Retirement plans of top EU researcher Miss Downs
Lawrence correspondent notes Cora Downs, 74, a leading KU microbiology researcher famed as Miss Tularemia for work on rickettsia and Q fever, plans to retire this year. She will limit lab work, advise colleagues, and devote time to gardening and travel including Greece, archaeology, and English history.
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Lawrence
Cora Downs
Office of Naval Reesearch
Miss Downs
East Asia
University of Kansas Microbiology Departement
Cora .Downs
Delbert Shankel
K. U. Microbiology Department
Institute of Epidemology
Moscow
Rabe
Shankel
Daevid Paretsky
Micros
Ree
Navy
Lord Moran
Churchill
Ricketts Ia
Printed Pattern 4962 for Children's Sizes 2 4 6 10
Pattern notes by Jana Melons describe a sunlit play tent with pleated sides and easy shoulder toning. Quick to cut, sew in cottons with no ironing, size 6 requires 1 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric, price 65 cents in coins.
A Marriage Can Go Sour Quickly
A Winnetka husband writes to Ann Landers about marital disenchantment. He and another reader describe dull sex life and loss of interest, wishing for a churchgoing wife and a happier home. The reply calls disenchantment universal and endorses choosing wisely.
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Ann Landers
Wall Street
Winnetka
LaSalle Street
Holiday Visit With Family
Mildred Blank of Kansas City formerly Ottawa returned home from Holden Massachusetts after holidays with sister and family Mr and Mrs Ted Dorkins Anne Jenni fer Doug and a nephew and wife Mr and Mrs Griff Dorkins Holden lies 40 miles west of Boston She visited Plym outh Rock and Longfellow Wayside Inn
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Mildred Blank
Kansas City
Ottawa
Holden
Mass
Ted Dorkins
Anne
Jennifer
Doug
Griff Dorkins
Boseton
Plyemouth Rock
Longfellow
Wayside Inn
Shrine Business Session Opens Plans For Lamb Luncheon
Mrs. Arlene Talbott presided at the White Shrine business session in Mas onic Temple. The group announced a lamb luncheon for an agriculture extension group in the Mas onic dining room. Plans were made for an advance night on Feb 9 when Mr and Mrs Louis Dale will be in the east. A ceremonial is set for Feb 23.
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Arlene Talbott
White Shrine
Massonic Temple
Mae Sonic
Louis Dale
Organizing Music Club Chooses Name Next Meeting
Mrs. Eldon Rae der hosts a gathering of piano pupils with Catherine Beck at the Beck home. Eighteen members and guests enjoyed solos and duets as they plan a club name with Peggy Campbell at the next meeting. Catherine and her mother provided refreshments.
Travelogue for Tot To Teen Club Slides From Europe Trip
Mrs R A Bruce presented the program for the Tot To Teen Club on Wednesday evening. The meeting featured a true velogue with slides from a Europe trip she and her husband took last summer. Hostess Mrs John Fisher was assisted by Mrs Bill Snider with guests Mrs Neil Bullock Mrs Warren Weien and Mrs Boyd Cooper present.
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R. A. Bruce
Europe
John Fisher
Bill Snider
Neil Bullock
Warren Weien
Boyd Cooper
Baby named Kurtis Blaine born in Miami County hospital
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Leach of Osawatomie on January 20 at Miami County hospital weighs six pounds, fifteen ounces. The child is named Kurtis Blaine. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Olin Leach of Wellsville and Mrs. and Mrs. Darner of Paola. Great grandmothers are Mrs. Margaret Cunningham of Olathe and Mrs. Lula Leach of Baldwin.
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Elwood Leach
Osawatomie
Miami County Hospital
Kurtis Blaine
L. R. Darner
Paola
Olin Leach
Wellsville
Margaret Cunningham
Olathe
Lula Leach
Baldwin
Leisure Hour Club Luncheon Placed at Mrs Crick Home
Nine women attended a 1 p.m. luncheon for Leisure Hour Club members hosted at Mrs. Bob Crick's Richmond residence. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Willard Collins's Richmond home.
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Leisure Hour Club
Bob Crick
Richmond
Willard Collins
Blakesley Ott Wedding in Methodist Chapel
Linda Dianne Blakesley and David Eastman Ott wed January 21 in the First Methodist Church chapel. The ceremony featured white gladioli and candles, with family and friends present. The couple plans a wedding trip to Topeka and then home at 610 Walnut. the bride is a Ottawa High School senior and the groom a service attendant at Heart of America Truck Stop in Olathe.
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First Methodist Church
Linda Dianne Blakesley
Floyd W. Blakesley
S. Oak
David Eastman Ott
John Ott
Charles P. Knight
Richard Stewart
Karen Herrman
Toopeka
Walnut
Ottawa High School
Heart
Amereia
Olathe
Fort Scott Junior Colege
Pittsburg State College
Counseling Is Program Topic At Soroptimist Meeting
The Soroptimist Club topic Thursday evening was The Increasing Need for and the Value of Counseling. Mrs. Howard Doman spoke on junior high level, Harvey Drake on high school, and Miss Elizabeth Snodgrass, associate dean of students at Ottawa University, addressed university concerns. Hostess Mrs. Harold J. Lamb was assisted by Mrs. Hale Blair. Tea period featured lavender mums and candles. guest Miss Helen Frederick of Topeka attended.
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Howard Doman
Harvey Drake
Elizabeth Snodgrass
Ottawa University
Harold J. Lamb
Tess
Hale Blair
P. R. Jamison
Glenn Mack
Helen Frederick
Topeka
Family Returns From Bangkok
Sgt. Eugene O'Mara his wife and children Robin and Mark return to Kansas City from Bangkok Thailand to enroll Robin in Richmond sixth grade and hospitalize Mark for diabetes at KU Medical Center. O'Mara will finish his 30 day leave before resuming duty.
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Eugene O'Mara
Robin
Mark
Kansas City
Alfred Sigler
Richmond
O’mara
Bangkok
Thaisland
K.U. Medical Center
Excellence Award To Ottawa Teacher
Mrs. Mary Louise Risdon, a Lincoln School fourth grade teacher in Ottawa, received an honorable mention from The Instructor magazine. Presentation by Principal Kendall Hay on February 23 at a Lincoln PTA meeting.
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Mary Louise Risdon
Lincoln School
Kendall Hay
Lincoln P.T.A
Mary Louise Risedon
Otetawa
Elizabeth
Delta Kappa Gamma
Kappa Delta Pi
National Education Association
P.T.A
Ottawa
Minnie Matteson to Celebrate 99th Birthday
Friends announce Minnie Matteson of Long Beach California will celebrate her 99th birthday on February 1. She resides with her daughter Faye Matteson at 1910 East 4th Street Long Beach. The family moved to California in the early 1920s. Her son has been in poor health since a stroke but is improving. She enjoys receiving mail.
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Minnie Matteson
Long Beach
Calif
LeLoup
Faye Matteson
E. 4Th
California
Mattesson
WSCS Circles Hold Studies Evening at Home
WSCS circles of the First Methodist Church met Thursday in members’ homes. Elizabeth Circle hosted by Mrs. David Towner with cohostess Mrs. Max Seymour opened with devotions on the Lord’s Prayer. Sarah Circle hosted by Mrs. Allen Unruh with cohostess Mrs. Robert Miller had a devotion by Mrs. Lyle Anderson and discussed A Gift for a Child. The lesson Beginnings of Methodism and What it Offers Today was given by Mrs. Mike Newmastery.
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W.S.C.S
First Methodist Church
Elizabeth Circle
David Towner
Max Seymour
Sarah Circle
Allen Unruh
Robert K. Miller
Lyle Anderson
Mike Newmastery
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Bennett
Bennett’s
Bennett Ice Cream Store
N. Main
Blakesley-Ott
Sic
Loren D. Matethews
Christine Nichols
Glen Conus
Dundee
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Mon
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Acousticon Allen Co
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K.C
Wichita
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