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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
5
A steady stream of social events fills the week with club picnics at Clinton Park and the American Legion hall. A wedding plan unites Miss Cathleen Beyer and Rae Riggs Jr at Trinity Lutheran Church. A baby born to Mrs. Elverson Baker's family, and a large 800 block Missouri Street neighborhood supper mark community life amid wartime restrictions.
At the Sunset Home Society annual meeting on March 4 1943 plans were approved for a new addition on Sunset Hill Concordia to double capacity. The Sunset Home Memorial Building will cost about 50000 dollars and feature bronze donor tablets and rooms named for benefactors. Construction will occur after the war with a basement chapel dining room and kitchen and an electric elevator. The home is led by Rev and Mrs C A Carlson with assets centering around 258010 19 and 32382 61 handled in 1942.
The Friday bridge luncheon club hosts a 6 30 p m covered dish supper at the Wright home with arrangements by Mrs Lyle Armel and Mrs Hovey Hanna. The Women's Council of the First Christian church meets tomorrow at 9 30 a m for officer installations and devotions led by Mrs A B Ewing followed by a Mothers club program. Home Aid Society meets Thursday at Mrs Carl Bruchmiller s home. Veronicans Group Seven meets tomorrow evening at Mrs Roy Bowers 1826 New Hampshire Street with Mrs Francis Gampper assisting. A family reunion was held Sunday at 311 Mississippi Street the Campbells. Trinity Guild meets tomorrow at 11 30 a m. Birth announced: a son Philip Gill to Mr and Mrs Robert Harrison at St Joseph s Hospital Kansas City Missouri. The United Home Service club picnic is tonight at the American Legion rooms instead of the park. The Social Order of the Beauceant meets Thursday at 3 p m at the Masonic Temple with refreshments.
Today to attend the Cheley Girls camp near Estes Park Colorado Pat will stay ten weeks while others return after five weeks Mrs John Stutz of Topeka visited Lawrence with Mrs George March and Mrs Fred Ellsworth and has returned home C C Seewir ill at Memorial hospital remains about the same Mrs J E Stohs Mississippi has gone to Lewiston Me for a visit with mother and relatives Mrs Victor G Meyer and children 818 Kentucky are spending weeks with relatives near Albert Lea Minn Glenn Chariton returned home
The patient’s condition has improved but he will remain bedridden for some time. Mrs. Malcolm MacLaren plans to return to Atchison on Thursday after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Kirchhoff.
Local notices report Dorothea Schroeder county home demonstration agent is in Manhattan this week for a training session at Kansas State College. Other items note Mr. and Mrs. Shelly McMillin visiting from Boulder and heading to Akron for a Goodyear Aircraft job. Mrs. C. H. McCabe returning from Swampscott. Miss Mary Louise McNown to New York. Eva Chenoweth and Paul Hyatt's California trip. Dr. H L Chambers visiting Topeka. Dr Edwin F Price to study five weeks at Garrett and Northwestern. and Mary A Liscum undergoing surgery in Halstead.
London reports the United States opened a training school for American nurses in Britain. Thirty chief nurses from U S military hospitals enrolled in the first class, with a second group planned. Instruction covers soldier basics, drilling, and refresher duties, overseen by Cynthia Parker and Juanita Williams.
Albert Emry Derrington of Kansas City Missouri and Elizabeth Ann Carman of Lawrence obtained a marriage license from Probate Judge Frank R Gray yesterday.
Dorleen Dawn Peabody an eight year old in San Diego has been in a coma for 65 days due to sleeping sickness. Violin teacher Robert Kranz played at her bedside and Dorleen briefly opened her eyes and spoke, later lapsing back into coma but showing recurring consciousness. Her parents Mr and Mrs Wilfred Peabody of Hastings Nebraska express cautious optimism as intervals shorten.
Topeka will host a June 15 war food meeting led by P J Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture and Floyd Strong secretary director of Kansas ports of commerce to discuss wartime food plans.
Gov. Naven Schoeppel has asked attendees to join a war food committee meeting Thursday in Omaha to discuss wartime food and supply measures.
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