Social News Highlights From A Dinner And Bridge Event
S R and Mrs F E Kester hosted a dinner for twenty four with sweet peas and roses on the tables. Prizes in bridge went to Mrs C F Nelson Miss Margaret Lynn George Docking and G W Stratton. Attendees included multiple couples led by Dinsmore Alter Stranathan Young Nelson Docking Rice Josselyn Stratton Flint Lynn Kinney and Fred Cowles. Miss Janette Lucina Frowe and William McRee plan marriage at 4 tomorrow at the Delia Zeta house with a bridal dinner to follow hosted by Mrs Frowe and Mrs E R Hess. Daffodils and candles will decorate. Further gatherings feature Mr A J Mix hosting dinner then a dance at the University and updates on quilting, club meetings, and officer elections.
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S.r
F. E. Kester
Bridge Aimes
C. F. Nelson
Margaret Lynn
George Docking
G. W. Stratton
Janette Lucina Frowe
William Frowe
William McRee
Grover
Tex
Delia Zeta House
Frowe
Mr. McRee
Eleanor Frowe
Feline Eppstein
Helen Stover
Melba Helen Springer
Margaret Roper
Wade Verdier
Memphis
Tenn
Josephine Gentry
Dorothy Frederick
Elsie Penfield
Byron Duncan
Kansas City
Social Calendar Highlights From Lawrence Clubs and Events
A full weekend of social events fills Lawrence with luncheons dances and club meetings. Notable gatherings include University and University club dances, Alpha Delta Pi and Kappa Alpha Theta events, and dinners hosted by Mrs. Verner Smith Mrs. Frowe and others. Also noted are bridal dinners, a Sunday wedding in Grover Texas and upcoming lectures and teas. Community groups from the Kanwaka God Will club to the Home Aid Society plan programs and outings across Tuesday through Thursday at local homes hotels and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. van Neste
Home Aid Society
Town
James Corel
Frank Johns
van Neste
Frank Bereiter
Bertha Knopp
Bereiter
Ed Hope
Shipman Carter
Ambrose Bigsby
Ernest Rothwell
Law rence High Principal Attends League Music Contest
Personal news notes show H L Baker principal of Law rence High School in Topeka for the Northeast Kansas League Music contest where he serves as assistant director of the contest. He plans a weekend in Atchison with other local figures like Miss Esther Johnson and Prof J M Kellogg visiting Kansas City for the day. Marian Howard returns to Emporia after visiting her mother at the Alpha Kappa Psi house. Will Moore and Maude Moore travel from Salina and San Diego to visit Mrs O D Moore, confined at Memorial Hospital, and be with their father at 1912 Massachusetts Street.
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H. L. Baker
Lawrence High School
Topeka
Esther Johnson
Atchison
J. M. Kellogg
Kansas City
Marian Howard
Emporia
B. F. Howard
Alpha Kappa Psi House
Will Moore
Salina
Maude* Moore
San Diego
Cal
O. D. Moore
Memorial Hospital
Moore
Massachusetts Street
Dorothy Shaad Receives German University Fellowship
Miss Dorothy Shaad, daughter of Dean and Mrs. George C. Shaad of Lawrence, has been awarded a German American student fellowship for a year of psychology study, likely at the University of Berlin. She has been assisting at the Hoenthalmological Laboratory in Boston under Harvard Medical School, planning to sail in August from London to Copenhagen for study and related travels.
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University of Berlin
Dorothy Shaad
George C. Shaad
Lawrence
Miss Shaad
Howe Enthalmological Laboratory
Boston
Mass
Harvard Medical School
Germany
Institute of International Education
New York
Cit
London
Burn. Mawr
Copen
WCTU Claims Prohibition Brought Wide Ranging Gains
The eighteenth amendment aided the United States by wiping out the saloon and its politics, cutting alcohol use by 70 percent, ending liquor advertising, protecting families, lifting common citizens socially and economically, boosting sober industry efficiency, reducing vice and crime, lowering accidents with autos, advancing education, and strengthening home life and religious fellowship.
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United States
America
God
Fashion for Young Boys and Girls Emulates Adults This Spring
Children between ages three and twelve are offered adult styled garments this spring. Boys three to six wear sailor model long trousers with sleeveless blouses and ties in blue or brown wash or flannel, creased with suspender cuffs and pockets. Girls four to twelve model one piece garments with back straps, pleated heavy fabric skirts, and new hiking friendly slacks in plaid or striped duck with white blouses.
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Anl
The Blues Dominates Spring Street Fashion
Blues retain top status in spring fashion with shades from marine to turquoise. Massachusettts street displays blue suits in wool silk and printed dresses with blue jackets and accessories. Navy remains supreme among blues, hats in straw or crepe with white brims complete the look.
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Massachusetts
Fashions Shift To Navy Blues For Spring Attire
Retail observers note lighter flat crepes and ready made clothes as spring colors cool toward navy. Crinkly silks and striped jersey silks vie with dull surfaces while crepy wools dominate one piece frocks and suits. Brown remains popular, paired with chalk white, and a brown crepe tale outfit with a short brown crepe jacket is cited as a clever ensemble.
Willow Springs School Educates Only Boys for Pupils
Willow Springs School northwest of Bald win has operated with only boys for two years. Eleven students aged 7 to 15 span third to eighth grades and show good attendance. They dress as girls for dialogues, and Miss Oliver A. Brown of Overbrook teaches the school.
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Willow Springs
Baldwin
Oliver A.brown
Overbrook
Obituary of John A Smoots from Corydon to Douglas County
John A Smoots born February 7 1864 near Corydon Indiana died April 6 1932 at his home southeast of Lawrence Kansas aged 65 years 7 months 28 days He married Lovina Painter September 1 1589 and had five children all surviving He later moved west living in Town then Douglas County He united with the United Brethren in Christ as a youth but did not join a church in the west Survived by wife two daughters Mrs J W Hagen of Lawrence and Mrs C B Greene of Kansas City MO three sons Edward Arnold of McLouth Kan William Allen of Lawrence and J R of Palisade MN and 11 grandchildren He was the last survivor of eleven siblings A large circle of friends mourn his passing. Portrait for Mothers Day noted by Thompson’s Studio 829 Mass. adv
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John A
John
Jane Smoots
Corydon
Harrison County
Ind
Blue Mound
J. W. Hagen
Lawrence
C. B. Greene
Kansas City
Edward Arnold
McLouth
Kan
William Allen
J. R
Palisade
Minn
Mothers Day
Thompson
Mass
New Manager for Varsity Theater to Take Over
C J Topping, manager of Dickinson theaters, announced a management change at the Varsity effective Sunday. Harry Wren of Independence Kansas will assume control tonight and bring a better class of pictures and improved programs. Ticket prices rise slightly with matinees 10 and 25 cents and evenings 10 and 35 cents.
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Varsity
C.J. Topping
Dickinson
Harry Wren
Independence
Kan
Topping
Wren
Speh to be Honored by Kappa Sigma Honorary Membership
Fred C. Speh of Wichita will be initiated as an honorary member of the Kappa Sigma chapter at the University of Kansas tomorrow. He is father of the late Fred C. Speh Jr, former Kansas chapter president-elect who died in a May automobile crash west of Lawrence. Speh earmarked 25 000 for a local scholarship fund and 25 000 for the building fund, plus 50 000 to the University of Wichita.
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Fred C. Speh
Wichita
Kappa Sigma
University of Fansas
Speh
Fred C. Speh, Jr
Kansas
Lawrence
University of Wichita
Showers in East Kansas Aids Eastern Wheat Crops
Promised showers reached Kansas overnight but mostly missed the western half where wheat needs moisture. Eastern Kansas saw light rain with Wichita at .36 inch the heaviest. Topeka .05, Concordia .02, Horton .80, Fort Scott .28, Independence .08, Iola .26, Manhattan .08. Meteorologist S D Flora forecasts seasonal showers and normal temperatures next week. Debating teams in Topeka will argue recognition of Soviet Russia at a Unitarian church event tomorrow evening.
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Topeka
Kansas
All Weather Bureau
Wichita
Concordia
Horton
Fort Scott
Independence
Iola
Manhattan
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Cecil Button
George Carver
James Osborn
Babe Slusser
E. M. Bahamaier
Thurman Rothwell
Ed Bearman
W. 0. Slusser
Grover Bothwell
W. C. Slusser
The
Amigos Club
R. P. Davis
S. D. Bishop
Bienvenue
Hotel Wood
C. H. Trawberry
L. A. Menger
W. H. Evans
Chrisian Church
William Dunn
Minnie Bean
Dorothy Tobler
Eldrides Tel
Daughters of the American Revolution
University Club
Verner Smith
Alpha Delta Pi
Triangle
Union Building
Kappa Alpha Theta
Becke
Janette Frowe
William MeRes
Texas
Sale
Powell
Eric Ruttin
Gee S. D. Bishop
Wood Hotel
Kenneth Landes
Glenn Moody
Adah
Masanto Tempie
B. H
F. Bridge Club
F. S
Bridge Club
Lawrence Woman's Club
Eldridge
H.C. Runsey
J. A
Virginia Hutton
Victoria Club
C. D. Sackett
Marvin Hyre
Young Matrons Club
Miercoles
W. H. Towe
Mercredi Clu
W. H. Schoene
T. J. Sweeney
Dinbridge Club
Harry Ailphin
J. A Schaefer
Jaeves Bridge
Octet Brides Club
Guy Keeler
Vira Delahunt
Ftnd
Betha. Breeze
Haskell
Christian Church
Myers
Hamilton
Mary Dobson
Albert Williams
Ray Barnes
East Eleventh. Street
H. B. Krueger
Bureka
Gerald
Martha
Friends Church
J.N. Gordon
Jaymith Asx
Mildred Gordon Marsh
Chicago
Eve Corel
F. H. Kennedy
O. L.cox
C. A. Smart
Lawrence Kennedy
Ma Richmond
W. U
India
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Elm Street
Remmute
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H. K. Lorry
W.A. Pine
Clarence Pine
University
Summerfield
Colonial Tea Room
E.‘H. Lindley
Virginia Hutson
H. C. Rumsey
J. A. West
Kaw Valley Farm Bureau Club
Terry
Gaskill
Massachusetts_street
George Dunkley
C. J. Perkins
F. H. Winston
Raymond H. Wheeler
Meribah Moore
School of Fine Arts
A. d.Anderson
Rhadamanthi
Women's Athletic Association
Women’s Self-Governing Association
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicate
German University
C. Jacqmann
Georgette
Mies
Enna Jettick
Otto Fischer
Fish Moss and
Snalls
Crawford-Veatch Company
Muss. St. Phons
Malcolm Swimley
Orlyn Vaughn
Everett Beeghley
Donald Churchbaugh
John Beeghley
Byron Shuck
Wayne Flory
Gene Swimley
Harold Flory
Gilbert Vaughn
Gene van Haesen
Bowzer
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Russia
Jean Arbuckle
Wilma Bants
Kenneth Slocum
Gordon Sloan
E. Buehler
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Chesterfield
Boswell Alex Ruth
Gray
Shilkret
Ovary
Norman Brokenshire
Columbia Network
Puffy
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