Lawrence Society celebrates weddings and meetings season
Society notes from Lawrence list a wedding at Plymouth Congregational church with Charles R. Topping and Jane Wendell marrying William M. Combest of Topeka. Reception at The Hearth features a three tier cake and spring floral garlands. Both couples are KU students. Combest is an Army Air Corps veteran. Also covered are club gatherings, lectures, and a New Year’s Eve dinner party among local families and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Topping
Jane Wendell
William M. Combest
Renna Ambest
Topeka
Plyswouth Congregational
Dale Turner
Galen Li
Post
Jim Topping
Topping
Ter
Mra. Topping
Tie Hearth
Combest
Liberty Memorial High School
University of Kansas
Army Air Corps
Lawrence
Combeat
J. Topping
Dick Topping Jre
Galen J
Post Guy Bigsby
Ana Combest
Topekemith, Terran
Ally Topping
Jim Trening
Frank C. Topping
Notable Names Mentioned in Local Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Dave Herkmaps Bert Kuhn Tom Rayburn Oscar Brown Lee Hoke Simpson Mrs Cam Scott Mrs John McKittrick and Mrs Orry Owen appear in a fragmented social notes listing. The incomplete item hints at a local community roster or event guest list with several area residents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Herkmaps
Bert Kuhn
Tom Rayburn
Oscar Brownlee
Hoke Simpson
Cam Scott
John McKittrick
Orry Owen
Christmas Holiday Travel and Family Visits Across States
Dr and Mrs Robert Taft and niece Miss Dorothy Taft returned from DeLand Florida after Christmas with Tafts mother Mrs EC Ewart. Ohio guests Mr and Mrs Hebert Taft Jr and others from Topeka Kansas City Columbus joined. Sightings include YMCA workers and university staff. Visits extended to Topeka and Topeka hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taft
Dorothy Taft
DeLand
Fla
Taft
EC. Ewart
Hebert Taft, Jr
Columbus
Ohio
J. T Dr
Ohio State University
C. W. Reynolds
Clifford Reynolds
Kansan City
J. F. Vogel
Topeka
O. T. Davis
Max Cunningham
Winter General Hospital
Phyllis Springer
Kansas City
William Springer
Linda
City
Obed Thompson
Obed, Jr
Wiscorein
E. P. Houser
Warren Warner
Canton
New Safety Mark Set in Topeka Police Report
Topeka's safety measure shows progress as traffic conditions evolve from horse and buggy to motor vehicles. Police Lt Alf Mader notes a single traffic death in 1948, down from two in 1939, reflecting improved road safety amid a growing population nearing 90,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Alf Mader
Two Die In Plane Crash At Olathe Naval Air Station
An single engine two seat plane crashed into a corner of the fox shrouded administration building at the Olathe naval air station in Kansas. The crash fatally injured two air force flyers. The plane was en route Tulsa to Offutt with a planned stop at Topeka but fog caused a landing attempt at Olathe. The engine tore off on impact and the craft dropped to the ground while a small roof fire was extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe. Kan
Olathe Naval Air Station
Air Force
Campbell Keane
Tulsa
Okla
Offutt Army Air Field
Oma
Topeka
Olathe
Abandon Large Scale Search For Airliner
The coast guard announced the large scale search for the missing DC-3 charter airliner was discontinued. 33 persons were aboard when it disappeared last Tuesday en route from San Juan to Miami. The only remaining possibility is sighting wreckage somewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Sons
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard
Sitstown
Milis tary to Speak at K U Convocation on Security in the Atomic Age
Hanson Milis tary, university figure and veteran journalist, will headline Kansas University’s next convocation with a talk on Security in the Atomic Age. A Annapolis graduate and former Navy officer, he rose to military editor at The New York Times and earned a Pulitzer in 1942 for Pacific battle-area reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Hanson Milistary
University
Itoram Om Janey
United States Oval Academy
Annapolis
Hanson
Navy
Baltimore Sun
New York Times
South
Pacific
Saturday Evening Post
Life
Readers’ Digest
Americas
Firemen Free Cat Trapped in Iron Grid in Quincy
Boots the cat, trapped by a neck snag in a catch basin grid, was freed after three hours as rising tides filled the basin. Neighbors called for help. firemen pried open the grate, used vaseline to slide Boots free, and he recovered with milk and petting. Also reported, Bil Sparks elected president of the Mid-States Model Aeronautical Association in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Boots
Catch Basin
Ward
John
Malcolm Brummitt
Albatros Road
Iia
Sparks
Kansas City
Cp—Bil Sparks
Kan
Mid-States Model Aeronautical Association
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Polo Player Dies as Tex Austin Visitor Fades
A polo figure named Jan known as pole ker Lee from Texas yesterday visited Austin from Oklahoma Veneturla where he served as minister of sports. He aimed to buy horses or a Venezuelan polo club. His wife, Anne Airs, confirmed the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ker Lee
Tex
Austin
Cellaria
Oklahoma Veneturla
Anne
Miss Peabody in Recital Tonight at University of Kansas
Irene Peabody, a Kansas University voice faculty mezzo soprano, sings a recital in Sophia Auditorium tonight. Accompanist Frank Strong is listed, with a program featuring arias and songs from various composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Peabody
Irene Peabody
School of Fine Arts
University of Kans
Spphia
Frank Strong
Winksfred Gallup
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Lawrence Woman
Berepttnista
Tour
Eiétidxe de Progressive Pleading Club
J. H. Saunders
Charles Daniels
Martha Piper
Arvid. W., Baltzersen
Maud Smetser
Helen Wagstaff
Stockton
Calif
Delta Delta Delta Alliance
Frank Sandelius
California
Barbara Nash
Bob Nash
Brackett Home Demonstration Unit No
Thureday
Elmer, Schneider
Henry Hack
E. C. Simpson
Ladies’ Literary League
R. H. Beamer
Missouri Street
R. P. Stringham
Albert Schweitzer
the Man and
His
George Seaver
First ‘Methodist Church
Emma Welch
Gerald Pearson
Sam Ferguson
H. B. Latimer
J. S .Stover
W. H. Quaken
Bush
C. C. Stoland
Learnard
Zodiac
O'Clock
W. C. McNown
J. D. Pike
Ear
J. O. Jones
Campbell
James Lesson
Belshe
A. G. Hant
W. J. B. Turner
Women's Missionary Society
Trinity Lutheran Church
Friends In Council
Allmorrow
George Anderson
D. M. Swarthout
America
I. F. Eberhart
Clara Messenheimer
Belle Schell
Charles Springer
Bebus Tepeelar
Fred Peterson
C. L. Springer
Louise Roberts
Billy Thompson
Clarria Springer
Carey Jimmy
Eugene
Mary
Springer
Genes Virginia
Kandas Ter
Byron
Phyilla
Morris
Misa Velma West Sykes
National Screen Council
Ninth
Kentucky Streets
Mins Sykes
Hollywood
American Association of University Women
Jessie Nossaman
AC. W. Nossaman
Louisiana Street
B. F. Doty
Keith Copenhauer
D. D. Cannon
Bardea Jean
Cunningham
Carl Green
Ione
Larry
Toon
Wichita
WW. Doty
Re. D. D. Doty
Holten
Sunny Valley
Kenneth Jones
J. F
No Name Club
Geo. Hoefer
Tennessee ‘Street S
Bertha Say
B.H.W. Club
One
India
Gerald Hoover
Learnard Avenue
C. H. Simpson
Connecticut
Co. H
Kansas
Beth
Guy
Ineton
Naldo
Ac Ae 20Th Kaneas
Mra. W. H. Crockett
Sunnyside
Donald G. Wilson Ian
L. R.johnson
Alor
du Bois
Jack Nichols
University of Kansas Medical Center
Georgana
Nichols
Jayne Johns T
Minerva Rebekah Lodge No. 146
Eudora
C.F
Pleasant Valley
Chili
Srven
Review Club
Margaret Haines
New Hampshire Street
A. E. Huddleston
Honduras
Kenneth Keller
Linwood
Carol Rose
Fret Keller
Delver Keller
Ointhe
James E. McKinney
Marian Keller
Richard Keller
Robert Foster
K. A. Dames
Snow Hall
Alvin Leonard
Lee Volfe
Howard O'Connor
Delbert Banks
Forum
Dr. E. I. Novotny
Harold Ingham
Douglas County Medical Assistants Society
Castle
Rhodes
Vermont
Russell CO
Henry
K. U
Hanson Baldwin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Tomorrow's Journal-World
Dorothy Fosdick
United Nations
Siate
Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York
United States
AP. Wirephotad
Polo
Brooks Sweeper CO
Masa
Phéne
Cook's
NEW
Surmons
Cook
Ree BC
Sefc PH
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