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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1973
Page
3
A collection of readers offer tips for saving water from air conditioners, keeping shoelaces clean for laundry, using mustard bottles as syrup dispensers, choosing queen size blankets for extra length, and placing a dab of icing on the plate to stop cake slips while icing.
Mrs. Kent Dobson led an AAUW meeting in her home focusing on the theme Around and About Our Unique World. Twenty three members and eleven guests attended as music and readings accompanied by Mrs. Roy Jackson. future speaker State Rep. Fred Harris was announced by hostess committee members.
Zion Lutheran Ladies Circle elected officers at the October meeting. President is Mrs Kenneth Nelson, vice president and Christian growth chairwoman Mrs Marlin Engelman, secretary Mrs Edward Hackcroft, treasurer and historian Mrs David Mock. The group prepared a noon meal for district pastors conference on Oct 16 and collected an offering for World Relief baby clothes.
Nearly 100 relatives attended the Hansen family reunion at St Patrick's gymnasium. Mr and Mrs Clair Dulin of San Mateo California traveled the farthest. Mr and Mrs Louis Hansen of Emporia were the couple married longest. Albert Hansen was the oldest relative and Dana Lynn Scott daughter of Kenneth D Scott of Tulsa Oklahoma was the youngest. Henry Hansen and family hosted the affair.
Social calendar item notes a Do-Si-Do Square Dance Club event at Central Park Building on Saturday Oct 13 at 8 PM. Deadline reminders for society notices: events 48 hours after, meeting sums 3 days in advance, wedding accounts with photos 7 days after ceremony.
Vendra Kjellander led the Cheerful Workers Class at the First Baptist Church with a lesson titled God s Won der the Rainbow citing Genesis and Revelation scriptures in two versions She closed with a poem Legend of the Raindrop Lois Cady gave devotions The Sales Meeting from Decision magazine included John 3 plans were made for a Christmas party at the Tioga Hotel December 4 Refreshments were served to 23 members from a table in a Halloween motif by Mabel King Herla Rush J Wilford Johnson and Miss Kjellander
Sorosis Club Tuesday at the Orchid Buffet heard Mrs J E Trussell give devotions using Psalm 1 and close with a prayer poem Little Things by Edgar A Guest. Ten members answered roll call with summer highlights. Mrs C M Brobst hosted the dessert course.
The Trabue family reunion occurred Sunday at Central Park Building with 33 relatives attending.
Mrs. John Akers presented the lesson for Laurel Mothers Club Friday at Snyder Chapel and discussed The Mail Doesn't Come on Sunday. Mrs. Wendell Allen received the door prize. Mrs. John Howard served as hostess and Mrs. John Crownover co hostessed.
Members of Alpha Chi Chapter and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will host a Halloween party October 17. Mrs. Marc Hoofnagle announced costumes are encouraged. Volunteers are sought to read to Russell, a hospitalized 35-year-old with a broken leg, and other helpers assisted with the event.
Mrs Aubrey Summers is elected president of United Presbyterian Women with officers including Mrs Paul Blecha as vice president and Mrs Charles Gillam as secretary. Circle chairmen named as Mrs Phillip Wilkinson, Mrs Randall Diver, Mrs Marion Fuller, and Mrs C D Blackwood. Nomination chair Carl Larcom. Book fair at 1 Main. District fall meeting set for Joplin Missouri with theme Bloom Where You Are. Chanute women to provide posters. September meeting featured program by Mrs D A Finney on the history of women in the church from colonial times to today, based on the book Amazing Heritage.
Thayer Reading Club Library Association elected delegates to the state convention at the home of Mrs. R. D. Johnson in Chanute. Mrs. Scott Wright and Mrs. George Reese will attend in Pittsburg on October 17 and 18, with Mrs. Harold Umbarger as alternate for president Mrs. Roscoe Hallenberg. Wright led devotions and 11 members shared vacation highlights. Hosts for the Pennsylvania Dutch luncheon were Mrs. Wesley Anderson and Mrs. H. E. Anderson.
Tommy Ayers marked his fifth birthday at his parents home with six friends on September 27. A larger gathering of about 20 guests on September 30 included grandparents Cleo Rutherford of Buffalo and A M Ayers of Wichita and other family members.
Harmony Unit of the Extension Homemakers met at Mrs. Guy Braden's rural Humboldt home. Officers elected: Mrs Wayne Berthot president, Mrs Henry Alford vice president, Mrs Francis McGuffey secretary and treasurer, Mrs Cecil Arnett reporter, and Mrs Braden historian.
Readers seek guidance on handling step children and in laws while Ann Landers urges clear house rules with the husband supporting boundaries. A second letter laments a breakup but is dismissed as a poor partner, stressing self-respect and choosing a dependable relationship.
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