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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1973
Page
3
A collage of Dear Heloise letters offers crafts space ideas, dieting hacks, cooking tips, and family photo display solutions. Readers Brenda Smith and Nancy Lang share progress updates while others praise stout iron skillets for pies and yearlong photo rotations for living rooms.
The piece laments repeated setbacks that derail saving-driven plans from cars to vacations and home projects. It notes leaks, injuries, bills, termites, and life events that derail budgets and ambitions, yet argues plans persist despite rising costs and mismanagement.
Sunflower Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, honored attending sideliners at the Masonic Temple. Gifts were given by the worthy matron. The charter memorialized Minnie Haines and Jesse Snyder. A memorial service followed. Invitations from Mistletoe Chapter Fredonia announced friendship night. A Thanksgiving dinner preceded the next meeting. Refreshments by Robert Koch Osman Bates. Tables wore Halloween decor with candles jack o lanterns autumn berries and flowers.
Mrs. Kenneth Pratt led a dedication service for Colfax Baptist Church American Baptist Women members. The event featured a scholarship effort and the play Sweet Girl Graduate with Cindy Tunnell as the graduate and fellow members assisting in readings and hymns.
Mrs. George Donaldson led a Puccini life and works review for the Art and Literature Club on Tuesday. Members endorsed a contribution to Halloween activities sponsored by the Chanute Recreation and Parks Commission, with hospitality by Mrs. Wilbur Thompson and Mrs. Howard McNeill serving 18 members.
The note suggests adding base-end shelves to kitchen room-divider cabinets to create more space for electric appliances and other utensils. It implies modifications to existing cabinetry to improve storage capacity.
Mrs. Nolan Carrier led a Quest Club meeting at Mrs. C. D. Blackwood’s home discussing the St Lawrence and Hudson rivers. She quoted Henry Beston calling the St Lawrence one of the world’s great rivers and described the seaway’s non-appropriated funding and the Hudson Mohawk waterway as a major route through the Appalachian barrier. The gathering noted George Grant’s cattle introduction to Kansas in 1873 and welcomed new member Mrs. C. A. Pyle as refreshments were served to 14 members.
Neosho County Federation of Republican Women will convene at 6 30 p m Tuesday at Chanute Country Club with a dinner. State Sen Robert Bennett Kansas Senate president will be speaker. Reservations accepted by Mrs Clif Foord Broeder. Last meeting of the year includes officer elections. Mrs Carol Burkman is county president. Long dresses required. husbands may attend. Burkman said Kansas Federation of Republican Women will meet Saturday at Cavalier Court Salina with Jack Ranson Republican state chairman speaking.
Boston AP report notes Watergate judge John J. Sirica received the American Judges Association award of merit for courage. He accepted at the convention and urged pursuing truth within the adversary system without detailing the Watergate case.
Rushees attended by Tota Alpha Chapter and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority at a hen party in Mrs. Ken McCoy’s home 1213 W 14th Court. A chicken dinner was served and reminders were given for the couples suitcase party Thursday at Mr. and Mrs. Larry Reeves 320 N Garfield.
A reader recalls a funeral scene where a widower calls his wife honey, contrasting with others. Another letter describes plans for marriage disrupted by the fiancé’s mother renting a house nearby and forbidding entry, highlighting family interference in romance.
Community events spread across October include Do Si Do Square Dance at Central Park and Duplicate Bridge at Tioga Hotel. Also features advice exchanges with Ann Landers style letters and Panhandle Henry’s reader responses.
First Baptist Ruth Circle met at 62 S. Santa Fe with 18 members and four guests. Virginia Edwards led singing as plans for the Grace Hill Association Leadership Training Conference were discussed and ABW president Mrs. A. A. Frischenmeyer taught on Rejoice in Hope.
A cautionary note urges using a stable step-ladder or step stool for high kitchen cupboards. It warns that standing on unstable furniture can lead to falls and injuries, recommending proper safety measures.
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle catalogs tired quips heard by college students. He lists frank, humorous lines from parents and adults about money dating dorm life cheating courses and summer jobs to illustrate generational gap.
The Best Yet 4H Club adopted safety as the club project at the October meeting. Roll call was answered by members. Upcoming events include the Nov 17 Achievement banquet and Nov 27 officers training. The group voted to enter a float in the Chanute Christmas parade.
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