Dangers of Levees Lowered as Floods Persist in Delta
In Glendora Mississippi, refugees number in the hundreds as Ouachita floodwaters threaten Monroe area. West Monroe works to pump back waters with city and railroad crews aiding levee strength. Atchafalaya Red and Black rivers loom as rains continue, while Tallahatchie and Coldwater floods threaten Panola Quitman and Tallahatchie counties. Red Cross and local relief efforts intensify with towns housing and feeding hundreds of refugees.
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Glendora
Mississippi Delta
Louisiana
Ouachita River
Monroe
Atchafalaya
Mississippi
Tallahatchie
Panola
Quitman
Red Cross
Charleston
Webb
Sumner
No. 10 and vicinity Christmas gatherings and births
Local note filled with holiday visits across No. 10 and surrounding area. Families like Lauer, Fisher, White, Gilliland, Oshel, Miller and Newland hosted dinners and greetings. births announced for Leonard Otis Newland and a baby girl for Loree Gilliland’s circle. students returned from holiday recess and neighbors exchanged greetings at Baldwin and Ottawa institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lauer
Helena
Josephine
Joseph
Francis
Chas. Oshel
Thomas Miller
James Oshel
Baldwin
Linwood Rhodes Finishes College Christmas Vacation Plans
Linwood Orville Rhodes, a student at Emporia College, was spending his Christmas vacation at home. He plans to return to campus after the holidays to resume studies and campus activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Rhodes
Emporia
Christmas Village Notes And Community Honors In Emporia
Local social notes from Emporia recount Christmas visits by Mr and Mrs Lloyd Rhodes and other families, Mrs Ruth Howard’s return to Coffeyville High, and Hugh Parry’s German Police dogs. A watch night party at the Christian Endeavor drew about forty attendees, ending with a New Year bell. Eastern Star held a New Year’s dinner despite rain, with several community figures in attendance. Community congratulations flowed to Mrs Bert Wilson of Lawrence and families returning to Manhattan students, as gatherings and visits continued through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Rhodes
Emporia
James McKinney
Potter
Kan
Pat Collins
Ruth Howard
Coffeyville High School
M. R. Howard
Hugh Parry
Sarah Parry
Johns Tuddhope
Topeka
Hugh
Christian Endeavor
Federated Church
Robert Orme
Montrose
Martha Schapley
Edwardsville
Ca. Anderson
Orme
Linwood
Kansas
Fairfield
Iowa
John Parry
Eastern Star
David Passon
Lawrence
Annie Orane
Colo
John Hughey
Ethel Curtis
Madeline Mendenhall
Nathan
Say Parry
Theodore
Esthe
Thos. Martin
Helen Lois
Leonard Turpin
J. E. Tudhooee
Sol Elder
Will Elder
Estall Starr
C. C
Esther Howell fatally shot. Showalter hospitalized in Kan
Esther Howell, residing in Bethany hospital City Kansas, was shot by her father Wat Howa. Mi Showalter, hospitalized in Kan City, Kansas, had been ill for two years and had taught at Central School for thirty years. She studied at Laker University, enjoyed strong ties in Bakdy, and will spend winter in Glendale after hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Howell
Bethany Hospital City
Kan
Hce
Vis
Jacksonville
Tex
Glendale
Cal
Bakdy
M Showalter
Laker Tersity
Offovy
Kansas City
Central School
Bakhy
Baldwin residents share weddings and obituaries in January notices
The Baldwin community notes multiple family events including funerals for a local resident with services in Kansas City and Baldwin, interment at Oakwood cemetery beside parents. It cites marriages of Norma Montgomery Harris and Archie Pancake, and Leone Campbell to Eugene Twichell, with details on attire and families. It also mentions visits, mission society events, and local social updates.
May Resign Caroline Invited To Liberty Dinner
May Resign Caroline are invited to Liberty Missouri on Sunday as dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Maltin Dr and Mrs James H Gander of Liberty will be additional guests A Baker University Lecture Course program by Miss Jessie Rae Taylor in Centenary Hall last Tuesday evening drew an appreciative audience Her impersonations songs and character interactions showed artistry in makeup and range She favors male roles and impressed as Uncle Henry The entertainer may return to Baker and spoke to Baker drama students after the show Mrs Taylor spent Christmas with her parents in Tonganoxie and was accompanied by her father The Wig and Grease Paint Club of America counts her as the only woman member Mr and Mrs Harmon Downa and daughter Lois visited in Kansas City New Year’s Day Neighbors group quilt project and a Community YWCA tea for mothers were noted with Mrs Jack Williams presiding
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Merlin Cook
Gale
John Cunningham
Coe
Richard Hazlewood
George Ordbach
Topeka
Oscar Dyer
Martin
Mary White
Leonard Newland
Black Jack
Loree Gilliland
Helena Lauer
Leavenworth
O. M. Hird
Chas
Detwiler
Asa Turner
Jerald Hobson
Lafe
King and Son
Bert Emery
Harry
Hobson
Grace
Dorothy Hurlbrink
Ethel
Dee Johnson
Ruth Young
Union District
Baldwin
Rose
Agnes White
Pomona
Chas. Newland
Lawrence
Thim
Leonard Otis
Joe Lauer
Ben Fisher
Homewood
A. J. Collins
Andrew Collins
Ruth Collins
Manhattan
Fred Hartorink
Owen’ Turner
Alfred Johnson
Ruby McCree
Martha Steneking
Fred Hurlbrink
Joe Rennier
Overbrook
Helena
Velma Turner
Doris Hobson
Marie Osher
Leroy Detwiler
Baldwin High School
Marsden
Eldon King
Martin Dyer
Ottawa High School
Gene. Twitchell
Twichell
Leone Campbell
Neal Banks
Lone Star
Banks
Luella Gray
Lee Gray
George Sizer
Joe Grauss
Tecumseh
Roy Brown
Stull
Dorothy Eliott
Kanwaka
Grace Dean Hanks
J. D. Smith
F. H. Flickinger
Norma Montgomery - Harri‘syn
C. C. Harrison
Archie Pancake
Edwin Price
First Methodist Church
Kansas
Pan Jcake
Cecil Coggins
Charleston, & C
Kathryn Hammond
Coggins
U. S. Navy
Hawaiian Islands
Caroline
Liberty, Mo
Harry Maltin
James H Gander
Liberty
Jessie Rae Taylor
Centenary Hall
Baker’ University
Miss Taylor
Henry
Baker
Dramatic Art Department
Misa. Taylor
Haa
Wig and Grease Paint Club of America
Harmon Downa
Lois
Kansas City
Hoyal
Rock Island
Jack Williams
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U. S
Associated Press
American Airlines
United States
Europe
Newark
N. J
Frank Hawks
J. D. Jernigan
J. Clausen
Carl Meinke
Ala Bell
Bert Wilson
Lawr Nce
Ilsore
Fern Brock
Brock
James Smith
Dge Jones
Avs
Baldwin News
Mary and
John
Grace S. Black
Bertha Honora
Chicago
Roxana Showalter
Tacoma
Wash
Earl Martin
Marshall
Gibson
Stewart-Barnett Funeral
Oakwood Cemetery
James Showalter
Harriett Shaw
Delta Delta Delta House
Eugene Twichell
Kanzsas City
Thomas Harris
The
Christian Church
Mers
A. Gil
Bakiwin High School
Don County
L. B. Twiehell
Viadusté
Wyandotte High School
Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Twiehell
W. H. Howell
la Cygne
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Clarence E. Halcombe
Russia
Harriet W. Ruble
Harriet Rapp Hackett
Christ
Lenore Dowers
J. H. Gander
Charles Kalb
Emma
Ssociated Press
Orfova
Btooklyn
Dwight F. Davis
Philippine Islands
Fisher
Chevrolet
Bristol
Tampa
Framce
F.o.b
Flint
Michigan
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Division of
General Meters
Belo
Davis-Child Motor CO
Rotheberger Motor Co
Endora, Kansas
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