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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1952
Page
4
The Lawrence Kanss city paper notes lingering rumors that the local telephone company may replace the aging crank system with a modern downtown exchange. A deal to acquire property for a new exchange is reported, with expectations of possible completion by 1954 despite cautious bets.
The Lawrence Daily Journal World notes the local telephone exchange, built for 5 000 lines, now serves nearly twice that many as operators struggle with an antique setup. It argues dial service exists elsewhere and cites ongoing delays, rising rates, and growing city population while awaiting modernization.
A September 16 1952 Lawrence Kansas page lists KMBC WDAF WREN programming and local notices. Items include births polio updates and family news with the Weiden saul and Dunlap families plus school events and church fellowship details.
Lawrence residents recall the 1929 seventy fifth anniversary of the town with a well planned celebration that included parades reenactment of Quantrill s Raid and historical displays. Officials urge early plans for the 100th anniversary in September 1954 with a framework and general chairman to lead.
Old Home Town hosts surprise visit for Hin gins and Wilson families. Lenora Wardtarfer and Donald Crumer wed last evening. Birth announced for son of Ben Kraw ing. McClanahans return from Kennebunk Beach. Pegey Sanderson to attend Sullins College. Haven Glassmire visits with family. Old Soldiers Reunion elects officers. Ernest Johnson works at Ottawa Herald after KU degree. Willis and son Billy visit. I T Jones plans Oct travel to Baltimore. Louk and Topeka trip for coal convention. Roger McDonald to visit after ship duty. Ladies Aid meets at 31 R 1 St. August Hartman visits. Rosa Bond to McSouth. Edith Peterson and Dora Schrader in Topeka. Helen Phillips to Wichita teaching. Breese, Strang, Tarotta attend State Fair. Monk Eldridge adds taxicab service. Gillham returns from Excelsior. Baker University enrollment hits 410. Opening chapel features Rev. G W Clinton. Delicious leftovers dish debuts in Newton Kansan.
A terse quotation styled plea is cited from the Bible verse Samuel 18 5 asking a benevolent gent to aid the young man. The line reflects a religiously framed appeal and appears as a standalone excerpt.
The piece traces Kansas penmanship from 1902 to the present, noting evolving systems from Crane Easel to New Outlook, Hausam, Zaner Bloser, and Kittle, with a new approach replacing squiggly writing. It praises progress in school writing standards while observing that exposure to better methods coincides with declining handwriting quality.
The IMF, meeting in Mexico City, warns that nations living beyond their means threaten runaway inflation. It cites expanding social benefits and a 13 year war-finance cycle as core pressures, noting policy inertia and rising public expectations as the danger to fiscal stability. Suspiciously, the Obelist Herald calls social security the ultimate target of his critique.
The essay argues Truman and Taft will loom over the race as Ike and Stevenson refine their styles. It notes Truman and Taft press hard, while Eisenhower and Stevenson gradually build momentum, with voters weighing party records and past performance as crucial factors. Senators Sparkman and Nixon are mentioned as potential vice presidential influences.
A light column notes how moving vans bring new neighbors and chatter about heat. It jokes about a bee or not a bee as a big picnic question. A Kentucky preacher proposes banning crooning in churches to boost attendance in future years.
New York op ed offers curbstone observations on women urging blunt truthfulness as the best path to harmony. It lampoons female behavior with wry quotes on lipstick, friendship, money, and marriage, concluding with a tongue in cheek note on a wife’s fear of a lion tamer.
Dr Elizabeth Forbis Semiphill of Alford Aberdeenshire announces completion of legal steps to change sex. Shown in highland dress, she takes the name Dr Ewan Forbes Semphull and says years of medical treatment established her masculinity, potentially earning a Scottish title and castle if protocol allows.
A new Russian song heard on 5 Radio claims If Stalin has said you already have it or will have it. A Moscow concert last night opened with the tune but not the rest of the lyrics.
A fragmented crossword style clue list includes entries for cinema star Bickfort and others. The readable portion features hints like Surfeited rebuke mineral rock and other terse definitions. The text appears as an OCR garble of a puzzle page with numerous incomplete words and disconnected clues.
Across clues include Promontory protective covering and emissaries with Stage whisper and dull monotony hints. Down entries feature light brown distinct part and son of Eve with flower and hurl, poem, right abbreviation, and froster.
A Kansas State College expert says fall is for planning windbreak sites to be planted later. Forester Harold Gallaher notes lack of planning keeps windbreaks at the wish stage and cites a farmer who recovered three truckloads of scrap iron. He advises clearing now, keeping ground rough until spring, then disk or harrow before planting.
Monday evening at Loth holz Hall Miss Carol Sparks of Eudora was honored at a bridal shower. She becomes the bride of Pfe Gerald Gordon. Games entertained guests and gifts were displayed as the bride opened many presents. Present were H E Sparks Irene Kurtz and daughter Carolyn plus several autres.
Mary Jane Reading Rutter born February 21 1855 near Brigh ton TY moved post Civil War to Osage Kansas then Lyndon and Lawrence married Chester Lyman Rutter in 1879. He died 1926 she later lived with her sons and entered Kansas Masonic Home Wichita 1944 died September 3 funeral September 5 at Funk's Chapel with Eastern Star services burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving children Carl Rutter Lawrence George Rutter Independence granddaughter Mary Esther Rutter Kansas City Missouri.
Television guide entries show Sept 17 18 schedules with programs across multiple channels including news, weather, sports, dramas, and variety shows. Highlights include Kraft Theater, Boxing, Howdy Doody, Space Cadet, and Community Forum with several To Be Announced slots and late night news finales.
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