Small Loan Demand Signals Mixed Economic Mood
AP analyzes how modest income borrowers reflect broader trends as small loan demand varies regionally across 15 cities. The report notes tighter lending, near-1957 peak rates, cautious consumers, rising delinquencies in some areas, and mixed confidence in future business conditions.
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AP Business News
New York
National Consumer Finance Assn
Miami Beach
Seaboard
Middle West
Mississippi
Far West
Albany
N. Y
Humboldt Elvira Seyfert to wed Joe Durkin in October shower
Humboldt residents celebrate Elvira Seyfert’s upcoming October 5 wedding to Joe Durkin with a Lutheran Guild shower attended by about 90 guests. Gifts centered with an umbrella and watering pot, corsages given, refreshments served, with gifts opened by Mrs. A. C. Lassman and Mrs. Melvin G. Baker Jr. The honoree is daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Herman Seyfert.
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Elvira Seyfert
Joe Durkin
Lutheran Guild
Martin Bulk
Lutheran Church
Ben Wilhite
Miss Seyfert
A. C. Lassman
Melvin G. Baker Jr
Herman Seyfert
Mona Durkin
Freida Stange
Mary Ann Mueller
Humboldt
Community News From West Big Creek Residents
West Big Creek notes list visits and gatherings by locals and neighboring towns. Families from Kansas City Humboldt Chanute Parsons Carthage and Miami join events at farms homes and dinners. farm moves and weekend stays are recorded with multiple relatives and neighbors mentioned.
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West Big Creek
Dillard Beeson
Kansas City
Ross van Houten
James Wade
Gene
Humboldt
Lloyd Locke
Russell Wright
Miami
Okla
Nora Wright
Anna Cation
Erling Cation
Repha Gemmill
Near Stark
Raymond Smith
Rae Lassman
John Parker
Walter Parker
Carthage
Floyd Roberts
Lee
Dee
Walter Roberts
Glen
L. A. Bird
Judy
Ella Jewell
Chanute
Lassman
Walter
Homer Cation
Vincent Laving
Deaths and funerals in Chanute and region cases
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Chanute area with details on Mrs Earl True 46 of Chanute, Mrs Catherine Fackler 89 of Earlton, Mrs Elmer Franks service, Mrs Mary Abbott 82 Stark, and other memorials. Surviving relatives listed. services set at Roy S Gibson Funeral Home and Stark Methodist Church. Burial in Memorial Park, Earlton cemetery, Huff cemetery and Odense cemetery.
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Earl True
R. J. Chanute
Southeast Kansas
Edith Lucille Hurst
Jesse and
Flora Hurst
Chanute
Iola
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Dell Dupuy
Howard Almond
Earl Wittich
Raymond Hurst
Millard Hurst
Humboldt
Roy S. Gibson
Roy S. Gibson Funeral Home. the Rev. L. Glen Ahls
Memorial Park Cemetery
Catherine Elizabeth Fackler
Earlton
Giles
Catherine Elizabeth
John
Rebecca Kreider
Florid
Kansas
David Frank Fackler
Ted Hurst
Earlton Cemetery
0. M. Bristow
A. K. Lewis
W. G. Whittaker
Fred Primmer
William Strean
J. O. Purviance
Forrest Hazen
Elmer Robinson
Robert McLaren
Dale Biele
M. L. Anderson
Kenneth Tebow
Odense Cemetery
Johnson Mortuary
Abbott
Mary Abbott
Stark
Stark Methodist Church
J. M. Torrence
Howard
Crawford County
Roy Williams
Cheyenne
Wyo
Alice Milburn
Girard
Roy Rowe
Walnut
Royal
Clayton
Dwight
Danbury
Conn
Consumer Confidence Edges Up Across the West
Collections have improved greatly as customers buy more freely and make larger down payments. In the Far West Los Angeles sees delinquencies and losses easing and confidence rising. Bellevue, Washington reports improving employment and willingness to spend while demanding more value, especially in autos.
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Darby
Portsmouth
Washington, D. C
Tampa
Fla
Middle West
Jackson
Mich
Columbus
Ohio
Evansville
Ind
Far West
Los Angeles
Bellevue
Wash
Race Driver Killed at Trenton Speedway Accident
In Trenton New Jersey AP Jimmy Reece 28 of Speedway Indiana died when his car plunged from a 40 foot banked track sailed 150 feet and crashed into a hurricane fence near Trenton Speedway during a 100 mile race Rodger Ward of Indianapolis won the event
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Trenton
N.J
Jimmy Reece
Trenton Speedway
Reece
Speedway
Ind
Rodger Ward
Indianapolis
Humboldt Social Notes and Retirements Highlight Week
Hostesses ham and Mrs. FE J Lombard greet guests. Rev Paul L Carpenter and A B Collins attend Kansas Presbyterian Men's Club in Salina. The Van Nices plan a west coast trip via Pueblo Denver Salt Lake City San Francisco and Los Angeles. L M Collins departs for Arvada Colorado after visiting Olive Mason and two sisters at Chanute. R L Jones retires after 25 years with Sinclair Pipeline Company, born 1893 in Greeley, WWI veteran, honored with party and a transistor radio retirement gift. He is on a fishing trip in Minnesota.
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Arvada
Colo
Olive Mason
Collins
Noland Carrier
van Laninghan
Chanute
R. L. Jones
Sinclair Pipeline Co
Humboldt
Greeley
Topeka
U. S
Sunday Guests at Laver Home With Family
Cousins and friends joined Mr and Mrs Clyde Laver to share a Sunday supper with the Laver family.
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Clyde Laver
Local Briefs Highlight Social Security Visits and Community Ties
Social Security representatives from Pittsburg will visit Chanute to meet residents on October 2 16 and 30 November 13 and 20 and December 11 and 18 at the Memorial building. Sharp-eyed Ivan Wheeler was arrested for intoxication Saturday night and released on bond the next day. Mr and Mrs Clarence Steeves of McPherson visit relatives in Chanute while Mrs Haines Mrs Blackwood and the Steeves group attend a 50th wedding anniversary in Moline for Herbert and Mrs McCray.
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Pittsburg
Chanute
Memorial Building
Ivan Wheeler
S. Malcolm
Hilda Haines
J. K. Blackwood
Clifford Ray
Moline
Herbert McCray
Building Permit Applications and Recent Moves Narrated
Daily Transcript lists residents moving addresses including David Crossman Chester Hamsher Charles Day and James Dye. It also itemizes building permit plans with estimated costs for garages sheds a house and commercial additions across several streets and addresses.
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David Crossman
Lafayette
Chester L. Hamsher
Evergreen
Plummer
Charles Day
ST W. Main
Edsel Noland
Henry
J. F. Ireland
W. Oak
James H. Dye
Edith
Frank van Gotten
Santa Fe
Lester L. Wagers
W. 10Th
Tony Biele
W. Mulberry
Community Notices From Wichita Area Gatherings
Buffalo couple and families attended a basket dinner in Wichita Park with Orr and Rowan and other relatives. Bluebird chapter CBS held a meeting with officers and planned Friendship Night for October 8 at the Masonic hall. American Legion Auxiliary entertained district officers and installed new officers led by Mrs. Fern Hines. Mrs. Oscar Clark returned from a visit with Ed Tarver in Wichita. T. D. Steele of Chanute visited.
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Buffalo
Bill Hempen
Wichita Park
Wichita
Pat Orr
George Orr
Great Bend
Ray Orr
P. E. Rowan
Lloyd Orr
Harold Saubers
Bluebird
CBS
Melvin Sperry
Masonic Hall
Dale Mckinsey
Trem Raifsnyder
American Legion
Auxiliary
the Legion Hall
Fern Hines
Cora Smith
Hazel Read
Audie May
Marie Brock
Mildred Millicon
Abbie Hempen
Maude Moss
Mabel Clough
Baby Carolyn Annette Born to Mr and Mrs Harlan Kamm
Last Friday the Kamm family welcomed Carolyn Annette weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces at Waco Hospital. Harlan Kamm of Waco and wife are first time parents. E M Kamm of rural Buffalo is paternal grandfather. Harlan Jr. is listed as a sibling.
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W. P. Rogers
Ira Stanfield
Willard Stanfield
Tarry Emmitt
Don Emmitt
Bartlesville
Okla
Harlan Kamm
Waco
Tex
Carolyn Annette
Waco Hospital
Harlan Jr
E. M. Kamm
Buffalo
Swollen Rio Grande Destroys Homes in Presidio Valley
The Rio Grande, described as a swollen monster three to four miles wide, wrecked homes and isolated thousands of border towns in Presidio Texas. About 30 families evacuated. one man reported drowned on the Mexican side. The flood washed away 1000 feet of Santa Fe rail line severing rail connections to the north.
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Presidio
Tex
Rio Grande
Texas
Rio Conchos
Mexico
Butterfly Nose Rescue Makes Kindergartner Well
Five year old Steven Schleming hatched two caterpillars in a jar and lost one. A week later he suffered a cold like illness. after a strong sneeze an inch long butterfly emerged from his nose and the boy recovered, returning to kindergarten.
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Lyons
Kan
Steven Schleming
Steven
Jack Schieming
Kingergarten
Funeral Service Held For Mrs Lois Ringle
A large community turnout attended the funeral service for Mrs Lois Ringle in Bartlesville on Friday. Burial took place in the family plot at Independence, with relatives including Banner-Mr and Mrs C E Hines and others listed among mourners.
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C. L. Cox
R. D. Scott
Chanute
Ted Warner
Harry Warner
Cole
Equator Bases Urged For Manned Space Ships
Scientists in Dallas urge the United States to establish equatorial launch facilities for manned space craft, arguing that closer to the equator offers advantageous rocket performance and access to global routes.
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Equator
Dallas
United States
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