Rivers Overwhelm Texas Towns Trigger Mass Evacuations
Flooding from the Brazos Colorado and other rivers sent hundreds of families fleeing, with at least one death reported as waters surged toward the gulf. Rescue operations and power outages affected Plainview Amarillo and Sealy while ice and debris blocked transport in the Panhandle and Gulf Coast regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Gulf
South Texas
Panhandle
Dallas Weather Bureau
Plainview
Amarillo
Brazos
Colorado
San Jacinto
Sabine
Trinity
Arch Glover
Centerville
Houston
Tri Cities
Goose Creek
Baytown
Laporte
San Jacinto River
Beaumont
Simonton
Lions Honor Dr. J M Mott With Turkey Dinner Night
Sixty two Lions and Lioness members of Lawrence enjoyed a turkey dinner and dance at the Lake View club house. W C Simons showed motion pictures of his South America trip. The event honored Dr. Mott as the first club member called into military service. He is a past president and charter member, presented with a club gift. Unusual placecards carried draft numbers and army imagery. New members were introduced, Marion Barlow presiding as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions and Lioness Club
Lawrence
Lake View
W. C. Simons
South America
Jim Mott
Dr. Mott
Waft
W. F Stevens
Friday Clinics in Lawrence Sponsored by Kiwanis Club
The Lawrence Kiwanis Club sponsors two Friday clinics starting at 2 PM. Dr. C. B. Francisco leads the orthopedic clinic at Lawrence Memorial Hospital while Dr. E. T. Gibson, returning from injury, conducts the psychiatric clinic in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
C. B. Francisco
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
E. T. Gibson
Chamber of Commerce
Indian Club of Haskell Presents Program in Olathe
The Indian club of Haskell visited Olathe this afternoon and presented a program for pupils from all Olathe schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Club of
Haskell
Olathe
Unusual Baptism at First Baptist Church
A white American boy Luella Cummings a Creek Indian and Mou Hui King a Chinese boy were immersed in a baptism at First Baptist Church on Sunday. King from Peiping attended the University of Kansas and was reared Mohammedan. His father, a physician at Rockefeller Hospital in Peiping, is Harvard–educated and once visited Lawpene King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
John Skaggs
Toneka
Luella Cummings
Haskell Institute
Mou Hui King
Peiping
China
King
Rockefeller Hospital
University of
Flory Family Socials and Local Workman News
A sequence of village notes records visits and dinners at the Flory, Shuck, and Tucker households. Clarence Wingert suffered a head injury while playing school football and received medical care in Baldwin. Several residents assist with wood, rock crushing, and farm work, with many local families hosting or visiting one another over the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Flory
Norma Jean
Marylan
Ira Flory
Amos Wrightsman
Charles
Lloyd Shuck
Clarence Wingert
Baldwin
Chester Wible
Harold Brohammer
Bill Kennedy
John Reynolds
Harve Hibner
Will Postma
Richard
Frank Deay
Laurie Postma
Mac Karnes
Walter Dover
A. J. Flory
Orville Flory
Phyllis and
Dale
Lawrence
Felix Tucker
Charlie Brohammer
Homer Flory
Oscar
Eva
Warren
Howard
Arley Flory
Charles Shuck
Darrell
Barbara
Ben Brohammer
Charles Howe
Bobby
Leonard Flory
John Churchbaugh
Jesse Wingert
Clayton Scott
John Brohammer
Robert Tucker
Harve Flory
Roscoe Daniels
Richard Postma
Kenneth Daniels
Kramer
Virgil Shoemaker
Billy Dean
Neal Bank's
Leslie Churchbaugh
Local Visitors and Social Roundup in Fairview
Fairview and nearby towns report a steady stream of visitors from Lawrence Pittsburg Holton Worden and Walnut Grove. Residents attend church meetings and a Glatthaar sale while Red Cross fund raising continues with Mrs Charles Howard soliciting in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Church
Lawrence
W. G. Meairs
Leonhard Detler
Pittsburg
Bert Day
Alfred Skeetes
Tonganoxie
Minnie Wells
Charlie Cooper
Kansas City
Day
Gobie and Daughter
North Lawrence
Young
Herbert Folk
George Hunsinger
Ernest Johanning
Worden
Russel Tucker
Helen Dreher
Eugene Leary
Ernest Leary
Charles Whedon
Walnut Grove
Charles Howard
Red Cross
Cedar Junction school program delights Cedar residents
A Friday night program at the Cedar Junction school house sponsored by teachers Mrs. Bessie Wychoff and Verner Christman drew a large crowd. Enjoyed were musical numbers readings and a play followed by lunch hot dogs chili pie and coffee a grab bag and cake walk added fun. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Harry Smith and Margaret Kinkaid from Kansas City and Miss Beth Moore of Olathe a deSoto traveler later planned Willow Springs Farm Bureau books with Mrs Frank Sheldon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Junction
Bessie Wychoff
Verner Christman
Harry Smith
Margaret Kinkaid
Kansas City
Beth Moore
Olathe
Frank Sheldon
DeSoto
Roy Frisbie
Arthur Cuthbertson
Willow Springs
Russia to Talk Again with U S
Washington reports immediate resumption of U S Russia diplomatic talks after Molotov Berlin visit. Soviet ambassador Oumansky to meet Sumner Welles in late afternoon. talks focus on trade and related issues with aim of broader Russo American relations. No sign of axis alignment or Russian pressure on Turkey. aid to China against Japan continues.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Berlin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
State Department
Constantine Oumansky
Sumner Welles
Molotoff
Adolf Hitler
Axis
Rome
Turkey
Britain
China
Japan
Student Undergoes Major Operation at Local Hospital
Alvin Johnson of Eudora, a liberal arts sophomore, underwent a major operation this morning at Watkins Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Johnson
Eudora
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Community Guests Share Sunday Dinner and Church Program
Local families gathered for Sunday dinner across Clearfield Edgerton Corydon and Desoto areas. Notable visitors included the Selzers Strouds Bohnsacks and Schellacks with reports on church activities and a brass quartet program at St Pauls. Edger ton and Kansas City trips are mentioned alongside church events and missionary slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Selzer
Imogene
Otto
Wilford Selzer
Clearfield
Henry Breighaupt
Jay
Edgerton
Paul Sommer
L. W. Stroud
Raymond Stroud
Corydon
Jacob Schellack
DeSoto
Earl Bohnsack
Donald
Edith Clark
Gus Bohnsack
Lois Gerstenberger
Lorene Daugher
St. Paul’s Church
Elvin Altenbernd
Billy Durr
Bobby Lothholz
Billy Miller
Elmer Altenbernd
Lila Reetz
Workers Conference
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Alma
Kan
Patsy Jones
Japan
Christian Church
Bert Daugherty
Roy Daugherty
Corydon, Ia
Sherman Roach
George Roach
Kansas City
Frances Greiner
George Born
Albert Neustifter
Thanksgiving gatherings fill a Lawrence area week
Thanksgiving season social rounds fill homes across Lawrence and nearby towns. The text lists gatherings at the Morriss and Zillner households with extended visits from Lawrence residents, a Margie Ann birthday dinner, and a Lawrence show outing. Pinochle prizes are awarded at Mrs. George Trefz's club with many attendees noted. Community groups meet for lunches and bridge, while schools plan events and a senior play is announced for December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Esther Kech
Kay Kerwitz
Maxine Miller
Shirley Rosneau
Dorothy Lee Grush
Ruby Baecker
Mary Ann Kidd
Mary Miller
George Trefz
Clara Neustifter
William Schehrer
Katie Rothberger
Rose Lothholz
Slara Lotz
Retta Kraus
Alice Kohler
Anna Sommer
Delia Zimmerman
Lizzie Greiner
Edna Zillner
Nellie Daugherty
Katie Roth‘berger
Alice Brecheisen
Arline Bohnsack
Minnie Jones
Bonner Springs
Homer Abbott
Homer Mathia
Richard Steffen
W. J. Hague
Dorothy Warmker
Weekend Notes From Lawrence Visits And Funerals
Sunday evening visits include Mr and Mrs Robin McGeorge and Mr and Mrs Allen Cochran with Kansas City ties. Funeral attendance in Lawrence marks Robert Gabriel’s service at the Methodist church. Weekend guests include Miss Benitta Bartz and Miss Janice Guenther visiting area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Grimes
Cleo
Eleanor Wallace
Ben Wallace
Weaver
Charles Baecker
Lawrence
Albert Baecker
Minnie Jones
Homer Abbott
Abbott
Bonner Springs
Elton Jones
Asas City
Adams
Carl Vetter
Topeka
Gottlieb Nieder
Jolly Stitchers Club
John Dunn
W. O. Florey
David Neider
Audry Fishburn
Audry Fishourn
Homer Florey
Susan Markley
Robert Wilson
Martin Fidrey
J D. Florey
Nieder
Kansas City
George Warmker
Esther. Finley
Iota Phi Phi Club
Champ Williamson
Robin McGeorge
Allen Cochran
Clyde Straley
Benitta Bartz
Charles Holmes
Robert Gabriel
Methodist Church
Janice Guenther
George Bartz
Doris Ann
J. R. Garrett
Garrett
Texas
Leslie Halberg
Everett Elmore
Sue Ann
Ed Diedrich
Curtis Diedrich
Milton Beach
Jane
Bert Daugherty
John Sommer
Maurice Starr
H. B. Kibler
Charles Durr
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Floral Kindness
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for their sympathy and the beautiful flowers sent for our mother and grandmother. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Claud Dicker and families, including J. W. Way and son, Claude Dicker Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Dicker
J. W., Way
Claude Dicker, Jr
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Rumania
Budapest
Hungary
Bucharest
Corneliu -Zelea -Codreanu
New ‘Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
C.I.0
Foroig LT
Oscar Stauffer
State Board of Regents
Baptist Church
Columbia
Fairview
Corliss
U. S
Westinghouse
Olson Bros
Madeleine Carroll
Cecil B. DeMille
North West Mounted Police
Paramount
Jayhawker
Eillen Woodard
Otto Rospeau
Fred Rothberger
Fe Miller
Clarence Fuller
Hothberger
Presen
Otto Rosnesu
Ray Miller
Homer Gerstenberger
Erwing
William Miller
Hubert Woodard
George Gerstenberger
Leon Durr
Oscar Lothholz
Lilian Fuller
Heneritta Schubert
P.T.A
Reifschneider
Kerwitz
Sam Beadleston
Vy Gilmore Nichols
Harold Erickson
Ruth Quinlan
Curtis Ruthrauff
Cach
Charles Brown
Gardner
Tex
River
Kelvin Hoover
Herman Bohnéack
Doris
Delta
Dalphine
Mary Vitt
Clarence Daugherty
Selzer
M. F. Cole
Glenn
New Books of All Publishers
Fine Bibles
Children’s Books
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Endacott, Met
Monopoly
Parcheesi
India
Ouiji
Elmer Layden
Sorry
Finance
Big Apple
Rock Pick
Flinch
Touring
Lexicon
Bingo
Make A Million
Authors
Contak
Keeler
Alwa
Allison-Armstrong
Providence
Plymouth Rock
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
9Th and
Massachusetts
iPalace Clothing
Florsheim
Stag Party
B. P
Elks
Wm. Underwood
Snider Coal Co
Logan-Moore Co
Krum Coal Co
Ith Coal Co
Jayhawk
Snider Coal Company
Quality Coal and Service
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