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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1950
Page
6
Entertainers Mr. and Mrs. William Nichols plan bridal shows next week at the Nichols home honoringMiss Doris Wolf and her sister Miss Mary Ann Wolf. Two separate evenings feature events at 7:20 and 7:30 pm Thursday and Friday respectively with schedules announced.
Mrs Hugh W Crawford and Mrs M E Easton depart by plane from Kansas City to Chicago for a National Park Seminary Washington DC alumnae day house party. Mr Charles Dicker and Miss Josephine Dicker visit Mr and Mrs L J Usher near Pomona. Mrs C M Lessenden returns to Lawrence from the Canal Zone and will occupy her home at 1109 This Street. Mrs George Hotchkiss and Mrs Kenneth Dodender travel to Kansas City to attend the Court of ...
Miss Stapleton associate of physical education at the University of Kansas departs for a sabbatical year to pursue a Master’s at Teacher’s College. She leaves New York June 17 with sister Judith Ston for Vermont summer session and plans to return to Lawrence a year from September. Mr James F. O’Dell and Mrs Eula Unger, among others, were in Kansas City on business.
Reseda California May 17 The co inventor of gin rummy C Graham Baker age 62 died at his home He and his father T Baker are credited with creating the game They later called it gin Baker produced films Swiss Family Robinson Valley of the Sun and penned You Only Live Once Shanghai Mary Burns Fugitive His widow and a daughter survive Coal producing states Pennsylvania West Virginia Illinois Ohio Indiana Virginia and Alabama lead in that industry.
New York on May 11 reports robust orders across sectors with cotton mills, freight car builders, and lumber, steel, rubber, and paper industries forecasting sustained gains. Textile shipments and car orders set multi‑week to multi‑month production ramps, with prices rising and demand for oil products and steel reaching new highs.
Cordley Parent-Teacher Association will host an ice cream social Friday evening from 7 to 9 30 at the school gymnasium to cap the year. About 100 women will bake cakes for the event and music will follow. If rain, the gathering moves to the Community building. Mrs Irvin Youngberg and Mrs Tom Parker lead the arrangements. Officers for the coming year were installed by Mrs Fred Montgomery.
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