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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1955
Page
15
Lawrence groups schedule open houses, meetings, and socials at the University Club, Memorial Union, and various homes. The calendar includes Alfa Gamma chapter gatherings, 4 H Club activities, a Queen’s Ball invite, and a Kansas City luncheon circuit, with dates Oct 16 18 19 and 20.
Dr. Noble S. Elderkin arrives from Akron to attend Plymouth Church 101st anniversary dinner as guest of honor. Three Lawrence residents enroll at Central Christian College Bartlesville Oklahoma. Mary Mason C L Davis Scott Mitchell are 1955 or 1954 Lawrence High graduates. Mrs. Alice Meyn visits Edwardsville with sister-in-law Mrs. George Meyn. Mrs. Emma Krull and Juanita Johansen plan to stay with Mrs. Ethel Jensen while seeking apartments. Bob Coffman and Ralph Drake pledged to Pi Sigma Chi at Bethany College. Both are Lawrence High graduates.
Women of Trinity Lutheran Church will attend the Synodical Convention of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Synod of The Central States. Delegates include Mrs. George L. Anderson, Mrs. Fred Kloepper, Mrs. Harold Hamilton, and Mrs. Ina Foster. The five conference divisions will meet at St John’s Church in Russell with a communion service Monday evening and three sessions daily through Thursday.
Dr Wallace Lane of Kansas City was chosen president-elect of the Local Health Officers Assn of Kansas at a qual meeting He will take office next October succeeding Dr C A McIntyre of Lawrence Dr Howard Wagen blast Salina was elected secretary-treasurer
Local business owner Chris Williams and attorney George Melvin question the use of a recording device in the jury room amid concerns over secrecy and juror candor. They warn the measure could invade privacy and affect deliberations in criminal trials.
A violent wind and rain storm battered the eastern coast of Hokkaido causing house damage to small boats sinking and at least five deaths. Police reported one seriously injured and 31 missing, many of them fishermen, as winds reached 67 miles per hour for about an hour.
An eruption at Japan’s Sakurajima volcano on the southern tip of Kyushu marked its fifth eruption since Thursday. The plume rose high as lava and ash were expelled, prompting authorities to monitor for further activity and potential evacuations.
A report notes a dramatic cloud of smoke rising with no damage. It mentions four college students injured in an eruption, two seriously, and references a committee including Mrs. Dean Nesmith and Mrs. Hildred Pendleton. Also mentions invitations and schedules produced by Mrs. Frances Riggs’s pupils for junior high parents.
An open house for parents at the Junior High School starts Monday at 7 30 p m with a general session in the auditorium. Parents then attend classes per their child’s schedule while home room mothers greet them. A social hour follows in the boys gym with Mrs McCauley in charge and volunteers assisting.
The White House approved an emergency policy to ensure SBA funds for disaster loan needs in hurricane areas. The measure follows August floods that strained resources after a 25 million dollar loan ceiling and about 744 million dollars already granted.
Teams from Junction City and Council Grove Kansas won top honors in 4-H livestock and meat judging at the American Royal competition yesterday. Jerry McCluskey of Junction City took individual livestock judging honors, with Bill and Phil Patterson joining him on the team prize. Council Grove team members Wanda Swenson Lynn Moxley and Janis Viar comprised the meat judging squad.
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