Lawrence's 10 year boom drives up city and utility costs
Lawrence shows a decade of rapid growth with water sewer costs at 1.2 million and major private utility boosts. City population rose from 15 377 in 1945 toward 21 000 by 1955 while housing financing and bank deposits surged, amid record weather shifts and a push for new jobs to sustain prosperity.
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Cameron’s
Douglas County
Lawrence
Journal-World
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Bank
E. R. Zook
Chamber of Commierce
Kansas University
Park Hill
Haskell Avenue
Journal-World Map
Community celebrates milestone as neighbors gather
A birthday celebration at a local home featured ice cream and cake. The Keuster family joined Mr. and Mrs. John Bowman for supper. Mariel Jackson returned to Buckhannon after visiting relatives. The Fairview WSC joined Centenary Church Women at Clinton Park for a Wednesday picnic in Lawrence. The wedding of Evelyn Griffith and Paul Johnston at First Methodist Church in Lawrence drew many relatives and friends. Alfred Seele and wife purchased the Koehler farm to settle there, and Ethel Cowles returned from Madison Wisconsin.
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Keuster
John Bowman
Mariel Jackson
Buckhannon
W. Va
James Denham
Fairview
W.S.C
W.S.C.S
North Lawrence
Paul Johnston
First Methodist
Lawrence
Alfred Seele
No. 6
Koehler
Charles Ralston
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Monitor Report
Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence reports several callers seeking observation and treatment. Names include Mrs Lena Day with relatives Koehler and son John, Mr Mrs John West, Jun Mabel Peters, Vinton Peters, and Margaret Carson mentioned in addition.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Everal
Lena Day
Ning
Koehler
John
John West
Jun
Mabel and
Vinton Peters
Margaret Carson
Kansas State horticulture field day near Manhattan
The annual field day at the Kansas State College horticultural farm southwest of Manhattan is set for Wednesday. Registration opens at 9 30 with a program touring vegetable fruit ornamental plots. Lunch is available on the farm grounds at cost. Noon speakers include James A. McCain president A D Weber dean and R I Throckmorton dean emeritus.
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Kansas State College
Manhattan
James A. McCain
A.D. Weber
School of Agriculture
R. I. Throckmorton
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