Four WMS circles meet at First Baptist church
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist church held a Wednesday meeting in members' homes and the church fellowship room. Etta Yockey hosted. Glen McLaren chaired the business, with a $10 Camp Fund gift and multiple devotionals and lessons presented by various members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
Etta Yockey
Glen McLaren
WMS
Paul Dryden
E. K. Lucas
God
Japan
Mrs Lowe Hosts Friendly Neighbor Club Meeting
Mrs Harold Lowe played host to the Friendly Neighbor club at her home for an all day quilting session and covered dish dinner for ten members and guests including Mrs Leroy Morlan Mrs Linda Norman Roberts and others. Mrs John King led the business meeting and Myrtle Hardin won the door prize. Next meeting is Aug 15 with Mrs Scogin hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lowe
Friendly Neighbor Club
Mmes
Leroy Morlan
Linda
Norman Roberts
Lloyd Chilson
Edith Baker
Ralph Baker
Luther Scogin
Clyde
Pauline
Darlene
John King
Myrtle Hardin
Scog
Fourteen Couples Enter Scotch Foursomes at Country Club
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Murren were chairs for a Friday eve Scotch Foursome at the Country Club. Fourteen couples participated and awards were given for scores led by Leslie Cable and Mrs Frank Gibson with 40, Morton Sutton and Marjorie Cook with 41, and R V Cartwright and Mrs Murren with 43.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Murren
Humboldt
Country Club
Leslie Cable
Frank Gibson
Morton Sutton
Marjorie Cook
R. V. Cartwright
Murren
T. L. Kneeland
Ar! Stevens
Easy Stitchery Aprons Cut From One Yard Fabrics
Alice Brooks shows thrift friendly apron patterns for shows and bazaars. Each design uses one yard or less of fabric with colorful simple embroidery. Pattern 7365 includes transfer and cutting charts for two aprons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brooks
Social hour awards and draw prizes announce next week event
Special awards and draw prizes highlighted the social hour after play in the dining room. Out-of-town guests Mr and Mrs B M Kuhr of Kansas City visit over the weekend with Mr and Mrs Murren. Cable and Mrs Gibson to chair Scotch Foursome event next Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Kuhr
Kansas City
Murren
Cable
Gibson
Mrs Lockyear Hosts Ladies Day Bridge at Country Club
Mrs Tony Lockyear was hostess for the Ladies Day bridge at the Country Club Friday. Three tables played with Mrs Ed Ranz taking first place, followed by Mrs La Rue Delp and Mrs James Ganson in second and third. Fort Worth guest Mrs Sarah Best attended. Marge Cook to host next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Lockyear
Ed Ranz
LaRue Delp
James Ganson
Arch Gafney
Sarah Best
Fort Worth
Tex
Marge Cook
Baby Quilts Sent Abroad by Missionary Society
Members of the First Church of God Missionary Society worked all day in the Fellowship room to craft baby quilts for Africa. Nine women and one child joined a salad luncheon at noon before a worship service and business session led by Mrs. Randall Bell. Mrs. Bill Gregory taught the lesson and Mrs. C. R. Mein served as temporary secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
First Church of God Missionary Society
Bill Gregory
Randall Bell
C. R. Mein
Women’s Society Holds Summer Christmas Tree Program
The Ridge Women’s Society of World Service met at Mrs. Glenn Stoll’s home with five members and five children present. Mrs. Curtis Carlson led the meeting, Maxine Stoll gave a lesson on interdenominational church work, and vocal numbers were performed. The August gathering will host the summer Christmas tree at the church.
Social Calendar Monday July 2 1987 at Highland Park
The Friendly Club hosts a family picnic in the afternoon at Highland Park. The VFW Auxiliary has no meeting. Chanute Ladies Encampment meets. Duplicate Bridge Club gathers at Tioga Hotel at 7 30 pm. Past Matrons of Sunflower Chapter has no meeting.
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Friendly Club
Highland Park
VFW
Chanute Ladies
Duplicate Bridge Club
Tioga Hotel
Sunflower Chapter
Ladies Aid Meeting At Highland Park
North Valley Ladies Aid met Thursday at Highland Park for a covered dish dinner. Five members ten children and guests Loraine Morris Tom Evans Kenneth Raney and Glenn Eastburn attended. Mrs Raney received the attendance gift. Next meeting is August 15 at 7 at Highland Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Valley Ladies Aid
Highland Park
Loraine Morris
Tom Evans
Kenneth Raney
Glenn Eastburn
Etiquette guidance on Miss Mrs and dining manners
Advice notes that a divorced woman should not use Miss before her name in her daughter's wedding notice. It suggests using Mrs with her maiden name and her daughter's full name. It states a man should rise when a woman stops at his table. It allows either spoon or fork for watermelon, with a preference for fork.
Ant Extermination Tip From Old Texts
A reader asks how to kill ants and is advised to place lumps of gum camphor in their runways and near sweets to stop infestations. The suggestion reflects a historical remedy.
Government Debt Reduced in Fiscal 1957
Washington reports a 1.645 billion budget surplus vanished after use to reduce the federal debt by seven tenths of one percent in fiscal 1957. The public debt on June 30 stood at 270.634 billion, down 2.19 billion from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
U.S
Treasury
General Fund
Marian Martin Slimming Week Long Diet Pattern
Marian Martin promotes a week long diet with simple lines and a graceful gored skirt. The PRINTED PATTERN 9958 offers a sun dress and scalloped jacket in sizes 36 through 48. Request form asks name address zone size and pattern number with payment details.
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Marian Martin
Chanute Tribune
18Th St
New York II
Breeding Blames Weather for Low Barley Test Weight
Rep. Breeding explains in a letter to the Commodity Stabilization Service director that inclement weather reduced test weight for weight barley and notes several hundred thousand bushels are stored in some Kansas counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grain Division
Commodity Stabilization Service
Kansas
Independence Invitational Golf Tourney At Elks Club
The ninth annual Independence invitational golf tournament is expected to attract 150 players competing in five flights at Elks Country Club. Last year Red Hogan edged Dave Dennis by one stroke. Dennis may even the score this year. Other past winners Dick Ashley Don Dancer and Jim Scaletty are also anticipated to compete. The championship flight tees off at 9 a m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Country Club
Red Hogan
Prairie Village
Dave Dennis
Dennis
Dick Ashley
Chanute
Don Dancer
Independence
Jim Scaletty
Parsons
Southeast Kansas Corner highlights and notices
Southeast Kansas Corner reports a mix of local notes and upcoming events across towns. Oswego lists 58 boys in Riverside Park district baseball clinic led by Pappy Clay. Coffeyville plans new street lights on US 166 169 bridge and nearby highway. Parsons notes Police Chief Howard Cohoon will resign Aug 1. Pittsburg State College sets Aug 2 summer commencement and banquet. Fort Scott Promotion features a calf scramble on Aug 6 at Bourbon County Fair with Wayne Brillhart performing.
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Oswego
Riverside Park
Coffeyville
Bill Seward
Kansas
Moon Street
Pittsburg
Pittsburg State College
Paul Dixon
Fort Scott
Bourbon County Fair
Wayne Brillhart
Erie
Deaths and Funerals in Erie and Chanute Areas
Obituaries report George D Ermey 70 of Erie died after two year illness with funeral set for Erie Federated church. Mary Emma Naughton 78 of Chanute died after three year illness. services arranged by Johnson Mortuary. Anton Pierson former Lavonburg resident died in Kansas City Kansas with services in Savonburg. Jesse Foster, 72, formerly of Erie, died in Lawrence with funeral at Pierce Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George David Ermey
Erie
George P. Ermey
Neosho County
Bess Mahar
Claude Roberts
Calexico
Calif
Vance Ermey
Connie
Randy Ermey
Joe
Charles
Mark Ermey
Chanute
Methodist
Erie Federated Church
J M. Torrence
East Hill Cemetery
Pierce Funeral Home
Mary Emma Naughton
Parkerville
Naughtor—aweas
Bourbon County
John T. Naughton
Burlington
Henry Lyons
la Mesa
Charles Roberts
Kansas City
Kas
Ed Naughton
Escondido
Willard B. Naughton
Tulsa
Calvin Ramsey
Redfield
Henry Raney
Denver
Anton Pierson
Lavonburg
Ellen
Sophia
Esther
Stella
Selma Pierson
Emma Larson
Oscar Pierson
LaHarpe
Mission Covenant Church
Savonburg
Swedish Cemetery
Jesse Foster
Lawrence
Weather Notes and Local Incidents From July
The report covers private tank car labeling like SHPX and CGTX, a fall at Excelsior Brick Co. injuring Vernon Coleman with no broken bones, and a skeleton crew at Allen County's new courthouse due to a nationwide cement strike halting Lehigh Portland Cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shippers Car Line
Fredonia
Vernon Coleman
Excelsior Brick Co
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Iola
Allen County
Sola
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Tribune by Carrier Price Announcement
The notice states a weekly carrier subscription price of 30 cents for the Tribune newspaper. It emphasizes affordable delivery terms and may outline payment options and service notes for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Parole sought for Leopold after 1924 Franks case
Nathan Leopold, 52, serving an 85 year sentence for the Bobby Franks murder, leaves Stateville Prison after hearing a Sun Times report of a possible release. Governor Stratton says he will not decide until the Pardon and Parole Board report is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Leopold
Chicago
Bobby Franks
Stateville
Joliet
Ill
Chicago Sun-Times
Sun-Times
Ilinois
William Stratton
Pardon and Parole Board
Ballots Mailed in Wilson County for ASC Committeemen
Ballots will be mailed to all eligible voters in Wilson County by July 31 for ASC community committeemen and delegates to the county convention. Ballots must be postmarked or returned by Aug 12. Ten nominations come from each of 15 townships. petitions from 10 or more voters may add nominees if qualified under USDA rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
Wilson County
ASC
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Local Notices and Social Roundup From Chanute
Mrs. Sarah Best of Fort Worth visits her sister in Chanute as military transfers shuffle staff. Attendees at a vocal music workshop in Pittsburg State College include Orpha Miller and others. the event runs through July 26 under Dr. Millard Laing. Dinner guests at 303 S. Tennessee include diverse families from Denver, Chanute, and Wichita. The Chanute Finance committee plans a Business and Professional Women’s Club dinner at Tioga Hotel to set the 1957 58 budget. Ladies Day golf at the Country Club set for Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg State College
Orpha Miller
Jean Vaughn
Dorothy Davis
Dorothy McCoy
Betty Umbarger
Sunshine Erickson
Chanute
Millard M. Laing
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Tioga Hotel
Merle Estes
Ruth Miller
Lower Eligibility Sought for Barley by Agriculture Dept
Washington sources say the Agriculture Department has been asked to give serious consideration to lowering eligibility requirements for barley programs. The request aims to broaden access and support farmers amid market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Chanute Tribune Roundup of SEK League Play and Gifted Education Talk
July 20 1957 Chanute Tribune notes SEK league action with last team play for trophy and make up games for weather in Independence Tuesday. Also Ladies day Friday at 1 30. Pittsburg State College hosted a conference on Education for the Gifted Child attended by six Chanute staff led by Supt Buford Fisher and Deans Jester and Penner with teachers Kyle Russell Davidson and Nelle Stevens at Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Pittsburg State College
Chanute
Buford Fisher
Howard A. Jester
Eldon Penner
Marie Kyle
Hazel Russell
Ethel Davidson
Nelle Stevens
Erie
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Listing
Friday admittances include C M Cordner 501 S Highland medical Niles E Plummer 218 N Allen medical Mrs Roy Murdock Eric medical Friday dismissals list several individuals with addresses including Mrs Harold Stoll 314 N Malcolm Ronald J Schultz Eric Mrs Junior Moore 1528 S Edith Mrs Earl Loveall 311 N Franklin John Bishop Buffalo Mrs Ernest Orth Humboldt H J Kennedy Urbana Thomas R Adams Thayer Edward Splechter Thayer Dismissals today include Marcella L LaSalle 101 N Plummer Mrs Harold Stroud 411 W 4th and Mrs Clarence H Moody 1811 S Edith Lanus K Van Cleve Erie Recent Move Charlie Hansen 305 S Larson to Vilas line Building Permits issued George W Hansen residence 828 W N Highland remodel front porch LaRue Bros contractors Albert H Burdick 1705 S Ashby new one family dwelling estimated cost 500 Hugh T Jones 312 N Franklin one family dwelling estimated cost 10000 R L Fillman contractor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hansen
Highland
LaRue Bros
Albert H. Burdick
Ashby
Hugh T Jones
N. Franklin
R .L. Fillman
Kansas Chamber studies intangible tax law changes
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce Taxation and Finance Council launched a study of state laws on intangible property taxes. Norman Jeter will lead this effort with authorization from council members who doubt the 1957 tax on intangibles is realistic. The law requires self listing of intangible property by taxpayers starting March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Chamber of Commerce Taxation and Finance Council
State Chamber
Norman Jeter
Hays
Unwinding Plastic Clothesline With Damp Sponge
A brief note advises holding a damp sponge in the palm while unwinding a plastic clothesline to wipe the line clean as it is installed. The method aims to keep the line tidy and free of residue during setup.
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Priscilla
Bob Manley
Agnes Chittenden
G. E. Barker
Geographic
Alaska
Gus Thompson
Martha
W. Gayel Bender
Earl Grogan
Henry Biggs
Bill Grogan
Margaret Bollinger
W. J. Hosselt
Lydia
Delbert Tolbert
Raleigh Wicker
White Cross
Ralph Chapman
Missions Magazine
Merritt Ramey
Charles Reynolds
E. B. Weaver
Mrs. Lowe
Household Arts Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Mrs. Lockyear
Missionary Society
Ladies Aid
Thayer
E.L.P
Howard Cohoon
Bernard T. Budd
Edward
Martha Blair Foster
Curtis
Salinas
Clifford
Lewis
Hutchinson
Lucille Somers
Russell
Lake View Cemetery
THE
Associated Press
Bismarck
N. D
Oklahoma City
Wilson Asc
W. Main
Tribune
U.S. Royal Tires
Willard Batteries
Glen's Tire Service
Fort Worth, Tex
Jo Payne
Mr. Payne
Ed McCune
W. J. Chickadonz
Chickadonz
Nancy
Fae
Randolph Afb
W N. Chickadonz
Royce Wells
Randolph Field
Andrews Afb
Maryland
Marion Kibler
S. Tennessee
Daley Moreland
Winter Haven
Fla
Louis
Dean Campbell
Dan
Colo
Paul, Campbell
Vilas
Eddie LaRue
Murial Campbell
Larry Myers
John D. Petterson
Dave
Dave Petterson
Ollie B. Donaldson
Yakima
Wash
T. J. Williams
Donaldson
Mary Alice Watts
Santa FE
Chanute, Kansas
Chicago Organ Co
Richard L. Ashley
Neal McCoy
Joplin
Sun
KFSB
Wichita
Kans
WDAF
L. D. Hunter
JLA
Oklahoma Tire & Supply
Roy S. Gibson
Clifford L. Gibson
First National Bank
F.d.1.c
Daily Transcript
Charlies Hansen
Larson
Vilas Line
Peoples Cleaners
A. B. Chauncey
N. Highland
McCune Motor
Gray
Walt Davis
Jim Rice
Dee Mitchell
Eve
Harry Berthot
A. F. Leverenz
South Evergreen
415
Bill Lose
West ‘Alent
Gray Lumber
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