Committees From P T A s to Do Follow Up Work Among Children
Committees from the various Parent-Teacher Associations will continue follow up work on children examined at health centers. Miss Electa Kindelsperger reports improvements in nutrition and outdoor habits. 217 children were examined, with 28 rated poor and 124 good. Reports praise parental cooperation and note 13 corrective operations in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa Kindeldperger
Quincy
Woodlawn
McAllaster
Cordley
Miss Kindelsperger
Dietitian Miss McFarland Heads To San Francisco
Bernice McFarland leaves for St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco to take a head dietitian post after earning a KU degree. She led 1200 meals daily at Cooke County Hospital Chicago and taught dietetics to nurses and students. She will be assisted by four dietitians and will weigh meals for diabetic patients. En route, she plans a Grand Canyon stop and a short visit to Los Angeles before starting the new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice McFarland
San Francisco
Cal
St. Luke's Hospital
University of Kansas
Theer
Cooke County Hospital
Chicago
School of Domestic Arts
Miss McFarland
W.G. McFarland
California
Grand Canyon
Los Angeles
Visitors on Vacation Here Leave Tuesday for Year Abroad
Mrs. Liewesen White will accompany Mr. White on a trip to Europe leaving next Tuesday. They plan a year abroad with study and writing a novel, with Mrs. White collecting material in London and Mr. White pursuing foreign correspondence work. They sail from New York July 30 on the Sierra Ventana after visiting Mrs. White's brother Robert Moody in Philadelphia where he is singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
New York
Philadelphia
Rhomberg
Prince
Dorothy Donnelly
Barbeea
Omaha Doctor Nominated As Ablest Woman
Omaha physician Dr Olga Stastny, noted for wartime service and social hygiene work, is Nebraska’s contender for the United States outstanding professional woman title. Her career includes French recognition and service with the American women’s hospital unit, a return after her son’s death, and current practice in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Omaha, Neb
Nebraska
United States
Olga Stastny
Lousiney
Czecho-Slovakia
Asia Minor
Lawrence Women Add To Spooner Thayer Art Collection
Lawrence residents contribute items to the Spooner Thayer collection, including four Paisley shawls, a Spanish mantilla, handmade bed spreads, lace, handwoven towels, a silk stockings set, and a grandmother’s dress. The centerpiece remains the Paisley shawls, paired with cashmere shawls from India, reflecting the ongoing, family-rooted charity of the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner-Thayer
W.B. Thayer
Lawrence
Alps
Sears
Elizabeth Holmes
Peterborough
N. H
Miss Holmes
John Smith
Thayer
Scotland
India
Two Young Poets Hoax Oklahoma Critics
Oklahoma City reporting on a hoax where two Oklahoma City women posed as an aged cowpuncher named William Arthur Flowers to write plains ballads. Critics praised the alleged poet until the hoax was revealed. The ruse involved Mrs. Maurine Halliburton Mc Gee and Mrs. Frances Billingsley and relied on staged letters and meetings with the Oklahoma Authors League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
William Arthur Flowers
Oklahoma
Plains
Kinzie
Cherokee Bill
Willian
Arthur Flowers
Maurine Halliburton McGee
Frances Billingsley
the Plains
Oklahoma Authors’ League
Flowers
Zoe Tilghman
B.A. Botkin
University of Oklahoma
Authors’ League
League
McGee
Billingsley
Lace and relics from many lands on museum display
A loan exhibit features items donated by Lawrence residents and others, including handmade lace, a night cap from a bridal chest, Indian embroidery, Staffordshire figures, a silver inlaid tortoise shell object, etched glass, and a Whig rose patterned coverlet. Isabel Keeler loans a 1825 Aberdeen Scotland Scotch sampler. The text shifts to gardening, praising the Regal lily and other lilies with cultivation tips and cultural notes on planting times and soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Ilda Augusta Alford
Algiers
Algeria
Mys
M. Hopkins
Staffordshire
Victoria
Alfred
G. Ineh
Clarence S. Hall
Usher
Lincoln
D. E.gook
Thayer
Isabel Keeler
Isabel Dempster
Aberdeen
Scotland
Pee Ee
Fresh Apricots Salad Ports and Marmalade Recipes
A collage of fruit salad ideas and preserves. Includes apricot raspberry nut salad with crisp cabbage, apricot marmalade instructions, and a green bean salad with oil lemon dressing. Names Frances Lindner Mrs A B Glathart Mrs Fred Kieffer sharing cross recipe notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Lindner
Vermont St
A. B. Glathart
Lineville
Iowa
Fred Kieffer
New York St
Lilies Case: Regal Lily From China Described
The Regal lily, recently introduced, comes from China near Tib et and withstands extreme climates. BE Wilson notes its white petals, canary yellow tube, golden anthers, and delicate perfume. Wilson cites the lily’s semi arid valley home with harsh summers and rugged mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tibet
BE. H. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Florida Alumni Secretary Visits Kansas University
Florida alumni secretary Ralph Stoutamire, visiting while taking graduate work at Missouri, met Kansas University alumni secretary Fred Ellsworth this morning to observe how KU handles alumni work at the local office.
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Flowers
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our husband and father and for the floral offerings. We especially thank the Elks for their service. Sincerely Glen E Bailey Scott M Bailey Mrs Mary M Bailey. Note mentions a Creamery at 546 Miss St with phone 820 in ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elks
Glen E. Bailey
Scott M. Bailey
Mary M. Bailey
Miss. St
Adv
Camp Fire Honors Week of Tasks and Local News
The weekly honors cover Home Health Camp Hand Nature tasks with details on salads swimming bed making dressmaking bird notes and hymn singing. The Dececa Camp Fire meets at Florence Dill home and discusses weeds birds and rank swimming. Various members and guests are listed with recent visits and meals as well as upcoming meetings and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dececa
Florence Dill
the Guardian
Howard Bishop
Experiment on Plants by Jagadis Bose in London
London United Press reports Sir Jagadis C Bose lecturing at Kingsway Hall on plant life. He says a carrot plant shows a slower pulsation after chlorforming and has a heartbeat-like response to stimuli, predicting medical tests on plants rather than animals. He notes plants peak mid day to evening and have sleep-like periods in the morning and late night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London United Press
Jagadis C. Bose
Kingsway Hall
Moths Draw Praise From Insect Expert in New Book
W. Furneaux, noted authority on insects, lauds moths for their sweet tooth and ivy fondness in his new book Butterflies Moths and Other Creatures of the Countryside. He notes their liking for ivy and several plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Furneaux
Local families share time across visits in Hesper area
Mrs. Leonard Bagby and her sons of Hesper spent Thursday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Kurtz were visited by Alvenia, Pearl Strobel, and others. Charlie Kurtz made a business trip to Lawrence on Thursday morning. Donald, Frederick Kurtz, Leon, and Roscoe Parker spent Saturday together. Mrs. Alroy Parker of Prairie Center and Mrs. Elmer Kurtz were mentioned in gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Parker
Leonard Engler
South Eudora
Mer Karez
Charlie Kurtz
August Richtermisr
South ‘Eudora
Chris Meufile
Frank Neis
Joe Strobel
Charlie Wagner
Stella
Texas
Bleckman
Maggie
Alfred Klimestop
Leon
Roscoe
Harold Evans
Jake Strobe
Pete Edelbrock
Chris Messile
George
Kaegi
Wichman
4Erry Breer
Rigs
Jake Wagner
Richtermier
Eva Steel
Geo Mitchell
Kaw ¥Alley
Earl Troybridee
Merle Reusch
Robert Kurtz
John Kurtz
Henry
Lawrence
Otto Abels
Haskell
Fred Neis Jr
Hesper
Chris Meuffle
H.J. Meuffles
Mor
Hdmes
Kansas City
Martin Abels
Martha
June Louise
Belleview Wert
Leonard Bagby and Sons
Miss Alvenia
Pearl Strobel
Miss Minnie
Grandma Kurtz
Donald
Frederick Kurtzl
Roscoe Parker
Alroy Parker
Prairie Center
Elmer Kurtz
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Drol
Ness
Oakland
Calif
Amen's College
Spooner- Thayer
Neces Billingsley
Maurice Halliburton
Superbull
Canadense
Thomas Bailey Alrichi
Lucien Lelong
Paris
Mrs, Pranxe, Jones
Hilda
Koehler
Otyokwo
Gladys Brooks
Central Park
Rachel Rossen
Ethel Finne
Kootima
Eary
Viren
McNish
Evening Star
Hubby
Kaw Valley
Valley
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