Lawrence Officials to Attend Kansas Municipalities Meet in Topeka
Four Lawrence city officials will join the thirty-second annual convention of the League of Kansas Municipalities in Topeka next Monday through Wednesday. Attendees include F A Russell Ben L Williamson B M Babb and Willard Brown with sessions on water rates sewage charges highways taxation and city finances. The program features merit amendment discussions round tables and an address by Justice Walter Thiele with final business sessions Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
League of Kansas Municipalities
Topeka
Acone
John Stutz
League
Fraser Hall
University
F. A. Russell
Leadia
Ben L. Williamson
State Board of Health
B. M. Babb
Willard Brown
Zstutz
Convention
Kansas
Charles A. Richard
Seneca
Kansas Merit Amendment Association
Ed Morgenstern
Salina
Frank Lostutter
Emporia
D. J. Fair
Sterling
J. D. Byers
Coffeyville
E. A. Schaaf
Leavenworth
R. R. Criss
Council Grove
State Municipal Accounting Board
Mark Bennett
Arl H. Chatters
Municipal Finance Officers, Association of the
United States and
Canada
Chicago
Walter G. Thiele
Kansas Supreme Court
V. J. Marhofer
Ransom
Otto B. Wenrich
Oxford
Fryers and hens advertised with delivery service
The ad lists fryer sizes and young roasting hens for sale with free dress draw and delivery. It mentions candied eggs and a White's Phone 287 number with prices including $1.00. The layout resembles a classified poultry notice from a local newspaper.
Shakers on Display in Bell Music Store Window
Vera Jones of 1916 Louisiana Street displays 225 sets of salt and pepper shakers in a Bell Music store window. The collection spans 20 states with five English sets and includes bone and redwood carvings. Some shakers come from airline service and the hobby grew in a year with help from Eldridge Hotel contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Jones
Louisiana
Bell Music Store
England
Willkie backs old fashioned Thanksgiving date in 1941
Fort Wayne dispatch notes Wendell L. Willkie would set Thanksgiving as the traditional last Thursday in November if elected president. Roosevelt previously fixed the holiday on the next to last Thursday to aid shopping season. Willkie responds: "The old fashioned date." Also lists marriage licenses issued by the probate judge for Cookinham and Blue as well as Williams and Jones, Stanford and Hare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Fort Wayne -News-Sentinel
California
George A. Cookinham
Topeka
Dorothy Jane Blue
Lawrence
Wendall Williams
Grace Jones
Sharon B. Stanford
Phoenix
Ariz
Olive P. Hare
Make America Fit Plan Aims For National Preparedness
Philadelphia leader John B Kelly promotes a nationwide program to improve fitness for all citizens from 15 to 50 as a non political voluntary movement. He says the plan would build physical strength to endure wartime strain and potential food rationing while Roosevelt reviews the proposal. Also notes bicycle production rising to a record and a Model A Ford truck fire near Park Hetzel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
America
John B. ‘Kelly
Democratic Party
Root Olymple Scallinn
Anne
Kelly
Gustav Heineman
Temple
Social News: Local Visits and Guests Across Kansas
Sunday family picnic at Gardner lake brought together Mrs. Loren Butcher of New York City and many Kansas residents including Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hegeman of Kew Valley. Tuesday guests included Mrs. Tom Boome and Genevieve Kaegl of Leavenworth. Visits continued at the Rhoades and Neuffer homes with multiple regional families attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Lake
Loren Butcher
New York City
Elbert Wax
Charley Weeks
Linwood
Carl Hegeman
Kew Valley
Kenneth Pence
Leone Parker
Lawrence
Calvin Kuester
Pence
Bryona
Tom Boome
Genevieve Kaegl
Leavenworth
George Kaegl
Tuesay
Everett D. Pence
C. E. Rhoades
Overland Park
Butcher
Rhoades
Glen White
Kansas City
Emme Strobel
Alvena
Minnie Kurtz
Henry
Lecompton
Carl Neuffer
Minnie Abel
Eudora
Annetta Abel
Clearfield
Otto Abel
Abel
Martin Abel
E. Pence
L. L. Kindred
Community Guests and Visits Across Topeka and Area
Sunday visits span Topeka and nearby towns as families and friends travel between Lawrence and Emporia. Karl Wyatt named by Gus Kochs. Mrs. Nell Catlin and children dine with Melvin McPherson. hospital returns and recoveries noted for Mrs. Walter Wilson and others. Families tour, attend schools, and host gatherings as local life centers on health, education, and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Catlin
Topeka
Melvin McPherson
Gus Koch
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Koch
Karl Wyatt
Walter Gerstenberger
Allison
Mr. Reets
Olathe
Bagby
W. Gabel
Kansas City
E. D
Oshel
Gideon Nels
Ruby
Emporia
Kansas State Teachers College
Walter Wilson
Jack Howard
Lawrence
Gideon Neils
Emma Schneider
Eudora
Loren J. Butcher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larence
Muni Ipalities League
Sso Vt
Willkie
John B. Kelly
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Star Car
Park Hetzel
Evening Star
E.D. Pence
Sommer
Devonsheer Melba
Richelieu
Swifts
Calif
Nancy Halls Peck
Brich
Pillsbury Flour
Ibs
Hyde Park
Kroger
Ghiov
Anale Es
Sere
Ige
Tanceen
War Car
NTS
Nelson’s
Concord
Clapp's
Heinz Baby Food
Santa Clara
Boston
Bag
Town Crier
Rex
Armour’s Star
Peegee Foods
Sungold
Quality Tomatoes
Montmorency
Cherries
Isker
Spanico
Raul Meas
GMI Stitt
New York
Herkimer
Atment Beef
Wilson
Kroger's
Jonathan
Rocky Ford
Parkerhouse
Brinkman
U. & Pat
Hegeman
Kaw Valley
Floyd Broers Land
E. D. Pence
Gerald Ott
Joe Trout
Harold Gabriel
Hesper
William Spitsil
Greta Spi
Mra.riel
Arthur Ts
Alice Bernits
Carl Bernits
Charlie Brown
Marvin Gall
Gardner
Joe Burkhead
Elliott's Produce Co
Klock
C.O.D
Miss. St
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