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Newspaper

Iola Messenger

Location

Iola, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1969

Page

3

RLDS Study Group Meeting in Humboldt

The Reorganized Church women met at Mrs. Roy Trammell’s Humboldt home. Kathryn Tanner gave the invocation and devotions on Be ye not weary in well doing. Mrs. Russell Pope led a lesson on the conquest of Canaan.

RLDS Humboldt Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Roy Trammell Humbldt Kathryn Tanner Russell Pope Land of Canna W. H. Woodworth Trammell Dave Scantlin

Presbyterian Women Hold General Meeting

United Presbyterian Women met at the church with Mrs. David Shannon presiding and leading prayer. Emer son Lynn Jr. presented Kitchen Communion a clever program, followed by benediction. May baskets graced the tea table as Group I served refreshments to 34 members. Virginia Pickarts spoke to WSCS of the Methodist Church about her Mayamba Sierra Leone teaching post.

Sierra Leone Miss Pickarts Vernon White Herbert Brockman WSCS Kansas City Kans Trinity Church Hannah Circle Carrie Warner Brockman Wesleyan Service Guild United Presbyterian Women David Shannon Emerson Lynn Jr Virginia Pickarts Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service Wesley United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall Harford School For Mayamba

Vietnamese must solve their own problems, Harriman says

W Averell Harriman, former Paris peace talks chief negotiator for President Johnson, urged that Việt Nam must settle its issues among Vietnamese. He said no settlement will come until all sides sit down and work it out, noting the NLF might have agreed to talks last November if Saigon had cooperated rather than haggle over the conference table. He spoke at a World Affairs Council event in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles W. Averell Harriman Johnson Paris Harriman National Liberation Front Saigon World Affairs Council

Founders Day and social calendar events listed for Eta Kappa and Xi Alpha Chi

Sunday Founder s Day dinner at Menegay s North for Beta Sigma Phi chapters. Christian Family Class meeting at Wesley UMC 9 30 a m. Monday Xi Alpha Chi Beta Sigma Phi meets with Kathryn Scott 508 S Chestnut. Salem Chapter 4 CES 8 p m at Masonic Temple. Pictures by Anna Foust at social. Allen Co Aging Council meets 6 30 p m Little Theater with covered dish. Bingo social. Tuesday Cammie Gray Fellowship meets 6 30 p m First Christian Church. Chapter L P E O meets 3 p m with Mrs Frank Thompson Harmony Homemakers 1 30 p m with Mrs Earl Crook. Scout leaders round table 7 p m Humboldt Elementary School. HOW Club guest day 1 o clock truncheon Menegay s North bring hobby displays. Wednesday Iola Coin Club 7 30 p m hospitality room Allen County State Bank rear entrance coin auction.

Frank Thompson Harmony Homemakers Earl Crook Humboldt Menegay’s North Iola Coin Club Allen County State Bank

Observers at Suez Canal face fire and calls for action

Thant reports U N observation posts near the Suez Canal have been repeatedly fired on by both sides and observers’ property damaged. Israel says it aims to minimize risks to observers while Egypt vows full cooperation, as both blame each other. Thant warns observers cannot be maintained under current conditions. In a separate matter Iraq and Iran express willingness to negotiate over the Shatt Al Arab dispute, though gaps remain on core issues.

Suez Canal Egypt Israel Thant U.N Middle East Iraq Iran Tigris Euphrates Persian Gulf Gulf

South Dakota trims welfare payments for new fiscal year

The South Dakota Welfare Commission voted to cut public assistance by 5 percent for all categories including the aged blind and dependent children, and to reduce medical expenditures by 5 percent for the fiscal year starting July 1. Welfare director Peter P. Grossman said the moves keep the department within the 1969 legislative appropriation limit.

Food stamp program eyed for county operation

The county welfare department would administer the program for 3400 low income residents not on welfare. Eligibility would be set locally and stamps sold by the welfare office with monthly outreach to Moran Lavernburg Humboldt. Stamps good only for food at participating stores with penalties for misuse. Several counties already participate and Montgomery and Harvey counties will join soon.

County Welfare Department Harlene Kackley Moran, Lavenburg Humboldt Iola Bill Burcham Self Service Atchinson Bourbon Cherokee Labette Greenwood Wilson Crawford Neosho Montagomery Harvey

Beauceant Club Honors Past Presidents at Meeting

Beauceants president Mrs. Fred Tweedy presided at Iola Assembly No. 50 meeting in the Masonic Temple. She honored 16 past presidents with gifts, 27 members attended, and Mrs. Roy L. Holeman won the door prize. Dorothy Rebekah Lodge also met at Calvary United Methodist Church with officers Modesta Ball and Lucille Martin.

Iola Assembly No. 50 The Social Order of the Beauceants Masonic Temple Fred Tweedy Roy L. Holeman Russell I. George Dorothy Rebekah Calvary United Methodist Church Modesta Ball Noble Grand Lucille Martin Erie Chanute

Philadelphia 700 finds gimmick to raise money

Philadelphia area fundraiser auctions the right to name the zoo's new baby hippo at the University of Pennsylvania May 9. Bidders may also win rides in a helicopter, a balloon trip for two, a closed circuit TV system, or a two week billboard message.

Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Institute For Contemporary Art Stephen Prokopoff Institute

Scout Troop 56 Plans Overnight Hike After Meeting

Scout Troop 56 met Monday and made two ropes. Photographer Gary Rice of the Iola Register captured the group photo. They discussed an overnight Friday after school to Saturday afternoon and will hike five miles north to a campsite.

Gary Rice Iola Register

Von Papen, German ex-chancellor, dies at 89

Former German chancellor Franz von Papen, once linked to Hitler's rise and later acquitted at Nuremberg, died today aged 89, his son reported.

Oberlasbach Germany Franz von Papen Hitler Nuernberg

Family fight turns fatal in Kingman shooting

In Kingman Kansas a 38 year old man Herbert Boydston is jailed on suspicion of killing his brother in law Wesley Harder 21 of Hatstead with a .22 caliber pistol. The shooting occurred at the Boydston home 12 miles east of Kingman after a family argument whose cause remains undisclosed.

Kingman Kan Kansas Herbert Boydston Wesley Harder Hatstead Leighton Trickel Boydston

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