Family reunion brings Drake brothers together after 34 years
Carl Drake of Lawrence gathers five Drake brothers and relatives at his home 307 West Twenty-Third Street Ottawa Kansas for a Sunday reunion the first time all six brothers have met in 34 years. Guests include A H Drake Dorothy Needles Calif Sam Drake Ponca City Calif E J Drake Sam Rohrer Chanute H M Drake Sr and family H M Drake Jr Lou Anne Drake Bob Miller Jess Young Jay Drake Ralph Virginia Melvin Drake families from Lawrence Ottawa Parker and Washington DC. The article also mentions a wedding of Carl A Larrick Jr and Miss Larrick with reception details and local club notices including the India Home Demonstration unit meeting and Ladies Aid luncheon plus a Writers Workshop schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Drake
Lawrence
West Twenty-Third Street
A. H. Drake
Dorothy
Needles
Calif
Sam Drake
Ponca City
E. J. Drake
Sam Rohrer
Chanute
H. M. Drake
Freda Ann
Lou Anne
Bob Miller
Jess Young
Lara Rohrer
Henry Rohrer
Ottawa
Jay Drake
Jay
Ralph
Virginia
Melvin
Joe Drake
Lillian Field
Jesse Ro Field
Parker
Carl A. Larrick
Washington, D. C
Independence Boulevard Christian Church
Kansas
Barbara Sisson
Asmahel Emerson
Marilyn Larrick
Karen Ann Daley
Kenneth Howell
Phyllis
Helen Howell
Bob G. Larrick
Bill Johnson
Des Moines
Towa
Gilbert Cutler
Hastings
Nebr
Edward van
Annapolis
Bruce Johnson
Nickerson
Mary Jane Callaway
Carol Lee Thompson
Lou Dearing
Ozarks
Suneflower
Mr. Taunick
University of Kansas
Community gatherings and reunions fill Lawrence area lawns
The June workshop at K U is noted with assistants Mrs Lenne Brown and Mise May Man ess. A Mathia Gabriel reunion on a Frank Johns lawn featured a basket dinner with numerous attendees from Kansas City Kansas City Mo Fadora Baldwin Lawrence and other towns. A horseback picnic hosted by Mr and Mrs Col l ins honored Miss Harriett Wilson before her move to Northhampton Mass. Local clubs plan meetings with lessons on first aid and a missionary society group sets a collection target for Rocky Boy mission and used clothing for Omaha. A lawn party celebrated the birth of Michael Jay Votaw with relatives in Lawrence and nearby towns.
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K. U
Lenne Brown
Mise May Maness
Mathia-Gabriel
Frank. Johns
Wilbur
Punch) Collins
Harriett Wilson
Lawrence and
Clinton
Paola
Topeka
Women's Missionary Society of Trinity
Lutheran Church
Harold van Guten
Alda DeWitt
Rocky Boy
Omaha
Vernon Votan
Elm Street
Michael Jay
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Votaw
Betty Francis
Evie King
Lawrence
Ralph Votaw
Eudora
Edgar Lee
Donna Jean
Hobby Lee
Corbin Hall
Centenary church and local clubs schedule fall events
The C E S Sewing club meets at Mrs. W Grover home 109 East Nineteenth Street for the first fall gathering. The Women's Society of Christian Service Centenary Methodist plans prayer circle at 2 and general session at 2 15 tomorrow led by Mrs B Le Hills with hostesses Mrs Beasie Leonard and Mrs Rose Nehrham. Nellie Allen hosts Victoria club at 1607 Kentucky Street this evening at 10 with Ella Devideon in charge and vacation notes roll call. Social Circle club meets with Mrs Jack Dillon Thursday at 2.
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India
Oscar Powell
East Fifteenth Street
Clay Jones
Bellview
Walter Marckley
Pearl Houser
LeRoy Buerman
C.E.S. Sewing
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Centenary Methodist Church
B. le Hills
Beasie Leonard
Rose Nehrham
Nellie Allen
Victoria Club
Kentucky Street
Ella Devideon
Roll Call
Calls a rail strike on Missouri Pacific Friday
In St. Louis on September 6, Missouri Pacific announces a walkout by CE operating employees at 2 p.m. led by P. J. Neff, its chief executive. About 5 000 workers will strike, with an estimated 15 000 to 25 900 more affected, after refusing terms from four train service brotherhoods. The suspension disrupts through service to 11 states and affects southern lines, the International Great Northern and Gulf Coast lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
P. J. Neff
Missouri Pacific
Southern Lines
International Great Northern
Gulf Coast Lines
Regional Knights meeting set for September 11 in Ottawa
More than 100 Knights of Columbus members will attend a regional gathering in Ottawa Kansas on September 11. Chairman L J McGlinchy said visitors were expected from Topeka Kansas City Wichita Emporia Olathe Garnett Humboldt Lawrence and possibly other towns.
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Ottawa
Kan
Knights of Columbus
L. J. McGlinchy
Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Emporia
Olathe
Garnett
Humboldt
Lawrence
Cordley School Opens With Five New Teachers and Four First Grades
Cordley elementary at Nineteenth and Vermont opens with sixteen women on the faculty. Five are new as roughly 435 pupils begin the year, including first graders taught by Doris Carol Wampler. Neva McKinney will lead second grade, Arleen Hale the third grade, with Marjorie Ryther noted as a wife of a university official and a teacher previously at Pinckney.
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Cordley School
Cordley
Nineteenth
Vermont Streets
Hazel Lee Simmons
Doris Carol (Barsby) Wampler
Lavenburg
Wampler
Christian College
Cha
Olathe High School
K. U. Altho
Marjorie Ryther
Fof Thomas C. Ryther
The
University Press
Pinckney
Cordley School Names New and Returning Teachers
The district announces new Cordley fourth grade instructor to complete two fourth grade classes. Miss Helen M. Peters of Evanston will teach sixth grade this year, a Pittsburg State alumna with prior posts at Black Jack Galena Clements and Baxter Springs. Returning Cordley staff include Mrs Patricia Goss kindergarten Mrs Ruth Wood Mrs Robbie Jean Tyler Mrs Frances Cox first grade Mrs Vera Scheiger second grade Miss Cecelia Pearson third grade Mrs Belle Morrow fourth grade Mrs Mildred Brown and Mrs Lavern Brownlee fifth grade and Mrs Eleanor Mason sixth grade.
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Cordiey
Ryther
New Hampshire Street
Helen M. Peters
Evlanston
Jil
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Northwestern University
Black Jack
Galena
Clements
Baxter Springs
Lawrence
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Anna Watson
Walter Deay
Writers Workshop
Lawrence Public Library
C. E Birch
Fred Williams
Lois Mathia
Harold Mathia
Harold Mathia, Jr
Paul Seybolt
Paul Seybold, Jr
Fadora
Paul Gabnel
Pegsy
Calvin Dorothy Hausmar
Baldwin
Gene Koelb
Paul Hausman
Wesley Deckwa
Henry Deckwa
William Rice
Jimmy Mro
Billy E. Rice
Betty Boothwe
Marguerite Oman
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