Deaths and funerals of Emma Ward Martha Thornton and Garland Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Emma Ward of Suring Wisconsin died Monday at home. Rev Arthur Ward and daughter Lois North survive. Mrs Martha B Thornton 83 of Wichita died Monday. mother of Raybert Thornton. Funeral Thursday 10:30 at Rumsey with Memorial Park Cemetery burial. Surviving Thornton family listed. Mrs Garland Fitzpatrick 66 of Johnson Street died Sunday. funeral Thursday 1 pm at Rumsey with burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Emma Ward Ward
Emma Ward
Suring
Wis
Arthur Ward
Lois North
Linwood
Martha B. Thornton
Wichita
Lawrence
Raybert Thornton
Commercial Printing Department of the World Company
Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Raybert
Route 3
Homer Thornton
Laura Ave
B. D. Cummings
William Warthington
Harry Weyermuller 88 Dies After Stroke at Rest Home
Harry P Weyermuller 88 of 2046 Mass St died this morning at Norris Rest Home where he had been living since a stroke months ago He was a native of Lawrence and a retired businessman Funeral services said for 2 p m Thursday at Cooper Warren Chapel Rev Harold Hamilton will officiate Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Survivors include a sister Mrs Mary Fleming of 2046 Mass St who cared for him since his wife died in 1944
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Weyermuller
Mass
Norris Rest Home
Lawrence
Cooper-Warren Chapel
Harold Hamilton
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mary Fleming
Lincoln Day Banquet Tickets On Sale In Douglas County
Douglas County Republican Central Committee ticket committee met to finalize plans for the Lincoln Day Banquet on February 12 at Plymouth Congregational Church. Sen. Andrew Schoepper of Kansas will give the keynote address. Tickets for members are available via committee chair Paul Ulrich and at Hunsinger Motor Co. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. served by Douglas County Farm Bureau women.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
Douglas County Republican Central Committee
Andrew Schoepper
Kansas
Paul Ulrich
Baldwin
Central Committee
Hunsinger Motor Co
Mass
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Election and Installation set by Lawrence Consistory
Lawrence Consistory schedules election and installation of officers on Wednesday January 6 at 8 30 p m M R Reitzel Master of K Q Wright Regent Adjutant leading the session in a stated communication lasting into the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Pontius
V. M
C. Wright
Lawrence
M. R. Reitzel
Funeral services for Everett Ernest Bunn
Funeral services for Everett Ernest Bunn 74 of Sunrise Beach Mo will be at 1030 AM Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home Rev Harold Hamilton in charge Burial will be 239 PM Wednesday at Harrisonville Mo Bunn died Sunday evening at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
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Everett
Ernest Buntt
Everett Ernest Bunn
Sunrise Beach
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold Hamilton
Harrisonville
Bunn
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Jane C. Grauel 76 dies in Topeka
Mrs. Jane C. Grauel aged 76 and a Lecompton resident for 55 years died Monday at St. Francis Hospital Topeka. Born February 28 1883 in Topeka she will be laid to rest at Mt Calvary Cemetery Topeka after funeral Mass at St Theresa Catholic Church Perry with Rosary at Rumsey Funeral Home. Survived by her husband William two daughters Florence Andes Lecompton and Jennie Rogers Topeka two brothers William Lux San Bernardino California Nicholas Lux Kansas City and a sister Mary Ingenthron St. Marys.
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Jane C. Grauel
Lecompton
St. Francis Hospital
Topeka
Grauel
St. Theresa Catholic Church
Perry
Rumsey Funeral Home
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
William
Home
Florence Andes
Jennie Rogers
William Lux
San Bernardino
Calif
Nicholas Lux
Kansas City
Mary Ingenthron
St. Mary’s
New Dillon area building slated on Massachusetts Street
Decembers building permits show new homes across multiple Lawrence addresses including Orvil Beer and Carl Hird Jr totaling 193 550 dollars, plus a duplex on W 19th St and a business remodel on Mass St. The 23rd and Iown Sts apartment project is only underway with most work to come this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Food
Massachusetts Street
23Rd and
Iown Sts
Orvil Beer
Belle Crest Dr
Avalon Rd
Bill Vantuyl
Lawrence
Carl Hird Jr
Nathan Dr
Lawrence Ave
Wellington Rd
G. A. Roberts
Hilltop Dr
Russell Jones
Belle Meade
L. L. Bales
22Nd St
Dale Stevenson
D— Parson and Peterson
19Th St
Emery Scott
Mass. St
Donald Hart
del St
Trains Collision Wreck Kills and Injures Dozens
A fog bound crash injured and killed many rail travelers. Eyewitnesses described a coach packed with laborers on the way to work as the train wreck unfolded with a heavy fog limiting visibility and leaving carriages tangled and bodies trapped.
Births and admissions listed for Memorial Hospital patients
Memorial Hospital records show multiple admissions including W W Richardson Ida Deay Carolyn Pippert Gladys Bremer Susie Morris and others at various addresses. Birth notices report a daughter for Edward Mealey and a son for Robert Plank. Additional births noted for Edgar Patterson and Richard Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Richardson
N. H. St
Ida Deay
Carolyn Pippert
E. 13Th
Gladys Bremer
Dakota
Susie Morris
Haskell Grounds
Margaret Corn
W. 22Nd
Otis John Gulley Jr
Elm
Joan Patterson
Emmett Williams
Mary Brownlee
Matthew Hebert
Skyline Trailer Ct
Karen Graves
Mont
Edward Mealey
Brook
Robert Plank
Elmwood
Edgar Patterson
Richard Morris
Aquatones Sing at Lions Club Session in Lawrence
The Aquatones quartet performed Monday for the Lawrence Lions Club at the Country Club meeting. Members Pat Blair Lucille Enos Lanna Wyatt and Silvia Nahman shared the group history and future hopes while outlining past appearances on a Tucson Sweet Adelines convention program a United Fund telethon and a Tucson Arizona audition. Corwin Sperry directs the group and the quartet plans a Lawrence High School spring show and local appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquatones
Sweet Adelines, Inc
Lawrence Lions Club
Pat Blair
Lucille Enos
Lanna Wyatt
Silvia Nahman
Aguatones
Ada Ines
Tucson
Ariz
United Fund
Corwin Sperry
Lawrence High School
Topeka Buyer Takes Over Vernon Hardware in Lawrence
E G Vernon sells Vernon Hardware at 1029 Mass St Lawrence to Henry Goss of Topeka effective Jan 1. Vernon will retire after helping Goss settle. Goss and wife plan to move to Lawrence and keep current operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
E. G. Vernon
Vernon Hardware
Maas
Henry Goss
Topeka
Vernon
Goss
Lawrence
Friend Lumber Co
Friend
Mass
Atchison
Grace Episcopal Cathedral
Episcopal Church Women
Diocese of Kansas
Topeka Firm Buys Wolfsons Store
Briman's Jewelers of Topeka announced they purchased Wolfson's at 743 Mass. St. remodeling will start next week with completion planned by mid February. Ralph Wolfson will manage the Lawrence outlet and Vernie Wilson Jr. will be assistant manager.
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Briman's Jewelers
Topeka
Wolfson's
Mass. St
Lawrence
Briman’s
Topeka Jewelers
Ralph Wolfson
Vernie Wilson Jr
Wolfson’s
Abe Wolfson
Wolfson
Briman Jewelry
Briman
Mass, St
KU Bowl Victors In High Spirits After Vital Win
Four Kansan University students returned to campus in high spirits after defeating Chicago University 210 to 150 on the GE College Bowl program. The KU team won a $1,500 scholarship and electrical appliances, and will face Smith College next week. Team members Elinor Hadley Cheryl Pager Fred Morrison and Allan Latta are listed with their majors and hometowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan University
Chicago University
GE College
Newark
James Seaver
Jayhawk
Chicago
Seaver
CBS
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Elinor Hadley
Kansas City
Cheryl Payer
el Dorado
Fred Morrison
Colby
Allan Latta
Wichita
Smith College
New Hampton
Mass
Miss Pager
Rostelling
Chicago Braintrust
Smith
Dr. Seaver
Latta
Morrison
Hadley
Miss Hadley
Meixner to Speak at Humanities Forum Lecture
Dr. John Meixner of Kansas University English Department will speak at 7 30 p m today in the Kansas Union Building. His topic is The Saddest Story Ford s The Good Soldier.
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John Meixner
Kansas University English Department
Humanities Forum
Kansas Union
Ford
Good Soldier
Anti Semitism Outbreak Prompts Global Response
Officials in the United States and abroad mobilize to combat a surge of anti Semitic acts. West Germany sees court actions, bans on radical groups, and arrests. Britain, Italy, and Australia report incidents as Jewish sites tighten security in New York and Cincinnati.
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America
West Germany
Britain
Christopher Steel
Bonn
North Atlantic Alliance
Berlin
Rolf Wollny
West Berlin
Peither
National Youth of German
League of Nationalist Students
United States
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Benjamin R. Epstein
New York
B'nai B'rith International Council
Amsterdam
England
Italy
Australia
Konrad Adenauer
Federal
Israel
Zvi Lubotkin
Abduth Avodah Party
Zionist General Council
Council
Lubotkin
Queens
West Hempstead
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Oho
Hitler
London
Nazi
Adenauer
Lawrence School Board Plans Bond Issue Details
The Lawrence School Board discussed setting up a spring bond issue with preliminary figures from Robertson and Ericson. They approved purchasing bleacher sections for West Junior High and accepted five resignations. They also authorized contracts for several junior and Centennial staff and asked for a sketch and estimate for a maintenance and supply building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence School Board
Robertson and Ericson
New West
Mary Gall
Janet Gunter
Anne Tiedemann
Elizabeth Newton
Centennial
Jean Russell
Sharral Gentry
Betty LeAnn Stout
Cynthia Parsons
Carol Schlenker
Merchants Group Proposes Wider Agenda in Lawrence
Members of the Retail Division of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce met to plan next year's Christmas decorations and review store hours and parking issues. They formed committees to study decorations and address parking, with E R Zook noting improved space but continued violations and discussing new parking areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
E. R. Zook
Chamber
Board Meeting Set in Police Fire Building
The Douglas County Association for Retarded Children will hold a board meeting at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Police Fire Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Association For Retarded Children
Police Seek Duet In Parsons Area After K C Melee
Parsons Kansas police chase two gunmen identified as Carl R Chase 19 and an alias Jay after they disarmed two Kansas City officers. The duo fled on foot after a gun battle near a Gibson farm north of St Paul as officers reported a wrecked car and shattered buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kan
Kansas City
St. Paul
Carl R
Jock) Chase
Jay
Jerry Sloan
Gibson
Theft at Alpha Chi Omega House at Kansas University
Campus police report additional theft at Alpha Chi Omega on KU campus. Missing items include more than 1,000 dollars worth of record players records radios and clothing from several rooms. A second report adds 90 dollars in imported sweaters, bringing total estimated loss to 1 099 dollars.
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Alpha Chi Omega
Kansas University
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Red Cross
Monza
Milan
George Weyermuller
Vt. St
Gordon Weyermuller
Dorothy McMillian
Kansas City, Mo
Garland Fitzpatrick
Johnson
Rumsey Funeral
Kermit Smith
GOP
Q., Wright
India
Cornell University
Agatia Eibest
Gleason Gregory Jr
Guy Helms
Lake
Grace Stephens
Eudora
Nellie McNew
Loyal Miller
N. H
Cleta Decker
Utah Ct
Lonna Marie Rice
Georgianna Taylor
Jo Ann Higgins
Charles Blanck
Tonganoxie
Lions Club
Topekan
Meixner
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Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Central
Appalachians
Rockies
Plains
Associated
Merchants Group
Parsons Area
K.C
Travopy
Calvin
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