Lawrence social calendar features weddings and engagements
Lawrence society notes list a Friday bridge luncheon at Lawrence Country Club and a Desert Bridge event. Engagement announced for Martha Harry Ann Sippel to Leon V. Mason with an August wedding planned. Several local gatherings include dinners, coffee events, and an anniversary party for Southwestern Bell employees. The piece also mentions moves, a new home in Houghton, and school events at Castle Tea Room and Baker University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Sippel
Torrance
Calif
Lawrence
Martha Harryann
Leon V. Mason
T. S. Mason
Miss Sippel
William Woods
Kansas University
Mr. Mason
K. U
Memorial services invite Woan's Relief Corps at church
Four and three fourths miles south and a mile east of Eudora Tuesday at 2 o clock. Mrs Alfred Eisele will co host Mrs F D Walters and Mrs E H May will have the devotionals. Miscellaneous items will be given at roll call. The Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic has been invited to attend Memorial services at the Christian Science Church 17th and Mass Sts Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
Alfred Eisele
F. D. Walters
E. H. May
Woan
Grand Army of the Republic
Christian Science Church
Mass. Sts
Birth of a daughter April Lynn for Ben and Joyce Way
Mr and Mrs Ben Way announce the birth this morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital of a daughter named April Lynn. Mrs Way is the former Joyce Snow and Mr Way serves as a deputy in the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The Home Aid Society met with 15 members at Mrs W E Wellman’s home, featuring a Founders Day report and a floral clock program in New Orleans. The India Home Demonstration Unit will meet June 1 at the 4‑H fairgrounds with hostesses Mrs Ora Ince and Mrs Oscar Powell. The Petefish family reunion gathered at Lake Shawnee with attendees from Lawrence Overbrook Berryton Richland Lecompton Eudora Topeka Literberry Jacksonville Havana and more. A bridal shower honored Miss Clara Nelson with many guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Way
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
April Lynn
Home Aid Society
W. E. Wellman
C. A. Smart
A. H. Gerard
H. G. van Neste
New Orleans
Carl Bruchmiller
India
Ora Ince
Oscar Powell
Don Alford
Petefish
Shelter House No. 3
Lake Shawnee
Topeka
Lawrence
Alva Petefish
Marie Johnson
Nelson Green
L. H. Petefish
Faye Woodward
T. A. E. Belt
Lee Cox
Wanda Eckman
Clara Petefish
Overbrook
Arthur Petefish
Charles
Berryton
E. G. Petefish
Richland
Christie Petefish
Russell Woodward
J. T. Petefish
Albert Houk
Lecompton
Lee Petefish
Eudora
Howard Petefish
Ruth
John
Melvin Petefish
Wanda
Arilla Petefish
Literberry
Frank Ogle
Lora Petefish
Orville Petefish
Jacksonville
Carrol Lewis
Ashland
Clyde Lewis
Havana
Ill
Dorothy Pittman
Virginia
Lulu Crum
Uesville and Lawton Visit Grand Lake Lodge
Maj. Henry W W Camper, recently in Washington, D C, spent days in Lawrence with Mrs. Margaret Harrison before returning to Los Angeles. KLWN bowling team members Sally Stevenson, Mary Ann Stull, Virginia Stancliff, Marjorie Tucker and Jean Barlow travel to Omaha to compete in the national tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uesville
Lawton
Grand Lake
Henry W W. Camper
Washington, D.C
Lawrence
Margaret Harrison
Tenn
Los Angeles
KLWN
Omaha
Nebr
Sally Stevenson
Mary Ann Stull
Virginia Stancliff
Marjorie Tucker
Jean Barlow
Summer Music Program For Lawrence Schools Opens Next Tuesday
Lawrence city school system will start its annual eight week summer music program on Tuesday May 31 under music supervisor R Wayne Nelson. Enrollment includes 115 third to sixth graders, 35 new string pupils, 110 elementary band members and 76 in the elementary orchestra. Junior and senior high will offer oboe bassoon cello string bass theory voice baton and flag work with a new class piano. Enrollment fees are 1.50 for most pupils while piano students pay per lesson. Aimed to avoid Bible school conflicts all beginners have first two weeks classes at 1 or 130 pm to attend church programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Wayne Nelson
Bob Ankefer
Wilbur West
Charles Kassinger
Nelson
Butcher Family Escapes Tornado in Blackwell Okla
Mrs F S Butcher learned her son Rev Lynn Butcher his wife and two children escaped serious injury in a Blackwell Oklahoma tornado on Wednesday night. Mr Butcher a minister at First Presbyterian Church aided rescue work as reports said several congregation members were killed and many lost their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Butcher
Lynn Butcher
Footwear Care Hint In Wartime Memoirs
A brief line notes the importance of washing footgear before it becomes too soiled, illustrating practical hygiene advice tied to daily duties and preparedness in challenging conditions.
Trinity Lutheran Bible School Opens May 30 for Two Weeks
Trinity Lutheran Church launches Vacation Bible School May 30 through June 10 with daily sessions 9 to 11:30 a m themed Jesus Lives. Mrs Ernest Pontius serves as general superintendent and a large church staff leads four departments with youth helpers assisting. Refreshments and mid morning games are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ernest Pontius
Harold Hamilton
A. E. Hall
Harold Krogh
Fred Stubeck Jr
Thornton Hemphill
Fred Broeker Jr
George Alexander Jr
Kenneth Burk
Walter Heck
Arthur Winchell
Karl Reber
Darrell Houk
Eugene Cobb
Marcus Hahn
Richard Haun
Samuel Hodges
Carl Reuter
Gerald Ott
William Willee
Norman Denton
Carol Wartiainen
Mary Miller
Karen Ott
Virginia Harrell
Kay Cowan
Carol Zimmerman
Nancy Vogel
Shirley Fletcher
Janice Smith
Claudia Newman
Elmer Hartman
Miller Carpenter
Rosa Wilkes
Ted Davis
W. H. Freeman
Ed Gilbreath
Fini Wade
Fita Shaw
Telephone column prompts theater phone jam
Orlando officials discuss Jean Yother's newspaper column drawing readers with a month free pass offer for calling a theater. The stunt overloaded the exchange, blocking calls to police, fire, hospital, and business lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Jean Yothers
Orlando Sentinel
Hong Kong Rises as Major Film Producer in 1953
Hong Kong emerges as a key motion picture center with 200 films produced in 1953. The output meets rising demand for features with Chinese soundtracks, signaling a strong growth in regional cinema and international appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Tubbing Tennis Shoes For Spring Cleaning
Before warm tennis weather, readers are advised to refresh sneakers by machine washing with warm soapy rinse for colors and hot water for whites. Tie laces before washing and stuff toes with paper to speed drying.
Olathe High School commencement speaker announced
Personal Dr. Forrest C. Allen will address the Olathe High School commencement this evening with the talk Struggle Is an Essential. Mrs. Kathleen Charlton of Kansas City visits her son and family at 101 Pawnee Street in town. Gerald L. Pearson of the KU extension bureau will speak at the De Soto eighth grade graduation tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Seldon Butcher of Tulsa have left for Manhattan to visit relatives. Fred Butcher, a U.S. government entomologist home from Tokyo, will return with his family to Japan. Mr and Mrs W S Starkey return from a ten day trip to Oklahoma to see Mrs Starkey’s sisters in Bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest C. Allen
Olathe High School
Kathleen Charlton
Kansas City
Bob Chariton
John and
Bruce
Pawnee St
Gerald L. Pearson
Kansas University Bureau of Extension
DeSoto
Seldon Butcher
Tulsa
Okla
F. S. Butcher
Manhattan
Fred Butcher
U.S
Tokyo
Japan
W. S. Starkey J
Oklahoma
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C. B. Russell
Lawrence Country Club
Helianthus Club
P. Aut
Guy Folks
Solon Markley
Kenneth Jochim
Castle Tra Room
Riley R. Whearty
Col. Whearty
Houghton
Mich
Michigan School of Mines and Technology
Marcus L., Thompson
Alpha Gamma
Beta Sigma Phi
Iss Mary Welter
Castle
Miss Welter
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lakeview Club
Harry Winters
Claude Milliken
Harry Mitchell
Nellie Griffeth
Elsie Had
Ben- Jeh Ingle
Ogle Carmichael
Marie Owen
Teel Rogers
Bill Amyx
Barbara Hume
Margaret Blaker
Louis Stone
Joanne Meyer
Betty Dockery
Anne Jo Sylvester
Bobby Kerr
Karen Kerr
Sandra Pendleton
Meeke Stone
Dorothea Neilson
Eleanor Babcock
Jeannette Elston
Mildred Angell
Dean Herbage
Olie R. Parsons
Johnny Davis
Hogie Carmichael
Frances Laubach
Bernice Nash Brune
McAlaster School
Castle Tea Room
Clea Perry
Isabel Smith
Dorothy Dean
June Smith
Rachel Grantham
Ruth Kuchler
Carol Watkinson
Alice Dicker
Alice van Buskirk
Helen Gaw
Brune
O. E. Allison
Dr. Allison
Baker University
East Nineteenth Street
The
Elks Club
Ednah Hopkins
Shirley Curtice
Linda Pickett
Pamela Murphree
Darlene Curtice
Carolyn Kauffman
Phylliss Niehoff
Marguerite Peterson
Barbara Ericsson
Wanda Lisher
Gloria Kennedy
Linda Lee Larsen
Susan Burk
Charles Nie
Maxiners Bey Lone
Margare Ndley
D. Ann Murphy
Roseanne Wright
Jane Lindley
John Wiebe
Patricia Peterson
James Larson
Old Friends Club
Gus Gabriel
Martha Harryann Sippel
Lloyd Schleifer
Clara Nelson
Miss Nelson
Grace ‘Nelson
Frank Hagerman
Rosalee Hageran
O. B. Heck
Martha Heck
Helen Kessler
J. G. Oneill
Jac Kay Phillips
Ronald Rarick
Ronnie D. Young
Pat Croley
Laura Nelson
James Talbert
George Readio
Butcher Family
Trinity Lutheran Bible School
Boggs Hat Shop
Vermont
Tenniis
Bullock
East Seventh Street
Weavers World
Weaver's Handbag Shop
Weaver's Dress Shop
Duchess
Prince
Matchabelli
Weaver
Weaver's Notion Shop
Weaver's Hosiery
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