Local clubs and society notes mark busy Lawrence calendar
A long list of meetings and events spans February including Betty Washington Chapter DAR guest tea at the University Club. Faculty Club luncheons. Amigas Club and PEO activities. a Washington's Birthday family dinner by Alford Clarke Post 852 VFW. plus Rotary and Soroptimist gatherings. Engagement announced for Norma Jean B Beaman to Truman D Francis with a September wedding planned. numerous lectures, recitals, and library events feature KU students and local hostesses across Lawrence venues.
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Waldemar Gelich
Misa Jeannette Wheeler
Verner Smith
Amigas Club
Enrineeretiern
Jim Shanahan
Fotxias County
Republican Women's Club
Castle
University Women's Club
Lawrence Woman's Club
Soroptimist International
Semm. Caatte
Rotary Club
Eldridge Hoth
Oliver B. Beaman
Norma Jean
Truman D. Francis
Allan P. Francis
Wichita
Alford Clarke
Post Hall
Washington
Lillian Snow
Bernadine Hiatt
Nannie Ireland
Federated Club of
Lawrence
Art’ E. Stoner
Susan Ulmer
John Brown
Caroline Eacock
Linda Garrett
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
Ottawa
Edgar Pittemor
Carol Cunningham
Delcina Guest
Kansas University
Kansas
Miss Guest
CC. Ragan
Eugenia Leasure
Sally Schafer
Manhattan
Norma Jean Bea‘mran
Wicksita
Local society notes mix weddings and dinners
The column lists a weekend of gatherings including a golden wedding anniversary celebration in Leavenworth for Olie Parsons Sr. and Mrs Parsons Sr. plus a Sunday reception at Michigan Avenue Methodist Church. It notes Kansas Daughters of the American Colonists events in Topeka and community activities at Vinland High School, University Women’s Club, and greetings for Lawrence visitors and KU staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olie R. Parsons Jr
Leavenworth
Olie R. Parsons Sr
Michigan Avenue Methodist Church
Frank O. Parsons
Parsons Sr
Lawrence
Frank Harrison
Bill Slamin
Amy Johnson
Slamin
Patrol Inspector McKone Visits Parents in Lawrence
Personal Senior Patrol Inspector Sam Mc Kone of the U S Border Patrol stationed in McAllen Texas visited his parents Maj and Mrs Sam McKone in Lawrence Friday. He was returning from St Paul Minnesota and Grand Forks North Dakota where appli
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Jeants
Border Patrol
Trew
Salvation Army
Tottlieb Nieder
John D
Rhodesia
Nieder
Wentworth
Military Academy
Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kansas Democratic Llub
Jayhawk
Topeka
James Wortham
Clifford McDonald
Rhoten Smith
Robert R. Wilson
Nancy Landress
Rae Jean Ravenscroft
Dorothy Rooney
Mary Rooney
Pat McWilliams
O. RB. Shultz
Bernard Borat
Harry Barnard
Robert Docking
Richard Docking
Diane Warner
Joan Stanny
Letty Lemon
Skipper Williams
Sam McKone
U. S. Border Patrol
McAllen Tex
McKone
St. Paul Minn
Grand Forks
N. D
Dimpled New York Miss Wins National Pie-Baking Crown
Marjorie Campbell 17 of Red Hook New York wins the national cherry pie championship defeating 47 states and Hawaii. The high school senior earns a Washington New York trip a 500 college scholarship and an electric range. She will present the pie at the White House. sponsors are unsure who will accept.
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Chicago
Rochester
N.Y
Marjorie Campbell
Marjorie
Washington, D.C
New York
Washington
White House
National Red Cherry Institute
Local PTA Notes Junior High PTA Meeting and Events
Junior High PTA will meet at 7 45 Monday evening with a JHS band concert as the main feature. Mrs William Cottle will present a tribute to PTA founders. Officer elections will be held during the business meeting. Cordley PTA executive board meets at 7 30 Wednesday evening in the teachers lounge. Hillcrest pre school parent education class meets at 8 Monday evening on Some Get Along Some Dont Why.
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Alford-Clarke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jim Saunders
William Bryan
Charles Ketchum
Wadsworth Hospital
University Women's Club
Edward A. Maser
Museum of Art
PTA
JHS
William Cottle
Cordley Pta
Hillcrest
Missionary for Africa To Speak Here Sunday
Major Clara Stanley, a Salvation Army missionary and Rhodesia teacher, will speak at the local Salvation Army meeting at 7 30 Sunday evening at 729 Vermont Street about her fourteen years of work with native children in Africa and Rhodesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Stanley
Salvation Army
Africa
Vt. St
Rhodesia
Report of K U Agency In National Spotlight
State Geological Survey at Kansas University highlights a preliminary spectrographic study of germanium in Kansas coal by Schleicher and Hambleton. International coverage follows a Science Service release and a Scientia International item edited in Interlingua. A historical note recalls the first steam locomotive train of May 24 1830 and 12 miles of B&O track.
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State Geological Survey
Kansas University
Kansas
John A. Schleicher
William W. Hambleton
Schleicher
Science Service
Washington, D. C
Scientia International
Science Newsletter
City Education Council Elects Mrs Graber As President 1955 56
Lawrence Educational Council announces 1955 56 officers led by Mrs Ralph Graber as president with Mrs Deal Six as first vice president and Mrs Muriel Dougan as second vice president. Secretary is Mrs Helen Peters and treasurer Max Stalcup.
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City Education Council
R. Graber
Lawrence Educational Council
Ralph Graber
Deal Six
Muriel Dougan
Helen Peters
Max Stalcup
Iva Belle Harper
Graber
Earle Westgate
Rachel Grantham
Herschel Glover
Max Styleup
Coral Davenport
H. C. Stuart
Lowell Bailey
Six
John Garcia
H. W. Lowman
Helen Shaw
Tillie Oberle
Bert Chewning
American Education Week
Opal Jayne Kennedy
Hazel Dawson
Garvin Gilum
Nance
Chamber of Commerce
Edwin Burgess
Citizens For Good Government
A. C. Stuart
Two Red Cross Shows At Topeka Hospitals
Red Cross sponsored groups of entertainers performed at Topeka hospitals on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday at Winster Veterans Hospital KU students Dave Edwards harmonica and guitar Erleta Covall violin and Janice Mason piano presented a show. On Thursday Star Ranch Bays Bob Tarpy led a program at another facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Topeka
K. U
Dave Edwards
Erleta Covall
Janice Mason
Winster Veterans Hospital
Bob Tarpy
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Fragmentary OCR line mentioning volunteers and institutions gives no clear event, date, or names to summarize into a full item.
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