Local social notes and club events in Lawrence
A busy schedule of social teas, luncheons, and dinners fills Lawrence clubs and sororities. Delta Delta Delta installation and receptions draw 400 guests at 1115 Louisiana Street with floral decor and gifts on display. Other events include garden parties, hobo party at a church, and regular Woman’s Club activities at the Country club and various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Delta Delta
Eldridge
Charles C. ‘Perrin
Philadelphia
Otto K. Jensen
Indianapolis
A. G. Roeske
Champaign
Alexander L. Grant
Minneapolis
James T. McDonald
Chicago
Tri
Liberty Memorial Hich Ad
Welfare Officer With RRA Tells of Visit To German Prison Camp
Lula Jean Elliott of New York, a welfare officer with UNRRA in Germany, describes a February 28 visit to a German prison camp near Wurzburg two miles from Dresson. The camp, heavily damaged, housed the nephew of Mabel Flintt and included former Nazi military facilities. Elliott, formerly assistant director of politics for New York City’s social welfare division, had been on leave after influenza and planned to return mid summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Flintt
Lula Jean Elliot
New York
UNRRA
Germany
Miss Elliott
Wurzburg
Dresson
Gemany
Meule
Hermes
Tveeter
Politic
New York City
New York State Department of Social Welfare
Riviera
Wartorn
Christmas at a Nazi camp and UNRRA hospital visit
Miss Elliott visits a four kilometer east Bad Orb camp built in 1912 as a German army camp. She tours offices dispensary and hospital then moves to Steinatal UNRRA tuberculosis hospital for displaced persons where 125 beds host a diverse patient mix and a lone American nurse runs the facility. A second camp near the hospital now cages Nazi prisoners. she meets a kind officer but cannot enter. She notes Christmas efforts by inmates and staff producing hundreds of handmade toys and reflects on renewed purpose and communal effort amid postwar recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bad Orb
Frankfort
Miss Eliott
Tiegenhain
Steinatal
UNRRA
Ziegelhain
Washington, D. C
Arne Matthews
Pine Woods
Nick
C. O
Filiett
Toneka Visit For Kansas Tax Meeting Clerk Gerhart Attends
Douglas county clerk T. T. Gerhart attends a meeting of the state tax commission in Toneka. Mr. and Mrs. Qsenn Forney and their son Don of Canon City, Calo, are visiting local residents during the trip.
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H. A. Forney
Navy
Pacific
Oscar Forney
Canon City Daily Record
The
Journal-World
Willis Colman
Manhattan
Sas State College
Paul Hird
Miami
Fim
Hemer Hird
Dwinson Avenue
A. B. Ewing
Washington, D.C
Roger Williams
Albany
Tex
T. T. Gerhart
Douglas County
Toneka
State Tax Commission
Qsenn Forney
Don
Canon City
Calo
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Hal
Naturda
Bolmretty
Gust
Ridridee
E'Cloen
Ton Park
W. Browlis
Virginia
Stephenson
Miss Very Ant Gaines
Lawrence Woman's Peta
Pdoropticatat Club
Dinnner
Beart
H. W. Stowlts
Mike Virginia Stephenson
Beverly Ann Gaines
D. L. Noone
Kansas City
Rte
James F. Stowers
E. A. Hausekansas
Anne Krehbiel
Max Gott
T. Sgt
Mabel Ann Hlohar
Max Freeta Pena
Misa Riters
Kark
Miwa
Mary Tau EL the Fox
Mis Coral Wade Vowart Fox
TU Gott
Osawninmie
T. Set
Tris
George Mole
Frank E. Jones
Fast Thirteenth Street
Ida Mason
Lawrence Art Club
Uubbhy
Fivid
Mason
Atari
Lone Star
Hull
Lone Star Hall
Scoul Council
Chapter CW of
PEO
Clifford Dean
Beloit
Frances Carter
Ruth Kenney
Hef
Belock
Haskell
B. F. Addy
Fred M. Brown
Double Dozen
A. B. Fwing
Sunny Valley
Demon
Christian Church
H. W
Lloyd Weihel
Norris Wheeler
Memorial Hospitl
Tr. B
Sorptomist Club
Trevin J. Stoneback
Chris
Ayy R
Elfare
RRA
Chrisman
Schwarte’s
James Waugh
Kansas
Sheffield Ingalls
Atchison, Kan
Golden Rule Foundation
Cae
American Service Co. Saad Ha Dal
W. O. Giberson
Deluxe
Tourtviews
Mans
Acrows
Court House
East Lith St
W. M. McGrew
C. Ruth Quinlan
Swope’s Dress & Beauty Shop
Bunte
Martha Deane
Chase
Mettner’s Fountain Phone
Lady of the House
Lawrence Laundry
and Dry Cleaners
N. H
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