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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1948
Page
7
Teens return to school with a focus on correct dress and simple fabrics. The article urges teens to list needed basics, shop within budget, and avoid over or under dressing. It highlights the move away from the "sloppy Joe" look to a refined Victorian inspired style. Names include Mrs Shaw and Miss Teen-Ager Im, with references to garden party invitations and social etiquette notes.
Mrs J A Hall hosted a large family gathering with numerous children and grandchildren visiting in Kansas City and Winner South Dakota. The week included county institute sessions, Girls State reports, Legion Auxiliary activities, a Lecompton meet, a Vietors club gathering, and a Liberty Memorial high school teachers picnic with new faculty initiation. The Topeka marriage of Arlene Biel and Larry Lee Smith was celebrated at Highland Park Methodist Church with reception and homeward plans.
Mr and Mrs Jan Chiapasso return to Lawrence after a California summer spent teaching and performing. Mrs Chiapasso visited San Francisco while Chiapasso taught and performed across venues including the Music Academy of Santa Barbara with the Griller String Quartet. They met Arnold Schoenberg and other noted musicians, visited Porota and Scripps colleges at Claremont, and plan a Grand Canyon stop on the return trip, receiving a manuscript piano suite from J Clokey at Miami University in Oxford Ohio.
Readers catch up with neighbors as Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Burgert return from trips to the firy and Winnipeg, joined in Des Moines by their daughter and grandchildren, plus cousins from Missouri awaiting the Evangelical United Brethren church dedication. Others report visits from Tulsa, California, Kansas City, and Topeka, and notes on schooling, summer activities, and convalescence plans.
The article reports Marion V. E. Martin of Maine praising Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for his policy toward women and economic issues and endorsing him for President. It notes her attack on Kent Truman as a failure to work with the legislative branch and mentions a Chamber of Commerce address here last night.
A meeting sponsored by the state high school activities association gathers high school coaches and officials at Liberty. The event aims to interpret football rules and provide guidance for area play. Frances Willard is noted for founding Evans College for Ladies in 1871, a precursor to Northwestern University.
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