Social and wedding notices from DeSoto area clubs
Social activities feature the Faculty Women's Club event at 3:30 to 9:30 Sunday with University faculty guests. The Twentieth Century Club plans a homecoming luncheon in Taipei and upcoming assignments. Wedding of Miss Elda Lane Manning to Donald Gorman Loper held at DeSoto Methodist with reception at Memorial Hall. A Beta Sigma Phi Xi Gamma Chapter meeting and Business and Professional Women open house noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto Methodist Church
Misa Elda Lane Manning
Eldon Manning
DeSoto
Donald Gorman Loper
Alma Loper
Tacoma
Wash
G. W. Longstreth
Lewis Loper
Winston Manning
Carl Martinson
Hazel Andrews
Lawrence
Business and Professional Women
Della Shaw
Frances Jolly
Faye Wood Ward
Minerva Miller
Misson Ward
Harrieter
Club Notes Reads of Various Women’s Group Meetings
A collection of dates and venues for local women’s clubs and church groups. Meetings include Fairview Women’s Society of Christian Service at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Assisting hostesses Mrs. Tom Akin. No Name Club autumn reunion at Mrs. Hoefer’s home. Business and Professional Women’s Club dinner at Hotel Eldridge. Lawrence Council of Church Women board 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday at Plymouth Congregational. Soroptimist International dinner at Castle Tea Room. University Women’s Club official board 10 a.m. Monday at Spooner Museum Lounge. First Presbyterian Women’s Guild executive board 7:30 p.m. Monday. Belleview Ladies Aid all day meeting Tuesday at Mrs. Marie Wiggins’s home. roll call poems or Bible verses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Tom Akin
Kenneth Schutz
Arthur Weeks
No Name Club
George Hoefer
Jessie Cutter
Daniela Will
Hoefer
Business and Professional Women's Club
Eldridge
Belle Pugh
Lawrence Council of Church Women
Plymouth Congregational Church
Lawrence Soroptimist International
Castle Tea Room
University Women's Club
Spooner Art Museum
First Presbyterian Women's Guild
Belleview Ladies Aid
Marie Wiggins
R. I. St
Belleview 4H Club Meeting At Heeper Building
The Belleview 4H Club met Monday evening with seventeen members thirteen guests and six leaders present. Officers listed include vice president Marjorie Sears secretary-treasurer Larry Wilson and reporter Weeks. Members received a certificate of recognition and plans were made for a Wiener Toast and passes ride on Saturday October 13. The group voted against having the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleview
Heeper
Marjorie Sears
Vise
Larry Wilson
Eevath Weeks
Bobby Jaine
Stull and India Home Demonstration Units Meet and Elect Officers
The Stull Home Demonstration Unit meeting is postponed to 1 30 p m Tuesday October 9 with Mrs Albert Hildenbrand hosting and roll call a favorite poem or saying The lesson Better Light for Better Light will be led by Mrs Walter Wulfkuhle and Mrs Harold Hissommer Election of officers planned Mrs Anthony Fornelli to host India Home Demonstration Unit at 1 30 p m Wednesday with lessons by Mrs Paul Clawson and Mrs Glenn Anderson on Better Light for Better Light Roll call topic My Favorite Poem or Saying There will be officer elections The Lone Star 4 H Club plans a Talent Show and Fun Festival Wednesday night October 2 Refreshments will be served Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Stephen Parmely
Roslane Wiggina
Ambrose Bigsby
J. F. Morgan
Leo Ousdahl
Earl Janeway
Oakridge School
Will Hayden
Parmely
Teddy Wiggins
Ruth Parmely
Theodore Wiggins
Eugene Nunemaker
Baker Murphy
Lawrence Leonhard
Jim Wigging
Donald Palmateer
Dick Wise
Frank Brune
Judy Ousdahl
Edwin Janeway
R. J. Brotherson
Ronald Robb
Sidney van Meensel
Glenn Colburn
Lydia Schaake
Frank Leonhard
West
Carol Miller
Mary
Stull Home
Albert Hildenbrand
Walter Wulfkuhle
Harold Hissommer
Anthony Fornelli
India
Paul Clawson
Glenn Anderson
Lone Star 4-H Club
Menu at LHS-JHS Cafeterias Spelling and offerings
The Lawrence Junior and Senior High School cafeterias present weekly meals featuring goulash with corn bread, ham loaf, fruit varieties, and mixed vegetables. Daily options include buttered spinach, bread and butter sandwiches, potato sides, and desserts like cherry cobbler and fudge cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lawrence High Students Win Arc Welding Awards in 1955 56
Lawrence High School announces two students Jerry Lee Wilcox Route 2 and Richard Davenport 935 Lyon St earned cash prizes in the national Arc Welding Award program for youth on farms or ranches. Wilcox wrote about a multi purpose trailer while Davenport submitted a fifth wheel heavy duty trailer. the foundation in Cleveland Ohio awarded 100 students five thousand dollars and ten schools two thousand dollars. Sunset Hill PTA to hold a special meeting at 7 15 this evening at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
Jerry Lee
Wilcox
Route 2
Richard Davenport
Lyon St
Davenport
James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation
Clevland
Ohio
Lawrence area notes and personals roundup
Personal notices from Lawrence include Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Brooks of Salem Ore visiting relatives in Lawrence and Kansas City. Alexandria Bay New York couple Mrs. V K Love and Mr. Love visiting her parents in town. Northwest Southwest motor trip details and eight thousand mile tour recounted. Cynthia Sue Howard born to Kathleen Norris and James D. Howard of Amarillo with grandparents in Topeka. Pvt Ira V Wilbur begins phase two of six month Reserve duty at Ft Dix NJ after basic at Ft Leonard Wood. James R Dick Durbin commissioned ensign in Navy Supply Corps at Newport and attending training in Athens Ga. Jerome Gleason heads to San An with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Brooks
Salem
Ore
Lawrence
Kansas City
V. K. Love
Alexandria Bay
N. Y
J Lee Fultz
R. S. St
Love
Phyllis Barrett
T. E. Dunakin
Northwest
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Seattle
John D. Howard
Amarillo
Tex
Cynthia Sue
Howard
Kathleen Norris
Rachel Reber
Lewis E. Howard
Topeka
Ira V. Wilbur
Walter T. Wilbur
Route 1
Perry
Ft. Dix
Ft. Leonard Wood, Jr
C.Z. Cron
R. 1
Cron
Donna Hunsinger
G. C. Hunsinger
James R
Dick) Durbin
Supply Corps
United States Navy
Newport
Navy Supply Corps
Athens
Durbin
Navy
Constance Cougas
Alameda
Calif
Debra
Michael
Earle Durbin
Eudora
Lawrence High School
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Journal-World
Journal-World Office
Jerome Gleason
Frank Gleason
Elm St
San An
Paris Scientist Visits University Campus in Kansas Row
Madame Elaine Basse of Paris visits the University of Kansas campus, conducting field tours with Dr. J. M. Jewett and Dr. Moore to study Cretaceous rocks. She is named outstanding woman by the International Association of University Women, arrived after attending the International Geological Congress in Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of University Women
Mexico City
J. M. Jewett
State Geological Survey
Mme. Basse
Lawrence
Topeka
Moore
Halsey Miller
Geological Survey
Kanaas
Kansas teen wins design prize for modern home
John F. Cook of Lenexa won a $1,000 NAHB model home contest prize for a split level contemporary design built during his senior year at Shawnee Mission High School. An airman apprentice in the Navy, stationed at Mustin Field, Philadelphia, he will receive the money after college. Cook plans to attend the University of Kansas and pursue architecture, possibly branching into other fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasitington i
Suipericiiy
National Assn. of
Home Builders
John F. Cook
Lenexa
Navy
Mustin Field
Philadelphia
Ralph Johnson
NAJIS
Cook
Shawnee Mission High School
Merriam, Kas
University of Kansas
Local Notices of Funeral, Births and Visits in DeSoto
Desoto area notices include Walter Tice funeral attendance by Wesley and Ed Coker and family. birth of Melissa Rae Cobb in Easton Pennsylvania. Osborne family planning Greenwich Rhode Island visit with stop in New York. Donald Gross visits in Kansas City. death of Edward R. Nanninca of Leonardville. Stuchbery travels from Kansas City to Leonardville Virginia and Karen Hambleton visit of Olathe. weekend visitors Joyce Caldwell and Gerald Lucas from KSAC and Ruth Es in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Coker
Ed Coker
Leon Coker
Mary
Roy
Osawatomie
Walter Tice
Wesley
Raymond Cobb
Easton
Melissa Rae
A. H. Cobb
Walter D. Osborne
Greenwich
R. 1
Donald
New York City
Mr. Osborne
Donald Gross
Kansas City
Virginia
Karen Hambleton
Olathe
C. S. Hambleton
Charles Dougas
Joyce Caldwell
Gerald Lucas
KSAC
Ruth Es
Local Residents and Visitors Noted in Area News
Scott and Darryl Zimmerman of Emporia State and Carlin Nally strom Ottawa University are mentioned among area residents. Don Plummer has returned home after a brief hospital stay for injuries from an auto crash. Numerous visits and moves are logged, including families from Iowa, Colorado, and Missouri. School transfers due to crowding are recorded at DeSoto and Sunflower. Charles Price completes 18 months of military service in Anchorage, Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ther Scott
Darryl Zimmerman
Emporia State
Carlin Nallystrom
Ottawa University
Don Plummer
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lester Hill
Orlwein
Iowa
Hill
Harry
Mande
Bowers
Leadville
Colo
Lester Warnop
Charles Cooper
Eris
David
T. A. Schmidt
Nebraska
Ernest Sigman
Charles Douglas
Lawrence
Mes
Louis R. Penner
Latta Neasé
Olathe Commmunity Hospital
Fred Montgomery
James Hadl
James
Kansas City
Robert Kobler
Kobler
Baby
Oscar Kobier
Florida
Alameda
Calif
Robert Taylor
W. C
Eudora
DeSoto
East
Sunflower
C. C. Curtis
Tonganoxie
Local notes on families and obituaries in Kansas region
A report of social updates includes rejoining families, births in Anchorage, and visits among Sunflower Mission and Lawrence residents. It notes the death of Mrs. Eric Schersand in Lancaster California, linked to local figures, and mentions relatives including Ollie Osborne and Geddes Harbison. Also recorded are guests at the Hambleton and Douglas households in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Roger Collins
Sunflower
Harry Dicken
Mission
Harry T. Smith
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Woodrow Coons
Leonard Hoffman
Coons
Lancaster
Calif
Eric Schersand
Ralph
Fay) Harbison
Mervon Osborne
Ollie
Frank Golden
DeSoto
Oberlin
California
Los Angeles
Schers
Dan Osborne
Geddes Harbison
Ralph Harbison
Ralph Virgil Baker
C. S. Hambleton
Charles Douglas
Also Mentioned on This Page
13Th
la. Sts
Arernathy Ie Mem
Taipei
Formosa
Minneapolis
St. Paul International
Ernest Quis
Wedey
SS Eunezond
Aireding
Myrile Thomas Waldemar Geltch
San Antonio
Floyd Thomas
L. E. ‘Thomas
Fort Worth
J. M. Torrence
Jack Hines
Erie
Owens
James Quwens
Joseph T. ‘Owens
Paha
L. E. Entriken
Washington, D.C
Joseph Owens
Pittsburgh
Hal Owens
Owensboro
Pryor Wall
Calhoun, Ky
Edward Proctor
Rusgellville
Hoyt A. Dudley Jr
Snk
Bonnie Dudley
Staff Village
Kay Robuck
Halstead
Dick Gould
Papale Jewett
Raymond Roberts
Raynond Roberts
Frank Roether
Arch Meinke
Longatreth
Lake of the Ozarks
Lope
Minn
Mr. Lopez
DeSoto Methodist
Xi Gamme
Beta Sigma Phi
Berenice Asher
Eileen Hrocker
Eileen Brosker
Harold Hamilton
Clarence Miller
John Miller
Samuel V Owens
Lawrence Country Club
Douglas County Fair
Jed
Paul Ross
Buddy Hade
Bobby Hains
Lhs-Jhs
Lawrence High
Sunset Hill Pta
L Stoner
West Hille
Mosser-Wele
Dass
Paris
Larope
Elaine Basseval
Sorbonne
Raymond Cy
Aeology
Basse
Paleon
Deee Omolaey
Lindley Pakes
Vtvl
Kansas Geol
Lackland Air Force
Seid Misery
Hammond
K.A
Velvet
Dally Vic Melton
Taz Mase
Pat
Tennessee St
Indian Antiques
Flowershop and Garden Supplies
15Th End
New York
Perry St
Wm. Guntert
Boggs Hat Shop
Vermont
Simmons Beautyrest
Miller Furniture CO
Masi
Russell Stover
Stowits Rexall Drug Stores
O'Brien
Anderson N Furniture
Independent
Independent Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Independent Laundry & Dry
Yassachusarrs
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