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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1946

Page

12

George Gear Shines as Freshman Star at Kansas

George Gear, a 170-pound Ark Valley standout, emerges as Kansas University’s standout freshman in football and basketball. The 18-year-old shows coolness under pressure, precise ballhandling, and clutch play, aiding Kansas in Big Six football and earning a growing role in hoops while eyeing future varsity prospects.

George Gear Hateheat Kansas FSU Tommy Johnson Gear Ralph Miller Chanute Mt. Oread Iowa State Miller Gonfalon Charley Black Charlie Eddie Hall Husky Sublette Salthawk Norvaleve Hutchinson Heelso Ark Valley Midwest Nebraska Neve Jayhawkers George Hawkers Ark Harmon Owen Peck Towa State K. U Curly-Top Cyclones Armen U.’s Cairns Kansas City Missouri Dick iGran Cours Gwinn F.C Phog Allen

Tunney picks Louis to KO Conn in three at Yankee Stadium

Former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney predicts Joe Louis will knock out Willy Conn in three rounds at Yankee Stadium. He says Louis is a far better all around fighter than Conn and can finish him in the first or second round if desired. Tunney is on a ten day vacation.

Havana Gene Tunney Joe Louis Willy Conn Yankee Stadium Louis Conn Tunney Joe

Birthday and social notes from Eudora area

A long list of local gatherings and movements including C L Holmes birthday dinner with Lawrence guests, Harold Daugherty bound for San Pedro to ship out, Gerstenberger and Wotan visits in Kansas City, Hesper Friends Missionary Society meeting, a farewell dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bird with gifts, farm sale to H B Gauck, and plans for Tom and wife to move to Jones Oklahoma.

C. L. Holmes Bill Neis Gus Koch Bert Dowding Bud Mra Freddie Neis Floyd Broer Betty Kohler Great Lakes Chicago George Hiser Julia I. C. Willard Harold Elwood Weston, Mo Willard John Gilmore Dana Gilmore S. T. Gilmore Mabel Gilmore Kaw Valley Gottlieb Nieder Roger Lexington Mos David Nieder Nieder Mail's David Ruth Flory Rumsey Lawrence Wesley Deckwa Margaret Lula Lotz G. Wiedensaul Henry Deckwa Harold Eberhart Carole Lee Sarah Hausman John Ott Ethibert

Local families host guests and note community events

Numerous visits and gatherings span Lake View to Sunflower Village with Mrs Ada Hicks Mrs James Lotridee and families in Kansas City and Topeka. News covers birthdays assistance operations hospital stays and military furloughs amid church Sisterhood meeting and family dinners. Cuba leads Latin America in foreign trade per capita ahead of Argentina.

Ganday Gilbert Venn Ormel Hodson Lester Lake View Ada Hicks James Lotridee Sunflower Village Newton Bates James Wells Topeka Wells Topeka Air Base G. & Norris Saannas Charles Hicks, Jr Kansas City Joan Martha Susan Carol Denver Colo O. F. Bratton Ernest Wilson Richard Woodlawn School John Leroy Long LeRoy Alexander Harley Davenport Michael Arnold Ethel Smith Davenport Claude Penfold Bonner Spring Harlan Haas C. C. Randall Janet Ivan QC Randall William Findley, Jr Gloria Jean Manhattan Okinawa Pfe Harold Gulley Dallas

Community church events and social notes from Eudora area

Aggregated notes of church groups and family gatherings in Eudora and nearby towns. Includes a Valentine party, guest speakers, dinners, visits from relatives and service members, club meetings, and local sports scores. Mentions Rev I C Willard, Delbert Gerstenberger, and Cadet Set among many local names and places.

North Lawrence Briefs Mixed Deaths and Local News

Obituary notices report the sudden death of Alton Swain formerly of North Lawrence, now of Portland Oregon, survived by one daughter and three brothers. Local social items note visits, dinners, church activities, and community events from area residents including the Christian Endeavor celebration for its 65th birthday. Residents and guests described include Usher, Wood, Bateson, Yerian, Jeffries, Amyx, Swain, DeWeere, Lotridge, Zimmerman, Van Neste, Fincher, Johns, Kennedy, and others in a tapestry of postwar North Lawrence life.

Jo Dicker Harry Dicker Myrtle Saylor H. L. Usher Pomona Alton Swain J. H. Wood Portland Ore Swain North Lawrence Roscoe Lyons Street Earl Skinner Lake View Hert Pasadena Calif Clyde McLouth Lawrence Newton Bateson S. M. Amyx Roy Miller Roy Anderson George Adams Elizabeth Husing Perry Gilbert Yerian Newton Bates Cora Bell Beulah Higgins Rollo Jeffries Lester McClanahan Seattle Arthur Shirk Mra R. M. Swain Lester Woodlawn Home Leonard Williams H. G. van Neste John Fincher Frank Johns John Kennedy Centenary Methodist Church Conrad Marshall San Diego Flord DeWeese Doyle Sumner Topeka Was

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