Pickwick Club Luncheon Honors Former Ottawan Mrs Stookey
PICKWICK CLUB members hosted a luncheon at Mrs B F Bowers home honoring former Ottawan Mrs Roy Stookey of Topeka who plans to move to Denver. Cards followed. Attendees included Myra Adler Eunice Ott and several named Ottawans and out of town guests from Kansas City St Joseph and East Orange.
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Pickwick Club
B. F. Bowers
Roy Stookey
Topeka
R. S. Hanes
Jo Wolf
Lucille Nelson
Frances Adler
the Mines
A. C. Carpenter
C. A. Washburn
R. O
Ninety Year Old Mrs Adams Fetes Birthday Guests
West circle hosts and guests attended a meeting with devotions lessons and music as 36 women gathered. A 90th birthday celebration for Mrs William Adams at 504 N Mulberry drew friends including Miss Maude Adams and Mr Harmonson’s birthday.
Valley Chapel Ladies Society program and guests
The Socialettes Valley Chapel Ladies Society held a meeting yesterday with host Mrs Earl Moore. President Mrs W EK Scott led the session and Mrs G E Sweet gave devotions. Visitors included Mrs Robert Moore, Marsha, and Diana Hull. Other members listed include James M V Smith, Richard Dunn, W E Vick, and Perry Dunn. Houseguests of Miss Clara Kaiser and John Kaiser were Mrs David Dietrich and Mr and Mrs Thomas Morgan with their children Margaret and Tommy from Kingsman Arizona. Reverend and Mrs Dean Kirkwood and son Steven of Berkeley California left yesterday after visiting Ottawa relatives and a brother in Wichita. They plan to attend a three day Baptist convention en route home via Rock Springs Wyoming, both graduates of Ottawa University. Mrs J C Butler of Cherryvale Kansas has been visiting this week at Walter Butler’s home and will return to Clinton Pennsylvania with her son and family. The Butler family and Robert Butler’s relatives have also visited here. Mrs J C Butler will visit Clinton for two months then attend a Baptist assembly at Green Lake Wisconsin before returning to Ottawa.
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Kim Arlene
Orville Slingsby
Stanley ‘Ray
Raymond Goodin
Mary Ann
Daugh
Louis Lind‘strom
Richard Lee
Tom Goodin
Mark Steven
Jim Owen
Harry Dyer
Phoenix
Ariz
Frank Slingsby
Ottawa
Roy Ferflinger
Kansas City
Edward Barker
Pomona
Cleo Baer
Wesley
Lyndon
Walter Slingsby
George Owen
Green
Lester Anderson
Leonardville
Eldon Reed
Manhattan
Lewis Webber
Topeka
Bill Tarryl
Perry
Thaine Schafer
Broughton
Tom Slingsby
John Slingsby
Fannie Slingsby
Nellie Goodin
Elizabeth Rundle
Ed Rundle
Dick Rheinhardt
Nancy Morrison
Clay Center
Dean Cross
Chester Ward
Valley Chapel Ladies Society
Earl Moore
W. EK. Scott
G. E. Sweet
Robert Moore
Marsha
Diana Hull
Ames
M. V. Smith
Richard Dunn
W. E. Vick
Dunn
Clara Kaiser
John Kaiser
David Dietrich
Thomas Morgan
Margaret
Tommy
Kingsman, Ariz
Dean Kirkwood
Steven
Berkeley
Calif
Josephine Kirkwood
Wichita
Cawker City
Kas
Rock Springs
Wyo
Rev
Kirkwood
Ottawa University
J. C. Butler
Cherryvale
Walter Butler
Clinton
Robert Butler
John Sealey
J. C Butler
Baptist Assembly
Green Lake
Wis
Looking Back At Ottawa Society June 17 1940
Jane Allison and Jacquela Keller hosted a small gathering at the Allison home recreation room with a potluck supper and dancing. Attendees included Wilda Hosler Dorothy Hogue Corrine Gilchrist Lelah Howell Sheila Boff Ruth Norman Rosemary Harding Lyle Sutherland Bud Jones Leon Mahoney Bob Parrish Carl Laird Jerome Minnick Gordon Howard G W Campbell and Ray Waddell Virginia Pearce of Independence Missouri returned home Saturday after a week’s visit with Mr and Mrs E I Pearce.
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Jane Allison
Jacquela Keller
Allison
Wilda Hosler
Dorothy Hogue
Corrine Gilchrist
Lelah Howell
Sheila Boff
Ruth Norman
Rosemary Harding
Lyle Sutherland
Bud Jones
Leon Mahoney
Bob Parrish
Carl Laird
Jerome Minnick
Gordon Howard
G. W. Campbell
Ray Waddell
Virginia Pearce
Independence
E. I. Pearce
Kansas Baptist Women Plan House Party on OU Campus
Kansas Baptist Women schedule their annual House Party on Ottawa University campus from June 22 to 24 with conferences for all divisions of Baptist women’s work. Speakers include Mrs. E J D Aboy and Mrs Joleta McElhaney. Ben F Bowers will speak at the Thursday banquet. Rev. Roger Fredrikson and Rev. William Keucher also on program. About 450 women expected for the two meetings.
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Baptist Women of
Kansas
Ottawa University
E. J. D’aboy
American Baptist Convention
Joleta McElhaney
Geary
Okla
Arcola Buffam
Bethel
Kansas City
Kas
Ben F. Bowers
Ottawa
Roger Fredrikson
William Keucher
Topeka
Baptist Business
Iending
Babies Named In Lawrence And Pomona Birth Notices
The June births include Stephen Andrews Hanes son of Lyle A. and Mary Jo Wollam Hanes in San Antonio weighing seven pounds five ounces. Kenneth Glen Kelley son of James K. and wife in Pomona weighs six pounds eight ounces. Steven Dale Rea son of John Robert Rea Jr. in Pomona weighs eight pounds seventy four ounces. Susan Gail Stewart daughter of George E. and wife in Lawrence weighs eight pounds one ounce. Paternal and maternal relatives listed in each notice.
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Hanes
Lyle A. Hanes
East Ashley
San Antonio
Tex
Stephen Andrews
Henes
Mary Jo Wollam
Ottawa
Mary Wollam
N. Sycamore
Lyle D Hanes
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kelley
James K. Kelley
Route 2
Pomona
Kenneth Glen
Rea
John Robert Rea, Jr
Steven Dale
Stewart
George E. Stewart
New York, Lawrence
Susan Gail
Jewel Theft Reported in Mission Hills
A burglary was reported at the home of Dr and Mrs Desmond Curran in Mission Hills Kansas with an $11,000 jewelry loss. The entry appeared to be through a second floor window while the couple and a guest were downstairs.
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Mission Hills
Kas
Desmond Curran
Food Costs Rise In Kansas May Report
TOPEKA The State Labor Department states Kansas food costs in May averaged 1.3 percent higher than April and 1.8 percent above May 1954. Safe U S Savings Bonds.
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Topeka
State Labor Department
Kansas
Churchill declines UN anniversary invitation in San Francisco
Sir Winston Churchill, 80, declines an invitation to attend the 10th anniversary ceremonies of the United Nations in San Francisco. He is noted as the last surviving member of the wartime Big Three that founded the UN alongside Roosevelt and Stalin.
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London
Winston Churchill
San Francisco
United Nations
U.N
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Rome Turin line halt after mines found
Traffic on the Rome Turin line, one of Italy s busiest rail routes used by millions since the war, was halted abruptly while experts disarmed suspected German mines. Officials said the explosives likely formed part of enemy defenses.
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Italy
Rome
Turin
Rebels trapped as Hoa Hao forces encircled in Viet Nam
A government source said 15 National Army battalions have cornered most Hoa Hao rebels and Premier Ngo Dinh Diem’s rivals in a four mile square between Gacghia and That Not. Two rebel regiments under Gen Le Quang are reportedly trapped in the ring.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
National Army
Ngo Dinh Diem
Gacghia
le Quang
Forces and elite battalions under Hoa Hao commander
In the report Vinh's forces join two elite gllied battalions led by Hoa Hao Commander Tran Van Soal as part of the described military alignment amid the ongoing conflict.
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Yd Vinh
Hoa Hao
Tran van Soal
Low Bidder Named on Olathe School for Deaf Hospital Remodel
TOPEKA says B A Green Construction Co of Lawrence appears to be the apparent low bidder for remodeling the state school for the Deaf Hospital building at Olathe with a bid of 61 955 dollars. Only one other bid was submitted to the state purchasing division.
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Topeka
B. A. Green Conestruction Co
Lawrence
State School For the Deaf
Olathe
Istate
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