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Lawrence African Violet Club Meeting and DAR Notes
The Lawrence African Violet Club reports a 7:30 p.m. Friday meeting with Linda Howe as host and Laurie Nelson as co host featuring an AVSA slide program on African Violets, a red blossom contest, and a raffle. DAR notes from the General Edward Hand chapter cover a Feb meeting at City Hall with guest speaker Bob Redeker on Lincoln and the Civil War, two top essay winners Lydia Roberts and Dennis Golden, and a March 8 meeting at Freda Gilmore’s home with quilt show and guest speaker Jayne Turner. Eastern Star marks Phil and Letha McCracken’s 73rd wedding anniversary and outlines plans for degrees in March plus a chicken noodle dinner benefiting York Rite charities.
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Lawrence
Linda Howe
Laurie Nelson
AVSA
Ted Luber
Dar
Edward Hand
Daughters of the American Revolution
City Hall
Ira Rushing
Olive Buehler
Belinda Brown
Betty Wittmeyer
Edith Rader
Taos
Emily Kirkpatrick
Bob Redeker
Redeker
Karen McKenzie-McAdoo
Lydia Roberts
Pomona
Dennis “Andy” Golden
Ottawa
Jeanne Schmidt
Bettie Ore
National Defense
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Christie
Betty Salsbury
Virginia Wallace
Freda Gilmore
Barbara Dew
Barbara Netherland
Roberta Whiting
Kitty Sampson
Mabel Lister
Sunshine Gaddis
Natalie
Bill Roberts
Dennis
Andy” Golden
Sherry Golden
Mary Lynn Gollier
Jayne Turner
Phil
Letha Mae McCracken
Union
Order of the Eastern Star
Charlene Lister
East
Freda Hughes
John Berton
Ray Talbott
York Rite
John
Martha Berton