Wedding of Miss Stephanie Ridgway and William Gradinger
The couple were wed Thursday night at the First Methodist Church in a ceremony led by Rev. Edwin F. Price at 8 p.m. Attendants wore emerald velvet while mingled with holiday decor. After the wedding, the Gradingers head to Lubbock Texas. both alumni of Kansas University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie Sue Ridgway
William G. Gradinger
First Methodist Church
Edwin F. Price
Robert W. Ridgway
H. Gale Gradinger
Shawnee Mission
Dan Abrahamson
Wagner
Mendelssohn
Patty McGrew
Dunlap
Grieg
Judy Thompson
Janet Milleret
Cathy Ridgway
Richard W. Gradinger
William J. Miller
Stephen J. Ridgway
Mike Gradinger
Halstead
Gary Gradinger
Austin
Tex
Chuck Lowry
Dodge City
Curt Patterson
Joe B. Wise
David Ridgway
Deborah Tilghman
Topeka
Ralph Atherton
Overland Park
John Tilghman
Gwen Stuart
Linda Winters
William Howard
Wayne Icenogle
Gradinger
Lubbock, Tex
Kansas University
Lady Bird Johnson Hosts Quiet 54th Birthday at LBJ Ranch
First Lady Lady Bird Johnson spent her 54th birthday at the LBJ Ranch near Austin planting flowers chatting with relatives and friends and cutting a birthday cake for family and guests. Daughters Lynda Bird and Luci Baines Johnson assisted with preparations per her press secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Lady Bird Johnson
LBJ
Open House for Mr and Mrs Cole Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harry L Cole of Route 1 celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house in their home on Sunday January 1 from 2 to 3 to friends and relatives. The event honors their daughters Mrs Fred Willson Overland Park and Mrs Arthur Anderson Lawrence and marks their marriage on December 31 1918. The Coles moved from Richland area about OA years ago to Ta Co 8 farm life and are supported by their grandson Stan Anderson in the U S Air Force and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Cole
Route 1
Fred Wileon Overland
Holiday Visitors Gather in Lawrence for Christmas
Local households host relatives and friends from Missouri Ohio Iowa and Kansas as holiday guests. Families including the Blacks the Laurences Pearson Beck Dunlap and Wiseman hosts welcome relatives from St Louis Omaha Kansas City and Rochester Minnesota. News notes also mention Mrs. McGinnis visiting and attending a wedding in Plymouth Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Black
St. Louis
Oscar Carlberg
Bertha Lawrence
Newton
Gerald Pearson
Ohio St
Pearson
Paul Lawrence
Fairborn
Ohio
Pearsons
Robert Lawrence
Don Seba
Overland Park
Donald Wilson
Omaha
Neb
Wilson
Walter Wilson
R. L. Dunlap
Sunset Dr
Stephen L. Cole
Charles F. Lanning
Kansas City
Dunlap
W. E. Bean
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Susan Dunlap
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Lannings
Charles W. Lanning
Ind
Bill Wiseman
Gordon Wiseman
Rochester
Minn
W. R. Paterson
Lake Preston
S.D
A. McGinnis
Orange
Calif
Lawrence
California
Alice Dicker
Tenn. St
Holland Cousin Visits in Lawrence for Christmas
Theodora Frances Bol of Alkmaar, Holland visits Lawrence to meet her American cousins Mrs. Morris Cleveland and Theodore Bol for Christmas. They plan a family dinner with relatives from Smith Center and Worthington, Minnesota, plus Cleveland’s brother Ted. Bol, retired nurse, has visited many places worldwide and learned English well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodora Frances So
Holland
Morris Cleveland
Ind. St
Theodora Frances Bol
Alkmaar
Lawrence
Mrs. Cleveland
Theodore Bol
California
Anthony van der Weiden
Santa Barbara
Clevelands
Terry Merriweather
Smith Center
Charles Kehrberg
Worthington, Minn
Cleveland
Ted
Bol
Hong Kong
Retirement era stories and social notes from local notices
The piece covers plans of a bride to depart December 27 for home after a visit with Prof Boerema famed for a heart lung oxygen tank. It lists many well known local women and their guests and notes a Lawrence High School Christmas party at Lakeview Club with attendees, plus remarks on mobility and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boerema
United States
Holland
Lawrence High School
Lakeview Club
William Medley
H. C. Stuart
Merle Finfrock
Della Wood
Max Stalcup
Jerry Rogers
Frank Davis
E. J. Logsdon
Roy Cropp
E. B. Martin
Becky Frakes Receives Pottery Shower in Wichita
Miss Becky Frakes, bride elect of Richard Henry Baker, received a pottery shower hosted by Mrs. William Guntert in the English Room of the Kansas Union. The display featured turquoise and green pottery, a tiered cake motif, and greens with floral accents. Mrs. Robert F. Frakes and guests including Mrs. Frakes and Mrs. A. B. Ewing attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Black
Robert Guntert
Dorothy Weaver
Raymond E. Crews
Harold Allési
Guy. Dresser
Arthur Heck
A. B. Sanders
A.D. Kolterman
Charles Wilson
William Bray
Ralph Sullivan
Delmer’ Bennett
Glen Hastings
Win Campbell
Milton Steinhardt
John Chaney
Robert Dema
John Dobbins
Owen Edgar
Paul Rogers
Earl Martin
Harry Wever
A. W. Kuchler
Orville Midgett
Ronald Martin
Penny Crews
Debbie Frakes
Mildred Clodfelter
Carol Sullivan
Henry T. Baker
Savannah
Wayne Dale Swanson
Beth
Topeka
Charles Hewitt
V. C. Webster
Robert L. Guntert
Kansas City
Janet Heck
Maywood
Ill
Guntert
Becky Frakes
Richard Henry Baker
Wichita
William Guntert
Kansas Union
Robert F. Frakes
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Methodist Church
Lady Bird
Mr. and
Mrs. Cole
Ersonal
ART Nease
Bridge Standard
6Th & Mass
Betty Baldwin
By Ethel
Miss Bol
St. Nicholas
Wilhelmina Hospital
Ant
Amsterdam
Ste Boerema
Massachusetts
the Castle
Helena Rubinstein
Aurorro
Nstein
Eau de Parfum
Bom
Hillcrest
A. Ward
Montgomery Ward
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