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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1960
Page
2
Kansas City AP report shows hogs 2 600 with barrows and gilts steady to strong and sows steady. Cattle 300 with calves none, market untested. Sheep 25 not enough to test, 95 lb spring lambs 24.25. Chicago AP notes butter steady with receipts 208 000 and wholesale prices unchanged. Eggs about steady with mixed grade whites around 33 cents and related weights.
William Brotton son of Mr and Mrs David S Brotton 2045 Kansas will receive the God and Country Scout award during Sunday church service at Evangelical United Brethren church It is the first such award given by the church Brotton is a First Class Boy Scout and has spent a year serving the church and studying its history
Funeral services for L P Burris will be at 2 p m Saturday in the Presbyterian church with the Rev William T Hunt and Dr Fred Shaw officiating. The casket will be moved from Koch Skinner Memorial Home at 1 p m to lie in state until service time and interment will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. A brief, formal notice lists relatives and church ties.
Ninth graders present Susie the Siren a three act comedy directed by W M Carl in the school auditorium at 8 o clock. Cast includes Cindy Harris as Susie Dick Anders as Jim with a large ensemble and student staff. Proceeds support school activities.
Wall Street rose unevenly with electronics and speculative issues advancing while others drifted. Volume was about 2.6 million shares as long term U.S. government bonds gained and corporate issues edged higher amid a largely dull market.
The Humboldt Methodist WSCS met Wednesday with the theme Jesus the Light of the World. Mrs. Mazie Morris led, assisted by Mrs. Leslie Lehman who lit a large candle as officers were installed. Rev. Gene Taylor officiated with praise and corsages presented to outgoing leaders. An attendance of 45 was reported.
New York AP reports Willie Fowler a 42 year old Black father of ten leaped from his fifth floor apartment to escape a blaze. He carried a four year old daughter who was critically injured. Firemen had a safety net in place beneath the window when the leap occurred.
Rexall Drug Co advertises a two day event described as the largest sale ever with a half gallon Peter Pan Ice Cream deal and other flavors at Peter Pan Store 902 W Main. Story Hour at Public Library features Osbert and The Magic Glass. Local society meeting hosted by Mrs Locke Mrs Whit worth and Mr Naughton at Big Creek Church. Police report a Main Plummer accident involving a 1953 Ford and a 1953 GMC. Roger Gray charged with intoxication and disturbing the peace. Local visits and hospital programs noted plus a Tribune delivery reminder.
Admissions today include Danny Kern and Sandra Mears for surgery. Dismissals yesterday list multiple residents led by Michael Bauer and Larry Evans. Births occurred yesterday and today with families Clements and Kienklen. Traffic citation issued to Frank Haviland. District Court filings from Chanute include lease damages for Virginia Cobb and a divorce case for Robert and Ramona Collins.
Andrew H. Layman Jr. of Tulsa refused to answer questions before a House committee probing Oklahoma highway construction irregularities. He followed H. Tom Kight, Claremore lawyer and former State Highway Commission member, who also claimed immunity. Layman group helped build the Skelly bypass portion of the interstate system. related Layman family members face grand jury fraud indictments.
The Daily Transcript lists yesterday's admissions at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Rhonda J. Cheney was admitted to medical care in Room 1 with a note referencing Mrs. and visiting hours posted as 2 to 4 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m. daily, with visitors under 16 restricted.
Mrs Howard Murray hosted the Hi Lo Club in Erie with several guests for bridge and refreshments. Notables include Mrs Charles Forsyth winning high and Mrs Tom Burress consolation among members, while Mrs Kensinger took the guest high and consolation. Visits include E V Turgeon of Kansas City returning home after a visit, and local moves as Ronald Yockey relocates to El Dorado for work.
The Parsons community reports visits by residents including Jack Reynolds’s relative at University of Kansas Medical Center and Nedra Newland with grandmother Cora McKinney. A BPW Club tour to Neosho Valley Creamery included Howard Murray as guide and Jeanie Vitt as guest. Others planned a hamburger fry at Lake Neosho.
Mrs Dalice Rush at 3118 South Highland hosted Group 4 of the Christian Women's Fellowship. Twenty one members attended along with two guests Mrs Elsie Gibson and Mrs Robert Lopeman. The meeting opened with prayer and featured a discussion on the church building fund, a story form lesson Patterns of Change in Africa, devotions Sharing Our Faith, and cake and coffee served by Opal Wegman aided by the hostess.
Mrs John Lofthouse presided in the absence of Mrs Orville Breiner at a St Patrick s Altar Society meeting in the school s home economics room The Rev Peter Finnegan spoke on the eight point program and Mrs Vera Willis reported on deanery meetings at Parsons Plans were made to serve refreshments for the school picnic with Mrs Philip Jensen and Mrs George Butler committees serving cake and coffee The group adjourned for the summer months
The Third district Democrats hold their seventh annual Pot Boiling Day in Parsons on May 14 with Charles H. Brown Missouri congressman and Symington supporter as principal speaker. Headquarters at the Parsonian Hotel with 10 a.m. registration, noon luncheon and evening dinner featuring Brown. Tickets available.
The author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and other Broadway hits is identified as Thomas Lanier Williams, his birth name.
Notice offers a full line of nursery stock including evergreens shade trees fruit and paper shell pecan trees roses climbers hybrids and Floribunda all blooming. Special hedging evergreen and privet at reduced price. Delivery and planting available with free estimate and advice. State inspected plants free from disease based in Yates Center Kansas. Phone 188.
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