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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1956
Page
5
Vernon Votan and treree entertained olapper Ward. Eva Franet and Evy and fairdon spent time with Mrs Eva ves Helen and.
A brief item reports a downward trend affecting the Ware Lane project with local officials reviewing impacts and timelines. No further names or dates are clearly readable. The terse note notes possible delays and budget considerations impacting completion.
Miss Mary Huyck of Bethel engaged to John D Smith of Wichita both set to wed March 31 at Welborn Community Church in Kansas City. Huyck, KU senior in Music Education, active in Kappa Kappa Gamma Phi Lambda Theta Mortar Board and Sigma Alpha Iota. accompanist for KU Chorale and member of KU a cappella choir and women’s glee club. Smith, KU economics senior, Beta Theta Pi member, to be commissioned in the Marine Corps Reserve.
The document lists weekly cafeteria menus with items for Monday through Friday and notes about spaghetti with chili topping. It details dishes such as Spaghetti with Corn Bread Green Beans and Butter-Honey French Style, Beef Barbecue with Lima Beans, and Salmon Loaf with Au Gratin Potatoes.
Mrs. Leila N. Myers of Topeka will attend the Douglas County Health Council meeting as a consultant to discuss establishing a county chapter of the Kansas Mental Health Association. The event Monday at 8 p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House invites all interested residents to attend and ask questions about the community role and feasibility.
Beauty guidance from Newa features editor Vivian Brown recommends facial care in cold weather. Use warm water, thick lather, and a brisk brushing to spark a fresh complexion, with father’s shaving brush praised for gentle cleansing and skin protection in winter.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church opens the study titled To Combine Our Efforts For Lasting Peace at 2 PM Monday in Fellowship Hall with Mrs H D Remple leading. Subsequent sessions will be held the following Mondays at the same time.
A benefit luncheon will be held at Centenary Methodist Church starting at 11 o clock on Wednesday. The meal features chicken and hot biscuits as the main dish.
Lawrence clubs and individuals list weekly meetings and programs across KU area: African Violet, Beta Sigma Phi, Extension Home Economics, Kanwaka 4-H, Riverside Home Demonstration Unit, and numerous civic groups. Speakers include John Coreyell of Arvada on plant care and prevention, with social and educational sessions through January.
General Maxwell argues top grades do not guarantee military success. He notes many prominent leaders, including World War I figures, finished low or mid class ranks at West Point. He cites Civil War generals who were last in class and claims Patton took five years to finish the four-year program.
Miss Demitrasogis of Kansas City peers joins Miss Stavros home for the week end while Miss Barnett of Topeka visits Miss Pierson. Claude Becks of Baldwin returns from New York where he leads Equitable Group Millionaires’ Chile. Miss Latter of Topeka visits Miss Kirkpatrick. Mrs Hattie Major Pierson of Kansas City, formerly Lawrence, is a patient at Menorah Hospital after a severe heart attack. Mrs Frank Prosser of 1111 Vt St. is hospitalized at Lawrence Memorial after illness since Nov 10.
Installation of Lutheran Student Association officers at Kansas University will be held Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church at 6:30 p m. Officers to be installed include Maryanne Anderson as president succeeding Dave Zerfas Mary Swedlund as vice president succeeding Anderson Mildred Olson as secretary and John Wilkinson as treasurer.
East Heights PTA hosts its regular meeting Monday evening with a program on Better Lights and Better Starties presented by Mrs. Juter Springer, home service representative for Kansas Power and Light Company.
Five Lake Wales high school students, all 16, were sentenced by Juvenile Judge G Bowden Hunt to two hours weekly in the cemetery for restoral work after digging up a grave in response to a tale of grave robbing in Dickens Tale of Two Cities. Their licenses were revoked and their families ordered to pay for reinterment of the bones. The punishment runs through 1956 under supervision.
Rodney Lee Brodie, once joined with twin brother Roger in a 1952 surgical separation, is back at University of Illinois Medical Center for a checkup and evaluation after a month at home. Roger died a month after the operation on December 17, 1952.
Mrs Delmar Spitz hosted a Tea Conference for HDU presidents at her Eudora home on Monday afternoon January 16. Attending presidents heard a talk by Mrs Dale Dill home demonstration agent from Lawrence.
Eudora Flower Club met at city hall with eighteen members present led by president Mrs Viola Brows. Discussion covered planting shrubs at the new city hall grounds in spring. Mrs Leta Walker gave a paper, and Mrs Anna Vines led a roundtable on ree. Hostesses were Opal Jennings and Las Kaegi for this meeting and future hostesses will be Mrs Ben News and Mrs O D Dunlap. Also Lions Club to entertain wives at 7 pm in city hall with dinner served by recreation council and entertainment following.
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