DAR Essay Awards Honor Winners at Betty Washington Chapter Event
The Betty Washington DAR held its annual American History Essay Contest at South Park Recreation Center. State winners included Philip Watson first in state for eighth grade, Jim Akagi and Susan Law second in state, with local honorable mentions for St. John's and Hillcrest students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Washington
South Park Recreation Center
Philip Watson
28Th
Opal Jayne
Daughters of the American Revolution
South Junior High School
Buford Watson
Jim Akagi
Hillcrest School
James Akagi
Susan Law
Hillcrest
C. T. Law
Greg Butell
St. John’s School
Jim Butell
Allison Springer
B. E. Springer
Alma Zelinski
Paul Zelinski
Cara Mertes
Mathias Mertes
Denise Beers
Walter Beers
Spring Music Program Draws About 1500 At Lawrence High
About 1500 people attended the annual spring music program by sixth graders at Lawrence High School gym. Wayne Nelson said 620 students participated and praised the audience as a fine one.
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Lawrence Usc
Lawrence High School
Wayne Nelson
Nelson
Social activities and club notices in local groups
Alpha Gamma Beta Sigma Phi will dine at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Jayhawk Room Holiday Inn with new year officers to be installed. Progressive Circle meets 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mrs E B Martin 514 Okla. co hostess Mrs Fred G Willman. Betty Crum wedding shower honored by Mrs Ewing and Mrs Crews with gifts laid on a table of antique dolls and an Italian candlabrum. Guests included Mrs Robert Carson and Kathy Pleasonton and Mrs John Carson Bonner Springs. Group Eight Altar Society meets 2 p.m. Wednesday hosted by Mrs George Bocquin 2046 Mass with rosary at church 1:30 p.m. Merlin Zug and family hosted a Broken Arrow Park picnic with many attendees including the Zugs Channel Edwardsville McClintock Ryan Rockhold Miller Channel Abel Ingram and others. Polly Painters Club elects Jo Spencer president with Clara Aldridge Betty Boehle Nina Davis Jo Wilcox Anna Houk. United Methodist Women circle meetings list Martha Circle 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dorcas Circle 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Ruth Circle 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Wadsworth Veterans Aid sewing carpet strips and quilting 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesday at South Park Recreation Center with a noon covered dish lunch. open to all women.
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George Bocquin
Altar Society
St. John’s Catholic Church
Polly Painters Club
Jo Spencer
Clara Aldridge
Betty Boehle
Nina Davis
Jo Wilcox
Anna Houk
County Fairgrounds
Wadsworth Veterans Aid
South Park Recreation Center
Social Calendar Highlights for Monday Meetings
Local clubs list Monday gatherings across town. Blue Chips Investment Club meets at Lenore Findlay’s home, while DAV Jayhawk chapter 22 convenes at South Park Recreation Center. Other events include Beta Sigma Phi dinner, American Legion Card Party, Portia Club, DAV Auxiliary, Douglas County Medical Assistants picnic, Kappa Kappa Iota chapter, teachers sorority, Castle Tea Room event, and Welcome Wagon Club at Douglas County State Bank.
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Blue Chips Investment Club
Lenore Findlay
Boulder
Jayhawk
South Park Recreation Center
Beta Sigma Phi
Paul Meseraul
Rt. 2
American Legion Auxiliary
Dorsey Liberty Unit
Legionaires
Portia Club
KPL
Ninth
Tennessee
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
University State Bank
Iowa
Douglas County Medical Assistants
Erma Morgan
Ind. Rho
Kappa Kappa Iota
Teachers Sorority
Castle Tea Room
Castle Tea Room. Welcome Wagon Club
Douglas County State Bank
Ninth and
Kentucky
International and Local Personal News Highlights
Phyllis Springer of Paris visits Lawrence to see her mother and brothers before returning June 6. Bernice McFarland traveled from Israel to Athens then joined a cruise visiting Rhodes Crete Mykonos and other Greek islands. Mike Linville of Denver visits his grandmother in Lawrence. Debra Shirar graduates Baker University with a BS in physical education. Carl Bruce Preston earns a double degree in Computer Science Technology and Electronics Engineering Technology at Kansas Tech in Salina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Springer
Paris
France
Lawrence
Charles A. Springer
Byron
Charles Morris Spinger
Miss Springer
Debra Catherine Shirar
Lester Shirar
Baker University
Carl Bruce Preston
Floyd Preston
Kansas Technical Institute
Salina
Kansas Tech
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D.A.R
Clara Moore
Opal Jayne Kennedy
Philip
Mrs. Moore
Colonial Williamsburg
Akagi
Lan ‘and
David
Mertes
Springer
Zelinski
Butell
Beers
Harold Siegrist
Kathleen Marie
Mary
Anne
Sandee Crowther
S. C. Hinshaw
Regent
George Walter
Lee Boyles
J. P. Clevenger
David H. Evans
Clifford Breithaupt
Gertrude Ruttan
C. E. Schwegler
H. W. Keene
Claude Shriver
Harley Gover
C. E. Franks
Evelyn Wood
Alpha Gamma
Holiday Inn
Progressive Circle
E. B. Martin
Okla
Fred G. Willman
Raymond E. Crews Jr
A. B. Ewing
Merlin Zug
Victor, Tex
Broken Arrow Park
Zella
McClintock
Larry Ryan
Shon
Jean Rockhold
Terry
Dean
Tina
Arthur
Annette Stevens
Donald Miller
Jane
John
Floyd G. Channel
George Abel
Julie
Larry Ingram
Kelly
United Methodist
Eudora
Arden Ott
Curtis Dietrich
William Nichols
Herb‘ Miner
Lyle Weeks
Dorcas Circle
Kenneth ‘Tuggle
Eugene McCabrin
Pearl Coll Lins
Ruth Circle
Ralph Mathia
Verna Terrell
Delmar Spitzli
Bernice McFarland
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Israel
Holy Land
Athens
Greece
Mike Linville
Denver
Ralph Linville
Ind
Shirar
Jerry
A. K. Winter
Annette
Sharon
Lecompton
Paul Luckan
Ken Martin
Anita
Kendra
Baldwin
Phil Endacott
Avvrence
DRY Cleaners
West 23Rd
New Hampshire
West
Cudahy Canned
Braunschweiger
Oscar Meyer Link
Hormel
California
ANERS
Sanitone
Libby
Westpac
KRAFT
van Camp
Dot
Purina
Oded
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