Designer Is Award Winner Despite a Large Handicap
Japanese American designer Rose Hiraga, a quadriplegic, won an American Society of Interior Designers award for a modern fabric design. Born in Portland, Oregon, she creates upholstery and wallpaper while managing severe mobility limits, using a leather glove to hold a brush through an aperture and upper body control. She works on order for several firms, explains design fees and royalty possibilities, and notes market trends demand originality over traditional Oriental styles.
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Rose Hiraga
American Society of Interior Designers
Hiraga
Portland
Oregon
Rhode Island School of Design
Pre-School Workshop Planned in Topeka
The Topeka Branch of the Kansas Pre-School Association and Washburn University Division of Evening College sponsor a Wednesday evening workshop from Feb 20 to Apr 10. The $10 fee covers topics including overview of pre school, physical well being, personality development, parent child relationships, discipline, planning the day, and creative activities. Contact Mrs. Harvey McArthur at VI 3-0328 for more information.
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Topeka
The
Kansas Pre-School Association
Evening College
Washburn University
Lawrence Branch
Harvey McArthur
Marriage Licenses in Kansas and Beyond Listed
The list shows multiple couples obtaining marriage licenses including Gordon D. Britz 35 and Rosita Nadayag 33 both of Kansas City. James J. Holloway 43 of Topeka and Kathleen J. Holloway 35 of Tampa. Wilfred L. Dellva 20 of Kansas City Kansas and Mary E. Axe 19 of Bartlesville Oklahoma. Danny W. White 22 of Lawrence and Flory E. Hernandez 24 of San Jose Costa Rica. Elmer L. Downing 55 and Gertrude J. Pine 49 of Lawrence. Paul Joseph Simmons 44 and Mildred Belt 39 of Lawrence.
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Gordon D. Britz
Rosita Nadayag
Kansas City
James J. Holloway
Topeka
Kathleen J. Holloway
Tampa
Fla
Wilfred L. Dellva
Kan
Mary E. Axe
Bartlesville
Okla
Danny W. White
Lawrence
Flory E. Hernandez
San Jose Costa Rica
Elmer L. Downing
Gertrude J. Pine
Paul Joseph Simmons
Mildred Belt
Theta Sigma Phi Sponsors Student Writing Contest
A writing contest for grades 7 to 12 in Douglas Franklin and Jefferson counties is announced by the Lawrence Alumnae Chapter Theta Sigma Phi. Entries due March 20, eligible works include poems or prose with no length limits. Winners receive booklets and copies can be ordered in advance from 1916 Countryside Lane, Lawrence.
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Theta Sigma Phi
Douglas
Franklin
Jefferson
Lawrence
Karl Reynolds
Route 2
Lawrence Theta Sigma Phi
Countryside Lane
Study Course Begins at First Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service starts a new study at 9 30 Friday morning in Fellowship Hall led by Mrs L Martin Jones. The topic is Today's Children for Tomorrow's World A nursery will be provided and coffee served at 9 15.
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
L. Martin Jones
Riverside School Board Sets 8 P.M. Friday Session
Riverside School Board will meet at 8 p.m. Friday at the Riverside School to continue the special session from Jan 29. Chair Chariton Bartz leads the board as it discusses annexation problems by the District.
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Riverside School Board
Riverside
Chariton Bartz
Will planning topic highlights joint 4H and HDU meeting
Byron Springer a Lawrence attorney spoke on Planning a Will at a joint Brookdale and Lawrence Home Demonstration Units gathering Tuesday evening at the 4 H Fairgrounds. A question and answer session followed. Brookdale’s next meeting is scheduled for March 5 with Mrs Rudy Oberzan and a lesson on Do s and Don ts of Home Health to be presented by Mrs Quay Smith.
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Byron Springer
Lawrence
Brookdale
Springer
Rudy Oberzan
MD. St
Quay Smith
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