County to gain from new road and bridge contracts
In Topeka on Monday the state highway commission awarded contracts totaling 261 771 20 for surfacing and resurfacing in the First Highway division including Douglas county. Projects cover U S 50 Baldwin to county line and K 83 near U S 50S with labor to be drawn from local re employment lists and contractors’ crews from the locality. Work will begin as equipment moves in and laborers are urged to apply promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Topeka
State Highway Commission
First Highway Division
U.S
Hutchinson
U. S.50s
Thormartin-Reis Construction Co
Fort Scott
U.S. Son
Tang Creek
U. S
Yane Construction Co
Abilene
Harry Darby
Darby
NRA
North Lawrence social news highlights and visits
North Lawrence residents host dinners and visits across town. Families including Adams, Shrimplins, Johns, McCoin, Hicks, Fairbanks and Kirkman are noted at homes, hospitals and events. Upcoming basket dinner at First Baptist and World Fair plans are mentioned along with travel to Ozarks and Osawatomie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. Adams
5Th Street
Adams
Milton Adams
Kansas City
Roy Adams
Emmet Adams
Virginia
Geraldine
H. Westerhouse
North Street
Eudora
R. D. Stanley
Elm Street
W. J. Day
Mary Jane
Hueston
California
Nevada
Shrimplin
Ellie Shrimplin
Maggie Shrimplin
W. M. Shrimplin
State Lake
Roy Rule
la Vesta
C. S. Johnston
Osawatomie
Charles Hicks
Ila Martin
Ruth Johns
Ozarks
Pittsburg
Bacnell Dam
Annie May Fairbanks
Elmira
Herrandmothers
Fairbanks
Whitsitt
Lincoln Street
Willis Reeves
Erelyn
Delaware Street
North Lawrence
Roy Bushey
Hilda Mae
Lenna Wiley
Myrtle Mae Womack
Garnett
June Chandler
Webster, Kaw
el Dorado
Walter Helstrom
Perry Street
Henry Hess
Stevens
Mrs. Stevens
Mr. Hess
Bill Kerns
Jack
Maryland
Washington Daybook notes on housing loans and political shifts
A Washington Daybook column by Herbert Peumieh discusses the Home Owners' Loan Corporation facing public pressure to refinance mortgages, plus reflections on Ohio's W. W. Durbin receiving the Treasury Register appointment and NRA quirks. It highlights misunderstandings about loan terms, a Chicago Democratic convention memory, and a broker who must raise wages under NRA codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Recovery
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
W.W. Durbin
Kenton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ohio
Durbin
Roosevelt
W. W. Durbin
Register of the Treasury
Big Jim
Farley
Local residents share news from Baldwin and beyond
A collection of short notices notes visits travels and family gatherings. Names include Roy Parsons F O Hess Billie Finch er Melvin Hicks Ray Anderson Charles Hicks Emma Dicker Laura Gordon Roy Haney Stanley family reunions and various relatives visiting in Kansas City Baldwin and nearby areas. Events include trips to New York Oklahoma and the Ozarks along with local gatherings and birthday celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Parsons
Indiana
F. O. Hess
Billie Fincher
Baldwin
Epworth League Institute
Melvin Hicks
Ray Anderson
Melvin
Charles Hicks
Elm Street
Shakers
The
Christian Church
Kansas City
Willie
Lee
Emma Dicker
Laura Gordon
Maggie Shrimplin
Long Beach
Cal
Roy Haney
Ozarks
Charles Haney
Stanley
Brown's Grove
Clinton Park
Richardson
Etta Dick
Iva McHenry
Pleasant Street
As, & Companion
Woodlawn
L. C. House
Baldwin News Epworth Institute week program and visits
Rev W C Mulvane pastor arrives in Baldwin as Epworth League Institute dean. Eunice Hammond returns to Vinland after visiting Miss Frances Bailey. Florence Dorsey of Cameron stays at Phi Mu. Burnett family weekend in Lawrence. Week programs include poker night with Wal Fleming, Old Baker Quartet, a Rev Ralph O Taylor address, missionary night, Prof W J Williams talk, Evangelistic service led by Rev Schuyler Garth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Mulvane
Lowman Hill
Topeka
Baldwin
Mulvane
Epworth League Institute
Eunice Hammond
Vinland
Frances Bailey
Florence Dorsey
Cameron
Phi Mu
Andrank Burnett
Donald
Junior Burnett
Lawrence
W. J. Williams
Baker
Schuy
Garth
Christ's Church
Pittsburgh
Penn
Impressive camp fire service led by two clergymen
Dr. O E Allison of Kansas City and Dr. James Chubb of Winfield will lead the annual camp fire service Saturday evening. Several visitors came for the League Institute including Miss Frances Neff and Miss Mildred Black with others from Kansas City. Wendell Dean is improving after a recent illness and Evelyn Butler from Pittsburgh arrived to supervise the Institute dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Allison
Kansas City
James Chubb
Winfield
Dorothy
Helen Cunningham
Dorothy Ann Allison
Washington Avenue Church
Kan
Baldwin
League Institute
Frances Neff
Mildred Black
A. L. Day
Day
Institute
Marlene Dalke
Cameron
Wendell Dean
Evelyn Butler
Pittsburgh
Wiley A. Kere
Baldwin Institute Community Notes Highlights Visitors and Faculty
A Baldwin Institute update lists Miss Myrtle Millikan returning from Edna, plus numerous visits by Miss Macbeth Billet of Princeton and many others visiting or teaching this week. Rev RG Anderson, Rev Paul Durham, and several Baker College affiliates are noted, with faculty additions including Evelyn Young and Wallace Fleming attending Rotary events.
Baker University Epworth League Institute Opens with Music
The Epworth League Institute at Baker University in Baldwin opened with a "Baker night" program led by Rev. W. Hastie and Lucien Harrison on piano. President Wallace B. Fleming welcomed attendees, followed by Baker alumni and students in a musical program featuring Prof. Paul Evans orchestra numbers, his composition Its That Old Baker Spirit, a Hubay violin solo Gypsy Airs by Betty Ebright, and the Old Baker quartet performing Winter King Dem Bells and Sweet and Low. Enrollment rose to 715 fully registered. Miss Trene Sterling of Peabody is visiting Baldwin. Philip Barnthouse of Grover, Colorado, serves as a Dummy Waiter. Baldwin Rotary Club guests dined with T. A. Evans and Mrs Anna Kirkpatrick. Also noted: a tragic accident in Oklahoma City where six-year-old Richard Barrington was killed by a playmate using a .22 rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League Institute
Baker
W. Hastie
Coffeyville
Lucien Harrison
Wallace B. Fleming
Baker University
Paul Evans
Hubay
Betty’ Ebright
Merle Fischer
Trene Sterling
Peabody
Baldwin
Tri Delta House
Philip Barnthouse
Grover
Colorado
Oklahoma City
Richard Barrington
Claude Paschall
Claude
DROWN WHEN DIKES FAIL AT KAIFENG FLOODS
Thousands of peasants reportedly drowned as Yellow River dikes broke near Kaifeng Henan province. Flood waters covered vast areas as the stream roared on. Efforts mounted to fortify city walls with sandbags to delay a possible breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaifeng
Henan
China
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Herbert Peumieh
Theother
Congress
Chicago
Gover
Blue Eagle
Baldwin News
Lawrence Country Club
Louie Kuhn
Hestra Juat
Alexander
N. H
Chevrolet
Fisher
America
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
B. Flint
Specondey G.mlac
Terms
Davis-Child Motor Co
Kennedy Plumbing CO
Green Bros
Kansas Electric Power Co
Myrtle Millikan
Edna
A. S. Goodwin
Macbeth Billet
Princeton
Independence
Havana
RG. Anderson
Neva Owen
Council Grove
Mary Margaret Williams
Hays Wardrip
Calvin E. Holman
Rosema
Marjorie
Manhattan
Singleton
Billy
College of Emporia
T. A. Evans
Zora LeMay
Anna Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
W. M. Balrhome
John Garrett
Patricia Ann
Milwaukee
W. H. Garrett
Marcial Burroughs
Delta Zeta House
Ethel
Frances
Edna Wilson
Kansas
James Wright
Esther
Polly
Joan
Blue Rapids
Rotary
Rian AY
S. W Cor
12Th
Quk
Kansas City, MO
Eddie Cantor
Eldridge
Lawrence, Main
Baldwin Rotary Club
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