Hiebert Beam vows in Topeka holiday ceremony
Grace Elizabeth Hiebert and John Agar Beam wed December 30 at First Methodist Church Topeka in a ceremony lit by greenery and tapers. The bride, daughter of Dr. Homer L. Hiebert and granddaughter of Henry Blake, wore a re embroidered Alencon lace gown with a chapel train and crown of lace and pearls. The groom is son of Burl Beam of Ottawa. They will reside in Albuquerque NM where she teaches and he works as a nuclear scientist with Sandia Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Elizabeth Hiebert
John Agar Beam
Topeka
Methodist Church
Homer L. Hiebert
Henry §. Blake
Burl 5. Beam
Ottawa
Ewart Watts
Polly Webb
Ames
Iowa
Elizabeth Fly
Susan Hiebert
Marge Korner
Flagstaff
Ariz
Martha Blake
Detroit
Mich
Sally Blake
Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Kappa
Beam
Albuquerque
N. M
Sandia Corp
Reception To Mark Golden Anniversary
Rev and Mrs Ward Nance of near Overbrook will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at their home Jan 10 from 2 to 5 p.m. They wed Jan 12 1910 in Twin Falls Idaho. The couple, with four children and 19 grandchildren, have history as farmers, business owners in Reserve, and ministers in eastern Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Nance
Overbrook
Nettie Sprague
Mr. Nance
Twin Falls
Idaho
Morrill
Reserve
Nance
Kansas
Appanoose
Wives Learn Self-Defense at Parris Island Judo Club
At the East Coast Marine Corps Recruit Depot wives participate in daily noon and evening judo and jujitsu classes. Led by Sgt. Jim Giles and Sgt. Ernie Cates, the program teaches body mechanics, vital points, holds, throws, and balance. A kids class accompanies the effort with two weeks of conditioning and fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Island
D.C
United States
East Coast Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Jim Giles
Sgt
Ernie Cates
Giles
Mom
Dad
Junior
Cates
Elizabeth Stanley
Pat Cates
S. C
Socialettes and visits brighten Altus and nearby towns
Socialettes report multiple holiday visits across Altus Oklahoma with Mr and Mrs Charles Eisenbise hosting family gatherings. Others include 2nd Lt Robert Murray returning to Fort Benning after a family visit and Miss Ruth Kinkaid visiting from Aurora Cole. Community events note canceled meetings and postponed circles, with A C E discussing science at Ottawa University Lincoln School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eisenbise
Altus
Okla
Enos Honn
Ted Crumm
Vernon Honn
Harold Honn
Mike
Robert Murray
Ft. Benning, Va
Loyd Murray
Ruth Kinkaid
Aurora
Cole
Ottawa
Sandra Bromfield
Miss Kinkaid
Vincent Reedy
RFD 1
Howard Steele
Pomona
Club Forecast Tuesday Beta Gamma Installation Night
The event lists Beta Gamma with Mrs. Ralph Gage and NAVY MOTHERS DE MOLAY MOTHERS along with WOMEN S AUXILIARY and N F P D Mrs George Santarola and JAYCEE JAYNES Mrs Don Bouska and LOVE AND LOYALTY Mrs Anna Bryan at 7 30 p m PROMENADERS Square Dance Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gage
NAVY
DE Molay
Women's Auxiliary
George Santarola
Jaycee Jaynes
Don Bouska
Anna Bryan
Promenaders Square
Cox-Randel Nuptials Read In Wellsville
The marriage of Bonnie Lee Cox of Wellsville to Kenneth Eugene Randel of Baldwin was solemnized Christmas Eve at the bride’s parents home with Rev. James Nabors officiating. The bride wore a light blue satin dress with nylon overlays, burgundy jewelry, and carried red roses. Carolyn Greaves was bridesmaid and Jerry Showalter was best man. A reception followed. cake was baked by Ora Cox and Orlen Bond. The bride is a 1959 Wellsville High School graduate. the groom is a Baldwin High School graduate and Navy veteran attending the University of Kansas majoring in architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Lee Cox
Thurston Cox
Wellsville
Kenneth Eugene Randel
Eugene Randel
Baldwin
James Nabors
Carolyn Greaves
Jerry Showalter
Clathe
Patty Cox
Shirley Cox
Ora Cox
Orlen Bond
Wellsville High School
Baldwin High School
Navy
University of Kansas
Layette Shower Honors Mrs Stromgren in Solomon
Mrs Clyde Gorton hosted a layette shower Saturday evening for Mrs Tom Stromgren of Solomon the former Sally Reeder of Ottawa Sixteen guests attended and were joined by Mrs Dale Reeder Mrs Jim Hollon and Pamela Burgoon who served refreshments after games and gifts were opened
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Gorton
Tom Stromgren
Solomon
Sally Reeder
Ottawa
Dale Reeder
Jim Hollon
Pamela Burgoon
Missing crew members safe after freighter wreck
The captain and six survivors of the American freighter Valley Forge reached an island 50 miles south of Singapore. Indonesian air force announced. The 30 other crew were rescued earlier after abandoning the 7,202 ton ship which foundered on a reef New Year's Eve and broke up in a gale in the South China Sea. Captain Peter F. Petrone of Absecon New Jersey and six crewmen in a lifeboat had vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Valley Forge
South China Sea
Peter F. Petrone
Absecon
N.J
Petrone
Carl B. Vineyard Jr
Waveland
Miss
Johni
Valley Forge cargo voyage details listed crew and route
The Valley Forge carried wheat from Portland Oregon to India with crew including boatswain M Frangos of Brooklyn deckmaster Paul O Hansen of San Francisco steward Kenneth R Hayes an Australian from Seattle radio officer Ed mund W Crull of Everett Washington and James C Mitchell aboard Get tysburg Pennsylvania as part of the cargo voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M . Frangos
Brooklyn
W.Y
James C. Mitchell
Gettysburg
Paul O. Hansen
San Francisco
Kenneth R. Hayes
Seattle
Edmund W. Crull
Everett
Wash
Valley Forge
Portland
Ore
India
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Hiebert-Beam
David Blake Jr
Charles Keller
Pittsburg
Henry Blake III
John Petergon
Mr. Beam
Fred Porta
Palo Alto
Calif
Jack Hiebert
Wichita
John Hiebert
Henry Hiebert
Haydn St. John
David Hiebert
Carleton College
Norfield
Minn
Harvard- Radcliffe
Harvard
John Edgar Beam
Mark
Paula Sue
Paul. Dietrich
Kansas City
David
Donnie
Julia
Ann
Tommy
Fred Thielen
Lon Dietrich
Curtis McArley
Tyndal
Ind
Will Meyersick
Harris
North Baptist Church
Mara Evans
Friendship Circles
Wilbur Lauver
Derrell
Near Overbrook
John Hamerick
Elmer Shoemaker
Gerald Shoemaker
Otis Ikenberry
C. W. Shoemaker
Robert G. Menninger
Karl
Sarah
Kay Daugharthy
Lloyd Daugharthy
North
A.C.E
Elmer Roth
Ottawa University
Lincoln School
W.M.S
Circle of
Layette
Pee Noten
Eellers
Ralph Scherman
Kansas Congress of Parents-Teachers
Kansas Association of School Boards Teachers of Kansas
Franklin County
William S. Bowers
Robert A. Anderson
Goss
Osburn
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