Northeast DAR selects next meeting site in Atchison
The Northeast District of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence on Friday and chose Atchison as next year’s meeting location. Officer list announced includes President Mrs Earl Robertson Atchison Secretary Mrs E F Sanders Lawrence and Treasurer Mrs E F Huddleston Lawrence. Seventy members and guests attended a noon luncheon with fall decor featuring red and green oak leaves and cattails. Betty Washington Chapter planted pin oak foliage on the Pinckney school grounds for the event.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Eldridge Hotel
Lawrence
Atchison
Earl Robertson
E. F. Sanders
E. F Huddleston
Betty Washington
Pinckney School
Huddleston
G. L., Pistorius
Ida Lyons
County Clubs to Hold K U Meetings Wednesday
The annual all student convocation at the University of Kansas to organize county student groups will be held at 9 20 a m Wednesday Oct 28 Morning classes will be shortened to a half hour for the hour long convocation Students from all 105 Kansas counties will meet in separate groups Other groups will meet together including Missouri Jackson County Mo Oklahoma Chicago and surrounding area North eastern U S Southeastern U S Western U S The Douglas County group will meet in Auditorium The purpose is to promote insect among high school students attending K U The county groups are under the direction of the KU Alumni Association William Hall Wichita is director of the clubs The chairman of the counties meets Thursday afternoon in Green Hall to discuss organizing
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University of Kansas
Kansas
Missouri
Jackson County
Oklahoma
Chicago
U. S
Douglas County
Women fined for hurling rocks at Denver firemen
A Denver suburb woman and her two grown daughters were fined a total of 450 for throwing rocks and insults at firemen who responded to a weed fire in a vacant lot beside their home. Fire Chief George Moorehead said the crew let the weed fire burn out after determining no danger to the house.
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Aurora
Cole
Denver
George Moorehead
Legion drive leads Arkansas City post in 1953 dues
Shelton Beaty Post No 18 of the American Legion reports leading the state in the 1953 membership drive. Post commander C Thompson says 72 percent of the post's 960 members for 1952 have paid their dues for 1953.
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Arkansas City
Shelton- Beaty
American’ Legion
Legion Posta. E
C. Thompson
The Door in the Wall theater project shines locally
A large, community driven Children's Theater production of The Door in the Wall played to full houses on Friday and a second performance was held this afternoon. Ninth grade cast members led roles like Robin and Brother Luke with significant adult and student support. The free admission show drew on PTA and parent help for costumes sets and production details across multiple committees.
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Children’s Theater
Deal Six
John Mansfield
Stuart Smith
Robin
Ray Nichols
LMHS
Luke
Stephen Hill
Brother Matthew
Charles Fisher
John go-in-the-Wind
Sir Peter
Karl Garrett
John
Mike Jones
Maud
Buffy Dann
Constance
Hilda Miller
Roger Randall
Bob Guntert
Rast Mmembers
PTA
Haskell stages Four Nights drama The Morning Star
K U presents Henry Haskell's The Morning Star a medieval romance about Heloise and Abelard to be staged at 8 30 p m Oct 29 30 31 and Nov 1 at Frasier Theater Students and faculty will perform The play is based on snippets of Paris life in the 12th century with the Kansas City Star foreign news editor as its author The writer recalls studying drama under George Pierce Baker at Harvard and post graduate work in Toulouse France
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Haskell
K. U
Frasier Theater
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Rovers
Paris
Kansas City Star
University of Toulouse
France
George Pierce Baker
Harvard
Abelard and Heloise Era Of Secret Marriage News
A fragmentary account describes Heloise's secret marriage to Abelard kept from her family. The uncle opposed the union, they lived apart, and the pair denied the marriage as Abelard faced violence, monastic life, and later heresy accusations before a final public apology.
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Heloise
Astralabe
Abelard
Knight of the North Star honors Bethany leader in Chicago
Dr Emory Lindquist president of Bethany College was decorated as a Knight of the Royal Order of the North Star by Consul General G Oldenburg in Chicago. The award, founded in 1748 in Sweden, recognizes service in education and the community. The ceremony noted late arrivals and school tardiness in Rockport and nearby towns.
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Emory Lindquist
Bethany College
Royal Order of the North Star
G. Oldenburg
Chicago
Hockville
Ind
Educa
Order of the North
Star
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Rockport
Sweden
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