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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1956
Page
3
Shirley Schoonover of Wichita married D William Frame in a May 31 ceremony at First Methodist Church with Dr Ronald Meredith officiating. The couple plans a Seattle honeymoon and will live in Wichita. both attended Wichita University.
Mary Lou Fahrney daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira F Fahrney Harrisburg Pa and Lt Richard Lee Curl son of Mr and Mrs H G Curl Chanute were married Friday evening at 7 in the Colonial Park Evangelical and Reformed church Harrisburg The ceremony was by Rev Elias H Phillips with soloist Harry Etter and organist Mrs E H Phillips Jacqueline Lee Fahrney maid of honor and Mrs William Minnich York Pa matron of honor were sisters of the bride Bridesmaid Joanne Quick Harrisburg The bride wore embroidered Swiss organdy with a crown veil and carried a white rose and ivy bouquet The color scheme matched her attendants pink yellow and blue The groom and several officers served as sabre bearers and ushers The reception followed at the Harrisburg Civic Club The New Cumberland String Quintet played and the couple plan to reside at Fort Belvoir Va after a wedding trip to Highgate Springs Vt The bride attended Marjorie Webster Jr College and works as a secretary for United States Steel Homes Inc
The notice instructs adding five cents per pattern for first class mailing. It directs sending to The Chanule Tribune Arts Dept. with P O Box 1% Od Chelsea Station New York NY. Read and print plainly NAME ADDRESS TONE AND PATTERN NUMBER.
Two free patterns printed in the new 1956 book offer stunning designs for home and personal use. Dozens of other easy fascinating hand-work designs available by mail order. send 25 cents for a copy.
The groom is a Chanute High School and United States Military Academy graduate. Among out-of-town guests were Mr and Mrs John F Young and Mr and Mrs H G Curl of Chanute.
Mrs Bert Stargrove and Mrs Leo Ditmars entertained the lodge officers and drill team members of the Ladies Society of B of LF&E Finday evening at the Ditmars home 222 N Forest. A candlelight supper was served to 20 members. A gift was presented to Mrs Ditmars, captain of the drill team, by team members.
A guide discusses suitable hours for calling at a girl's home with ten o'clock as the latest. It advises notifying guests if you must cancel dinner plans and offering a definite future date. It also notes that engagement gifts from relatives or close friends are not customary, wedding gifts taking precedence.
Members gathered at the country home of Mrs. Orlie Chapman for an all day quilting session. A covered dish luncheon was served at noon.
Steve and Doug of Kansas City were guests. Regular meeting of the unit will be held June 21, with Mrs. Melvin Sperry.
The ad promotes Printed Pattern 9351 for a sun dress with a wide skirting and untie shoulder bows. Available in children sizes 2 through 10, size 6 requires 2 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric.
Instruction to send thirty five cents plus five cents per pattern for 1st class mailing. Mail to Marian Martin care of The Chanute Tribune Pattern Dept at 292 West 18th St New York NY 11 Print plainly NAMF. ADDRESS with ZONE SIZE and STYLE NUMBER.
Social calendar for Tuesday June 1 1954 includes Chanute Textile Paint club at Carpenters Hall 8018 Malcolm with sack lunch at 10 am Hulda Parker friendship night at Masonic Temple honoring district aide Ruth Stafford in the evening Womens Golf Association meets at the Country Club at 9 am and 1 30 pm Ladies of GAR gather at Memorial Building at 2 pm.
In Blue Mound Kansas eight places were broken into over the weekend. Loot totaled about 250 dollars including 125 from the Blue Moon theater. Thieves also took tires from a filling station and damaged a soft drink machine while attempting to reach coin receptacles.
Mrs. Elsie Shirk, 71, owner of a local millinery shop, was struck and killed by a Union Pacific passenger train at a crossing in Abilene. Howard Moore, sports editor of the Abilene Reflector Chronicle, witnessed the accident and said she did not hear warning signals before entering the train’s path. Her husband Al Shirk died in 1954 and was a boyhood friend of President Eisenhower who grew up in Abilene.
Eisenhower previously visited the Shirks four years ago to start his campaign. A letter from Mrs. Eisenhower to Mrs. Shirk thanks her for remembering their wedding anniversary.
The list notes newborns including Chalk Dewayne Thomas born May 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thomas Thayer of Neosho Memorial Hospital. Lizbeth Jane Pilcher born June 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pilcher of Humboldt. Kerry Lynn Lowry born June 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lowry of 711 S Evergreen. Terri Lynne Wilson born June 1 to Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wilson Jr. of rural Walnut. Joan Rene Ramsey born June 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ramsey of 1420 S Santa Fe. John Wayne Hutchison born June 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Hutchison of R. 2. Richard David Ernzen born May 31 to Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Ernzen of 815 S Malcolm.
Pope Pius XII denounces books that stress vice and warns their harmful influence mirrors narcotics. The Vatican statement called for moral purification and greater clerical oversight of literature accessible to the public.
Practical household answers cover washing corduroys without wringing and air drying to keep them soft. A method to season fried fish uses a paper sack of salt pepper and flour. To remove yellow lace spots, freeze or sun bleach while keeping lace wet for several days.
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