Lawrence society hosts and church groups schedule events
A dinner bridge at Lawrence Country Club will be hosted by Mr and Mrs William Bray. The Women's Society of World Service meets at 215 pm at Mrs Walter Wilson's Pa St home. Business Women circle gathers at Mrs C J Winter's 1935 Ohio St tomorrow at 730 pm. Trinity Guild meets at parish house for an important session followed by lunch and sewing. Social Circle Club meets with Mrs D J Jellison Thursday afternoon. Local residents travel to Claflin for a visit. Kathy Beguelin returns to Lawrence after visiting maternal grandparents. Distant relatives return from Walker Minn fishing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Country Club
William Bray
Women's Society of World Service
The
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Walter Wilson
Ivan Rappard
First Baptist Church
C. J. Winter
Ohio St
Trinity Guild of the Episcopal Church
Lawrence
Leslie Beguelin
Claflin
Kathy ‘Beguelin
Cyrena Bateson
Wajar Landry
Francis Lundry
Topeka
C. E. Lundry
Local Personal Notices From Topeka Area Travelers
Willis R. Colman attends annual Society of Agronomists meeting in Columbia Missouri. Mrs Rachel Warmuskirken and children from Cedar Rapids Iowa visit her mother Mrs Luctta How. Lathrop B Reade Sr returns home from Veterans Hospital in Topeka. Helen Cooke Sper visits her parents Byron F Cooke, accompanied by daughter Mina Perkins in Kansas City. Mr and Mrs William Kester and sons William Tom John return to St Louis after visiting Prof and Mrs F E Kester. Dr C J Alexander and Mrs Paul R Shanahan spend weekend at Lakes of the Ozarks for wedding anniversary celebration. Mrs C W Hamilton and children Carl Karen visit her mother W H White and relatives in Nampa Idaho. Rev Daniel Story returns home from German Baptist Church conference in Morosto California. Eva Weeks and A P Weeks of Lawrence. Floyd Lytle and X of Baldwin in Topeka for Weeks family reunion at Washburn Park. Mr and Mrs Leslie Beguilin and Mr and Mrs Robert Beguilin return from six day trip to Indianapolis for Memorial Day 500 miles race, travel through Terra Haute St Louis Ferguson Ferguson area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis R. Colman
Columbia
Society of Agronomists
Missouri
Rachel Warmuskirken
Charles
LaVonda
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Luctta
Lathrop B. Reade Sr
Veterans Hospital
Topeka
Helen Cooke Sper
German Baptist Church
Morosto
Calif
Eva Weeks
Lawrence Floyd Lytle
X of
Baldwin
Weeks
Washburn Park
Leslie Beguelin
Robert F. Beguelin
Indianapolis
Messy Town Street and Fashion Odds and Ends
A chaotic Mansfield Street scene prompts critique of academic residents and city trash containers. The ad copy promotes Adelane’s swimwear and new summer stock, with color names and price cues, plus grooming tips for white shoes.
Second District VFW Auxiliary Installs Mrs Snart as President
Mrs F G Snart of Lawrence is installed as president of the Second District VFW Auxiliary. The En campment at Hutchinson spans June 6 to 8 with Alford Clarke Post No 52 attendees including delegates and members. Jank Eckdall of Emporia named department commander and Nellie Bleakley of Colby named department-president for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Snart
Second District
VFW
Alford-Clarke Post and Auxiliary
Hutchinson
Harry Westergreen
W. T. Anderson
J. B. Saunders
Jesse Davis
Ralph Hoffman
H. K. Saunders
The
Auxilary
F.G. Snart
Lawrences
Larkin to Leave for Washington Vacation and City Post Resigns
Willard Larkin city building inspector and his wife plan a June 16 month long vacation to Washington state. He will resign from his city post effective July 1. The family expects to dispose of their home and settle in Washington by September. Their son David, 13, has served as a Journal-World carrier for about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Larkin
David
Washington State
Larkin
City Post
Larkins
Washington
David Larkin
Journal-World
Dr John Frye Attends Tulsa Meeting Today
Dr John C Frye executive director of the State Geological Survey at the University is in Tulsa today attending a meeting of the Mineralid Geology Work Group of the Arkansas White Red River Basin Inter Agency Committee. Frye is the Kansas representative on the Work Group chaired by Leon W Dupuy of the U S Bureau of Mines. The committee includes several federal agencies such as the Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Reclamation Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce and the Geological Survey. During 1951 the American Bible Society sent 341241 Bibles to the American armed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Frye
State Geological Survey
University
Tulsa
Frye
Kansas
Leon W. Dupuy
U.S. Bureau of Mines
States
Army Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Department of Agriculure
Department of Commerce
The
Geological Survey
American Bible Society
American Armed Services
Wheat crop forecast hits 1.264 billion bushels in U S
The Agriculture Department on Tuesday forecast a national wheat crop of 1 264 157 000 bushels the third largest on record. Weather and acreage data from Washington indicate strong production prospects for the season and expectations of steady prices for farmers and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington i
Agriculture Department
Richardson Family Reunion Celebrates 25th Annual Gathering
One hundred eighteen descendants of Asa and Phebe Richardson gathered Sunday at Clinton Park for the 25th annual reunion. Fred A. Richardson presided. Harold Pontius was elected president and Esther Bigsby as vice president. Mabel R. Pontius was reelected secretary. the historian’s report was read by Miss Mabel Richardson. Letters were read from Lt. Cal. Robert E. Richardson in Korea and several relatives from Illinois and California sent messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa and
Phebe Richardsonson
Clinton Park
Fred A. Richardson
Mabel Richardson
Harold Pontius
Esther Bigsby
Mabel R. Pontius
Cal
Robert E. Richardson
Korea
Alma R. Wallace
Montrose
A. R. Colman
Urbana
F. O. Richardson
Cal- 5
D. A. Richardson
Pomona
Calif
Richardson Family Grows to 381 Members at Picnic
The Richardson family of Dallas Texas reports 381 members after a year with one death, Harry Carr on December 1 1951. Three marriages expanded the clan Virginia Sehle to Howard Hird June 17 1951 Elnora Wallace to Theodore Stone September 1951 and Joyce signe Latinist January 3. Other name additions include Wayne Gough Richard Allen Dowell Marcy Diane Silverthorne Susan Elaine Richard Robert Dennis Janet Lu Richardson Elle Richardson Katharine Serena May Carr Christopher Nail Edmondson and Pamela Gail Bruner. Present for the family picnic were many members from across Texas California Oregon Nebraska and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iter Richardson
Dallas
Tex
Land
Paul’ Richardson
Houston
Robert Peterson
Unalaska
Vis
May Wallace
Ross Ofita
Calif
Ella R. Browning
Kearney
Nebr
Annie May Silverthorne
Portland
Ore
Fred C. Colman
Huntington Beach
Harry Carr
Virginia Sehle
Howard Hird
Oss Elnora Wallace
Theodore Stone
Joyce Signe
Jan
Ael Wayne Gough
Richard‘ Allen Dowell
Marcy
Diane_ Silverthorne
Susan Elaine Richard
Robert Dennis
Janet Lu. Richardson
Elle Richardson
Dinner Guests List From Sunday Social
A social column lists dinner guests including Mr and Mrs Theodore Armstrong and family in Kansas City Missouri. Also guests Mr and Mrs Ro G Dickey with Wendell and Jerry, plus Ethan Smith, Mr and Mrs Ross Wulfkuble and daughters Linda and Virginia. Further entries include Mr and Mrs Ralph Colman and family, Mr and Mrs Homer Hird, Mr and Mrs Freda A Richardson and grandchildren Beverly, Mark, Jacqueline, and others in Overland Park and Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Armstrong
Frank’ Sneiche
Mary Allee
Joseph Om
Guy Bigsby
Ro G. Dickey
Aona
Wendell and Jerry
Kansas City
Ethan Smith
Ross Wulfkuble
Linda
Virginia
Ralph Colman
Mina
Broner
Broadwater
Homer. Hird
Howard Hird
Freda A. Richardson
Beverly K
Mark Hichardson
Jacqueline aApplegarth
Overland Park
Arthur Richardson
John Richardson
John David
Susan Blaine
Wichita
Arthur Hird
Ivan Hird
Eugene Vwird
Carroll
Kathleen Mes
Sam Maffert
Mary Marguerit
David Gough
Judy and
Michaeland Darke
Wesley Hird
James “Afflick II
Patricia
Helen Marie
Kan
Itex
Aml
You
Atchison
Ambrose Bigsby Family Names Read Like Fragment
A scrambled OCR fragment lists individuals including Ernest and Karen Ambrose Bigsby, Wanita, Helen Green, Barbi, Tobert Bigsby, and Barbi’s relations. It appears to reference a family roster with multiple daughters and spouses in a localized notice context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Karen
Wanita
Ambrose Bigsby
Helen Jh Green
Barbi
Tobert Bigsby
Carai
Ernest’ Bigsby
Pontius and Pontius relatives listed in scattered notices
A dense list of individuals and families connected to Pontius and Pontius households appears, including Mabel Richardson, Mrs. Mabel R. Pontius, Virgil Hird and family, Dion Hird, Delbert Turd t, Virgil Carter, Leroy Olmstead and children, Jon Tonkus and others, spanning towns such as Yates Center Topeka Portland and Alma Lofquist, with numerous daughters and grandchildren named in a fragmentary social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dren
Sally
Steven
Mark
Yates Center
Mabel Richardson
Mabel R. Pontius
Virgil Hird
Vinland
Dion Hird
Pomona
Delbert
Turdt
Virgil Carter
Marionville
Leroy Olmstead
Joan
David
Jon’ Tonkus
Esk
Pandora
Carl Hagaman
Juge Maria
Fay Louise Mise
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D. J. Jellison
Massachusetts Street
Adelane
National
Terry Elath
Jane
Fireman
Ferry
Leon Fuhrer
New York
John Frye
Richardson
Ohse Wieners
Owse
A. E. Hall
Irmourer Uni
Power End Light Company
Velvet Freete
Crean
Stiner
Mars
Cate
Newa Cartoon
Doris Day
Ronald Reagea
Allyson Kennedy
Wale
Red Ness
Leo Rae DD
Return of the
Richard Boone
Toutally
Ghantine
Claudette Colbert
Maid Carey Lawrence
Hiway
Jim
N. Tod
American Service Co
Ther
Othara
Peter Law
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U. M. Army
John Ford
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