Rip Van Winkle Set For Lawrence Junior High Play
Lawrence Junior High School ninth graders stage Rip Van Winkle on April 12 and 13 in the JHS auditorium. Adapted from Washington Irving by Mrs. Deal Six and Peggy Clayton Dalrymple, with casts A and B for matinees and evenings, directed by Mrs. Six and Bennie L. Stewart. Cast lists include Derrick Van Bummel, Rip Van Winkle, Dame Van Winkle, Young Rip, and many villagers with a large student crew and Spirit Dancers.
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Lawrence Junior High School
Rip van Winkle
JHS
Washington Irving
Deal Six
Peggy Clayton Dalrymple
Lawrence
Lincoln
Neb
Courtney King
Jack Armstrong
Derrick van Bummel
Ben Rowing
Steve Edmonds
Nicholas Vedder
Whitney Westgate
Jim Bodin
Peter Vanderdonk
Larry Flannery
Richard
CoDister
Doolittle
Barbara Harris
Ida Nesmith
Dame Veilder
Jim Wedin
Chuck Marvin
Felicia Oldfather
Joyce Murphy
Dame van Winkle
Grace Thomas
Claudia Newman
Judith
Justin Hill
Phil Harrison
Young Rip
Mary Sue James
Judy Ousdahl
Greta
Verla Nauerth
Janet Skinnes
Katrina
Barry Smith
Jan
Harbert Harmon
Hans
Don Lindley
Tom Sego
Matey
Sylvia Thompson
Annabelle Jayne
Mother Spirit
Janis Mull
Susan McCalla
Kabib
Nancy Carey
Sandra Sinclair
Oweenee
Linda Browning
Nancy Oyler
Sharwan
Pat Nitsch
Dinah Dicker
Mike Zwink
Mike McWilliams
Hendrick Hudson
Terry Conner
Jerry Morton
Brian Grace
Greg Turner
John Bowman
Gerald Stoltenberg
Virginia Schubert
Carol Hargrove
Judith the Woman
Christine Stewart
Merry Wives
Carol Zimmerman
Sharon Edmonds
Claudia
Harris
Pat—Wooden
Barbara
Andy Montgomery
Barbara Hinderliter
Patty Welch
Jane Vandeventer
John Marshall
Village
Joyce Hess
Beverly Whitehead
Jami Wilson
Bertha Holliday
Peggy Blise
Charles Breithaupt
Pete Youngberg
Malcolm Smith
Jeff Quinsey
Mary Ruth Andes
Linda Edmonds
Gilbert
Weldman
Local Women Named For Topeka Democratic Reception
Democratic women and lawmakers daughters named to assist the hostess group for the Kansas Democratic Club reception in Topeka at the Governor’s mansion Friday evening. Co chairmen include Mrs. William Salome of Wichita and Mrs. Agnes McKnight of Wichita. Mrs. Truman guest of honor invited for Wood Wilson Luncheon Club and Kansas Democratic Club dinner with Gov. George Docking as luncheon speaker.
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Democratic
Kansas Democratic Club
Governor's Mansion
Topeka
Lawrence
Clifford McDonald
Frank McDonald
Frederick Kester
Rowland Dyer
Paul Clark
Harry Budke
Roger Williams
Elliot Dick
Jack Arthur
Homer Terry
Mary Rooney
Dorothy Rooney
Rhoten Smith
Robert Wilson
R. Shultz
Bernard Borat
Eugenia Leasure
Harry Barnard
George McCarty
Lecompton
William C. Salome
Wich ‘Ita
Agnes | McKnight
Wichita
Hostess J
Mirs
Harry Truman
United States
Wood,Wilson
Florentine
Jayhawk Hotel
Trumat
Kansas Demoscratic Club
George Docking
Local Letter Praises Winchester Hospital Founding
A reprinted JAMA letter from Alpha Owens of Lawrence lauds the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital in Winchester Kansas. The community built a 70 room fireproof facility from volunteer labor, with no tax bonds or state aid, and opened February 21 1956.
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Emitor
Alpha
Wens of
Lawrence
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Owenm
Kansans Unliver
Johins Hopkins University
Baltimore
Morria Harvey College
Charleston
W. Va
Winchester
Rnde
Real Journal
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Kansas
Harvest
Roy Baker
Valley Falls
Victor Hlebach
John Sherwood
John Steuart Curry
Wally
Rosa Keys
Jack Mitchell
Fern
Reichert
Franklin D. Murphy
University of Kansas
Jin
America
Confederate Veteran Beats Odds After Gallbladder Surgery
In Pensacola Florida 109 year old Confederate veteran William A Lundy endured a two hour gallbladder operation on March 4 for prostate infection. Attendants report his postoperative pain low and overall condition very good for his age despite fluctuation from Sunday to Monday.
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Pensacola
Fla
Willam A.lundy
Lundy
Easter Seals Appeal Seeks Donations in Kansas
Citizens who have not contributed to the 1957 Easter Seal drive are urged to give. Donations should be sent to the Kansas Society for Crippled Children in Wichita or to Mrs. Caryl Dodds, Douglas County chairman, who will forward amounts to state headquarters for care of crippled children in the state.
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Kansas Society For Crippled Children
Kansas Power and 1
Apa
Rural Students Tour Ft Riley And Chicago
Douglas County rural students will visit Ft Riley with parents and teachers joining. Highlights include the first territorial capitol of Kansas Gen Custer's home the Gen Wood Memorial and Camp Funston with Army demonstrations and a circus style helicopter show. The second trip to Chicago runs May 3 to 5 visiting Hull House parks museums and Navy Pier.
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Douglas County
United States Army
Ft. Riley
Army
Lawrence
Perry
Kansas
Gen. Custer
Wood
Camp
Funston
Manaw
Chicago
Hull House
Washington, Jackson and
Lincoln Parks
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago University
Loop
Lake Shore
Navy Pier
Field Museum of Natural History
Shedd Aquarium
Santa Fe
Richard F. Allen Elected Kansas SAR President
Richard F. Allen of Baldwin was elected president of the Kansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at the annual Topeka meeting. Byron A. Berry of 600 Ohio St was chosen secretary after a dinner at the Hotel Kansan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard F. Allen
Baldwin
Kansas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Topeka
Byron A. Berry
Ohio St
Kansan
Eisenhower Led Aides In November Vote Totals
President Eisenhower ran nearly seven million votes ahead of his party's House candidates last November. House Republicans trailed Democratic opponents by 1,134,060. GOP House nominees polled 2,958,000 more votes than Adlai E Stevenson, with North Dakota the lone state where Eisenhower trailed the combined House vote.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House of Representatives
House
Adlai E. Stevenson
North Dakota
Turn Cotton Curtain scraps Into a Kitchen Apron
Quick project using leftover cotton curtain fabric to craft a practical kitchen apron. Select matching scraps, cut to apron pattern, and sew with simple seams for a coordinated home look.
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Jama
Adard
Oscar Ohi
Air Costaesiog
Norris Bros
Oan
A. V. Phillips
Drakes
Cae
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