Evan Griffith Demonstrates Fordson Tractor Power
Evan Griffith, living south of Lawrence with his father George T. Griffith, proved a one man farm can handle a binder and ten acres of wheat daily. By adapting a Fordson with homemade steering gear he operates the binder and cultivator alone, turning skeptics into believers and ending the era of the one man shocker.
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Evan ‘Griffith
Evan Griffith
George T. Griffith
Lawrence
Evan -Griffith
Kiwanis Back Mental Hygiene Clinic Plan in Lawrence
At a Kiwanis meeting in Lawrence the group voted to support a free clinic for nervous growth and children under the State Society of Mental Hygiene. Mayor Kreeck announced the clinic would be held about July 7. Urban notes include Father Kane visiting KU, new potatoes brought in by J C Schoonover, a teen quitting smoking, a prowler report at 1137 Indiana, and twenty one babies taken to the mothers conference at city hall with several from outside Lawrence.
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Kati Menninger
Kiwanis Club
State Society of Mental Hygiene
Kreeck
City Hall
Lawrence
Father and Son Day at Lawrence Country Club
A father and son day is planned at Lawrence Country Club with a date to be announced within a week. Each member may invite a nonmember father and son to participate in a golf tournament pairing fathers and sons regardless of age. A dinner will follow for club guests. A mother and daughter tournament will be held later.
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Lawrence Country Club
Vinland Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Dr Charles McPheeters and wife of Kansas City visited brother W A McPheeters and family on Sunday. The Counts family hosted by James Counts. Mrs Belvoir and Mrs Elam spent harvest days with Winters, then returned home Wednesday. Charlie George and son returned to St Joseph Mo after illness and death of their mother. Lloyd Hoover family visiting Lawrence. Mary King and Helen King with Iva King traveled to Tonganoxie to visit John Rumsey home. Mrs A K Stevens returned from Baldwin with brother James Massey Cottonwood Falls. Hiss Ida Steeles of Lawrence appeared in notes.
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Kansas City
W. A. McPheeters
Wilson
Counts
James Counts
Belvoir
Elam
Charlie George
St.Joseph
Frank’. George
Lloyd Hoover
Lawrence Sun- Gaysat
Charles Sail
Mary King
Misr
Helen
Iva King
Tonganoxie
John Rumsey
A. K
Stevens
Baldwin
James. Massey
Cottonwood Falls
Hiss Ida “Steeles
Lawrence
Milton Jameson
Pearl Morton
Dorothy Jones
Alonzo ‘Shaws
Laura Roe
William
Vernon
King’s
Elva Shick
Bechtel
Harbert Fitz
Wit
Russell Riggs
Richard
Vernie Hagerman
Edna Sturdy
A. Andrews
Walter Parsons
Nadine Hoover
Bonnie ‘Hansen
Mary Sturdy
Presbyterian Church
Local social notes mention gatherings and visitors in Vinland
The column lists numerous residents visiting relatives in Vinland and nearby towns. It notes church events, a Children’s Day program at the Presbyterian church, a district superintendent sermon, a postponed Ladies Aid meeting, and a June wedding for Ruth Elizabeth Kennelly and Clarence B. Howe in Manhattan.
All Must Co-operate: Merger Urged for Sunday Schools
Dr Sidney A Weston of Boston urged merging the International Sunday School Association and the Sunday School Council at the Sixteenth International Sunday School convention. He said the union would create a unified leadership for Christian education, with professionals, educators, child life specialists, and editors joining to reduce waste and boost service.
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Karisag City
América
Sidney A Weston
Boston
Mass
The
Congregational Church
International Sunday School ‘Association
Sunday ‘School Council
Weston
Destructive Youths Seen as Product of Training
A quoted statement blames crime waves on inadequate religious and social training for children. It asserts youths who commit wild crimes today were once kids needing proper guidance to become constructive citizens. Mentions Flyson and various local shops selling items like drugstore goods and road maps.
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America
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Evan. Griffith
Fordson
Binder
William T. Kane
Loyola University
Chicago
University of Kansas
Father Kane
110Th
J.C.’ Schoonover
North Lawrence
Journal-World Office
Indiana Street
Vinland and Vicinity
Woodrow
Leurhiin Alin’ Kelley
Eeoleta Laughlin
Hazel Hoskinson
Beatrice
Andrews
Margaret Craig
Geneva Steen
Harold Hoover
Margaret
Sun- Billy Pardee
Willig
Ruth
Edith
Kelley
Gregy A ‘Ong
Tie
Dr. Bailey
Kansas
City
Axton
Alva Rockhold
Vinland
Kennedys
Ywice
City Drug Store
St. Dennis
Carter's China Store
Lana
C&h
Dr. Price
Monarch
University Meatarbat
Atau Er
Josh
Swift
Watson
Log Cabin
Ier
Marjorie Alexander
Marjorie ‘Alexander
Mrs. Housewife Race
Clicquot Club
White Rock and
Eads
Loganberry
Richelieu
Williams
Sunkist
Zephyr
West End
Kane’s Cash Store
Ryzon
de Soto
Han Ross
Hunter Bros
Chase Shuibbra
Alaska
Etiwanda
Kuhn
Ade
Mr. Harvester
Frisco Packing House
Mass. St
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