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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1941
Page
3
Chicago reports rising grain prices during harvest boost wealth in the cereal belt by more than 700 million dollars over three months. Wheat corn oats rye barley and soybeans rose 12 to 37 percent as production climbs to about 5.1 billion bushels, expanding cash farm income and government payments.
Miss Gladys Bond presented her music pupils at Pleasant Oak school house on Tuesday evening. The pupils included Donna Rose Brecheisen Marcella Virginia Brecheisen and Norma Dean Brecheisen along with other local names. Rev Landis of Kansas City led Wednesday services at the Clearfield church. Local residents hosted visitors and shared calls including Mr and Mrs Charley Steffan of Cumberland Iowa and Kenny Brechelsen of Garden City visiting Lena Breithaupt and Ted Brechelsen. Several families hosted meals and visits, with relatives traveling to Tulsa and Welda for family gatherings and weddings setup at a Selzer home.
Pleasant Oak school opened Monday with Miss Jean Williamson as teacher and seven pupils including a new beginner Dale Brecheisen. Night classes start soon at the Business College from 7:16 to 9:15, tuition five dollars per month.
Horizontal clues mix languages and wordplay for a large crossword style grid. Entries include animals from China and ancient phrases while vertical hints cover prefixes, bodies, and measurements. The puzzle folds many cross referenced terms with several foreign language twists and playful misspellings.
Reports from Tonganoxie Rural High School mention football candidates reporting to Coach Lawrence Blair. Several residents plan travel or visits, including Mrs. Paul Sanders heading to Victoria for a convention and families visiting relatives in Virginia and St Louis. The Mound school opened with thirteen pupils taught by Miss Louise Peterson, and a 1939 Toriganoxie Rural reunion occurred at State Lake. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Gertrude Orr in Leavenworth. interment at Tonganoxie cemetery on Hubbel Hill.
Visitors from Topeka join local families for weekends and church events. Tonganoxie Rural high school held enrollment on September 4 5 and 6 with a large crowd at the Friendship Valley school reunion. Mary Ellen Curry to entertain the Catholic Ladies club. Emoria native Mary Ellen Coffey visited Creever Allan family. Leavenworth County Institute drew numerous local teachers including Stephen son Seymour Verhage Penfold Freeman Duncanson Ratliff Voorhees Farrell Schenck Lenahan Peterson Hunter Kesinger.
Sunday morning mishap on a farm left Mr. Ross trapped under a tractor after the brake failed near a creek. He suffered a broken pelvis in two places and multiple cuts and bruises, requiring six weeks in bed at Lace hospital. Neighbors responded with cries for help before him being rescued. Charles Steinmetz and Carl Terkildsen visited the W. H. Allen home Wednesday.
Mrs C N Janeway and children visited sister Mrs Parsons in Wellsville on Wednesday and Thursday. Will Howser, grandson Everett attended a party at Dave Wray’s Stoney Point home with cake and ice cream. Mary Ann Peterson weekend with Mrs Russell Henderson in Lawrence. Kanwaka couple C E Jennings visited Earl and Mrs Trowbridge and sons. Ethel Holcom in Kansas City with Arthur Holecom. Fred Schoot spent Sunday with Will Kramer and family in Lawrence. Vernon and Shirley joined Garratt family birthday celebration in Lawrence. Crissie Richardson attended Overbrook fair. Ward Landis family visited Jake Oehlert family in Pleasant Grove.
The column lists housewives canning extensively this summer with Mrs. Clarence Wales at 600 quarts of produce. It notes visits to Lawrence by Mrs. Lizzie Evans and Mr. H S Evans, a fall injury to Mrs. H S Evans, Joan Allenz returning from Lawrence and resuming high school at Oskaloosa, and a large group visiting Lawrence including the Duncans Humphries Allen family and others. Floyd Christian’s death in Los Angeles is reported along with his prior business in town, and Mina White is identified as his sister-in-law. Gordon of Kansas City is hired to teach the local school, who will reside with Steve Steinmetz. Mary Frances Leger plans Perper State Teachers College this fall. Mrs. Carl Amerine attended a Pittsburg wedding. Buck Creek school has purchased a ...
Sunday visitors and weekend calls mark the week in this rural community. Names include Kart Evane, baby magates, Ernest Leeman, Mrs. Welter and Anita Mae Robinson, Mrs. W H Allen, Joan Allen, Mrs. Bracken, Dan Roelofst, Jack Briggs, Nevil Rodman, Emil Rice, Elizabeth Armstrong, Ray Dunn, Nettie Faye, W H Allen, Eugene O Trimble, and Glenn Ross. Farmers prep ground for alfalfa as spring approaches.
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