Alumni directory project seeks lost University of Kansas graduates
The Alumni office undertakes a statewide effort to locate former KU students for a forthcoming directory. About 7,000 names are to be updated as post cards are sent and classes and localities reviewed. The office asks readers to provide current addresses or reference contacts to help reunite alumni with the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Hill
K. U
Anty
Lawrence
Gradu
Showmen Meet to Plan Anniversary Party
Showmen from the country gather for an annual farewell party on Thursday night March 31 as part of the circus season. LaValle and Col Buffalo Bill lead the performers, with the Showmen's Board overseeing arrangements. Ravings over long term bonds prompt education officials to favor serial or short term bonds for the new high school, warning against concentrating maturities and tying up funds. Financial experts deem serial bonds more economical, noting the district’s need to align debt with municipal issues to avoid too many maturities in a single year.
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Board of Education
H. P. Smith
Obituary notices of Sybil Duncan Ray and Harriet Channel
Obituary items report the death or Mrs Sybil Duncan Ray of Omer Michigan and Harriet A Channel of Jamestown with funeral plans. Ray, daughter of the late Chas S Duncan and related to local families, and Channel, mother of several children, are noted along with interment details at Highland cemetery. A Wichita primary note mentions a second election date around March 30 and a $2,000 event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sybil Duncan Ray
Gder
Lawrence
Omer
Mich
B. Ray
Ray
Chas. S. Duncan
Sir Lawrence
Theist Church
C. H- Tucker
Essee Street
Law
Harriet A
John
Liamstown
Iamstown
Willighland Cemetery
Nellite
Wichita
Salary Change Proposal for City Commissioner
The legislature allowed a city election measure to approve or reject raising the Commissioner of Streets and Public Utilities salary to 1800 dollars per year, to reflect full-time duties. The vote will be at the April 5, 1921 election. The catalog for 1921 22 will be issued by May 1 from the registrar George C Foster.
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George C. Foster
Local Visits and Sickness Reported in Columbia Area
Mr and Mrs Asa Postma spent Friday at George Markleys and Hallie Peterson visited Charlie Brokammer's Saturday. Lawrence visitors included Clyde Ward and firestey Ward John McCall and son Jack and George Markley. Richard Postma and Edith Deay have had measles. Virgil Flory returned to school after tonsil surgery. Mrs Philip Roser and sons George and Willie were Lawrence visitors Friday. Hallie Peterson called at John Brohammer's Saturday. Mrs Elmer Campbell called as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Postma
George Markley
Hallie Peterson
Charlie Brokammer
Clyde Ward
Firestey Ward
Lawrence
Richard Postma
Edith Deay
John McCall
Jack
Campbell
Grove
Charlie Jones
Clyde
Dave Studebaker
Charlie Brohammer
Markley Mill
Harve Flory
Will Postma
Henry Landis
Elmer Campbell
John Brohammer
Solon Markley
Blanche
Stella
Lucile
Art
Will Jacobs
Myrtle Strong
Myrtle Jacobs
Marion Strong
Philip Roser
Tydia
George
Willie
Cehurch
Lane Star
Claude
Ein Jack
Tra Rothreck
Tanne Star
Carl Rothrock
Elmer Flory
Tda Kessler
Frank Deay
Jesse Markley
Evelyn Markley
Charlie Martin
Would You Trade Daddies in a Prairie Community
A long list of Saturday and Sunday visits, mill and road work, and town social life in a small Kansas community appears, naming Delighted locals like Harve Flory, Henry Landis, Elmer Campbell, and the Markley family across multiple households. An Easter week note adds local business, entertainment, and a Ford Buick plug, ending with an advertisement for RAT-SNAP pest control and a Fatty Arbuckle film at Globe Hall.
Baldwin News: Easter Activities and Local Notices
Miss Florence Bennett spent last Friday in Lawrence visiting friends and shopping. The Alpha Chi Alumnae Association held its March meeting at Mrs. Homer K. Ebright’s home, choosing officers. Easter church events featured the Baldwin Methodist choir and a concert by Miss Ruth Lundgren. Obervances include visits by local families, medical school students, and several Baldwin residents traveling to Topeka, Kansas City, and Ottawa for holidays and hospital care.
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Florence Bennett
Lawrere
Alpha Chi Alumnae Association
Hell
Homer K. Ebright
Leroy Thompson
Dhandas B
V. Newmtn
Cal
Northwestean
William M. Clark
Philip Osborne
Kansas University
el Paso
Texas
Baldwin
J. 0. Osborne
Hattie Osborne
Evangeline Chapter
The
Eastern Star
Ottawa
Thomas Hitchcock
Christopher Ischer
Topeka
Methodist Church
Ruth Lundgren
Bahhvin High School
Cole
Lundgren
Harold Harvey
Conservatory
Miriam Markham
Lola Burton
Oscar E. Allison
N. A. Purcell
Casweirl
Stephs
Greedrath
Dalwin
Mineo
Linneus
Waldo R. Deehsli
Pekin
China
Frank
Frank Oecisli
Balwin
Obcrali
State Bank
Dorothy
Hugh Vincent
J. W. D. Anderson
Lawrence
J. W. Mur- Miliany
Robert Hunt
Wichits
N. M. Hunt
Clyde Stewart
C. J. Lamb and Son
Mary Emory
Tuls
Oklahoma
A. S. Tanks
Birmingham
Alabama
Ralph Nicholson
John B. Ross
Kansas City
Ross
J. F. Hammon
High Prairie Church
Hammond
Mart
Annabetts Newton
James Counts
Hugh
Ole Elm
Washington
Patricia
Counts
Easter Vacation Notes and Local Social Items
Announcement of the Little Western Miss arrives. Coach Emil Liston and guests toured Ft Scott. fruit damage from Sunday’s storm reported. Claude Beeks studied Lawrence jail for sociology class with polite treatment noted. Dr. Parenter entertained Garretts and Beeks at dinner. Leisure Hour Club met on South Eighth with Mrs Ayres and Mrs Shumway as special guests. Miss Eustacia Barnett returned from Easter visit. Miss Helen Wilson taught at Abilene after Baldwin trip. Three Epochs in Woman's Life extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Douglas County Building & Loan ads offer 5.5 percent monthly for ten years. Window Glass. Lathews.
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Emil Liston
Leo A. Thogmartin
Frank Collier
Ft. Scott
P. L. Thogmartin
Claude Becks
Lawrence
Balch
Charless. Parrenter
Willard Garrett
Helen Garrett
John
Richard Garrett
J. A. Ayres
Jacksonville
Illneis
Charles Shumway
Betty Ann
Frank Wolfe
Eustacia Barnett
William
Frederick
Richter
Helen Wilson
Abilene
Baldwin
Harriett Wilson
Kenneth
Lydia E. Pinkham
Douglas County Building & Loan Assn
Mass
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E. W. Grove
Buick
Cadillac
Wi. Lynch
Guy Deskins
Jose Heffner
Tom Schmidt
Dave Heffner
Worden
Overbrook
Orden
Marvin Herr
Oliver Price
Amos Flory
Win
Trach
Poste
Asagner
Prev
Yench
Fen Simon
Relic
Tarl Thers
Gerp
Schscar'Tince
Woyd Heffner
Alt
Adeli
Schwarte
Glenn Schwartz
Fatty Arbuckle
Romeo
Globe Hall
Europe
Green Bros. Hardware
Round Corner Drug Store
Johnny Evers
Chicago
Johnny
Baldwin News
Baliwin
Kansas
Missouri
Osman Grant Markham
Thomas Enyeart
American Legion
K.U
Bowerlock Theatre
Hector
Rankin’ Ss Drug
Hood
Peria
Lumbago
Rte
Ford Care
Price
Denver and
West
Vapor
Piss Rieuces
Calvin L
Rice Motor Sales CO
Walnut ST
Bern
Evan A'R. Pierce
M_E. REYNOLDS
Pierce
Kasold’s Cash Grocery
Red River
Ohio
Foley Kinney
Jos
G. Wolf
S.¢Jackson St
Green Bay, Wis
Foley
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