Portable Home Sewing Center Could Ease Mending Tasks
Homemakers seeking movable workstations can build a portable sewing center with a U shaped layout. Features include an adjustable ironing board, central sewing machine, and a removable drawer on a rolling chest. A drop leaf doubling as a cutting board expands work space, with lighting and posture considerations noted. Corner units and wall built centers are offered by the Home Sewing Centers bulletin via Douglas County Extension office.
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Douglas County Extension Office
Cheese and Bathrooms Featured in Local 4-H and EHU Meetings
The Valley Extension Homemakers Unit meets Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Sunnyside Building with Mrs. Everett Nottingham presenting Cheese a Plus in Meal Planning and a roll call on favorite cheeses. Woodlawn Extension Homemakers Unit gathers at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Mrs. Albert Hayden at Lake Dabinawa. roll call Grandmother's Bathroom and program The ABCs of Bathrooms by Mrs. Hayden.
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Sunny. Valley Extension Homemakers Unit
Sunnyside
Everett Nottingham
Woodlawn Extension Homemakers Unit
Albert Hayden
Lake Dabinawa
Hayden
Yeats Poetry Discussed by Great Books Club
Fourteen poems by William Yeats will be discussed at the Great Books Club meeting in the public library at 7 30 p m Monday. Byron Snee gas will moderate the discussion.
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William Yeates
Great Books Club
Byron Sneegas
Marriage Licenses Issued in Kansas Pairings
Marion Craney and Myra Jean Peter of Topeka receive licenses, as do Charles Snow Jr. and Beverly Tennyson of Lawrence. Billy Dymacek of Gardner with Merille Ness of Eudora, Philip Mangum of Waxahachie Texas with Vicky Tallman of Lawrence, and Charles Howard of Lawrence with Martha Bryant of Clayton Kan.
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Marion Joseph Craney
Topeka
Myra Jean Peter
Charles Robert Snow Jr
Lawrence
Beverly Ann Tennyson
Billy Joe Dymacek
Gardner
Merille Sue Ness
Eudora
Philip Michael Mangum
Waxahachie
Tex
Vicky Sue Tallman
Charles McDonald Howard
Martha Katherine Bryant
Clayton
Kan
Social Calendar Events For University Club And Women’s Club
The University Club hosts a social at 6 30 p m at 100742 Mass on Tuesday. The Lawrence Christian Women’s Club holds a 12 30 p m luncheon at the Holiday Inn Skyline Room.
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University Club
Mass
Lawrence Christian Women’s Club
Holiday Inn
Skyline Room
Widow Nellie Baker a remaining link to Civil War era
Nellie E Baker of Topeka is one of 478 living widows of Union veterans and 176 of Confederate soldiers. Born 1878, she married Civil War veteran John A Johnson in 1897 and later John H Baker. She remains active, recalling wartime memories and praising family resilience while awaiting recovery and a chance to visit Civil War sites.
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Topeka
Kan
Nellie E. Baker
United States
Nellie
Nellie Baker
John A. Johnson
Osborne
Kansas
Ohio
Johnson
Columbus
Ohio Infantry
Sherman
Big Four Railroad
St. Louis
Mattoon
Ill
Kingman
Cuba
John Johnson
Roy
East Topeka
Albert
Mable Pankratz
Charles
Pittsburg
Kaw
Baker
John H. Baker
Veterans Administration
Buck Hodges Recovers From Knee Surgery In Salina Hospital
Peniincess A. T. Hodges is recuperating in Asbury Hospital Salina in room 361 after knee surgery. Elizabeth Lea Campbell a May graduate of Kansas State Teachers College Emporia will teach home economics at Millbrooke Junior High Olathe this fall. Mrs. Campbell is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Haskell Grounds. Garden club judges Mrs. Sherman Parsons and Goff chaired Baldwin Garden Club show at First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. club members belong to Lawrence Flower Club. Christopher Oldfather of Macalester College St Paul Minn has won the Lila Bell Acheson Wallace Award in Music at Macalester.
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A. T
Buck) Hodges
Asbury Hospital
Salina
Elizabeth Lea Campbell
Kansas State Techers College
Emporia
Millbroke
Olathe
Campbell
Arthur Anderson
Haskell Grounds
H. W. Sherman
Olie R. Parsons
Marguerite Goff
Baldwin Garden Club
Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church
Lawrence Flower Club
Christopher Oldfather
Rt. 5
Macalester College
St. Paul Minn
Lila Bell Acheson Wallace
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Pinckney Elementary
Lisa Pulliam
Bob Pulliam
Tenn
Michele Pinet
Frank Pinet
W. 12Th
Michael Kinnison
Ray Kinnison
Flip Montgomery
Philip Montgomery
Mildred Frakes
Larry Cox
Journal-World
Ken Seals
By Ruth Weir
Ast. Co
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EHU
Chilren
Ters
Kansas Plains
Lyndon B. Johnson
South
Dexter
Italy
Sonia Pitene
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Une McCalls
KPL
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