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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
5
An ancient Egyptian sect, the Gnostics, believed Adam's rib kept death at bay and the world in paradise while the separation of woman from man caused creation's woes. Readings from Nag Hammadi texts, dated 13 years old, suggest nude rites and secret sexual practices.
A compiled list of weekly services across several churches including Pentecostal Holiness, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Full Gospel Tabernacle, Mexican Baptist, St. Luke's Methodist, New Hope Baptist, Grant Chapel AME, Evergreen, St. Patrick's Catholic. Details include Sunday schools, worship times, prayer meetings, Bible studies, and auxiliary activities with ministers and locations.
A reflective meditation on sin beyond malice, the role of the Holy Spirit in defining conscience, and the clash between faith and works. It contrasts public piety with private vice, cites James about faith and works, and ends with a parish anecdote about a transient spiritual binge and a lack of steadfastness.
A Chanute church guide lists Wesleyan Methodist, Bible Baptist, United Brethren in Christ, Church of God in Christ, Church of Christ, more with pastors such as Willard Lloyd Marvin Adams Thuston and Gene Miller. Each congregation shows Sunday times for school worship and evening services plus weekday activities and prep meetings.
Local churches list weekly worship times with ministers superintendents and class schedules across multiple towns including Earlton Galesburg Kimball Altoona Vilas Otterbein Savonburg and Buffalo. Entries note Sunday services school times youth groups and midweek meetings for each congregation.
The notice lists a midweek service at 7:30 pm Wednesday at Big Creek Methodist with Pastor Gene Taylor and Floyd Strack supervising. Sunday activities include Sunday school at 9:45 am and preaching at 10:45 am.
Moran Church had 754 attendees and Savonburg 751 for ten weeks of Bible school. Highs reached 106 at Moran on June 4 and 116 at Lavernburg on June 11. Kansas civil service exams for clerk positions will be held in Chanute July 15 at the Junior College. Applications due July 6.
Delegates at the Annual Conference of the Methodist Student Movement in Winfield Kansas pick moral and ethical problems on campuses as their top issue for 1961 62. They call for stronger faith based moral principles and a personal responsibility approach amid campus cheating scandals and athletic misconduct.
AP dated Wichita reports Mike Lubchenko and Jim Nance aged 17 will rest in Wichita over the weekend prior to beginning a 534 mile return journey to their homes.
In five days, five Denver high school classmates rode bicycles to Wichita visiting Dr. John Warren and the Lubchenco family. They faced 98 degree heat at Rocky Ford Colorado and sheltered in Greensburg Kansas jail during a heavy rain. They will delay return until Monday to avoid weekend traffic.
Hollywood obituary notes Rea M. Hunt aged 68, an original Keystone Kop, died at his Pacoima home from a heart attack. Hunt had a 40 year film career as producer director cameraman and actor in Mack Sennett's early silent movies.
Local page items include community notices and brief updates from Chanute Kansas reflecting mid June 1961 happenings. Readers find short reports and public notices relevant to residents and nearby organizations.
A longtime studio property master for Columbia Pictures retired last October after two decades of service. He oversaw sets and props across major productions, contributing to the studio’s signature look and production efficiency.
A friendly invitation invites readers to visit to pick out plants or to contact by phone or mail for arrangements. It emphasizes ease of choosing and options for correspondence.
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