Woodson County Quartet Will Be Biblesta Feature
The Woodson County Country Gospel Quartet will headline the Biblesta celebration on October 3 with Ernest Mehl of the Kansas City Star as speaker. The event includes a gospel music program and a parade view entertainment between the parade and bean feed. The quartet, from Humboldt, consists of Kenneth Chambers Jack Lukens Lawrence Robinson and Robert Jackson with Mrs. Floyd Salsbury at the piano.
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Kenneth Chambers
Jack Lukens
Lawrence Robinson
Robert Jackson
Floyd Salsbury
Woodson County
Kansan Held After California Chase
A Hutchinson Kansas man Cecil Eugene Speer 23 was captured after a gun duel with police and charged with attempted robbery of a liquor store. Three persons were surprised in an attempted holdup early Monday and fled in a sports car. Two escaped when police stopped the car.
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Los Angeles
Hutchinson, Kan
Cecil Eugene Speer
Boy Scouts Hold Den Chief Conference at Camp Wilderness
Thirty scouts from Iola LaHarpe Erie Yates Center and Chanute met last weekend at Camp Wilderness nineteen miles west of Independence for a Den Chief conference sponsored by SeKan Area to learn duties and relationships within the den and pack. Gene Mugrage assisted by Dr Joe Whitteberry directed camp activities with adult Scouters and cubbers aiding.
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Iola
LaHarpe
Erie
Yates Center
Chanute
Camp Wilderness
Independence
Gene Mugrage
Joe Whitteberry
SeKan
Glenn Kiddo
A. W. Lea
Dave Brotton
Jerry Morris
John Kilian
V. J. Aziere
James 0. Ferrell
Hank Powell
C. L. Fisher
Ralph Burghart
Jim Rowland
Chanute Explorer
Licorice grows wild along roadsides of Aleppo
Licorice plants thrive along Aleppo streets with dried roots processed into extracts for black candy sticks and for industrial uses. The plant is a perennial commonly found near Syria’s largest city, contributing to traditional and commercial applications.
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Aleppo
Syria
Tree House for Neighborhood Kids in Kansas City
In Kansas City a 39 year old traffic manager for Capitol Truck Lines, Julian Lynch, built a six by eight by six foot cedar tree house high in a maple tree for about 45 neighborhood children. The project, named 64 Tree House, features built in benches a folding table and electric light. The community celebrated with a kickoff ceremony including singing and a champagne launch.
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Kansas City
Julian Lynch
Lynch
Thomas Reardon
Reardons
Reardon
Bon
Adult Education Classes Open For More Students
Room remains in several adult education courses announced by Al Jones director after Monday night enrollment. Dressmaking and tailoring is full. A new course will begin mid October. Only four spots left in furniture refinishing and upholstering. Modern math targets parents. Classes begin with shorthand dictation welding Monday 7 p.m. and other start times. Arc welding meets in Junior Trade School. furniture refinishing upho lstery and woodworking in Senior Trade. others in the Junior College. Enrollments accepted this week 8 to 4 p.m. or 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Senior Trade School or first meeting. Self-supporting program. under-enrolled classes may be canceled and fees refunded at first meeting.
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al Jones
Dropouts Return But Many Rejoin Education Effort
Louisville officials and civic groups last summer persuaded 261 students who left junior and senior high to return to school. By year end, three-fifths had quit again, underscoring ongoing challenges in recapturing dropouts.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville
Erie Students and Faculty Across Kansas and Missouri
Erie area students attend Pittsburg State College with freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors named. Four Erie students enroll in independence junior college with one freshman and three sophomores. Bob Hill a second year medical student at Kansas University toured Mayo Clinic and major hospitals with a friend visiting Armco Steel in New York and attending Broadway shows before returning to Kansas City. Local visits include M E Edwards released from Labette County Medical Center and social calls from Yates Center and Ponca City residents during church convention weekend.
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Erie
Erie Area
Pittsburg State College
Kent Rice
Tom Swan
Sandy Arthur
Sandy Thurman
John Wright
Bill Noland
Nancy Howard
Nancy Dunham
Linda Heady
Pat Thurman
Independence
Stephen Richey
Charles Small
Yancy Hudson
Pat Simmons
Bob Hill
Kansas University
Williams
Hill
Ron
Carl Pfeutze
Kansas City
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Chicago
Washington, D. C
New York
Paul Weinman
Armco Steel Corp
Bob
M. E. Edwards
Labette County
Chanute Notes Include Fiesta Attendees and Local Events
State Rep and Mrs Henry Watkins attended the Mexican Fiesta in Chanute Friday and Saturday. Their grandsons Ricky and Robert McKinney joined them Saturday. The VFW post and auxiliary held a potluck dinner Monday night at the post clubhouse with separate post and auxiliary meetings afterward. Mrs Lida Titus from St Paul was reported ill. Pat Shaw, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Miller, left Parsons by plane for Trinity University in San Antonio for her second year. Mr and Mrs L R Rogers attended a Rural Letter Carriers dinner in Chanute Monday. Mrs Inez Phelps learned of her brother's wife Everett Swan's death in Des Moines and will miss the funeral. Mr and Mrs Ed Moore took their son Melvin to Stillwater, Oklahoma, for Oklahoma State University.
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Lela Brooks
Alfred Laver
Newton
Iowa
Brixey
Iola
Loren Brooks
Chanute
Ardell Brooks
Elsmore
Richard Mailes
D. C. Laver
Jerry Griffith
Merle Brooks
Orville Krokstrom
Herby Matlock
Brooks
Robert Horne
Tulsa
James Robert
Horne
Shara Morris
Humboldt
Merle Morris
Vern Smith
Tampa
Fla
Supreme Convention of the Social Order of Beauceant
Smith
Winfield
SOOB
J. A. van Nice
Kansas City
Craig Adams
Robert Adams
Iola Junior College
Margaret Blattner
R. W. Blattner
Craig
Margaret
Lawrence A. Brown
John Kuenzi
Waukesha
Wis
Mr. Brown
Mk&t
Parsons
Henry Watkins
Ricky and
Robert McKinney
VFW
Post
Lida Titus
St. Paul
Pat Shaw
Earl Miller
San Antonio
Tex
Trinity University
L. R. Rogers
Inez Phelps
Everett Swan
Des Moines
Phelps
Ed Moore
Melvin
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State University
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Cadillac
Ram Motor Company
Lincoln
Woodson County Quartet
Dorcas Society
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
Henry Lassman
Martin Mueller
Gene Taylor
Camp Chippewa
Ottawa
Lucie
Harrison's
Harrison
East Main
Boy Scouts
Pittsburg
Cal Center
N. L. Lancaster
District Christian Church Convention
Charles Vanover Sr
Charles Vanover Jr
Mark and
Todd
Ponca City
Harold Rowland
The
Chanute Tribune
Siegler
Siegler Nat'l
Motorola
Philco TV
Coast To Coast Stores
E. Main
Geo. Dufek
America
Orson
Virgin
Orlon
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