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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1958
Page
2
Weekend visitors and local arrivals fill the social page as families from multiple cities travel through Hutchinson. A Public Library story hour and school homecoming are scheduled, with a blood donation drive and local traffic citations noted alongside building permit applications for home projects.
Thursday notices list admissions including Mrs John H Carter and Mrs William Dixon for surgery, plus Yvonne Rita and Joe Anderson, Emmitt Harper, Sheila Hunt, and others for medical or surgical care. Dismissals include Danny Butler, Herbert Pentzer, Mrs Hazel Edyvean, Mrs Alice Klick, Earl Roberds, and several others. A birth is reported for Mr and Mrs Earl Shultz a boy. patrol citations include Donald Gene Stanislaus of 1019 Grant.
Funeral for Mrs Milo T Jones, prominent Chanute civic leader and widow of Milo T Jones, will be held at 10:50 a.m. tomorrow at the Jones home. Rev William T Hunt will officiate. She died yesterday after a lengthy illness. Born Mamie C Chandler in Aledo Illinois, she moved to Kansas as a child and later attended Wichita Central High School. She married Milo T Jones on January 25 1905 in Wichita. She served on the Kansas Crippled Children Commission, Chanute Public Library board and was a charter member of the Chanute Country Club. Burial is at Elmwood Abbey cemetery with Koch Skinner Memorial Home in charge. The body lies in state from noon today until service time. Memorial contributions may go to the Presbyterian church building fund.
Four social workers moved from the county welfare office at 101 S Santa Fe into the Memorial building's old courtroom for remodeling before harvest. The main office remains at its present location until the new building near the police station on Second Street is finished around July 1. The highway patrol driver’s license exams will seek a temporary room in the building until welfare staff relocate.
Sigurd Ulland, once a national ski jumping champion, shot his wife Catherine Ulland, 54, at their Oakland home with a 30-30 rifle. Police describe the incident as a homicide. Ulland reportedly admitted, police cited a bullet hole in the bathroom window.
An all girl cast of 10 presented the mystery drama Nine Girls at the Senior High School amid thunder from Mother Nature. The two act play drew about 90 attendees, with strong direction and solid sound effects. Cast members included Charlotte Rhodes Carla Sue Clark Barbara Truitt Janice Jordan Anita Weber Jeannie Brazil Susie Bicle Dee Anne Tabor Anne McCall Mary Joe Brazil. Director Robert L. Martin assisted by Sam Morford. Martha McGuffey served as rehearsal secretary. Final performance set for 8 15 p m today in the school auditorium.
Dr. W. T. Purkiser, professor of the English Bible at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, will speak Friday Saturday and Sunday evenings at 7 30 p m and Sunday at 10 45 a m at the Church of the Nazarene.
New York congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. pleads innocent to income tax evasion charges and vows to oppose Tammany Hall in his bid for re election. Harlem bosses dropped him as the Democratic candidate because he backed Eisenhower in 1956.
Atty. Gen. John Anderson ruled business promotions using prize drawings from registered names violate lottery laws. The opinions cover schemes used at Ottawa and a proposed plan by an El Dorado druggist. No purchase required to register, but indirect consideration through hoped-for increased patronage is noted.
Prices were mixed in a slow session on Wall Street New York as volume reached about 2 million shares versus 2.47 million on Thursday. Most leading issues showed fractional moves with little net change.
Kansas City cattle receipts light with 200 calves sold and hogs 2,000 head. hogs steady to 25 cents lower, sows steady, No 1-3 hog weights 190-240 lbs at 22.50-23.00, sow prices 18.25-20.00. Sheep light, eggs and produce mixed in Kansas City and Chicago markets with rice of notes on futures and grain prices. Chicago prices show slight shifts in corn oats soybeans and wheat with various grade quotations.
TOPEKA a comprehensive survey of Kansas education will start immediately. Dr Otto E Domian of the University of Minnesota is named director of the kindergarten through high school portion, authorized by the 1957 legislature.
Erie area notes report the Pleasant Hour Study Club meeting at the Parsonian Hotel Parsons with four teen members attending and new officers named for the year Mrs William Harvey president Mrs Harold Van Cleave vice president and Mrs Glen Weidert secretary treasurer The gathering marks the last meeting until September. Also noted are travels and visits of local residents including Mrs Everett Crismas and her son from Oceanside Calif and others visiting in Erie and Walnut Grove township.
A group of eighty pupils accompanied by teachers Mrs. Grace Torrence and Mrs. Winifred Buchanan visited Independence on Wednesday. They ate at an amusement park, toured several industries, traveling in two school buses.
In Hackensack New Jersey a man entered police headquarters and sought a police job. Detective Sgt Leo Liberali gave an application to fill out. The applicant signed James P Stagg age 30. Police checked warrants and found the same name linked to a $70 bad check. Bail set at $100 for a hearing.
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