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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1940

Page

8

Lawrence Girl Scout Day Camp Opens June Fourth

The Lawrence Girl Scout day camp will open June 4 at Clinton ark with sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in rain the Pinckney school basement will be used. Last year 81 girls attended and organizers expect more this June. Camp director is Mrs. Cornelia Bigelow aided by a registered nurse and staff. Special days include Brownies on June 11 and outdoor cooking demonstrations on June 18.

Lawrence Clinton Ark Pinckney School Cornelia Bigelow Ben Brown Armin Woestemeyer Daisy Hindman Dover Topeka Girl Scout Council Marvin Hilyard St. Joseph

War Secretary Woodring to Develop Property West of Lawrence

Secretary of War Henry Woodring will acquire the old Governor Stanton farm ten miles west of Lawrence on the river road toward Lecompton. He plans immediate development starting with a family orchard and beautification with fruit trees and shrubs promised by Missouri Governor Lloyd Stark. Woodring arrives in Topeka Sunday and will receive an honorary degree from Washburn College Monday evening.

Henry Woodring Governor Stanton Lawrence Lecompton Kanaige Woodring Lloyd Stark Missouri Topeka Washburn College

Odd Fellows Lodge Reflects on History and Honors Members

Lawrence Odd Fellows meeting highlighted lodge history with a resume of early minutes and a Quantrill raid resolution from August 21, 1863 in which Griswold and Range were killed. Officers were elected including Forrest Jackson as noble grand and J. K. Garbutt as vice grand with W. R. Gorrill and R. O. Burgert continuing as secretary and treasurer.

Lawrence Odd Fellows Lodge Quantrill Trask Palm and Wilder Richard Wagstaff Griswold Range E. B. Dicker S. R. Holloway K. C. Evans Ed C. Anderson Ed W. Parsons Harry DeWolf Noble R. E. Melvin W. H. Banning Forrest Jackson J. K. Garbutt W. R. Gorrill R. O. Burgert C. W. Lescher Grand Lodge F. C. Lescher O. E. Handley

Has His First Dollar in an Electric Career Tale

Austin resident Pi-C. M. Price recalls earning his first dollar 54 years ago in Chicago before becoming head of an electric company. He reflects on hard times when money was tight but says the first dollar kept him focused and hopeful. Kansas postmaster nominations approved by the Senate include multiple towns such as Burlington, Dur ham, Eudora, Glasco, Hillsboro, Ness City, Pratt, and Cherryvale. Summer courses at Lawrence Business College cover shorthand, typewriting, book keeping, and comptometry.

Austin Minn Pi—C. M. Price Price Chicago Kansas Washington Senate Burlington Clarence H. White Durham Emil R.’Schwemmer Dwight Joh. F. Holshouser Esbow Edward Grauerholz Eudora Jessie M. Grimes Glasco George F. Colwell Hillsboro Ferdinand Scharping Maple Hill Susanne J. Jones Moundridge Selma E. Hatfield Ness City Chester M. Cook Osawatomie Mason V. Dunlap Silver Lake Helen L. Green Stafford Harry E. Delvins Zenda Irene M. Warrell Cherryvale John A. Rogers Pratt Fred Swisher

June Brides Should Remember to Serve Foods Men Will Like

A June bride’s cookbook feature highlights simple recipes loved by men guests at a restaurant chain. The item shows Oven Baked Beans with Egg Salad and Old-Fashioned Boiled Dressing with precise ingredient lists and garnishes for an appealing, hot dressing served on the side.

Old Fashioned Southern Corn Pone and Smoky Mountains Menu

Tomorrow's menu lists breakfast with fresh pineapple brown rice cereal raisin toast coffee milk and a luncheon with baked beans rhubarb and strawberries salad dressing cookies tea and milk. Dinner features stuffed green peppers ham brown rice cabbage and a detailed dressing with vinegar egg sugar butter mustards salt and flour details. The excerpt includes a full old fashioned corn pone recipe by Jack White chef, Grove Park Inn, Smoky Mountains with steps to mix bake and serve.

Grove Park Inn Smoky Mountains

Stony Point Rural Graduation Highlights Local Graduates

The Stony Point school held rural graduation exercises on Saturday May 25 at Lawrence Memorial high school. Graduates include Evelyn Wade and Thelma Winchell. Local residents visited and called at multiple homes including the Wray, Cripe, Rockhold, and Tucker households in Lawrence, Pleasant Grove, and Vinland as community members socialized after the event.

Lawrence Memorial High School Stony Point Evelyn Wade Thelma Winchell D. A. Wray Anna Cripe Daniel Flory Pleasant Grove Bill Avelin Lawrence Karl F. Niebrugge Asa Colman Bert Curry High Prairie Fred Rockhold Albert Williams Vinland Solon Tucker Lloyd Reusch Bert Carry Arthur Rockhold Alva Rockhold

Dinner visits and health note at Centropolis

Mr and Mrs Amos Flory dined Sunday at the Charles Wrightsman ham near Centropolis. In the evening they called at the Harry Flory home to see Mrs Mary Peffley who is in very poor health.

Amos Flory Charles Wrightsman Centropolis Harry Flory Mary Peffley

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