Local Club Notes and Outings Highlight June Meetings
Willing Workers hear a water safety talk by Melissa Hatinett during the June 14 meeting. Members discuss travels and 4 H Round-up attendance. Esther Watkins promotes Kenya wildlife films. Devoted Mothers host a June 12 outing and weiner roast at the Berthots home. VFW Auxiliary plans a booth for July 5 Santa Fe Park celebrations and pins for long service. New officers are named with Antonine Catterson as president and Christine Oglesbee as second color bearer. Safari Campers report June events at Elk City Reservoir and plans for a fall campers convention in Chanute. Up and Atom 4 H Parent Night honors local square dancers with trophies from Fredonia. Demonstrations include fabric painting and fire-safety skit. Gem and Mineral Society enjoys a picnic. fossils and shell collections are showcased.
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VFW
Santa Fe Park
Antonine Catterson
Dorene Catterson
Cleo Barnhart
Marie Dobson
Florence Hansen
Norma Roush
Lucile Kelsey
Bernice Bergen
Christine Oglesbee
Mildred Chrisman
Faye Jones
Dorothy Raney
Nadeen Beale
Grace Wilmoth
Alta Breiner
Jessie Bareis
Irene Moore
Fredonia
Mike Harris
Don Coates
Women racers test run for Powder Puff Derby
Dorothy Dickerhoof and Lee Kensett report a profitable test of the last half of the Powder Puff Derby route from Nashville to Wilmington. The Chanute team plans to start July 2 with briefings July 7 and seek fuel donations, noting the race ends this year due to fuel shortages.
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Jane Blades
Dorothy Dickerhoof
Lee Kensett
Dickerhoof
Wilmington
Del
Bonnie
Bonnie Dickerhoof
Kensett
Chanute
Albuquerque
N.M
Nashville
Sacramento
First National Bank
4 H Art and Craft Show Best of Show Winners
The 2nd annual 4 H Art and Craft Show at Neosho County Community Junior College June 14 18 featured 446 entries from 179 members with purple ribbon winners in paper craft sand craft dough art seed and seedpods decoupage plastercraft wood carving candles ceramics leather items and textiles among others plus Skill Arts and additional prize recipients named from the judging.
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Neosho County Community Junior College
Lisa Hartman
Michelle Warren
Kelly Sharp
Jaena Coates
Tisha Driskill
Ricky Bruneau
Marsha Page
Linda Lacey
Scott Collins
Suzanne Page
Calico
Judy Powers
Annette Stich
John Hatinett
Fathers Day Observance Grows As National Holiday
A Spokane church in 1910 started Fathers Day. Congress made the third Sunday in June a national holiday and last year a Gallup Poll found 87 percent observed it, suggesting more people mark Fathers Day than any other holiday.
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Spokane
Wash
Congress
Gallup
Dads
Fathers Day call for father son talks by Dr Warren Farrell
United Press International reports that Warren T. Farrell Ph D advocates listening labs at home for Fathers Day. He urges dads and children to share likes and dislikes and to discuss emotions. Farrell also runs listening labs at American Management Association conferences.
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United Press International
America
Warren T. Farrell
American Management Association
Washington Square Arch
New York City
Farrell
Men’s Awareness Network
Men’s Action Network
Sterling Beck MARRIED IN IOWA HOMECOMING WEEKEND
Jill Sterling wed David Beck on May 30 at Humboldt United Methodist Church with Rev. Ronald Bumstead officiating. The couple resides at 629 North 22nd Street Fort Dodge Iowa. The bride is a Kansas State University home economics graduate and the groom holds a wildlife biology degree from K State and works as a soil conservationist for the Iowa Soil Conservation Service.
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David Beck
N. 22Nd Street
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Jill Sterling
Humboldt United Methodist Church
Ronald Bumstead
Kansas State University
Beck
K-State
Iowa Soil Conservation Service
Robert Redfield
Alvin Sterling
Humboldt
Lee Beck
Wichita
USDA Standardizes Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grades
The U S Department of Agriculture adopts uniform grade names for fresh produce. As of July 1 U S Fancy U S No 1 U S No 2 and U S No 3 become the grade standards for fruits vegetables and nuts. Shoppers may still inspect produce, but the new terms may not appear at retail.
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U. S
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
U.S
New Citizen Merle Jarred Born in Humboldt
Merle Jarred, son of Mr and Mrs Merle Sterling of Humboldt, was born on June 8.
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Merle Jarred
Merle Sterling
Humboldt
Chanute Art Gallery Names Directors for OneYear Terms
At the Chanute Art Gallery third annual board meeting on Wednesday the board elected nine directors for a one year term. Named are Nora Knight Genevieve Thompson Salome Harmon Nadine Westmeyer Mary Kay Murphy Helen Wilson Karol Good Margaret Hollenshead and Elly McCoy. Elly McCoy serves gallery chairman with Salome Harmon as vice chair and Nadine Westmeyer as secretary. Nora Knight is treasurer and chairs Patrons of the Arts.
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Chanute Art Gallery
Nora Knight
Genevieve Thompson
Salome Harmon
Nadine Westmeyer
Mary Kay Murphy
Helen Wilson
Karol Good
Margaret Hollenshead
Elly McCoy
Patrons of the Arts
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