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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1959
Page
3
Advice column excerpts discuss women dyeing hair, a wife who dyes her hair, and reactions from family. Letters cover jealousy, marital attention at lunch, and problem solving. The tone resembles a syndicated readers’ chat with observations on relationships.
The 1959 Alice Brooks Needles craft catalog offers sunsuits easy to sew using 4 yards of fabric and a scrap of contrast. Pattern 7037 includes transfer and sizes 1 2 3 4. The catalog features crocheting knitting embroidery quilts dolls weaving and a cutout colorable doll set. Send 25 cents for the catalog.
May 3 1959 social calendar items include B of RT 100F hall 2 30 pm Monday May 4 1950 St Cecilia Music club piano ensemble Senior High School Rebekah Lodge Odd Fellows hall initiation Chanute Saddle club Choral Aires High Prairie church 1 30 pm Duplicate Bridge Tioga Hotel 2 30 pm St Cecilia Music club Memorial building 2 pm
Nancy Whitmore, St. Patrick's student, earned second in the state essay contest for Civil War Memories, sponsored by the M. O. Cartlidge Circle of the Grand Army of the Republic. She will read and collect her award at the GAR State Convention May 3-5 in El Dorado. Chanute attendees include Mrs. Stipp, Mrs. Barker, Mrs. Biele and Mrs. Miller.
Mrs. Stella Noyes presided in the Memorial building for the Dorothea L. Dix tent of the Daughters of Union Veterans. Lena Stewart gave a memoriam and placed a yellow tulip in memory of Nellie Pearl Griffin who died recently. Mary Holloran was honored with refreshments for her service to the tent.
Mr and Mrs Lowell Holland hosted the Home Builders class of the Church of the Nazarene at 512 West 7th Thursday evening. Holland presided with Mrs Holland organizing games and refreshments. Rev Claude Pittenger teaches the class with other attendees listed.
The St. Cecilia Music club presents a Monday evening concert of six pianos played by 12 pianists with a five-member string ensemble and a chorus at the Senior High School auditorium. Notable soloists include Mrs. John Nation, Miss Helen Loy, and Mr. Dave Petterson among others. pieces range from Bach Passacaglia to Boris Godunov coronation scene and Brahms Six Love Songs with a finale Moszkowski Valse in E flat. A free will offering will be collected.
Harmony HDU members met at Mrs. Wayne Berthot's home with 11 attending the roll call The Nicest Thing a Person Has Done for Me. Guests included Mrs. Marjorie Price Eric home economics agent Mrs. Kenneth Kelley Carrie Craig Mrs. Bruce Wheatley Mrs. John Naughton Tommy Tammy and Mrs. Carl Wortman Discussion covered the Southeast Kansas TB Hospital occupational therapy program including patient crafts and bed based projects The next meeting will be all day June 5 at 10 a.m with Mrs C J Newton. bread baking lesson and covered dish lunch provided Roses and stage lighting decor highlighted the prom banquet preparations for juniors seniors and faculty.
A fashion show titled Roman Holiday will be presented at 7 p.m. tonight at Murray Hill School. Models from the home economics classes of Mrs. Treva Adelgren will display clothing they have made during the year. The event ties into Murray Hill's Community Arts and Crafts weekend.
The Exemplar degrees were conferred on Mrs. Baird Brinkmeyer and Mrs. Jack Parkins and the Ritual of Jewels degree on Mrs. Ralph Cox at a Thursday Alpha Chi chapter meeting in Humboldt. Officers were installed by retiring president Mrs. W. E. Willis. The cultural program, The Art of Dress, was presented by Mrs. Roy Lawson. Twelve members attended. hostesses were Mrs. Brinkmeyer and Mrs. Parkins. The next meeting is the May 21 annual picnic.
The Kum Dubble class of the First Methodist church held a Thursday picnic at Santa Fe Park Shelter House. Hosts were Monty McCunes and Don McDeyields. Rex King was elected president and Doris McReynolds secretary treasurer.
Mrs Homer FE Cook 110 West Ash hosted the Lioness Club meeting. She presided as president for the last meeting of the year. Mrs Roy Smith was named president and Mrs Bill Johnson was secretary treasurer. Crazy bridge yielded a prize for Mrs Al Goodwin. Ten members were served refreshments by Mrs Cook and Mrs Charles Ballou.
Members of Midway School's senior class were honored at the annual prom and banquet hosted by the junior class on April 25. The theme was Moonlight In a Rose Garden with hundreds of red roses and a trellis entrance.
Sixteen members of the Alcott PTA Study Group met Wednesday morning with Mrs. Albert to discuss plans and activities for the coming school term.
The Order of the Eastern Star honors district aide Kihm of 903 N. Grant after a dessert exchange. Mrs. J. O. Adams led the lesson Youth Responds for Scientific Age. A May 25 picnic at Santa Fe park is planned.
A covered dish dinner for the LS to B of LF and FE was served yesterday in Carpenters hall. Four guests joined 14 members. An afternoon business meeting followed with contributions to the Polio Foundation Red Cross and Neosho Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Savonburg notes cover two events from late April a youth swimming party at Parsons YMCA on April 30 with eighteen Covenant church men three from Kimball Evangelical United Brothren and five guests and a Covenant Woman's Auxiliary meeting on April 29 at Vivian Johnson home led by Mrs Emma Larson with devotions by Mrs August Erickson and study on The Early Years in the Covenant Missions in the Belgian Congo. Refreshments were served and the next quarterly gathering is set for July 29 at Robert Larson Jr. home.
The funeral for Burnett H. Ambler will be at 2 pm Monday at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. H A Simmons and Rev. Floyd H Thuston officiating. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Koch-Skinner Memorial Home in charge. Frank C. Davidson, 88, died Friday at his son’s home in Cherryvale after a long illness. survived by wife, two daughters, a son, six grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 Sunday at Burns Funeral Home in Cherryvale. Mrs W W Stanfield Ward died April 18 in Clovis New Mexico. sister-in-law of Mrs Alonzo Braden and cousin of Mrs Sylvia Wilson.
Humboldt Mayor M. L. Brown proclaims May 49 as Humboldt Clean-up Week urging residents to place burnable trash in containers for daily city pickups. John Campbell of Wearever Aluminum Co demonstrated waterless cooking at Humboldt High School on April 27. Mr. and Mrs. William McGrew are named in the passage.
Wichita visitors Ray and Patricia Perks, and Charles Clements family hosted hosts. Gene Douglas and Ruth Morgan announce birth of Kathryn Jean weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces. Numerous relatives from Ottawa, Turner, Chanute and Lincoln Hall attended graduations and family gatherings.
Armando Lora the technical sub secretary of the Cuban premiership and second in the Cuban cabinet pleaded guilty in a federal court in Los Angeles to violating the Neutrality Act by shipping arms to Fidel Castro’s revolutionary forces. He was fined 1500 dollars along with eight others.
An advertisement-style notice promotes smart shopping habits with tips on verifying sellers, checking prices, reading warranties, and avoiding scams. It emphasizes due diligence, comparison, and consumer protection resources to enhance safe purchasing decisions.
The Chanute Barrack of World War I Veterans will hold a business meeting at 7:30 pm Monday in the Memorial building. J. C. Rensing, commander, reported today.
The Daily Transcript lists yesterday admmittances at Neosho Memorial Hospital including Mrs L A Woosley 801 S Lafayette medical William L Rragg Stark medical and Mrs Joseph A Cole 1029 S Evergreen medical Dismissals today include Clarence FE Clifton 401 N Santa Fe Mrs Roy H Vaughn 221 FE 11th Mrs Stan ley Allen 819 8 S Garfield Ross Van Houten Savenburg and Mrs W H Wilkins 318 N Steuben
A Miami Beach brief urges being helpful to everyone in need, framing community support as a shared responsibility and urging action by local residents and volunteers.
Harrisburg judge says nearly every boy charged with serious crime in his court during the past year needed a decent haircut. He tells them real reform begins with a good haircut as a sign of change and discipline.
The school named four candidates per office after the first Royster Primary for the 1959 60 Student Council. A second primary on Monday will trim to final candidates for the May 12 general election.
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