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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1960
Page
3
Dear Ann Landers replies on relationships and respect, then a Christmas party report from the Astraea Junior Federation Club at Mrs. Minter’s home with six attendees, prizes, and planned meeting details for January.
Whiteman offers a selection of Christmas candies at Pearl Drug Store. Shoppers can find assorted sweets and gift items for holiday celebrations.
The Epsilon Jota chapter of ESA held its annual Christmas dance at the Warren Hotel on Saturday night. Guests included Mr and Mrs Curtis Shipley and many other members. the event featured festive decorations, a Christmas program, carols, and a gift exchange with speeches and a centerpiece auction. The Epsilon Iota chapter met earlier at Mrs Curtis Shipley’s home for December business, with Mrs Ronald Hummer presenting. The next meeting is planned for January at Mrs Ronald Hummer’s residence.
Obscure item mentions festive themes and local shop names Finnup Seed Store and Trail Blazers Almanacs alongside wreaths and roping. No clear event or dates. The fragment hints at seasonal decorations and local commerce. Names appear without context.
A Tuesday Friendship Class debate on There Ain't No Santa Claus ended in a tie with Mrs. Dorsey Rottuck and Tommy Graves as debaters. Glen Widows led devotions from Matthew. Christmas carols and nursery gifts followed. 26 members attended the church fellowship event at the Brethren church. The next meeting is Jan 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hornbaker home with Royal and Norma Hornbaker hosting.
Mr and Mrs F H Guyer of Rt 1 will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house at their son’s home Mr and Mrs Lester Guyer 1205 Pinecrest from 2 to 430 pm They were married in Arlington December 15 1920 and have lived in Garden City 18 years Both retired Mr Guyer from Garden City Packing and managed A and P stores in Hutchinson They have two other children Bud Christie 619 N 9th and Mrs Wendell Perks El Dorado.
Beacon Light HDU installed its new officers at a Christmas luncheon in the 4-H building on Tuesday noon. Officers are president Mrs. Mark Jameson, vice president Mrs. Clifford Mayo, secretary Mrs. G. B. Mayo, treasurer Mrs. Curtis Cook, and reporter Mrs. Paul VenJohn. Arrangements were led by Mrs. John Boyd, Mrs. Arthur Brinkmeyer, Mrs. Clifford Mayo and Mrs. G. B. Mayo. Mystery Pals exchange gifts. Next meeting set for January 10 at Mrs. Lynn Russell’s home, 1509 B, with help from Mrs. Curtis Cook.
The Salmagundi club trio Mrs. Milton Roberts Mrs. Forrest Smithson and Mrs. Lindner sang An Old Spanish Carol and Twas the Night Before Christmas at Mrs. Maurice Lindner’s 801 N 5th home. Santa Claus joined the gift exchange amid Xmas decorations as 27 members attended with hostesses Mrs. Robert Wells and Mrs. Roland Tate assisting. A note adds a luncheon suggestion using liver pate and deviled ham on crackers.
Use brown sugar instead of white when broiling grapefruit halves to create a pleasant flavor change. The tip emphasizes swapping sugar type for a warmer, caramelized finish.
Quantities of food frozen by Kansas farm families outpaced canning in 1950. Kansas Junior College Association bans postseason football, limits schedule to within 319 miles, excluding future games like the Little Sugar Bowl in Monroe, Louisiana, where Garden City lost 41 to 0. Officers elected for Eastern Star and Jaycee Jaynes meet to plan charity and holiday gifts. New Farm Bureau officers are announced. Frank Kinney, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kinney, pledges Phi Delta Theta at Kansas University.
Essex HDU held a Christmas party at Mrs. Guy Rhodes's home with 13 members bringing covered dishes. Mrs. Harry Reed led the meeting, Mrs. Concannon reported on the Thanksgiving gift to Dearth rest home, dramatics framed the program, and gift exchanges followed. The next meeting is planned for January.
Garden City D of Isabella circle met in St Marys Church basement to sing carols and hold a business meeting with 51 attendees. Mrs Lester Hahn presided and presented Bible to former member Mrs Linda Quint. officers were installed. funds were voted for ham purchases for Christmas food baskets and gifts. Co hosts included several members, with next meeting set for January 9 at 8 pm in the church basement.
Seventh grade students held a Christmas dance at the Civic Center on Wednesday night with over 140 attendees. The program ran more than an hour and featured performances by Flame Combo, Vincent Mujica guitar solo, Susan Marcellins vocal with Rose Mary Selover, Connie Congdon folk songs, Rod Stoner trumpet, Abe Main jazz piano, and Janice King pantomimes, with cold drinks served.
Community groups list meetings and festivities across the week. Social clubs, church guilds, and fraternal orders announce times and venues including JOOF Mall Crestway Elks Hall Legion Hall Nazarene Church and Ma nohic Hall with activities such as dinners bridge games Christmas events and gift exchanges led by Mrs. Ralph Miller Cleo Lowe and other organizers.
Les Sheffield spoke at Garden City Gals HDU meeting in the 4 H building showing slides from a world trip. The Christmas party for husbands and guests featured a covered dish supper, festive decorations, and a gift exchange with attendees including Dean Nolte Warman Moffett Collins Sheffield Heinrichs Meadors Roark Valenzuela Johnson Holderness Byler Sughrue and others.
Dr A B Gardner, dentist, will be in Garden City December 19 to 24 at 310 N Main. Hours are 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. Call BR 6 7491 for appointments.
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