Yo-Yo finals scheduled at Patee theater this Saturday
The Journal-World reports the city wide yo-yo tournament finals set for Saturday at Patee theater with 55 prize value. Elimination rounds start 9:80 AM, big final at 1:30 PM, prizes awarded 9 PM. Filipino yo-yo champ Jerry Anolin directs. Buck Jones appears on screen in One Man Law alongside events. Grand prize is 25 cash with 30 in merchandise for runner ups from local merchants.
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Journal-World
Patee
Lane Chandler
Jordan
Jerry Anolin
Lawrence
Charles “Buck” Jones
Fritts- Stowits Drug Store
Ernst & Sim
Shimmons Brother
Boy Scout
Cutter’s Hardware
Help Yourself
Lis’ & Hesse
Garter’s China
Brown-hilt Shoe
Beal Brothers
Miller-Jones Shoe
J. C. J. Penney Company
Achning’s Hardware
Brinkman’s Bakery
Bargain Center
Wiedeman’s
Lescher Shoe Repair
Roberts
Hook & Green
Montgomery Ward & Company
Boulders Remove Roadside Stones for Rock Gardens
Spring brings city folk to the countryside to gather stones for rock gardens and pools. Farmers fear damaged fences as seekers raid margins. some hire trucks to haul rocks. Some see a potential business near cities, with fields of rock near Lawrence and long stone fences.
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Kansas City
Hities
Lawrence Lare
Rocks
Brackett pupils take exams at Lawrence in eighth grade
Brackett School eighth graders Pauline Richards and Olive Waude Evans journeyed to Lawrence Saturday for examinations. Both have perfect attendance records lasting seven and six years respectively, under teacher Mrs. W. T. Davis. The district school meeting met Friday at 2 pm with Willard Jeffrie elected treasurer and Davis reelected as Brackett’s teacher after years of service. Also noted are local moves, a Farm Bureau gathering, pruning guidance, a junior music club program, and community obituaries including Wilson Martin, a pioneer farmer and Farm Bureau member. Funeral services were held with Rev. Theodore H. Astman officiating. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Pauline Richards
Olive Waude Evans
Brackett School
Lawrence
Pauline
Olive Maude
W. T. Davis
Willard “ Jeffrie
Wi. T. Davis
Brackett
Chas
Ice
Kanwaka
Lee Colman
Brackett Fa Bureau Group
John Vi Patchen
Guy Bigs Allesson
Wanice Patchen
Junor Music Club
Weidemann’s
Moments Musicale
Schubert
Haydn
Janice Patchen
Curtis Dalton
Borredell Dalton
Martin
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
Sigel
Theodore H. Astman
Alyss Dorothy Enlow
Elmer Brown
R. K. Glatthaar
Will Banning
Will Sprall
Paul Winter
Archie Tweed
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mary Martin
Robert Martin
Pleasant ‘Hour Club
Air Castle Farm
John Levete
Guy Folks
Free
Daniel Kirby
W. F. McClelland
United States
Bertha Rudiger
Telones Shirley
Ralph Kirby
Donna Rap
Brackett School House Hosts Evening Basket Dinner
Members are invited to attend a basket dinner at the Brackett school house in connection with the closing of school. If unable to attend, join the afternoon program at 1 o clock.
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Brackett
Worden Community News Highlights Local Weddings and Meetings
Worden residents share visits and chores with families across Kaw Valley. Miss Frances Breithaupt and others attend Central School. Faye Wintermantle hired to teach No. 4. The Women's Missionary Society met April 14 with 36 members and guests, raising Easter Egg funds and planning May 12 events. Community members assisted with silo construction for Henry Johanning and attended the Union schoolhouse meeting. Dr E G L Harbour from Lawrence visited his mother.
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Frances Breithaupt
Pauline Stoebener
Stella Deskines
Wilma
Henry Seele
Alvin and
Olin
Katie Oswald
Seeles
Cc. G. Schwartz
Carl Plambeck
Elisabeth
Antonette
Lizzie Hack
Otto Hack
W. H. Johanning
Helen
Carl
Carl Schwartz
Otto Altenbernd
Kaw Valley
J. Nelson
Gertrude Schott
Nellie Stewart
Near Vinland
Lucas Fleer
Woman's Missionary Society
J. T. Schwalm
Henry Tipper
Henry Schwartz
Sophia Heim
Little Herald
Walter Pohl
Eudora
John Stahel
Oscar Heinon
Worden
Ivan Schwartz
Melvin
Betty Jean
W.H. Johanning
Ray Vaughn
Henry Johanning
Union Schoolhouse
E. G. L. Harbour
Lawrence
A. E. Harbour
Johnnie Bill Gibson
Fred
Family illness and social visit noted in small town item
A sketch of domestic happenings mentions a fleet of relatives on the sick list and Miss Kate Griffith of Colorado visiting Mrs. J. P. Brubaker who is very ill. The piece also notes Mrs Earl Shipps planning a prize event for Miss Gertrude Shott.
Birthday Dinner Honors Miss Schott and Miss Heim
Sunday, April 17 marked birthdays for Miss Schott and Miss Margaret Heim with a bountiful dinner. Guests included Miss Gertrude Schott, Misses Margaret and Sophia Heim, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Breithaupt and family, Miss Nelle Leaf, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shippa and family. Inclement weather kept some away. Hattie Schwartz stayed at Will Darom and Frank Selch homes near Stull. Mrs. Selch joined visits with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Damm. Mrs. Wm. Lynch and Irene spent Tuesday with Noah Barn’s family. Theo Elm, Johnnie Breithaupt, Donald and Frances, Mrs. John Lyons and son, Harrler, and Mrs. Oscar Heinon and son attended in shifts. Florence Heim spent Sunday with her grandmother. Lawrence shopping crowd included Mr. and Mrs. Christine Heim.
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Miss Schott
Margaret Heim
Gertrude Schott
Margaret
Sophia Heim
J. W. Breithaupt
Nelle Leaf
Earl Shippa
Hattie Schwartz
Will Darom
Frank Selch
Stull
Ernest Damm
Wm. Lynch
Irene
Jgack
Noah
Theo. Elm
Mia
John‘nie Breithaupt
Donald
Frances
John Lyons
Harr Ler
Oscar Heinon
Wee Nee
Florence Heim
Lawrence
Christine Heim
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Columbis
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