Social activities and bridal showers fill regional weekend
Janet Sue McDonald of Crown Point was feted at a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Richard Bliesner with Virginia Bliesner assisting. The couple to wed August 26 in Crown Point. Also noted are a silver LWML anniversary at Immanuel Lutheran in Concordia, a Green Thumb Garden Club picnic at Lone Star Lake, and multiple bridal events for Diane Chanay and Deanna Gowing with church and club gatherings across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Sue McDonald
Crown Point
Ind
Carl Reuter Jr
Richard Bliesner
Bliesner
Virginia Bliesner
Earl Blount
Coffeyville
Miss McDonald
Mr. Reuter
Concordia Guild of
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Walter Lutz
Duane Peaslee
Wiley Scott
Kenneth Lahm
Margaret Wilhelm
Washington
D.C
Mission Project
John Wolfe
Green Thumb Garden Club
Lone Star Lake
Jack M. Lawson
George Bocquins
Car
John McNicolls
Ray Cubertson
Robert Bowline
Lawsons
Bocquin
Diane Chanay
Fred Purvis Jr
Vinland Methodist Church
Janet Florence
Joyce Mitchell
W. H. Chanay
Fred C. Purvis
Alta Purvis
Faye
Deanna Gowing
Richard Lobb
Lecompton
Kathy Lobb
Rita Simmons
Cindy Porter
Rebekah Lodge Initiation at IOOF Hall
Rebekah Lodge No 4 held an initiation led by noble grand Oly Coffman at the IOOF Hall. Colleen Amess Mary Daveport and Rosa Liesle received degrees as officers presented by Dora Ruge and the Degree Staff. A corsage was given to each candidate and Odd Fellows Eye Bank donations were noted. The meeting adjourned with plans for a fall rummage sale and social hour decorations by Dorothy Roper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Degree Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Oly Coffman
Noble Grand
Colleen Amess
Mary Daveport
Rosa Leslie
Dora Ruge
Norma Handley
Dorothy Speicher
Golden Johnston
Mamie Skaggs
Jean Jeffery
Mabel Westcott
Eva Davis
Bessie Redding
Mary Grover
Lily Bignall
Elsie Wager
Coffman
Assembly President's Project
Odd Fellows Eye Bank
Visual Research Foundation
Four 4-H Girls Aim for Citizenship Short Course
Five area 4-H girls from Lawrence Baldwin and Richland depart Kansas City by plane Sunday with one chaperone for a Washington DC Citizenship Short Course. Jo Taylor Nancy Freed Edna Turner Rosemary Combs Joyce Flory and Mrs Kenneth Shutz accompany them. They will attend speeches assemblies and a capital tour. Sponsored by the Lawrence Rotary Club the 4-H Council and contributors the group plans return the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Charles B. Taylor Jr
Taylor
Nancy Freed
Maine
Edna Turner
Kenneth Shutz
Joyce Flory
Baldwin
Rosemary Combs
Richland
Journal-World Photo
Kansas City
Washington
D.C
Jo Taylor
Lawrence
Richad
Douglas County
Lawrence Rotary Club
4-H Council
Charles Taylor Jr
Social Calendar for Tuesday Advertises Local Group Events
Alpha Zeta chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha meets at 8 p.m. Cordley School. KU Graduate Math Women and Wives gather at 7 30 p.m. home of Mrs. John Gillam Learnard Court. Progressive Circle hosts dessert at 7 30 p.m. home of Mrs. Rody Skinner 2026 Vt Street. Esther Circle West Side Presbyterian Church meets at 7 30 p.m. in home of Mrs. Jane Roper 737 Ark Street. Ellis covered dish supper at 7 p.m. 725 Vt Street. First Baptist Church annual picnic 5 30 p.m. at 4 H Fairgrounds. Lawrence Country Club bridge luncheon at 12 45 p.m. Chapter FZ PEO meets at 2 p.m. home of Mrs. Max Stalcup 1109 W 20th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KU Graduate Math
John Gillam
Learnard Ct
Progressive
Rody Skinner
St. Esther
West Side Presbyterian Church
Jane Roper
Ark
St. Ellis
St. First Baptist Church
Lawrence Country Club
Max Stalcup
W. 20Th St
Northwest and local visits dominate weekend personals
Mr and Mrs Earl Church and family toured the Northwest visiting Eugene and Jackson Hole Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks before returning via Salt Lake City. Other news includes the Trowbridges traveling from Jacksonville after a weekend with Baldwin and Eu dora relatives for Sue Clary and Steve Con s wedding. Also noted are relocations and appointments from McNown to Wyoming University staff and Bethany College honors for Floyd Pentlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Church
Curt
Clint
Northwest
Eugene
Ore
Church
Ann Laptad
John
Jackson Hole Country
Grand Teton
Yellowstone National Parks
Salt Lake City
Utah
Roy Trowbridge
Jacksonville
Ark
Earl Trowbridge
Route 2
Baldwin
Lawrence Shirk
Sue Clary
Steve Co
United Church of Christ
Eudora
Honors to Colleen Rand Perseveres into Stanford graduate studies
Colleen Suzanne Wright Rand, Lawrence High School class of 1963, earned a bachelor of arts with magna cum laude from Stanford and Phi Beta Kappa honors. She minored in anthropology and will pursue a PhD in child development as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Stanford. She is married to Kenneth Rand and resides in Palo Alto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Suzanne Wright Rand
Lawrence High School
Stanford University
Phi Beta Kappa
Woodrow Wilson
Rand
M. Erik Wright
Tenn
Seven Auxiliary Members Attend State Meeting
Seven members of the American Legion Auxiliary Dorsey Liberty Unit 14 joined the statewide gathering in Wichita for the Auxiliary Department convention. Names include Mrs. Clyde Bell and Mrs. C T Dockery who served as officers, with Dockery and Hemphill carrying unit flags. National president Mrs. A J Ryan Sr attended and Bird City’s Mrs. Lyle Seymour was elected state president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Dorsey Liberty Unit 14
Wichita
Auxiliary Department
Clyde Bell
C. T. Dockery
Thornton Hemphill
Lloyd McMinn
Edward Neustifter
Floyd Stinson
Tom Waid
Bell
Hemphill
Dockery
Waid
Century Club
Neustifter
A. J. Ryan Sr
Dania, Fla
Lyle Seymour
Bird City
Carpet durability factors and care considerations
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Couple Honored on 50th Anniversary in McLouth
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turner celebrate 50 years of marriage with an open house at McLouth High School from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. They wed July 1 1917 at United Brethren Church Ozawkie and farm in Jefferson County. Turner served as undersheriff and sheriff. They live on a farm north of McLouth. eight daughters two sons and 25 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. McNown
Charles R. Elder
Hudson
Ohio
Charlie Hobbs
Philadelphia
Myra Hobbs
Jim McCaig
San Jose
Calif
Jack Zimmerman
Floyd Hammett
Mark
Michael
Washington, D.C
Leo Eller
Hammett
Lorraine Johnson
W. T. Johnson
Haskell Institute
Col. Hammett
Andrews Air Force Base
NASA
E. Blair Adams
Lawrence
Wyoming University
Laramie
State of Wyoming
Wyandotte
Floyd C. Pentlin
McLouth
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Walter Turner
McLouth High School
Turners
United Brethren Church
Ozawkie
Jefferson County
Turner
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Florence and Nadine
Terri Kepple
Linda Morgan
Dotty Puckett
Marilyn Johanning
Sharon Andrews
Carol Peck
Jackie
Cheryl Dodder
Brad Mitchell
Dianna Dillon
Joy Routh
Judy Hornberger
Phylis Mad
Camilla Brown
First Baptist Church
The
Brotherhood
Miss Gowing
Oscar Gowing
Waukegan, N
John E. Newman
John Newman
Walter Confer
Dennis Gowing
Newman
Frank Walter
Pamcheta Club
Lewis Goodrick
Richard Walter
Neal Mathews
Raymond Sanford
Anthon Dittrich
Albert Paslay
Martin Quaney
Marvin Manis
Cope
Rebekah
Carrie Ericson
Wilverine Stafford
Lois Tefft
Lorene Weidman
Dorothy Roper
Lena Altenbernd
Mae Neever
Inside Guardian
Magdalena Husted
Outside Guardian
Frankie McCleery
Irma Burgert
Eva Abraham
Florence Garber
Hazel Vogler
Helen Peters
Oliver Transue
Mike Barnhart
Russell Wager
Overton Hundley
Delbert Murphy
Bessie Westergren
Marie Wiggins
Osy Coffman
Ruby Howard
Selen Farmer
Elvin Ousdahl
Velma Murphy
Goldie Rowland
Susie Brown
Ethel Mae White
Anie Schloetzer
Lillian Wulfkuhle
Cecil Herschel
Edwa_ Lotridge
Gladys Reade
Tessie Peterson
Blanche Dodds
the Castle
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Cordley School
Bigelow
Karastan
Callaway
Bud Jennings
Angel Food
Drakes
Colleen Rand
Cently
Kenneth Rand
Oberlin Ave
Palo Alto
Colleen Wright Rand
Kay Chetitien
Jewelers
Massachusetts
Kansas Ave
Topeka
Sunray DX
International Silver Company
Sunray DX Oil Company
Thompson
6Th
Michigan
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