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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1964
Page
11
Dear Abby style column notes a niece angered by her aunt who shops year round for Christmas gifts, saving money to the point of faded, worn presents, and the niece asks if she should confront her. The advice urges release of anger and focusing on forgiveness.
The Kanwaka 4-H Club sponsored an annual health clinic at Kanwaka Hall drawing 60 attendees. Vaccinations included 47 tetanus 20 smallpox plus four TB tests seven DPT and one polio shot. Dr Dale Clinton and public health nurses assisted with services.
Produce counters nationwide are stocked with asparagus green beans cauliflower yellow corn avocados and strawberries. Prices are dropping toward best buy levels as dairy eggs and seasonal items enter emphasis zones. Beef and pork dominate specials with varied steaks roasts and hams while regional seafood like swordfish clams smelts and crabmeat appear as popular buys.
Eddie Bond shown a fishing film in Newfoundland at the April Cub Scout Pack 3025 meeting. Den 9 opened with flag, Den 1 led a bear hunt, Den 6 displayed a third identification game, and Mrs. John Chambers directed singing. Cubmaster Phil Stiles awarded Wolf badges to Terry Frazier and Mark McCarthy, Bear badges to Mike Alexander David Parsons Rodney Heine Rusty Hamm Randy Hamm, gold arrows to Gary Houk Mike Gillespie, silver arrows to Dick Sweeny Steven Tate Scot Dowd Mike Gillespie Bear silver arrow to David Wescoe John Walker, with Den 8 winning the cubby attendance award.
The record notes that since 1896 the United States has produced more than 208 million vehicles, marking a major milestone in the country's industrial history.
Brenda, an 8 pound baby girl, joins the Big Crow family of the Pine Ridge Reservation. The 40 year old mother and baby are reported well. The Big Crow family includes nineteen living children from a four room house without electricity. James Big Crow works for farmer Ansel Harris. Eldest son Robert, 20, serves in the Navy. Ten children are twins or survivors of twin births. seven attend Holy Rosary Mission School and six attend a local government boarding school.
Mrs Clyde Kampschroeder hosted a Riverside Home Demonstration gathering with seventeen members and a guest. Mrs Oletha Blevins presented a Look Smart fashion lesson and guidance for various figure types.
Six members of the Topeka Mothers of Twins Club were guests of the Lawrence MOTC for a recent meeting in the Pioneer Room of the Community Building. They planned to attend the state convention in Hutchinson. Mrs. Shirley Cox won the door prize. The next Lawrence MOTC meeting will be at 7 30 p m May 5 in the Community Building. Any mother of twins is welcome to attend.
Army Specialist Five Lawrence Middaugh from Topeka and Kansas University graduate, who resides with his wife Susan at 539 Ohio, reports to Fort Leavenworth. Marine Private First Class Thomas Risk, son of Lowell Risk, completed four weeks of combat training at Camp Pendleton. Airman Third Class John Williams, son of Raymond Williams of Tonganoxie, is reassigned to Luke AFB after weapons systems training. Navy personnel Richard Beaty and Bruce White participated in the Seventh Fleet exercise Crazy Horse aboard USS Kitty Hawk. Leroy Cooley of Lawrence serves on USS Yorktown, named outstanding ship with the Battle Efficiency E award for the Pacific Fleet.
The Department of Theater and Drama at Kansas University will hold an awards dinner at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the Big 8 Room of the Kansas Union. Outstanding students in the department will receive awards presented by faculty members.
Los Angeles Times reports a surge in cosmetic innovations this season including ear nail polish that decorates ear robes, a long nail form that resists breaking, and wild flower lip and nail colors. A cow blood based wrinkle lotion from a meat packing lab promises temporary rejuvenation with lifelike light reflection but short duration.
A comic domestic scene unfolds as a husband barges in from work worried by his wife’s mood and a vacuuming mishap. The exchange flips from concern to humor over ear glow and mandarin finger nails as tears break through.
The Four Renegades of Chicago performed at Lawrence High School during the Fifth Annual Parade of Quartets. Sponsored by Barberhawks Chorus of SPEBSQSA, the group showcased comic and barber shop tunes. Members include Warren Haeger, Ben Williams, Jim Foley, and Tom Felgen with diverse day jobs. Other acts were Aqua-Tones of Lawrence and Deck-Oo Chords of Kansas City. The Barberhawks, led by Jim Curry, opened the show while the Lawrence Sweet Adelines prepared for May regional competition under Sylvia Nahman.
Eight members of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 669 finished the Red Cross Standard First Aid Course held at Centenary Methodist Church this spring. The graduates were Virginia Adams Venita Burns Christeen Davis Beth Furneaux Linda Lang Mary Pilch Linda Kay Schild and Anne Stewart. Leaders were Mrs. E R Hall and Mrs. Bennie Stewart.
Victor DuBois of the American Universities Field Staff will discuss The Intellectual's Place in Changing Africa at noon Wednesday during KU's Faculty Forum. The luncheon in the Kansas Union English Room follows DuBois' 1962 Princeton Ph.D. in political science and focus on former French colonies in Africa.
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