Garden City Obituary Notes and Memorial May Basket Kudos
The column lists residents and relatives connected to Garden City and Finney County who died before 1885 or in later years, mentioning their families, church ties, and long local service. It recalls Mrs Mary Pogue and many others, including Evans, Kinikin, Mason, and Walker families, plus May baskets gifted to senior citizens and shut-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D, DB. Evans
Garden City
W. Dvans
John Mason
Masonic Lodge
Finney County
Legion Auxiliary Officers Elected and Poppy Events Planned
Monday night Mrs. Emmett Hennigh was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary with Mrs. Eugene Deaver as past president presiding. Officers include Mrs. Carl Lundgreg vice president, Mrs. Carl Conneors secretary, Mrs. Lowell Goodwin treasurer, Mrs. Leland C. Pape chaplain, Mrs. Lyle Phipps sergeant at arms, and Mrs. Soren Peterson historian. A poppy breakfast precedes the poppy sale on Friday May 27 and Girl Scouts will sell poppies Saturday morning the 28th. Delegates to the 35th Annual Department Auxiliary convention in Topeka May 21-28 are Mrs. Hennigh, Mrs. Lindgren, Mrs. Goodwin and Mrs. Dan Banman with alternates Mrs. Lee Kemper, Mrs. A. Jack McCray, Mrs. Maude Darner and Mrs. Carl Connors. Mrs. J. O. Carter, poppy committee chair, gave a history of the memorial to servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Hennigh
American Legion Auxiliary
Eugene Deaver
Hennigh
Carl E. Lundgree
Carl Conneors
Lowell Goodwin
Leland C. Pape
Chaplin
Lyle Phipps
Soren. Peterson
Topeka
Lindgren
Goodwin
Dan Banman
Lee Kemper
A. Jack McCray
Maude Darner
Carl Connors
J. O. Carter
Sorosis Breakfast Ends Club Year
The Sorosis May Day breakfast at Mrs. Al Gottschalk’s home closed the club year. Assistant hosts were Mrs. Richard Craig and Mrs. John Walters as giant May baskets graced two tables. New officers were installed by Mrs. Harold Keller with a baseball theme, welcoming a new member and an inactive member during initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Gottschalk
North Main
Richard Craig
John Walters
Harold Keller
David Elsey
Claude Harkness
Dick Smith
Sorosis Club
Alta Brown P T A Entertains Faculty
Teachers of Alta Brown school were guests of the executive board of the Alta Brown PTA Tuesday night. A Western themed buffet dinner started the evening with Coleman lanterns and corrals decor. Junior Pierce welcomed. Erma Adamson led a kindergarten class. Bobby Hopkins danced. and Mrs Karl Svaty read a modern Cinderella. The program ended with Home on the Range and teachers presented a poem by Mrs Ed Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Brown School
Alta Brown Pta
Junior Pierce
Erma Adamson
Damon Cobb
Dan Pittman
Frank Koksal
Ervin Schmidt
Jack Starr
Edith Bennie
Alice Hudson
Don Nodtvedt
Bobby Hopkins
Karl Svaty
Ed Tipton
Estralita Club Meets With Mrs Philips at Home
Mrs. Morton Phillips hosted 13 members and guest Mrs. Bill Alley Jr. of Estralita club at 1011 North Eleventh. New member Mrs. Lee Selichnow was welcomed. Logapedic funds helped buy a rug for Garden City center. Members reported on the state federation convention in Wichita. Awards Estralita received were presented. A lecture on home furnishings and ABCs in Furniture Buying were given. The final club meeting will be a luncheon May 9 at Rager's hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Phillips
North Eleventh
Bill Alley, Jr
Estralita Club
Lee Selichnow
Garden City Center
Charles Smith
Harold Collier
State Federation
Wichita
Collier
Estralita
Calendar of Social EVENTS
Social club meetings and church circles listed for the week in Finney County. Notable items include Progressive Readers at 7 pan, Mystical Rose at 2 pm, Methodist Circles luncheon at 1 pm, and various hostesses named across multiple streets. Public notices for Republican club and prayer circles also appear along with P.F.O. and CHAPTER X gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Child
Ted Ludwig
North First
CWR
Christian Church
Marjorie Baker
L. D. Williamson
North Seventh
Gertenge Byler
W. A. Leopold
North
Ethel Calkins
Churel Partors
Selig
Marion Conrow
Charles Voth
Patricia Gigson
Ray Humphries
Gardendale Recreationenter
Donna Hull
FL Gish
Finney County
Women's Republican
Clvb
May Monning
Erdene
Theron
Iday
Methodist
Kenneth Wenderson
Til St. John
Harold Coltier
North Third
P.F.O
Maurice Dowying
Deerfield
P.E
Patenrs
Lester McCoy
Sorosis Hermana Club Installs Officers May Day Breakfast
Sorosis Hermana held an installation service and annual May Day breakfast at the Girl Scout Little House to close the club year. Decorations featured Maypoles and pastel May flowers while a menu of fruit plates, sweet rolls, and coffee was served. Retiring president Mrs. Wm. Florer installed new officers including Mrs. G. C. Chmelka as president and Mrs. Karl Svaty as first vice president. Twenty three members attended, two new members joined, and a picnic for members and families was planned for May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosis Hermana Club
Girl Scout Little House
Wm. Florer
G. C. Chmelka
Karl Svaty
HDU Spring Tea Friday At Presbyterian Church
About 250 members from 15 Finney County home demonstration units are to attend the annual spring tea Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian church. Reservations are not needed and guests may accompany members. Mrs. Kathryn Sughrue notes the 1 30 p.m. start. The event is run by seven county units under a planning committee including Mrs. Arthur Green and others. The Junior high string quartet directed by Loren Crawford will perform, and Mrs. R. I. Unruh will speak on I Knew the Horse and Buggy Doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County
Presbyterian Church
Kathryn Sughrue
Arthur Green
John Boyd
Clifford Mayo
Dale Dickinson
Urban Gerber
Alvin Lowe
Beacon Light
Lincoln Goodwill
Essex
Sequoyah
Loren Crawford
R. I. Unruh
Lakin Deerfield Church Women Sponsor May Day Program
Lakin and Deerfield church women councils plan a National May Day Fellowship observance with a luncheon at noon in the Lakin Memorial Building and an afternoon program. Local women are invited to attend this church sponsored event. A separate note mentions a 9th grade movie and bingo evening at the Civic Center from 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Center
United States
Lakin
Deerfield
Lakin Memorial
Church
Book Club Guest Night closes year in Rogers hall
The Twentieth Century book club closed the year with a guest program in Rogers hall attended by about seventy members and guests. President Mrs. Lynn Russell welcomed attendees and introduced program chair Mrs. Paul Cole who presented Carol Bay, singer and cellist, with accompaniment by Mrs. Mearl Potter. Bay performed pieces by Goltermann and Tschaikowsky, while reviewer Mrs. W. T. Rooney, Jr. summarized Paul Gallico's Love of the Seven Dolls. The refreshment table featured pink, aqua, and yellow daisies and white candies, with Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Cole in charge of tea and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Book Club
Rogers Hall
Lynn Russell
Paul Cole
Carol Baysinger
Mearl Potter
Rebecca Sloan Engaged to Malcolm Bowers Jr in June Wedding
Rebecca Lee Sloan of Stafford announces engagement to Malcolm Bowers Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Bowers of Dallas. Sloan is a junior at SMU and Chi Omega. Bowers is SMU graduate attending medical school at Washington University in St Louis and affiliated with Phi Delta Theta. The wedding is set for June 12 at Salford Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Lee Sloan
Malcolm Bowers, Jr
M. B. Bowers
Dallas
Tex
Leland M. Sloan
Stafford
Sloans
Garden Citians
Miss Sloan
SMU
Chi Omega Sorority
Bowers
Washington University
St. Louis
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Panak Paragraphs Present and visiting relatives this week
Mrs. Ella Moore former Garden City resident now in Hoquiam Wash visits relatives and completes business. Mrs. A M Fleming leaves for Wickliffe Ohio to visit Jonathan Fleming and Randolph Allen born April 27. On return she will stop in Chicago to see her daughter Mrs Walter Hauser. Mrs Frank Rogers of San Antonio Texas guests of Mr and Mrs W M McFarland. Mrs Rogers is sister to Mr McFarland. Mrs Paul G Cooper of Derby Kansas left after a week visit. Mrs L L Jones will return Thursday from a visit with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Ralph Lashbrook in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Moore
Garden City
Hoquiam
Wash
A. M. Fleming
North Third
Wickliffe
Ohio
Jonathan Fleming
Randolph Allen
CWO
Frank Rogers
San Antonio
Tex
W. M. McFarland
East Maple
Rogers
Mr. McFarland
L. L. Jones
North Fifth
Ralph Lashbrook
Manhattan
Grapefruit Apricot Chili Morning Drink Idea
A breakfast starter suggesting overnight blend of unsweetened grapefruit juice with apricot nectar and chili for a tangy spicy morning beverage.
Nylon mesh belts by Inex Accessories debut colors
A note lists nylon mesh belts in pink, blue and white from Inex Accessories. Styles include wide and narrow belts, model 146-2t, marketed as cool fashion accents.
Lincoln Goodwill HDU Luncheon Meeting Report
The Lincoln Goodwill HDU met for a covered dish luncheon Tuesday at the home of Mrs. C A Humphrey at 405 Magnolia. Mrs. Ralph Fye assisted host. Twenty members attended with devotions led by Mrs. Elizabeth Menke. Mrs. Henry Hering gave the lesson on Materials and Patterns. Mrs. Harris Buck reported on the district HDU meeting held Monday at Cimarron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Goodwill Hdu
C. A.humphrey
Magnolia
Ralph Fye
Elizabeth Menke
Henry Hering
Harris Buck
District Hdu
Cimarron
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Mary Pogue
Alice Wilcox
W. C. Belice
North Eighth
Harry Walker
West Walnut
Lizzie Plankenhorn
Shadylawn Nursing Home
Flora Warner
Prima. Crocker
North Ninth
Matnie Prather
David .O. Graves
Minnie Rogge
North Fourth
Emery Kinikin
L. Kinikin
Kong Bell Lumber Company
Mr. Kinikin
Legion Auxiliary
Sorosis
Lillian
Saya
Saleco
Heinemann Agency
LTUF
Pearl Drug Store
Johnson
Alta Brown
Two Gun
Pete) Ratzlaff
Polecat
J. R
Jones
Curley
G. G
Biles
Shorty
Julius
Hultquist
Cut Throat
G. A
Doubrava
Hi Pockets
Elmer
Bartlett
Butch
Maynard
Knief
P.T.A
Mrs. Philips
Progressive
Harold Fansler
Hermana
Norris Drug
HDU
Book Club
Rebecca Sloan
Panak
Paul G. Cooper
Derby
Kas
Tom McGraw
Mr. McGraw
Walker
Tra
Young Immortal
Alec Guinness
Conquest OF
Glenn Miller
James Stewart
June Allyson
Technicolor
Winston” Greate Pearces
Langford
Lows Armstrong
Gene Krupa
Ben Pollack
the Hodernant
Hiway
Yours
Wheeler's ‘4 Bakery
E, Laurel
Helena
Simon
Basil the Defender
SV Amac
Virginia Pier
Jackntrove
Mayor Angel
Palance
Newm Stat — Theatre
20Th Centy-Fox
AmanCalled
Peter
Catherine Marshall
Studios of @6th CENTURY-FOXK CIN
Emmascope
Samuel G. Engel
Henry Koster
Eleanore Griffin
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