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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1972
Page
6
The American Sunbathing Association announces an open door policy for its clubs, with about 130 member clubs and 20,000 members nationwide. Visitors pay up to five dollars, no screening beyond basic propriety, and ASA aims to grow 25 percent this year with new ads and a map guide.
About 200 supervisors from diverse industries gathered at KU for the 15th annual Supervisory Seminar. Lawrence participants included Robert Bowline Hallmark Cards T R Carmody Curtis 1000 Charles Denniston Lawrence Memorial Hospital Bill Gant Martin Jost Karl Kappelman Claude Norris Robert Roseberry Harold Scheve Max Stalcup and Ralph Turner. The seminar focused on improving the jobs of supervisors and their employees.
Charles H. Brady 74 of Strasburg formerly Lawrence Kan died Wednesday in a Denver hospital. Funeral services were Monday in Byers Colo. Survivors include Flora widow a son Charles Tecumseh Kan five brothers a stepson and four grandchildren. Brady born Oct 10 1897 in North Carolina lived in Lawrence before moving to Colorado. A separate Kansas incident reports Ronald Masden 16 suffered burns in a Johnson County apartment fire caused by a gasoline can near an open flame heater. He remains at Munson Army Hospital Fort Leavenworth. Also noted is Terry Claypool born July 1958 in Ottawa an eighth grader at De Soto Junior High School. He survived by his parents and five brothers.
Funeral services for Terry J. Claypool aged 13 are scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Sunflower United Methodist Church. The youth died Saturday in an unspecified location, prompting local tributes.
More than 20 members of Lawrence Lodge No Two, Fraternal Order of Police, plan to take an instructor's course in firearm safety. The signup and discussion occurred at a lodge meeting on Monday night at the Rt. 4 clubhouse. The course aims to train individuals to teach 12 year olds safe firearms use while hunting, sponsored by the FOP and the National Rifle Association. Time and date of the training have not been set.
Funeral services are planned Thursday at 1 30 p m at Warren Mortuary for Emma M Christensen 91 with Rev Harold Hamilton officiating Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the mortuary chapel Christensen a lifelong Lawrence resident formerly of 1008 Conn died Monday night in Samaritan Lodge She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church charter member of the Lawrence Business and Professional Women in 1919 and served as president in 1930 and 1931
Court notices list defendants such as Cary Sherf Richard Jochman and Huey Galloway with petty larceny and driving while license suspended. Also shown are hitchhiking, insufficient funds check and no fishing license cases with associated fines and brief terms. Tax liens against Dennis Loewen Foster Powell and John Slavens noted with IRS filing dates in March.
Alan R. Boyle 19 of 907 Crestline was guilty of attempted grand theft in Douglas County District Court. He faces 1 to 5 years in prison and up to 5000 dollars fine, with sentencing at 1 30 p m on March 24. He was arrested in September for stealing Earl Clark's motorcycle and has been free on bond.
Harve Hasler of Lakin, a KU senior in photojournalism, won both the grand prize and runner-up in the sixth annual Student Union Activities Photography Contest judged Sunday at Kansas University. His grand prize image shows a barge with Jove in flowers in San Francisco Bay. the runner-up features seagulls following a tractor to a freshly turned furrow. Hasler also earned an honorable mention in scenic pictorial. Terry Kafka of Brooklyn, a KU junior, placed third in the show for an abstract photo and also third in the experimental category with an honorable mention in scenic pictorial. Judges included James Enyeart, Herb Williams, and Brian Lanker.
The Supreme Court postpones its first hearing on a Denver area racial segregation suit until next term due to the need for more time to prepare and print the extensive documents and lower court rulings. The hearing is now planned for next fall or next winter after the justices return from vacation. The current term ends in June.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip began a state visit to the Maldives by watching the home team beat her yacht crew 2-0. They visited the fish market afterward and spoke with residents. Male has 12,000 of the republic’s 110,000 people on atolls 700 miles off Ceylon.
The Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross plans a door to door fund drive this month in Baldwin Eudora Lecompton and Douglas County townships. Supported by the Lawrence United Fund the chapter raises monthly funds to support programs in Douglas County outside Lawrence.
AP reports traditional jazz singer and banjo player Clancy Hayes died at 63 in San Francisco after a three year illness from cancer. A native of Caney Kansas, he performed with Turk Murphy and Bob Sco builds.
Hospital notes show maternity ward visiting hours from 3 to 4 PM and 7:15 to 8:15 PM with multiple entries of residents and addresses. The list includes Mrs Evelyn Squier, Mrs Bonnie Lavery, Mrs Julia Musgrave, Judith Freeman, and many others, culminating in Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rose with a baby girl born Monday.
The Lawrence High School Future Farmers of America team placed third in entomology and sixth in horticulture at Segman High School Topeka. Eleven teams competed with Richard Koleber fifth high individual and Randy White tenth high.
Notices announce appointment of Orr as administratrix for Rose Spillman and Arthur Spillman estates and set nine month demand deadlines. Also guardian conservator hearing for Mabel C McDonald to sell Lot 28 Rhode Island Street and probate petition for Mia May Coose with appointment of James M Jackson as executor.
Joseph William Krische, 57, of 1742 Sa., pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to accepting an unemployment check while employed. Judge Charles Rankin sentenced him to 60 days in jail and then parole in Douglas County Court after Krische admitted reporting he was jobless on July 17 to obtain benefits.
The list records divorces and separate maintenance filings including Paul L. Childress and Earlene Childress Michael T. Harris and Beverly J. Harris Pamela Sue Larson and Louis Andrew Larson Jeannette L. Clay and Joseph P. Clay Wanda J. Putthoff and James E. Putthoff Judith Ann Lipkin and Leonard Jay Lipkin Robert G. Rothwell Sr. and Bonnie R. Rothwell Irma Jean Daugherty and Kenneth Ray Daugherty separated couples noted for legal action.
Paul E. Jamison of Lawrence, a Kansas University freshman, earned a fall semester honor roll spot after the Engineering School corrected an earlier omission and added his name to the list of outstanding students.
Actor Paul Burke aged 58 and his wife of 25 years Peggy Burke were divorced in Los Angeles on grounds of irreconcilable differences.
In Douglas County Kansas a court in the city of Lawrence will hear the petition at a stated time and place. If you fail to appear a judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition. James M. Jackson petitioner James H. Hope attorney 705 Quincy Topeka Kansas 357 7844
Public sale at 1218 New Jersey Lawrence Kansas on Saturday March 18 starts at 9 AM. Items include furniture assorted tables chairs beds dressers dining set Duncan Phyfe table and chair set sewing machine lamps glassware and silverware. Terms cash on day of sale. Not responsible for accidents. Bertie J Harris owner. Hays Brothers Auction Service Mel Hays Harold Hays 843-4489 848-8368.
Public auction at the farm east of Ottawa on Wilson Street will start at 10 A.M. Items include MACH Massey Ferguson Tractor No 35 overhauled with new rubber, two bottom plow, 7 ft disk, mono 6 ft mower, Case 7 ft mower, wagon, harrow, blade, post hole digger, grain drill, wagon and box, walking plow, cultivator, horse-drawn mower, iron wheel wagon, gates, lumber, feed, hay, tools, harness and more. Terms cash. Not responsible for accidents. Owner Mrs Paul Shipps. Auctioneer Claude Myers. Kansas State Bank Ottawa Clerk.
Keeler's Book Store Service announces a Sunday March 19 public auction starting at unspecified time. Auction at 959 Massachusetts Lawrence Kansas includes remaining stock equipment shelving cash register showcases and miscellaneous items. Auctioneers Harold and Mel Hays contact 843-8363 or 843-4189.
Estate sale listing for Saturday March 25 at 10 30 A M at 821 Louisiana Lawrence Kansas. Auction includes household furnishings kitchenware furniture antique pieces books equipment and a 1966 Ford Custom 500 tied to the estate of Ernest Klooz with auctioneers Mel and Harold Hays contact numbers 843-4489 and 8438-8363.
A short memorial notice from Mr. and Mrs. A L Tarpy Sr and brothers Clifford Marvin Tarpy and Dennis Dohm marks the 11th anniversary of John Charles Dohm with family love and remembrance expressed.
The family of Raymond Page expresses deep gratitude for sympathy shown after his death. They thank friends and neighbors for flowers cards phone calls personal visits food and prayers and ask God to bless each giver.
Lurene Michael Hubbard thanks the 1st floor South nurses at LMH for care during hospitalization and all friends and neighbors for plants, cards, and calls, plus Dr. Blair for his help.
Classified ad roundup lists multiple real estate offers in University Place and Old West Lawrence including a 3 bedroom 11% story near KU priced at 12 500 a Bay ideal three bedroom cottage 12 500 near West Lawrence plus Parkhill Park area homes two bedrooms and dining room. Also included are various sales listings for a 1968 Starcraft Sixplorer boat and several small items.
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