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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1961
Page
5
Mrs Homer Crafton was installed as president of the Humboldt Christian Woman's Fellowship in a ceremony at Community Park cabin with Mrs Bob Rush as installing officer. Officers installed included H A Harwood as vice president Hugh Pullman secretary and Phillip Flottman treasurer.
Savonburg grade pupils visited Wichita guests at Stark home of Mrs. Nettie Atteberry and attended birthday coffee for John Nelson. Several family visits and Mother's Day events are noted across Savonburg, Stark, El Dorado, and Humboldt, with a Lavonburg school trip to Wichita and a 9 pound daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Lindberg.
American Laundry Industries division McGraw Edison Company announces a new supervised installation and six financing options for Econ-O-Wash at 1710 Medford Topeka Kansas. A free booklet titled Investment Opportunity is available.
President Kennedy’s planned Vienna talks with Nikita Khrushchev in June could launch a series of U S Soviet summit meetings under Kennedy. Officials say top level talks may ease East West tensions even without dramatic results. Geneva talks between Gromyko and Rusk raised invitation speculation for a Kennedy trip to the Soviet Union.
Maple Park residents report visitors from Tracy California including Mr and Mrs Walter Bryan who stayed with Mrs Myrtle Reed and Horace Jones. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Lloyd Duleavy and family and Mr and Mrs Wayne Taylor with son Larry for Mother’s Day at the George Duleavy home. Relatives joined Mr and Mrs Richard Fairchild in Pittsburg for Sunday activities with Leo Fairchild and daughters Wanda and Joyce present.
Several Chanute area families and friends are listed visiting relatives and attending events from Friday to Sunday. Names include Umbarger Kuhn Krone and Jones families. Bertha Clum and Hines sisters. Julia Dorris with Marion Dorris family. Grace Hild and Dawson visiting Eva Pownall. Lonnie Cook guests of Bob Burt. Will Berkenmeir visiting Paul Berkenmeir in Parsons. Also noted are Sharon Henderson visiting Studebakers, Earl Stude baker with Charles Reed, Bill Brewer’s Parsons visit, and 1961 Thayer High School graduate Kenneth Ward working in Kansas City. Luiane Whisman and Jesse Johnston visit Jim Hannon in Coffeyville Hospital. The Rotary Bulletin recalls a Havana hotel encounter with a Cuban asking a visitor to “go home.”
Thayer High School seniors, faculty, and local clergy were hosted by the Methodist Women’s Society for a 7:30 breakfast in the Masonic dining room. Thirty five attended as Mr Caskey led prayer and seniors were honored with lilac and white décor and place cards featuring miniature dolls.
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