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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1959
Page
2
Kansas City AP reports cattle 600 and calves 50. market untested. Hogs 2,200 head slow, barrows and gilts 25-40 off, sows 25 lower. Sheep 200 head steady with slaughter lambs around 19.00 and feeder lambs 15-16. Also notes Chicago and Kansas City grain, butter, eggs prices and a space vehicle update with Tass reporting equipment status and moon data ambiguity.
George Eli Carlson 79 died at home after a six month illness. Born May 28 1880 in Valparaiso Indiana he lived near Vilas Kansas before moving to Chanute. Survived by wife two daughters two sons a brother and eight grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Vilas Lutheran church. Rufus G Ray 94 died at Community Rest Home Cof feyville after illness. Born April 2 1865 in Chanute he was WWI veteran and member of New Hope Baptist church. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Mrs Lela Peltret 54 sister of Ebur Schultz died of cancer in Venice California. Carlson last rites held at Friends Home Lutheran Church Lavenburg with interment in Elsmore cemetery. Burial details and bearers listed. Mortuary of Moran handled arrangements.
The Chinese Communist shelled the Quemoy Islands for the first time in four days firing 68 rounds in a 70 minute period before dawn. London reports smoking mothers have smaller babies and a research note in the British Medical Journal. The London Daily Worker announced election results will be published Saturday after a Conservative victory sends London stocks up. Li Chi-shen of Red China National Congress dies in Peiping of stomach cancer and brain clot after a split with Chiang Kai-shek. Lunik TIT nears the point of return in a lunar orbit after emerging from the moon’s gravity.
The First Baptist church hosts a youth evangelism weekend starting at 5 p.m. with a sack lunch. Rev. Kenneth Ellsworth reads messages, Wendell Wilson leads singing, services at 5 30 p.m. then 4 p.m. visitation on Saturday, 7 30 p.m. evangelistic service, fellowship and refreshments. Sunday features 10 30 a.m. worship, 2 30 p.m. meeting, 7 30 p.m. worship. open to adults and public.
An after-the-game dance will be held tonight at the Teen Canteen. Public Library Story Hour at 10 30 a.m. Saturday will feature Little Dog Lost Little Dog Found and The Shoes Fit for a King.
Yesterday and today lists show admitted patients Harry W. Lewis Clarence E. Anderson James R. Roberts Mrs Leonard Wehl lage and Mrs May Smoykefer with specific addresses. Dismissals include Vickie Gardner Simon Brooks Wesley McGarvey Lloyd Watson Tony Booe and others. fire calls traffic citations licenses issued for local residents and nearby towns.
Blue Cross Blue Shield district member council meeting for non group and Farm Bureau members will be held October 19 at the Tioga Hotel starting at 10 a.m. The agenda includes a full financial report and a discussion of service utilization trends. Counties in the district include Anderson Linn Bourbon Allen Woodson Wilson Neosho Cherokee Labette and Montgomery. Den 3 Pack 9 met Thursday at the Episcopal Church Lawyer Hall.
John Jacob Astor established a fur trading post at the westerly tip of Lake Superior near Duluth in 1817 highlighting early North American commerce and exploration.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservative party won a landslide election return, boosting their House of Commons majority to 100 as Labor MPs were ousted in 23 districts. Investors sent the London Stock Exchange higher, with the market index surging to 285.4 for the day.
The Business and Professional Women’s Club met at Mrs. Winifred Buchanan’s St Paul home with Ann Wheelock presiding. Speaker R C Buchanan, president of Exchange State Bank at St Paul, discussed Women in Banking. Next meeting is a Nov 2 covered dish at the Wheelock home.
Space age shares led modest gains on a uneven day on the New York market as investors shifted to rocket and electronics issues. The Dow Jones close showed 60 stocks up about 0.8 percent while overall volume reached roughly 2.4 million shares. Watermelons note a historical Egyptian Nile Valley cultivation.
Christian Women's Fellowship groups held Wednesday circle meetings. Hostesses included Mrs. H. C. Kuykendall and Mrs. C. M. Neff with 18 members plus guests. lessons covered Town and Country Churches, Stewardship, and Church at Work. Next meetings planned with Mrs. Best, Mrs. Harold Cox, Mrs. Eugene Oyler, and Mrs. Gertie Adams.
Mrs. Ralph Foust and relatives welcome guests as Mrs. Breckencamp visits Parsons from Parson, where her husband works at the creamery. The Parsons Ice Co relocates its self service ice station to a site south of the Swan building, owned by Erie Savings & Loan Assn., which plans a new office building. VFW auxiliary hosts district president Mrs. Felix Roberts of Chanute and secretary Mrs. Christine Oglesbee at the clubhouse. The next auxiliary meeting is a family night covered dish dinner on Oct. 27, chaired by Mrs. Emery Vance, Mrs. William George, Mrs. Ray Barnhart and Mrs. Harry Moore.
Mrs. Mary Louise Mesa 25 a former Garden City resident died from four bullet wounds after arriving at a Lamar bus station en route from Garden City to Torrance California Police search for her estranged husband Brigida Mesa 33 Garden City creamery employee The district attorney said she was in Garden City this week to testify in a divorce case filed last May a postponement was reported.
Mrs. Mesa was en route back to the residence of her sister Mrs. Frank Campos in Torrance, completing travel details from the Chanute Tribune page 2 report dated Friday October 9 1959.
The Chanute area group will gather in the Santa Fe Room at the Tioga Hotel at 7 p.m. Tuesday to finalize the Chanute concert series. Memberships are available this week through secretary Mrs. C. H. Pankratz. Chanute members may attend a season kickoff on Monday at 8:15 p.m. in El Dorado High School Auditorium, showing the St. Louis Trio Edith Schiller Melvin Ritter and Olga Zilboorg in a varied program of solos duets and trios.
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