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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1958
Page
3
Advice column highlights domestic strife with married couple, in law interference, and parental pressure. Ann Landers counsels on loyalty to family, child welfare, and personal boundaries while urging self-reliance and separation when needed. A teenage reader seeks guidance about a step-uncle and personal safety. Legal notice requests and other ads are not present.
Mrs T W Boman of 209 N Highland hosted a Westminster class gathering of the Presbyterian church. Devotions were given by Mrs Dave Petterson on Our Opportunities As Christians and the lesson by Mrs Roy S Gibson on Why We Pray To Whom We Pray and For What We Pray from Guidepost. Refreshments for 17 were served with help from Mines J L Taylor A A Baltz and Bert Beck.
Olive Hinkley led the March of the Mission Dollar lesson at Savonburg Methodist WSCS. The session opened with group singing led by Mrs. Ralph Filson, with devotions by Mrs. R. W. Walquist and a piano solo by Mrs. Filson. Helen Cross also spoke.
Freshments were served by the hostesses Miss Hinkley Mrs Cross and Mrs Cullison after the event.
Social calendar entries list events on Thursday May 15 1958 at Cottage Grove including the Ladies Aid at Mrs Ed Brinkmeyer 206 N Western all day Bound to Win at EUB church Beta Sigma Phi Mra Robert Jenkins 1501 8S Katy 6 30 p m Kum Dubble class at Methodist church picnic Santa Fe park 6 30 p m Thursday Bridge club Mrs Ed Hardendorf 611 8 Central 1 30 p m Friday May 23 1958 Past Noble Grands of Rebekah Lodge Mrs Erma Joe King 202 N Evergreen 7 30 p m Queen Esther class Christian church quilting sack lunch 19 a m Wilson class Methodist church quilting and sewing 10 a m
The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Circle met yesterday at 225 East 11th with Mrs. Art Gaughan presiding. Novella Gentry led the Puerto Rican work lesson and Mrs. Philip Ross delivered the devotions. A layette shower honored Mrs. Harold Young. refreshments were served to 13 members and a guest by Mrs. Gaughan and Mrs. Virgil Petty.
Mrs Templeton, a member of the Today's Mothers club, was honored with a coffee yesterday at the home of Mrs R D Churchill in Topeka. Nineteen members and a guest, Mrs Fred Skinner, attended as gifts were presented and the hostess co hosted with Mrs R B Garvin.
Carolyn Thompson was installed as president of the Future Homemakers of America club at Senior High School, with Karen Burdick as vice president and other officers named. About 28 members attended. honorary member Mrs. Lyle Meyer received a pin, and annual scholarships of 25 dollars went to Lyla Hanson and Jeannene Meyer.
A 50 year Rebekah Jewel was presented to Mrs I L Christie during a Monday evening Rebekah Lodge meeting. The pin was given at the altar by Mrs Ira Hubler. Mrs Ethel Cox presided and one candidate received the Rebekah degree. Two members were elected to membership. An invitation for friendship night at Erie on May 27 was accepted. The past nobel grands will meet Friday with Mrs Erma Joe King. A covered dish dinner with the IOOF is planned for June 10 at 6 30 p.m. in the IOOF hall. Refreshments were served to 60 people by Mrs R T Rader, John Fisher and A A Miller. The table featured multicolored napkins and flowers.
Judith Anne Smith and Jack Ostrander announce their engagement. Parents are Mr and Mrs Earl L Smith Nowata Oklahoma and Mr and Mrs Raymond C Ostrander Humboldt. A July 4 wedding is planned at St Josephs church Humboldt with Rev Francis Hay officiating.
Mrs W H Morton led a Thornburg HDU meeting at Green Valley School with a poetry reading by Mrs Walter Bradford and a plant day at Ninety Nine park. Reports on a recent Cofeyville district meeting were given, and films on adolescence and safety are planned for June 10 at Thornburg hall. The next gathering is June 20 at High Prairie Methodist church.
Mrs Eastburn Glenn Eastburn of 601 S Ash by hosted an all day North Valley Ladies Aid gathering. Seven members twelve children and eight guests attended with door prize won by Mrs Eastburn. Next meeting is a covered dish dinner at Highland Park.
Mrs. Bill Haddan hosted a Tuesday meeting of the Big Creek HDU at Odense school. Eight members answered roll call for "What I Need To Store." The unit won a blue ribbon on its Savonburg window display. Mrs. Janice Cress, home economics agent, spoke.
A storage lesson note states the group will not meet in June. Mrs Haddan served refreshments to the members a guest and three children, reflecting a small social gathering after the session.
Miss Christine Henrietta Anderson will wed Pfe. Jack R. Buzzard of Seneca after graduation from Pittsburg State College this spring. Buzzard, a business major and Delta Sigma Pi member, is with the Signal Corps at Fort Riley. The ceremony is set for August 24 at the Thayer Christian church.
High Prairie Pioneers 4-H club members conducted church services with Larry Marple as president opening worship. Bob Stone read scripture, Gary Morton led prayers, Mark Wing directed songs, Carolyn Wing played piano, and a reading titled My Task was performed by Cathy Wiltse, Gary Campbell, and Jim Austin.
The Best Yet 4 H club held a May 15 meeting led by junior leaders with a flag salute and a rendition of Tell Me Why. Mrs Dwayne Baird accompanied the singing and several members assisted as ushers as Carolyn Wing reported on the event.
In Mound Valley the ninth annual spring field day opens at 10:30 a.m. with James E. Knox presenting a review of the station dairy project. In Parsons the Labette county attorney William K. Ong’s car was mistaken for another, and Mrs. Walter Seelby Jr drove it home by mistake. Pittsburg marked its 82nd birthday, noting the 1876 filing of its original plat in Girard.
Kansas food costs rose point one percent in April from March and ran eight point seven percent higher than April 1957, reflecting ongoing inflation pressure on households.
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