Local Briefs and Military Moves Highlight Tribune
News notes include Glen's Tire Service ads and a White Shrine rummage sale at the Masonic Temple. Military updates list John F. Hartman USN seaman, forward from Walnut, aboard USS Worcester headed to the Far East, and David L. Kern also aboard Worcester as seaman apprentice. Pvt George M. Pierce Jr and Pvt Wallace F. Swan are new Army graduates and trainees at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Lewis respectively.
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John F. Hartman
USN
John H. Hartman
Walnut
Patty Board
Erie
Far East
Worcester
Long Beach Calif
Seventh Fleet
George M. Pierce, Jr
Buffalo
Fort Leonard Wood
Pierce
Crawford Community High School
Cherokee
David L. Kern
J. R. Kern
S. Katy
Wallace F. Swan
4Th Infantry Division
Fort Lewis
Wash
Elora G. Poe
Walnut High School
Anderson labeled likely GOP candidate for governor
Former Republican state senator John Woelk called Atty. Gen. John Anderson Jr the only Republican who can win the governorship next year. Anderson said he is not running for anything and will continue as attorney general, calling Woelk a friend with a right to his views.
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Russell
John Anderson Jr
John Woelk
Anderson
Woelk
State Senate
GOP
Topeka
John
Attorney General's Office
Community Notes from Local Residents and Meetings
Local residents report travel and visits including Walter A. Green at St. John's Hospital in Springfield and Mrs. Jerome Birzer with children in Ellinwood. News covers Walnut Grange May 8 meeting with Third and Fourth degrees, plus a 7 p.m. covered dish supper. Other items note medical care for Frank Westhoff in Parsons and various family visits across Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Walter A. Green
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
Jerome Birzer
Ellinwood
Jim Norris
Kansas City
Bob Geary
Bartlesville
Okla
Claude V. Geary
Bartlesville Memorial Hospital
Duane Jackson
George Jackson
Walnut Grange
Shamrock Hall
Frank Westhoff
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Myra Hess
Walter Perkins
Lebo
Frank Rohmiller
Whittling Suggested As Tranquillizer Editorial
York Dispatch editorial proposes Congress whittle an hour after lunch to calm Washington. It argues whittling fosters peace and clear thinking and helps harried men gain perspective on life and problems.
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York
The
York Dispatch
Congress
Washington
Women Drive Miles To Save Pennies In Albuquerque
An Albuquerque case shows a woman leaving a taxi to shop at the Disabled American Veterans store. After a fifteen minute wait she returns with two 35 cent slips, while the taxi meter continues running.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Walnut Rebekah Lodge Holds Friendship Night Meeting
The Walnut Rebekah Lodge hosted Friendship Night on April 25 with El Dorado Cherryvale McCune Eric and Girard represented. Officers attended except Mrs. Lillie Noland. Mrs Susan Fitzgerald received the traveling golden key. all present received a pink and green ribboned key. Reports on Myrtle Rebekah Lodge’s 50th anniversary at Erie were given. eleven Walnut members attended. A brief program featured singing by Margaret Ann and Patty Pryor, readings by Lille McFarland and Fairy Baker, and a play "How the Story Grew" led by Lulu Doub. Refreshments followed. Robert Misiner, recently discharged after four years in Korea, visited relatives in town en route home.
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Walnut
Walnut Rebekah Lodge
el Dorado
Cherryvale
McCune
Eric
Girard
Walnut Lodge
Lillie Noland
Paul Weimer
Noble Grand
Girard Lodge
Susan Fitzgerald
Myrtle Rebekah Lodge
Erie
Followig Lodge
Margaret Ann
Patty Pryor
Roberta Augustine
Lille McFarland
Fairy Baker
Lulu Doub
Regular Gard Lee Unit American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
The Gard Lee unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting Monday night May 6 at Legion Hall. Mrs. Alpha Seals and Mrs. Ruth Slagle return home from Kansas City where Ruth was a surgical patient.
Rutland Delays Coin Box Installations Over Security Flaw
Rutland city officials postponed installing 1 450 coin boxes for parking meters after discovering all could be opened with a tin can key. Police said over 200 could be opened easily by hand. The mayor questioned the boxes' maximum security.
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Rutland
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Taglor Anderson
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Calif
N. Roh
Kenneth Killough
Miller
Evelyn Parks
R. L. Coghill
Tulsa
Chetopa
Darrel Jackson
Sharyl, Hepler
Du‘Minnie Coghill
Andane Jackson
Valarie
Kansas
Bob Blodgett
Reacies Auto
Salem
N. H
Madison Square Garden
Baseball Oxfords
E. Main
Robert Misiner
U.S. Air Force
Korea
O. V. Misiner
Krone
Insuran
S. Lincoln
Ce Agency
Foster Clothing CO
Knox
Foster
Fred R. Foster
Dean L. Foster
J. C. Moody
Postal Service
Decatur
Chanute Tribune
Boyd Burns
W. Main
Frigidaire
Naff & Bolze
General Motors
America
Zero Freezer
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