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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1966
Page
5
Humboldt reports total enrollment across grades and classes. Upper four grades 268. seventh and eighth 118. elementary 346. Community activities include FFA, OES meetings, Busy Bee club events, and Rotary holiday observances. Several local families visit or travel, with references to hospital surgery and community parades.
In Somesbar California a teaching post for 30 students offers 5500 dollars yearly plus trailer lodging and utilities with 2000 extra if the teacher drives a bus. The district seeks a qualified candidate as school bells may not ring without a hire.
Walnut 4 H club held its regular meeting with twenty two members reporting ribbons won at Crawford County Fair. Members heard discussions on Why Complete Records and safety topics, while forestry and ear care were demonstrated. Several families and guests visited Walnut from Kansas City Wichita Thayer Stark and other nearby towns during Labor Day weekend.
Local families in the Urbana vicinity shared Labor Day gatherings and weekend visits. Highlights include the Price family relocation near Galesburg, longtime Santa Fe railroad retiree Price, and multiple visits among the Dunivant Heilman Bartholomew and Gillett families, with trips to Thayer and Coffeyville events.
On September 8 1900 Galveston and nearby towns were struck by one of the worst U.S. hurricanes and floods. The history note recalls the disaster amid other dated events in 1957 1966 Khrushchev JFK Berlin talks and Hurricane Betsy from the prior year.
Atlantic City sees Miss California Charlene Dallas win talent honors with a piano solo while Miss New Hampshire Nancy Anne Naylor wins swimsuit honors. Naylor’s father Lt Col Harold Naylor surprised her by traveling from the Philippines with her younger brother Steven.
Mobil Oil Corp will raise the price it pays for some Kansas crude starting Sept. 1. The rate climbs by 5 cents to 3.05 dollars per barrel for 400-44.9 degree gravity crude, with differentials of 2 cents for crudes 36.0 to 40.0 degrees and 4 cents for crudes below 36.0 degrees.
The 1966 Kansas Dairy Princess will be chosen at the Kansas State Fair on September 17 from ten district contest winners. Miss Janice Klusener of Lucas, last year’s queen, will crown the new princess. finalists include Janet Sprang Effingham Lois Buchanan Lawrence Linda Kirchoff Independence Kathleen Caviness Topeka Tana Sherwood Concordia Patricia Edmonds Peabody Marcia Bartell McEundridge Gloria Schneider Albert Mary Ann Sutherland Prescott and Cleta Robbins Paradise.
A classroom setting notes a social science lesson taught by a teacher identified as her father John. The remark suggests the computer could have selected ten other science teachers, implying choice or comparison among available instructors.
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