More Guardsmen to Receive Call
Washington reports about 28,000 officers and enlisted National Guard members will be inducted into federal service next month. An additional 6,000 will begin a year of training in April, and about 500 in June, with nine air corps observation squadrons still forming and totaling about 1,500 personnel. Inductions were tentatively planned for March but delayed by cantonment construction, weather, and other factors. as of last June 30 the Guard roster was 242,402, with over 200,000 already in federal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Guard
War Department
Department
Air Corps
Army
Stimson
National Board
Thirty Named as Election Judges and Clerks in City Polls
Mayor C B Russell announced thirty appointed election officials for the city primary and general elections on March 4 and April 1. The list includes dozen ward residents such as Mrs Mire Nuever, Mrs foot dedl, and Nellie Stayton, among others, serving as judges and clerks across wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Russell
Olie
Mire Nuever
Someghagans
Kite Coldwell
Sue Wente
Ankatiesas
Ata Deatine Meyers
SC Seattegen
Tel Boot
Patrick
Mogren
Mrs Foot Dedl
Tampitilte
Nellie Stayton
Boi
Thamosdille
Meira
Taft History Book Cover Contest Winners Named
Betty Ann Leasure of Tel Dorado won the cover design contest for the pictorial history of the University of Kansas by Prof. Robert Taft. The seventy fifth anniversary celebration will be held on Mt. Oread from June 5 to 9. Thirty designs were submitted. second place went to Betty Brown and Jean Werner of Lawrence. third to Don Fitzgerald of Waterville. fourth to Ralph F. Hamilton of Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tretty and
Leasure
Tel Dorado
University
of Kansas
Robert T. Taft
Mt. Oread
T. D. Tones
Betty Brown
Lamar Y Cole
Jean Werner
Lawrence
Don Fitzgerald
Waterville
Ralph FE. Hamilton
Toneka
KU Recital Promises Eight Performances in Frank Strong Auditorium
Eight University of Kansas students are scheduled for a 3:30 pm recital tomorrow in Frank Strong Auditorium. The program lists Hindoo Chant, Nozze di Figaro arias, Fruhlings Nacht, and other pieces performed by singers, piano, harp, and ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Strong
University of Kansas
Thanencoram
Blue tag seed potato certification urged by county agent
Deal Six, county farm agent, says the blue tag on seed potato bags marks certified seed essential to combat bacterial ring rot in the Kaw valley. He warns some blue bags may misrepresent certification and notes higher seed costs, along with precautions to avoid mechanical spread and the approaching planting season.
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Kaw Valley
Lawrence
Pioneer William Ingersoll Dies at 93 in Denver
William M. Ingersoll a Lawrence resident as a boy and stock farmer near the city died in Denver at age 93. His father a Boston attorney was sent to the Kansas Territory in 1858 as a federal treasury inspector. the family moved west when he was 11, traveling by steamboat.
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William M. Ingersoll
Lawrence
Here
Colorado
Denver
Boston
Kansas Territory
Federal
Treasury Department
Westward memories of border days and freight trains
He reflects on border troubles and recalls watching wagon streams heading west during the Colorado gold rush. William M. Ingersoll studied at Pittsburg and Manhattan then, at age 19, rode with a freighting train to old Indian Territory trading groceries for buffalo hides and corn.
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Lawrence
Colorado
William M. Ingersoll
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Old Indian Territory
Sierra Leone club observes Negro History Week program
Mrs. Olda Johnson hosted the Sierra Leone club afternoon program from 2:30 to 4:30 with Mrs. Susanna Jackson presiding. A series of talks covered opportunities for Negro women in business, laundry, beauty culture, photography, real estate, sports, and Negro achievements, including Joe Louis, with 21 members present and a Valentine luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olda Johnson
Sierra Leone Club
Susanna Jackson
Robert May Mathis
Ethel Moor
Myrlyn Brown
Woods
Sunshine Sisters
Georgia
Marshall
L. M. Peace
Minnia A. Davis
Gertrude Clark
Hopewell and Independence News Roundup
Local notes cover hospital transfusion in Kansas City and blood typing trip by Roy Price. Community events include bridal showers, visits in Baldwin and Lawrence, funerals, school activities, and students with travel to California and Miami for work or study. Social gatherings, quilting, and Farm Bureau plans are listed along with illness and hospital updates.
Richards and Lindel Families Named in Lawrence Notice
Mr and Mrs Marnest Richards and Mr and Mrs Charles Lindel of Lawrence are identified in a local social notice listing attendees and households connected to an upcoming event. The fragment hints at family connections and civic or social engagement within Lawrence.
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Marnest Richards
Charles Ldndel
Lawrence
Ulrichs and neighbors visit in Clyde Puckett home
Last weekend many local families visited relatives and neighbors around Tola Colony and Clyde Puckett. Mrs Alvin Puckett is very ill in Lawrence after another stroke. Further scenes include visits by Churchbaughs and a dinner with Nora Fleshman in Baldwin.
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Herschel Ulrich
Tola
Colony
Leland Ulrich
Will Wood
Keith Ulrich
James Lockwood
Janice
Clyde Puckett
Alvin Puckett
Lawrence
Leslie Churchbaugh
Vera Louise
Ezra Churchbau
Prairie City social notes and local meetings
Monday through Thursday with home folks. Friday she left for Washington DC. Mrs Frank Johnson helped move neighbors to a new home in Prairie City Thursday. Families and members attended a federal farm loan meeting in Lawrence on Tuesday. The High Prairie Women's Society met Wednesday afternoon. Next meeting scheduled February 19 with Mrs Dan Shotwell.
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Washington, D. C
Frank Johnson
Charles Vaughn
Prairie City
Edd Heaston
Dan Shotwell
Frank Gleason
Federal Farm Loan
Lawrence
High Prairie Women’s Society
Edd Heast
Round Corner Drug Store and All Good Drug Stores
A brief notice references Round Corner Drug Store and other local drug outlets. Details remain unreadable in the fragment, with no clear event date or action specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Corner Drug Store
All Good Drug Stores
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russell
Betty Ann Leasure
Taft Book Ts
Helen Anderson
Bemberg
Czerwonky
Tith
Wilman
Medlin Inno Ensemble
Edward Harris
the Gallant Music Box
Ernun Carl
Olga Carl
William Ingersoll
Arrow
Sierra Leone
Journal-World
Hopewell
M. J. Jardon
Edgar Jardon
Kansas City
Roy Price
James Osher
Henny Seele
Sophia Schwartz
Hattie
Oscar
George Reynolds
Geneva
Gladys Elm
Baldwin
Charlene Elm
Glenn Flora
Silas Harmon
Kenneth Edmonds
Barbara Ann
Clifford Steffin
Delbert Griffin
Gladys
Donald Black
Utica
Troy McCain
Black
William Adriance
S. J. Flickinger
Hen Hammond
Roy Merchant
Ronnie Adriance
Ida Adriance
Edward Harmon
Kappa Sig House
Hopewell School
Jimmie Harmon
Sis
EBL
M. &. Carter
M. Doron
Kenneth Kripes
California
Mary Louise Bearman
Ulm
Frank Miller
Mamie Dews
Goff
Stanwix
Eleanor Jeanne
Dorothy Calhoun
John Ingalls
Jon Charles
C. Eb, Stanwix
Jess O'Connor
Peterson
S. M. Carter
Ed Steele
Jim Sanders
William Johnson
Vitus Hadl
Conn
Charles Coffman
Bob Peterson
Richard Carter
Virginia Hadi
San Diego
Calif
Richard
High Prairie
Suinasiptec
BUICK
Flint
Mich
Lawrence Buick Company
New Hampshire Street
Tra-la-la
Loeryline
Llence
Conoco
Mitchell’s
Conoco Service
Conoco Brontz-z
N. A
Fido
THE
Kansas Electric Power CO
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