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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1958
Page
6
Open house from 2 to 4 p m Sunday at the Evangelical United Brethren church in the 600 block West Seventh to view the new $105 000 structure dedicated last Sunday. The T shaped brick building seats 300 in the sanctuary with 600 possible including the educational section.
Erie and Vicinity Mayor Frederick Swan says the time switch controlling the city whistle is burned out causing no whistle sounds for several days. The council will decide at the next meeting whether to repair or keep the whistle silent except as a fire alarm.
New York AP reports International Shoe Co and Brown Shoe Co will raise prices on their spring 1959 shoe lines. International announces an upward price adjustment effective Oct 13, while Brown Ship Co expects increases averaging 2 to 32 percent. Parsifal, Wagner’s final opera, centers on the Holy Grail quest.
Rev. Arlen J. Bruns leads periodic silent sermons in sign language at Trinity Lutheran Church Great Bend. Deaf congregants travel long distances to attend these services begun in 1930 by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod with earlier work by Rev. Julius Resner.
In 1944 a deaf student and Mrs Bruns received four months instruction from Matilda Dohrmann in Great Bend who remains a class member. The pastor conducts classes about twice a month with 45 minute sessions while students run Bible studies. Attendance peaked at 30, but families moving away reduced size. Summer meetings start at 8 15 a m. winter services shift later. The pastor praised participants for engaging in the church program and notes the group helped with a building fund and funded an altar cross for their chapel.
Ladies are invited to view Johnson Brothers fall drape line in Chanute. John P. McElree of Chicago visited Chanute as Santa Fe freight traffic manager assistant, guest of honor at a luncheon for local carrot shippers at the Tioga. C Leon Hazen of Stark chosen for 1958 Kansas State Teachers College Choir, one of 70 auditioning for 26 spots. the choir will perform at the National Music Teachers Association convention in Kansas City and on TV.
AP reports consumer interest shifts from clothing to appliances this fall. Industry leaders including Westinghouse and General Electric see sales rising through 1959 and 1960 as confidence improves, inventories tighten, and debt repayment strengthens purchasing power.
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