Post card ties romance of famed explorers to Chanute relic
A color post card found among L. R. Fillman’s effects links Osa Leighty Johnson and Martin Johnson to Chanute Kansas. Dated opinions point to a 1910 photograph from the Williams Opera House area showing venues like the Delmonico Hotel and Roof Garden where Leighty performed.
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Safari Museum
Osa Leighty
Martin Johnson
L. R. Fillman
L. W. Ashbrook
F. A
Jenner
Osa Leighty Johnson
Johnson
Tioga Hotel
Osa
Martin
Jack London
Roof Garden
Scottish Bridegroom in Kansas Your Wedding Trip to Scotland
Isabella Paisley, visiting from Motherwell, Scotland, reflects on Kansas homes and U.S. hospitality after attending her son James Paisley and Minda Summers wedding in Wichita. She notes housing size, Scottish nuptial customs, kilts worn by the groom, and contrasts in shopping, travel, and social openness between Scotland and the United States.
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United States
James
Minda Summers
Wichita
Chanute
Paisley
Kansas
Scotland
U.S
Isabella
London
Motherwell
Edinburgh
Summers Paisley wed at First Presbyterian Church
Summers of Wichita and Paisley of Motherwell Scotland married at First Presbyterian Church on Saturday. Bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Summers and the late Isabella Paisley. Groom, minister in the Church of Scotland, is son of Mr and Mrs James Paisley. They plan to live in Scotland after a New York City wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minda
James Paisley
Scotland
Paisley
U.S
Peter Marshall
Motherwell
Church of Scotland
Presbyterian Church
James
Minda Alice Summers
Wichita
Chanute
James Allan Paisley
First Presbyterian Church
Aubrey Summers
Isabella Millar Paisley
Gwendolyn Cunny
Sparkill
N.Y
Patricia Gorman
Princeton
N. J
Roy Brown
William Summers
Robert Summers
Reid Byers
N.J
New York City
Manse Road
Lanarkshire
Clubs meet and eat at United Methodist Church events
Community Action Link members reported 301 hours of service this year through church and community efforts. Rebekah Fellowship members quilted lap robes for nursing home residents and discussed gossip and words. Various women’s groups met, shared devotions, and planned showers and Bible study activities. An Eastern Star chapter noted birthdays and plans to host district aides. Raisin preparation tips closed the page with kitchen advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Action Link
First United Methodist Church
Ebur Schultz
Robert Briley
Link
Rebekah Fellowship
Otterbein United Methodist Church
Maxine and
Xenia Osborn
S. Santa Fe
Lois Jackson
Jess Erickson
Buffalo
Bluebird
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Marilyn Farmer
Neodesha
Halstead
Chanute
Leona Edwards
Dan
Lucille Doyle
Peter Cox
Social calendar shows local meetings and club events
On Tuesday June 17 and Wednesday June 18 numerous gatherings fill community life. Mission Challenge dinner Nurture and Commitment meetings, golf events, bridge and gem society, church circles, and women’s groups meet across Chanute and Humboldt venues with times ranging from morning to evening.
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First
United Methodist Links
Highland Park
Chanute Country Club
Chanute Textile Paint Club
North Malcolm Community Center
Duplicate Bridge Club
Gem and Mineral Society
Women’s Division Chamber of Commerce
Tioga
Webb Family Reunion at Central Park Held
The 41st Webb reunion occurred Sunday at Central Park Building with a basket dinner for 131 relatives and friends. Kenneth Webb gave the invocation and Leon Webb presided at the business meeting. Officers elected for the coming year were Leon Webb president Ronald Allison vice president and Mrs Wayne Lasley secretary treasurer. The 1976 reunion is planned for Central Park on May 30.
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Webb
Central Park
Kenneth Webb
Leon Webb
Ronald Allison
Wayne Lasley
Overland Park
McCoy Family Reunion Held in Erie
The 18th annual McCoy reunion for the family of the late Sam and Hattie McCoy took place in the Erie High School multipurpose room. Hosts were Fred and Mary McCoy and Ralph and Mary McCoy. Thirty eight relatives and friends attended.
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Sam and
Hattie McCoy
Erie High School
Fred McCoy
Ralph McCoy
Erie
Open house marks golden anniversary for Munsons
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Munson honor a 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. at Elsmore United Methodist Church. They taught school when married, Munson worked as a long distance truck hauler, farmer, and carpenter in Elsmore Moran and Phoenix. Hosts include their children and families from Phoenix Dodge City Pittsburg and Elsmore. No gifts requested.
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Elsmore
Dave Munson
Elsmore United Methodist Church
Munson
Moran
Phoenix
Ariz
John
Jean) Gray
J. D. “Dan
Charles L. Munson
Woman saved from falls at Niagara River brink
Mary E. Camann 20 and Joel Bahr 19 were attacked by two men while strolling at Terrapin Point Niagara Falls. Camann clung to a rock in the river for 20 minutes before high school football player David Dahlbert 17 from Grantsberg Wisconsin hauled her to safety. Camann listed in fair condition with a fractured skull and lacerations. police sought the attackers. Bahr fought the assailants and summoned help.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
UPI
Niagara River
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara Frontier State Park
Mary E. Camann
Joel Bahr
Sanborn N.Y
Grantsberg
Wis
Camann
Niagara Falls Memorial
Couple Plans August Nuptials in Kansas
Connie Kay Huddleston of 122 S Gretchen and Michael Charles Schwindt of Yates Center plan to marry in August. Parents are Karen Huddleston of 122 S Gretchen and James Huddleston of Wichita and Mr and Mrs William C Schwindt of Yates Center. Huddleston is a Yates Center High School graduate and Schwindt a Valley Center High School alum. Schwindt works at the Yates Center Body Shop.
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Connie Kay Huddleston
S. Gretchen
Michael Charles Schwindt
Yates Center
Karen Huddleston
James Huddleston
Wichita
William C. Schwindt
Huddleston
Schwindt
Valley Center High School
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Linda Fillman
Fillman
Night View
Chanute, Kans
Raymond Dutch
S. Highland
Chapman
Gail Perigo
Perigo
Independence
Dick Hamilton
Midwest
Isabella Paisley
Minda A. Paisley
Rebekah
Vilas Homebuilders
Vilas Homebuilders Extension Homemakers Unit
Elmer Anderson
Rudolph Nelson
Milo Myers
Galen Thorsell
Big Creek
Loyd Whitworth
Greta Streblow
Westview Nursing Home
Don Holman
Garnett
Steven Holman
Cindy Coykendall
Mike Summervill
Patricia Catterson
Holman
Ruth Circle
First Baptist Church
Paul Patterson
S. Grant
Parior
Twin National Mothers Club
First National Bank
Neosho Allen
Christian Women’s Fellowship
First Christian Church
Grace Hill
James Beck
S. Rutter
Marjorie Sharp
Charlotte Worley
Nellie Dickinson
S. Kansas
United Presbyterian Women’s Association
Lyle Chase
S. Steuben
Foursquare
Charles Wells
S. Central
Seamena Extension
Arnold Summervill
Women’s Safari Golf Association
A.m Nazarene World Missionary Society
Church of the Nazarene
McCoy
Mr. and
Mrs
Bahr
John Poenessa
State Park Police
Coltea
el Dirs
Catty
East Main
Chanute, Kansas
Don Divines
N. Santa Fe
A&w
South Santa Fe Chanute
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