Community Groups and Service Activities Highlight May Gatherings
Franklin club officers were installed after a business meeting and Kansas Medical Assistants convention reports. Army Mothers Post 4 sewed bed boots for VA hospital and packed care boxes for Vietnam servicemen. Garfield Garden Club joined a Kansas City tour of the Wellesley Garden Tour, viewing gardens and Loose Park rose garden. Sacr Heart Altar and Rosary Society planned a July ice cream social and led a May food drive for the needy. Members signed POW letters for the American Red Cross and a May circle served refreshments with door prize awarded.
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Franklin
Strehlow
Adley
Philgreen
Kansas Medical Assistants Convention
Topeka
Charles Mavity
Charles Reiman
Jack Christian
John Fisher
Mavity
Army Mothers Post 4
Memorial Auditorium
Vietnam
Garfield Garden Club
Kansas City
Loose Park
Raymond Carey
Sacr Heart ‘Altar
Rosary ‘Society
St. Joseph Center
Rose Abbott
Carey
First Christian Church
American Red Cross
Washington D. C
May
Jack Sauer
James Smith
Marie Hain
Engagement announced for Jean Kane and George Steward Jr.
Waverly announces the engagement of Jean Marie Kane to George Earl Steward Jr. Jean Marie Kane is a 1970 graduate of Waverly High School and works for Victory Life Insurance Co. in Topeka. George Earl Steward Jr. graduated Williamsburg High School in 1970 and farms with his father. The couple has not set a wedding date.
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John Scott Kane
Waverly
Jean Marie
George Earl Steward Jr
George Earl Steward Sr
Miss Kane
Waverly High School
Victory Life Insurance Co
Topeka
Williamsburg High School
Dear Ann Landers readers advise on death rumor and marriage
Readers seek guidance on handling a death rumor encounter and marital strain. Ann Landers suggests humor to defuse gossip, counsels a counseling step for a failing marriage, and replies to a writer who wants a wall sign about uninvited guests, offering practical reassurance for creative work interruptions.
Class Reunion Post Alumni Meeting At Central Heights High
Members of the 1946 graduating class gathered after a May 22 alumni meeting at Central Heights High School. Attendees included Virginia Lickteig Marrone of Independence Missouri, Louis Riehe of Paola, Robert Sigler of Blue Rapids, Fred Haney of Princeton, and Bob Cooper with spouse from Richmond, at the home of Mr and Mrs Melvin Stockard in rural Princeton.
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Central Heights High School
Melvin Stockard
Princeton
Virginia Lickteig Marrone
Independence
Louis Riehe
Paola
Robert Sigler
Blue Rapids
Fred Haney
Bob Cooper
Richmond
Brownies Hold Mother's Tea by Garfield Troop 320
Brownies from Troop 320 Garfield Elementary held a Mother's Tea at Faith Lutheran Church where pins were awarded a program presented and gifts made by the girls given to mothers. The troop met 33 times in the year, including a Forest Park picnic and a Chippewa Hills hike. Florence Clark led the 17 member group with Karen Reed as junior leader from Ottawa RFD 4.
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Garfield Elementary School
Faith Lutheran Church
Forest Park
Chippewa Hills
Florence Clark
Ottawa
Dinner For Retirement Honors Mrs Beulah Thompson
Mrs H W Johnson and Eleanor Lloyd hosted a Tuesday dinner at Ottawa Country Club to honor Mrs Beulah Thompson on retirement from teaching and her birthday. Guests included Topeka residents Mrs Charles Martin Mrs Fred Martin Mrs William Martin Mrs Charles Martin Jr and Mrs Don McRae plus Mrs Ellis Martin Mrs Don Martin Mrs Clyde Martin Cheri and Sue Martin of Overland Park and Mrs Tom Gleason of Ottawa.
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H. W. Johnson
Eleanor Lloyd
Ottawa Country Club
Beulah Thompson
Miss Lloyd
Thompson
Charles Martin
Fred Martin
William Martin
Charles Martin Jr
Don McRae
Topeka
Ellis Martin
Don Martin
Clyde Martin
Cheri
Sue Martin
Overland Park
Tom Gleason
Ottawa
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Ora Johnson
Fairmount Birthday Club
Bernice Staley
Erma. DeWitt
Freda Newby
Russell Wray
Mable Gorton
Linda Duvall
Larry Bones
Russell Dyer
DeWitt
Eddie Ferguson
Newby
Lee Schmitt
Harley Hume
Jean Marie Kane
Ann Landers
Wichita Falls
Biloxi
Miss
Dear Ann Landers
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Haddit, JR
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Country Manor
Dill Pickles
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Coupon Crisco Oil
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Carl Snyder
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