Women of Ottawa University seniors honored at Kerr home
Lois Smith reports a gathering at Prof. and Mrs. Edgar D. Kerrs marking the last choir season for Ottawa University seniors and longtime choir members. Mrs Bernerd Hawley received an aluminum tray gift for service. The First Baptist picnic plans move to Chicago as Hawley enters seminary. Mission Circle towels for Ransom Memorial and an all day work meeting were noted with attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Kerr
Ottawa University
Bernerd Hawley
Ransom Memorial Hospital
United Presbyterian Church
Charles Weaver
R. O. Bundy
Mines
Todd Macdonald
J. H. Foster
Elmer Bell
William Whitacre
Carl Wittman
Ora Fanning
Ralph, Paul
Glenn Sarver
Socialettes Dinner Guests at Axtell Home Vassar
Social notes record Sunday dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. Dan Axtell in Vassar. Attendees included Wilbur Cox of Oklahoma City Emmett Mayer and family Pomona Conrad Mayer and family Bobbie Tony Linn Roberta Kincaid Edward Mayer Kitty Jo Donald and Jimmy Garnett. Coxes spent a week with the Mayers in Pomona. Girl Scout Council voted 100 for a lake area project at Mears Park with members Lena Hutchins the Mines M Bennett Helen Pacheco and R A Bruce present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Axtell
Vassar
Wilbur Cox
Oklahoma City
Mayer
Emmett
Pomona
Conrad Mayer
Bobbie
Tony Linn
Roberta
Kincaid
Edward Mayer
Kitty Jo
Donald
Jimmy
Garnett
A. S. Mayer
Girl Scout Council
Emerson Cax
Mears Park
Lena Hutchins
the Mines
M. M. Bennett
Helen Pacheco
R. A. Bruce
Berean Guild Members Meet for Devotions and Readings
George Lister and John Pinney attended a Berean Guild gathering of the United Presbyterian church hosted by Joan McCandless. Members received prayers and poems for devotion. Mrs. Robert Coleman led business. Floyd Jacob spoke on Missionaries at Erzel and Frenchburg Ky. R. C. Bundy led prayer and Bible study. Joan led Bible quizzes. G R McCandless aided refreshments. Melissa Semple guest, nine members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berean Guild
The
United Presbyterian Church
Joan McCandless
Robert Coleman
Floyd Jacob
Erzel
Frenchburg
R. C. Bundy
Joan
G. R. McCandless
Melissa Semple
Communists Ordered to Go Legal in Japan
Shoichi Kasuga, chairman of the Japanese Communist Party central directorate, told a convention of about 100 party leaders that the party must abandon underground activity and operate legally under Japanese law. Kyodo News said the orders were issued to the National Council and that the session was closed to reporters.
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Tokyom
Japan
Communist Party
Kyodo
Shoichi Kasuga
Kasuga
Farm mink pelt price averages around twenty five
The article notes that the typical market price for a farm raised mink pelt is about 25 dollars per pelt. It highlights current pricing as a benchmark for producers and traders in the fur industry.
Annual Franklin County Playday at OU August 4
The Franklin County H C A playday at Ottawa University auditorium August 4 features Gertrude E. Lewis in Navajo attire for the morning talk. Afternoon highlights include Betty Brammell on fancy breads, group singing led by Mrs. Binns and Pattie, a vocal solo, a scenic movie, a reading by Leo Miller, and trumpet numbers by Bobby Binns, Larry Anderson, and Sandra Schwinn. Nursery care and child notices requested by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County H. C. A
Ottawa University
Gertrude E. Lewis
San Juan
W. J. Phillips
W. R. Binns
L. T. Pattie
S. T. Thornton
United States
Leo Miller
Bobby Binns
Larry Anderson
Sandra Schwinn
J. F. Schwinn
Pomona
Swap of visits eyed for top Soviet leaders return
Senators Aiken and Sparkman urged exchange visits with Moscow after President Eisenhower said informal talks about reciprocal travel have occurred at Geneva. They proposed inviting Soviet leaders to the United States or sending Vice President Nixon to Russia, with Dulles or Nixon as possible emissaries. They emphasized citizen exchanges and individual visits over official reciprocal travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aiken
Sparkman
United States
Nixon
Russia
Senate ‘Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Geneva
Eden
London
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Britain
Kansas Turnpike hits midpoint of 160 million program
TOPEKA reports a progress update on the Kansas Turnpike showing nearly half the project under contract. Gale Moss, general manager, stated mid July contract value stands at 48,874,795 dollars. What remains includes 21 of 256 bridges and paving bids on 195 miles. Completion and opening to the public are targeted for October 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Moss
Highway Death Toll Report For 1955
TOPEKA Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records section. In the last 24 hours the count shows zero. To date in 1955 the total is 304, slight increase from 301 in the same period of 1954. A note on U.S. Savings Bond appears in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
India set to raise coal output to sixty million tons
India's planners aim for 60 million tons of coal annually by 1961, marking the end of the second five year plan. Current production stands at 37 million tons per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Family Luck On Dim Side
Seven members of the Hugh Metcalf family in Wesley Hospital at Wichita are reeling from a month of bad luck. Tom Metcalf, 17, a Concrete Materials Co. plant superintendent’s son, lies in serious condition after a tractor accident. His mother, Mrs. Hugh Metcalf, faces heart surgery later this week. A disaster struck during a road trip when a tire blew out, causing the family car to overturn between Augusta and Wichita. Metcalf, two grandmothers, and two younger sons were injured, with broken shoulders and other injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Kas
Hugh Metcalf
Wesley Hospital
Wichita
Tom
Concrete Materials Co
Wichita Hospital
Frank
Lizzie Metcalf
Ethel Gorham
Clarksville
Scratched and bruised victims taken to Wesley Hospital
Several individuals sustained scratches and bruises and were transported to Wesley Hospital for treatment after the incident. The report notes no further details on injuries or causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Hospital
Weather Man Very Cautious
ST. Louis reporting on Harry Wahlgren the government weather man who avoids saying the word hot in forecasts. In 98 degree heat a reporter asked why not use it, he replies forecasts note continuing heat and humidity but will not declare it hotter than ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Harry F. Wahlgren
Wahlgren
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N. Cedar
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Riddle
Ottawa, Kansas
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Los Angeles
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