Honor as an Outstanding Church Musician Given to Mrs. Harry W. Craig
A local church honors Mrs. Harry W. Craig as an outstanding church musician at a recent ceremony. The event featured reception from members of the Music Club of Kan County and guest performers including Mrs Ralph King, Mrs Meanes, Mrs Chanel Shiver, Miss Morgan Biekhops, and others. Harwood presented a vocal set and the audience included several club members and attendees from the community. The recognition underscores the church’s appreciation for Mrs Craig’s contributions to sacred music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Craig
Fae
Kansats
Cran
eMac
Laaeiomars
Italy
Fenedesd
Ralph King
Kerkortricis
Meanes
Chanel Shiver
Moargan Biehops
Pest
Harwood
Smith Named Chairman Of Electrical Engineering At Kansas
Dr William Payne Smith appointed chair of the electrical engineering department at Kansas University succeeding Dr Donald G Wilton who becomes assistant director of research for Stromberg Carlson Co in Rochester N Y. A Navy veteran and professor since 1950 at KU he joins from Texas University where he earned his PhD in 1930 and holds degrees from Minnesota University. He and his wife have two daughters and a son and live at 1641 Til St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mieter
Minnesota University
Texas
Minnesota
Commonwealth Ericson Co
Chicago
Sampson College of the Associated Colleges of
Upper New York
Prayer effort aids recovery of sick Chicago girl
In Morton Grove and nearby communities parents of six year old Gayle Russell report prayers from Protestant, Jewish and Catholic congregations helped her from a coma caused by encephalitis two weeks after an appendectomy. Doctors had given a fifty fifty chance but she began talking again after a month.
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Chicago
Litte
Gayle Russell
Morton Grove
Gayle
Ree
Paul Jussell
Iér
Spring VFW Encampment Hosted by Alford-Clarke Post 852
Alford Clarke Post 852 will host the spring encampment of the Second District VFW and Auxiliary of Kansas on Saturday and Sunday. Meetings will be in the Community Building for VFW and the Municipal Building for the Auxiliary. About 400 delegates are expected with district and department officers. Represented posts include Kansas City five posts and many others across the region. Leland L. Sanders of LaHarpe is district commander and Michael Kinney of Lawrence is district chaplain. Ed McClintock, Alford-Clarke Post commander, leads arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford-Clarke
VFW
Department of Kansas
Municpal
8Th
Vt. Sts
Kansas City
Overland Park
Pleasanton
Fort Scott
Iola
Mission
Paola
Osawatomie
Lecompton
Olathe
Ottawa
LaHarpe
Garnett
Greeley
Kincaid
Colony
Edgerton
Turner
Bethel
Lane
Parker
Sunflower
Lawrence
Leland L. Sanders
Michael Kinney
Ed McClintock
Aford- Clarke
Hillbilly Play Selected By Seniors at Haskell Institute
Seniors at Haskell Institute choose A Feudin Over Yonder as their class play to be staged in the school auditorium Friday evening in May. The three act hillbilly comedy will be directed by Vers tin G Thompkins with cast including Avis Sorrells as Rosie Belle and others such as Partridge, Dennis Sergent, Alberta Brewer, Charles Coleman, Ruth Tiger, and Jim Lasley. Local marriage licenses issued by Probate on Avon and nearby names include Jane Jackson and J C Parks with fees recorded.
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Haskell Institute
Verstin G. Thompkins
Haskell
the & Avis Sorrells
Rosie Belle
Frys
Dennis Sergent
Alberta Brewer
Charles Coleman
Ruth Tiger
Marjorie Vernwald
Jimmy Lasley
Sally Gilstrop
Charles Whitetren
Zarol Vanderslice
Barton Wright
Parsons Board Approves Teacher Salary Increases
Parsons Kansas district raises salaries for 127 public school teachers by 150 per year with some receiving adjustments up to 200. The action reflects district efforts to improve pay scales across the teaching staff.
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Parsons
Kas
Farons Board of Education
100 Women to Feel Fiery Lash Of Wednesday Atomic Blast
In Nevada 100 women will observe the atomic test from a split trench two miles from ground zero to show that simple precautions enable survival near damaged buildings. More than 15 observers will come from civil defense groups and national women's organizations. About 25 will serve breakfast for 2,000 test participants to symbolize emergency feeding after a disaster. Jean Wood Fuller urges housewives to prepare with first aid knowledge, food storage, emergency supplies, and a battery radio.
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Nev
Nevada
Ground Zero
News Noh
Jean Wood Fuller
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Publication Boosts Languish as Population Grows
William T. Burgess, publisher of the La Crosse Tribune, told the 64th American Newspaper Publishers Assn. convention that national newspaper circulation rose to an all time high in 1954 but did not keep pace with population growth. He urged publishers to address reader diversion, rising production costs, and competition from new media and processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New. York
Intersey
Burgess
N J Builder to Appeal Decision on Windfall
Newark reports that a New Jersey builder plans to appeal a federal court ruling over a Fort Lee housing project labeled a windfall profit. Judge Thomas F Meany described the ruling as first of its kind against a builder. The FHA can convene a stockholder meeting of Linwand Park Inc and assume control by electing two of three stockholders. The FHA owns all preferred stock.
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Newark
Nunn
New Jersey
Fort Lee
Federal Housing Administraton
Thomas F. Meany
FHA
Linwand Park, Inc
The
Local Residents Named To Episcopal Positions
Local residents receive appointments within the church structure. The Rev Suh was rejected as Cornet and moved to the board of the Bishop Vouk Foundation. Colfop was elected contractee of the shovese and reelected officer. Mrs Joan Keen Worn joins delegates from the Auxiliary. Mts Mires Shahan is re elected president of the Auxiliary.
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Bishop Vouk
Suh
Ty Wintse Jleweinie
Joan Keen
Auxiliary
Mts
Mires Shahan
Home Fire Here Causes Over 1500 Dollars in Damage
A Monday blaze at 1733 Miss street. Officials say a short circuit in wiring started in the basement of M. W. McBeth’s home and spread up a clothes chute to the second floor, causing smoke and structural damage. Insurance covered the building and furnishings. A second, minor car fire at 22th and Tenn streets caused by the emergency brake left on was reported with slight damage.
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M. W. McBeth
Fyfe
John Miller
Witsing
Miller
Egyptian guns silenced near Kissufim
An Israeli military spokesman said artillery today shelled and silenced an Egyptian position in the Gaza Strip area after Egyptian mortars hit an Israeli unit near Kissufim. The operation underscores continuing border tensions and sporadic cross border fire.
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Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
Kissufim
Nash Clinic Dinner Meeting Scheduled for May 7
The Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic board and staff will hold a dinner Saturday evening May 7 at the Eldridge hotel. Reservations for 6 o clock dinner must be made by calling the Tice-Douglas County Health Department at 243 or Dr. Parke Woodard at KU 348.
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Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic
Eldridge Hotel
Tice - Douglas County Health Department
Parke Woodard
K. U
Baker University events mingle with district library meet
Baker University and local leaders dominated this week’s Baldwin area notes. Misile Myrtle Haughan attended a district library convention in Holton with Mrs Helen McCarreth, while Miss Jeanette Demastus of Maker Osawatomie heads to Topeka for a memorial church shower. Charles Gordon of Lawrence Junior High visits Denver for a National Recreation meeting. Three Baldwin women joined the county tuberculosis and health association board in Lawrence.
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Mise Myrtle Haughan
Baker
Holton
Helen McCarreth
West Hall
Jeanette Demastis
Osawatomie
Topeka
Lawman Memenrial
Demasthus
Mit
Doin
Ronald Franklin Te
Roneld
Terry
Terry woTeistor
Lowouin Memorial
Charles Gordon
Lawrence
Denver
Ouf
Chivener Gordon
Baldwin
Baker University
Dat Dassson
Dastrop
Reasas
Drona
Belyeh Thom
Dia Ker
Langs Dee Gree
J. Ward Spielman
Gem Theater
Edith
Mabel Spielman
Overbrock
Michigan Valley
Overbrook
Tarald Guest
Harvey Booth
Vernon Courtney
Rodubias County
T.B. and Health Association
Parke Woodard
Fridward Cragoe
J. O. Scott
Eudora
C. O. Shepard
Kappa Sigmas
Eastern Star
Community notices from Terrhwin and Bald Win district meet
A series of local notices lists speakers and attendees for a mission program at Zevtathen led by Kathleen Mayo and Mrs Otto Selver with Ike Steele and others from Lao Wake, along with Cinldie Ayers of Wiehill. The event includes a devotional by Mrs Jay Smith and a one hour time hymn preceding the meeting. Hospitalized individuals include Gere Marquardt after a heart attack, with progress described as favorable. Future plans for local leaders like Mr Wright and Dr Tarn are noted, plus a state conclave in Kansas City and several social gatherings within the community.
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Mayo
Kathleen
Terrhwin
Zevtathen
Saeep
Omeryng
Otto Selver
Skansas State Hospital
Deleue
Bhanerdine
Amay Mie Tike Steele
Atrs
Lao
Wrdb
Ruth Gate Har
Gere Marquardt
Inga Hospital
Orlando
Fla
Marquardt
James Surrat Ble
Folger Wricht
Wright
Brenson
Eertions
Wrights
Selon T' Tarn
Baker Danagered
Tayad Mackie
Coef
Borgdaie
Parker
Davonnort
Tawi
Southwestern College
Itoof Lode
Kansas City
Harald W. Steeper
Lant Kerns
Frank E. Wolf
Hesna Club
K U Foreign Students To Entertain Officers
Kansas University foreign students will entertain Allied officers at the Command and General Staff College banquet in Leavenworth. The event, Wednesday at the Hotel Cody, is sponsored by the Leavenworth Rotary Club. The program features German band, Latin American dinner, French folk dance, and a skit titled As They See It, with Dunning as master of ceremonies and William Butler outlining details.
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Kansas Universit
Command and Gener Staff College
Fort Loruspworth
Cody
Leavenworth
Seavonworth Rotary
Footvalou Kot
Dey Dunning
Sturis Rome Pnetind
William Butler
Local Names Mentioned in Fragmentary Wedding Notes
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous names including Mrs Cs Hh OWE and Mrs Fo Leitaker along with others such as Mrs Avistrong, Mrs Ralph Wha beck Mia Ternard Stes, Mes Broa Watson, and Miss Jo Evans, indicating a social page of attendees or celebrants with multiple titles and spouses. The text remains unclear and partial, providing little context or dates.
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Giray Patton
Owe Os
Charles Facet
Fo Leitaker
Avistrong
Ralph Eel Stes Mallon
Mtr
Ralph Whabeck
Mia Ternard Stes
Marbor
EO Mintley
Jo Evans
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William
Mariage Ncenses
Avon AL Daven
Jane Jackson
Bath
Luwrense
J. C. Parks
Ant F Woods
Berth
Rent Som Davis
Wisner
Borard R. Jastremski
Yo Onmyri
Mossbutene
Fred Ewing
Roberta Law Hurd
Evadora
Donald Lee Gibbs
Danforth Chapel
Eudora Vn
Ozarks
N.J. Builder
Egypt
Nash Clinic
Don Westheffer
Warren Banning Lawrence
M. Lawrence
Velvet
Vic Melton
Don Grob
Midwest
Homes’ Plan
Midwest Home
Crysler
Independence
Vhone
Clifton
Donald Buffett
Lexington
Vom Fann
Hillcrest
Manhattan
Kans
Prescott
W. F. Short
Locust St. Boonvilles
Independence Office
Independence, Ma
NASA
Pada Tex
America
Davis Paint Associate
Mass
William Schmurt
Church of God Tith & N
Henry V. Collins
Lawrent Kan
Douglas County Building and Loan
George Washington
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