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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1950
Page
7
The 439th engineer construction battalion based in McPherson with companies in Hays Salina and Emporia is activated August 14 under Lt. Col. Clare Miller. Miller previously served as a major in a China Hargeeduila theater unit during World War II.
Miss Betty Shannon and Miss Janette Pollam hosted a bridal shower for Miss Doris Wolf. Guests admired pottery gifts, enjoyed bridges and a refreshment table with asters and candles. Mrs. Lea Roy Hurley attended. plans were made for future gifts to Mrs. George Altenberg and a white elephant sale. A chest X-ray mobile unit will be staffed August 28 at Twenty third and Union streets with several hostesses. Kathleen Ann Kerns named in birth notice for Ralph and Mrs. Kerns.
Cynthia Loway writes that travelers and Americans alike reveal rude habits in traffic, pedestrians, telephones, social courtesies, and dining. She notes car horn hogging, rude pedestrian behavior, phone line envy, party-line irritations, and noisy restaurant and theater manners, with a caveat that the South often shows more polite lip service than real courtesy. She concludes with a regional map mention of the Tennessee Valley survey.
The house passed a bill to grant permanent admission to Dr. In Sunk Kwak of Norton Kansas a Seoul native. He came to the United States in 1947 under a fellowship from the World Health Organization to pursue postgraduate tuberculosis treatment and hospital management study.
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