nettie B McGarr aged 94 who died at Neosho Memorial Hospital with funeral plans to be announced by Koch Skinner Memorial Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Lee
Washington, D.C
Claire Annice Perkins
Bronson
Loren
Laramie
Wyo
Norman
Wichita
Leonard
Pheonix
Ariz
Otis
Roy
Eric
Sam
Cottonwood
Sleeper Mortuary
Iola
Leanna Cemetery
Harry F. Mitchell
Erie
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Anna B. Fleming
Sarah
William Fleming
Harry Mitchell
Neosho County
Fred
South Mound
Joe
Mary Saglin
Lakewood
Calif
Mabel Doherty
Kennwick
Wash
Tavelea Jones
Garden Grove
Jeane Orton
Elma Hazen
Stark
Viola Jillette Foster
Erie Christian Church
Paul Life
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Chanute
A. W. Swanson
Bethel Cemetery
Pierce Funeral Home
Nettie B. McGarr
W. Main
McGarr
Economy
Ind
First Methodist Church
Fern Robinson
Jennie Noyes
Emma Black
Santa Paula
Charles Little
Koch-Skinner Memorial
Fort Scott
Fred W. Bayless
Bourbon County
Stanley Harold
Stewart
Lavenburg
Savonburg Methodist Church
Elsmore
Smith
Edgar L. Smith
Parsons
Harrison Chapel
Thayer
Don Rankin
The
Christian Church of
Harrison Cemetery
Engel
Parsons City Manager Attacked by Dog on Farm Visit
Parsons reports City Manager Bernard T. Budd was bitten by a large dog while surveying land purusuing plans for a new water reservoir. He received medical attention and a tetanus shot after the incident near a farm northwest of Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Bernard T. Budd
Budd
Snake Pays Visit To Young Driver
Dallas youth Don Mize drove through downtown when a five foot water moccasin tapped his shoulder. The snake grabbed the emergency brake and caused a sudden stop. A passerby and Mize killed the snake before police arrived. The reptile had earlier been taken from a July 4 picnic and hidden in a box in the car trunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Don Mize
Mize
Two Men Burned In Tank Blast Near El Dorado
Two men were burned in an oil stock tank explosion three miles northwest of El Dorado. Eldon Zigler aged 43 and LaVerna Kingsley aged 21, both of El Dorado, were welding a stairway on a 250 barrel tank when the blast occurred. They were in fair condition at a hospital. Cities Service Oil Co spokesman said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado
Eldon Zigler
LaVerna Kingsley
Cities Service Oil Co
Neodesha Girls Attend Meadowlark Camp Near Bartlesville
Thirteen intermediate Girl Scouts from Neodesha left Tuesday for Camp Osage at Bartlesville to stay until July 14 as the Meadowlark Council maintains the camp about 14 miles west of Bartlesville. Director is Miss Bernice Chad dick of the Independence council office. Read names: Janice Riddle Kay Huser Sharon Price Linda Auburn Jane Bailie Nancy Matthews Candy Steele Marilyn Smith Mary Anne Stevenson Linda Brady Patsy Shepherd Sarah Weems Sarah Griffith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neodesha
Camp
Osage
Bartlesville
Meadowlark Council
Bernice Chaddick
Independence
Janice Riddle
Kay Huser
Sharon Price
Linda Auburn
Jane Bailie
Nancy Matthews
Candy Steele
Marilyn Smith
Mary Anne Stevenson
Linda Brady
Patsy Shepherd
Sarah Weems
Sarah Griffith
Two Women Mark Crime In Solitary
CHICAGO Two women sentenced to 180 years in prison for murder spend today in solitary confinement at Dwight Women's Reformatory to observe the 22nd anniversary of the crime. Evelyn Smith age 68 and Blanche Dunkel age 66 were moved to solitary cells at sundown yesterday under a 1935 order of Judge Cornelius J Harrington. They were convicted in 1935 of murdering Ervin J Lang 38, Dunkel's son in law. The judge called the crime one of the most vicious premeditated assassinations and ordered they spend each anniversary in solitary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evelyn Smith
Blanche Dunkel
Dwight Women's Reformatory
Sundown
Cornelius J. Harrington
Ervin J. Lang
Lang murder trial reveals dismemberment scheme
During the Lang murder trial testimony showed he was killed after planning to end an illicit romance with Mrs Dunkel. The jury heard Mrs Smith was promised $500 for her part, plied Lang with liquor, drugged him, strangled him, and with her husband’s help dismembered the body. Mrs Smiths husband remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Tribune
Lang
Oldtime Aides Visit Truman at Independence Library
Former officials and aides gathered in Independence to dedicate a library and museum housing Truman administration papers and mementoes. Dean Acheson warned alliances are weakened and world respect declined while Averell Harriman criticized Molotov's dismissal, and Charles Brannan attacked the soil bank as political fraud with little effect on surplus reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Dean Acheson
Averell Harriman
New York
Russia
Molotov
Roosevelt
Charles F. Brannan
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Rep Avery Seeks Earhart Recognition
Representative Avery calls for official government recognition of Amelia Earhart noting that no formal acknowledgment has been bestowed. He emphasizes Earhart’s pioneering aviation achievements and seeks congressional action to honor her legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Earhart
Washington
Earhart Memorial Stamp Urged By Congressman
Hart Putnam notes Amelia Earhart vanished twenty years ago this month over the Pacific. Avery urged the Post Office Department to issue a commemorative stamp honoring Earhart for pioneering aviation and national contributions, asking the postmaster general and Congress to consider the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart Putnam
Pacific Ocean
Miss Earhart
Atchison, Kas
Avery
Congressional Record
Post Office Department
Amelia Earhart
Congress
Leniency Plea on Overdue Parking Tickets in Los Angeles
Helen Guild, already serving 49 days for 49 overdue parking tickets, asked Municipal Judge David W. Williams for leniency on 14 additional tickets. The judge sentenced her to 14 days, to run concurrently with her current sentence, to help support her two children Opal and Renard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Helen Guild
David W. Williams
Opal
Renard
Heat Wave Grants Paris Police Coat-Free Duty Privilege
Paris police faced an unprecedented order as Europe’s heat wave hit. Officers on duty could remove coats if wearing belts, while those in suspenders kept jackets on as the weather soared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Europe
Ingrid Bergman Reunites with Daughter After Surgery
Ingrid Bergman returned from Paris to be with her five year old daughter Isabella at the Rossellini home. A spokesman said Isabella underwent an appendicitis operation last night and came through well and is improving rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Paris
Isabella
Rossellini
Rise to Occasion Only When They Blow Up
A brief line notes the paradox that for some individuals the moment they are challenged comes only through explosive action. It presents a stark observation on motivation and action without naming people or events.
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Illinois
L. D. Hunter
JLA
Oklahoma Tire & Supply
Joplin
Sun
KFSB
Kans
WDAF
Jrs
Rich
Wilson County Extension Office
the Tribune
Everett Lee Carder
Janice L. Parrish
Daily Transcript
John F. Eckley
B.M.A. — Life, Health, Accident & Group
U.S. Royal Tires
Willard Batteries
Glen's Tire Service
Herbert Rollow
Cooper Rollow
Bill
Carol
Jean
Rollow
Vermont
Chicago Tribune
Janice
Michigan
Alma Drury
S. Evergreen
Cortez
Jack Clements
Pamela Jean
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Big Creek Methodist Church
Wilbert Johnson
Ralph Reinhardt
Mamie Hayes
Topeka
Charles R. Hayes
Daryl Booth
Village Creek
W. G. Fargo
N. Steuben
V. N. Garfield
Gary Veot
Tral
N. Evergreen
Leon Ripple
Edith
Malcolm
Ida Wheeler
Ivan Wheeler
Ioa
Don Young
Mike
Amarillo
Tex
Gay Ann Joy
Udall
R. R. Elder
Mrs. Young
Miss Joy
Elder
Aaron L. Vining
Lafayette
John W. Sherman
Phoenix
A. 0. Schoonover
Overland Park
Schoonovers
John B. Kays
McCune Motor
Mrs
Kansas
Coffeyville
Pinky Lee
Roy Swanson
Montgomery County Fair Assn
Pitsburg
Army
McConnell Air Base
Cindy Chandler
Judith Turlot
Mulberry
Kay Cantrell
Karen Wickware
Pittsburg
Lola
Allen County
Tex Ritter
Cowboy Screen Star
Stewart Services
Snake
Casin
Individual Mausoleum Co
Parsons, Kansas
Robert N. Allen
South Santa Fe
Truman
Ingrid
Roy S. Gibson
Clifford L. Gibson
Chanute, Kansas
Gray's Lumber Jack
Wesley Moore
Frenskin
Jim Rice
Bill Lose
Olson Grocery
Lloyd Woosley
Cecil Fowler
415
Gray Lumber CO. Inc
Home Loan Headquarters
Chanute Building & Loan
Main & Santa Fe
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