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Personal notes from Topeka and Emporia news items
Mrs Ruth Gagliardo attended a meeting of the Governor Carlson committee for the Mid Century White House Conference for Children and Youth to be held in Washington in December. Richard K R Stucky Jr visits his aunt and uncle in Lawrence and plans graduate work at the University of Colorado before leaving for Boulder next week. James D Head reports undergoing tonsil removal at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Dr and Mrs Robert Pritchett of New York visit relatives in Lawrence. Mr and Mrs Phil Peterson travel to Hamilton Ohio after visiting relatives in Lawrence. Mrs Emma FE Logan of Kansas City, formerly of Lawrence, spends a week with sister Mrs A A Green. Mrs F Allen Schenck and baby Vincent fly to Cambridge Mass to join Mr Schenck for graduate studies at Harvard. Mrs R A Moore and daughter Iva leave for home in Herington after visiting. Northeast Kansas county officials meet Sept 21 in Emporia with 17 counties represented. R B Sheeley presides. Paul B McCleave to speak. Lyneham Airfield England Sept 15 reports British reinforcements for Korea leaving for Japan by air via Singapore and Manila in eight planes.