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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1940
Page
9
Society items must reach the Journal-World office by noon on publication day to appear in the society column. Contributions should indicate the sender and event details for timely placement.
Numerous ladies clubs and social groups announceWednesday through Friday events. Luncheons, bridge and contract games, dinners, needlework circles, and tea invitations fill homes and clubs including Evans Hearth Colonial and Niotas club with members from Parke Woodard Baldwin and Cameron. A birthday party at Mrs. Elizabeth House’s home honors Jerry Leroy with prizes and games, while the Lawrence American War Mothers plan sewing carpet rags and a 2:30 meeting at 1308 Vermont Street.
Members of troop five of the Girl Scouts at a New York school directed by Mrs. Herbert Price will present a Sleeping Beauty play. A community program highlighted by homemaking talks and flower-ornamented gatherings followed at the Memorial Union building in Lawrence.
John Strong of Chillicothe Missouri aids his mother in Lawrence with business matters and has past ties to M. Newmark. E B DeGroot and wife leave for Chicago for a National Physical Education association convention. F W Gaunt returns from a two month southern visit. S J Runkle in Norton sanitarium shows slow improvement and will celebrate his sixtieth birthday tomorrow. Marie Hunter returns to Oxford schools after weekend with parents. Kate Edmonds returns to Kansas City after visiting Adah chapter in Lawrence. Mrs Miller hosted O F S grand convention guest Mrs Cosley from Herington.
Instructions advise cleaning new bathtubs with water or a non abrasive cleaner to remove paint stains and plaster. Do not use chisels. benzine should be applied for stains and No 900 sandpaper used lightly if needed, then reapply benzine.
Hundreds of jobs are listed on the classified page as readers seek workers. To place a help wanted ad contact Ad-Taker at phone number 22.
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