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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1962
Page
2
AP report shows cattle numbers at 400 with good to choice steers selling at 23.25 to 25.00 per hundredweight and utility cows at 13.00 to 14.25, while hogs total 2,400 with barrows and gilts steady and sows steady to weak. Lambs experience 20.00 to 22.50 for choice and prime, eggs and hides prices listed with assorted weights and grades.
Wall Street edged lower in very light trading with an estimated 2.5 million shares changing hands versus 2.95 million on Thursday. Government bonds fell while corporate issues showed mixed results in the session.
Charles William Weis 85 of Thayer died last night at Westview Rest Home where he had lived since November. He was born March 22, 1877 in Reddick Illinois and married Emily Putman in 1898. He lived in Morris County White City Emporia before moving to Thayer in 1915 and worked as a farmer store operator and butcher. Surviving are his wife two sons a daughter eleven grandchildren and twenty one great grandchildren. Funeral service Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at the Thayer Methodist Church with Rev Howard Caskey officiating. Burial in Thayer Cemetery Engel Funeral Home Thayer in charge.
Chicago and Kansas City reported mixed grain moves with wheat and corn mostly steady to lower. Soybeans remained near unchanged while rye and barley edged higher in Kansas City. local obituaries note the deaths of Ruth Schulenberg and two men, Charles Linville and Oscar Fieldline, with brief survivor details and funeral plans.
Butter remains steady with various grade breakdowns noted for 93 score AA 57 percent, 92 A 57 percent, 9 B 54 percent, 89 C 53 percent. Eggs for mediums show balance steady to one point lower, with whites around 70 percent for grade A and mixed, mediums, standards and dirties all listed in early figures.
AP reports egg prices by grade and size in Kansas City with Large A and Medium A levels and ungraded values. Wholesale eggs and poultry and butter figures remain unchanged as markets show limited shifts.
The United States will transfer two destroyers and a submarine to the royal Greek Navy, the U.S. Embassy announced on Thursday in Athens, Greece. The move strengthens Greek naval capabilities and follows long-standing defense cooperation between the two nations.
Mr and Mrs William A Legge Fort Scott announce the birth of their son William Floyd Sunday at Mercy Hospital weighing 6 pounds 6 ounces Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lawrence Legge Sabetha and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Floyd Althouse Sabetha The item also notes local police activity and community notices including a theater read aloud at the library and a library phone number for the Tribune.
American Marines completed a Bangkok landing as part of a rapid buildup toward 5 000 troops to deter Communist actions from Laos toward Thailand. About 1 800 Marines touched shore 30 miles from the Mekong border. 500 more left Hawaii for Thailand, joining 1 000 Army infantry and 800 engineers forming a defensive arc near Udon and Vientiane.
Mrs Gladys Eaton was elected president of the Neosho County Association for Mental Health for the coming year at Sawyer Hall. New officers include Bob Geiger vice president Ann E Wheelock secretary and Mrs Max Loy treasurer. The retiring president is Geiger. Regular monthly meetings are suspended through summer and meeting nights moved to the third Tuesday. The next meeting is Sept 18. Chanute members retain 1962 funding. Out of town members to be contacted by mail for 1963 renewals. The group toured 612 Mulberry Humboldt to view the upcoming Allen Neosho Counties Mental Health Center.
AP reports Miss Georgia Lee Roberts, senior at the University of Wichita and principal violinist of the university symphony for two years, won a Fulbright scholarship for graduate study at the Royal College of Music in London. She hails from Aurora, Illinois.
Yesterday admissions include Mrs. Floyd Ellis Humboldt for surgery Mrs. Frank Crumrine Galesburg surgery Mrs. Madison Clements 1706 Central medical Mrs. Pearl Fridley Parsons medical Dismissals list Oliver Lindquist 815 N Grant Clara Williams Yates Center Ernest King Buffalo Mrs Ralph Peyton and daughter 115 N Garfield Mrs Ray Butler Yates Center Floyd Keith Pierce City Mo Today admissions James Stevenson 317 W Main surgery Janet Kay Frischenmeyer 514 N Highland surgery Richard Cooper Thayer medical May Brandon 114 E 4th medical Mrs Paul Morris Buffalo surgery Dismissals Charles Jackson 116 N Plummer Richard Cooper Thayer Michael Freeland 521 S Western Mrs Chester Berkow Earlton Olive Hinkley Lavonburg Lydia Nelson 109 S Wilson Fire Run 7 40 am 153% S Highland hot water tank No Gamage
Appraisers met Shawnee paternal grandparents and property owners to discuss a new elementary school site on Central. Humboldt residents hosted Mothers Day activities. past matrons held year end meeting with officers elected. Community members including military families and relatives visited, with baptisms and local visits recurring through the week.
The Chanute Elks Lodge ritual team finished fifth in a Kansas State Elks convention contest with 21 teams from 41 lodges. Glen Kaufman won first place among Lecturing Knights, the lodge’s sole top honor. The fifth place is the highest ever for Chanute at a state convention. Salina won, Topeka second, Ottawa third, Wellington fourth.
In Boston a South End man was arrested after police spotted him playing right field in Roxbury as he headed to bat. Two burglary suspects were in custody and a third was being sought.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nessel traveled to Independence on Sunday to spend time with Mrs. Savage, the mother of Myrtle and Lillian Johnson.
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