Local residents share visits and family news
Mrs. W. O. Roberts arrives from Glendale with her daughter and husband to live with the Lackies at 623 S. Evergreen, plans to sell the home furnishings, and will return to Glendale around July 1. Visiting in Mandan are Mr. and Mrs. Gene Albin and children. Mrs. A. R. Jackson returns from Fort Worth after attending graduations of Joan Lapham and Mrs. John Wilson. Community events include Big Creek WSCS meeting and Village Creek gathering with food, plus a KU student Marilyn Leatherman named upper class counselor for 1955 56. A library story hour and Sorghum Valley Grange activities are announced, with a county picnic at Fredonia Park and a Grange ball game against Belleview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Roberts
Glendale
Calif
L. BE. Lackie
S. Evergreen
A. R. Jackson
S. Garfield
Fort Worth
John A. Lapham
Joan
Roger
Arlington High School
John E. Wilson
Methodist Wesleyan College
Wilson
Fay Beard
Chanute
Marilyn Leatherman
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Locksley Hall
Gertrude Sellards Pearson
Miss Leatherman
Mark Leatherman
Erie
University
Sorghum Valley Grange
Bryan Burk
Fredonia Park
Grange
Belleview Grange
Clinton Bowman
Harold Lowe
Erie region news brief highlights meetings and social events
The Erie area reports the Farm Bureau meeting with 16 Kansas counties represented, Neal McCoy as district vice president, and refreshments served. A summer Bible School picnic drew 100 plus attendees at Ty Park. The Masonic Lodge hosted a fish fry with several out of town guests. Erie women enjoyed a breakfast at the Country Club with bridge, and officers were elected. Various residents traveled to Kansas City and Chanute for visits, while the Neal McCoy family planned a move to Chanute with work commuting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co
Kansas
Erie
Neal McCoy
The
Christian Church
Ty Park
Masonic Lodge
Irby
Fort Scott
Summer Residency Plans At Kansas State College
A note mentions a trip to Manhattan for summer attendance at Kansas State College. Mrs. Kyle and Mrs. Virgil Moody will be roommates during the summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Kyle
Virgil Moody
4 H Club News and Council Meeting Highlights
Lou Reinhardt presided over the County 4 H council meeting at Erie High School. New council members from Lucky Clover 4 H club in Thayer were introduced. Registration advised for the county camp June 29 to July 2. Talmage Eagles reported scholarships to State Junior Leaders camp offered by Wickard Mull Grain Co and $25 from Glen s Tire Service to assist with state fair expenses. Health delegates to the state health camp named Edna Marie Heady and Gene Reinhardt. Willing Workers 4 H girls planned future meetings at 2 p m each Monday with Ruth Burdick and Mrs Ernest Flottman. Meeting adjourned with roll call vitamin, muffins judged, and demonstrations on shrinking cotton and cutting out a slip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Reinhardt
Old Erie High School
Thayer
Talmage Eagles
Wickard-Mull Grain Co
Glen's Tire Service
Council
Engles
Edna Marie Heady
Gene Reinhardt
Ernest Flottman
Ruth Burdick
Flottman
Jean Ashley Medalist In Tri-State Women's Golf
Jean Ashley, 16, won medalist honors in the Tri-State Women's golf Tournament with 80 in the 18 hole qualifying round. Mrs. Robert Allen was second low with 83. Marjorie Cook carded 90 and Virginia Hubbell with Evelyn Grigsby posted 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ashley
Robert Allen
Marjorie Cook
Virginia Hubbell
Evelyn Grigsby
Bartlesville
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Miss Ashley
Mrs. Allen
Tioga Hotel
Chanute
Robert Alten
Nancy Nelson
William Gray Jr
Eb.o. Morrin Chanute
Bea Murren
Fola
Jury Ashley
Arthur Bayless
Joplin
Ann Harrington
Pittsburg
Hazel Woods
Independence
John Nation
Mary Jane Landreth
Weather Observations By Associated Press Championship Scores
A list of weather observations and milepost style readings from multiple towns and observers across Chanute Bartlesville Joplin Miami Iola Parsons Fort Scott Neosho and others. Readings include numerous names with temperatures ranging from the 90s to 195 and 131 in places like Chanute Parsons Joplin and Bartlesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtie Vinsant
Parsons
Frank Gibson
Chanute
H. A. Gardner
Bartlesville
Howard Owens
Pat Horner
Miami
H. W. Burlingame
Lyle Holman
Joan Ashley
Maxine Baze
Rex Truitt
J. R. Snyder
Joplin
FE. A. Mattes
Ernestine Leek
Fort Scott
David Conderman
Iola
Gerald Preston
Margaret Woods
Ruth Hanson
Paddy Hughes
Dorothy Leek
Harvey Fryer
Neosho
Bud Nelson
Ann Preston
Jerry Fryer
Lou Vandiver
Glen Shook
Hattie Wall
Dennis Mills
Yvonne Temple
Geneva Roberts
F. G. Hooker
Chan
Dulles Sees Austrian Treaty as Step Toward Soviet Cooperation
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the Soviet acceptance of the Austrian peace treaty could open the door to further cooperation and fulfill wartime pledges. He urged rapid Senate approval as Big Four talks loom, noting the Vienna negotiations produced a more just treaty than the 1949 draft. Senator George anticipated a smooth committee path and possible Senate action next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Yalta
Russia
Poland
Austria
Vienna
Sen
George
Senate
Chanute Names List of Local Residents Across Several Cities
A long OCR listing names and ages appears, naming residents from Chanute and surrounding towns including Parsons Fort Scott Pittsburg Independence Bartlesville Joplin and others. The roster includes many women with surname variants and multiple street or personal identifiers suggesting a community directory or social notice.
Kansas Experts Puzzled Over Wheat Harvest
Kansas experts study a puzzling harvest as winter drought and late spring rains create uneven yields across counties. Reports show cool wet weather retarding cutting with noise of grasshoppers in Hutchinson and variable yields from 4 to 17 bushels, while some regions expect better results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Hutchinson
Iola
Tpalino
Labette County
Russell C. Klotz
Montgomery County
Chautauqua County
Jack Baird
Sumner County
Wellington
Dodge City
Ford County
Herman Westmeyer
Chanute Shrine Club Elects New Officers
Chanute Shrine Club elected officers for the coming year at a meeting with 65 of 80 members present. Leo Mills of Yates Center was named president, CC W Brennan Chanute fire chief was vice president, and Robert B. Perry of Chanute was secretary treasurer. Mills serves as Woodson County prosecuting attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Shrine Club
Leo Mills
Yates Center
CC. W. Brennan
Chanute
Robert B. Perry
Mills
Woodson County
Big Leaguers Open Season With Win Over Humboldt
The VFW Big Leaguers opened their season with a 12-5 victory over Humboldt at City Park. Pitchers Bill White and Milton McKenzie shared duties, combining for four and three innings respectively, allowing four hits and striking out 13. McKenzie hit a fourth‑inning homer with Oliver Ambler aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Humboldt
City Park
Bill White
Milton McKenzie
Chanute
White
McKenzie
Oliver Ambler
Bill Owens
Parsons
Iola
Tola
Ambler
Bob Brundage
David Patton
Gary McKenzie
Dick Edington
John Rubew
David Fehr
First of the season and peewee group one game
Humboldt fielded players Snart Perez Henrichs Sebbert Lytle Riebel Leonard Collison and Poll man in the season opening peewee group one contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Snart
Perez
Henrichs
Sebbert
Lytle
Riebel
Leonard
Collison
Pollman
Chanute Girls Win Erie Softball Opener Victory
Chanute girls softball beat Erie 7 to 2 for their second league win with no losses. They next play St. Paul at 7 30 p m next Thursday on the Erie diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIE
Chanute
St. Paul
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Eklund
Gene Albin
Sherry Ann
Chris Eugene
Mandan N. D
Albin
Oliver Lindquist
N. Grant
Big Creek Methodist Wscs
Wilbert Johnson
Clyde Russell
Village Creek
Erie & Vicinity
Country Club
Gifford Trumbull
Alta Ruth Mckinnie
Gertrude Salle
Gifford Trumbull Sr
Ralph Hollis Jr
Laredo Texas
E. O Janssen
Gene Beard
Honston
Harvey Steele
Archie Borger
Mary Sharp
Charles DeHart
Kansas City
H. Carroll
Sharp
DeHart
McCoy
Ralph Clapson
South Lincoln
Roy Hilfe
Ted Kyle
Debolt Insurance Agency
West Main
Tri-State
Associated Press
Grace Powell
Lee -Or Strong
Ray Radford
Bismarck N. D
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Edmonton
Id Maore, Mont
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
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Oklahoma City
Celass
Carl Stevens
Charles Broadwell
Faye Pargen
W. Porterfield
Ray Cochran
Pauline Michella
Henrietta Barton
Virginia Keal
Mary Coursey
Mary Paula Hyde
Lil
Lois Gross
Jo Doyle
Golf
Turkey
Tioga Coffee Shop
Tioga
Nancy and
Ralph Deitrich
Reno
Pretty Prairie
Floyd
Rain's Bakery
Jantzen
Big Leaguers
Chanute Girls
Davis Paint Store
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