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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1969
Page
3
A Chanute Tribune reader letters discuss parental censorship and teen privacy. Ann Landers answers on privacy, marital fidelity, and dating, urging patience, assertiveness, and practical dating tips for women and men.
Mrs Keith Maring swimming director announces a swimming meet at the municipal pool this Saturday from 9 am to noon. Children who completed the first session will participate and events will be held for all age groups with ribbons awarded to all participants.
Mrs. Everett Marvin hosted the Four Square unit at 1102 North in Kansas with 10 members attending. President Mrs. Etta Hanson led with the Neosho County Creed as plans for the Neosho County Fair and the August 12 Kansas City tour were discussed. Mrs. S. L. McMillan taught the lesson Health and Wealth before the meeting closed with a club prayer.
Heloise shares a time saving tip by using a blender to mix instant pudding. She pours cold milk into the blender, adds the pudding mix, then blends briefly for a quick set. The result is congealed pudding in half the time with no mixer or beaters to wash.
The eighth annual Outdoor Arts and Crafts Fair in Parsons runs July 26 and 27 on the Municipal Building lawn. Hours are 10 30 a m to 9 p m Saturday and noon to 5 p m Sunday with no admission charge. Exhibits by amateur and professional artists. A Southeast Kansas Sing-Out concert at 7 30 p m July 26 precedes awards. Judge J Warren Brinkman from Emporia State Teachers College critiques award entries.
Hannah Circle convened Wednesday at Mrs. Glenn Eastburn’s home with Mrs. Vernon Youngberg presiding. Members shared Bible verses and devotions, sewed quilt blocks, and learned of the White Cross quota. Refreshments served to 10 members and two guests.
The final summer session meeting will be held Monday from 9 a.m. to noon in the Central Park Community Building. Attendees will make net hangers and should bring pins a ruler glue a needle and white thread. Forty five women attended the last meeting.
July weekend listings include a Chaincombers family picnic at San taFe Park at 6:30 p.m. A Neosho County Red Cross quarterly board meeting follows at Memorial Building 8 p.m. Past Presidents Parley meets at American Legion Auxiliary room 6:30 p.m. Rebekah Lodge hosts 7:30 p.m. Chanute Cycle Club at the track and Women’s Arts and Crafts at Central Park Community Building 9 a.m. to noon. Ladies of Elks dine 6:30 p.m. and meet 7:30 p.m. Independence Desk and Derrick dine at Wigs Restaurant 7 p.m. WMS of Westview Baptist Chapel hosts sack supper at Highaldn Park 6:30 p.m.
Ruth Circle of Grant Avenue Baptist Church met Wednesday morning at 230 South Western in the home of Mrs. Glenn Shockey. Five members and a guest shared a breakfast, and Bible verses opened the session. Mrs. Jimmie Haines presided with devotions by Mrs. Shockey and a lesson by Mrs. Haines on Ruth Guida’s missionary work in India.
Peter Nooteboom and Zada Owens exchanged marriage vows in Louisville Kentucky. The groom son of Mrs Catharina Nooteboom and the late N L Nooteboom. He is a Chanute High School graduate and attended Neosho County Community Junior College before military service. He works at a Louisville chemical plant. The groom’s mother and brother Sam attended the wedding and returned home Tuesday.
The WSCS of the United Methodist Church met at Mrs. Marvin Lewell’s home with Mrs. George L. Staley presiding. They planned a guest tea at the church next Thursday at 9 a.m. Birthdays were noted for Mrs. Boyle Stanford and Mrs. Lewellen. Mrs. Leroy Watson presented the lesson Understanding Modern Youth and refreshments were served to 12 members. August’s meeting will be at the church with Mrs. Watson as hostess.
Cosmetologists met Monday night in the Chamber of Commerce office at the Memorial Building. A color film titled World Hairdressing Olympics was shown. Bill White of the United States won the first award trophy for individual styling and the U.S. team placed fourth. The next meeting will be Sept. 1.
Kansas State University will close on Monday for a campus holiday due to the moon flight. About 250 summer students are scheduled to pre enroll and will be accommodated if they appear.
The ESEA Title III summer typing program will begin at 8 a.m. Monday under the direction of Fred Johnson and Miss Maxine Morrison. Eligible students are grades 4 5 and 6 at Humboldt Elementary. Principal Gene Schulze urges nonparticipants to enroll by July 21. Classes cap at 30 per hour and enrollment fills quickly. Typing skills will aid language arts work all year.
United Presbyterian Women held their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Members brought unwrapped gifts to be sent this fall to West Side Ministries in San Antonio. The group showcased quilts and comforters for Church World Service. Merle Estes spoke for the sewing group and devotional remarks highlighted UPW projects.
The Neosho Presbyterial official board met in the Chanute Presbyterian Church for an all day session on Thursday. Members were served coffee at 8:30 a.m. and a luncheon by the local United Presbyterian Women.
Virgil Fox, 56, Riverside Church organist for 19 years, unveils Here Comes the Bride an album with 21 songs including I Love You Truly and Because. He aims to steer weddings toward Braims, Schubert, Schumann and Strauss and favors reception music over ceremony staples. Fox still plays occasional weddings for about $1,000 and seeks brides to choose more imaginative processional tunes.
Scout Master Pete Werner led Troop 100 at Otterbein United Methodist Church. John Lea demonstrated canoe entry and strokes while an axe sharpening demo was shown. Werner announced a canoe trip and warned absentees from the July 21 Santa Fe Lake meeting cannot join the trip.
Judge William P. Meek of Columbus will preside at district court in Fredonia while Judge George A. Donaldson of Chanute is on vacation. The assignment was made by Judge Musser of Pittsburg. Meek will hold court in Fredonia Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Oran L Austin residents of Route 2 attend the 10th annual National Campers and Hikers Association convention at Rocks Pond Campground Sutanville DC this week They are Chanute Camp Hoppers chapter members The event draws 5250 pre registered families from the US and Canada NCHA lists 46000 member families and 1600 chapters with next year slated for Michigan.
The Chanute Tribune lists staff including Publisher Dwight McCreight Editor Terry Murphy Managing Editor Keith Wright Farm & District Editor Dwight Wallingford Advertising Manager Wayne J. Smith Carrier Supervisor Mrs. R. D. Markham and press foremen Dorsey Osborn and Mrs. R. D. Markham. It declares AP news content exclusive to the paper and promises local news republication rights.
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