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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1925
Page
5
The Camp Fire group faced rain while holding its first annual gathering. Misae Hertzler led guardianship, with Harriet Bleakley and others lighting candies and Helen Cleveland extinguishing the fire. The event included camp crafts, nature lore, and planned honors for four leather awards.
Personal notes list Miss Gladys Lucke returning home to Girard after summer school nearby. Various residents, including Miss Florence Ladw, Miss Lilian Slojn, Miss Reba Cullum, and Miss Marion Lawrence, are noted for travels, vacations, and visits across Kansas, Colorado, and Missouri, with several heading to Kansas City for weekends and breaks.
Camp Fire activities are outlined with planning for a Moon Festival in August, a Lawrence to Mount Pleasant camping trip, and a tentative guard staff including Miss Nettie Wismer and Miss Vera Moren. Meetings, lessons in bandaging, fashioning clothes for children, and hikes are noted with several guardians and members named.
Secretary and Virginia Hosford treasurer escort girls to guardian Miss Hilda Keeler's country home five miles south of Lawrence last Saturday. They arrived 6:30 after starting at 4. A marshmallow roast and songs followed a business meeting, then a 9:30 bedtime. Breakfast of bacon and eggs cooked on hot stones, cocoa over the camp fire. Health charts begun the next morning. After dinner at the Methodist church nearby guardian escorted the girls home. Each girl earned an honor. attendees included Hilda Koehler, Rachel Edson, Georgiana Edson, Ruth Rose, Helen Rose, Lillian Yaka, Genevieve Curby, Rays Brooks, Gladys Brooks, and Miss Bessie Hutland, who is ill in St Johns Hospital Leavenworth.
London reports that royal coaches and carriages wear out faster than those of subjects and are often sold to rich businessmen or used for film work. Many awaiting transport to America have crests and identifiers removed, with upholstery stripped, as part of gale conditions.
Italy's unemployment shows a rapid fall per National Association for Social Insurance. May 1 total 101,405 unemployed, down 25,116 from April 1, with 24,675 women included. Road information maps for Emporia Kansas are also noted in the page.
Tourists visiting Lyon County and Kansas will learn about local sights via Toursists Park programs. Distribution details describe how visitors access guided tours, with emphasis on historic sites and regional attractions. Local organizations partner to promote regional heritage and hospitality through curated itineraries.
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