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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1962
Page
3
The South Logan HDU unit met at the home of Mrs. Robert Sharpe with co hostesses. Mrs. Lawrence Rinehart presided over a business session. The lesson Window Treatment was taught by Mrs. Millard Cress. Fourteen members, 13 children and one guest attended. Linda, visiting from California, arrived Monday.
The July 1 1962 social calendar lists a reception for Dr and Mrs Duff Wagoner at First Methodist Fellowship Hall from 2 to 4 pm. Other events include Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at Odd Fellows hall, and multiple meetings at First Christian, Vilas Church, Evangelical United Brethren, Chanute Gem and Mineral Society, and local auxiliaries through July 3 with times from morning to evening.
Bridge club members met Thursday evening at 306 Larson with Mrs Rus gel Roots hosting. Guests included Mrs Roy Keller Mrs Harold Palmer and Mrs Glenn Barnby. Keller won low Barnby won high. Dessert served. Next meeting with Mrs John Weilert Humboldt.
A quirky AP item notes diapers dominate lost and found items on the Turner Turnpike while Louisville Quebec reports a small town inventory including one bicycle per 10 residents. The 1961 sale of 750 bicycle licenses is also mentioned.
The Vilas Vikings 4-H Club held its annual tour with 76 participants visiting homes to view projects. Members exhibited cooking sewing animal and garden projects including Cath erine Thorsell Edward Thorsell William Thorsell Pat Smith Mike Smith Paula Carlson and others. The day ended with a picnic and meeting at the 99 park.
The United States Steel Foundation awarded a $5 000 grand prize for alumni support during 1960 61 to the University of Kansas Lawrence. Joe Balch served as Neosho county chairman for local alumni fund drives in 1960 61. RH A Ricketts attended a retirement party for Elbert L Risley district sales manager for an oil firm in Wichita. Regarded notices list local visitors and civic events across Neosho County including a July 5 1962 address by Carl McIntire in Parsons Kansas.
Harley S. Nelson funeral was yesterday at First Methodist with Dr Duff Wagoner officiating. Burial at Elmwood. bearers listed. Masonic graveside rites. Mrs Ira Hague service set Sunday at Thayer Methodist. burial Thayer cemetery. Fred Brinegar, 80, Wichita, to be buried Elmwood today at 2 p.m. Survivors named plus siblings and in law relations.
Daily Transcript notes Friday admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital including Matthew Galemore and James W. Wright with medical entries and Vivian Robison for surgery alongside John C. Corns. Dismissals include Mrs. Maude Curtis and Mrs. Carl C Young. Fire runs report two late night Plymouth incidents at 2 S Malcolm and 20 S Wilson.
Seven 48 ton Army tanks at the Tucson Army Reserve Center were vandalized by vandals using BB guns to break periscopic and telescopic lenses atop the vehicles. Police report says officers observed damage from the surface to the optics.
Mickey Wright and Ruth Jessen, dominating women's golf, share the 54 hole lead at 148 in the National Open, four over par, and are paired for the final rounds. Hagge sits third at 151, one shot ahead of Romack Faulk Prentice and Lindstrom among others.
A road sign in fishing country near St. Petersburg reads Three miles and beer and worms. The playful slogan hints at local humor and nearby amenities for anglers.
Erie residents Mrs. Harold Gordon and daughter Gloria returned home to Coral Gables Florida after a week visiting relatives including Mrs. Fred Swan and Frederick Swan. Gordon and Mrs. Gordon teach in Coral Gables schools. Local notes include court activity and a CES summer break, with several Pittsburgh visitors and local improvements as well as garden and family items.
Ace Armstrong returns after 16 months out to meet Luis Rodriguez in a 10 round telecast from Madison Square Garden. Rodriguez arrives as an 8-5 favorite, riding six straight wins and boasting busy, shifty style, while Armstrong seeks to shake off ring rust.
Muskogee Oklahoma AP reports Bill Nichols, 79, celebrated New Year by playing golf for the 64th straight year. Nichols began his New Year golf custom in his native Scotland.
Frank Froehling III, the lone American remaining in the Wimbledon men's singles, prepared for a fifth-round match with Spain's Manuel Santana after reaching the last 16. Froehling, a Coral Gables native studying mathematics at Trinity University, said he and his chances were roughly even. In women's singles, Victoria Palmer joined a trio of Americans in the last 16 after a 2-6 6-0 7-5 victory over Robyn Ebbern.
Two teenagers tossed a disarmed rusty aerial bomb into a pond near a North Syracuse motel after learning from a mother to dispose of it. The 42 foot long device was found a year earlier. police called Griffiss AFB experts to handle the ordnance.
Local edition reviews community updates and events for Chanute Kansas with notices from residents, school reports, church activities, and upcoming summer gatherings. Names of local officials and organizations appear among brief notices and announcements.
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