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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1956
Page
3
The Earlton EUE church Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Bertha Dye's home Thursday afternoon with 22 members present. Xenia Osborn led the devotional, Mrs. Lewis Taylor Sr. conducted the business, and a mystery gift exchange followed.
Mrs. Lee Sharp presided at the Cihu Club gathering in Mrs. Harold Alexander home as members planned quilts and sheets for the church nursery. Mrs. Charles Logan read a poem and led games while six members and three children received awards. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for October.
The Today's Mother Club held a "School Days" roll call with 16 members. Mrs. R D Churchill hosted at 215 S Rutter, with Mrs. B M Eastburn presiding and a salad course served after a lesson by Mrs. B F Wyatt.
Twelve members of the Philathea Class met Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with Mrs. Lucy Hildreth and Mrs. Cora Greenwood as hostesses. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. W Gayel Bender and Mr. and Mrs. C C Lawrence. Twenty calls were reported during the business meeting led by president Mrs. Alva Hart. Mrs. Amelia Ivey led the devotional with prayers by Mrs. Maude Cook and Mrs. Pearl Griffen.
The Christian Culture Class of First Baptist entertained at 807 S Lafayette Friday evening. Mrs M L Manners presided with 23 attendees and Rev Fred Shaw as a guest. Lola Wertz led devotions while Mrs A A Osgood directed the program and Mrs Harvey Woods sang Shep herd of Love. Mr Shaw presented slides of the Holy Land.
Sunday September 16 1954 Married Couples Golf Tournament at the Country Club 2 p.m. Monday September 17 1958 Rebekah Lodge Odd Fellows Hall refreshments 8 p.m. Shakespeare Club Pine Room Tioga Hotel luncheon 1 p.m. Duplicate Bridge Club Tioga Hotel 7 30 p.m. Past Presidents Parney Mrs Petit’s Tea Room 7 p.m.
Jimmie Lee Rains, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Rains of 527 S Central, was celebrated on his sixth birthday after school Thursday with a party. Mrs Robert Warner and Arlita Shaver assisted, cake showed an Indian village, with ice cream soda and party favors. Guests included Eddie Greer Eldon Cleaver Dale Bolen Gale Bolen Stan Maring Ricky Warner Steven Ranz Randy Simpson Jimmy Davis Danny Allen Jimo Gurnett Greg Barnard and Patty Donovan sent a gift.
Dorothy Nelson presided at St. Pauls Lutheran Lamplighters Guild meeting in the church dining room Tuesday. Members made cancer dressings after the lesson and announced a church cleanup set for September 25 with Mrs. Carl Reynolds as accompanist.
Friday admittances list Harold E McCall and others at Memorial Hospital with four patients in surgical and medical units. Dismissals include Mrs. Robert Boyd and family, Mrs. Ray M. Coder, and others. Births announced for Kennedy and Catterson families plus Hamilton daughter. Fire at Star Drilling and a grass blaze reported. one traffic citation for running a stop light.
Rep. Jack Brooks released part of a 1954 memo from Randall Cremer about a nickel plant contract in Cuba. The memo quotes Hall asking for information to aid Republican support while Cremer notes assurances of party alignment and future cooperation with Hall. Hall calls the diary claim pure fiction.
MEMPHIS Tenn. Ernest Blackman was arrested and charged with theft of scrap metal from his place of employment over a three year period. His place of employment was the county penal farm.
Chanute items cover a Chamber coffee for retail merchants at the Tioga Hotel, a local intoxication take into custody and departure order, a Kansas City birth announced by the Pierce family, Myres reports a wheel rivet incident on the east river bridge, a parking incident on Main Street, Circle of 19 meeting plans in Abilene with school principals and superintendents, Leanna Aid rescheduling to Wednesday at Leanna church.
Multiple Chanute area obituaries outline services for Mrs. Millard Reece and Mrs. H W Gutknecht of Kansas City with local relatives named. Funeral rites for Dr Benjamin H Cubbage and Roy H Browning Harley Davis held in Altoona and Erie areas, with a Santa Fe arrival noted for one service and burial set for Memorial Park and Lakeview Cemeteries. Survivors include nephews, sons, and siblings across Chanute, Erie, Parsons, and St Paul.
The text records funeral services for Mrs. E. H. Tanquary and Mrs. Vendla Kjellander with ministers from First Baptist Church officiating. It notes burial at Elmwood Cemetery and Green Lawn Memorial Park, with singers, floral attendants, and bearers named, including C. E. Thomas, Howard Parsons, Ray Elrod, and others.
Minnie Mae Payne seeks to resume marital relations with Mahlon Payne who is serving 21 months to 6 years for housebreaking and grand larceny. An attorney argues incarceration does not end the marriage and jail officials have refused the request.
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