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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1949

Page

4

Wedding and club notices from a midcentury Kansas City area paper

The bride and groom are newlywed residents living at 1729 Massachusetts Street after a August wedding read by Rev E Russell Carter. Attendants Fay Allen and Elmer T Allen. Bride a Liberty Memorial High School graduate with five years at Southwestern Bell. groom a Next Point graduate and ROTC instructor at Kansas University. Couples and clubs: Junior Music Club meets Saturday at June Holtzclaw’s home with program notes on MacDowell and hymns. Mothers Club of First Christian Church meets tomorrow at 7:20 pm at Mrs Eugene Miller's home. Kent Homemakers plan a monthly meeting at Eva Wiley’s home with Mary Estok assisting.

E. Russell Carter Mise Foythe Allen Elmer T. Allen Liberty Memorial High School Southwestern Bell Telephone Commy Next Point Kansas University Massachusetts Street June Holtzclaw New Hampshire Street Patricia Davis MacDowell Margaret Smith National Federation of Music Clubs Velma Wiley Donna May Norris Farla Norris Jane Holtzclaw Pat Davis Maurice Clarkson Martha Greene Lois Edwards Sharon Tripp Martha Dicker Margaret Barr Mothers Club The First Christian Church Eugene Miller Richard Wiley Kent Homemakers Club Eva Wiley Mary Estok

Sewing clubs hold membership tea and anniversaries

At 1:30 o'clock a membership tea will be hosted by the O and S Sewing club. Tomorrow evening the club meets at Mrs. W. E. Grover's home, 109 East Nineteenth Street. The Thursday Sewing club also meets tomorrow evening with Mrs William Vogler. Five anniversaries will be observed.

O and S Sewing Club W. E. Grover East Nineteenth Street William Vogler

Girl Will Try Again After Channel Swim Setback

Shirley May France, a 17 year old from Somerset Massachusetts, said she will attempt to swim the English Channel again after being pulled from the water following a 10 hour effort from France to England. A six person Fevotian relay team set a new Channel crossing record, finishing in 11 hours 11 minutes.

Dover Eng Shirley May France English Channel Somerset, Mass England

Miss America crown contenders show versatile talents

An 18 year old contestant, Miss Arkansas Barbara Brothers, aims to prove versatility by singing, painting water colors, and writing poetry. She seeks a peer role and would like to direct religious education, while enjoying support from sponsors and noting the demanding preparation at a fashion school.

S Ba Cult O Bething Pa Gern Arkeneas Barbdara Brothers Brothers Dist Barbizon

Lovers Are United After Topeka Bride Vanishing

Reatha Nixon a 22 year old University of Missouri student from Ogallah and Russell Johnson 23 of Independence Mo were set to marry Saturday night. They were reunited at the Topeka police station after a 32 hour disappearance that led to a citywide search and media attention. Nixon said she wandered and stayed in a room, unaware of the uproar her absence caused.

Topeka Kan UPA Trek Kansas Reatha Nixon University of Missouriism Ogallah Merched Russell Johnson Independence M. A Johnson Missa Nixon Pauline Ees Reathe Reatha

Fragmentary marriage vow hints at union near rest

A cryptic fragment suggests a couple plans marriage after a rest as Johnson remains silent about an I's disappearance. The scene shifts to a station where a fogeler departs, and a driver is tasked with taking Rea to western Kansas, as referenced in the Journal-World Want Ads.

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