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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1956
Page
5
Rural Grange will meet at 8 p m Thursday at the school with sandwiches and coffee served. Mrs H M Dick from Los Angeles arrived to visit her sister and relatives. The piece notes church services and school events in Petrolia including a Friday 7 30 pm student program with ice cream and cake.
Sgt. Paul R. Thompson of Camp Pendleton telephoned from Sacramento during a 10 day leave to visit relatives in Tucson and Sacramento as he awaits discharge from the Marine Corps, due June 30. Cottage Grove Ladies Aid plans an all day meeting Thursday with a covered dish lunch.
The United States reached the peak of the postwar baby boom in 1947 with 26.6 births per 1000 people. This landmark statistic highlights the era’s rapid population growth following World War II.
YATES CENTER honored two retiring educators Sara Hoefer with 30 years in Kansas 12 at Yates Center High School and Cecile Mason with 50 years in Woodson County 47 at Yates Center schools during last week events. The report notes Keller death in Iola and railroad hearing delay in Fort Scott and Durand areas.
Six members of the Junior College track squad will receive letters, announced by Coach W. H. McMurray. Recipients are Carl Anderson, Delbert Winder, Bob Chaffin, Oliver Ambler, Richard Fehr and Karl Naylor. Anderson led the Panthers in points and was the lone track and field representative at last Saturday’s state junior college meet in El Dorado.
Ander son won the Region III shot and placed fourth in the discus while another athlete took runner up in discus and third in shot. Jan Holman appeared in the state golf tournament at El Dorado but did not place.
Tulsa The Oil and Gas Journal reports the nation's crude oil and lease condensate output for the week ended May 12 fell by 61,355 barrels per day from the prior week. The average daily production was 7,030,890 barrels.
The United States produced 946,427,575 barrels this year, up from 901,265,650 at the same point last year. Kansas state output grew by 7,000 barrels to 335,400 barrels.
In TOPEKA a political action meeting will discuss a working agreement between the AFL and CIO on June 1. Officials expect dialogue on partnership terms and potential labor policy impacts across state industries.
A proposal to study the adequacy of pensions for elderly retired school teachers is set to go before the Kansas Legislative Council in Topeka tomorrow.
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