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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1958
Page
2
Cattle light and sheep not tested due to small numbers. Hogs steady with barrows and gilts 22.25 to 23.00, sows 18.25 to 19.50. U. S. No. 1-3 stock ranges listed for various weights. Kansas City Produce notes eggs and butter prices. Chicago and Kansas City grain and feed prices detailed for wheat corn oats barley soybeans and related items.
News briefs noteGrace Episcopal Ant ique Show and Sale scheduled for May 24 25 at the Robison Building 202 S Evergreen with hours from 10 am to 9 pm Forty one class members and their children attended a Santa Fe Park picnic last night of the Rum-Dubble class of the First Methodist church. T E Slater of 303 S Wilson reports his 1958 Rambler tire was slashed while parked.
Daily Transcript reports Admittances for Thursday including Larry Wolfe Donna Lucas E V Anderson and several others with medical entries and addresses. Dismissals listed for Thursday and today include Debbie Chapman Lyndon Gordon Steven Headley and others. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Gene Bresee Humboldt a boy. Police citations note overtime parking and speeding with small bonds. court actions list Dale Barker for parking meter penalty and a guilty finding for Found Sullty.
Three teen-agers were cited for reckless driving after a police chase on West Main near midnight. The youths named Peggy Trabue, Johnny Hole, and Leroy Chard face police court hearings at 4 p.m. next Thursday. A beer bottle was later reported thrown from a car, shattering a 1951 Buick owned by Wayne Reeves.
Chamber of Commerce announces division chairmen for the next year with names across Agricultural Industrial Water Transportation Aviation Public affairs Education Civic Tourist Military Retail Organization and Membership committees. Some chairs await final confirmation for highway Retail governmental affairs.
Mexico City prepares for one of its biggest tourist inflows as about 2,200 Shriners and family members from the Western United States gather for the annual convention. The event opens with a parade on May 331.
Dr. Francis Claybourne Basham, 48, longtime Eureka physician, died of a heart attack Thursday. He operated the Basham hospital in Eureka from 1935 to 1956. A Wichita native, he was the son of the late Dr David Basham, a prominent physician.
An unidentified man was browning a prospective buyer through his home when eight Nike missiles exploded nearby. The buyer fled in fear, climbing into his car as the blast shook the area.
President Eisenhower reported to Congress that nearly a billion dollars in weapons and military equipment were shipped to overseas allies in the last six months of 1957. The total boost to military aid since 1950 reached 17 billion with 45 percent to the Far East and 30 percent to Europe, including tanks artillery and jet aircraft. He stressed that military strength must pair with economic and social development for free nations.
A blaze on the Anaham reserve in British Columbia leveled a Missionary Sisters hospital tonight. Twelve children aged under five died and several people were injured, including Sister Mary of the Cross who suffered severe burns. Rescue attempts were hampered by a lack of firefighting equipment in the area.
Five Southern Illinois University students were killed when a car hit a bridge abutment on Route 43 near Marissa at about 1 30 a m The victims Harold Lay Ronald Aaron Robert D Williams Robert Reeves and Donald Daggett were from Marion West Frankfort Carbondale and other nearby towns officers could not determine the driver or the model of the car.
New York trading closes with mixed gains for federal lines as Anaconda tops the list at 44 percent while AT&T shows 178 percent in the session noted with modest net changes and overall market activity.
Mrs. Maude A. Mendenhall 80 of 602 N Highland Ottawa died today at Bryants Rest Home after a long illness. Born August 30 1877 in Marengo Iowa she moved to Ottawa with her parents aged five. She married Oscar E. Mendenhall in Ottawa August 20 1895 later moving to Chanute in 1904. Survivors include son E. M. Mendenhall of Thayer granddaughter Joleene Diane and grandson Gene D in the U S Navy. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday at Koch Skinner Memorial Chapel with Rev Ted D Hurst officiating burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Koch Skinner Memorial Home in charge.
Forty four seniors will graduate from Humboldt High School in the 74th annual commencement in the high school auditorium Tuesday at 8 p m. Principal Carl Killion said John Anderson Jr attorney general will speak. J W Morelan will present the diplomas. Baccalaureate services are Sunday evening with Rev Gene Taylor as guest speaker and Rev Dwight Lewis delivering the invocation and benediction.
Humboldt Center Grove Ladies Aide to honor members with birthdays in the first half of the year at a dinner hosted by Mrs. Ben Wilhite. Meeting at Mrs. Frances Barnett's home, with Mrs. Ray Collins presiding and Mrs. Fred Lassman leading worship. June to August set as vacation with a family basket dinner planned. Lord's Prayer recited at benediction and refreshments served for 11 members and four children.
Humboldt churches announce vacation Bible schools. St. Peter’s Lutheran will run June first two weeks with Ed Saving as superintendent and activities for ages 4 to 8th grade. Presbyterian school starts June 2 for ages 4 to 6 with teachers including Mrs Woods, Donna Williams, Mrs Carpenter, Martha Moses, and Rev Carpenter.
The Chanute Tribune notes church summer programs in June with details on schedules, teachers, and opening houses. The Methodist vacation church school runs June 2 to 13 from 9 to 11:30 daily, Life of Christ theme, led by Rev. Gene Taylor with a long list of teachers and a June 12 open house and June 13 North Park picnic. The First Baptist Church also offers a two week morning program, led by Mrs. Mason, June 1958. Additionally, a brief item recalls San Francisco cable cars operating for 84 years on historic hills.
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