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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1950
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text references a Tuesday luncheon, a Friends in Council gathering, a Mary Cameron ranking a frown, and a Brothers club supper. Mentions Bennette Deltas dance Waedeesday Benedette and Waedeesday. Details are unclear and many words are garbled.
Mrs Adrian Lindsey welcomes Pi Beta Phi alumnae to a luncheon at 32 50 Welork on Saturday hosted by her mother Mrs OK Friend Remora. Chapter officers and members will notify Mrs Charlee Radcliffe or Mia Lindsey by Thursday night. Also: Chapter AZ PLEO O will hold a luncheon Friday at 1 with Mrs Fox Cameron and Miss Mary Cameron as hostesses. School patrons invited to a noon dinner and 11 o'clock program led by Mrs Vida Stanton and Mrs Vera Jensen. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Cowen W Maloney Jr of Oklahoma City. A church picnic to Canton Park is planned Thursday evening. Larry Wright and Larry Kennedy hosted a get together for eighth graders Saturday night. Mrs Moran Anser hosted a party for her daughter’s seventh birthday with games and treats.
The Accredited Music Teachers present pupils in a Thursday afternoon recital at 4 15 in the high school auditorium. Students include Margaret Bushong Kate Caldwell Theo Ericsson Ednahd Hopkins Eugene Jennings Carl Preyer and Mrs Robert Tyler. The Business and Prefs Women's club hosts a party Thursday evening at Cantle Teaurn with games like canasta.
The item lists multiple visitors and travelers including A Ho Turney and May Gom traveling from New York to Italy, Mr and Mrs Attilio and daughter visiting relatives in California, Mrs Charles R Elder Jr and Margaret of St Louis visiting family in Kansas City, John F McCarty of San Francisco visiting his mother and father, and Rhode and Metty families among others. It notes hospital stays, employment ties, and a legal investigation by H Quakenbush in Oklahoma City.
Flood warnings crest as volunteers and soldiers stack sandbags around Winnipeg and nearby areas. Brigadier Morton warns a catastrophe remains possible. Red River and tributaries hold at 30.1 feet, about 12 feet above normal flood stage. Army crews fortify dikes along Lyndale and St Boniface suburbs while evacuees move to dry centers. Officials in Manitoba outline emergency plans to house and feed displaced people if rains worsen.
The fif th annual Homemakers Day opened this morning at Cedar Bluff camp north of here. Demonstration units were shown in Montgomery Labette and Chautauqua counties in Kansas and Washington Nowata and Craig counties in Oklahoma were represented.
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