Willard family portraits a prize fighter and children
Mrs Willard wife of a world heavyweight champion raises five children on a ranch near the city limits. The piece portrays daily life outdoors and in the garden, the children’s activities, and Mrs Willard’s views on practical play for boys and girls. It notes Allen resembles his father and describes the family’s routine, yard, and gym indoors, ending with a business venture in Lawrence and plans for stock offerings and expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Ranch
Willard
Melida
Kansas
West Coast
Enare
Saccens
Tore
Jem
Lawrence
Jess, Jr
Jess
Allen
Zella
Frances
Eni
Enid
High School Class of 79 Graduation Highlights
Fragmented OCR from a school page outlines the 1979 graduation with remarks on Student Self Government, faculty addresses by Professor Poe, and performances by the school orchestra. Names such as Elizabeth, William Andersen, Leona Knop, and Mary Irene Landon appear amid a mist of garbled text describing speeches and musical numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val
Poe
William Ew
Andersen
Leona Knop
Mary Irene
Landon
Honor students listed with note about cherries and crew shortage
Florence Gertrude Lee and many others are named as honor students. A note invites those collecting cherries to bring ladders, mentions limited supply with two crews on Monday. Also mentions Miss Helen Friend returning home from Ward Belmont and ads for paint, lumber and auto brands at local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Landis
Pipe Organ Factory Locating in Lawrence and Expanding
The Reuter Schwarz Organ Company of Trenton plans to move its plant to Lawrence after securing an option on a building. They expect to spend around fifteen thousand on improvements. Six organs are under construction, with 25 to 30 men currently employed and space already outgrown. The move would leverage Lawrence’s musical culture and university fine arts influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
State of
Masonic Temple
Carl A. Preyer
Reuter-Schwarz Organ Company
Tas
Reuter Schwarz Organ Company
Trenton
Theswaralaval Tyre
School of Fine Arts
University
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Jis
Mra
Jess Willard
Jeas Willard
Jack Dempsey
Pletihets
Wilys-Overland
Toledo
BOY Scouts OF America
Florence Gertrude Lee
Ouida
Sophia Lee
Mildred McGuffey
Harold J. McKeever
Ila
E. McPherson
Ruby Helen Manter
Mildred Alryina Maxwell
David Charles Mackie
Wilma Ruth Miller
Annie Baldwin Mitchell
Nadine Morrison
Loraine Nelson
Morton Edward Nelson
Paul Martin O'Leary
Edith Elizabeth Olson
Pawl B. Patterson
Myra Louise Phillps
Aimee Marie Piper
Phillip A. Pontius
Jonathan Milton Rigdon
Cleo Adelbert Rinehart
Dorthex Belle Roberts
Carey Dudley Rogers
Keith Eugene Schwinley
Ernan Marie Seidel
Helen Margaret Shaw
Charles A. Sisson
Hazel M. Smith
Ethel May Smith
Ruth Mildred Spotts
Thelma le Etta Stoddard
Viola Tucker
Edwina Etta Ware
Mahlon Stuart Weed
Dorothy Evelyn White
Hazel Dell Wiggins
Armin Edward Woestemeyer
Helen Friend
Ward Belmont
C. E. Matthews Lbr. Co
W. E. Branson
Erwin Branson
Indianapolis
Pipe Organ Factory
Cotty
Thierry
Siren
Pet
Kitten
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