Golden Shrine Honors Beach New Chairman at Chanute Meeting
Beach Don C. Beach was introduced as chairman of the supreme committee on mileage and per diem at the Golden Shrine of the Order of White Shrine of Jeru salem in the Masonic Temple. The gathering, led by Mrs. Lester Shepard and Charles B Williams, announced a Kansas State White Shrine Club luncheon at Chanute on June 26 with reservations due by June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don C. Beach
Supreme Committee
Golden Shrine
Order of White Shrine of
Clyde Blanton
Frank Hotchkiss
B. F. Wyatt
R. A. Fleming
F. B. Carpenter
Kansas State White Shrine Club
Chanute
Masonic Temple
Ernest Edwards
Two Circle Meetings of Methodist WSCS
Two WSCS circles met, postponed from last week to Wednesday. Mrs. Lester Purdy hosted 12 members. plans for the year were made and prayers and devotions led by members. Committee chairmen were appointed. July meeting features a 9 o'clock coffee hosted by Mrs. Floyd L. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Lester Purdy
N. Forest
Burl O'Connor
Adolph Helm
Paschal Grimes
Beacon Light Class Hosts Colfax Baptists
The Beacon Light class of Colfax Baptist Church hosted an ice cream social for the church and friends Friday night. About 70 attended. Mrs Hugo Larson led singing with Lyla Hanson at the piano, and Mrs Lester Waldron spoke on Friends. Glenn Hanson organized entertainment and quiz activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Light
Colfax Baptist Church
Hugo Larson
Lyla Hanson
Lester Waldron
Glenn Hanson
Copper Town
BPW Board Sets Plans for New Year and Event
The executive board of the Business and Professional Womens club met Wednesday night with Mrs Roy Isham, 101 Allen, to plan the new year starting in July. Mae Wheeler presided as president and committees were chosen. Bylaws were discussed for updates. A picnic was planned for Aug. 10 at Mrs Charles T. Tayior’s home southeast of town. Mrs. Isham served a dessert course to 14 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Womens Club
Roy Isham
Allen
Mae Wheeler
Charles T. Tayior
Isham
Emma L Harmon Engaged to Vernon R Manion in July Wedding
Mr and Mrs Byrle B Haynes announce the engagement of their daughter Emma L Harmon to Vernon R Manion son of Mr and Mrs Jack Manion. Emma is a 1955 Chanute Junior College graduate and will teach in rural school next fall. Manion attended Chanute Junior College and served four years in the U S Navy. he now works in the MFA Refinery laboratory. The wedding is set for July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrle B. Haynes
N. Garfield
Emma L. Harmon
Vernon R. Manion
Jack Manion
N. Santa Fe
Harmon
Chanute Junior College
Manion
U. S. Navy
MFA Refinery
Mrs Baylor Hostess To Past Noble Grands Meeting
The Past Noble Grand club of Rebekah lodge met for a covered dish luncheon hosted by Mrs. Vincent Baylor with co hosts Mrs A W Thompson and Mrs Nettie McGarr. April May and June birthdays were celebrated as 19 members and two guests Jimmy and Vincent Baylor attended. Mrs Roy Gibson presided over the business session. Devotions were by Mrs Thompson who read The Spirit Sifter by Peale. The group reported 130 dozen cancer dressings made since the year began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grand Club
Rebekah Lodge
Vincent Baylor
A. W. Thompson
Nettie McGarr
Jimmy
Roy
Gibson
Thompson
Peale
Foot Health Lesson and Social in Savonburg
Savonburg Builders HD members learned foot care and relaxation in a Community Room session led by Mrs. E F Baldwin and Mrs. L A Patterson. Roll call counted 11 members answering Wedding Customs Here and Abroad while Anton Westerburg led a quiz after which hostesses served cake and coffee. In Buffalo Mrs M E McGregor and daughter Kathleen hosted a tea for about 20 as Mrs Baker and family announced property purchase. Major Baker at Ft Riley will retire from army service Sept a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savonburg
Savonburg Builders HD Unit
E. F. Baldwin
L. A. Patterson
R. W Walquist
Anton Westerburg
Frank Stierwalt
L. L. Singer
Buffalo
M. E. McGregor
Kathleen
George Baker
Dan Markham
Othel Stanfield
Baker
Bakers
Ft. Riley
Cook Powell Wins Scotch Foursomes at Country Club
Marjorie Cook and Wally Powell captured the Scotch foursomes with a 41 last evening at the Country Club. Dr. and Mrs. R V Cartwright won high score with 52 in a tie with Mrs Jay Tabor and Rex Truitt. The Cartwrights chaired the event for seven couples. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Nelson will chair next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Cook
Wally Powell
R. V. Cartwright
Jay Tabor
Rex Truitt
Cartwrights
Bud Nelson
Erie youth Joan Copeland named Grand Chaplain in Rainbow Assembly
Joan Copeland 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Copeland of R3 Eric, was installed grand Chaplain of the Grand Assembly of Kansas Order of the Rainbow for Girls during ceremonies at Shawnee Mission High School Mission. The event closed the 1955 assembly with Overland Park as host. Copeland, a Erie High School graduate salutatorian active in 4 H and Methodist youth work, will attend the National Methodist Youth Convention at Purdue University August 22 to 26 as a delegate at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Joan Copeland
Clyde Copeland
Eric
Grand Assembly of Kansas
Order of the Rainbow For Girls
Shawnee Mission High School
Mission
Kay Sherwood
Wichita
Kansas Rainbow Girls
Overland Park
Erie High School
Copeland
Methodist Church
Methodist
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
Erie Assembly No. 47
Order of the Rainbow
Assembly
Grand Assembly
Erie Assembly
Carol Byington
Merrill Byington
Missouri
Barbara Bryan
E. C. Bryan
Loretta Green
Ivan Green
Miss Copeland
Judith Richey
Elaine Ferguson
Patricia Naff
Sharon Lundrigan
Mary Jane Byington
Joyce White
Nancy Bowyer
Glen Dietz
Vilas Vikings 4-H Classes Report Sewing Progress
Vilas Vikings 4-H sewing classes met at Vilas High School annex with leaders Mrs Ralph Winter rowd and Mrs Everett Olson. Neil Nelson reported on judging lessons and demonstrated easy to sew methods as members hem patches darn socks and discuss shirts dresses and keeping records. Guests included several adults and the next meeting is set for June 29 with Marlene Anderson and Janice Fisher as hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilas Vikings
Ralph Winterrowd
Everett Olson
Vilas High School
Neil Nelson
High Prairie Pioneers
Judy Anderson
Evelyn Larson
Mmes
Clarence Nelson
Roy Anderson
Roy Larson
Jay Fisher
Galen Thorsell
Elmer Anderson
Annex
Marlene Anderson
Janice Fisher
Jean Olson
First Baptist Church Circles Report July Plans
Wednesday afternoon circles met with 12 members present at Mrs. E E Lofgren’s home and 1 guest. They discussed the work of Lillian Larson in Pakistan and voted to send five dollars to Osaka church in Japan and planned no meetings in July or August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Martha Veber
Missions Magazine
Vivian Arthur
A. C. Dickinson
Arthur Jackson
Patience of
Jesus
Jeanette Arthur
E. E. Lofgren
Ernest Eye
Lillian Larson
Pakistan
R. O. Wicker
John Ranz
F. P. Faucett
M. L. Manners
Osaka
Japan
Social Calendar for Monday June 0 1955
Wesleyan Service Guild at Methodist church hosts 6 30 salad supper with Rebekah lodge. Odd Fellows hall program follows. Refreshments. Duplicate Bridge club meets Tioga Hotel at 7 30. Past Presidents Parley of American Legion Auxiliary postponed to July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guild
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Tioga Hotel
American Legion Auxiliary
Mrs Reinhardt Hosts Auxiliary Luncheon and Dressings
Mrs Kenneth Reinhardt entertained the Past Presidents of Ladies Auxiliary to B of RT at her home Friday with a 1 o'clock luncheon. Fifteen were served. The afternoon was spent making cancer dressings. The next meeting will be July 15 with Mrs John Newman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Reinhardt
Ladies Auxiliary
B of
John Newman
Friendly Club Meets Mrs Wesley Thompson in Quiet Country Gathering
The Friendly club met at Mrs Wesley Thompson’s country home Thursday afternoon with 10 members and five children present. Mrs Erma Berg of Long Beach attended as a guest. Refreshments were served. The next meeting is a July 5 picnic in Highland Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Thompson
Erma Berg
Long Beach
Highland Park
Operation Alert accelerates helicopter age at Pentagon
The Army plans a west side helicopter pad at the Defense Department HQ for rapid official takeoffs and landings following the concluded Operation Alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
Pentagon
Army
Defense Department
Twisters Hit West Kansas
Four tornadoes struck southwest Kansas near Fowler causing property damage but no injuries. One tornado touched down near city limits, another damaged store roofs and a machine shed in Fowler’s southwest, and a third tornado caused more destruction east of Fowler. Active weather crews assess damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler. Kas
Kansas
Fowler
Tornado Damages Farm Homes and Floods Hit Kansas
A tornado wrecked the farm home of Mrs. Lily Houser near Plains, Southwest of Fowler, while her daughter and son-in-law fled to a cellar. Another tornado touched Big Creek in Meade County, and heavy rains caused rivers to rise. Downpours reached Wakeeney 2.90 inches, Ogallah 2.50, Ellis 2.10, and Hays 2.38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Houser
Oklahoma Banker Craig Served Erie Bank and Public Posts
Mr Craig became cashier of Allen State Bank at Erie in 1921 and served until 1933. He was a city councilman and school board member for years. Later he associated with Stark State Bank until retirement in 1952. Survivors include three grandsons Billy Jerry and Kern Craig. Mrs Craig died July 17 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okla
Craig
Allen State Bank
Erie
Stark State Bank
Billy and
Jerry Craig
Walnut
Kern Craig
Nowata
Deaths and Funerals Honor Rev Edward Reinhardt
The Rev. Edward A. Reinhardt 54 died at Research Hospital Kansas City after brain tumor surgery. He served 32 years in the ministry and leaves wife Pauline, mother Bertha Reinhardt, two sons Wayne and Paul, daughter Anne, two grandsons Vern and Earl, granddaughter, and brothers Ralph Farr. Funeral set for Excelsior Springs MO and likely Monday afternoon in Chanute area. Also notes W. E. Craig funeral in Erie with services led by Rev A W Swanson. Craig, born 1874, long clerk and educator, left four children and moved from Galesburg to Erie. He died at his daughter’s home rural Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed A. Reinhardt
Edward A. Reinhardt
Woods Memorial Christian Church
Excelsior ‘Springs
Research Hospital
Kansas City
Chanute
William
Bertha Reinhardt
Big Creek
Chanute High School
Pauline Alford
Leanna
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
Fredonia
S. Highland
Wayne W. Reinhardt
Neosho County
Absalom
Hannah Craig
Craig
Centerville Township
Meeker and
Osage Mission
St. Paul
Fort Scott Normal
Ogeese Dist
Galesburg
Parsons Business College
Emporia State College
Iona Bose
Arthur
Hazel Anderson
Prescott
Ariz
Marie Kahler
Erie
Lucille Wallace
Nowata
Oklo
W. E Craig Jr
Walnut
Marguerite Nelson
Chickasha
Pilgrim Funeral Service Held for Herman Pilgrim
The funeral was Friday at Wilson-Johnson chapel with Rev J Rolland Christenson of St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church officiating. Mrs Ernest Moore and Mrs Hazel Slane sang. flowers by Mrs Alfred Mitchell and Mrs Harley Roberts. Bearers included Arthur Gericke and others. Burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim
Herman Pilgrim
Wilson-Johnson Chapel
J. Rolland Christenson
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ernest Moore
Hazel Slane
Alfred Mitchell
Harley Roberts
Arthur Gericke
Fiverett Barnhart
Fred Flottman
Raymond Kelley
Greenwood Cemetery
Chanute Girls rout St Paul 30-2 in Erie league game
Chanute softball overwhelmed St Paul 30 to 2 at Erie with Charlene Brookshire pitching and Nellie June Beals catching. The undefeated Chanute club minds a midweek game with Girard and a non conference at Iola on June 24 against the Iola Girls' club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
St. Paul Girls
Erie
Charlene Brookshire
Nellie June Beals
Girard
Erie Diamond
Iola
Iola Girls
Russia Presses Japan to Alter U S Security Pact
According to Kyodo News quoting informed government circles Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu spoke at a special Cabinet session on an 11 point Russian proposal for the Japan Soviet peace talks in London The report could not be officially confirmed and dates are not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Russia
Japan
America
Red China Kyodo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
London
Kyodo
Strike Ends For Seamen As Three Unions Reach Contracts
New York reports the CIO Marine Engineers Benevolent Assn and CIO American Radio Assn signed three year pension and welfare laden contracts with dry cargo and shipping firms. The CIO National Maritime Union also struck a deal, with no wage increase but potential future talks planned for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gulf Coast
CIO Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn
CIO American Radio Assn
CIO National Maritime Union
AFL Masters, Mates & Pilots
Local Briefs Include Arrivals, Appointments and Notices
Mrs. Marion Plummer arrives today to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Paul Lowe in Chanute while her husband Pfe Plummer serves with the army band near Fort Knox and reports to Camp Gordon tomorrow. Chief of Police Albert A Bree den improves after a heart attack in Phoenix. his wife Elsie is the former Elsie Smith. BPW club meets Wednesday night at 6 45 at Tioga Hotel with historian Ethel Caton in charge. Fire Chief C W Brennan returns from Kansas City after a family visit and surgery. Local residents Russell E Davidson and Mrs C B Railsback and Mrs John Stoelzing visit Chanute for the weekend and a funeral. Planeview school plans annexation to Wichita July 1. Grigg family updates include Ed Grigg now Planeview superintendent. Police report lists several arrests for intoxication and disturbances with bonds posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Plummer
Paul Lowe
Plummer
Pfe. Plummer
Elizabethtown
Ft. Knox
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Albert A. Breeden
Peoria
Ariz
Chanute
Phoenix Osteopathic Hospital
Breeden
Elsie Smith
Flora Smith
N. Highland
BPW
Tioga Hotel
Ethel Caton
Wichita
Miss Eaton
Man Hurtled Into Public Drunkenness Fines Hearings Report
The Chanute Tribune reports on June 18 1955 that John Jacob Huber of Kansas City was fined 65 dollars in police court for intoxication and drinking in public. Judge Robert Pennington set 15 dollars for intoxication and 50 dollars for drinking in public. A beverage truck backed from a parking space damaged Mrs A F Kepleys car on Evergreen street. Kenneth Doudy of Springfield Missouri damaged his car hitting a guard rail on K39 west of Stark. no injuries were reported. A tow truck retrieved the damaged vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacob Huber
Kansas City
Robert Pennington
A. F. Kepley
Earlton
Evergreen
R. W. Beademphl
Coffeyville
Kenneth Doudy
Springfield
Doudy
K39
Stark
Chanute
Daily Transcript Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals
Friday admissions include Mrs. Ivan Logan Earlton surgical and I B Ingroum LaHarpe medical An admittance today includes Mrs Jona Breshears Humboldt medical Dismissals Friday May B Montague Richard Perez Humboldt And dismissal today Frank Emery 118 S Western Births today to Mr and Mrs Robert Walta 915 S Lafayette a son and Mr and Mrs Harry Merriman Humboldt a son Traffic citations include Don Mallory 308 N Grant parking in restricted zone and Donald F Fitts R2 operating vehicle with defective muffler $5 bond posted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Mallory
N. Grant
Donald F. Fitts
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Colfax Baptists
BPW Board
Wihdkiey Yobdy Moti Kula
Alice Brooks
Istelass
Chanute Tribune Household Arts Dept
P.O
Old
Chelsea Sation
U, N.Y
Emma LL. Harmon
Mrs. Baylor
Cook-Powell
the Tribune
Buffalo Boosters
Judy Clough
Linda Carlson
Miss Clough
W D. Hempen
Buffao Boosters
4-H Club
L. M. Braman
Mrs. Reinhardt
Twisters
West Kansas
F.D.I.C
Floyd L. Johnson
Fred L. Johnson
U.S
Eklund
C. W. Brennan
Kas
Frank Brennan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Russell E. Davidson
C. B. Railsback
John Stoelzing
Oberlin
E. W. Grigg
James A Allen
Marion Miller
Grigg
Royster Junior High School
Planeview School
Wichita High School
Wichita University
Meade Intermediate School
Eddie
Harriett
R. G. Jacobsmeyer
Fort Worth
Gwynne
Thomas W Holding
S. Santa Fe
Arthur Hasty
N. Steuben
George E. Taylor
David J. Brown
The
Chanute Tribune
Daily Transcript
Mium
Joplin
Sun
KFSB
Kans
WDAF
PAY Way
Pillsbury's
Gooc
Chapman Feed Service
YOUR
Tribune
U. S
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