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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1955
Page
9
Lawrence residents attend luncheons, bridge parties, and open houses as Kansas University events, bridal announcements, and club meetings populate the social calendar. A May 23 faculty club luncheon and several engagement notices highlight prominent local families and university ties.
Readable fragments show a Garnon board and new officers invited to a training session titled Officers' training the Metamorphoses at 3:30. Other listed items include watercolor pieces Seascape and Country Road rat and a spooned picture Ludlow.
A Kansas MS Society group met at the Faculty Club with Mr and Mrs Walter F Sandelin hosting. Attendees included Russell Pine of Ft Worth and Helen Spaight plus daughter Sharon, and Edgar Wolfe of Lawrence, to coordinate activities with state leaders and plan expanded membership. They announced the Show of Shows antique sale June 28 to July 1 at Town House Kansas City, with 300000 works lent by exhibitors from 10 states. Tickets are available from Mrs Wolfe.
At the sixth annual Kansas printers exhibition opening in Pittsburg State College, Robert Sudlow of Lawrence won first place for his painting Haunted Woodland. Sudlow, a drawing and painting instructor at Kansas University, will be among 36 works on display through June 17 in Porter Library on the KSTC campus. Other Lawrence artists include Prof. Raymond Eastwood with Sketch and Derald Eastman.
Lawrence High School music department presents its annual event For You a Song Friday at 8 p.m. The Redan Black Chorus the Serenaders dance hands quartet girls ensemble and the Madrigals perform modern popular tunes arranged for the program. Tickets available from music department members.
First and second grade pupils from India School visited the city library police department and fire department on Monday. Accompanied by teacher Mrs Lila Haas and three mothers they saw the new city fire truck and ended at the Journal World press. Attending pupils include Angela Fritzel Trudy Beers Barton Thompson Steven Fornelli Nicky Hotton Claudia Pierce Linda Ogle Margaret Wiggins Albert Hotton Eric Smith Steven Mitchell Jimmie O Connell Edward Westhusing Sharon Wiggins Jerry Garrett Robert Payne Ann Whiteside Leda Lee Wiggins Dennis Smith Janet Garrett Jane Ogle and two preschoolers.
Jackie Jones, daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Jones of Linwood, now stationed in Washington DC with the Bureau of Ships. A 1953 journalism graduate of Kansas University she was Linwood correspondent for the Journal-World and News editor for KFKU before service. Enlisted July 4 1934 and to complete July 1954. Her brothersHoward Glenn Kobler and Marsin D MM&43 serve aboard ships in New York City and California respectively. Mrs A Q Kobler of DeSoto graduated May 6 from Navy Officer Candidate School at Newport RI among 700 reserve officers. Col Robert E Richardson son of Firnest A Richardson graduates May 6 from Army CGSC at Fort Leavenworth and will return to Ft Sheridan. He has served since 1940, served in Europe in WWII and Korea, and holds Silver Star and Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters and Purple Heart. He is a 1987 graduate of Kansas University. For each gallon of gasoline burn, a gallon of water is formed.
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