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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1949
Page
2
The article outlines fraternity rush activities at Kansas University. Activities begin Sunday with formal dress and a campus-wide date schedule. Rushees will visit houses starting Monday at 7 am in Fraser, with signups and pledges completed by Wednesday noon in the dean of men's office.
Kansas City reports 11 year old James Dunlap injured when a steel sliver ricocheted from a hammer and pierced his chest. Surgeons left the sliver in place as heart damage was not found. The boy is from Montrose Missouri and will return home tomorrow.
A marriage license was issued by the probate court to Kenneth L. Dalrymple 32 and Margaret V. Wheeler 27 both of Topeka.
Memorial Hospital page lists Samantha Hague in Eudora and Anna Schell at 945 Delaware, Patsy Orr on Baldwin Route 3, Juanita Kempter at 1620 Tennessee, Minerva Candrera at 861 Lyons, Orville Allen of Green's Lake, William Ramsey at 444 Louisiana, Lillian Burnham, Sunnyside resident William Hall 105 West Eleventh, Mary Mitchell 1116 Kentucky, Tyra Logsdon on Route 1 Eudora, LeRoy Biggs 926 New Hampshire.
A readable fragment lists residents including Robert Harrelbrink in Baldwin and Arthur Hill at 303 Lincoln Street, Olfe Shaff at 820 Ohio Street, Mrs. Ettie Dodderidge in Indians Charlotte 620 Street, and Mrs. Melva Still with a baby girl at 1825 Mississippi Street.
Wit and Mrs John Meyer of 418 East Fourteenth Street welcome a son today. Mr and Mrs Bourke Jarden of Idwin greet a newborn boy today. Mr and Mrs T C Wilson of 814 Thirteenth Street announce a daughter today.
Lawrence notes community drive active for Chest and Red Cross. Fourth of July fireworks and Christmas parade attract 30 000 to 45 000 yearly. KU football film by J D King previews 1948 highlights. New bus with green upholstery debuts on Eighteenth and Mississippi. 332 pupils attend New York grade school with perfect attendance. Traffic curb adjustment proposed at KU campus flower pot area. Stadium liquor violations enforced with notices to fans.
The text notes that access applies to items the general public can reach or on property owned by the state or a governmental subdivision. It states a maximum penalty of 2000.00 or six months imprisonment or both fines and imprisonment.
Wichita officials announce mail destined for Missouri Pacific routes will be diverted to other lines or carried by truck and star routes due to the Missouri Pacific strike. Last MoPac outbound passenger train to Denver left Wichita Thursday night. two early locals ran ahead. Rail officials estimate about 2,500 employees affected on the Wichita Joplin Whitewater divisions.
Ogaliah Kan September 9 The groom Johnson a 22 year old University of Missouri student from Independence Mo and Miss Reatha Nixon 22 of Ogallah an M A student planned a wedding in Buckner Mo for tomorrow night before she vanished on the way to Kansas City by train. She later went to Topeka police to say she planned only a brief delay and that the ceremony location remains unknown.
Mrs. LeRoy Renager, 31, and her daughter Jean, 6, were hospitalized after a grasshopper catastrophe. The insect leaped through an open car window and struck Mrs. Renager in the eye, causing temporary blindness and loss of control as the vehicle veered into a ditch. The mother suffered several broken ribs while the child fractured her left leg.
Thirty six hole scores from the 5 000 Kansas City open show Dave Dennis of Independence Kansas posting 79 78 157 and Marvin Delongy of Parsons Kansas 79 79 158 with the event played over 6519 yards at par 72. Amateur status marked with an x.
Kenney L. Ford, alumni secretary, announced the Danforth meditation wing of the Memorial chapel at Kansas State College will be dedicated on October 9. Local readers via Manhattan report the event details.
Ellis Kinder limited the New York Yankees to four singles as Boston humbles the league leaders 7 to 1 in New York. Red Sox gain momentum with efficient pitching and timely hitting to derail the Yankees' pace.
The Garich prescription shop at 105 East Eighth street is sold to C L Van Nortwick. Ed Garich says illness and a plan to move to a warmer climate prompt the sale. Garich opened the store July 1 1939 and will move around October 1 with Mrs Garich. The new owner has extensive experience in pharmacy and is married with three children.
Lawrence coal dealers organized a cooperative service at a dinner meeting at the Eldridge hotel to aid homeowners who heat with coal. Participants include Harold Snider of Snider coal and heat service Howard McConnell of McConnell lumber Tom Smart of Derby grain and W Roy Martin of University coal.
Del mar Ketcher of Tulsa Okla pleaded guilty in district court to a fourth degree manslaughter charge related to a May fight in Holiday Kan that killed W E Johnson. He received two years in Kansas state prison at Lansing. The case stemmed from the May 18 incident with two laborers on a Santa Fe railroad crew.
Two cars collided at a busy open intersection sending one vehicle over a curb and into a telephone pole. Mrs. Allen, thrown from the car, was examined with no fractures or concussions and released after x rays. The other driver, Rog Young, 20, faces a reckless driving charge as the case was continued to September 30 in police court.
Police said Sam Eugene Palma, 24, a former University of Missouri student, helped plan a safe robbery to raise funds for resuming his studies. Palma and Carl Swanson, a Detroit fugitive, were arrested at Burnett Meat company offices by three detectives after Palma claimed Swanson proposed the crime.
Chester Conklin a veteran silent era comedian aged 63 wed Valda C. Genessee 41 in Hollywood today. The former Mrs Conklin died in 1937, marking a notable previous marriage in the couple's background.
W P Moore 94 a McLouth resident died yesterday at his son Ed Moore s home near Leavenworth Surviving relatives include daughter Mrs Harry Trower Winchester and two sons Lawrence Lenexa and Frank McLouth Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 PM from McLouth Baptist church with burial in Eagle Cemetery near Jarbalo
Kansas City reports AP data on livestock and grain. Prices for wheat, corn, oats move amid steady cattle and hog markets. receipts forecast for tomorrow include cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep. cash grain shows mixed to higher bids for wheat and corn with varying No. 2 and 3 grades.
Market reports show hay receipts and varying quality in Kansas City with prices around steady. New York stock action shows a narrow trading range with few price moves and some gains for International Telephone on positive Argentina guarantees. Chicago and Idaho market details follow with potato and grain price notes and farm commodity prices mixed.
We thank friends relatives neighbors doctors and Sisters of St Marys hospital for cards flowers and other gifts received during Frank Greiners illness.
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