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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1958
Page
9
The article details a PEO chapter event with Dr. Harald G Barr as host, wedding plans for Darlene Sturt and Robert Merrifield, and a receiving line with local attendees. It notes arrivals from Holton Slater and Galena, lists absentees Harlan Landry and others, and mentions a February meeting and birthday gathering.
The Jefferson County Re icens Club Duate hosted Mrs Alice Henry as session chair and discussed Kansas Day planning along with future meetings. Mrs Ted Armstrong was hostess Barker Busy Bees held Thursday afternoon and voted to move meetings to the third Friday monthly. A housewarming dinner for Mr and Mrs Lee Eller of 1111 E 19th St was organized by Mee Eller's bridge group with several guests in attendance.
Solon G Ayers superintendent at Haskell Institute travels to Portland Oregon with a Bureau of Indian Affairs survey team to inspect school facilities. He will visit the Indian School in Portland for about a week then proceed to a boarding school in South Dakota. Jim Clark and Floyd Minnick of Ottawa return from the 41st annual National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Miami Beach. Chancellor Franklin D Murphy of Kansas University departs for New York for a Kress Foundation board meeting and returns to Lawrence Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs Dolph Simons spend a week in New York City. Mr and Mrs Jack Zimmerman and family visit a Platte County Missouri farm over the weekend. Ruth Gagliardo attends Kansas State Reading Circle meetings in Topeka. Adel Rockmorton heads the state public instruction committee with Mrs Gay Hardo as consultant. Margarett Lowman attends meetings with librarians and educators.
A dense list of upcoming meetings and club activities including KU groups, Reading Clubs, Ladies League events, and Ventura and Sertoma gatherings. Notable items include Delta Gamma Alumnae gathering at Mrs Don Wetzel’s home, a Georgia O Keefe life and paintings review, and an Orient travelogue by Mrs Leon Mason at First Christian Church.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions individuals and a date but contains gaps. The readable parts reference a person named Mr. Will Johns and a year 1096, with unclear context. The item appears to be a damaged public notice or notice fragment from a newspaper page.
Dr. Chewon Kim of Seoul reports 187 objects from the National Museum of Korea, including celadon ware, were saved from destruction by excavations and American help. The exhibit, organized with the State Department, Rockefeller Foundation, and American Korean Foundation, travels to cities and the Honolulu Art Academy before returning to Korea.
A speaker expressed happiness at delivering cultural programming to refugees amid poverty and long lines. He said the effort helps bring cultural life to those in hardship and highlights the arts as a means of relief.
Lone Star Home Demonstration Unit meets Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Mrs John Metskers home with lamp shade lesson by Mrs W E Rice Officers attending officer training were Mrs W E Rice president Mrs Calvin Flory vice president Mrs Ben Flory secretary Mrs Alvin Fishburn treasurer and Mrs Elwood Wiggins reporter Rock Chalk 4 H Club gathers Tuesday evening at 4 H Fairgrounds Building No 1 Recreation at 7 with meeting at 7 30 Roll call safety cue and program numbers include music by Carolyn and Robert Strong project talk by John Glover demonstration by Gonda ingerson music appreciation by Susan Jones and Julia Hines safety talk by Danny Bishop and parliamentary problem by Robert Tally
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