Mustang Quintet Wins Tournament at Topeka Finals
Lawrence Junior High De featse of Topeka falls in the finals as the Mustang quintet clinches the tournament title.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1950
Page
10
Lawrence Junior High De featse of Topeka falls in the finals as the Mustang quintet clinches the tournament title.
The Lawrence Junior High Mustangs edged Crane of Topeka 29 26 in the Topeka Invitational championship at Topeka High. Lawrence built a second half lead after a 14 15 halftime score, with Charles McCue scoring 40 in the game and Jerry Wilson and Peoples contributing early offense.
The State Architect outlines a proposed brick administration building at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. The three-story structure will house the director, offices for the secretary, a general work area for permanent staff, and facilities to support fair operations. The project timetable and exact allocations are to be announced.
Fort Monroe Va Feb 24 UP Bien Davis, famed Army back, will be free to pursue professional football and baseball March 1 after his Army release. He expects to join the Los Angeles Rams for football and has drawn interest from Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles clubs in baseball, with baseball offers possible if lucrative. Davis previously earned AP all America honors in 1944 45 and 46 alongside Felix Blanchard.
William Inge a 1985 KU graduate reportedly becomes the first Kansan to see a play produced on Broadway with Come Back Little Sheba opening in New York. Early critics reportedly offer approving reviews and Inge’s career includes teaching at Stephens, Peabody, and St. Louis University.
Mrs. Walter L. Faddis in her 50th year of elementary teaching was honored by the Jefferson PTA in Teta Kansas. She taught in LaNarpe Gas City Iola and spent most of her career in first grade. Life membership and gifts were presented. Also from Topeka Kansas a report notes a maternal mortality rate of 0.01 deaths per thousand births, lowest in history, with Kansas rate 6.8 in 1993.
Walter and Edith Neisser argue in Making The Grade As Dad that fathers contribute three key roles. They shape masculine identity, model caregiving and household work, and symbolize competence so children gain confidence in handling life and challenges.
The Kansas Board of Regents will open bids today for 260000 dollars in revenue bonds to finance a Pittsburg State Teachers College student union. The 20 year bonds are to be paid by student fees and concessions revenue, eight dollars per regular semester and two dollars for summer sessions. The action marks the first revenue bond financing under the 1947 legislature and a Supreme Court upheld special tax suit ruling.
New York February 24 Rice Institute President W Y Houston says athletic subsidization should be open and above board. He warns undercover policies harm a university and notes Rice aids athletes only as allowed by Southwest Conference rules. He cites Rice football success and Cotton Bowl win.
Chicago February 24 UP The National Collegiate Athletic Association council opens a two day meeting to discuss a complete new study of the unity code. Beaton College and Villanova are expected to press a clean bill while Maryland Virginia Virginia Military Institute and Virginia Tech may seek peace. Citadel resigned. Boston College has informed the N C A A it is complying and seeks reinstatement. Villanova is expected to follow.
Los Angeles dates recount Barbara Paul, 32, winning a divorce from 59 year old author after he left for France to write a sequel to The Last Time I Saw Paris. She testified at court that he misled her at a station by saying he would fetch bread and held hands with his secretary. Custody of their son Leslie, three, and $500 monthly support were awarded. The couple wed in 1945 at Lindsborg Kansas. Also noted four soloists named for Handel Messiah performances by the Bethany College Oratorio Society.
The Rev Carl J Hahn an Orient missionary will speak at the Church of the Nazarene at Nineteenth and Vermont tonight at 7 o clock. He and his wife have conducted conferences for about 30 missionary organizations in China India and Europe and he is now assigned to Brazil as field superintendent of the Oriental and Inter American Missionary See. Fifty years ago federal taxes fell to 3.88 per person and now average about 270 a head.
Community notices recount gatherings and visits across Ottawa and nearby towns. Names include Mr and Mrs Wilbur Lauver, Mrs Ada Lauver, Mrs Minnie Schoemahker, and Mrs Samuel Mowder. Neighbors and relatives from Topeka Overbrook Manhattan and Leavenworth are mentioned with meals, dinners, and host duties.
Bethel area residents gathered for a social meeting at Mra hare Simmone’s home with a noon lunch. Attendees included Afra Hacley Lyona and others, followed by multiple family visits and a Brubaker school talent party entertaining mothers with guests such as Mrs. George Hepner and Jimmy, Mrs. Maurice Fishburn, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stabe. Neal Fishburn was absent due to sickness.
OSKALOOSA a Grayson Happy Hour club met with Zelpha Edmonds on Thursday for a covered dish luncheon at 1. Sirs Jennie Heibsch Mia Nob McCullough and Mrs Alary Voolker received gifts from a birthday basket. A social afternoon followed with varied notes of town life and a few curio mentions.
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