Social Calendar Sketches and Local Weddings
Friday and Saturday social events include bridge luncheon, dinner for the Arnolds, and Hearth Club gatherings. Weddings unfold with Esther Veigh marrying Chester Paradee in Lawrence First Baptist church, and Patricia McMahon pairing with Chester Klein at First Methodist with a reception at The Hearth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Cameron
Ray Wright
C. A. Arnold
Hearthiece Club
R. B. Hutchgon
James L. Postma
Esther Veigh
Co. V. Leigh
Lawrence
Chester Paradee
Columbus
Kan
First Baptist Church
Misa
Patricia Lucille McMahon
John V. McMahon
Chester LeRoy Klein
Alice Klein
Redlands
Calif
First Methodist
Edwin F. Price
Margaret Snodgrass
Kappa Phi
Margaret Steeper
Obert Edwards
Donald Miller
Kansas City
Charles Steeper
John C. Warnock
George Hoffman
Marysville
Harold Steeper
Sadie. Wilson
McMahon
Klein
University of Kansas
Denison University
United States Navy
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Ruth Ann Tippin
John Sterrett
Topeka
First Presbyterian Church
Orlo Chaguill
Cummings Family Reunion Near Christmas at Barker Avenue
Mr and Mrs W J Cummings hosted a family reunion on Barker Avenue with Col and Mrs W J Cummings of Abilene Texas Capt Robert Cummings home on a 46 day South Pacific leave, Mrs Cummings and their two children Margaret and Robert L Cummings Jr and Mrs William Vaughn and Miss Myra Bell Cummings present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolla Henley
Cpl
Julius W. Henley
Chico
Calif
Bobby
Butler, Mo
Nathan Newton
Weslaco
Tex
Floyd Cooper
E. E. Henley
Lawrence
Buford Ray
Eleanor
Mark Ray
Tujunga
W. J. Cummings
Barker, Avenue
Abilene
Robert Cummings
South Pacific
Cummings
Margeret
Robert L. Cummings, Jr
William Vaughn
Myra Bell Cummings
Local Personal Notices Include Military Travels and Visits
Mrs Roy R Moore visits daughter Mrs Howard Gilpin and family as Captain Gilpin returns on 90 day leave from Air Transport Command in India. Ogden Jones family arrives from Lawrence to visit Ogden Jones Jr. at the United States Military Academy. Various other relatives plan weekend visits and holiday travels across Kansas and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy R. Moore
Lota
Howard Gilpin
Gilpin
Joan
Air Transport Command
Chaban
India
Karachi
New York
Camp Chaffee
Fort Smith
Ark
Ogden Jones
Allison
Mike
Lawrence
West Point
N.Y
Ogden Jones, Jr
United States Military Academy
F. N. Raymond
Kansas City
Robert S. Raymond
Katherine Hecks
Norton
Dale N. Dieterich
W. H. Dieterich
Mas
James D. Watson
James L. Postion
Louisiana Street
W Son
Unive
Kansas School of Medicine
Dick Docking
Topeka
Katherine Docking
Salina Air Base
E. R. Rogers
Chapman
J. C. Rogers
Rogers
Erwin S. Brown and
Dick and
Bob
Carlinville
Mr. Brown
C. P. Brown
Mrs. Brown
T. Donnelly
Representative Donnelly
C. H. Hoffmann
Helen Elizabeth
Mary Jean
Washington, D.C
H. W. Howfman
Herbert Hoffman
Eugene Schultz
Christmas News from Various Families
Messages note residents traveling for holidays and visiting relatives. Marion A. Pile of Pueblo arrives to visit her parents and attend Esther Leighs wedding. Stranathans and S W Stranathan return from Hoisington after Christmas with Mrs. Stranathan’s sister. Tech Sergeant Noman Jean Bailey returns to Camp Cook after holidays with her grandmother in Oceana Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichite
Heteas
Charlies
M. Robertson
Marion A. Pile
Pueblo
Colo
Vv. Leigh
Esther Leigh
J. D. Stranathan
Mary
S. W. Stranathan
Hoisington
Notable homecomings and honors from the armed forces
Pfc Ellsworth Rice arrived in New York from Europe after Christmas with his second voyage finally successful. A telegram says his Coaldale Victory arrival was delayed then confirmed to his wife in Lawrence. Cpl Wendell W Schaffert returned to Fort Sheridan after Christmas and Lt Col James L Williams received the legion of merit for service as adjutant general in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Ellsworth Rice
New York
Europe
Associated Press
France
United States
A.P
Coaldale Victory
Cpl
Wendell W. Schaffert
Fort Sheridan
F. W. Schaffert
Vermont Street
Separation Center
James L. Williams
University of Kansas
Legion of Merit
United States Control Council
Germany
Sergeant Walter Moore Sends News From New York
Sgt. Walter Moore son of Mrs. C. O. Moore 207 North Seventh Street called his mother from New York where he had landed from Europe. He went overseas a year ago last October and will receive his discharge from the service in Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Moore
C. O. Moore
North Seventh Street
New York
Europe
Sergeant Moore
Arkan
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Mass
Soldiers share wartime updates from far overseas
Seaman William B. Watson writes home from Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Shanghai, and Sasebo detailing movements aboard the Belle Grove and PA 199 May Offin. T/Sgt. Melvin Meinke, Army Air Forces, arrives in Norfolk for discharge. Other updates include promotions for Allen D. Hout and William H. Gulley, a naval discharge for John Ice, and a Kodak of General Yamashita received by Norma Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Watson
Navy
David Watson
Pearl Harbor
Okinawa
Shanghai
China
LSD
Belle Grove
Tsingtao
Tientsin
Seaman Watson
Sasebo
Japan
Gunsen
Korea
Military police photo taken by Pfc Mervin Harvey
Pfc Mervin Harvey, serving with the military police, took the photograph. He is the brother in law of Mrs Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Mervin Harvey
Harvey
Early English settlers in New Zealand built raupo huts
The first English visitors to New Zealand lived in simple huts provided by Maori hosts. The raupo shelters had no flooring and no chimneys, reflecting basic colonial accommodation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
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Pleasant Hour Club
Brackett
Elks Club
George Stauffer
B. E. Bishop
H. L. Bishop
Lake Lotawana
Stauffer
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Post Hall
F. C. Brown
Ky. Street
Garold
Philadelphia
Garold Brown
Nancy Lee
Lola Jane
Dietrich
Charles D. Molter
Charlene and
Dow
Merritt Brown
Marjorie Lee Crane
Dewey Nemec
Thomas C. Harris, Jr
Dolores Salzman
Nellie Tippin
W. Hanlon
Johanna Hill
Sterrett
Mortar Board
Theta Sigma Phi
Army Air Forces
Fort Leavenworth
Servin
England
Hollan
387Th
Elmer F. Beth
F. S. Butcher
Fred B. Butcher
Jocelyn
Sharon
Manhattan
Lynn Butcher
Frank
Frederick
Okla
Seldon D. Butcher
Gene
Wichita
Obed Thompson
Obed
Rankin Drug Store
Sas
Arch Meinke
Massachusetts Street
Melvin Meinke
Norfolk
Allen D. Hout
Thomas Hout
Kyushu Island
William H. Gulley
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Sam Finley Gulley
East 13Th Street
John Ice
Ice
Baltimore, Md
Pacific
Baltimore
Wayne N. Ice
Paris
L R. Russell
Long Beach
Prof
F. A. Russell
Norma Harvey
North Second Street
Kodak
General Yamshita
Taxi Union
CAB
Cuddle
Mitter
Moutons
RADIO
Hanna
DR. Gowdy’s
Flowers
Ward
Haynes & Keene
Studio Divan
Starling
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