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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1963
Page
3
Social calendar notes a Great Books Discussion Group at the Public Library on Sunday November 7 30 p.m. Topic is St. Francis of Assisi The Little Flowers. AE 1 4100.
A combined Thanksgiving, Christmas exchange and going away party honored Mrs Leo Cox at the North Plummer home of Mrs Bill Stephenson hosted by the eleven to seven shift of Neosho Memorial Hospital. Seventeen attendees joined a covered dish dinner and games after a gift presentation to Mrs Cox.
Beta Delta Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha met at the Home Savings building Tuesday night. A Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimmings was served to the members and their families. A short business meeting was conducted by Mrs. Hembree. Plans for the Christmas party were announced for Dec 3 at the home of Mrs. Irvin Scarlett of Humboldt. Each member will bring a gift for a child at the Institute of Logopedics in Wichita. In a candlelight ceremony Mrs. Hembree and Alta Spurrier welcomed Mrs. Clifford Lukenbill into the sorority and presented five year pins to Mines Jacquetla Barnett, Laura Klinger, Paul Olson, Irvin Scarlett, Glen Barnby and Miss Alice Boecker. A fifteen year pin was presented to Marcella LaSalle.
The United Presbyterian Women held their November meeting with an Annual Praise Service in the church parlor. Mrs. Robert Johnson led, music arranged by Mrs. Dave Petterson and Mrs. John Hargrave, and Mrs. Reuben Burkman presided. New officers were installed for January, including Mrs. Richard Good as president and several vice presidents, secretaries, and committee chairs. The installation was conducted by Mrs. Hunt, followed by a hymn and a Thanksgiving-themed dessert and coffee.
An investiture ceremony for new Girl Scout leaders was conducted by Mrs G B Wall Thursday morning at the Methodist Fellowship Hall. Receiving pins were numerous named volunteers and a gift of appreciation was given to Mrs Leo Cox for her work in Chanute. The group planned Christmas caroling, arranged for a Ranger Scout visitor from Argentina in January, and noted the neighborhood service team will not meet in December.
The AAUW met Thursday night to discuss Changes and Variations in American Family Patterns. Dorosia Minniear summarized American social classes and their origins, followed by a discussion led by Mrs. Warren and Mrs. McNeill on evidence of social classes in fiction. Gladys Wright read excerpts from Trees Die at the Top by Edna Ferber. New members Mrs. Walburn, Mrs. Bowles, Mrs. Slater, and Mrs. Eyestone joined. Mrs. Havorka was a guest. Hostess chair was Mrs. Mee.
The Modern Study Club met with Mrs. George Freeman at 214 North Grant on Tuesday with Mrs. Oscar Cunningham as co-hostess. Mrs. Dorothy Wilson reviewed the book Careful He Might Hear You by Locke Elliott. Refreshments were served to 18 members.
The Senior Mothers Club gathered in the Memorial building Federation room for its annual Thanksgiving covered dish dinner. Twelve yellow mums and candle centerpieces by Mrs. Ruth Ruggles adorned tables. Mrs. Faye Myers opened with a poem. Mrs. Alta Jones led devotion with Thanksgiving readings. Mrs. Dana Dorst presented a special program. Seventeen members attended as plans for the Christmas gathering were discussed.
Mrs Kenneth Wright described her spring travel to Mexico and presented slides to the Outlook Study Club during their Tuesday meeting at Mrs H M Bauer’s home 112 East 4th A dessert course was served to 13 members.
A kitchen tip notes that adding a half teaspoon of ascorbic acid powder to three cups of grated potatoes prevents darkening after grating. Useful for making potato pancakes and similar dishes.
The Monday session of the Women’s Arts and Crafts Club at the Launching Pad runs nine to noon and features decorative soap with net, angel fish from tin, chore girls from net, plus instruction on a large angel. Fifty women attended last Monday. over a year, more than 200 women enrolled and more than a thousand visits have been recorded.
Savonburg residents learn Miss Myrtle Larson, a Congo missionary with the Evangelical Covenant Church, will present at the 11 a.m. worship and again at the evening service. Rev. Robert Huse noted she has served 17 years in Congo and will show slides of her work. She resides in the United States with her father Louis Larson and sister Ruth on a farm west of Savonburg.
The Savonburg community Thanksgiving service will be held at the Methodist church Wednesday at 7 30 p m The Rev Jean Minnick pastor of the Christian Church will speak on The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving An offering will be received for CROP Christian Rural Overseas Program The Christian Covenant and Methodist Churches of Savonburg are cooperating in this service.
Mrs. Charles Sommars hosted the Earlton HD Unit meeting with Mrs. Alva McLaren as vice president presiding. Roll call cited Your Favorite Dinner Menu. Storage lesson leaders chosen. McLaren to collect articles for Osawatomie State Hospital and won the door prize. Dessert lunch served. Christmas meeting slated as a covered dish dinner.
Neosho Valley Busy Bees of 4-H Club attend a training conference in Erie on Wednesday. Attendees include Ray Erickson Virginia Madill Roger Erickson Joyce Anderson Wayne Erickson and Mr and Mrs George Madill.
Ann Landers columns reveal reader woes on ill received gifts hamsters instead of jewelry, a son’s absence on Mother’s Day, and crowded clinic visits. Advice ranges from returning the hamsters to urging boundaries with grown children and quiet indifference toward unhelpful behavior.
The First Baptist Church circles held Wednesday sessions with devotionals and missions lessons. Charlotte Worley Circle at 9:30 a.m. had 13 members, Edith Thompson Circle hosted by Mrs. Willard Cleaver with a layette shower for Mrs. Frank Coble, and Marjorie Sharp Circle at Mrs. Orville Nickersons with 11 members. Grace Hill Circle met at Mrs. John Ranz with seven members and two guests.
Mrs Dwight McCreight hosted PEO Chapter DD at 311 S Larson on a Thursday afternoon with 21 members present. Mrs Charles Parker of Fredonia reported on the Supreme Convention held in Columbus Ohio from September 30 to October 3, while Mrs E E Lofgren and Mrs Lewis Taylor assisted with refreshments.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars gathered Wednesday at Mrs. Hillard Blume’s home in 310 N Kansas. They spent the evening making and decorating 46 red net Christmas stockings for patients at Wadsworth Veterans Hospital and Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital.
The Future Homemakers of America at Chanute Senior High School met at noon to discuss the Christmas party set for December 16 and a food drive for a needy family. District elections are planned for February with five officers, four class representatives and sponsor Mrs. Hal Davis present.
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