Social Calendar Highlights From Local Luncheon And Weddings
Mrs. A L Hawkins hosted a luncheon and bridge at 1005 Adams, honoring Mrs. Percy Field of Philadelphia with twelve guests. Prizes awarded to Mrs. Giesecki, Mrs. Cook, and Mrs. Casey. Other gatherings featured Mrs. Fischer at 500 East Capitol with guests including Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Tweedie, and Mrs. Hord. prize recipients listed. In Forest Hill, Cook hosted a family dinner. out-of-town guests noted from Philadelphia, Springfield, Columbia. Mrs. McGrew entertained at 722 Cuff Drive for Mrs. Spencer of New York. Misses Henwood and Radke hosted a Warwick Village luncheon honoring several house guests from Montclair to Baltimore. Miss Elizabeth Dulle received a personal shower for Mrs. Herron. Various engagements include birthday party for Bonnie Mae Dunlap at 11706 Vineyard Square with Liverpool Jummy game and prizes. A handkerchief shower honored Miss Clarice Allison relocating to Slater. Several marriages and showers noted, including Angeline Mueller and Fred Finderland wedding at St Peters Church and reception. multiple miscellaneous showers at the Gangwish home for Maxine Hull and Clifford Gangwish. Announced marriage of Estelle Major to Jerome Trippensee performed by a Justice of the Peace in Eldon. More than two million guitar players in the country referenced in closing.
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Hawkins
A. L. Hawkins
Adams
Percy Field
Philadelphia
Sam B. Cook
John Gieseckl
Sam
Cook
M. E. Casey
G. A. Fischer
East Capitol
Herd
Charles Tweedie
Cecil W. Thomas
C. G. Hammond
Emmett P. North
Mugs Monnig
Clifford Fischer
Thomas
Tweedie
Hord
Marion Henwood
Marjorie Mae Radke
Warwick Village
Mary Butler
Montclair
M. J
Mary Ann Jones
St. Louis
Marian McCourt
Baltimore
Katherine Grant
Miss Grant
Mahlon Aldridge
Maurice Chambers, Jr
Pegey Oberman
Betty Hamsey
Maureen Bohling
Mary Lou Stegemaier
Bernice Baker
Mary Louise Kruse
Lucille Robertson
Betty Anne Hulse
Mary Louise Hemmel
Fred L. Dunlap
Vineyard Square
Bonnie Mae
Liverpool
Maryjorie Goet
Carolyn Eee Platt
Club Notes and Community Gatherings Reach Across Several Groups
Church members and friends plan a reception at Mrs. W. C. Irwin’s home to honor Rev. and Mrs. G. S. Birkhead on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Miss Nelle Page will conduct a school of instruction at the Masonic Temple. Ice cream socials, dances, picnics, and society meetings are listed for various churches and civic groups, with times and locations in West Main and surrounding areas. Also noted are transport airplane speeds in 1938 and New York City’s taxi count, with London a distant second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Irwin
West Main
G. S. Birkhead
Nelle Page
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bist
Vacation Clothes To Suit The Place and Budget
A guide to selecting vacation wardrobes by place and budget. It outlines options for conservative and less conservative styles, including slacks, shirtwaist dresses, dirndl dresses, playsuits, bikinis, sun bonnets, and beach coats. It suggests denim pieces for casual wear, two-color matching outfits, and a gray flannel suit for higher budgets. It emphasizes clothes should be appropriate to the location and durable, with long-lasting classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Offier Hums On About Riders And Horses In West
State Humane officer Wheeler says the new generation out west does not understand horses. They ride in a motor wagon to a mountain resort then jump on a horse and expect the noble hay burner to go 50 miles an hour. He recalls old timers rode about 30 miles then rested. Also mentions metal blinds as a durable window choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
W B. Wheeler
Wheeler
Calton Dresses Shine In Cottons For Summer Dances
Calton presents a summer dress parade featuring cimites piques ginghams organdies and dotted Swiss with precise line work. A red plaid gown suited for a Country Club dance showcases a fitted bodice a full skirt frosty white pique bands and a slim waist belt.
Vacationing Together Requires Tact
Vacation season brings travel disputes as couples quarrel over meals, plans, and who leads the day. A simple fix suggests parting after three hours, with a brief call to the Joneses to keep peace and avoid endless disagreements during trips. Men and women still struggle to play together during vacations. Sentenced for Cheating Kids in Glendale a paper dealer, Madison L. Goff, was given 60 days in jail for short weighting grammar school children in their annual paper drive for charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joneses
Hall Fame
Glendale
Calif
Madison L. Goff
Fisherman Finds Ship 240 Years Under Water
In Miami a fisherman reported seeing cannon-like objects on the ocean floor near the Florida coast. A salvage party recovered 32 cannon encrusted and rusted, later identified by markings as belonging to the H. M. S. Winchester, a British naval ship that vanished in 1695 near this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
London
Admiralty
Winchester
Onty
Dog Death Chamber Rigs Device In California
J M Talbert, county wound master, builds a metal box with a pipe outlet and uses a car exhaust to euthanize stray dogs. The humane society has approved the setup. Birds Landing California reports this controversial device as Talbert claims it offers a quicker end for unwanted animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birds Landing
Calif
J. M. Talbert
The
Humane Society
Talbert
Jail birds escape Captain Switzer’s Miami jailyard birds
In Miami Captain Chris Switzer reports jail birds that escape confinement. He notes the birds are real and capable of flight, posing ongoing trouble as they repeatedly fly away from the jail yard. Police and staff work to recapture them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami, Fla
Chris Switzer
Night insects swarm city jail dome as officer frees them
In a peculiar account Switzer describes deterring night insects by turning off office lights and using a flashlight to catch them and releasing them near the illuminated skyscraper jail. He notes some insects travel as far as quails away.
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Switzer
Fredom
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Mrs. Fischer
Mr. and
Mrs. Cook
Lewis Hord
Forest Hill
Percy F. Hore
W. B. Tallow
Springfield
Charles Bigges
Columbia
McGrew
William Spencer
Edward J. McGrew
Cuff Drive
William Leonard Spencer
New York City
Norma Elizabeth Bates
Spencer
Betty Jane Reinert
St. Is
Mrs. Lagan
Potter
Mr. Potter
Ash Street
Josh L. Edwards
East High
Memphis
Tennessee
Little Rock
Arkansas
Elizabeth Ann Dulle
West McCarty
M. G. Herron
Frances Schmidt
Oscar Dulle
Vernon Schmidt
M. R. Herron
G. B. Dorenkamp
Jos. H. Boone, Jr
Louise Long
Grace Weber
Darlene Shaw
Frances Eggleson
Frances Galliday
Dorothy Nell Lewis
Claudene Sappenfield
Betty Mae Stadler
Nadine Hudson
Nora Claybrook
Catherine Ann Schulte
Bunee
Mrs. Boone
Seppenfield
Stadler
Patricia
Joan Clark
E. P. Clark
Greenberry Road
Maryville
Fannie Hope
Clarice Allison
Slater
Gladys Brown
Betty Baker
Helen Bahr
Margie King
Ruth Kathrine Burker
Marjorie Burker
Frances Clark
Dorothy Grant
Betty Jean Sanders
Harold Sanders
East State
Margaret Wisch
West Elm
Red Cross Aquatic School
Rockaway Beach
Rose Mary Mohnan
George T. Jordan
Jordan's
House of Flowers
Excelsior Springs
Harry Biffle
Des Moines
Iowa
J.L. Hoover
Chestnut
Angeline Mueller
Henry Mueller
Highway 54
Fred Finderland
High Way
St. Peters Church
Deck
Johanna Hill
Clarence Mueller
Tipton
Finderland Trucking, Company
Ernest Gangwish
Forest Gordon
Frances Gangwish
Gangwish
West Mc Carty
Maxine Hull
Clifford Gang Wish
Little JoAnn Gangwish
Bernard Choate
Walter Phelan
Alt Madeton
IC Card
Phil Luebbert
A. Distler
Frank Gaffke
John Peters
Helen Bungart
Geraldine Hirschman
Ruby Hirschman
Velma Karr
Estelle Major
DB. V, Major
Jefferson City
Jerome Trippensee
Gus Trippensee
Madison
Justice of Peace
Eldon
United States
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Lohman
Binnie Barnes
Mrs. Birkhead
New Hope Baptist Church
Rehagan’s
Westphalia
Council of Catholic Women of
St. Peters
Selinger Centre
St. John’s Lutheran Aid Society of
Schubert
West End Baptist Circle
Jos. A. Mueller
Mulberry
the Ladies Aid Society of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of
Lohoman
Ruth Rust
W. C. Freeland
Forsythe
Freeland
West High
Prof
Peter James
Physical Culture
Onder Koon
Neues
Capital City
Paul Chub
Abe
Cologne
Oue Drene Shamfoo
Sir
Pond
Lucky Tiger
Folson
Arid
American Institute
Hepatiga
Tampax
Wey
Palmolive
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