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from Robert W. Wagstaff, president of the Kansas City Coca-Cola Bottling Company. He was one of nine million persons who entered a recent contest.
Two KU Students to Spend Their Honeymoon in Hawaii
HAWAIIAN HONEYMOON—For 24 Coca-Cola bottle caps Richard E. Durrett, Prairie Village senior, and his bride will spend their honeymoon in Hawaii. Here Durrett (left) receives his prize
For the price of 24 caps from bottles of Coca-Cola, two KU students will be spending their honeymoon in Hawaii.
Richard E. Durrett, Prairie Village, was one of nine million persons from across the country who entered a drawing sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company. He turned out to be one of the fourth prize winners of a luxury seven-day vacation for two to the 49th state, plus $300 in American Express travelers checks.
When the honeymoon is over, they will return to the University, where Richard will be a senior in aerospace engineering. Carolyn will be a junior in the College of Liberal Arts.
the winners certificate was presented by Robert W. Wagstaff, president of The Kansas City Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
MR. WAGSTAFF said that the "Tour the World Sweepstakes," which ran nationally in April and May, was one of the most successful bottle cap promotions in soft drink industry history. Entries exceeded estimates by about 500 per cent.
RICHARD'S TRAVELING companion will be the present Miss Carolyn Huntono of Baltimore. The couple plan to leave for Hawaii immediately after their marriage on September 8.
"It's a big thrill for us here in Kansas City to have one of the top prize winners as a member of the
community," he continued. Total value of all prizes in the contest was about $150,000.
Richard said that he really had no hopes of winning, although he mailed in a total of eight entries.
"I FINALLY gave up," he said,
"because of the jibes I was getting
from my roommate, who will be my
brother-in-law."
He said that his fiance was overjoyed when he telephoned her the news at her home in Baltimore. However, he said that he had one regret.
'Victoria' Has Seen Many Years of Service
The old house has seen 91 years of activity and has had four owners during its lifetime.
A Lawrence resident driving along Tennessee Street has undoubtedly noticed an old, dignified red brick house in the 1600 block.
By Pat Seidel
"I'm just sorry my future brother-in-law didn't enter the contest too," he lamented jokingly.
It might be interesting to note that the house is known to different generations by different names. Those associated with the Emery's call it the "Old Emery" home. People who shared Lawrence with the Sniders know it as "The Snider" house. Today people refer to it as "Victoria."
THE HOUSE was built in 1871 by a German. Three years later it was sold to the Emery family, who held the house for sixty-six years. Those familiar with Kansas City history will recognize Mr. Emery Sr. as one of the founders of Emery, Bird & Thayer, a leading department store in Kansas City.
Immediately inside the front door stands the spiral staircase (built and designed by Mr. Haskell of the Haskell Institute) leading to the second floor. The second floor consists of the bedrooms. Another stairway continues to the tower and ultimately to the attic.
In 1940 Mr. and Mrs. Paul Snider assumed ownership and made it their home until 1959 when Neil Mecaskey purchased it.
Altogether, "Victoria" has 18 rooms, 10 of which still have the original fireplaces. Three of these fireplaces are white marble which today are collector's items. At the time the house was built, there was no electricity; and the fireplaces provided warmth for the house.
The walk from the street takes you through the middle of a beautiful green lawn. An archway admits you to the porch and the front door.
The rooms are furnished and decorated with excellent taste in Victorian style. The sofa and chairs are richly covered in brocade. Huge chandeliers give the rooms their light today. The windows are extremely narrow with shutters on the inside which fold into the wall. The rooms bordered by the rounded dome have rounded window panes. Today these panes are very hard to get since they have to be made specially in Pittsburgh.
The house is rich in history and background. But it is more than just a house for people to wander through and make over, it is a home. It isn't a show place. The house has been around a long time and naturally attracts interest, and yet four families remember it especially because it was their home rather than a show place.
THERE ARE 8200 square feet of roofing space over the entire house. This is unique in that today's homes are between 1600 and 1700 square feet.
THE ATTIC is unique in that it contains a four-feet deep, 12-feet wide tank. This tank made up the plumbing system and provided water for the dressing rooms.
All four are KU students. Heynau will be a senior in engineering physics.
Richard said that he learned of the contest from reading signs on the backs of Coca-Cola trucks here in Lawrence. He later got his entry blanks from a magazine in a barber shop. Then he started saving Coca-Cola bottle caps — three for each of his eight entries.
Carolyn attended Shawnee-Mission East high school and lived in the Kansas City area most of her life until moving recently to Baltimore. Her father, Joseph C. Huntoon, is president of the H. B. Davis Paint company. He was formerly vice president in charge of sales at the Seidlitz Paint company.
RICHARD AND CAROLYN will be married in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Louise Huntoon, and Hans Heynau.
RICHARD ATTENDED Shawnee- Mission North high school. His father, John H. Durrett, is employed by the American Telephone and Telegraph company.
OAKLAND, Calif. — (UPI) — Mayor John C. Houlihan was only slightly relieved when he found the noise in a tickling package was made by a baby alligator clicking its tiny teeth.
The owner of the pet shop to which the package was traced said the couple who sent the gift to Houlihan chuckled as they arranged for its delivery.
Problems on Giving Up Smoking Answered
Alligator Bomb
ANDERSON, Ind. — (UPI) — J.
D. Phelps, 14, and his brother, Dave,
11, recently claimed a world record
of sorts for tossing an ice cube back
and forth 743 times before it melted.
By Dick West United Press International
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Four weeks, one day, 13 hours, 27 minutes and 47 seconds ago, I quit smoking.
Who's Next?
I find that I can talk about it now without crying, so I thought I would try to answer some questions that people have been asking me about my experience.
Q. Do you still miss your pipes, cigars and cigarettes?
A. No, not really. I hardly miss them at all except when I'm awake.
A. Not to speak of. The only thing I've noticed is that life no longer seems worth living.
Q. Have you had any psychological reaction to doing without tobacco?
Q. What method did you use to withdraw?
A. I was determined from the very first that I would break the habit without the aid of anti-nicotine pills and other artificial deterents, such as suicide.
People who need that kind of help to quit smoking are weak and spineless. Being of strong character, I relied strictly on my will power, and a length of stout manila hemp.
By binding my hands and feet and tethering myself to the bed post for seven days, I was able to go an entire week without lighting up.
The second week was much easier
I simply chartered a boat and had the skiipper maroon me on a desert island.
After that, the desire subsided to a point where I can now resist smoking merely by plastering my mouth with adhesive tape or encasing my head in a crocus sack.
Q. Does it bother you when other people smoke around you?
A. Not at all. I just punch them in the nose.
Q. What caused you to decide to quit smoking?
Q. Cigarettes irritated your lungs, throat and nasal passages?
A. No, I was irritated by cigarette commercials. Apparently I have a very low tolerance for unctuous utterances. Some of them made me break out in a rash.
In the beginning, when I heard a commercial that irritated me, I would switch to another brand. But I found I was changing brands almost as often as I changed programs.
Finally, I ran out of new brands to try. There was nothing left to do but give them up entirely.
Q. If you had these past four weeks to live over again, would you still give up smoking?
A. Not on your grandma's snuffbox! The next time, if there is a next time, I'll give up television instead.
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