National Business Women Week Proclaimed in Lawrence
Lawrence announces National Business Women’s Week from September 25 to October 1. Mayor John P. Crown urges business leaders to observe AIM HIGH and support civic progress through the Lawrence BPW Club and the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. Sealed proclamation dated September 23, 1955. County traffic fines reported: Alvin Hallmark fined $10 and costs for passing in a prohibited lane, Frank LeRoyhammer fined $10 and costs for passing without sufficient clearance.
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National Federation OF Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs, Inc
Lawrence Bpw Club
National Federation OF Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc
John P. Crown
City of
Lawrence
John PO Crown
Hoc Fisher
van County
Alvin ‘Theodore Hallmark
Nf. Sr
Frank LeRoyhammer
DeSoto
Education Delegates Approve Curricula Focus At Douglas County Conference
First tabulations from the Douglas County Education Conference at Kansas University reveal delegates largely favor teaching essentials and deemphasizing athletics and extras. About 91 percent approve the curriculum, with 53 percent of the 72 percent seeking more emphasis on the three Rs and foreign languages. Sixty-three of nearly 200 attendees noted neglected groups, mainly gifted or high-ability students, as needing more attention.
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Douglas County
K. U
James Wortham
Big Enrollment Meeting Lists Attendees From Across States
The article notes a large attendance at a funding meeting with attendees named including Richard Decker Coffeyville John Billingsley Kansas City Granville Bush Lyons Mrs Bert Collard Leavenworth Ned Cush Ang Downs Roy Edwards Jr Kansas City Galen Fields Scott City Mrs M J Getto Lawrence Alfred Hil Swarthmore Otis Hill Wichita William Immer St Louis Robert Larrabee Liberal Stanley Learned Bartlesville Okla Fare Lobaugh Washington Sam Lowe Colby William Martin Topeka Otto Schnellbacher Topeka Dolph Simons Jr Lawrence James Taylor Sharon Springs William Townsley Great Bend Harry Valentine Clay Center Bruce Voran Pretty Prairie Frank Warren Emporia. The next board meeting is tentatively planned for the week of March 15.
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Richard Decker
Coffeyville
John Billingsley
Kansas City
Granville Bush
Lyons
Bert Collard
Leaventworth
Ned Cush
Ang
Downs
Roy Edwards Jr
Galen Fields
Scott ‘City
M. J. Getto
Lawrence
Alfred ‘Hil
Swarthmore, Pa
Otis Hill
Wichita
William Immer
Marriage Licenses Issued In Probate Court
Licenses go to Dana A Leibengood 22 and Barbara E Elam 21 both of Lawrence Jacob Brey 57 of Oskaloosa and Nell M Brown 57 of Lawrence Ray E Poage 48 and Betty Johnson 31 both of Chillicothe Mo four divorces suit filed Virgil Dean Carpenter versus Betty Jean Carpenter in District Court
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Dana A. Leibengood
Barbara E. Elam
Lawrence
Jacob Brey
Oskaloosa
Nell M. Brown
Ray E. Poage
Betty Johnson
Chillicothe
Virgil Dean Carpenter
Betty Jean Carpenter
Doodles Note Left in Milk Bottle by Perry Comg
Humorous reminiscence extols milk drinking and vitamin claims. The writer jokes about a note left by Perry Comg in a milk bottle, referencing Guy Lombardo and Harry James, while praising milk’s health benefits and the idea of every citizen owning a private cow.
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Perry Comg
Guy Lombardo
Harry James
Aryone
Circle Your Choice As The Winner Football Contest
A reader contest in the Lawrence Journal-World invites entries listing preferred winners from a long slate of college teams and programs. Entrants must print name and address, mail or deliver to the Football Editor by Friday noon, with weekly prize rules and eligibility limitations noted.
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Journal-World
Lawrence Journal-World
Journal- World
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence and Kansas City
Mrs Hazel Mae Meyer 44 died Sunday at her Muncie home mother of John Meyer of Lawrence a Kansas University student. Surviving include husband James R. Meyer daughter Edna R. Deetz parents and two sisters. Funeral 1:30 Tuesday at War nick-Custer-Eads Chapel Kansas City burial Chapel Hill Cemetery. Dr Robert Taft 61 professor of chemistry Kansas University funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday Rumsey Funeral Home officiated by Rev Edwin F. Price and Rev Ernst Klein. Casket not opened burial Memorial Park Cemetery active pallbearers Parke Woodard Walter Schoener Thomas Ryther George Anderson Arthur Davidson Robert Vosper honorary pallbearers listed. Dr Taft found dead Friday at 1713 La St coronary attack. John Edward Ed Watkins 83 died Saturday night Lawrence Memorial Hospital born April 2 1872 lived 57 years salesman Brinkman’s Bakery retired 1933 survived by wife Myrtle daughters Mrs Leonard House and two sons Roy and Glenn. sister Mrs Charles E. Scott brother Frank Watkins. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday Funk-Cooper Warren Chapel burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Daniel Augustus Baker 89 died Sunday at daughter Cordelia Mitchell’s home 1120 N St formerly of Labadie Mo resident Lawrence 60 years survived by daughter Mrs Mitchell son Lawrence Baker of Los Angeles brother George Baker of Lawrence sisters Mrs Gertrude Brown and Mrs Sarah Allen two grandsons Thomas Mitchell Donald Mitchell and four great grandchildren.
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Hazel Mae Meyer
Muncie
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Lawrence
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Edna R. Deetz
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George Stratton
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H. B. Hungerford
D. J. Ameel
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la. St
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Ed) Watkins
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Taylorville
Ind
Brinkman’s Bakery
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Leonard House
Sm St
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Glenn Watkins
Ottawa
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Los Angeles
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Oakland
Calif
Funk-Cooper, Warren
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Cordelia Mitchell
Elm St
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Mitchell
Baker
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Gertrude Brown
St. Louis
Sarah Allen
Detroit
Mich
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Ash Sr
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Memorial Hospital Admits and Births Mixed List
Memorial Hospital reports admissions including Charles Johnson Clifford Rye Goldie Gibler Mary Zimmerman Kent Balyeat Daisy Hemming Billie Nicholas Norma Schreiber Nina Griswold Robert Riddle Matt Mulkey Rosier George and Walter Snow with multiple addresses in De Soto Sunflower Eudora Perry Overbrook and other towns Birth notices list Mr and Mrs John Troth Hird Hardy Holden Davis with sons and daughters born this weekend at designated residences
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Pa. St
Clifford Rye
DeSoto
Goldie Gibler
N. J. St
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del. St
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Ky. St
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Summit St
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Eudora
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Ohio St
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Robert Riddle
Matt Mulkey
George’ Rosier
Perry
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Luella Pippert
R. I. St
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Pearl Flory
Overbrook
Maude Siroky
Nellie Colman
Sebum Hall
Right-of-way Rules for Turning Cars
When two vehicles intend to turn in the same direction the car turning right has priority over the car turning left. This rule from Lawrence Police Department outlines right-of-way for drivers negotiating shared turns.
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Lawrence Police Department
KU football win eases critics after Washington State clash
Lawrence reports cite KU 13 0 victory over Washington State ending a 17 game losing streak. Fans debate coaching and scoring while Alfred Hill from Swarthmore suggests KU’s season plans and future trips.
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Scoop
K.U
Fred Elsworth
Colorado
K.u.colorado
Hill
Jayhawker
Washington State
Lawrence
Eldridge
Chuck Mather
Boulder
Market roundup edges lower amid broad selling trend
Stocks fell sharply after news of President Eisenhower's heart setback, with many issues dropping 1 to 7 points and U S Gypsum tumbling 45 to 270. A scorching turnover near 7 million shares marked the day, though two rallies trimmed losses before renewed pressure closed near session lows.
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Wall Street
New York
Eisenhower
U. S
Bishop From Japan Will Tell of Episcopal Work
Trinity Episcopal Church plans a parish meeting at 8 Tuesday to hear Rt. Rev. Timothy Nakamura bishop of the Diocese of Tohoku in Japan report on Far East church work. He spoke at Hawaii's General Convention and is touring the U S sharing details of Japanese church efforts.
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Far East
Timothy Nakamura
Tohoku
Japan
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Hawaii
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