Social Activities and Weddings Highlight Local Life
A busy social calendar features a Saturday square dance at the 4-H Fairgrounds and a buffet hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J W Black for Miss Jane Underwood and her fiancé David Perry Baker of Topeka. Nearby, Miss Underwood’s recent pottery shower precedes a planned Aug 3 wedding. Social events include a Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Tea Cream Co. picnic at the 4-H Fairgrounds, family reunions in Lawrence, and a Legion Auxiliary parley. A Topeka Otterbein Church ceremony united Miss Barbara Mader and James Richard with a reception at the Castle Tea Room, followed by their move to Salt Lake City Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Black
Neb. St
Miss Underwood
L. O. Ringler
William Underwood
Junius Underwood
Ringler
Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Tee Cream Co
Howard Hurwitz
J. D. King
Lena, Overbaugh
Barbara Mader
Willard C. Hilton
Ohio St
James Richard
John B. Richard
W. 12Th St
St. John's Catholic Church
George Towle
Pat Baker
Donald Howard
Maple Hill
Sally Mader
John R. Richard
Ethan A. Smith Jr
Paul B. Harnar Jr
Phil Endacott
Paul Richard
Celeste Lilton
Jace
Mrs. Hilton
Castle Tea Room
Martia Maloney
Newton
Larry Wrich
Earl Church
Maxine Gantz
Judy Harding
Linda Davis
Huffman Hilton
Joplin
Willard
Hilton
Mr. Richard
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lawrence area personals note weekend vacation plans
Mr and Mrs Robert Vosper and children Ingrid Kathy Elinor and Steve depart for a month long trip starting with two weeks camping at Tuolumne Meadows Yosemite then to San Francisco and Los Angeles While away their home will be occupied by Mr and Mrs L E J Helyar Others visiting Pontius families include Mr and Mrs James Day and sons and Mrs Steven Lofquist and son Adoptions and travel plans also noted along with brief local social updates and golf tournament attendance by Lawrence Country Club members reporters include Rev Rudolph Tatsch and family returning from a month long vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vosper
Ingrid
Kathy
Elinor
Steve
Tuolumne Meadows
Yosemite National Park
San Francisco
Los Angeles
L. E. J. Helyar
James Day
Larry
Dale
Roger
Lombard, Ill
Steven Lofquist
Lynn
Albert City
Iowa
Pontius
Harry W. Patton
Medicine Lodge
Richard Wayne
Patton
Charles Long
Clarence Bliesner
Lake City
Colo
Paul L. Ray
Lillie B. Ray
N. J. St
Ft. Leonard Wood
Edna Wilhelm
Wichita
Charles Ryburn Jr
Nelson M. LeSuer
Pratt
Nelson LeSuer Jr
Teri Lynn
Lawrence
Floyd Heffner
Ruby
Missouri
Oklahoma
Colorado Springs
Lawrence Country Club
Tomahawk Hills
Kansas City
Jim Hessler
Emory Scott
Glenn Freeman
Curtis Dalton
Frances Phillips
W. C. Hunsinger
Bob van Noy
Hesler
van Noy
Hunsinger
Rudolph Tatsch
Gregory
Tara
Roland
BPW Leaders Council Will Meet at Olathe
The Leaders Council of the Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs meets Sunday August 4 at Olathe with the theme Learning Today for Achievement Tomorrow. Registration at 8 30 a m at the Legion Memorial Building. State president Vivian Etrick of Liberal will preside with Hazel Anderson and Alice Helm conducting a Federation Know How Q And A. Maxine Calhoun will discuss program coordination and a skit on program planning. Noon luncheon reservations to Miss Helen Priestly Box 146 Olathe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaders Council
The
Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Olathe
Legion Memorial
Vivian Etrick
Liberal
Hazel Anderson
Lawrence Bpw Club
Alice Helm
Kansas City
Maxine Calhoun
State Career Advancement
Helen Priestly
Box
Families visit Fort and Emo trip recalled in local notes
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carpenter and Mrs. Carpenter's brother Robert Brittan return from Emo Canada where they fished and visited the R C Mitchells of Baldwin. Army Pvt Earl L Reavis, son of Mr and Mrs Walter A Reavis of Perry, begins third phase of six months active duty at Aberdeen Proving Ground Md. He is in on the job training at the Army Ordinance School after graduating from Ft Leonard Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort
San Angelo
Walter Carpenter
Carpenter
Robert Brittan
Mount Kisco
Emo
Canada
R. C. Mitchells
Baldwin
Army
Earl L. Reavis
Walter A. Reavis
Perry
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Pvt. Reavis
Perry Rural High School
Army Odinance School
Ft. Leonard Wood
Cancer Society releases new public education handbook
The Kansas Division of the American Cancer Society will distribute a new Lay Education Handbook within weeks. Electa Kindlesperger, Douglas County Lay Education chair, says the year-round program targets schools, businesses, clubs, and community screenings to raise cancer awareness as Kansas records over 2,300 cancer deaths in 1956. The handbook details establishing local education initiatives and prompts consulting reputable physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
American Cancer Society
Electa Kindlesperger
Tenn
Douglas County
America
County Law Education Committee
Reno Latex Ard Meeting Notes and Local News in Reno
Reno community group met at Mrs. Otha Wiley home with Anne Couch presiding. They repealed prayers, planned to donate a gift to Mrs. Raymond Hunter’s son and his bride, and arrange an auction stand at Tonganoisie fairgrounds during August. Various local residents attended. there were family visits reported to Littleton Colorado and Colony Kansas City. Funeral services were held for Lemuel Wiley at the Friends Church in Tonganozie with several grandsons as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Mra Otha Wiley
Anne Couch
Raymond Hunter
Tonganesie Fairgrounds
Jee Wiley
Keith
Littleton
Colo
Denver
Roy Burdick
Colorado Springs
Kansas
Ben Couch
Colony
Anderson County
Tom O'Hara
Tommie
John
Urban Hess
Kansas City
Kas
A. C. Hess
Fred Bernhardt
Herbert Pearson
John McCracken
E. S. Hughes
Lee, Lewis
Eddie Wiley
Francis Wiley
Ronald Wiley
Bill Stewart
James Pow
Watermelon Party Wheelbarrow Chills Outdoor Summer Menu
A nostalgia piece describes a portable wheelbarrow cart for chilling drinks and fruit at outdoor gatherings. It guides building a watermelon boat with cantaloupe honeydew and berries, chilling it on a foil lined aluminum wheelbarrow, and serving with ginger ale and fresh mint. It also notes local notices and a funeral at Othal Wiley home with Reno community references.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marion A. Barlow
Learnard Ave
Walter Love
Donald
Jimmy
June Marie
Watsonville
Calif
Glenn Lindley
Duane Carpenter
Candida
Jack
Carl
Daryl
St. Louis
Richard Barlow
Mike
Jesse
Carl Barlow
Jerry
Lee Barlow
Thomas Barlow
Louise
Ronda
Frankfort
Germany
American Legion
George Dunkley
Winter Veterans Hospital
Rollo Jeffries
North Lawrence Christian Church
Carl Harper
Bob Hepner
Dale Gregg
Keith Young
Dean Elliott
Eva Gile
Roberta Hellstrom
Leah Mae Andrew
Topeka
Andrew H. Bahnmaier
Route 1
Edgar Warren Shaw
Nellie Shaw
Eskridge
Topeka Otterbein Church
A. E. Holst
Leong Condley
James Henderson
Steven Wayne Andrew
A. B. Ewing
Ewing Yard
Edward B. Brass
William Yates
F. C. Whipple
Ed Griffin
C. R. Bittenbender
Norman Endacott
M. F. Hudson
Corlett Cotton
H. A. Fries
Boggs Hat Shop
Armont
BPW Leaders Council
State Cancer Society
A. V. Phillips
Velvet
Dally Vic Melton
Police Court
Yorat
Wa Tine “Nl
Nmap
Anon
Douglas County Christian Temperance Council
E."w. Corel
Sheers
Sen
Vermont
Floyd Gilliland
Joe Coleman
Mother Kliewer
Kathleen Strong
Helen Lindberg
Wilma Baird
Madge Toereden
Laura Stevenson
Othal Wiley
Mer. Wiley
Lemuel Wiley
Reno Ladies Aid
Tonoganvate
Roy Baird
Hickman Mills
Jerry Deaton
I Srey
Sasions
Flojojrys
Cook
Van
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