Highway location study offers guidance for engineers
Topeka engineer Eugene Maier, in a University of Kansas civil engineering thesis, urges location choices that balance long term traffic needs and construction costs. He cautions against sacrificing alignment for cheaper build, favoring straight appearances, appropriate deflections, and safe, well spaced curves near bridges to reduce operating costs and improve safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Maier
Topeka
University of Kansas
Maier
Kansas
Excelsior News Briefs From Linwood and Ottawa
Lila and Alvin Reetz of Linwood visit relatives the Schwarz families in the area. Dr Bell of Baldwin checks on Fred and Eva with measles at the Haas home. Lumber trucks bring material from Tonganoxie to rebuild a barn after spring fire. Numerous local residents attend gatherings and dinners at the Flory and Karnes homes. Lawrence Unger of Lawrence visits the Haas home. Lawrence Peffly and Carmine Lea Guy of Ottawa wed Friday. Peffly, grandson of Mary Peffly, previously lived on the nearby farm now home to Glen Flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila
Alvin Reetz
Linwood
Carl Schwarz
Albert Schwarz
Dr. Bell
Baldwin
Charley Disque
Fred
L. W. Haas
Eva
George |Echel Farm
Tonganoxie
Harry Flory
Mac Karnes
Ida Kessler
Elmer Rappard
Lawrence
Frank Deay
Edith
Irve Flory
Lois
Bonnie Jean
Lyle Enyart
Lo ‘Wanda
Mary Lou
Mary Peffly
George Unger Ofwrence
L . Haas
Lawrence Peffly
Will Peffly
Ottawa
Carmine Lea Guy
Peffly
Glen Flora
Techemeyers attend service. Bethel obit and social notes
Bethel residents share condolences as Mr and Mrs Frank Techemeyer attend the funeral of Miss Josephine Swimley at Stewart Barnett in Baldwin. The column notes visits from distant relatives, local gatherings, travel to Kansas City, and musical class plans, with sympathy extended to the Ward family over Opal Irene Ward’s death after an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sephine Swimley
Stewart-Barnett
Baldwin
Frank Shaw Taylor
Bay City
Tex
Taylor
Arzilla Clark
Tilford Clark
Texas
Floyd Weimer
San Francisco
Calif
James Weimer
Mabel Weimer
Emporia
Lou Featherstone
Featherstone
Johnnie Brecheisen
Cecil and
Durene
G. E H. Kretsinger
Baldwin City
John Brecheisen
Clearfield
Brecheisen
Earl Collins
Overbrook
Wayne McMasters
Lee Jones
Benjamin Baker
Clarence Albright
Kansas City
Fred Ward
Opal Irene Ward
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Cora Smith
Everett Baldwin
Oskaloosa Notes On Visits Activities And Church Events
Oskaloosa residents visit Kansas City Independence and Topeka for family events and medical care. Church groups meet with missionary programs, a bridge club hosts an event, and local families report vacations camping near Branson Missouri and Lawrence. The Farmers Bureau hosts demonstrations with 4-H leaders and Miss Helen Brewer.
Friday Night Dance Club Faces Loss From Copyright Fees
A local Friday night dance club, run by the Lee Gibson orchestra, fears closing as new copyright enforcement raises costs for live music. Town residents recall the area’s history from 1872 church to later ownership by the Klan and Judge Lloyd Morris, while current events include Legion dances and visits by townsfolk and 4-H members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Gibson
Ta Man
Firit
Klan
Lloyd Morris
Legion Boys
Larner- Segrave Hall
Roberts
Thomas McConnell
Methodist Church
Local Family Visits and Weekend Gatherings Across Kansas
HESPER Mr and Mrs Elmer Nichols and family from Delva Doris and Raymond of Stull spent Sunday with her father Peter Brecheisen. In the afternoon Mr and Mrs Oscar Brecheisen Sarah Walter and children visited. Arthur and Irvin Deay are driving a newly purchased car. Jack Millington of Kansas City spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Eugene Griffen. On Saturday evening Jack Millington and Eugene Griffen attended a motorcycle club meet in a park in Kansas City. Mrs Williamson Lois and Jean visited Mrs Oliver Deay at her daughter Mrs Haverty in Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Roger Stanley Lois Jean and Beranice drove to Higginsville to visit Mrs Stanley's aunt Mrs Emma Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Meredith
Jeanette Jacquemin
Kansas City
Meredith
Jacquemin
C. H. Nowlin
Methodist Ladies Aid
Dwight Hawk
Ruth
C. E. Bliss
E. A. Ahrens
Olina
Independence
F. 5
Omann
Will Luce
Merle Reitzel
David Grayson
Miami
Okla
Frank Nesbitt
Roy Grayson
Overland Park
Winona Lobb
Topeka
Bernard Johnson
Manhattan
Pete Machiels
Hattie Mountain
John McNish
Johnson
Glenn Wilder
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Birdie Burnett
P. C. Machiels
Ross Fletcher
Simon
Elizabeth Slade
Delos Stevens
George Beyers
Slade
Oscar May
Atchison
Philippines
Robert Dick
Emma Buck
Harry Johnson
James Swoyer
Union
I. D. Beamer
Valley Falls
Horace Edmonds
Ruth Payne
Elizabeth Perry
Harry King
Miss Perry
John
Fred Thompson
Fenn Nothderf
Albert Hamilton
Nelle Nincehelser
Fred Cox
Tonganoxie
Machielz
Max Mountain
P. & Machiels
Frank Hopper
Hare
Will Morse
George Raines
Lucy
Burlingame
Olive Barnes
Ed Barnes
Charles Long
Powhattan
Kate Powell
Hiawatha
Long
Frank Nyfeler
A. A. Webber
F. H. Roberts
2. H. Brown
Cabin
Farm Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Helen Brewer
Miss Brewer
Elmer Nichols
Delva
Doris
Raymond
Stull
Peter Brecheisen
Esther
Jess
Oscar Brecheisen
Sarah
Walter T
Arthur
Irvin Deay
Jack Millington
Eugene Griffen
Williamson
Lois
Jean
Oliver Deay
Mrs. Haverty
Lawrence
Roger Stanley
Lois Jean
Berenice
Higginsville
Mrs. Stanley
Emma Miller
Misa Elsex
Baldwinyight T
Ruby
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Alfred Heck
Gon
Howard
Junior Heck
Arthur Heck
Heck
Thomas van Nice
J. E. Hamilton
Geraldine Reading
Mildred Leonhard
Clinton Park
Lawrence Leonhard
Chris Loewenstein
Orankie
Lucy Purcell
John Wise
Rosa Wilkes
Grantville
Toms
Irs
Woolf
R. K. Nicholson
Kaw Valley
A. E. Ulrich
Kanwaka
H. G.van Neste
Harry van Neste
Jack Toms
Frank Toms
J. M. Clevenger
R.S.H. Club
Hillside Farm
Oak Ridge
Prairie Center social notes link families and events
Farm and City Combine Mrs Fred Richardson and family of Prairie Center visited her sister Mrs Oscar Brecheisen and children Tuesday. Several guests attended suppers, a six week Friends Bible school tour sponsored by Haviland, and local visits. Arthur Gabriel will sing on WREN radio Saturday night June 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Richardson
Prairie Center
Oscar Brecheisen
Nellie Richardson
A. Brecheisen
Mott
Friends Bible School
Haviland
Ruth Clark
June Dillion
Marjorie Conant
Dean Gregory
Oren D. Dunlap
Betty Jean
van Milburn
Jimmie Kanzig
Erwin Kanzig
Emma Jewett
Olathe
Frances Kurtz
Alphis Rees
Haviland Friends Bible School
Dorothy Mae Votaw
Ralph Votaw
Betty Lee Harris
Kansas City
D. N. Harris
Eldon Votan
Velda Laureen
Henrietta Harris
Eli Wheeler
Tonganoxie
Raymond Stanley
Ramona
Rosemary Harris
John Brickhall
Coffeyville
Emma Steele
Sam Gabriel
Arthur Gabriel
WREN
Q. Votan
Alvin Voteau
Farm Bureau Meeting Postponed In Oak Ridge
The Farm Bureau meeting planned for last Friday was postponed. It will now be held at the home of Mrs. Willard Morgan on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Reed visited friends in the Winter district last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Willard Morgan
A. R. Reed
Winter District
Community Social Wraps Up Picnic and Visits
Local residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend with gatherings at Clinton park and Oak Ridge Birthday club. Guests from Lawrence Kansas City and Bonner Springs joined in, with July 4 plans noted for Mrs J E Hamilton.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Excelsior
Bethel
Frank Techemeyer
Miss .Jo
Meat Packers
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodyear, Goodrich
U.S. Rubber
Standard Oil
N.J., Texas Co
Our
Swift and Wilson
Standard Brands
Genstal Foods
National Dairy
Sears, Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Marshall Field
R. H. Macy
New York
Merton Ward Goodrich
Lilian Gallaher
Detroit
Raymond, Johnson
Oskaloosa
Hamar Auto Supply
Rome
Hesper
Dodge City
RFC
Ford County Housing Association
Associated Press
Goffe & Carkener Inc
Eldridge Hots
Star Brand
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