Early History of Lawrence District Free State Aura
Mary Jule Stough recounts the 1854 founding of Lawrence Kansas including the New England Emigrant Aid Society, town planning by Sears and Whitman, street names after states and heroes, early parks and cemeteries, and the rival claims of three newspapers before selecting Herald of Freedom as ancestor of the Journal-World.
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New England Emigrant Aid Society
Massachusetts
Kansas
Fantislavery
Charles Robinson
Ferdinand
Robert Robertaille
Albert Dwight Sears
Topeka
Burlington
KU Library
Sears
Whitman
Kanzas
Louisiana and
Third
14Th Street
Maryland
Union
Mason
Jay
Pinckney
Winthrop
Henry
Waarrrern
S.c&berkley
Quincy
Hancock
S Adams
Morris
Prescott
Iowa
15Th
University
Wakarusa
Boston
Conneautville
Herald of Freedom
Kansas Territory
George Washington Brown
Lawrence
Kansas Tribune
John and
J. L. Speer
Ohio
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Medina
Josiah Miller
Douglas County
Kansas Free State
Tribune
Journal-World
Stull HDU and WSWS hold meetings with local members
The Stull HDU met on Tuesday in the church basement with many members attending and seven children present. Officers elected included Helen Wood as president and Bonnie Nichols as vice president. The Stull WSWS held its October meeting with guest day and group 4 led by Amy Bowlin, plus music and readings. An OFFA Sunday school class conducted a yearly weiner roast and planned plastering work for church painting. Local families attended the gatherings and visits to relatives were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stull Hdu
Tues
Lola Hildebrand
Wilma Schwemmer
Maude Spencer
Gwen Spencer
Beulah O'Connor
Ruth Gowing
Katherine Hallman
Salena Hauk
Ruth Ice
Bonnie Nichols
Francis Rake
Irene Steele
Ella Walter
Helen Wood
Shirley Wulfkuhle
July Wulfkuhle
Maxine Wulfkuhle
Esther Wulfkuhle
Stull Wsws
Thursady
Amy Bowlin
Emma Houk
Verna Bahnmaier
Lydia Wulfkuhle
Carolyn Wulfkuhle
Hallman
Glen O’connor
Raymond Nichols
Bob Combs
Wayne Combs
Wesley Wulfkuhle
Robert Wulfkuhle
Harry
Clifford Houk
Russell Houk
Anna L. Hoffsomer
Roberta Kent
Hayden Wood
Hally
Art Worthington
Jess O’connor
Burlington
George Armstrong
Lester Lelong
Straun
Ethel Decker
Sacramento
Calif
Bill
Cecil
Wichita
Fred Hartman
Rev
Calvin Hartman
Hutchinson
13 Students Appointed To Duty in KU Court
Thirteen Kansas University students will serve on the student court for the 1963 64 academic year. The body handles student traffic ticket appeals and disputes involving student groups and election violations. James Daugherty is chief justice with a slate of assistant justices and defense and prosecuting attorneys drawn from the law program.
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Kansas University
James Daugherty
McPherson
Robert Williams
Canton, Ill
Tom Clark
Kansas City
Tom Thompson
Atchison
Mack Colt
Iola
Henry Hopp
Robert Walter
Hutchinson
Twins in Navy Uniforms at KU ROTC Pass for Brothers
Larry and Ron Koppenhaver of Topeka are KU Naval ROTC midshipmen, twins in appearance but in different tracks. Larry, a junior business major and petty officer, has completed two summer cruises aboard the USS Maddox and Navy bases in Corpus Christi and Coronado, with another cruise planned for 1964 before commissioning as an Ensign. Ron, a freshman aerospace engineering student, follows a separate track with one summer cruise between junior and senior years and will decide upon commissioning as an Ensign or Marine Corps Second Lieutenant after graduation.
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G. N. Koppenhaver
Topeka
KU Naval Rotc
Topeka High
Larry
Ron
Navy
U.S.S. Maddox
Pacific
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Tex
Naval Am
Phibious
Coronado
Calif
Europe
Mediterranean
Marine Corps
Bakers Capture Thief at Kansas City Bakery
In Kansas City Kansas two bakers chased a robber who had just held up their shop and abducted a 12 year old girl customer. They captured the suspect Bernard Leroy Albertson 41 and turned him over to police for robbery and child molestation charges. The girl Charlene Poore was released unharmed.
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Kansas City
Kan
Bernard Leroy Albertson
Charlene Poore
John W. Miller
Edward Lang
Sophia
Bakery clerk pursues holdup suspect at Holsum Bakery
Trundle and Miller chased a man and girl from the Holsum Bakery Thrift Store on 814 Southwest Boulevard. Detective Steadh said $41.46 was taken from Albertson, identified by Mrs. Trundle. Charlene Poore is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Poore. no home address given.
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Trundle
Exterminators Weigh Results Of Wasp Nest Tampering
In Kansas City AP report, professional exterminators worked from Liberty Memorial tower spraying nests for an hour on Tuesday. They expect to learn today if the wasps were all killed as remaining insects appeared groggy. The nests had blocked the observation platform and cost the city thousands in admission fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Liberty Memorial Tower
Thoroughfares Panel Reviews Lawrence Traffic Plan
Major Thoroughfares subcommittee met at City Hall to review Harland Bartholomew’s preliminary report on the Comprehensive Plan for Lawrence. No decisions were made as members sounded out reactions to proposals including student traffic at Kansas University bypass roads and alleviating congestion at 6th and Mass streets.
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Committee of 100
City Hall
Harland Bartholomew
Lawrence
Kansas University
6Th and
Mass. Sts
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New City
Mary Jule Stough
Carrie Nation
Kentucky
Amos Lawrence
Seventh
California
Dread Mountain
10Th
South Park
LaFayette
Washington
Hamilton
Franklin
College
11Th
Arkansas
Clinton Park
Central Park
Fulton Park
Roger Williams Park
STULL
Ben Franklin
SPOOK
Larry and
Ron Koppenhaver
Bakers
Fritz CO
Firestone Corner
Otasco
Oklahoma Tire & Supply Co
Osnes
Philco
Okcahoma Tire & Supply
Ace
Paris Air France
Columbia
Sele Price
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