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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1942
Page
3
New sugar regulations received by Chief Clerk George Wetzel set the rules for canning and preserving. Registered consumers may obtain one pound per four quarts of canned fruit and one pound per person per year for preserves, jams, jellies, or fruit butters.
All but one teaching position at Eudora rural high school are filled for the 1942 43 term. New principal D E Kerr from Inman will lead science classes while C L Ruthrauff steps down after 13 years. remaining staff includes Keith Rolland, Herbert Knipp, Mary Margaret Damon, Marjorie Folker, and Arliss Honstead. No industrial arts teacher hired.
A memorial day program is planned at Eudora cemetery Saturday at 10 a.m. School children meet at the Methodist church at 9 45 a.m. to march with flags and flowers. The program includes music directed by J Rammer and a talk by Mayor George Lothholz. Flowers are invited and can be brought to the church basement Friday afternoon.
Frank Doxey the local dog catcher earned hero status for trapping a man eating rooster terrorizing Glen Cove residents. The bird reportedly damaged rose bushes and bit Mrs Maurice Cohen before Doxey netted it and placed it behind bars. In Tucson Aziz a sergeant reported four grocery store workers stealing $100 of merchandise over two weeks and were allowed to pay up and keep their jobs. In Kansas City Rose Thomas noted a purse theft of $68 after a man left her office with two callouses on the right foot and a metatarsal issue on the left.
Dallas officer Lee May pursued a suspicious auto last night and fired three times from about a block away. Two shots hit the rear tires and one punctured the gas tank. The navy has rejected him due to poor eyesight.
Topeka May 28 Kansas farmers including women are boosting poultry eggs vegetables and fruit under the FSA good for victory program. State FSA director George L McCarty projects large gains over 1941 with beef pork poultry butterfat eggs corn and other outputs rising significantly.
A record notes 000 bushels of other small grains 840000 quarts of canned fruits and vegetables and 1074000 pounds of stored fruits and vegetables reflecting regional harvest activity and storage.
Local families from McLouth Houston Memphis Atlanta and Lawrence visit relatives and attend events. Guests include Mrs Val Rhodes Mrs Merle Davis Mrs Evelyn Burnau Mrs Ellen Harding and others with dinners visits and a state bankers convention in Topeka. The McLouth W C T U Institute meets May 19 at C S Sanders home directed by Myrtle Kimmel with program including scripture and prayers.
Doris Kimmel led scientific temperance instruction with Alma Sanders and Winifred Kimmel at the afternoon session presided by Anna Sanders. The program featured vocal pieces by Mrs. Davis and Doris Kimmel, with Ruth Kimmel and others including Myrtle Kimmel reading and Mabel Bowers reciting. A join meeting and flower mission day was set for June 9 with a covered dish picnic at the Bowers home. attendees included teachers and local residents from Oska loosa and surrounding families.
Funeral services for Ernest S Marshall were conducted Tuesday at Chambers funeral home with the Rev C L Harder and two former pastors presiding. Burial followed in De Soto cemetery. Attendees included relatives and friends from Fort Cobb Oklahoma Lawrence Eudora Bonner Springs Linwood Kansas City and other area communities.
Miss June Broveak visits Belleville relatives while Private Robert M. Broveak is on a ten day furlough from Fort Sill. Sergeant Leon Coker visits family in Chandler and relatives in the area. The Couchs relocate near Ola for work at Gardner airport. A. G. Naylor and Thelma of Tonganoxie call on the Broveaks. Strawberry crop praised as hearty. Summer school starts June 1. Lawrence Business College ad.
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