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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1955

Page

13

Social notes and club meetings across Lawrence area

Neighborhood coffee at Mrs. Lawton’s home. Beginners Bridge at University Women’s Club in Art Museum lounge. square dance at K U Faculty Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Baer. Marion Boosters 4-H and Lone Star 4-H guests. Law Wives meet in Green Hall. Sigma Chi mothers luncheon at chapter house. Nancy Reckeney weds Robert Banker in Kansas City ceremony. Wesleyan Service Guild installs officers May 4. Women’s Missionary Society meets at Trinity Lutheran. KU dames bridge in Memorial Union Dread Room. Golden Valley 4-H exchange. Just Us Sewing Club meets. Ladies Aid cancels monthly meeting. Golf coffee at Lawrence Country Club. Dinner speaker Mrs. Kathleen Zurbucken at Bert Nash Clinic. reservations closing. Stuy Home Demonstration Unit May 6. Various church groups hold luncheons, programs, and group meetings through week.

Nancy Reckeney Henry Carl Reckeney Kansas City Robert Fitch Banker W. Rothwell Banker Muskogee Okla Margaret Fitch Lawrence T. G. Fitch Second Presbyterian Clem Bininger H. Dale Small Claudia Mathews Chattanooga Venn Banker Young Matrons Florida Beloit College Wisconsin Southern Methodist University Dallas Delta Gamma Sorority University of Kansas Beta Theta Pi Louisiana Polytechnical Institute Ruston Rice Institute Houston Tex Kanwaka Hall John Unger Harold Ice

Irene Jordan Recital Shines With Verdi and Ravel

Music Week reviewed Irene Jordan as a dramatic coloratura and mezzo with crystalline diction and expressive shaping. Kelevin McArthur accompanied superbly as Jordan offered favorites from Verdi and Purcell, plus Wolf, Strauss, and Ravel, ending with a soaring Violetta aria and two encores.

Music Week Irene Jordan Jordan Kelevin McArthur Ace Flagstad Thomas Browns Purcell Franz, Wolf Richard Strauss Franz Wolf Morgenthau Strauss Proup Halfdan Kjerulf Rachmaninoffs Me. McArthur Miss Jordan Rudolph Gane

Pupils to Model at Lawrence High Fashion Show

Lawrence High School art and home economics open house will feature a student fashion show Thursday evening. Clothing classes will model garments made during the year under Miss Faye Orelup. Models cover seven divisions with students named for each category and art pupils will demonstrate sketching and lettering for visitors.

Lawrence High School Faye Orelup Terry McClarence Cardley Yvonne Richardson Kathy Morgans Delores Ritchie Sally Monteomery Erma Anthony Judy Loesch Shirley Petrie Mavide Jones JoAn Connie Snodgrass Sandra Blevins Jennie Langrell Roberta Loney Brenda Hills Vivian Hills Judy Grant Pat Durr Beverly Roberts Dorrtta Patterson Betty Ray Nancy Dixon Sue Crumet Louise Logan Barbara Wrench Kathy Neider

Burgerts return from six month California trip

Personal notes tell of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Burgert returning to 1321 N H Street after a six month trip visiting San Francisco San Diego Fresno and Mojave. Burgert formerly owned Burgert's Shoe Store now run by son Lloyd. Relatives plan to attend Mrs. W. S. Price's 90th birthday on May 5 with daughter Mrs. S. S. Huls and son J. G. Price among others.

R. O. Burgert N.H. St California Lawrence City San Francisco San Diego Fresno Mojave Burgert Lloyd Burgert Robert R. Farmer Pa. St Lawrence Memorial Hospital Farmer W. S. Price S. S. Huls Huls Calif J. G. Price Chicago Homer Hird Marvin Hird Wichita Jean B. Smith Minneapolis Minn Dean George B. Smith Dora Smith

House Group Approves Longer Doctor Draft Extension

The House Armed Services Committee voted 27 to 3 for a two year extension on the draft for doctors and dentists, extending active duty liability to ages 41 and delaying expiration from June 30 to July 7, 194?. A peacetime provision would let the federal government subsidize some medical and dental students who commit to active duty. The note also recalls the 1862 homestead law granting land titles to residents meeting conditions.

Washington House Armed Services Committee Soan

Arts and crafts exhibit opens with student works

Sue Crumet and Connie Boser lead watercolor with Sally Schofer. Silk screen by Judy Mur ray Peggy Retter and Tom Spencer. Design by Kathy Brickner. Clay by John Pichelman Bachard McMillin and John Hatfield. Leather work and pen and ink drawing by Stanley Graves Low Van Liew and Duane Lash. Visitors served light refreshments in the gymnasium greeters hostesses servers and kitchen help. Mary Kay Husted Doris Ramber and Joyce Leonhard chair the three classes. Public invited.

Sue Crumet Connie Boser Sally Schofer Judy Murray Peggy Retter Tom Spencer Kathy Brickner John Pichelman Bachard McMillin John Hatfield Stanley Graves Low van Liew Duane Lash Mary Kay Husted Doris Ramber Joyce Leonhard

Panty Raid At Tennessee Campus KOs Dean In Collapse

Knoxville Tenn assistant dean of students Charles R. Burchett was knocked unconscious as about 5040 male students staged a panty raid on girls dormitories. A ladder dropped from a window injuring Burchett. Campus Police Chief C Jones was struck but not hurt. The two hour raid locked in dorms but did not enter buildings. some students fled with clothing souvenirs tossed by cooperating women.

Knoxville Tenn University of Tennessee Charles R. Burchett C. Jones

Vandals Cut Phone Lines Between Paducah and Oak Ridge

Vandals disrupted the first major telecommunication strike impact by severing two private lines linking the Atomic Energy plants at Paducah Kentucky and Oak Ridge Tennessee. The outage affected plant communications and was being investigated by authorities. Repairs were underway to restore the long distance links and resume normal operations.

Paducah Oak Ridge Tenn

Father of H Wiseman Dies After Florida Trip

Howard Wiseman and his wife learned of the death of his father, a Silver City veterinarian, who died Saturday morning. They flew to Silver City to attend the funeral held this afternoon. Wiseman’s mother died a year ago during the same vacation with his parents.

Florida Howard Wiseman Mr. Wiseman Silver City N.M Wiseman Lawrence

No Hook Just a Bucket in Dayton Fishing Feat

Fifteen year old Allan Herman fished a water chilled gravel pit and hauled a four pound nine inch largemouth bass with a bucket yesterday. The surprise catch highlights an inventive method as local anglers note the unusual rigging and luck.

Dayton Ohio Allan Herman

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Soutety Keith Lawton Ralph Campbell George Melvin University Women's Club Art Museum K. U Charles Baer Marion Boosters Township Hall Lone Star Law Green Hall Peter Martin John Kite Sigma Chi Wesleyan Service Guild First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall A. F. Bramble Jessie Jones Hazel Fritz Edith Benson Martha Rayhill Cora Sams Jones Parsons Women's Missionary Society of Trinity Lutheran Church Gene Burnett C. J. Eriksen Edith Hyre Pat Netzer K.U. Dames Memorial Union Ted Deeble Donald Nelson Golden Valley 4-H Club Sunnyside Boyle Boosters 4-H Club Dorothy Black Bobby Freer Roy Freer Pat Burns Richard Pease Just Us Sewing Club Francis Cannon Baldwin The Ladies Aid of Evangelical United Brethren Church Lawrence Country Club Robert van Noy Glen Freeman Paul Kin Kathleen Zurbucken State Hospital Topeka Bert Nash Hotel Eldridge Heath Department Parke Woodard Benjamin Lewis Frank Stockton Card Women's Guild of the First Presbyterian Church W. E. Grover E. ‘18Th St Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church India H. F. Holtzclaw N. H. St Oscar Olson Albert Williams Tive Joe Skillman Ohio St M. N. Penny Charles Scribner Noffsinger Guild Beulah Rogers Mamie Skaggs Betty Runn F. L. Brown By G. Criss Simpson Art Department Fettering Nancy Pine Pelores Ritchie Rafael Chavez Eugenia Leasure Dennis Stone Darleene Stone Sue Campbell U. S Tennessee Dean Kayoed Folger Cofeee KODAK Messer Whee Lawrence Sanitary Tania Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Douglas County Building and Loan Association Musa Fphone H. Wiseman
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