Construction Worker Becomes Midwife in Peru Birth
Chester Wiggins, 66, a San Bruno, California, retiree and former airline maintenance supervisor, joined Peace Corps construction work in Peru. While giving a jeep ride to a Peruvian couple, he assisted a birth, helping deliver a boy named Jose Chester Domingo. Mother and child are reported to be healthy.
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Washington (Ap
Chester Wiggins
Peru
Peace Corps
Wiggins
San Bruno
Calif
Jose Chester Domingo
Benedict reunion and extended family gathering in Kansas
A Benedict family reunion near Chanute drew relatives from Santa Fe of Wichita Altona Buffalo and beyond with many guests including Billy Cook Linda Lou Howard Hasty Pearl Short and Betty Moeller. Attendees traveled from Perry Augusta Wellington and Seattle for a week of visiting church dinners and travel to Gunnison Colorado as part of the family event.
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Benedict
Dale Vaughn
Sherry
Diane Cook
Santa Fe
Wichita
Chanute
Gunnison
Colo
Billy Cook
Billy Gene
Mike
Mandan
N. D
Howard Hasty
Arkansas City
Willis Cook
Linda Lou
Pearl Short
Altoona
Walter Hash
Diane
Deborah
Bruce
Neodesha
Howard Wescott
Peggy
Vicky
Becky
Roger
Tammy
Buffalo
Fred Cook
Pamela
Charles Ropp
J. W. Cook
James Cook
Bartlesville
Frank Lyon
Cook
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Fredonia
United States
Africa
J. W. Mintener
Betty
Dick Moeller
Augusta
R. M. DeMoss
Richard
Wellington
Earl Milligan
Collie Chambers
Lewis Seward
Miami
Okla
Nadine Green
Ronald
Donald
A. J. Ambrose
Buffalo Youths and Community News in Baldwin Area
Community notices from Buffalo celebrate a 54th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Drake with guests from Yukon Oklahoma. Local youth attend Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute. Diana Pringle to serve as counselor. Legion Auxiliary meeting reports roll call on cool living and Memorial Day service thanks. Officers elected. junior activities noted. Buffalo visitors include Dean Blackwood on business from Springfield Missouri. Additional social scenes include July 3 dinner guests and hospital admission of Fred Awalt. World Council panel participants featured. Diana Pringle showcases Mexico artifacts. Harlan Kamm and family visit rural Buffalo for the week of July 4.
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Buffalo
Tom Drake
Pat Fitzmorris
Nancy
Judy
Yukon
Okla
Methodist Youths Fellowship Institute
Baldwin
Sharon Ice
Roma Payne
Loretta Carlson
Diana Pringle
The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
W. D. Hempen
G. D. Blackwood
Dean Blackwood
Springfield
Dean
Lula Houston
John Houston
Chanute
Ted Wiens
Fred Awalt
Lola Hospital
Louise Rust
Phoenix
Ariz
W. J. Pringle
Diana
Miss Rust
Kansas City
Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Marie Brock
John Walker
First John
World Council of Churches
Rena Clinesmith
Nell Krepp
Abbie Hempen
Mary Walker
Mexico
M. J. Clugh
Oley Apt
Hempen
Rose
McKinley
Therriem
Pontiac
Mich
Betty Follmer
Harlan Kamm
Harlan Jr
Carolyn
Randall
Waco
Texas
Kamm
Enfield Kamm
Stiles and friends share visits and meals across towns
Sunday and weekday visits span Fre donia Thayer Osawatomie and Topeka as May Stiles hosts kin and friends. From dinners with Norman Stiles to hospital care for Leola Berg, and local events like an amateur hour auction, the community centers on family and neighbors with car trips, canning, and peach prep.
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Lone Elm
Norman Stiles
Brad
Brett
Fredonia
May Stiles
Orval Sloan
Altoona
Charles Stiles
Kim
Sharon
Thayer
Lynn Berg
Genia
Kansas City
Roy Berg
Kenny
Timmy
Flossie Denney
Edna Heck
Cora Martin
Carl Stiles
Becky
Randy
Larry Umbarger
Leola Berg
Osawatomie
Leola Overbay
Glenn Berg
Dale Johnson
Topeka
Irvin Gibson
Kelly Starbuck
Norman Stiles and Sons
Hidden Haven
Albert Smedley
Western Samoans Race Huge Fautasi Longboats
Western Samoans race fautasi longboats evolved from whale boats. The skin boats glide across water propelled by 40 or more oarsmen. A coxswain sets the tempo with a tin can beat.
Girls Who Go to the Blazes organize Tucson volunteers
North Tucson women form a volunteer fire department alias The Girls Who Go to the Blazes and organize a local unit to respond to fires. The group emphasizes community service and readiness while seeking broader municipal support.
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Tucson
North Tucson
Gifts Pouring In To First Lady as Baby Expected
US First Lady Mrs Kennedy, awaiting her third child due late August, receives about 300 letters daily at the White House. Gifts include booties, bibs, quilts and toys, with many callers offering to help care for the baby. Messages suggest godparents and name choices while most gifts go to charity.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Daily Mail
White House
Mrs. Kennedy
ASU lab mailed live scorpions labeled for inspection
In Tempe, Arizona, the Poisonous Animals Research Laboratory at Arizona State University used a mailing label that read Live Scorpions and Postmaster Parcel may be opened for inspection if necessary.
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Tempe, Ariz
Arizona State, University’s Poisonous Animals Research Laboratory
Savonburg social notes and regional visits reported
Mrs. F E Few ins of Elsmore and Mrs Ima Simmons of Kimball were dinner guests of Mrs. G W Morgan. Mr and Mrs Paul Hohman visit Burlingame Calif with daughter and family. Alice Brown and Shirley Brown of Mexico Mo were weekly guests of Blanche Laughlin and the Ludlums. The Huse family hosted Branson weekend guests. Ernest Larson drills a water well on East Main. Cora Haworth visits Wichita relatives. Edna Elliott hosts Darrel Rice and Don Miner families from Greenville Ky and Phoenix Ariz. Daisy Miner and Darleen stay with Mrs Miner here after two years in Phoenix.
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Bert Farwell
Oscar Koch
Lawrence
Clifford
P. G. Offenbacker
Veterans’ Hospital
Wichita
Edna B. Hoffman
Julia Elder
Neodesha
Esther Krehbiel
Moundridge
Hoffman
Savonburg
F. E. Fewins
Elsmore
Ima Simmons
Kimball
G. W. Morgan
Paul Hohman
Burlingame
Calif
Robert Huse
Alice Brown
Shirley Brown
Mexico
Blanche Laughlin
Max Ludlum
Harold Johnson
Branson
Ernest Larson
East Main
Cora Haworth
Louis Haworth
Edna Elliott
Darrel Rice
Greenville
Don Miner
Phoenix
Ariz
Daisy Miner
Darleen
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John Gorton
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Hazel Lamb
E. H. Guenther
John Lauber
Yates Center
Mabel Stock
Texhoma
Tex
Douglas Chambers
Mary Marie
Charlotte
Dean Chambers
Linda Kay
Perry
Donald Greenough
Robert Greenough
Seattle
Wash
Christine Beck
Flaine Blair
Youth Institute
Harry Chapman
Wilson County Treasurer's
Marion Vaughn
Linda
Shreveport
Josephine Vaughn
Don
Vaughn
W. L. Moffatt
Jon Midkiff
Mark
Kent
Fort Scott
Jack Holcomb
Mina Lou
Mary Ann
Giant
Kress
Eevator Boy
Ting Sun
Tomor
McCune Motor CO
Chrysler
N. Lincols
John Schneider
Savannah
Dixie
Forest
Glola Richardson
R. D. Hamar
Richardson Insurance Agency
E. Main
Home Savings Association
Lincoln & Walnut
Chenute, Kansas
P.O
Acee Ward
W. Main
Thermos
Montgomery Ward
Nema
Meinen
H.P
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