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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1925
Page
7
Lawrence high school opens the 1925 court season January 8 against Ottawa. Red and Black, coached by Higing, feature Leavarforth and five forwards, Graeber, Venter, Hutton, and McKing with Skinner a standout in scrimmages. Final squad cuts will reduce the first team to 12. second squad about 24.
Lecompton high school basketball opens the season Friday against Dus in the Te tlogr. Coach Robb praised for building a strong squad with three standout players including Smith. Other names listed include Raymond, Dekat, Howard, Willwell, and Delmar Par Robbins.
The light heavyweight champion Siki was shot and found face down in a gutter in West 41st Street near Hell's Kitchen. Police say he was likely followed after a night club brawl and died from two gunshot wounds. an aunt later reported a shell and a knife were connected to the scene. Witnesses described chaotic aftermath and possible debts tied to liquor.
George Poise Clark will leave on December 25 to attend the Ameri Fanball Coaches Association annual meeting in New York City. He serves on the association's board of trustees. A gathering of directors and officers will shape the organization's plans.
Sam Pickard former Lawrence resident and Kansas State Agricultural College editor will serve as director of radio service for the U S department of agriculture, assuming duties January 1. He served in World War I, was wounded in action, and was once reported killed before learning he survived.
Russell son of Mrs. Alice Russell of Lawrence has been promoted to assistant cashier at the Bank of Bakersfield California. His wife is Myrtle Kauim daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ch Kaufman. The Bakersfield Echo notes the Bank of Italy also promoting an assistant cashier role in the city per advices from the bank’s executive committee.
Russell, manager of the Bakersfield branch, advances to junior officer on merit after five years in the bank’s accounting department and a prior decade at Watkin National Bank of Lawrence. He settled in Bakersfield, buying 115 Twelfth Street property, and enjoys broad social and fraternal ties with many friends awaiting congratulations.
A campaign to have shoppers write their names on packages as soon as bought was inaugurated by Parsons merchants. Nelson LeSue of Kent Station sold 794 dozen eggs in November, from which grass proceeds were 45 dollars.
Local ad seeks men in the area to surface floors and resurface old ones. No age limit. earnings from 1.00 to 10.69 dollars daily. be your own boss. Carpenters painters bookkeepers and others with or without building experience urged to write for particulars. Small start investment.
James Garfield Brown known as Indian Jim, world champion brick setter, will race two Arkansas champions in Baldwin City December 18. The five hour contest tests brick laying speed at the final block of paving. Eight feeders supply bricks as he promises to place more bricks per second. The Presbyterian church bought a $40 silk flag.
McAllaster pupils will present a Christmas concert on Friday December 11 at 7245 oclock with every child participating. The program includes processional O Come All Ye Faithful hymns by grade levels, carols and songs such as Christmas Eve Kolyada The Angels and the Shepherd and Angels We Have Heard on High, with performances by chorus groups and the whole school. The event promotes peace education as urged by Emporia College president Frederick W. Lewis.
A speaker before a teachers meeting urges incorporating peace education into daily classes and predicts fifty years of struggle between force and law militarism and brotherhood ending in peace or war and chaos. A note mentions Lyons Local Library receiving one hundred books to fill the city library.
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