Welfare Dept Reports 1950 Aid and Employment Totals
The county welfare department aided about 800 persons in 1950. The annual report by director Mrs Aldred Watson notes total costs shared by county state and federal governments amounting to 408 thousand dollars in tax money. 42 people found work and were removed from welfare rolls. Transients mostly received meals with 17 individuals aided for lodging or medical transport. Old age and survivor benefits reached 44 cases. Clinics and health services supported by the department included Bert Nash Mental Health and Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, with Douglas County Health Department sponsoring. Social Service League provided clothing for children and sewed for a convalescent hospital. The hospital treated 79 patients, 35 of whom were residents. The welfare staff of four oversees case work, investigations, rehabilitation counseling, and liaison with national and regional aid programs. They handle adoptions, case histories for state hospitals, reporting on parole and boarding homes, and furnish residence verifications for state sanitoriums. Reports are compiled for state and federal review.
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County Welfare Department
Aldred Watson
Welfare Department
Bert Nash
T. B
Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Douglas County Health Department
Children of Welfare
Social Service League
Anna Paasch
Watson
Civilian Marine in Korea Returns Home
Long Beach, California born Corporal Joseph Washburn, a veteran who briefly served in Korea while reportedly discharged from the reserve, is coming home. Marine Corps records show Washburn was discharged on his own request July 6, appealed after reactivation July 31, and ordered home with pay and allowances following wife inquiries.
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Korea
Leatherneck
Joseph Washburn
Long Beach
Calif
Washburn
Seoul
Inchon
Wonsan
Ham-hung
Changjin Reservoir
Washington
P—Josteph H. Washburn
Marine Corps Headquarters
Marine Reserve
Hel
13Th Marine Reserve Battalion
Asicrirdi
Parsons to run Grover market as Paragons Grocery
James H. Parsons announces lease of Grover's Market at 1828 Massachusetts street and plan to operate as Paragons Grocery starting about February 1. Grover family remodels store, install new counters, while Mrs Grover and two sons continue operations until Parsons takes over.
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James H. Parsons
Parsons Grocery
Massachusetts Street
Grover's Market
Paragons Grocery
I. L. Grovers
Parsons
Lawrence
Kansas City
Grover
J. R. LaMont
Vermont Street
Grovers
Persons
Grover Market
I. L. Grover
Adryn Grover
Arland Grover
Navy Reserves
Adryn
Navy
Nineteenth
Louisiana Street
Method Used by Local Teacher in a Science Class Cited as Example
A Kansas Teacher feature praises Mary E. Steen for teaching fourth graders about the solar system at Pinckney Elementary in Lawrence. Using a sand table with rubber balls a balloon and models students grasped scale and space concepts after a film strip and a mock moon trip.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Mary E. Steen
Dif
Texas Guards Enlistments Extended by Governor Shivers
Gov Allan Shivers ordered one year extensions for all Texas national guard and air national guard enlistments expiring between now and July This action extends service for units based in Austin and statewide to maintain readiness amid ongoing duties and training programs.
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Austin
Tex
Dan
Texas National Guard
Air National Guard
Allan Shivers
TV Set Aids Winter Patients At Topeka Hospital
Local Red Cross chapter plans to purchase a television set for the closed ward at Genser hospital in Topeka to entertain patients unable to leave. About $10 will be contributed by the chapter, with offers of help from Girl Scouts and school art groups. A series of performances by Baldwin High School, Lydia Sain on Japanese art, Lawrence Men’s Chorus, John Rockhold’s Orchestra, and Southwestern Bell Telephone employees are scheduled to boost in-hospital entertainment programming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter Genser Hospital
Topeka
Girl Scouta
Baldwin High School
Lydia Sain
Lawrence Men's
John Rockhold
Ioyal Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Nutt
Mary Denniston
Hildred Angel
Pian Shackleford
J. v. Milliken
Robert Lockwood
Community to stage Worden recreation show
Eile Reuter and Ruth Harwood lead a Worden community quartet in a next Wednesday recreation halls program featuring one act plays and variety numbers. Council members present at Wednesday’s meeting included Mrs. George K. Melvin, Mrs. Ralph Wolfson, Miss Wilma Miller and Mrs. Y. Y. Young. Mrs. F. A. Cook contributed a birthday cake for a hospital patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eile Reuter
Ruth Harwood
Worden
George K. Melvin
Ralph Wolfson
Wilma Miller
Y. Y. Young
F. A. Cook
Soil practices approved for Leavenworth 1951 program
The government soil conservation program for 1951 in Leavenworth north county announced by Omar C. Browning lists approved measures including division terraces permanent sod waterway erosion control dams permanent pasture and legume planting on steep slopes lime stone superphosphate rock phosphate weed and brush eradication on grassland and other permanent cover efforts.
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Leaven
North County
Omar C. Browning
Dams Ponds Drainage Ditches Standards Set for Aid
Specifications outlining minimum standards for permanent dams ponds and open drainage ditches are available at Leavenworth county office. Applications must be submitted before work begins to receive government assistance. projects must finish within the designated time or funds will be canceled and reallocated. A storm may cause several times the damage of tornadoes in a year in the U.S.
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Leavenworth
Id. U
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Association of Professional Ball Players of America
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Lawrence National Bank
Massachusetts
Buick
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Parker Buick Company
U. S
Buddy Gallagher Motors
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