Social Activities Highlight Local Ladies Groups and Meetings
Mrs. Dwight Mulford hosts Ladies Literary League luncheon at Shawnee Mission. University Club dinner bridge hosted by Mrs. Dix and others. prizes awarded to multiple members. Lawrence American War Mothers honor nine past presidents with a spring luncheon and Civil Defense talk. Various chapter events include sewing sessions, charity drives, and church group meetings with planned visits and fund contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Mulford
Shawnee Mission
Glenfield Dr
Ladies Literary League
University Club
Mass
Dixon Haught
Harold Lukens
Bill Womack
Reno Bruns
Byron Brooks
Walter Love
Fletcher Bell
George Jenks
Kenneth Dodderidge
Charles Lanning
Lawrence
American War Mothers
South Park Recreation Center
Clara Bieber
J. F. Morgan
Emma Smith
Mary Grover
Lola Conkey
Hazel Morton
Rose Grant
A. T. Hodges
Hildred Easum
Social Calendar for Monday and Tuesday Events
Local clubs and chapters schedule meetings from 7 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. at various venues including Holiday Inn, Douglas County State Bank, county fairgrounds, and private homes. Groups listed include American Business Women Assn. Twilight chapter, Douglas County Women's Republican Club, Jayhawk Kennel Club, SPEBSQSA Barberhawks, Beta Sigma Phi Xi Gamma Omega, 4-H Council, Ingleside Club, Temola Club, F and B Sewing Club, Twentieth Century Club, Southside Reading Club, Quivira Club, No Name Study Club, Year Round Club, Progressive Reading Club, Jolly Stitchers, Chi Omega Alumnae and Mothers Club, Preceptor Gamma, and Douglas County Medical Assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Business Women’s Assn
Holiday Inn
Douglas County Women’s Republican Club
Douglas County State Bank
Ninth and
Kentucky
Jayhawk Kennel Club
Barberhawks
Spebsqsa
South Park Recreation Center
Xi Gamma Omega
Beta Sigma Phi
Darrell Norris
Anderson
Anderson Dr. the 4-H Council
County Fairgrounds
Lawrence Country Club
Ingleside Club
Jack Pullen
Yale Rd
Temola Club
Richard Wagstaff
Westwood Rd
Sewing Club
Walter Gile
Oak Hill
Twentieth Century Club
C. L. Berneking
W. 12Th
Southside Reading Club
Virginia Inn
Clara Young
N.H
Harry Christian
Jolly Stitchers Club
Gottlieb Nieder
Chi Omega Alumnae and
Robert Schwanzle
East Dr
Travis Glass
Douglas County Medical Assistants
Robinson Gymnasium
Wedding Cake Customs Through the Ages and a Jewelry Shop Pitch
An article traces wedding cake lore from Roman and British traditions to modern bridal customs. It then shifts to a sales pitch from Marks' Jewelry offering engraved invitations, personalized napkins, cake knives, and a gift registry for wedding receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Tony
Flower Club to Screen Scenic Film in Eudora Meeting
Miss Carol Martin of Lawrence will show a scenic film at the Eudora Flower Club meeting set for 1 p.m. Tuesday in Eudora Mason Hall. The club also will hold its annual plant sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Martin
Lawrence
Eudora Flower Club
Eudora Mason Hall
Lung Cancer Deaths Fall If Smoking Stopped
The American Cancer Society reports about 64 000 Americans died last year from lung cancer, a figure that could be drastically reduced if people stopped smoking cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Cancer Society
Founders Day Observed by KU Pi Beta Phi Alumnae
Some 70 alumnae and active members gathered at the KU chapter house 1612 W. 15th for the 105th Founders Day luncheon. Out of town guests came from Manhattan Topeka Clay Center and the Kansas City area. Recognition went to 50 year member Mrs Adrian Lindsey and to Lillian Beck Holton who helped organize the Kansas Beta chapter. Province president Mrs Mert Schwenson Jr announced plans as readings marked the sorority’s founding April 28 1867 at Monmouth College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B. Stevens
Pi Beta Phi
Robert Senecal
Florence Casida
Cathy Berg
Kansas City
Ivan Wassberg
Manhattan
Journal-World Photo
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
W. 15Th
Topeka
Clay Center
Adrian Lindsey
Mass
Kansas
Oklahoma
Midwest
Holton
Kansas Beta
Kansas State University
Mert Schwenson Jr
National Sorority
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Ottawa D.A.R. Group Hosts Spring Tea in Ottawa
Members of the Gen Edward Hand chapter Daughters of the American Revolution visited the Betty Washington chapter for a spring tea at Mrs Richard M Raneys home. The program Love in Words and Music featured readings on Love of God and Love for All Mankind with musical interludes and a reading based on the book Ive Got to talk to Somebody God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hand
Daughters of the American Revolution
Betty Washington
Richard M. Raney
Crescent Rd
Tom Rea
Raney
Rea
Marjorie Holmes
God
Forum Series Is Wednesday At First United Methodist Church
The second of three forums on terminal illness and death runs 9 15 to 11 a m Wednesday at First United Methodist Church 10th and Vermont. A KU Medical Center staffer speaks on body part donation. Memorial Society of Kansas City president Rev Bruce Rahtjen outlines funerals with Kansas City Women’s Society members Carolyn Everett and Audrey Kamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
10Th
Vermont
KU Medical Center
Memorial Society of
Kansas City
Bruce Rahtjen
Women’s Society
Carolyn Everett
Audrey Kamb
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Mitchell
H. H. Belote
Civil Defense
Ollie Gulley
Alythe
Mission
Neva Ketchum
Leavenworth
VA Cener
Pauline Kapfer
Lucy Messenheimer
Ketchum
M. E. Jones
Carol van Winkle
Beta Mu
Wayne Finch
Bob Wirthman
Raymond Nieder
Lillian Hill
Altar Society
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mothers’ Discussion Club
R. A. Bucheim
Ala
Bessie Westegren
Douglas Salon
Alice Johnson
Barker Ave
Nell Fleming
Addie Herd
Effie Tobler
Robert Carlson
Erma Morgan
Ind
No Name Study Club
H. W. Hoffmann
Hattie Wells
Marks
Jewelers
Massachusetts
Shortie
Reg
International Playtex Corporation
Lillian Beck Holton
Maryland
Lawrence Alumnae Club
Jerry Nossaman
Richard B
Stevens
Ottawa
D.A.R
S. C. Hinshaw
Gertrude Ruttan
J. M. Meyer
Nell Mitchell
Lulu McCanles
Hinshaw
Ben Franklin
Warren Rutter
Kenneth Alexander
Grover Dunn
Virginia Welty
Catherine Kramer
Peka
Wilma Beeler
Florence Taylor
Kan
Mildred Strain
Marian Hardman
Osborne
Bernice Wallace
Paola
Flora Love
Lucille McCreath
Edith Rice
Rutter
Beeler
Kansas P.E.O
Tom Black
R. E. Gowans
Polly Happy
Lee Boyles
Fred Bremer
David Evans
Mildred Frakes
Mitchell
Faye Orelup
L. E. Ousdahl
Carl Perkins
Claude Shriver
Ruttan
Roy Lichtenstein
Association
Lawrence Savings Association
Victor Vasarely
A. Sinai
Johnny Friedlander
Anne Walker
R. Hazel
Vermont Street
Avings
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