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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1950

Page

6

Chicago Swimmer Has No Designs on English Channel

Chicago swimmer William Gifford, 50, famed for yearly 500 mile estimates, plans to swim Michigan waters as air and water temperature guide his route. He carries a wrist thermometer, aiming for April to November season, while U S cities pursue smoke control and the Navajo Nation noted as the largest tribe by the National Geographic Society.

Chicago William Lewis Gifford Gifford Michigan

Lawrence News Briefs Include Weddings And Club Events

Social notices recount the Perry and Wood wedding party at the Country Club and a Kansas City ceremony for Miss Jeanne Hager and Bruce D. Wood. Adah Chapter hosts a two-table dinner bridge at Castle Tea Room with officers honored and prizes awarded. Legion Auxiliary sews, Friendly House meets, and Ladies Day golf set at Lawrence Country Club. Multiple engagements and local notices conclude the community roundup.

James L. Perry Ed Wood Carlinville, YL Warren’ Waters Newton Lawrence Jeanne Hager Arthur B. Hager Kansas City Bruce D. Wood Edward Wood Carlinville Country Club Congregational Liberty Memorial High School Patty Lu Steen Jill Perry L. R. Perry WC. Beougher John Selig Vivian Webster Adah Order of the Eastern Star Castle Tea Room California Torthy Andy Fugene Brune A. B. Ewing Kunkle Mildred Ma Fdythe Salvesen E.E. Alexander George Berg Chat Stanley Norman Ralph Achning Robert Frakes Robert Guntert George Mole Carl Amyx Luke Smith Eugene Miller Frakes Ewing Mole Paxton Alexander Barwood Lawrence Country Club

College ties and weddings in Centralia area news

Centralia society notes feature Miss Shirley Jean Cundiff and Jordan Haines planned marriage as KU and KSU ties appear. Virginia Lee Brown to Jack Haley announced. Dorothy Culbreath and Russell Bridwell wed at Danforth chapel with a Castle Tea Room reception. Also recorded is the 1868 steam carriage by Richard Dudgeon as the oldest self propelled vehicle in America.

Shirley Jean Cundiff Craig Cundiff Kansas City University of Kansas Jordan Haines Harvey Hartzell Haines Sabetha K.U Phi Delta, Theta Phi Delta Phi Pi Beta Phi W. R. Brown, Jr Emmett Virginia Lee Jack Dean Haley Marshall W. Haley Bennington Miss Brown Alpha ‘Delta Ti Sorority Danforth Chapel Dorothy Louise Culbreath C. H. Culbreatht Los Angeles Calif Topeka Rusell Eugene Bridwell J. Roy Bridwell Washburn University Northwest Junior High School Bridwell University Medical Center Kanass City Phi Chi Fraternity Jeanne Marie Smith Virginia Ray Independence Linda Elliott Jordan Burikey Arkansas City Harlan Culbearth Kenneth Bridgwell James Coffman el Dorado William Chappie Castle Tea Room America Richard Dudgeon J New York

Brahmins Barred From State University Admissions in Madras

A Madras high court ruled that barring people from colleges on grounds of caste or religion violates the constitution. The government had set quotas, allocating two Brahmin seats for every 14 vacancies to curb Brahmin dominance in admissions. The state government appeals to the Supreme Court.

Madras India High Court Supreme Court of India

Speeding car delivers baby before hospital stop

In Ashtabula a patrol car chasing a speeding auto could not pause to help but arrived at General Hospital in time to assist in delivering a baby to Esther Brenneman, 21. Her husband Roger recounted they had no time to stop. The report notes a second item: Dave J. Kirn of Salina placed ninth in the Fourth International Model Plane contest in Detroit in stunt flying for gas powered planes.

Betty Uren Detroit Mich Ashtabula General Hospital Norman Hummer Robert Dieffenbacker Esther Brenneman Roger Dave J. Kirn Salina Plymouth Motors

Tips to Homemakers From a Kitchen Guide

Food hints cover cabbage color preservation with lemon juice or vinegar, green onion additions to omelets, dumpling handling by dipping the spoon in hot stew, and muffin batter portions using a quarter cup measure. A chiffon cake making tip is noted but incomplete.

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