Mrs. Billings Leads Pi Beta Phi Convention Delegation
Mrs. Bob Billings departs Friday to attend the Pi Beta Phi sorority convention in Victoria British Columbia Canada as a Lawrence alumni delegate. Delegates from the EU active chapter include Marilyn Moffat Great Bend and Janet Duncan Ottawa. Larry Flannery returns from a New York City business trip and a merchandising seminar with City College of New York and Baruch School faculty. Mildred and Gordon Gordon, Encino writers, visit Lawrence to see Earl Nixon and wife while their novel Undercover Cat sells to Walt Disney who will adapt the work for film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Billings
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Victoria
British Columbia
Canada
Billings
Lawrence Alumnae Club
Marilyn Moffat
Great Bend
Janet Duncan
Ottawa
Gordon
Earl K. Nixon
Miss. St. the Gordons
Walt Disney
Disney
Mrs. Gordon
Kansas University
Armed Forces Notes From The Mediterranean And Stateside
In The Armed Forces Saturday he fell and broke his left arm. Navy command ship USS Wright undergoing overhaul in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth Va. The squadron is supporting the U S Sixth Fleet by carrying cargo passengers and mail on special flights throughout the Mediterranean area. In The Armed Forces Charles R Alexander sea man apprentice USN son of Mr and Mrs Edward E Alexander Sr of 835 Maine St and Anthony Simpson airman apprentice USN son of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Simpson of 441 Ark St are serving aboard the [ship]. Upon completion of the overhaul she will join other fleet units in training operations. Lt Charles D Ogden 2245 Mass St a Naval Air Reservist with Reserve Transport Squadron 883 at the Olathe Naval Air Station is in Rota Spain for 16 days of active duty. Lt Ogden a student at KU has been in the Navy since 1954. He is one of 104 officers and men of the transport squadron who flew to Spain June 1. Marine Pvt Lonnie D Snow son of Mr and Mrs Lorin A Snow of Route 3 and Marine Pvt Ivan R Kelley Jr son of Mr and Mrs Ivan R Kelley Sr of 711 R I has completed four weeks of individual combat training this month at the Second Infantry Training Regiment Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Calif Army Capt Richard M Hogan 33 son of Mrs Alma L The captain is a 1948 graduate of Lawrence High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Alexander
USN
Edward E. Alexander Sr
Maine St
Anthony Simpson
LeRoy Simpson
Ark. St
The
Charles D. Ogden
Mass. St
Naval Air
Olathe Naval Air Station
Rota
Spain
Ogden
Navy
Lonnie D. Snow
Lorin A. Snow
Route 3
Ivan R. Kelley Jr
Ivan R. Kelley Sr
R. I
Second Infantry Training Regiment
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Local Patients Undergo Surgeries and Family News
Charles Blochberger of 1427 W 19th St remains at KU Medical Center Kansas City Kansas since June 4 after spinal surgery on Saturday. He is reported to be making satisfactory progress. Mrs. Arthur Johnson of 428 Elm St has returned from New York City after visiting her daughter Mrs Muriel J Paul and granddaughters Michele and Lisa. She also visited her son Hugh Johnson and family in Washington DC. G B Potter, formerly a Lawrence resident now in Grove Oklahoma, is a patient at General Hospital in Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blochberger
W. 19Th St
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Arthur Johnson
Elm St
New York City
Muriel J. Paul
Michele
Lisa
Hugh Johnson
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larry Flannery
City College of New York
Baruch School of Business
Dolph Simons
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Federal Reserve
Omaha
Mildred
Gordon Gordon
Encino
Lawrence
Chester Hemphill
Ky. St
V. A. Mallory
Yale
Iowa
Montreal
Quebec
Navy Command
Wright
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Army
Richard M. Hogan
Alma L
Lawrence High School
McCroryotasco
Oklahoma Tire & Supply
Jei
Pocket
Otasco
Oklahoma Tire & Suppry
HUSKY
G. B. Potter
Grove, Oklo
General Hospital
Grove. On
John Pickens
Vermont
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