Young Group Knits For Red Cross Effort In Town
The town’s youth groups organize for Red Cross knitting and sewing. Pinckney Girl Scout troop led by Mrs. Colyer has 25 girls making six inch blocks for an afghan. Eighteen Haskell girls under Miss Weddel complete an afghan and garments. Junior High group of 110 students produce four garments and many blocks for two afghans. Senior and junior high girls invited to join Tuesday and Thursday mornings starting June 10 at the junior high sewing room. Adults can contribute at the Red Cross sewing room in Central building. Mrs. Elizabeth Terry joins the knitting committee with 23 sweaters since last November.
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Red Cross Sewing Room
Pinckney Girl Scout
John B. Colyer
Haskell
Thelma Weddel
J. W. Holmes
Claire Toy
Red Cross
Holmes
Ray Wright
Alfred Seelye
William Kandt
L. L. Waters
Britain
Elizabeth Terry
Girl Guides in 1866 Costumes Ushers Guests on Campus
University of Kansas marks seventy fifth anniversary with a pageant of period dress. About 60 coeds serve as guides in elaborate 1866 style gowns, featuring wire hoops, bouffant skirts, basque waists, and organdy frills while mothers assist in costume preparation.
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Girl Guides
University of Kansas
Batiste
No Glamour In Bare Knees in Hollywood Show Window
Lucia Carroll wagered that formal evening wear shorts would trend within 80 days after Paulette Goddard unveiled evening shorts. Carroll failed to predict a fad, later modeling in Dress Designer Marie Miller's Sunset Strip display, claiming glamour cannot be achieved in bare knees after dark.
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Hollywood
Paulette Goddard
Lucia Carroll
Paulette
Miss Carroll
Marie Miller
Sunset Strip
Miss Miller
Mrs Amerine of Belle Plaine Dies Promptly
Mrs Arthur Dougan received word of the death of her mother Mrs Amerine of Belle Plaine Kansas. Mr and Mrs Dougan left immediately for Belle Plaine to attend the funeral and assist family members.
Giants in the earth how the early Kansas University grew
The history details heavy teaching loads for early chancellors including Marvin and Lippincott, with 20 lecture hours per week and rising enrollments. It covers budget strains, legislative funding gaps, scrip pay issues, and delayed improvements to facilities, library, and observatory, plus Snow’s pivotal museum and meteorology work.
University roots and growth marked by planting trees
The 1870s sketches show a free people driven university, weathering drought and war while locals fund and plant about a thousand trees. A conservative legislature provided gradual support, with an able but overworked faculty and strong community backing. A choir and ceremonies highlighted the era. Acquitted of Murder Charge in Tulsa. Lee Johnson, 34, faces court.
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Douglas County Horticultural Society
Tulsa
Okla
Lee Johnson
A Cappella Choir to Debut New Song at 75th Anniversary Dinner
The university choir has several engagements tied to commencement and the 75th anniversary. At tonight's dinner the group will perform publicly for the first time the prize-winning song Mount Dread, We Love Thee by Wirt D. Walton of St Louis, winner of a $50 contest prize.
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K. A
Mount Dread
Wirt D. Walton
St. Louis
Acquittal in March Gun Battle Murder Case
A district court jury acquitted a defendant in a March gun battle that left three men dead. The trial followed the incident and centered on the charged murder counts amid testimony from witnesses and law enforcement.
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Maker
Thrifty Habit Reading the Classified Page Daily
A reader notes daily engagement with the classified section, using it as a thrifty habit. They describe scanning listings for sales, jobs, and community notices, highlighting the page as a frequent, practical routine.
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Parkersburg
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F. H. Snow
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Dean Stouffer
Phi Beta Kappa
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Graduate Magazine
Fraser Hall
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Charles Robinson
Oliver
Fraser
University
Natural History
University of Michigan
K. U
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Churches of Lawrence
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Es Petrus
Peter
Gretchaninoff
Gretchahinoff
Mrs. C. L. Griffeth
Allison-Armstrong
Learnard Ave
Courtview
RTS
Wiey
Deluxe Cafe
Mass
A Cappella Choir
Daddy
Dad
Esther L. Branch
Roper
Spry
Cooking
Kansas Public Service CO
Your Gas Company
Armory
11Th and
Vermont Streets
Punkins
Commencement
Mama
Lawrence Laundry
Independent Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Vermont Street
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