Social Calendar Notes From Lawrence Country Club Events
A busy Lawrence schedule lists an open house and dinner at Lawrence Country Club on Saturday. Sunday features tea hosted by Miss Bessie Daum Miss Thelma Baker and Mrs. J M Osme for Mr and Mrs LeRoy Fox. Bridge lunches are planned at Memorial Union Tuesday and Thursday hosted by Mrs Guy V Keeler and Mrs Marston McCluggage with daughters Barbara Keeler and Charlyne McCluggage assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Country Club
Bessie Daum
Thelma Baker
J. M. Osme
LeRoy Fox
Memorial Union
Guy V. Keeler
Marston McCluggage
Keeler
Barbara Keeler
Charlyne McCluggage
Justin Hill
Karl Krelder
George M. Beal
Howard Wiseman
J. Neale Carman
Don Haines
Local Girls to Perform as Parents Attend
The girls Jo Anna March Mary Patton and Vera Stough will perform with both parents present. Mr and Mrs George March left Thursday to visit their daughter and Mr and Mrs Earle Patton and daughter Daryl and Mrs Paul Dinsmoor left last week to spend time with Mary at Augusta.
Personal notices from Lawrence and region
Mrs. Ogden S. Jones sails to Egypt to visit son Dick Jones a geologist with Egyptian American Oil in Alexandria and will fly back arriving Sept 1 or 2 in Lawrence Capt Landrith and family depart for Wichita after two years in Formosa and will report Sept 1 at Fort Leavenworth to attend the General Staff College Mr and Mrs Robert Vosper and four children depart Sunday for California for vacation camping in the Sierra mountains returning about Labor Day Mrs E H Clark of Cheyenne arrives for a Kansas City conference and visits with George Hoefer 1912 Mass St Jack Smith leaves for Fort Worth to join Consolidated Vultee as scientific writer Mrs Robert Stump and three sons travel to Bear Lake Minn camping with relatives returning in about ten days Mrs Ida Conboy and Grace Conboy travel to Detroit for a two week vacation at Miss Conboy’s sister’s home Mr and Mrs Charles Shanahan and others visit Emporia over the weekend Mrs Jim Dougherty and three children of Matuchew N J visit Lawrence friends return via Chicago Mr and Mrs Dougherty once edited the Sunflower Sentinel Maurice Lungren leaves for three weeks vacation visiting Iowa City Syracuse and family in New York State Harry E Morrow of Kansas Color Press hospitalized for surgery Glenn Stocker returns home from Boulder after visiting Lawrence area Sam Ferguson attends funeral of cousin Mrs George Christian Windsor and 20th family reunion at Windsor City Park Bill Bodin and wife return home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden S. Jones
New York
Egypt
Dick Jones
Egyptian-American Oil Company
Alexandria
Lawrence
Garland S. Landrith Jr
Garland III
Craig
Landrith
G.S. Landrith
Wichita
Ben Matassarin
United States
Formosa
Robert Vosper
California
Sierra Mountains
E. H. Clark
Cheyenne
Wyo
George H. Hoefer
Hoefer
Mass. St
Clark
Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
Kansas City
National College For Christian Workers
Jack Smith
K.U
Fort Worth
Tex
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Robert Stump
Bear Lake
Minn
Hilden ‘Gibson
Paul
Helen ‘Gilles
Stumps
Ida Conboy
Grace Conboy
Detroit
Shanahan
Charley.Stough Jr
Sally
Emporia
Sam Melinger
Walt Butcher
Jim Dougherty
Matuchew
N. J
James Hill
Chicago
Dougherty
Iowa City
Iowa
William Cupp
Syracuse
N. Y
Harry E. Morrow
The
Kansas Color Press
Stormont Vail Hospital
Topeka
Glenn
Stocker
Boulder
Colo
Harvey.Stocker
Sam Ferguson
Windsor
George Christian
Christian
Windsor City Park
Bill Bodin
Weekend Trips Highlight Former Detroit Auto Dealers Meet
Friday night wrap from a weeklong Detroit journey as Bodin attended a national meeting of automobile dealers. R. B. Hartman and wife returned from a Pacific coast tour with daughter and family, visiting Colorado Springs, Live Oak, San Luis Obispo, Disneyland, the Grand Canyon, and other sights. Capt. Ogden S. Jones stationed at Fort Knox left after a weeklong visit with his mother. Lyle Healleff and wife departed Defiance, Ohio, after visiting relatives Harvey Stocker.
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Detroit
Mich
Bodin
R. B. Hartman
Pacific Coast
R. A. Corwin
Sherry
Bobby
Bruce
Kansas City
Calif
Disneyland
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Ogden S. Jones
Fort Knox
Lyle Healleff
Defiance
Ohio
Harvey Stocker
Lecompton Harvest Home Picnic Set for Aug 13
Lecompton plans a Harvest Home picnic for Saturday afternoon and evening August 13. A hardball game and a children’s race will open the event with an amateur program at 7:30 pm awarding prizes of 5 3 and 2 dollars. Perry Lions Club faces Lecompton Lions Club in softball after the program. Mrs Wilma Morris will head the amateur program and entries should be notified. Concession stands will offer cold pop ice cream sandwiches and bingo.
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Lecompton Harvest
Perry Lions Club
Lecompton Lions Club
Wilma Morris
Lecompton
Local notes from De Soto and nearby towns
Neal Hambleton and daughter Karen journeyed to Kansas City to catch a Boulder bound train for a visit with Aunt Mrs. John Parker. Cynthia will attend high school in Boulder, Karen returns for school. Mrs. Floyd Duncan and mother Lena Mabry visit after returning from Nevada, Missouri. Linden Woodberry moves to George Smith rental and will lead high school music. Dancing pupils of Daisy Warsop Lamb to perform on KMBC TV August 8. Arch Bedford Sr and family weekend trip to Illinois. Young Adults class hosted a picnic at Mrs. Gordon Dudley’s Staff Village home. Luke Pell family called to Chillicothe, Ohio for funeral of Pell’s mother. Weidlein and Thornton families attend Emma Weidlein’s 91st birthday in Lawrence.
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Neal Hambleton
Karen of
Olathe
C. S. Hambleton
Charles Douglas
Cynthia
Kansas ‘City
Karen
Boulder
Colo
John Parker
Parker
Floyd Duncan
Nevada
Lena Mabry
Linden Woodberry
Topeka
George Smith
Woodberry
Daisy Warsop Lamb
Kmbc-Tv
Arch Bedford
Illinois
Bedford
Methodist Church
Gordon Dudley
Staff Village
Luke Pell
Chillicothe
Ohio
Pell
Roy Weidlein
Frances Weidlein
Vernon Thornton
Lawrence
Weidlein
Emma Weidlein
Three Lawrence Girls Return for The Remarkable Mr
Three Lawrence girls playing with a stock company at the Barn Theater in Augusta Michigan will appear again next week in the same production The Remarkable Mr as three sisters in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Barn Theater
Augusta, Mich
Home gathering aided by daughters and daughter in law
The event featured the guest reception supported by her daughters and daughter in law with refreshments provided by her granddaughters.
Emporian Named to Job for State Game Agency
Emporia educator Steve Stephens has been named special conservation education representative for the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission. Stephens, a former Emporia State Teachers College extension worker and former teacher at Atchison and Manhattan, will lecture on wildlife and conservation in Kansas grade schools starting this fall. He is an Emporia State graduate with a PhD from Columbia University.
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Pratt
H. A
Steve) Stephens
Emporia
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Dave Leahy
Stephens
Kansas
Emporia State Teachers College
Atchison
Manhattan
Emporia State
Columbia University
House Finishes Action On Minimum Wage Bill
Washington reports the House completed action on a compromise bill to raise the minimum wage from 7 cents to $1 an hour, effective March 1. The raise exceeds Eisenhower’s proposal by 10 cents, with Labor Secretary Mitchell urging the President to approve the $1 figure. About 2,100,000 workers, mainly in the South, would get raises.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Mitchell
South
Church Notice for St Luke AME Church Schedule
St Luke AME Church at New York hosts Rev G O Hall pastor 945 Sunday school 1045 organ prelude 1100 processional senior choir morning message Rev Hall 3 pm guests Rev Paul Kidd choir and congregation 6 pm Youth Fellowship Monday 730 quarterly conference Tuesday 8 pm gospel choir rehearsal point 8 pm senior choir rehearsal
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St. Luke A.M.E
New York
G. O. Hall
Pearl Hill
Hall
Paul Kidd
Poin
Wyoming Coal Output Reaches Five Million Tons in 1953
Wyoming state production climbed to five million tons of coal in 1953 marking a strong annual total. The gain reflects steady demand and expands the region's role in fueling industry and power generation across the era.
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Wyoming
President and Mamie Eisenhower at Gettysburg for Weekend
President and Mrs. Eisenhower stayed at their farm near Gettysburg awaiting weekend weather. He arrived by car in the afternoon while Mrs. Eisenhower came earlier. Overcast skies led to a car return plan from the farm instead of flying. If weather allows, he will play golf and aims to return to Washington Sunday night or Monday morning.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
White House
Glen Springs Home Demonstration Unit Meeting Report
The Glen Springs Home Demonstration unit met Wednesday afternoon with 19 members and 4 children present. Lessons covered new laundry methods and equipment led by Mrs Bahnmaier and Mrs Blodgett. Upcoming family night is August 10 at Lecompton. Guests included the Ingle families from Lawrence and Pomona at the LaDuke home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Springs
Ernest Brown
Raymond LaDuke
Bahnmaier
Blodgett
Lecompton
Grant Ingle
Lawrence
Carl Ingle
Pomona
Raymond la Duke
Jackie Johnson
Carbondale
Glen Mesenhimer
Elmer
Herman Becker
Wendell DeBey
Cawker City
E. W. Wulfkuhle
Roberta Holloway
Gus Hartman
Dick Hartman
Anchorage
Alaska
Erna Mueller
Deling
Topeka
Fred Mueller
New York
City
Hartman
W.P. Henry
Fred rises in McClelland stores during Topeka visit
Fred, now fountain department merchandiser for McClelland stores with headquarters in New York City, is making a two day visit in Topeka. He has served about 16 years, starting as a stock boy at the Topeka store while in high school, rising to store manager and district supervisor before transfer to the New York office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Fountain
McClelland Stores
New York City
Topeka
New York
Raymond LaDuke
Manhattan
Arnold Neil
Neil
Terry Lee
William Schulz
Albert Hildenbrand
Lawrence
Ben Emery
Jean
Catherine
Denver
Colo
Emery
Fred Phillips
Phillips
Fannie Wilson
E. U. B. Ladies’ Aid
Melvin Walter
Glenn Cree
Wayne Webber
Warsaw
Walter Brown
W. J. Brown
Dwight Henry
Vivian
Karen
Ernest Brown
Nancy
Gary
Francis Brown
Stanley
Richard
William Henry
Margie
Linda
Phoenix
Ariz
Leight Schooncr
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George Docking
Robert Docking
Bridge
Shirley Ann Laughlin
John Franklin Laughlin Sr
Baldwin
Route Two
J. D. Harsin
Gilbert Harsin
Knoxville
First Presbyterian Church
Orlo Choguill
Harry T. Adamson
Janet Laughlin
Dallas
Texas
Donald Harsin
Ruby Neils
Max Harsin
Miss Laughlin
Remington Rand
Sperry Rand Corporation
Beta Sigmi Phi
International Business Girls’ Sorority
Harsin
Prudential Insurance Company
4&1
National Association of Life Underwriters
Fred Zoellner
Tonganoxle
Lawrence Country Ub
Golden Valley 4-H
Sunnyside
Raybert Thornton
Hesper Home Demonstration Unit
Hesper
W. E. Steward
Bertha
Harley Steward
Centropolis
Lucas Fleer
Noah Eberhart
Lima
Eva: Crouse
Roanoke
Orville Steward
Nashville, Tenn
Bertha Steward
Jence
Martin
Tenis Steward
Orville ‘Steward
E. P. Day
Centenary Methodist Church
B. L. Hills
Floyd DeWeese
Fairview Woman's Society of Christian Vvice
WSCS
Centenry Methodist Church
Central Park
Fairview Society
H.E. Ericson
Riverside Home Demonstration
Owen Mitchell
Clayton Frost
DE Soto
Boggs Hat Shop
Vermont
Varia
Dally
Vic Melton
Mase
Emporian
State Game Agency
President
Mamie
Big Springs
Parsons
Joe Schelbar
Nick Schelbar
Gossard
Weaver’s Bra Shop
Lake of the Ozarks
Henry Brown
Arthur Holloway
Emma Holloway
John Holloway
Glen Mesenhiemer
Bob
Roberta
Madison Walter
Ray Cree
Virgel Babb
Grace Helens
W. P. Henry
Mass
Chris's
Christ
God
Lawrence Bible Chapel
Kentucky
Mom
Dad
Davy Crockett Paper Suit
Independent
Davy. Crockett Suits
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