Community notices mix of clubs events and births in Lawrence
Local organizations report meetings and activities in February including a Star social club luncheon and officer elections, a PEO Founders Day event with 127 members, a La Sertoma Club luncheon with travel films, and Kaw Valley Home Demonstration unit planning new officers and lessons. A birth announced for John Lawrence Barker in Manila, P. I., with details on parents and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley Home Demonstration Unit
George Dunkley
Harold G. White
G. W. Davis
George Adams
Morris Cleveland
Davis
PTA Socials and Meetings Set Through Monday
Centennial PTA hosts a square dance bridge scrabble and canasta party with free cookies and coffee to fund the school library. Cordrollay PTA meets Monday on Foreign Language in Lawrence School System with Dr Murphy and Supt Wolfe as speakers. Hillcrest PTA holds Fathers Night with a barbershop quartet and speaker Larry Heeb on Does Father Play on the Family Team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centennial School
Robert McCoy
Centennial Pta
PTA
School Library Fund
Corddlley Pta
Lawrence
Franklin D. Murphy
William D. Wolfe
Hillcrest Pta
Dale Turner
Larry Heeb
Wife of Kidnap-slayer Granted Divorce Today
In Kansas City the wife of Arthur Ross Brown, a man who pled guilty to abducting and torturing Mrs Wilma Alien, was granted a divorce today in circuit court. She testified she was abducted at pistol point and her life threatened during a three hour car ride before they escaped at a traffic light. Next Monday she will appear before a federal court jury for sentencing considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City -Po
Arthur Ross Brown
Exer
Club records detail member projects for potential awards
The club compiles students' visual and project records to identify candidates for possible awards. Members’ entries document contributions, dates, and affiliations, guiding recognition decisions.
Renault Widow Alleges Prison Murder In Death Of Mate
Paris report states Renauts widow claims her husband Louis Renault was killed in his Fresnes Prison cell around March 3 1944. The suit names unknown persons and seeks further investigation, filed by Jacques Torn Henri Philippe Petain’s lawyer. Renault, prewar owner of France’s largest automobile factory, was arrested after World War II on collaboration charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lous Renault
France
Nevides
Uuikneas Nh Petsat
Renault
Fresnes
Jacques Torn
Henri Philippe Petrin
Natenal Assembly
Mes
Local social notes from Lawrence Kansas January 1956
Lawrence Daily Journal World items recap visits, illnesses, and events in Lawrence and nearby communities. People travel to Kansas City for a concert, attend weddings, observe family gatherings, report illnesses like chicken pox, heart conditions, and hospital stays, with numerous names and locales such as Gardner Ottawa Olathe Parkville and Port Pierce Florida noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Tg Cent TY PD
Narnet Storer
Sidlar Linden
Mass
Port Pierce
Fla
Ralph Hensley
Hense
Cauch
Charles McGann
Olathe
C.K. Hunt
Maurice DeBoever
Parkville
August Anrell
Club Notes Social Calendar From Local Chapter Events
The Friday Chapter CW of 1.0 invites Mrs. Larry Heeb to a 1.0 pm gathering. Saturday Betty Washington Chap WAL hosts a covered dish supper and square dance at 6:30 pm. Tota Nu meets at Mrs. Denis B. Lardner's home at 7:30 for Founders Day with slides by Mrs. H. W. Sherman. Monday sewing group hosts a 1 pm luncheon at Mrs. J. B. Henry. Lawrence Flower Club meets at 2 pm in Chamber of Commerce Room with the African Violet Club leading the program. Dr. John Coryell, former Kansas State College faculty, will speak on That Ounce of Prevention in Arvada, Colorado. Social Order of Beauceant meets Tuesday at 2 pm in the Masonic Temple with hostesses Mrs. Marion Barlow and Mrs. Vinton Fisher during the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Farmer
Star Social Club
Helen Farmer
Lola Conkey
Albert Johnson
P.eqas
Lawrence
Tolerande
Baldwin Dia
Kansas
Memorial Union
Inow
T. J. Jones
Lawrence Cooperative Board
Juanda Barnes
Valley Falls
Thelma Ratcliff
Tonganosie
Cuttey College
Edna Young
Fred Ellsworth
Than Allen
John Shahan
Jathan Allen
Barnes
Mabil. Walker
Janet
Kansas Univer
Cottey College
Jo Scholes
Betty Jo Lemert
Janet Barnes
Lyndall Bayles
Ralph King
Wieninski
Reginald Strait
Town Wesleyan College
Clifford Dean
Maurice Clarkson
Wilma Collins
Jones
Baldwin
Tonganoxie
Betty Washington
J. W. Murray University Club
Tota Nu
Denis B. Lardner
H. W. Sherman
Lawrence Flower Club
Chamber of Commerce
African Violet Club
John Coryell
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Arvada
Colo
Masonic Temple
Marion Barlow
Vinton Fisher
New Fair Board Elected At 4-H Council Session
Four members were chosen for the County 4-H Club Fair board at the 4-H Council meeting held at the Fairgrounds. Elmer Husted and Richard Funk received one year terms, while Kenneth Hubbard and Mrs. Oscar Turner drew two-year terms. Ex-officio members include Paula Dill Deal Six Hundley Cropp and Essick Craig and 4 H Council president Harry Craig. John Hanna of Manhattan urged clubs to maintain proper records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Council
Elmer Husted
Richard Funk
Kenneth Hubbard
Oscar Turner
Don Palmateer
Agricultural Extension Council Board
Clyde Husted
Bromersick
Elmer Ousdahl
Local residents attend regional conferences and travel
Mrs. Ray Wright travels to Kansas City for a two day regional teacher education conference. Mrs. Stanley Hipp and Mrs. Kevin Jones participate in Red Cross activities in Topeka and St. Louis respectively. L L Dyche receives camellias for her 97th birthday. Families return from trips to New Orleans and Phoenix. Mrs. Nelson Quisenberry is hospitalized in Lawrence with a broken hip after a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wright
Kansas City
Stanley Hipp
Douglas County Red Cross
Kevin Jones
Larry Heeb
Topeka
Red Cross
Jones
R. P. Conboy
St. Louis
J. R. Pearson
Los Angeles
Ralph Pine
New Orleans
V.A
Rusty) Springer
Sharon
Phoenix
Ariz
Springer
Department of Research and Education
National
Pinckney String Group to Perform at Grade School Concert
The 11 piece Pinckney Elementary string ensemble under Wilbur West will play at the grade school concert Friday Jan 27 in the Junior High Auditorium. Rehearsals wrap Saturday morning with the orchestra at 4 pm. Members include Judy Wells Jan Murphree Nancy Maloney Vin Somerville Linda Picket Mary Wortham Pamela Murphree Novia Gilkerson Patty McGrew Marjorie Norris and Linda Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinckney
Wilbur West
Bart Oatrow
Judy Wells
Jan Murphree
Nancy Maloney
Vin Sommerville
Linda Picket
Mary Wortham
Pamela Murphree
Novia Gilkerson
Patty McGrew
Marjorie Norris
Linda Harris
Billie Davis
Lawrence Educational Council
Lawrence High School
Kansas State College Announces Three Vocational Teachers
A graduating senior from Kansas State College Manhattan Benjamin Duell of Ruleton has been hired to teach vocational agriculture at Overbrook High School starting the spring semester. He is one of three graduates the college says already holding vocational posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Overbrook High School
Benjamin Duell
Ruleton
Czech Crash Kills 220 Near Slovak Border
The official Czech news agency reports a Czech Airlines plane crashed in the Jara Mountains near the Czech border, killing 220 people and injuring others. The aircraft was en route from Prague to Kosice via Bratislava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovaik
Ceech An.lines
Jara Mounts
Pratistayi
Slovakia
Kosice
Local Social Notes from De Soto and Kansas City Guests
Mrs. Ralla Tiardan remains ill but stable. Rev and Mrs Johan No Servier and daughters hosted Kansas City visits with dinner for Mr and Mrs John Mossey and Mr and Mrs Charles Cooper who moved from Mize rental to the Henry Golden house. Coffee Club members visited Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralla Tiardan
Heaith
Johan No Servier
Kansas City
John Mossey
Charles Cooper
Borothy Mize
Henry Golden
Coffee Chal
Mission Monday
Charles
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Bers
Orvil Fisher
Howard Hoffman
Carol Johanning
Orvel Pohl
la Sertoma Club
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Leo Eller
Tom Maupin
Arizona
Greece
E. S. Parnell
Byron Walters
Edgar Salsbury
M. J. Patterson
James L. Pendleton
Walter Morton
Forrest Jackson
James Koch
Douglas Salon No
Vernon Roy
LeRoy Fleming
Jared Barker
Manila
P. I
John Lawrence
Barker
Marilee Robison
Lee Robison
Miss. St
William Barker
Stanley
Philippines
Christian International Leprosy Commission
Douglas County
White School
Barbara Connell
Kansas University Library
Europe
Central Home Demonstration Unit
Joe Ed Taul
Hibbard Taul
Cook's Cleaners
Shirley Brummer
Bal Qurmy
Capliss
Ralph Rye
Alice Service
Kou, Meuheal
Ryes
Dorothy Bruemimer
Arch Meinke Spert
Linwood
Creer
Ray Moryis
M. Cranbander
Shawne
T. A. Scheid
Vincent Wanager
Clar V. Longstreth
Sandis Aferncean
Frank Jones
Lewis Kayin
Ottawa
Ada Bliss
Reece Hiss
Morrison
Poa
Alan
Pharry
Smurh
Ed Gilbreath
Willis Freeman
Lanwremce
John A Giehner
Obithe
Wahler Filkins
UR Plank
Jobe
Gerden
Memorial Hath
Bombay
Chopies Sprint Breiner
Massieg
Vocaine Meanke
Toa Scheidt
Sally
J. B. Henry
Pinckney String Group
Overbrook
Valentine
Desoto
Maxine Lindley
Olson Plumbing
Musa
Owen Sneegas
Mar
Cannon
Viking
Weaver
Vanity Fair
P.j
Midealf
Weaver's Lingerie Shop
Perry St
Lake Brorze
Florsheim
Bereeze
Royal College Shop
Bobbie Brooks
KR Pehhee
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