Colonial hosts busy University high school banquet
Society calendar lists Junior-Senior banquet at the Colonial for University high school with about 45 students and faculty, plus upcoming entertainments by Mrs. C. C. Stewart and Mrs. C. B. Russell at the Colonial. Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary to run a poppy sale committee meeting at Mrs. J. Fred Broeker’s home. Clinton 4-H observes National 4-H Sunday May 21 with church service and picnic dinner. A son born May 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil F. Smith of Topeka named Galen Perkins. Smith formerly at Lawrence Country Club now with Shawnee Country Club. Saturday May events fund May service men gatherings hosted by United Home Service club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University High School
Washington
C. C. Stewart
the Colonial
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
J. Fred Broeker
Clinton
Clinton Presbyterian Church
Montgomery
Kanwaka Club
Clinton Club
Cecil FE. Smith
Topeka
Christ’s Hospital
Galen Perkins
Smith
Lawrence Country Club
Shawnee Country Club
United Home Service Club
Local Couples Welcome New Baby at Memorial Hospital
Notices from a Kansas city area paper announce the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Metzler at Memorial Hospital. The piece also details Riverside Home Demonstration Unit activities with sixteen members sharing experiences in raising chickens and notes upcoming meetings and social events among local clubs and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Winter
Massachusetts Street
Memorial Hospital
Riverside Home
W. I. Collins
W. J. Brink
Will Howser
Judy
Mary Mararet Ericson
Sharon Hodson
Enny Rowing
Rolla Jeffries
L.A. Beurmann
Earl Skinner
Weekend visits light up area with many arrivals
Local families welcome friends and relatives for furloughs and gatherings. Miss Aileen Ziesenis and Miss Betty Rebuck plan a Kansas City weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ziesenis. Others visiting include Hazel Yoder and brother Har ley Yoder in McPherson, and Lt Allan R. Ewing family from Wichita. Several travel from Wichita and Kansas City to Lawrence and surrounding towns to see relatives amid May travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aileen Ziesenis
Betty Rebuck
Kansas City
Fred Ziesenis
Hazel Yoder
Farm Bureau Office
Harley Yoder
McPherson
Ralph Tait
Marvin, D. Groebe
Mary Nan Steele
Bartlesville
Oklo
K. U
Ewing
Camp Roberts
Calif
Camp Adair
Ore
Barbara Jeanne Ewing
Monticello College
Godfrey
Ill
Raymond Keith Mann
Camp Shelby
Miss
Pvt
Keith Mann
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson
OPA Regs to Be Rewritten in Plain Language
Chester Bowles told the House Banking Committee that the Office of Price Administration regulations, once sprawling at fifteen volumes, are being rewritten into a concise five volume set. He noted the simplification aims to help compliance amid a competitive push in the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Chester Bowles
House Banking Committee
TIPS ON HOSE SAVING
Louise Whitney urges women to raise garters by a couple of inches to save hosiery and conserve war materials for parachutes. The New York rayon executive notes improper garter placement strains stockings and leads to early replacements. She also advises proper sizing to prevent stress and promises improved rayon stockings after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Louise Whitney
Miss Whitney
New York
Whitney
Linwood School Pupils Tour Journal-World Plant
Linwood public school fourth to sixth graders visited the Journal-World plant yesterday evening. Pupils included Fern Dilse and Nancy Jane Jamison among the group as teacher Mrs. Ida Burnau led the tour through the facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Burnau
Linwood
Journal-World
Fern Dilse
Nancy Jane Jamison
Linwood seniors join group trip with Burnau family member
Donna Duncan Frula Sawyer Theresa Dunlap Norma Pritchard Evelyn Ward Eddie Meinke Billy Ward Ray Zimmerli John Ezeli Vernon Dilse Joan Dunlap Lioyd Sawyer and Alice De Marnaville accompanied by John Burnau, a Linwood High School senior and son of Mrs. Burnau, on the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frula Sawyer
Donna Duncan
Theresa Dunlap
Norma Pritchard
Evelyn Ward
Eddie Meinke
Billy Ward
Ray Zimmerli
John Ezeli
Vernon Dilse
Joan Dunlap
Lioyd Sawyer
Alice de Marnaville
John Burnau
Linwood High School
Burnau
Local Social Notes From Oskaloosa and Nearby
Mrs Cora Boggs of Lawrence joined family at Mrs Elmer Welber's home for a weekend visit. Sunday she attended the Moth era day service where her sister sang. Wichita visitors George Nickum and family stayed with relatives, while Kansas City visitor Doris Epperson visited kin. L Number Ten school closes Friday with a basket dinner. R F A club sponsors coffee and a pupil program directed by Mrs Ferne Tudy. Judy rehired for next year. Aliss Inez Wheeler spoke on flower culture in Topeka. KU students home for Mother's Day included Joyca Mc Coy and others. Junior senior banquet May 6 featured a ship deck theme and a menu of nautical items. Study Club met May 10 with Bible quiz and a spring hat contest won by Mrs Estelle Patrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Boggs
Lawrence
Auater
Elmer Welber
Mother
George Nickum
Wichita
Ella Nickum
Rebecca O'Brien
Doris Epperson
Kansas City
Nickum
O'Brien
R.F.A. Club
Ferne Tudy
Judy
Aliss Inez Wheeler
Topeka
Flower Lovers Club
Miss Wheeler
State House
Wheeler Homestead
Kilgour
K. U
Walter Pennington
W. D. Ratliff
L. M. Gabel
Mitton Beach
Gabe
Ella Patrick
Local Society Notes Highlight May Activities and Graduates
Mrs Gabel and others hosted events while J Col C EB Decker visited from DuPont with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Decker. May activities included a Masonic meeting, Mother’s Day observances, a spring concert trip by Waldo Shultz, Alumni reception for seniors, baccalaureate address by Rev W P Thompson, and numerous family updates among residents of Seaman area.
Funeral services for Mrs Mattila Baker at Chambers De Soto
Funeral attendees from Corliss and nearby towns gathered at Chambers funeral home in De Soto Sunday afternoon for Mrs Mattila Baker who died at her De Soto home on Thursday May 4. Visitors included Mr and Mrs F H Penner and Mrs Weldlein of Lawrence. Jasper LeSner and wife visited their son Howard and family in Kansas City and met their two week old grandson Larry Lee who weighed four pounds. The Andersons’ flood area house was moved to Wayne Luther’s high ground. Cedar Junction school held classes for eighth graders before their state exam, with Verner Christman as teacher. The eighth grade commencement was at De Soto High School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattila Baker
Chambers Funeral
de Soto
Harold Anderson
Wayne Luther Place
Cedar Junction
Verner Christman
Local notes on Corliss area students and events
Friday night gatherings nearby attended by many locals. Corliss graduates include Barbara Cuthbertson Clara Margery Caldwell Maxine Dunham Goldie Evans Johonie Warsop and Jene Overby. Cedar Junction school closed Tuesday for exams with Bessie Wyckoff ill and her daughter Audry teaching. Art Cuthbertson hauled fat hogs to Kansas City stockyards. Joyce Ann Caldwell had measles last week. Clara Margery Caldwell stayed with cousin Wilma Jean Tripkoes. The Thiry estate was appraised with Ed Linn, R Penner, and W H Dent as appraisers. A flood left a barn floating to the Horden farm north of Corliss, owned by Tom Fredrick near Linwood. Alice Remick and Edna visited John Turner for Sunday dinner. Turner later joined them in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duates
Corlisa
Barbara Cuthbertson
Clara Margery Caldwell
Maxine Dunham
Goldie Evans
Johonie Warsop
Jene Overby
Bath
Cedar Junction School
Bessie Wyckoff
Audry
Celdar Junction School
Wyckoff
R. Penner
de Soto
W. H. Dent
Horden
Nome
Wil Mamsoon Place
Corliss
Tom Fredrick
Linwood
Leavenworth
Alice Remick
Edna
John Turner
Mr. Turner
Kansas City
Local Weather and Garden Notes From a Week
Sunday night observations lead into a quiet week with shopping and home routines. A local farmer took advantage of pleasant days to plant corms and prepare his plot for the season.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. B. Russell
Colonial
Guy V. Keeler
J. W. Barber
C. J. Mann
Ralph Gimbler
Rice Phelps
L. M. Metzler
Ingieside Club
Inga
Stewart
Minnie Walker
C. C. Burnett
Richard Piper
Helen June Wise
Aimee Piper
The
New York T
Lucife Wagner
Donald Hulls
Miss Wagner
School of Music
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Russell Steen
Pinckney
P.T.A
Old Friends Club
Gus Wulfkuhle
F. H. Leonhard
Business and Professional Women's Club
Clinton Park
Hazel Dawson
Lillian Phillips
Margaret Schumann
Julia Martin
Dorothea Schroeder
Mabel Richardson
Mary. Parker
Jota Nu
Clintons Park
D. H. Spencer
Edward C. Spencer
Cleveland
Walter Filkin
Roy Filkin
May Spencer MacQuivey
Mary Allred
Boeing Aircraft Corporation
Edward
Spencer
Pfr
Agnes Leptad
Women’s Auxiliary Corps
Paul Leptad
Barbara Sample
Chicago
Richard Laptad
Leo Sample
Laptad
Marguerite Laptad
Federal Communications Bureau
F. H. Olney
Avery Olney
Phoenix, Ariz
Raymond F. Edwards
Grensboro
N. C
Bruce Cameron
Congress
Sherwin-Williams
America
Green Bros. Hardware and Implements
Linwood School Law
Oskaloosa
Gabel
Patrick
William Patrick
Ingle Lacy
W. J. Nincehelser
Col.c
Eb, Decker
DuPont
Del
Charles Decker
Margaret Nichols
Louellen Montgomery
Alma Crouch
John Decker
Evangeline Sutton
Faye Lautzenhelser
Turner Rogers
Bira
Waldo Shultz
Glrl Club
Ee Beth
Charles Long
Mary Nyfeler
James Bowen
Eli Bowen
Elnora Bowen
Severance
Richard Bowen
Robert McCullough
Grayson Happy Hour Club
W. P. Thompson
Hotner
Carolyn Hannah
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Eather Davies
John Sutton
Alfred Barton
Alberta Black
Curtis Carlyle
Doris Dryden
Harold Edmonds
Flora Edmondson
Gene Gunselman
Katherine Gutchinitter
Paul Heywood
Barbara Hoskinson
Theresa Jeffery
Patricia Keeling
Lea Ann Kilpatrick
Trula
Longacre
Lucille Meredith
Doren ‘Metzger
Martin Pottorf
Merle Pottorf
Mary Jean Rogers
Virginia Rosa
Bill Shultz
Arlo Tiery
Paul Werst
Helen Woodard
Ensign Diliford Dillion
W. E. Dull
Seaman Community Church
Thelma Woodard
Glen Dillon
Seaman
Mirs
Dillon
Ben Weinberg
Camp Burner
Paul Stember
Donna Jean
Kansas University Hospital
Kan
Ralph May
Esther
Waveas
Number Ten
Allison
Armathorg
Kentucky
Johnson Bros
Vickers Gift Shop
Masa
Keene
American Amusement CO
N. S
Weaver Shoe Dept
Cosmetic Dept
van Raalte
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