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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1959
Page
3
Reader letters discuss the stigma of mental illness and the need for support for those who recover. Ann Landers answers acknowledge the heroic fight against mental illness and urges acceptance while sharing advice on family issues and personal responsibility.
The Vilas Vikings 4-H Club met at Vilas Lutheran church basement for its annual Halloween party. Ruth Ann Olson led the meeting as outgoing president. New officers were installed: Marilyn Nelson president Catherine Thorsell vice president Elaine Stevens secretary Sandra Olson treasurer Ruth Olson reporter, with council members Marlene Anderson and Ruth Ann Olson and parliamentarian Margaret Thorsell. Demonstration on care of nails and a sleep debt health talk by Edward Thorsell were on the program. Sixteen members attended along with fifteen guests. Club leaders are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson.
The list records multiple newborns at Neosho Memorial Hospital including Tony Max, Jeffery Allen, Thomas Edward, Eva Maria, Marion Dean, and Rayanne. Each entry notes parents’ names and street addresses where applicable and birth dates in late September to mid-October.
The Senior Mothers club held a Guest Day at the Memorial building with 21 members and 14 guests. Mrs. Robert Catlon led the meeting, Mrs. Glen McLaren gave devotions, and Sam Senseney from Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital spoke on services and displayed patient crafts.
The Murray Hill School third and fourth grade Brownie troop opened with a flag ceremony led by Jean Pittenger Patricia Donovan and Cheryl Bower. Patrol officers Margaret Park Jane Lewis Candace Vaughn and Kathy Malson ran the meeting. Twenty-five members attended and the group closed with taps and the Brownie circle. Leaders are Mrs Arthur Evans and Mrs Gale Sunday.
Events listed include Shakespeare club with Mrs James Allen at 214 EK 9th at 2 pm Electa club with Mrs J R Wasser at 115 N Evergreen 2 pm Past President's Partner of the American Legion Auxiliary hosted by Mrs Floyd Kelley at Kay Hotel dinner 650 pm Rebekah Lodge at Odd Fellows hall 730 pm Choral Aires at High Prairie church 1 pm Duplicate Bridge club at Tioga Hotel 730 pm.
Lincoln School teachers hosted a PTA gathering with 100 attendees as parents visited classrooms. Programs and students’ work were displayed and refreshments served. A study group meets at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 20 led by Mrs. Virgil Sellers and topics include "What is PTA?"
A Roosevelt PTA meeting featured a talent program with piano soloist Ricky McAlexander, readings by Reta Aday and Jackie Blough, a vocal quartet including Carol Bailey Kyle Turner Sandy Bailey and Dale Walters, and a piano duet by Pam Cook and Kay, accompanied by Ricky McAlexander. Tom Kirkland performed piano solos.
An advertisement from The Chanute Tribune Household Arts Dept offers pattern 7458 for crochet squares, mats, scarves and cloths. It invites readers to mail 35 cents plus pattern cost to New York with pattern number and name, promising three free patterns in Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book and showcasing home arts ideas.
James and a piano solo by Lin da Pogue accompanied an appreciation gift to Mrs. Margaret Ranabarger, water safety director who showed a film. Rev. Paul Life spoke on What Is Education? Mrs. James Taylor led the devotional. Sixty six members and children attended. A Wednesday morning study group met with Mrs. Helen Wright at 1817 S Evergreen. Mrs. A L Pogue gave the lesson Junior Size Jetters. Eleven members attended.
Fairfield Mrs. Robert Blunk Jr. presides over the Fairfield PTA meeting. Mrs. Ralph Debler led devotions. Officers will attend a district meeting Oct. 22 in Coffeyville. St. Cecilia Music club presented a program with piano solos by Mrs. John Nation and songs by Mrs. Howard Hollenshead. Jean Treloggen of Junior St. Cecilia offered a humorous reading. Refreshments served to 125.
Patricia Sue Gibson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul G Gibson long time Chanute residents now in Alamogordo New Mexico, is highlighted as a campus leader at the University of New Mexico Albuquerque She is a senior history major with minors in mathematics and home economics and plans to teach after graduation She serves as president of Town Club a city women’s social group and holds multiple scholarships and honorary memberships The Gibson family moved from Chanute to Albuquerque in 1949 Their home was 135 South Steuben.
Mrs. Eldon Kirkland hosted a Friday afternoon party at 1424 Central to honor daughter Karen Kirkland on her third birthday. Ice cream cake and punch were served to a large group including siblings, grandparents, cousins, and neighbors with gifts sent from several relatives.
The message directs readers to contact their carrier if the Tribune line is unavailable and to call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance. It provides a fallback contact method likely from a newspaper notice or service advisory.
Mrs. Leo Priddle and Mrs. F F Chickadonz hosted the Evangelical United Brethren Ladies Aid meeting at Farlington with Mrs. Alva McLaren leading singing and Mrs. S T Walkley giving the prayer. Devotions on Gods Labor Union were by Mrs A J Elliott and 16 members shared a plate luncheon.
William Helton Jr. hosted a Sunny Stone Home Demonstration meeting at Helton's House of Color in Chanute. Eighteen members and guest Mrs. Lewis Mattix attended after a lunch at the Silver Grill. The November meeting will be all day at the Methodist church with lessons on Fabrics and wood fiber flower making and officers to be elected.
A family covered dish dinner was hosted by the Friendly club at Mrs. Kenneth Cumings home 1202 S Plummer. The meeting opened with the Lord's Prayer led by Mrs. Earl Patterson Jr. Many members attended including the Cumings, Reep, Cunningham, Faulkner, Wilson, George, Staggs, Hunter, Willis, Patterson Jr and others. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Anderson 1314 S Edith.
A compiled set of etiquette Q and A covering introductions between teens and friends parents, presenting new employees, tipping bartenders, sending wedding invitations, appropriate high heel use, guest invitations for small weddings, and serving strawberry shortcake with a fork. Answers advise waiting for elders, proper introductions, light tipping, tailored guest lists, practical footwear, personal invitations, and fork use.
Humboldt PEO member Mrs. Robert Sharp spoke to Chanute DD members about the PEO National Convention she attended in Milwaukee. The gathering, hosted by Mrs. R D Hamar, noted the theme 90 Years of Firm Foundation and drew over 1000 delegates.
Recipe for light caramel bars combines flour, baking powder and salt with butter brown sugar vanilla and egg. Caramel candy pieces and walnuts are folded in, baked in a greased 9x9 pan at 350F for 20 to 25 minutes until top sets, then cooled and cut into bars for storage.
Cream butter with crushed garlic and Parmesan. Slice brown bread but don’t cut through crusts. Spread mix on slices and top, sprinkle paprika, bake 425 degrees for about 20 minutes. Yield 6 to 8 servings. If pressed, melt butter with garlic and stir in cheese.
Mrs Olive Sweaney hosted a Trinity Baptist White Cross meeting. Led by Mrs Joseph Adams and with Mrs Ray Dennis on piano, the group made comforts for the Carl Atkins family after their home fire. Eight members attended. next host is Mrs Beatrice Phillips on Nov 12.
The Kansas Pioneer Hemerocallis Society will gather for a 1 p.m. Sunday covered dish luncheon at Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Mannoni's home at 220 Larson. Members from the Kansas region are invited. officers will be elected. Ottawa president Mrs. John P. Wallace will preside. Slides of new daylily varieties will be shown by George Longinton Kansas City Lloyd Schoonover Humboldt the Mannonis and C G Simon Nursery Lafayette La.
A reader asks about cleaning gold borders on plates, patent leather dressings, discolored china, hooked rugs, making hand cleaning paste, and reducing turnip flavor. Answers advise dry toothbrush with bicarbonate, alum paste, oil and polish, salt and vinegar, professional rug cleaning, carbon tetrachloride for spots, soap and sand paste, and peeling turnips to remove the core for milder taste.
Burl O Connor presented a Civil Defense program for Laurel Mothers club members on Friday. He showed the film Fallouts and led a question and answer session. Hostess Mrs. Robert Taylor and vice president Mrs. Delbert Uden attended, with 14 members and guest Mrs. Bill Wolfe present. refreshments served.
Nations news brief reports the United Nations Command schedules the 11th Korean Military Armistice Commission meeting in the Panmunjom joint security area next Friday. Other items note a weeklong US Chinese Nationalist and Philippine naval exercise off Formosa. Parochial incidents include a Turkish arrest for a fatal ax decapitation of children and pending East West summit talks in Paris with Selwyn Lloyd. A bubonic plague outbreak near Ultehage, South Africa, is said to be checked, and a fire reported in Copenhagen.
An Aeroflot passenger plane caught fire in its No 3 engine at Kastrup airport during a stopover. The blaze was put out quickly and the crew and about 20 passengers evacuated after the pilot spotted the fire on the instrument board while preparing for a flight to London.
Mrs. Jennie Parsons of McAllen Texas and Mrs. Ethel Likens of 627 S. Santa Fe depart for Kansas City to visit relatives. Neosho County Pomona Grange No. 44 meets with Roy McMillan as acting master. Darryle G. Weishaar named manager of schedules and tariffs for Ozark Air Lines with past Chanute station ties.
The Rev and Mrs G C Crockatt return from Concordia with daughter and family Dr and Mrs B J Edmundson and Paul Mrs Edmundson and Paul join to Chanute The group will drive to Moran Sunday where Crockatt will preach at morning worship and then to Carlisle where he will preach and Mrs Edmundson will sing.
Joseph F. Fitzgerald, 50, former director of air operations for the Civil Aeronautics Board, becomes president of Ozark Airlines Inc. succeeding Laddie Hamilton who resigned Aug. 6 for health reasons. Floyd W. Jones named board chairman. Ozark serves 54 cities in 10 midwestern states.
Third graders protested a newspaper columnist remark labeling their pet parrot Sam as the dumbest pupil in the third grade for five years of no promotion. A pupil replied Sam is seven and still in the third grade, defending the bird’s status.
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