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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1955
Page
8
Lyon County will raze the old jail beside the new courthouse in Emporia and convert the site into a park. France's death rate declined from 13.5 per 1000 in 1946 to 11.9 in 1954, lower than the pre war 15 per 1000 level.
A condensed list of religious services and activities across free Methodist, Wesleyan, First Christian, Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist, and other churches in Topeka and nearby areas. Includes Sunday School times, morning and evening worships, choir rehearsals, youth and junior programs, midweek prayers, special missionary services, and upcoming church events with leaders and locations.
Homer A. Frank begins Sunday as organist at Trinity Lutheran Church succeeding Marian Jersild who held the post for seven years. A KU graduate with a 1952 Master of Music in organ, he studied at Oberlin, Colorado University, and Colorado College and has taught organ and theory at Southwestern College and Transylvania College. He has worked for the Roeter Organ Co since July and previously served churches in Boulder, Oberlin, and Lexington.
In Winfield at the First Presbyterian Church, the individual held the role of dean of the Kansas chapter of the American Guild of Organists during 1953 and 1954, reflecting leadership in regional organ circles.
The Weather Bureau reports August was the driest in 19 years for Kansas with 1.61 inches of precipitation versus a 3.11 inch normal. Southeast areas saw heavier rainfall, Columbus recorded 6.18 inches, while many northwestern and northern central points received under half an inch. Temperatures ran about one degree above normal in the east and south and three to four degrees higher in the north and northwest.
The Mission Band and Little Heralds of the Evangelical United Brethren Church present their annual Summer Christmas Tree program at 7 30 p m Sunday in the church. Children are urged to attend a rehearsal at 10 a m Saturday at the church. Canadian tobacco production in 1954 reached 78000 tons, up 30 percent from 1953. Lawrence
A group of Wichita mothers formed a human chain to block an east side street and keep Jet school children crossing. They shifted to petitioning city commissioners for permanent protection for two area schools, with a neighborhood petition started last night and planned continuance of traffic disruption.
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