THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1943
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Every Day A Peak Day Laundries Rush
By Chuck Elliott
That seemingly unapproachable zenith of all business men, too much trade, has at last been reached by a Lawrence industry. That is in the laundry business.
The only things which the Lawrence commercial laundry owners are sure of these days are "we've got too much business, every day is a peak day,and
every day is a peak day, and we're so far behind schedule we'll never get caught up."
This situation is a far cry from the struggling days of the thirties when the laundries were begging for anything washable to swell their receipts. Now days they have so much business that one firm is going to start turning away business as soon "as the house can be brought down to normal." Tuesday Has Heaviest Load
Not only has the volume increased beyond all believable proportions, but the busiest time of the week has shifted also. The old American exception that "Monday is wash-day" never was true in the commercial laundry business. In the late thirties Monday was the lightest day of the week and the rush increased each day until the peak was reached on Friday.
At that time the belief was that society needed clean clothes for weekend excursions and consequently the big day was Friday. But that was before gas rationing and when one-day service was still in existence and not just a myth.
More Than Eleven Tons Each Day
There is no top day now, owners declare, for each day finds too much being brought to the office. Reluctantly, however, they will surmise that Tuesday is possibly the day with the heaviest load.
More than Eleven Tons Each Day Over eleven tons of soiled clothes are brought to the laundry each day as compared with two tons in 1939. Most of this tonnage is returned as rough dry although more actual pieces receive the "finish" treatment.
All of this work is done by machines tended by women, with the exception of the few men who operate the large washing machines. More than 180 people are employed by the laundries each day although, with the amount of business that is now being handled, a working crew of 240 would be a more normal complement. In 1939 seventy-seven persons received year-round employment. Their salaries amounted to $66,000 for the year, whereas the payroll exceeds that figure within 16 weeks now. At the present rate the yearly payroll will amount to more than $225,000.
After being brought to the laundry, the clothes are weighed and then sorted as to the type of material and the degree of soil. The various groups are then placed in mesh bags with a metal label. Water Changed Eleven Times
The clothes are first inserted in a tap-water break with the temperature about 70 degrees. From this step they go through four rinses, three suds, and three more breaks, making a total of 11 complete changes of water during the washing operation which, on the average, lasts from 50 to 60 minutes.
Extremely soiled clothes require continuous washing for more than 80 minutes. The highest temperature of the water is 180 degrees for white clothes while the colored materials are never immersed in water exceeding 120 degrees. Approximately 200,000 gallons of water are used every day. All of this water has first been softened by a sand process.
Whirling extractors, employing the principle of centrifugal force, are employed instead of wringers to avoid wear and tear on clothes. After a few minutes in these machines clothes are ready for the finishing machine. Handkerchiefs are pressed evenly in a special machine which completes the work in one operation.
Precautions Against Brittleness
Three per cent moisture is left in all articles to prevent the clothes from becoming too brittle. A huge flat work iron operated by young women irons all sheets and other flat work. Four machines make up the shirt unit which give each shirt a "brand new" appearance without the use of a hand iron.
Better than 1700 bundles are wrapped and delivered each day even though the laundries continually run five to eight days behind schedule. Shirts make up the biggest single item with which the laundries deal, more than 65 shirts are given the "finishing" process hourly.
The main reason, of course, behind the huge increase in business is the Sunflower Ordnance Works defense plant. Another big factor is the Naval Training Station on the Hill which sends all the washing to commercial laundries. Still another contributing item is the large number of women holding jobs and not having time to do their washing as formerly.
The only thing about the laundry industry in Lawrence which hasn't changed is the number of trucks used to make pick-ups and deliveries. Seven trucks remain on the job and run between 11 and 16 hours daily, for six days each week. Only one stop is allowed at any one address during each day except at the Naval Station where calls are made upon each request of the commanding officer.
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Rader tops, Marge and Jill are great friends, and perhaps Jill's personality can be more nearly summed up by this poem about her written by Marge Rader:
NO CAREER---to appear at the scheduled time.
LAURENCE C. WOODRUFF
She's the bank of the gals at the Pi Phi house.
Has the heart of a lion, the vace of a mouse.
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The Freak of the Pi Phi House I know a gal you all must meet. There's few like her (think Giuseppe)
There's few like her (thank God)
but she can't be beat,
LAWRENCE
Business College
Lawrence, Kansas.
School at 7th & Louisiana St.
Tim Holt Follows Father Into U.S. Armed Forces
Hollywood, (INS)—Trading an actor's costume uniform for the khaki of the U.S. Army, actor Tim Holt, 23 yesterday headed for active duty in the air corps.
In one of his recent pictures, young Holt played a role he hated—that of a Nazi officer. He follows his actor father, Capt. Jack Holt, into the armed forces.
Legislature Has Workout On New Bills
Topeka (INS) — The Kansas legislature went to town today on a full calendar schedule of business. The Senate had approved today and ready for passage on third reading a bar integration bill to give the lawyers a closed shop organization in Kansas. The three representatives from Sedgwick county today joined in producing a bill to provide four-year terms for Wichita city officials beginning in 1945.
Representative Lake of Medicine Lodge introduced a bill to empower the state highway patrol to establish five radio stations in the state to be used for police calls only.
Representative Robert Grant Anderson, Oswego, the "preacher" member of the legislature, put in another bill today to put a crimp in the marrying business of probate judges. This measure would make it unlawful for anyone performing a marriage ceremony to sell a certificate of marriage.
The house committee on state affairs gave approval to a measure to allow out-of-state doctors to practice in Kansas during the war emergency under special permit.
New President at Stanford
Dr. Donald Bertrand Tresidder will become president of Stanford university Sept. 1, succeeding Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, who will continue as Chancellor.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Thursday, February 11, 1943
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL-Will meet Monday night in the Pine room of the Union building. Bob Coleman, Sec. F-S
Notices due at News Bureau, 8 Journalism,
at 10 a.m. on day of publication during the
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Pine Room of the Union Building. Subject: post-war problems.
Kappa Phi: There will be a pledge meeting Friday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock. There will be no cabinet meeting. Eleanor Patty, Publicity Manager.
Cordial invitation to those interested.
FALLSEMESTER GRADES:
Tom Myer, Sec.
Grades for the fall semester may be obtained from the Registrar's office the week of Feb. 8-13 according to the following schedule of names:
Friday & Saturday—Those unable to appear at the scheduled time.
Will each holder of a Kellogg loan please stop in room 1, Frank Strong Hall, as soon as possible. Henry Werner, Men Students' Advisor.
LAURENCE C. WOODRUFF
Registrar
Blood donors report to Watkins 2 to 5 p.m. daily except Saturday and Sunday for their Wassermann tests. Dr. R. I. Canuteson.
Museum Idea Originated By Francis Snow in 1866
School started at the University 76 years ago, but Dyche museum was begun 10 days before school opened.
Ten days before the University was scheduled to open, Francis H. Snow, who had been hired as a professor in the newly founded institution, came to Lawrence to make preliminary arrangements before the open-?
cis H. Snow, who had founded institution, came to arrangements before the opening of school. The Rev. R. W. Oliver, rector of the Episcopal church of Lawrence and Chancellor of the University, at that time, told Professor Snow that nothing could be done until the opening day and suggested that the professor hunt game to pass away the time until school opened.
Professor Snow followed Chancellor Oliver's advice, and he became so interested in the birds of Kansas that he began to prepare a catalogue on them. As far as is known, Professor Snow was the first man in Kansas to become interested in ornithology.
After classes began at the University, Professor Snow organized a class in zoology and instituted an ornithological survey. Among one of Professor Snow's students was Lewis Lindsay Dyche. After studying with the professor and helping him to collect specimens, Mr. Dyche became so interested in natural history that he decided to devote his life to the study.
Mr. Dyche was made a professor
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