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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1950
Page
3
Dr Forrest C Phog Allen KU basketball coach will speak at a Baldwin High School banquet Wednesday evening December 13 honoring Baldwin Consolidated schools Bulldogs co champions in football in the Little Six League. Fathers of honorees will be guests. The U S has 300000000000 known tons of lignite reserves.
Detroit dispatch notes a statewide recount to determine if Democrat G Menten Williams won reelection over Republican Harry B Kelly. Nearly 1.9 million ballots were cast with county canvassing delays and a tense standoff between parties. State police guard ballot boxes as 120 lawyers join as recount supervisors.
Washington reports new Interior Department rules to safeguard public lands leased for oil and gas. From January 28 lessees must prevent soil erosion water pollution crop and timber damage and restore surfaces after operations. New lease forms accompany the streamlined regulations.
North Lawrence residents shared the holiday with extended family at various homes including the Barker district and Kanwaka. The Norris and Untred households hosted dinners while Mrs. Joe Brooks visited relatives in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The Strong and Tidd families joined Thanksgiving gatherings with the Sckell family nearby.
Horn and son Carl hosted guests for Thanksgiving with seating for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houk, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Confer and sons Gary and Walter Dwain of Stull, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Spencer and children Becky and Walter Honk, plus Mr. and Mrs. Schellhorn and Carl. The Victory club gathered at Mrs. John L. Kennedy’s home, with Mrs. Nellie Griffith, Mrs. Richard Kennedy, and Mrs. Donald Crumett as guests. Card games at two tables awarded high to Mrs. Nellie Griffith and travel prize to Mrs. Lyle Colburn. low went to Mrs. Donald Crumer. Also, Thanksgiving at E. F. Lamont’s on North Seventh included Mrs. Eva Ginest of Neodesha, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Westerhouse and Marjean, plus Don and Beverly Joshlin of Eudora, and Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis and others.
Douglas son of Newton visited Floyd Curtis a Memorial hospital patient after a recent heart attack. They also visited their aunt Mrs Goldie Hawkins. George Perdue Leroy Bateson later motored to Scottsburg Indiana to spend Thanksgiving with Mrs Perdue's parents Mr and Mrs J B Wells. The 1949 U S menhaden catch totaled 1 050 000 000 pounds.
A state health nutrition consultant spent two weeks at Baldwin School conducting a survey among pupils. Children listed foods eaten at meals while researchers compiled a chart, without names, to gauge breakfast and meal regularity. Older children often skipped meals. future visits aim to extend surveys and teach nutrition in county schools. A strike vote in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will decide on a proposed contract to end the 17 day old strike by bus drivers and mechanics.
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