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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1966
Page
3
Mr and Mrs E L Haynes of 728 Ind St celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a Sunday reception at the First Baptist Church. About 200 guests attended, including sons Eugene L Haynes Jr Leawood and Marion Haynes Ames Iowa and many relatives.
Miss Sheri Mitchell daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mitchell of 2001 Mitchell Rd heads to North Carolina for wedding to Spec 4 C Jim Mull stationed at Fort Bragg with the Green Berets. Guests travel with Mull’s parents from Mission after a Lawrence shower. Also in town Hawaiian Luau at Lawrence Country Club with fish net decor and pig roasting details.
President and Mrs. Johnson host a black tie dinner at the White House for three engaged couples including Luci Nugent and Lynda Bird Johnson. Attending guests include Cabinet members and their wives and adult children. The honored couples are Robert Humphrey and Donna Erickson Richard Wirtz and Margaret Ann Hickman, Margaret McNamara and Barry Carter.
A social calendar entry notes a Wednesday gathering at 7 pm hosted by Dayreem Jaynes and Mrs Melvin Gentes on Dy Bth Street.
Mr and Mrs Glenn Beers of 1410 Summit announce the engagement of their daughter Linda to Gary Stanwix son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Stanwix of 742 Ark Linda is a 1966 Lawrence High School graduate and works at First National Bank Gary is a 1964 Lawrence High School graduate and works at the Sunflower Army Ammunitions Plant The couple plans a June wedding
Chi Votes Green Thumb Garden Club schedules an 8 p.m. Thursday meeting at 2013 Harvard Rd with guest speaker Mrs. James B. Sommerville on oriental flower arranging and tips on chrysanthemum cuttings from Mrs. Ray Culbertson. Fidelity Shrine No 11 hosts a 6:30 p.m. Friday family picnic at South Park Recreation Center with committee members named. Lawrence Chapter Sweet Adelines executive board meets at 8 p.m. with Jane Norton. The first hospital incorporated in what is now the United States was the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia chartered in 1751.
Miss Carol Martin of Route 2 joins a 20 member group from the Photographic Society of America on a three week Journey to Samar kand tour across the USSR. The party travels Amsterdam Moscow Minsk Leningrad Yalta Tbilisi and Samarkand with guides and intourist staff. Martin notes friendly people, varied hotel quality, hot weather in Samarkand, and highlights at Yalta Pyatigorsk and the Great Square in Samarkand.
Leftover cooked elbow macaroni may be used in a salad with mayonnaise chopped onion and pickle.
The G K Whitenights of Route 2 host Mrs Whitenight's sister from Pensacola for about ten days. Several families report long recent trips including Alaska by car, a five thousand mile East tour, and visits to Georgia, California, Illinois, and Canada with multiple relatives and sights en route.
Grand Rapids Michigan AP report details Arden Miser and eight children finally beginning a vacation to Higgins Lake after eight years of delay due to accidents. A loaded station wagon rear wheel locked and exploded, the family escaped with only the dog and purses saved as the car burned. The family continued toward the lake for a brief stay.
St Johns School announces: enrollment is Friday 9 to 11 a.m. for new and returning students. First day is 8 30 a.m. to noon Monday Aug 29 with half day sessions through Sept 2. Full day resumes Sept 6. cafeteria opens and Labor Day is a holiday.
The travelers make a stop at Zion National Park in Utah and at the Four Corners Monument where New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Utah meet. They also visit Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
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