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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1956
Page
6
Roark recalls a Scottish grouse shoot on Maj Richard Waddington’s 35,000 acre estate near Glenlivet. He trades stories with nobles, dodges peppered fire from blinds, and endures vertiginous hills, redolent heather, and the famed Glenlivet distilleries. He plans a return if funds allow.
Social calendar lists Halloween party, dances, meetings and community gatherings across clubs. Topics include a Halloween tea, a bid for veterans hospital carpet rag sewing, a South American dance at the University Club, and multiple hostess led meetings at various homes and club rooms.
The GOP Women’s Club will honor Mrs Warren W Shaw wife of Kansas candidate Joe Shaw with a luncheon Monday at Hotel Eldridge. Prof Allen Crafton of Kansas University Speech Dept will speak on culture in Kansas. Event at 3 PM and 3:30 PM at Community Building. all interested women invited.
The Lawrence Educational Council prepared for the new Kansas State Teachers Association Building in the KSTA building. A table with bleached birch and imported Latin black marble was presented to KSTA in appreciation of W. D. Wolfe, superintendent of the Lawrence City Schools, who chaired the Building Committee.
Prof. Allen Crafton head of the Speco Department at Kansas University will give the main address at the Kansas Authors Club dinner in Topeka. The annual meeting takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Jayhawk Hotel with awards announced. Dan Wilcox will discuss fiction writing. a panel discussion on the paved will be presented. Members of the Lawrence Writers' Workshop plan to attend.
In Florida the presidential race seems undecided with a potential shift from new 200,000 voters and a mix of residents and working people. Analysts split, with Harold Ballew predicting a Republican tilt toward Eisenhower while State Sen. Pearce argues growth of industrial workers could favor Stevenson. A Gainesville printer, Robert Dunn, backs Stevenson, citing Democratic friendliness to labor and small business.
The City PTA Council led by Mrs. Marston Mc Clugeage hosts a Parents Open House at 7 30 Tuesday at the High School. Parents follow their child’s classroom schedule with Mrs Kenneth Whitenight as general chairman and a committee including Mrs. Robert McCoy Mrs. Larry Heeb Mrs. Albert Palmerlee Neal Wrerry teachers Max Stalcup Mary Lu Hill Lee Coleman and Lowell Bailey and student council reps John Brown and Mary Fulcher.
UN Palestine truce chief Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns met with Israeli and Jordanian authorities to ease tension after a seven hour Israeli reprisal raid that left 59 dead. Burns said measures are being taken to clear the explosive atmosphere, but specifics were not disclosed.
The Kansas University Theater, School of Fine Arts and Memorial Union plan a three star festival on November 1. A Fraser Theater matinee of The Rainmaker by N Richard Nash at 4 p.m. will be followed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Her bert von Karajan at Hoch Auditorium at 8:20 p.m. A KU Memorial Union Kansas Room buffet from 6 to 7 15 p.m. offers patrons a meet with theater and orchestra personnel. The Rainmaker tells of a drought struck ranch family and a rainmaker who arrives with dreams and rain. Haydn London Symphony Wagner Prelude and Tristan and Isolde Love Death and Brahms Second Symphony are on the concert program.
Three year old Ricky Dahlene son of Mr and Mrs Herbert D Dahlene of 6155 Ind St sustained minor injuries Thursday afternoon after running into a car at 6th and Ind Streets. He was struck by the right rear fender, suffered a bump on the head and received treatment at Lawrence Memorial Hospital before being released to go home.
Baker University announces an open house for its new girls dormitory after the homecoming football game on Saturday from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. A formal Sunday open house runs 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Invitations were mailed to about 1300 guests including alumni trustees faculty church officials and college staff.
The Mother and Baby Care Class, run by the Douglas County Red Cross chapter with the County Health Department, starts at 2 oclock Monday afternoon in the Community Building. Sessions run 2 to 4 p m each Monday Wednesday and Friday for six lessons taught by Carolyn Sniders, health department nurse.
The Jumna River in New Delhi reached the danger mark but did not overflow the city. Officials expect levels to fall as upstream reports indicate rain eased. At least 12 people died in Old Delhi and surrounding areas after four days of heavy intermittent rains.
Mr and Mrs Grant Gilderhus will be honored at a reception from 3 to 4 o clock Sunday afternoon at Trinity Lutheran Church. The new pastor is teacher candidate Nate Catheran Couined students, with David Gilderhus present. Mrs Gilderhus is a graduate of Concordia College and a teacher in the Minneapolis Public School System. Members and friends of Trinity Lutheran Church are invited.
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