Death Brings Navy Action But Teacher Explains P S
A Whittier teacher recounts how a frog dissection telegram caused a naval crew to mobilize for a presumed family death. Charles W. Brogan explains Ivalyn and Sue sent P S signaling a frog’s autopsy in a biology class aboard the Lexington off Pensacola. The incident ended with a lesson on misinterpretation and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.S
Los Angeles
U. S. Navy
Charles W. Brogan
Pioneer High School
Whittier
Brogan
Carriier Lexington
Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Air Station
Ivalyn
Sue
Navy
Lexington
KU County Clerk School Scheduled for February
The 14th annual County Clerks School will be Feb. 12 14 at Kansas University and followed by the 13th annual City Clerks School Feb. 20 22. Sponsored by the Kansas County Clerks Association and allied groups, the program lists Ethan P. Allen and Karl Kappelman on planning committees with city and county officials also serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Kansas County Clerks Association
City Clerks Association of Kansas
KU Governmental Research Center
State Department of Property Valuation and
University Extension
Ethan P. Allen
Governmental Research Center
B. L. Scruggs
Karl Kappelman
KU Extension
Harold C. Fisher
Lawrence
William H. Cape
Delbert Mathia
Douglas County
Engagements and births in Tonganoxie area shown
Elmer and Mary Beth Resch announce the engagement of their daughter to Robert Benton Whitacre of Tonganoxie with a summer wedding planned. Lavera May Cathcart to Dean Guinn, Scott Kingsolver born Christmas Day, and William Wade Taylor born Jan. 4 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Paul G. Clay a patient at V A Hospital Wadsworth. Mrs. Glen Wager guest of Mr. and Mrs. V C Starns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Resch
Arvada
Colo
Mary Beth
Robert Benton Whitacre
Tonganoxie
Miss Resch
Colorado State University
Whitacre
Kansas University
Melvin E. Cathcart
Meriden
Lavera May
Dean Guinn
Merle F. Guinn
Cathcart
Seaman High School
Topeka
Evangel College
Springfield
Winchester
Guinn
Tonganoxie High School
Ottawa University
Wilbur Kingsolver
Scott
Jeffrey Allen
Douglas Dean
William W. Taylor
William Wade
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Paul Campbell
Ceiterville
Iowa
Howard Taylor
Brookfield
Taylors
Dawne
Wallace Greg
Paul G. Clay
Veterans Hospital
Wadsworth
Glen Wager
V.C. Starns
Fairmount
Local Socials and Visits Span Several Kansas Towns
A parade of visits and family events spans Fairmount Leavenworth Ottawa Jarbalo and Lawrence as residents host guests attend dinners and celebrate birthdays. Notables include Mr. and Mrs Glen Lee Mrs Leonard Owens Mr Jerry Pickens newborn Douglas Guinn and multiple trips to California Reno and Oregon.
Eudora Community Notes Include Births Visits and Events
Local roundup from Eudora Arkansas covers residents A to Z. Dean family in Ozark. Claudia Dean to live with relatives. Jan 6 visits by Norris Strong Duncan and others. Well Baby Clinic Jan 9 with 11 examinations by Dr. Dale Clinton. Births noted including William James Kelly II and Janice Lola. Reports on real estate moves, funerals, lodge activities, church study classes, and historical note on US internal taxes from 1817 to Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thell Dean
Ozark, Ark
Dean
Galen
Claudia Dean
Eudora High School
Thelbert Dean
Paul Hadl
Walden Norris
Perry
Carl Strong
Harold Duncan
Henry Rinke
Don Burns
Effingham
John Long
Susy
John Mathis
Humboldt
Eudora Clinic
Clincs
Richard Henderson
Kaw Valley State Bank
Miller and Midgett
Don
Hans Beem
Barnes
Kaw
Don Beem
Lewis French
Ray Long
William James Kelly Jr
William James Kelly II
Donald Luther
Janice Lola
Vincent G. Miller
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Odd Fellows and
Rebekah
IOOF
Merlene Morriss
Pete Edelbrock
Lawrence Wilson
Carrol Gerstenberger
Kenneth Lawson
John Strong
Oscar Westerhouse
Robert Gabriel
Ralph Nuttal
Weaver Bottom
Eudora Baptist Church
Dwight Clark
John Jennings
Louis Whitten
Virginia Alice
Whittens
George Trefz
Fred Walker
Eudora Rebekah Lodge
Degree Rebekah Lodge
Lawrence
Sharon Tuggle
Theta Rho
Eudora Baptist Women's Mission Society
Bob Bonebrake
Ed Farris
Merline Meuller
John Beach
Jim Collins
Wayman Jennings
Automobile Tune-Up and Repair Services Highlighted
Local shop advertises standard tune-up and mis tuned service including muffler tailpipe wheel balancing generator and starter work with pickup delivery and road service options.
Course on Communism And Christianity Begins At Baldwin
A five week course titled The Problem of Communism in the Christian Community starts at 7 30 p m Thursday January 24 at the First Methodist Church Baldwin The class meets Thursdays with a Friday February 1 second session taught by Dr John M Swomley associate professor of social ethics and philosophy at St Paul School of Theology Kansas City Missouri He is an author of books pamphlets and articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Baldwin
John M. Swomley
St. Paul School of Theology
Methodist
Kansas City
Reno Community Happenings Follow Week of Visits and Meetings
Reno residents and guests share visits with families in Lawrence Topeka and Kansas City with Sunday calls and dinners. The Reno Community Club met despite weather with a Valentine plan and committees named. Kent Home Demonstration Unit held an evening horticulture discussion at Reno Church with plans for February hat making and a Ruth Lamb gathering. Dairy award recipients and 4-H members honored at Leavenworth banquet as part of Happy Helpers Club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Baker
Floyd Gilliland
Roy Baird
Glen Bernhardt
Bernard Raney
Lawrence Peet
Kansas City
Kan
Grace Coleman
Joe Coleman
Schmidt
George
Boyd Gilkey
Topeka
Herbert Pearson
Ira Higginbotham
Flo Grinter
Essie Higginbotham
Kent
Reno
Elsie Grinter
Ruth Lamb
Mary Jane Grinter
Dorothy Stewart
Elise Grinter
Mabel Pettingill
Helen Lindel
Gladys Gilliland
Madge Torneden
Wilma Baird
Charles Strong
John Strong
Eudora
Norman Walker
Tonganoxie
C.L. DeHoff
Loyd Wilson
Linda Wilson
Donna
Diane
Jerry
Jimmy Moore
Bobby
Bernie Glidewell
Freda Holladay
Beverley Ewing
Lawrence
Eris Harbaugh
Glidewell
Athenaeum Club Hosts Household Hints Program
Desoto members gathered in Methodist Church fellowship rooms with Mrs Lavina Paxton and Mrs Della Welch as hostesses. Stella Coker presented Household Hints and Mabel McMill led recreation. winners were Dee Richardson Alma Middleton Fern Kercheval Bertha Bell Whitelaw. roses decorated the serving table. PTA meets Jan 26. An international student from Kansas University will speak. Fern Kercheval and Dot Longstreth hosted Pleasant Hour Club meeting. Ruth Ann Goodrum, Washburn senior, visits home between semesters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athenaeum Club
Methodist Church
Lavina Paxton
Della Welch
Stella Coker
Mabel McMill
Dee Richardson
Alma Middleton
Fern Kercheval
Bertha Bell Whitelaw
Dot Longstreth
Pleasant Hour Club
Ruth Ann Goodrum
Washburn University
Topeka
Clyde Goodrum
Local Notices and Household News Recap
Brenda Bedford treated at Gardner Medical Center after measles complications. Mrs. Bill Quinn visits family in Salem Nebraska. Mrs. Bill Houston tours Belton and returns with her mother. Melvin Meinke birthday honored at home of Arch Meinke as Ruth Circle meets. James Talley celebrates birthday with Lawrence guests. Inaugural ball for Kansas Governor John Anderson attended by Coker families. DeSoto Methodist Church gains twenty two members. Caldwell family returns from California trip. daughter teaches high school. August Bruemmer enters Kansas University Medical Center. Musser and Bennett visit Johnson County Home for the Aged. J E Gay hospitalized in Olathe. Tripkos returns from Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Bedford
Arch Bedford
Gardner Medical Center
Bill Quinn
Salem
Neb
Guy Large
Sandra Kay
Bill Houston
Belton
Clyde Goodrum
Houston
Jennie Shelton
Melvin Meinke
Lawrence
Mr. Meinke
Arch Meinke
Ruth Circle
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Myrtle Goodrum
James Talley
Floyd Talley
Wesley Coker
Leon Coker
Lloyd Coker
Kansas
John Anderson
Topeka
DeSoto Methodist Church
Howard Caldwell
Lancster
Calif
August Bruemmer
Kansas University Medical Center
Don C. Musser
Mary Bennett
Marietta Hughes
Mary Moxley
Sam Golden
Ada Kluss
Johnson County
J.E. Gay
Olathe Community Hospital
Clarence Tripkos
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Vinland and Nearby Residents Visit News Bits
Maj Jim Lynn of Colorado Springs en route to Florida called at the Stone home. Mrs Walker Randall returned from Bakersfield and other visits. Mrs Gib Sherman rushed to Paola for her mother's illness. Clifford McAnich family back from New Mexico and Colorado. Donna’s 11th birthday celebrated by Donna Riddle family gathering and Wak arusa Vinland game. The Strom family visited relatives nearby. Walter Rockhold anniversary observed. Conrad Collins left for Long Beach to join his ship after visiting relatives. Jessie Fenton expected to return to Baldwin teaching. W S C S met at Cecil Chaney home with eight members. Martha Smith led study and Mary Miller presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lynn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ross Stone
Lynn
Florida
Walker Randall
Bakersfield
Calif
Gib Sherman
Paola
Clifford McAnich
New Mexico
Colorado
Joyce Riddle
Donna
Brenda Higgins
Carol Bigsby
Connie Schutz
Patricia Pfantz
E. Malcolm Strom
Walter Rockhold
Conrad W. Collins
Long Beach
C.O. Collins
Jessie Fenton
Baldwin
W.S.C.S
Cecil Chaney
Martha Smith
Public notices and estate filings in Lawrence 1960s notices
Public notices include probate petitions for Frank Ottinger and Katie Anderson in Douglas County Kansas with executors The Lawrence National Bank and First National Bank of Lawrence. Notices cover administrator appointments bids planning commission meetings zoning changes and public sale ads with vehicle and building material listings.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
State OF Kansas
Douglas County
Said
Katie Henrietta Anderson
C.tla
First National Bank of
Lawrence
Kansas
C.t.a
J. AL. Martin
Robert B. Oyler
T.a
Classified housing and sale notices with local ads
Multiple small ads list rental housing including a two bedroom home near KU, single rooms for college men, and a ranch with 3 bedrooms for sale. Also offered are hay for sale, an International pickup for sale, and various services and items from M and M Co at 6th & Michigan. Property features include air conditioning, appliances, and off street parking.
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Peanine
Nice Yard
6Th
Michigan
Cpt
Oread
Virgil Gabriel
Eudora
Oh International
M & Mith & Michigan
McGrewn Agency
White Sewing Center and Related Services Adverts
Local classified items advertise sewing machine repairs and new parts for all makes with a six month guarantee from White Sewing Center. Also offered are alterations, monograming and hemstitching services, plus a tax service, remodeling work, and specialty permanents with January pricing. Various phone numbers and addresses are listed for Vi and Vio, including 916 Mass and 2141 Ousdahl, plus items like tarpaulins in multiple sizes from Lawrence Sur plus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Watking
Virginia
Ousdahl
James Wooden
Lawrence
Monthra
Business Personal Ads and Local Services Listings
Patchen Electric Company offers motor sales and air compressors at 112 West 9th. TARPAULINS in stock at low prices. Auto Wrecking and Junk Co at 712 West Main. Wilson Window Co at 9th and Conn. Fuller Brush products available. Small appliance repairs with free pickup and delivery. Home Commercial and Janitor Service provides low rates and free estimates. Income tax help by C M Lessenden Sr at 1309 Ohio Street. call for appointment.
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C. M. Lessenden Sr
Ohio St
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McLouth
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Douglas Guinn
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Round Corner Drug Co
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Eudora Cleaners
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Joe
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Lawrence National Bank
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Petiioner
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Oyler
Attaorney
Bret
Lawrene Vaalty Journal-World
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H.C. Mlaher
Mike Jones
H. C. Fisher
Planning Commission
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