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Centennial Theme Starts New Year for Local D.A.R.
The Betty Washington chapter D A R gathered at the Fisher home to kick off 1961 with a Centennial theme. Fifty three members wore 1861 era costumes while officers were elected and delegates named for Kansas and National DAR events. The meeting featured plans for a June tea in South Park to honor community leaders and the presentation of the Good Citizenship award to Mary Kay Dunlap with her mother Mrs. Dunlap present.
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D.A.R
Mary Kay Dunlap
Sunset Dr
Lawrence High School
Betty Washington
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bessie Wilder
Susan Todd
Journal-World Photo
Kansas
Melville C. Fisher
Orchard Lane
Jim Clark
Douglas County
Opal Jayne Kennedy
South Park
James W. Gowans
Sue Todd
R. L. Dunlap
Jane Dunlap
Barbara Clason
J. W. Gowans
Elizabeth Davis
Fred Reynolds
B. P. Deichert
Homer Terry
Mildred Mast
John F. Mee
Kansas D.A.R
Manhattan
Edwin F. Abels
Clason
W. J. Keeler
J. F. Mee
Faye Woodward
Deichert
Wayne F. Shaw
Harriet Bird Brown
Terry
J. W. Murray
Reynolds
Fisher
Todd
Davis
D.A.R. Congress
Washington, D. C
Abels
P. D. Olmstead
George Docking
Woodward
Shaw
Ilda Lyons
National Defense