Dinner honors Rex and Helen Truitt on 50th anniversary
Rex and Helen Truitt, longtime Chanute residents and owners of Truitt's Flowers since 1879, were honored with a catered dinner at the home of Joe Fossati for their 50th wedding anniversary on a Sunday. The couple married May 29, 1927, in Eureka and have eight grandchildren.
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Rex Truitt
Steuben
Joe Fossati
Clathe
Rex
Helen Truitt
Chanute
Eureka
Truitt
New Methodist Appointments in Kansas East Conference
The Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church names 42 minister assignments, below recent years' 55 to 65 average. Re-assignments take effect Sunday with changes in Parsons district and Chanute Area, including Biddle, Hett, Doane, Stark, Rayson, Colahan, and Twin Valley parish and Buffalo High Prairie churches. Detwiler and Johnson also hold new roles.
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Kansas East
United Methodist Church
Parsons
Roger E. Biddle
First United Methodist
Paul R. Hett
Otterbein
Chanute
Joyc A Doane
Eric Stark
R. LeRoy Rayson
Neodesha-Sycamore Valley
Virginia R. Colahan
Walnut-St. Paul
Vacation Bible School at First Christian Church
The church announces Vacation Bible School from 9 to 11 30 a m June 5 to 10 with a program on June 12. Director Mary Schmidt says Pat McMurtrey leads the session under the Created for Love theme. Ages 4 through sixth grade may attend. cost 75 cents per child, max 1 50 per family.
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First Christian Church
Mary Schmidt
Pat McMurtrey
Tobacco groups clash over smoking dangers in testimony
In Boston, Dr. J W Meigs of Yale spoke to the American Cancer Society National Commission on Smoking and Public Policy about lung cancer among women and major health risks from cigarettes. Massachusetts official Fielding warned 9000 Massachusetts deaths this year from smoking related diseases and urged policy changes.
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Dorinda Gormley
Chi
Delta Mu _ Delta
Pittsburg State University
Gormley
Boston
UPS
United States
J. Wister Meigs
Yale University
American Cancer Society
National Commission On
Meigs
Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Yale
School of Medicine
Massachusetts
Jonathan Fielding
Fielding
Tobacco Institute
The
Cancer Society
Anne Browder
Institute
Simple cheaper sterilization method expands loans program
Chicago reports a minilaparotomy sterilization that takes about 15 minutes, uses local anesthesia, and costs under 300 dollars. Planned Parenthood and AVS will fund loans to promote the technique with five pilot projects planned in the first year, aiming to broaden access for women seeking voluntary sterilization.
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Chicago
UPS
United States
Planned Parenthood Federation
Association For Voluntary Sterilization
AVS
Ira Lubell
Adventist Church Announces Vacation Bible School Sessions
The Seventh Day Adventist Church at 2nd and Lafayette will run a vacation Bible school from 9 a.m. to noon June 6 through 17 for children aged 4 to 14. Karen Petersen leads the program and bus transport registration is available by dialing 431-9325. The theme is The Creation. A Bible school program is set for 11 a.m. June 18.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
2Nd
Lafayette
Karen Petersen
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