Oldest stewardess champions extended airline career
San Francisco AP reports Ida Staggers 58, a veteran Trans World Airlines hostess, favors raising retirement age to 65. She recalls starting in 1936 with 14 passengers aboard a DC2, enjoys meeting young servicemen, and notes she plans to fly until 65 if healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Staggers
TWA
Okinawa
Vietnam
Patti Frazer
San Francisco
Hill City
Kan
Miss Staggers
Trans World Airlines
Social Calendar Highlights For Lawrence Week Ahead
A series of club and society events list times and venues across Lawrence Monday and Tuesday. Groups include Barberhawks SPE BSQSA, Pilot Club, Rebekah Lodge, Daughters of Isabella, Elks Ladies, Zodiac Club, Ladies Literary League, Friends in Council, Review Club, West Side Study Club, Ventura Club, CFCA Women’s Guild, Portia Club, Reading Club, Round Table, Lawrence Tri Delta alumnae, and Beta Sigma Phi activities with dates, times, and addresses. Wednesday notes Auxiliary No 177 to the National Association of Letter Carriers meet at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends In Council
Richard DeGeorge
Highland Review Club
Bess le Suer
Pawnee
West Side Study Club
Women's City Club
Kansas City
Ventura Club
Milton Steinhardt
Strong Ave
Cfca Women's Guild
Hays Mayo
Jasu Dr. Portia
Castle
South Side
Reading Club
C. Krum
Glenn Wolfe
Crescent Rd
Lawrence
Tri Delta
Beta Sigma Phi
Bill Vantuyl
Providence Rd
National Association of Letter Carriers
Walter Bryant
Special Week Celebrates SPEBSQSA Harmony
Lawrence barbershoppers join 30 000 singers in Harmony Week marking the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America 33rd birthday started in Tulsa on April 11 1938. Local chapter organized 12 years ago now has 22 members meeting Mondays at 8 p.m. in South Park Recreation Center. Wade Dexter is chapter president contact for information and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Barbershoppers
United States
Canada
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Tulsa Okla
South Park Recreation Center
Wade Dexter
Suits on the Rise in Home Sewing Says Lucille Rivers
Sewing expert Lucille Rivers predicts men's suits become a top home sewing project as teens and adults sew slacks belts and ties. She notes high interest in leather and suede garments, explains cost factors and quality driving the boom, and shares practical sewing tips from her shows and career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Rivers
Miss Rivers
Canada
I's
Lon Ritchie
Girl Scout Cadette Troop Completes Weekend Campout
Girl Scout Cadette Troop No. 738 finishes a weekend at Peterson Farm earning the Challenge of Emergency Preparedness and the Outdoor Safety Badge while working on requirements for the Explorer Badge. Participants include Janice Arnold and others with leaders Mrs Lassman and Mrs Kunkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Cadette
Peterson Farm
Janice Arnold
Marcia Bloom
Cindy Crain
Alison Culvahouse
Cathy Dary
Margaret Douglas
Joan Kunkle
Mary Jo Kelly
Karen Lassman
Lee Ann Lohrenz
Sharon Lucas
Moira McNamara
Kathy Merrion
Jennifer Shaw
Sally Shantz
Sheryl Sigler
Michelle Scales
Lynn Jackson
William Lassman
Ralph Kunkle
Jeaders
WSCS Circle Meetings At First United Methodist Church
Circle meetings of the Woman's Society of Christian Service are scheduled across seven circles with speakers including Louis Wolfe Rev Edwin F Price and local pastors. Devotions, programs, and teas are listed with hostesses and locations, plus a Teen Interest Group event on April 21 featuring Douglas County attorney Mike Irwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
Louis Wolfe
Lawrence Peace Center
Neal Hart
Don Laver
Gary Condra
Leander Lohrenz
Ala
S. EF. Casebier
Nélson LeSeur
Wilson Senn
N.H
Edwin F. Price
KK. W. King
King
Walter Love
Chester Spray
Everett Notthingham
Gerald Pearson
Ohio
A. V. Kirk
F. O. Russell
Sherwood Newton
Country Club Ct
Ernest Griswold
Nellie Allen
Harold Fisher
Frank Brune
Duane Smith
Lawrence Ave
David Hough
Dan Abrahamson
Mike Irwell
Douglas County
Personal notices from a Lawrence editorials page
The Rev and Mrs Lloyd Kittlaus of Knoxville arrived for a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Heck in Lawrence. Scott Phillips of Walnut Creek spent the weekend with his parents in Lawrence. he was promoted to senior analyst at Standard Oil of California in San Francisco. Mrs William C Allison of Wellesley attended the funeral of her aunt in Lawrence. The Perrys returned from a two week trip to Ann Arbor to attend the NCAA gymnastics meet and visit daughter and family. Mr Pauley accompanied them. The Ireland family returned from Houston after attending the American Association of Petroleum Geologists meeting. they visited Robert Bell in Jackson before returning to Lawrence. Guests on Sunday included their son and family from Overland Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Kittlaus
Knoxville
Arthur Heck
Scott Phillips
Walnut Creek
Calif
Guy Phillips
Phillips
Supply and Distribution Department
Standard Oil of California
San Francisco
William C. Allison
Wellesley
Mass
Lawrence
William Savage Johnson
Eere
L. R. Perry
Ann Arbor
Mich
Edward I. Pauley
Evan. IE. B. Pauley
Emporia
Mr. Pauley
Perrys
FH. A. Ireland
Strong Ave
Houston
Tex
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Robert. C. Bell
Jackson
Miss
Irelands
James A. Ireland
Mike
Polly
Todd
Stacy Lynn
Overland Park
Harps of Early Europe Use Hair and Gut Strings
Early European harps used braided horsehair or gut strings. The triangular Irish harp featured brass strings and was plucked with specially grown hooked fingernails.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barberhawks
Spebsqsa
Pilot Club
First National Bank
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
St. Jude’s Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. John’s School
Elks Ladies
Zodiac Club
Robert Greaves
Hillview Rd
Ladies Literary League
Gilbert Ulmer
Peri
Massachusetts
Kansas
A Division of
Whelon’s, Inc
East
Topeka
UP News
Paris
Ripari D’oro
Len
Girl Scout
WSCS
Christian
Del-Mar/Mengel
Del-Mar/ Mengel
Eincore
Douglas Cunty Wood Products
New Hampshire
Bayy
Nassau
Michigan
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