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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1962
Page
4
Debbie Drake prescribes easier routes to slimness with posture and stretching. Stand straight with legs apart, clasp hands behind the neck, bend from the waist side to side, repeating eight times then up to thirty per session, twice daily.
Ruth Slenczynska, famed child prodigy, returns as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony for its 40th anniversary in the Bay Area. She recounts early fame from Oakland at age four and Paris, Berlin, New York debuts, and notes she would have preferred a ordinary life. yet she remains a touring pianist with a career spanning three continents and over a thousand concerts.
Paris fashion notes the popular Chanel bag scene as copies flood department stores and dimestores. The real Chanel features chamois leather and red lining, selling for 60 to 100 dollars, while cheaper versions range from 4 to 25 dollars.
Visitors to Mr. and Mrs. John French included Candace Sehon Lewis Schott and Charles Taylor from Lawrence and Muskogee. The Sumner family hosted Carolyn Turner and Robert Curran. The Evangelical United Brethren Ladies Aid met at A. W. Schwanke’s home. Alice Zeeb co hosted. A covered dish dinner was served. Mrs. George Bahnmaier visits Irene Symons in Ottawa. Big Springs School closed all day January 8 due to snow drifts hindering buses and road travel.
Israel resumes mining at the King Solomon mines to boost copper production for the state. The project aims to increase domestic supply and support industrial needs amid ongoing resource exploration. The move signals a strategic shift in mineral procurement and energy independence efforts.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Women's Auxiliary lists members who volunteered across roles such as Out-Patient X-Ray Escort, Mail Delivery, Evening Passes, Emergency Feeding, Book Cart, Afternoon Passes, Baby Photos, Shopping Service, and Flowers. Members include Marguerite Lockwood Fay Wood Mabel Mallory Agnes Shockley Opal Scanlan and many more.
A philatelic display from the Lawrence Stamp Club features international covers, a South American map with country stamps, sheets of U S stamps and stamp catalogues on view at the Lawrence Public Library.
A string of family visits and holiday meals is noted across several towns. Names include the Garrison, Fleming, McClure, Eschbaugh, Murphree, Crady, Banks, and Winter households with guests from Emporia Kansas City Mulvane Topeka Council Grove Overland Park and Kaw. An upcoming Winter Community Club meeting on Jan 12 plans officer elections.
Mary Nell Lasswell returned from Houston after visiting her sister Mrs Elsie Mae Em ken for a week. Mr and Mrs Charles Winter visited at the A K Winter home on Christmas Day. Mr and Mrs Otto Luckan of Lawrence called in the evening. Rev Lybian Endsley attended a Youth Convention in Topeka Thursday and Friday. John Taylor came home from Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka where he had been for several weeks.
Dr. William P. Smith professor and chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department at Kansas University travels to Bogota Colombia for Institute for International Education duties. He will consult with engineering faculties at the National University of Colombia in Bogota and Valle University in Cali for three weeks of January and a month next summer.
The article notes a Valle campus visit where an engineering dean will confer with the dean on curriculum matters. It also mentions culinary advice about adding apples to griddle cake batter and whether to pare them or leave them as is.
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