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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1955
Page
2
City Clerk Harold Fisher reports the detailed figures for counting boards and receiving boards to handle the expected surge in ballots. Each ward lists multiple members and polling places, including central buildings and schools, with names and street addresses.
Market line reports a moderate stock advance with mixed bonds. Wheat firms on news of dust storms, corn advances late, oats small changes, hogs about 25 cents lower, cattle steady to up slight, Kansas City numbers show varied grain prices and livestock quotes, futures drift and cash prices listed for wheat, corn, oats, kafir, rye, soybeans, bran, shorts, and live cattle market.
A powerful blizzard moves east from the Great Plains with temperatures dropping, while a dust storm devastates eastern Colorado and Kansas. Eight to eighteen inches of snow paralyzes roads in Wyoming and Montana and five to seventeen inches in parts of New York state. The weekend weather causes at least 12 deaths in traffic and aviation crashes. Chadron Nebraska reports 60 mph gusts as the system reaches western South Dakota.
A Lawrence youth who escaped from the Boys Industrial School at Topeka stole three cars in a spree last summer, with one found near Wamego after running out of gas. He was captured in Beloit and admitted stealing cars in Topeka, Lawrence, and Wamego.
The third annual Lawrence Club Championship bridge tournament was held Sunday in the Memorial Union at Kansas University with 22 from Lawrence and one laundréd in attendance. Mrs May Thompson of Leavenworth directed and scored. Winners to be announced later this week. Participants included Dr and Mrs William Scott and many other Lawrence residents.
Charles M Harger longtime Abilene editor and civic leader dies ahead of funeral Tuesday. A Kansas journalist, he won the 1954 William Allen White Foundation Award for Journalistic Merit and helped found the Eisenhower Foundation. Survivors include three daughters in Chicago Westport Conn and Fort Myers Fla. Burial in Abilene follows services.
A hospital and community notices list dismissals from Memorial Hospital with names and addresses, followed by births in the area. It includes Agnes Coleman Linwood, Ethel Mae Stewart 1128 Conn St,以及 numerous other residents. Births reported for Harold McNamara, Léonard Rozin, Morley Fultz, and John Granzella families.
Kansas University seniors William R. Arnold of Salina and Barbara Kathryn Becker of Coffeyville have won Woodrow Wilson Fellowships for the 1955 56 year. Arnold will study sociology at Illinois University and Becker history at the same school.
Lawrence editors visit to plan September Centennial pageant in Oskaloosa builds on the Hickory Point battle era with John B. Rogers Co of Fostoria providing staging. Editor Roberts helps write the script as the town rehabs for the Old Settlers Reunion. A Wichita University Symphony performance is scheduled for Lawrence High School and local dust complaints surface as fans vent. Douglas County Sportsman Club reorganizes aiming for 500 members to boost fishing spots hunting and game stock.
Lawrence Fire Department responded to four property damage fires Sunday and this morning. A shed behind F H Roberts Jewelry at 833 Mass is burned from trash, $150 damage. a box car on Union Pacific near North Eighth Street damaged by an overheated fan bearing, $400, lettuce possibly damaged. a trash box in South Park burned from unknown cargo. a storage shed at 226 North 4th Street burned from trash, $100 damage. Fire Chief John Miller notes the vault inside the jewelry shed remained undamaged.
Harry Puckett, 65, of 1109 Del. St., received a 60 day jail sentence and a $200 fine in police court for littering public places and rear of buildings. After the trial he posted a $1,000 bond for appeal to District Court.
Overnight break in at the Blue Hills Drive-In 1601 E. 23rd St. netted about $15 from a cash register. An attempted liquor cigarette machine break was also reported. entry was through a rear window, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
A historic notice reports that burns and scalds account for about twenty percent of fatal accidents at home, highlighting household safety risks and preventive measures discussed by health authorities.
A memorial service was held Sunday in Fraser Theater for Dr Hilden Gibson, KU professor of political science and human relations chair who died Friday. About 200 friends and faculty attended as delegates to a Human Relations Conference paused for the service. Harvard Business School’s Roethlisberger praised Gibson’s empathy and individuality, with tributes from W E Sandelius and Dr John Ise. Pianist Jan Chiapasso rendered Gibson’s favorite classical pieces at the start.
Kenneth D Hornberger age 11 died suddenly Sunday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after illness while playing in the yard. Autopsy planned. Born June 30 1943 in Lawrence he was a Cordley School sixth grader. Funeral at 2 at Funeral Home with Rev. Albert F Bramble officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by parents and three grandparents Henry Hornberger and Mr and Mrs Edgar Dolan of Lawrence. Orville Sample obituary notes 54 killed in Tina Missouri farm accident when his tractor overturned. Burial and services scheduled in Tina. He leaves a wife a son and a daughter two brothers Floyd Sample and Theodore Sample and a sister Mrs RC Keck of Tonganoxie.
William F. Mayberry, brother of Mrs. Beatrice Pennell of Lawrence, died Saturday at his Topeka home aged 52. Born in Kentucky, he had lived in Topeka 11 years and worked as a plumber. He is survived by his wife, another sister, and three brothers.
David Andrew Michael 74 died Friday morning at his Overbrook home. Funeral services were Sunday at Overbrook Methodist Church with burial in Overbrook Cemetery. Born November 7 1880 in Douglas County he was a former employee of the state Highway Department and Watson Construction Co of Topeka. He retired ten years ago. Surviving are his wife Cora two sons Otto Michael of Wichita and Leo Michael of Topeka a grandson Dennis Michael of Topeka and two sisters Bertha Williams Scranton and Eva Wendt Topeka.
Donald Patterson 14 son of Mr and Mrs Alva Patterson Perry died Friday night at home. Survived by parents two sisters Donna Jean and Charlotte Kay of Perry two grandmothers Mrs Louis Meyer Valley Falls and Mrs Kate Sway Valley Falls one great grandfather John Blevins Oskaloosa and great grandmother Mrs Kate Sway Valley Falls Funeral services held this afternoon at the Perry Methodist Church.
A. O. Phillips of Lawrence age 88 died Saturday in a Topeka hospital. Born January 17, 1867 he had lived in Topeka sixty years. Survived by three daughters and a sister. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Parker Mortuary Topeka with burial in Rochester Cemetery.
Kansas City market details show eggs grade A at 60 percent, assorted weights for butter grade A and other dairy specs. Poultry rates list hens under 4 percent, fryers at 12 to 14 pounds, white and red meat cuts, turkeys around 26 pounds, and capons with varied weights. Geese, ducks, and guinea fowl priced per pound ranges.
The market advanced in late trade with declines in some areas. Gains of 1 to 2 points occurred across many sectors led by sugars, steels, electrical equipment, airlines, several atomic stocks, and multiple individual issues. Notable gainers included West Indies Sugar, South Porto Rico Sugar, Bethlehem Steel, New York Central, Houston Oil, United Air Lines, Union Carbide, Boeing, and Copper.
Theodore E Madison aged 28 of 1216 North J Street was fined 25 dollars today in police court for drunkenness and resisting arrest.
Peter Korth a 19 year old of 1320 Ohio Street was fined 25 dollars in police court for vandalism after allegedly throwing a rock through a window at the Hazlett home 414 West 14th Street last Thursday evening. The fine was suspended and he was placed on probation until the end of the school year.
Two young Bonner Springs girls Patty Barnes twelve and Dorothy Eiserman eleven drowned Saturday afternoon after a horse they rode threw them into a farm pond on the O M Larson farm six miles southwest of Bonner Springs. Arlene Eiserman fourteen alerted neighbors who recovered the bodies after a wire net drag. Resuscitation failed after about ninety minutes. Firemen deputies and sheriffs aided in the rescue and burials were arranged at Quisenberry and Alden Hem rington funeral homes.
April 1 saw a surge of licenses issued by the Probate Court, more than on any single day since February 14. Licenses were granted to pairs including Virgil O Frost and Beverly Sue Crumet of Lawrence, Jack M Lindberg and Petrena D Knoles of Lawrence, John D Boten and Ruth Ann Royer of Topeka, Richard L Liester and Sally Ann Kiddoo of Coffeyville, George D Cameron of Wichita and Marilyn J Weston of Arkansas City, Willard L McCracken, Eu mol Laney of Kansas City Mo, John B Hodgkins and Gladys M Murphy of Bonner Springs, plus others.
E Baird aged 21 of Lawrence and Joan Stockmeyer aged 21 of Gardner along with Nartha H Miller aged 40 and Helen R Richards aged 40, both of Lawrence, and David H Wildermuth aged 26 with Glenna M Icks aged 29, both of Lawrence appear in the listing.
Lawrence Junior High Student Council teams with Save the Children Federation to collect clean wearable clothing for underprivileged people in the United States and abroad. Miss Frieda Cowles notes gaps in shoes and clothing even domestically. Items needed include sheets blankets shoes and adult and child clothing with pickup via the Junior High Office at 4731 on Tuesday. Last year the drive collected over a ton for the federation and a half ton was sent to the local Social Service League for Lawrence families.
Six persons named Robert Davis Hill Dickie Kent Walt Elmer F Gordimier Harry Regan Herman Charming Chester Albert Newland were fined in County Court for traffic violations. Details include faulty brakes stoppage offences speeding improper passing failure to yield and costs totaling amounts listed.
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