Lawrence news brief highlights club meetings and engagements
Local social items note engagements of Margaret Calvert tied to Reinhold Schmidt Jr. at KU juniors, a St. John's Altar Society meeting, United Spanish War Veterans dinner, and Gamma Phi Beta events. Also reported are various club meetings, a baby birth for Nancy Diane Haynes, PTA plans, and community notices from Lawrence community groups with dates, hosts, and locations.
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United Spanish War Veterans
Beer Gain Threatens Chinese Liquor Shops in Singapore
Chinese in Singapore increasingly drink beer once avoided as too cooling, prompting more than 100 liquor shops to petition the government. They seek removal of a 20 year old rule that prevents beer sales, arguing it spoils their business.
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Local wedding and Garden Club notes at Clinton Park
The Stone wedding featured Mr and Mrs Stone with Carrie Preston as matron of honor and Otho Morlan as best man. A large Lawrence gathering from Kansas City and Lecompton attended. The Lawrence Garden Club held a breakfast meeting with plans for the state convention and a Flower Show School at the University. Irma La Vaun King and S Sgt La Roy Cantrell married Sept 5 in Rapid City SD where Cantrell is stationed.
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Emma Schoettlin
Carrie ‘Preston
Winnie Kemp
Car Stone
Otho Morlan J. Beverage
Lecompton
Bill Schroyer
J.E. Wright
Stone
Lawrence Garden Club
Clinton Park
Independence
H. W. Sherman
University
Ray Ogden
Irma la Vaun King
L. J. King
Lawrence
la Roy Byron Cantrell
Claude Cantrell
Memphis
Phog Allen to Speak at Rotary Night in Lawrence
Rotary Ann night for the Lawrence Rotary Club features Dr. F C Phog Allen, Kansas University basketball coach, talking about his Helsinki Olympic experiences. Dinner for Rotarians and wives at Eldridge Hotel at 6 30 p m with early reservations urged.
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Lawrence Rotary Club
Coin flip awards drilling contract at VPI site
Virginia Governor John Battle authorized Virginia Polytechnic Institute to award an exploratory drilling contract by drawing lots after several firms submitted identical bids. Attorney General J Lindsay Almond advised the method. In a ceremony, VPI President Walter S Newman flipped the coin, awarding the job to a Pittsburgh firm.
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Virginia
John Battle
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
J. Lindsay Almond
VPI
Walter S. Newman
Newman
Pittsburgh
Trinity Choir Rehearsal Announced for Thursday Evening
The Trinity Episcopal Church choir plans its first rehearsal Thursday at 7 30 p m in the church choir loft. Dr Elin Jorgensen serves as choir director.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Elin Jorgensen
St Louis Attorney Visits Mrs Black at Home
Atty. Harrison Holly of St. Louis Missouri visited Friday at the home of Mrs. Emil Black. A former University of Kansas student, he now practices law in St. Louis.
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Harrison Holly
St. Louis
Emil Black
University of Kansas
Lawrence personals highlight travels and arrivals
Misa Gertrude Gilmore returned Monday night from a six weeks trip through the west visiting Denver Boise Portland and Ocean Lake. The Guntert family concluded a two weeks journey through Wyoming and Montana meeting relatives in Billings. Ewing of China Lake California engineers at N O T S China Lake joined the visit group at Billings along with the Rices and Shirley of Oakland. 91st birthday celebration for Mrs Eastman of Topeka is planned this weekend in Lawrence with calls invited. Additional guests include Bob Perkins and Nancy Risse from California and Kansas City respectively, JoAnne Jones returning to Barstow School for senior year, and Eileen Hoover resuming studies in Kansas City. Mrs Andrews and her children relocate to Madison Wisconsin where Dr Andrews joins the University of Wisconsin staff after summer studies at Ohio State. Sheila Wilder starts teaching at Fredonia High School as school year begins September 2. Leon Hoofnagle, former Patee Theater manager, attends Law Club luncheon in Lawrence.
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Byron F.ke
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Kansas City
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Barstow
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Eileen Hoover
Notre Dame di Sion
M. F. Andrews
Madison
Wis
Sue Baker
Andrews
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Sheila Wilder
Fredonia
Leon Hoofnagle
Patee Theater
Law
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