Poetry Topic at BPW WC Dinner in Kansas
Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes University of Kansas spoke on A Poet's Calendar at the One Hundred Percent dinner of the Business and Professional Women's club held at the Colonial tea room. Music featured solos by June and David Draper and lively vocal numbers. New members pledged nine, with several out of town guests and a large attendance milestone noted.
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Helen Rhoda Hoopes
University of Kansas
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Colonial Tea Room
Bess Lawrené
Valentine
George Lowman
Carrie Jacobs Bond
B.P.W.C
Minnie Onnell
Atchison
Grayden Randall
Randall
Dorothy Goddard
Anna Moseman
Helen Withers
Claudia Hopeman
Zelma Williams
Mae Tonar
Carrie Mercer
Anna Klassen
Enid Miner
Topeka
Robert Ulrich
Ulrich
Olathe
Mae Howard
Lillian McBride
Agnes Schroeder
Beth Foresman
Jean Perry
Barbara Fink
Lee Blatchford
Maxine Schmittendorf
Suel Starr
Ruth Nelson
Rose Linn
Evelyn Hannon
Ruth Myers
Maude Mercer
Ivan Dunham
CHECK ON NORWEGIANS IN RISE OF GERMAN CONTROL
Nazi led Norwegian authorities order all residents over 15 to register. German held Oslo reports say western Norway is cordoned with searches and arrests of opposition figures. Secret radio transmitters reportedly still operate. a Bergen court sentenced three Norwegians to death for aiding Britain. One hundred volunteers head to Germany with a group of 400 workers en route. Marriage licenses issued by Probate Judge Frank R Gray include Mondell Brizendine and Marie Young plus Eurene Douglas and Eunice Weaver.
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Oslo
Norway
Bergen
Althe
Ren Rts
Germany
Reich
Stockholm
Frank R. Gray
Mondell Brizendine
Lawrence
Marie Young
Baldwin
Eurene Douglas
Paxico
Eunice Odessa Weaver
Kansas City
Wheeler Is Speaker Lions Club Talks War and Climate
Prof. Raymond H. Wheeler of the University of Kansas spoke to the Lions club on War and Climate with weather cycle charts. The club reported a net gain of nineteen new members and announced upcoming events including a Valentine dance February 14 at the Armory to raise funds for children’s recreation grounds.
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Raymond H. Wheeler
University of Kansas
Lions Club
Wiedemann
Wheeler
Ernest Deschner
Lions
Wiedemann’s
Armory
Have New City Manager El Dorado
El Dorado Kansas, February 6. City engineer H E McMillen, in service since 1923, was named acting city manager by the city commission while City Manager Frank L Seymour is on leave of absence. Seymour will accept a commission as lieutenant colonel in the army and expects to be called into service within weeks.
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el Dorado
Kan
H. E. McMillen
Frank L. Seymour
Seymour
Donna Hughes Delights with a Majestic Recital in Lawrence
Lawrence girl Donna Hughes, coloratura soprano, headlined a large audience in a recital the first of about a dozen this season. Under teacher Trene Peabody she has gained power, inflexibility, and style, and her Meyerbeer Dinorah and Delibes selections drew strong recalls. Accompanist added enjoyment to the program.
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Donna Hughes
Miss Hughes
Lawrence
Trene Peabody
Gustave Mahler
Cadiz
Delibes
Meyerbeer
Sadero
Cimara
Arensky
Liza Lehmann
Hednikoff
Winifred Hill Performs At School Of Fine Arts Recital
Winifred Hill showcased her artistry with a vocal recital interleaved by cello solos. Jack Stephenson delivered Goltermann and Squire pieces while Jean Moyer provided piano accompaniment. Ushers included Arbouine Goodjohn and Greta Gibson. The program closed with audience congratulations and a forthcoming all musical vespers on Sunday February 16 at Hoch Auditorium.
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Goltermann
Tarantella
Jack Stephenson
Raymond Stuhl
Jean Moyer
Arbouine Goodjohn
Greta Gibson
Mary Louise Alcher
Marilyn Konantz
School of Fine Arts
Hoch Auditorium
Buckley’s CANADIOS Mixture Cough Syrup Ad
Canadian Buckley’s CANADIOS Mixture advertised as fast acting cough medicine. Claims triple action to loosen phlegm clear air passages soothe rasped tissues and stop worst coughing spasms. Sold at H W Stowls Rexall Crown Drug and other drug stores with satisfaction or money back guarantee.
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Canada
Buckley
H. W. Stowls
Rexall
Crown Drug Co
Kansas Draft Registrant Seeks Army After Operation
Howard P. Ayres of Pratt was drafted last November but rejected at Fort Leavenworth for a nasal passage defect. He financed surgery to correct the ailment and volunteered again, with induction set for February 21 in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas Selective Service
Howard P. Ayres
Pratt
Fort Leavenworth
Tax Levy Bills Introduced for Leavenworth County
Sen Will lam D Reilly introduces measures authorizing Leavenworth county to levy taxes for repair and maintenance of fair buildings at Tonganoxie and to use the 1940 census as the basis for county fee schedules.
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Topeka
Willlam D. Reilly
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie
Obituary Madge Plaskett Wiggins
Madge Plaskett Wiggins of 910 Louisiana Street died Sunday in a hospital in Topeka. She was born March 26.
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Madge Plaskett Wiggins
Louisiana Street
Topeka
Mrs. Wiggins
Baldwin Native Dies After Long Community Service
Born in 1869 in Baldwin she moved to Lawrence as a child and spent most of her life there. Wife of Bert Wiggins Sr they lived on a farm west of town. he died in 1984. Active in First Methodist Church and a longtime Rebekah Lodge member and treasurer of the Rebekah state assembly from 1909 to 1920. Funeral services were held Thursday at Funks chapel with interment beside her husband in Baldwin cemetery.
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Baldwin
Lawrence
Bert Wiggins
Wiggins
First Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah State Assembly
Funks Chapel
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