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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1961
Page
3
Neoshi Valley Home Demonstration Unit led by Mrs Clyde Tunnell hosts at R 2 at 2 pm Confraternity of Christian Mothers gathers at St Patrick s School at 7 30 pm TOPS Determinettes meet in Grace Episcopal church basement at 1 30 pm.
Members of the Mariner's club of the First Presbyterian Church met for a Sunday evening picnic at Santa Fe Park. Sixteen families attended with Mrs Warren Wilkins leading the lifeboat committee and others like Merrill Brock Jack Groves Dean Skinner and Robert Hembree on the staff. Dr Don Ray provided recorded music and the next gathering will be a square dance and box supper in August at Santa Fe Park led by Mr and Mrs M L Morton.
Wesleyan Service Guild members met Tuesday evening at Highland Park for a picnic with thirty attending. The spiritual life committee led by Sarah Haller planned arrangements and led grace. Freda Betts attends School of Missions Baldwin and others will go Saturday and Sunday. attendees include Mrs. Carter, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Hemphill, Mrs. Rains, and Mrs. Richardson.
A Wednesday night gathering at Village Creek Community Center honored Californians Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johns and extended family members including Ed Kuhn Glen Ice Sharon Glenda Peggy Orval Rose Carl Olson and multiple Vaughn Olson and McGaugh relatives. Mrs Johns is the former Elma Kuhn.
The Ruth circle at Grant Avenue Baptist meets for morning coffee hosted by Mrs. Glen Shockey with prayers by Mrs. E M Pearson and devotions on Paul's Conversion. Dorcas and Hannah circles also meet with guests noted, reports on programs, lit library discussions, and upcoming August venue planned. A nationwide needlecraft callout seeks readers for a 1961 book with designs and patterns.
The officers of Mrs Wilsons Sunday School class at First Methodist hosted a fellowship hall covered dish dinner and birthday party on Wednesday night. Sixty seven attended and Mrs Wilson received a porch chair as a gift from the class.
Friendly Thimble Club met Wednesday at 722 South Grant with Mrs. Bertha Stratton presiding. Devotions by Mrs. Charles McKellips. A card sent to Mrs. George Palen Sr. Guests included Mrs. Mary Grady and Mrs. Eva Swink. Next gathering set for August 2 with Mrs. Ole Ball at 1711 South Central.
Mrs. Myrtle Moffatt of 392 Kansas hosted the Esther Circle of the WSWS at the Evangelical United Brethren church for a Wednesday morning breakfast. Granddaughter Gail Moffatt assisted. P A Swan opened with a poem, What Is Wrong With America was the devotional, and Stewardship was the lesson led by Edna Strohm with help from Jennie Nelson, Mrs Percy, and Mrs Chester King. The next meeting will be August 9 with Mrs Strohm.
Al and Judy High announce the engagement of their daughter Judy Anne to Jim Johnson of Thayer. Judy is a 1960 Altoona High School graduate who attended Independence Community College. Johnson, a Chanute High School and Southwestern College alum, will teach at Udall High School this fall. wedding set for August at the First Methodist Church in Altoona.
Readers seek guidance on marital fidelity car troubles and parenting from the Ann Landers column. The letters discuss a husband obsessed with his car, a jilted lover who returns with marriage in limbo, a scoundrel lover, and a parenting strategy for car trips.
Supermarkets and neighborhood stores tout beef steaks and roasts to boost summer appetites. Bargain lists feature chuck rib cube and round steaks and roasts, with ground beef widely highlighted for cookouts. Poultry prices drop while fish options and lamb leg bargain in the East. Vegetables floods and fruits like limes mangoes oranges cantaloupes and watermelons appear among best buys.
Nearby stalls offer apples peaches nectarines plums apricots and blueberries as good buys. Shoppers find a variety of seasonal fruit including honerdew mel ons ready for purchase.
The guidance says if the maid of honor’s dress is unusable for other events and you can afford it you should pay. Otherwise share the expense as much as possible. For a finger bowl at a formal meal never dip both hands at once. only fingers of one hand should be used.
A fruit mix combines pineapple and grapefruit with pineapple juice and sliced bananas for eight servings. Prepare pineapple into fan shapes, remove cores, and segment grapefruit with membranes removed. Chill before serving, substitute canned pineapple if desired.
The list records multiple newborns at Neosho Memorial Hospital with father and mother names and hometowns. Names include Cora Lynn Fairchild June 28 and Diana Semrad June 30, with others from Thayer Humboldt Stark and St Paul. Addresses and birth dates span late June to July.
Florence AP fashion writer notes De Luca brightened the Pitti Palace runway with high waisted indented jackets, swing skirts, and colored bead scarves in reds, teals, and blues. Wide brimmed hats shaded eyes while black evening wear appeared. Mingolini Gugenheim offered fitted princess sheath daywear and soft capey coats in gray and black with purple pink accents.
Marian Partin promotes Printed Pattern 9419 for Misses sizes 10 to 18 with a slim shadowed sheath design. Requires 22 yards of 43 inch fabric for size 16. Send fifty cents for pattern and add cents for first class mailing. Mail to Marian Partin care of The Chanute Tribune Pattern Center New York NY.
The text lists questions and attempted answers about grammar pronunciation and vocabulary. It includes corrections for phrases like omit to capacity and down, pronouncing day-iss with the first syllable stress, choosing liquefy as misspelled, defining faux pas as a social blunder, and selecting dilate as a di prefixed word meaning enlarge.
A jumble of letter fragments from a 1961 New York AP page hints at prizes for chocolate peanut butter patties, a 60000 bonus to a kindergartner, canceled loans, and offers of car models with lifetime free repairs, all mixed with spoof notices about mortgages and personal schemes.
The Chanute National Guard convoy left Oshkosh Nebraska at 6 am Sunday for Camp Guernsey Wyoming. They crossed the Nebraska Wyoming line around 9 am and ate noon at Fort Laramie. Arriving 1:30 pm, they set up bivouac for four days with two man tents and gave troops free time before operations begin Monday.
Hollywood AP reports Elizabeth Taylor is in good condition after plastic surgery to remove a one inch scar on her throat. The operation was done Wednesday at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and she is expected to leave in about four days. Surgeons performed a tracheotomy to ease breathing following her near fatal pneumonia in London earlier this year.
A brief notice states The Tribune costs 35 cents per week when delivered by carrier.
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