Lawrence Women's Club Ends After Court Battles
After decades of litigation the Lawrence Women's Club dissolves with 15 members voting to donate the proceeds from the 1941 Mass property and nearby lots to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The club founded in 1883 faced multiple lawsuits over property, taxes, and by laws before its final sale.
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Lawrence Women’s Club
Frances Clemmons
Lawrence
Mass
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Eldridge
Massachusetts Street
Nellie Reece Evans
Evans
LWC
Rice
Frank Gray
Achievement Place
How To Break Up A Marriage Dear Abby Style
Dear Cliff asks for a repeat of a column on breaking up a marriage. Tips urge hostile reactions to child marriages, make them visit often, support, and meddle. It advises counseling and constant pressure to undermine the couple.
Dissolution of a Kansas club ends long controversy
Frances Clemmons guides the dissolution of a private club once housed at 1941 Mass. The club faced court disputes over election validity and debt while assets, including the mansion and six lots bought in 1937 for 8800, are to be liquidated or donated to Lawrence Memorial Hospital to benefit the community.
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Mass
Lawrence Women’s Club
Frances Clemmons
Ark
Clemmons
Topeka
LWC
Gray
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Couple Wed In First Presbyterian Ceremony
Lynn Terry O'Neil and Gary L. Cole of Lawrence were married January 18 at the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. H. M. Mallett officiated the double ring ceremony with floral décor, music by Winifred Gallup, and a reception at the church. The bride, a KU attendee, and the groom, a Emporia State graduate and bank loan officer, reside in Lawrence after their wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Terry O'Neil
Lawrence
Gary L. Cole
First Presbyterian Church
H. M. Mallett
W. M. Terry
Hutchinson
Claron Cole
Garnett
Winifred Gallup
Susan North
Tina Torline
Dodge City
Marilyn Cole
Manhattan
Mark Cole
Lenexa
Harley Dunsworth
Grandview
Bill Terry Jr
Dave Smith
Conrad Altenbernd
Jeff O'Neil
Steve Cathey
Laurel Wise
Chris Henry
Bob Swann
Bur
Emporia State College
First National Bank of
Community clubs plan meetings and events this week
President's Club Beauceant will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at 520 North St for installation of officers. Mrs. Harrison Traul will be initiated. Parents Without Partners Chapter 228 hosts a singles dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall tonight. The Pilot Club meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the University State Bank with Dr Sydney Schroeder speaking on Changing Values in Society. Kansas University aide Caryl Smith spoke on women and work at the Pilot Club meeting in Holiday Inn with guests Virginia Nichols, Jackie Kaser and Mary Malinowsky. United Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian Church hold a 12:30 p.m. lunch Wednesday in Fellowship Hall with speaker Evelyn Calderwood and her husband Donald visiting from Murree, Pakistan. February Circle handles luncheon arrangements.
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The
Social Order of the Beauceant
Chester Lessenden
North St
Harrison Traul
Knights of Columbus
University State Bank
Iowa
Sydney QO. Schroeder
Caryl Smith
Kansas University
Pilot Club
Holiday Inn
Ms. Smith
Virginia Nichols
Jackie Kaser
United Presbyterian Women of the
First Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall
Church
Evelyn Calderwood
Donald
Lawrence
Murree
Pakistan
Lecompton Rebekahs Install Officers in Ceremony
Newly elected and appointed officers for Lecompton Rebekah Lodge No. 698 were installed by a Topeka lodge team led by Velma Rice. Guests included members from Oakland Lodge 616. refreshments followed the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecompton Rebekah
Topeka
Velma Rice
Mary Barbour
Ann Zemborski
Mildred Kenney
Karen Brown
Gertrude Nelson
Lucille Givens
Guardian
Esther Williams
Helen Hetherington
Mariam Millison
Brueggeman
Oakland Lodge
Geraldine Harrell
Noble Grand
Christine Kraft
Mary Nelle Laswell
Lara McAlexander
Wilma Fleming
Nellie Glenn
Shirley Case
Wilma Williams
Edna Bahnmaier
Margaret Noe
Verna Smith
Opal Goodrick
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Peace Reigns
Vermont Street
Frank Rice
Kansas Supreme Court
Cliff
Ann Landers
South Park Recreation Center
Steve Allen
Jesus
Tom Edgar
Maupintour
Mr. and
Mrs
Gary Cole
and Mary Malinowsky
Rebekahs
Lawrence Unified
Super Discount Foods
Gibson
Deweys
Nashville
Tenn
Billy Spears
Pastor Steve Allen
Assembly of God
Massachusetts
Lawrence Area
Kansas
P.S. Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Madonna
Indian Shop
West 9Th
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