Galaso family ferries blue grotto tours face motor age
Tapii, Apr. 20, U Cirro Galaso and his two sons run old style rowboat tours to the Grotto Azzurra from Grande Masina. They fear motor boats will ruin their craft and livelihood as speed becomes the new standard for tourists.
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Hal Boyle
Cirro Galaso
Cirro
Grande Masina
Little Isle
Grotto Azzurra
Cirvo
Blue Grotta
Galason
Pietro
Galsso
Frankfort Wins Twentieth Grain Contest in Lawrence
Frankfort high school won the twentieth annual grain judging grain grading and grain identification contest held at Lawrence high school attended by eleven eastern Kansas schools. Scores show Frankfort 1565 Ottawa 1442 Emporia 1361 Overbrook 1291 Valley Falls 1245. Lawrence and Tonganoxie teams did not contend for honors. Emporia won the grain judging division. Frankfort and Emporia received trophies from their sponsor chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort High School
Lawrence
Tonganoxie Future Farmers
Lawrence High School
Kansas
Frankfort
Ottawa
Emporia
Overbrook
Valley Falls
Tonganoxie
Robert Wulfkuhle
Orville Buchheim
George Stouffer
Darrell Houk
Grain judging division awards given to top teams and individuals
Ribbons were awarded to the three leading teams and the three top individuals in the grain judging division, recognizing excellence in judging and presentation.
New Job Opportunities For Ex Service Men
War department offers ex service members honorably discharged on or after May 12 1945 a chance to enlist in the regular army in their MOS. Enlistment must occur by June 30 1946 with pay, training, and career prospects, details at the U S Army Recruiting Sub Station in the Lawrence Kansas post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Army
U.S. Army
Lawrence
Kan
Property Check Begins Along Proposed Highway Route
Appraisers start surveying land along a new 5.7 mile stretch west of Emporia Kansas as the state highway commission files condemnation against 45 tracts. The route runs on high ground north of the present road, often flooded by Cottonwood River. Wichita hosts National League of Women Voters leader Anna Lord Strauss for Kansas league convention May 7-8 after attending the national meet in Kansas City April 30 to May 3.
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Emporia
Kan
State Highway Commission
Mich
Wichita
Anna Lord Strauss
New York City
National League of Women Voters
Kansas League
Stroud
Kansas City
Far East areas to open to navy families
The navy announced that effective May 1 areas including Japan Okinawa and the Philippines would be opened to families of officers and enlisted men stationed there. Requests for permission must be filed with base commanders. Families may also go to North Africa Argentina Newfoundland the United Kingdom Europe the Caribbean South America Haiti the Dominican Republic Mexico Alaska the Aleutians the Carolines Marshalls Palaus Marianas Hawaii Guam Samoa and Midway.
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Washington
Navy
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
North Africa
Argentina
Newfoundland
United Kingdom
Europe
Caribbean
South America
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Alaska
Aleutians
Carolines
Marshalls
Palaus
Marianas Islands
Hawaii
Guam
Samoa
Midway
North Lawrence Woodlawn PTA meeting report and social
The Woodlawn P T A met in the school auditorium with Miss Annabelle Keeler playing harp solos. Officers installed included President Mrs Robert Frakes Vice President Mrs Jim Cole Secretary Mrs Dave Wilson and Treasurer Mrs Dwight Kunkle. Various community updates followed includes births visits and Easter plans with several local families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn P.T.A
Annabelle Keeler
North Lawrence Christian Church
Robert Frakes
Jim Cole
Dave Wilson
Dwight Kunkle
James Frame
Springfield
Thomas Popplewell
Jack Popplewell
Kansas City
Charles S. Davis
Little Rock
Ark
Charles
Locust Street
Opal Wilson
Linwood
Anna Skeets
Cora Bell
Bert Gastel
Shawnee
Erchel Allen
Joplin
Edward Jost
John Pickens
Faye Margaret Pickens
Bessie Mason
Ira Tkenberry
Baldwin
Local Social Notes Detail Large Weekend Gatherings
Connie HadI and others share home time with relatives. multiple families attend meals and church events. Funeral attendance brings together Kolars and related clans from Cuba Kan and Washington. Charlie visits, military updates from Marine Dragon, and residents visit kin in Leavenworth and Topeka.
Out Our Way Social Notes and Visits
Sunday visits include Hellstroms and the Frame family with Christian Wright in Kansas City. H n H pinochle club met at Ernest Wilsons with prizes to Mrs LeRoy Alexander and Mrs E Lee Miller. The next meeting will be April 30 with LeRoy Alexander and guests from Oregon and Missouri. Fisherman’s League at North Lawrence Christian church had 15 members present.
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Connie Hadi
Fred Shirk
Mefford Whitsitt
Lloyd Lash
Helen Masonic
B. M. Swain
Rollo Jeffries
John L. Kennedy
Ernest Mason
Joe Kolars
Ernest Kolars
Edward Kolars
Anna Kolars
Frank. Kolars
Cuba
Kan
Frank Pleveka
Belleville
Milton Castell
Tonganoxie
Edward Fritz
Washington
Luther Eszley
Roger, Ark
Carl Weckworth
Obama
Neb
Billy Kolars
University Hospital
Kansas City
Eldon Hulce
Globe
Ira Skenberry
Baldwin
Cpl
Ralph Hubbel
U.S.S. Marine Dragon
Oakland
Lloyd Hodson
Harrisville
Ark
Arthur Hicks
Ada Hicks
Martha Transue
Elm Street
Frank Barbourn
Evanston
Woo
North Lawrence Christian Church
Ben Shanklin
Lloyd Rockhold
Egerton
Hugh Hines
Cyrena’ Bateson
Katie Cook
Virgil Bates
Edna Lee
Lakeview
Centenary
Woward Smith
T. L. Smith
Shawnee Lake
C. W. Wischropp
Topeka
Bob Hadt
Will Hadt
Harold Haas
LeRon Wilcox
Dorothy Miller
Roy Miller
Paul Abel
Axel
Land
Oregon
Effie Hart
Springfield
Mra
J. H. Frame
Christian Wright
George Krum
Hugh Lipp
Budd
Fo Budd
Fisherman’s League of the | North
Lawrence Christian Church
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Ernie Pylee
Dorothy Lamour
Jon Hall
Bette Davis
John Dall
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Harold Tuttle
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