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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1936
Page
12
Mrs C E Decker of 705 Tennessee street won the Market Basket prize for a cooking eggplant recipe. The entry details an eggplant la Rector dish, including peeling slicing soaking, egg crumb coating, and deep frying, served with a cheese sauce. Next week’s prize goes to cauliflower recipe submissions.
Wichita Kansas Sept 25 two persons are dead and another is in hospital in critical condition after an auto collision five miles east of the city. The dead are E O Parks 52 salesman and David Porter 14 son of Mr and Mrs Edwin C Porter. Patsy Haun 13 is in hospital with a fractured skull and grave condition. Driver George Adkins 22 of Burden was injured mainly by shock. Adkins said Porter and Haun were approaching an intersection as his car came from the left and he thought Porter had the right of way. Porter and Parks were killed almost instantly. The Porters and Hauns are from prominent Wichita families. Porter is secretary treasurer of Rounds and Porter Lumber Co. Haun is president of W G Haun Investment Co.
Reverend D E Russell of Wellman church named CCC camp chaplain in Jefferson County. Sixty five attend fiddler reunion. James Holladay family among attendees. Sunny Valley Farm Bureau held meeting with 11 members and one guest Mrs Ethel Wilbur. lessons on picture study framing discussed. Pasadena convention noted. October 6 event planned with Octave Ford flying solo. others visiting and assisting in local work.
Several residents are noted for local activities including McGeehee managing routes, Will Rice measuring wheat acreage, and Harold Skeet reporting a strong community sale in Oskaloosa. Visits span from Brown and Allen families returning via Williamsown to Ruth Rose visiting Eskridge, with hospital stays for Octave Ford’s infant and Ernest Shrader’s health updates.
A long list of extended family visits and social events from Lawrence and nearby areas. Names include Hazel and Helen Skeet, Russell and Bartlett Skeet, Katherine Fullerton, Mr and Mrs Harold Skeet, Mrs A A Allen, Sam Allen, Mrs Viola Shiry, Mrs Charles Stewart, Mrs Octave Ford, Ira Ward, Jack Kelsey, Will Haley, Wilma and Rosa Fars, Arthur Ousdahl, Harold Skeets, Raymond Raybourne, and John Lansdowne. Funeral for John Lansdowne noted at Hardy Oak cemetery. Lansdownes longtime Valley Grove residents. Mention of a Topeka fair attendance and a superstition about eating peas on New Year’s Day.
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