Marriage announcements and society notes in Lawrence
A Lawrence social calendar lists Alpha Omicron Pi tea, a Bid and Bye contract club, and a Milburn Golf Club match with Lawrence Country Club women. Marriages include Marion Rose Leigh to Marion Andrew Pile at First Baptist Church with 200 guests and a piano and cello program. Miss Alice Isabel Sherbon wed Medford Leon Bauman at the Sherbon home deck ceremony. Other items note Mrs. Fred Bliesner hosting a 14th birthday party for Bernice, a Lawrence student wedding for Helen Ward to Martin L. Denlinger, and various club gatherings, troop camp, and an all-day social at the Woman's Club house with musical performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Rose Leigh
Clarence W. Leigh
Lawrence
Marion Andrew Pile
Ira O. Pile
Puebla
Colo
First Baptist Church
Charles W. Thomas
Paul Rankin
Nevin
Topeka
Esther Leich
Ralph Allen
Curran
Romberg
Lawrence Leigh
J. P. Criss
Mary Elizabeth Pile
Pueblo
Murray Lydie
H. L. Oxford
Ruth Lohmann
Freehold
N. J
Jewell Fink
Fredonia
Eula Neal
Olathe
Eleanor Macaulay
Evelyn King
Nila Record
Margaret Gilchrist
Ben Wiseman
Ottawa
Lee McCain
E. P. Houser
L. C. Allen
Judith Stapleton
Pile
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas
Ottawa B. and
P. W
Powersville High School
Powersville
University of Missouri
Holmes Wholesale Hardware Company of
Consumers Co-Operative Association of Ottawa
Alice Isabel Sherbon
Florence Sherbon
Medford
Helen Ward
Brrs
Ralph Ward
Martin L. Denlinger
F. B. Denlinger
Cora Sams
Edwin F. Price
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Bie
Denlinger
School of Fine Arts
Delta Phi Delta
Engineering
Tau Omega
Costumed event features fortune telling and entertainment at party
Mrs Glenn Moody and Miss Ruth Hunter led a costume evening with MacKenzie Moody performing an Etcondien duet. Fortune telling dancing and a bake stand plus refreshments drew about 1160 guests. Helpers at the refreshment table included Mrs Erna Corey Mrs John Riling Mrs F Brown Mrs R B Protsch and Mrs Walter Palmateer. George Newlin and Mrs W K Hoover served lemonade. H E Don Carlos chaired the party assisted by Mrs Mary S Thomas Mrs C Pontius Mrs T H Kennedy Mr Carl Graeber and Mrs W Summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Moody
Ruth Hunter
MacKenzie Rs. Moody
Erna Corey
John Riling
F. Brown
R. B. Protsch
Walter Palmateer
George Newlin
W. K. Hoover
H. E. Don Carlos
Mary 5 S. Thomas
Miss Ruth Hoff Hag Returns From France Vacation
Local personals note several travelers and visits. Ruth Hoff Hag returns from France and the British Isles while Esther Swanson leaves for California. Numerous others depart for Estes Park, Branson, or Chicams markets with plans for August visits and motor trips along the Pacific coast.
Ruth Haggard Dies at 19 in Kansas City
Miss Ruth Haggard died yesterday morning in Bell Memorial hospital Kansas City after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at Lamb's funeral home Ottawa Wednesday at 10 a.m. She graduated Liberty Memorial high school in 1935 and was active as pianist for glee clubs orchestra and French horn player. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs J P Haggard Morrison Kan and two brothers Neal and Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Haggard
Bell Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Lamb's
Ottawa
Miss Haggard
Liberty Memorial High School
C. E. Sawhill
Ruth
School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Howard ¢. Taylor
Watkins Hall
J. P. Haggard
Morria
Kan
Neal
Paul
Bridegrooms Collapse at Hot Ottawa Wedding
Ottawa Kansas on August 2 witnessed two weddings interrupted by fainting grooms. CP Lee Shelden 24 fainted twice before Ruth Cooper 23 at the altar as heat and nerves overwhelmed him during the ceremony. Temperatures neared 100 degrees and a minister aided recovery. In Leavenworth groom Raymond Reubert 23 fainted at St Joseph Catholic Church while awaiting vows. Best man responded, cold cloths helped, and marriage to Marcella Klasinski 21 proceeded after revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
Lee Shelden
Shelden
Ruth Cooper
Leavenworth
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Raymond Reubert
Marcella Klasinski
Parole Violation Conviction After Concealed Death Case
A woman publicized as concealing her mother's death was convicted of parole violation on July 21 after serving a 10 day jail term at Pawnee City Nebraska for fraud. Meanwhile Nazarene Church announces a transfer of Rev R E Swim to Kansas City and farewell services on August 8 at Union services in South Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnee City
Neb
Roy E. Swim
Church of the Nazarene
Swim
L. Brown
Vermont Street
Smash Wall in Rescue as NY Girls Plunge From Roof
Police smashed a brick wall at a New York factory to rescue two girls who fell five stories into a two foot shaft between a tenement and the factory. Lorraine Chinchar, 10, was pulled out with possible skull fracture and internal injuries and taken to a hospital. Marylyn Murphy, 9, remained injured as police chiselled through the wall to reach her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lorraine Chinchar
Marylyn Murphy
Marylyn
Gertrude Eakin Named Executive Secretary at Portland YWCA
Miss Gertrude Eakin formerly at Haskell Institute resigned last February to become religious secretary of the Portland YWCA. She is the daughter of Judge Robert Eakin, the Oregon supreme court justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Eakin
Haskell Institute
Y.W.C.A
Portland
Ore
Robert Eakin
Supreme Court
Oregon
Mrs Lattimer Returns to Serve Five-Year Sentence
Mrs Myr tle Lattimer, 75, of Seneca Kansas, is en route to Alderson West Virginia to serve a five year term after parole in March. She was first sentenced in 1934 for carrying her mother’s Civil War pension fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Myrtle Lattimer
Seneca
Kan
Federal Industrial Institution For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Sale of KABC in San Antonio Nearly Closed
San Antonio Aug. 2 Elliott Roosevelt to acquire local radio station KABC. Purchase price under a sliding scale not yet set or approved by the Federal Communications Commission, estimated between 50 000 and 60 000 dollars. Henry Lee Taylor, one of the three owners, said the sale was virtually completed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
KABC
San Antonio
Texas
Elliott Roosevelt
Henry Lee Taylor
Federalommunications Commission
Taylor
Slipper Crack Cracks Skull After Supper Call
St Louis Aug 2 Arthur Forbes in serious condition with a cracked skull after his wife called him to supper and he slept on the couch. She struck him with a slipper heel. Kansas City Aug 2 a fire destroyed J A Johnson's harness shop, losing one thousand sets of harness and other equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Arthur Forbes
Kansas City
J. A. Johnson
Britain Defeats U S Track Team at White City
London Aug 2 The United States touring track team lost 41 to 32 to Great Britain before 70 000 fans at White City Johnson Ben Columbia Negro sprint ace won the 100 and 220 yard dashes in 9.8 and 21.7 Ken Carpenter and Cornelius Johnson won the discus and high jump respectively San Romani failed in the mile Varoff failed in the pole vault and England's Wooderson won the mile time 4 15 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ben Johnson
Columbia
United States
Great Britain
White City Stadium
Johnson
America
Ken Carpenter
Cornelius Johnson
Carpenter
Archie San Romani
Emporia
Kan
George Varoff
San Romani
Heston
Kansas
England
Stanley Wooderson
Varoff
Seven marriage licenses issued in July total 42
Saturday afternoon brought seven licenses, marking a July total of 42 for 1936. Recipients included William A Alexander with Bernice A Brannen, Cornelius Batner with Alverta R Marston, William Z Head with Mildred L Barber, Earl V Anderson with Lydia Vions Chrisman, Martin L Denlinger with Helen Ward, Leon Bauman with Alice Sherbon, and Marion Andrew Pile with Marion Rose Leigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Alexander
San Antonio
Tex
Bernice A. Brannen
Washington, D. C
Cornelius Batner
Topeka
Lawrence
Martin L. Denlinger
Helen Ward
Leon Bauman
Alice Sherbon
Marion Andrew Pile
Pueblo
Colo
Marion Rose Leigh
V. F. W. Post to Meet at Veterans Hall Tonight
Alford Clarke post number 2 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will run a regular business meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the Veterans' hall. Commander C. E. Doc Hundley urges all members be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. F. W. Post
Alford-Clarke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans’ Hall
C. E. “Doc” Hundley
Sibleyville Farmer 93 Veteran Weeks Recalls Long Life
Sibleyville resident 98 Reuben Weeks on his farm near Sibleyville is 93 as of April 22. He has lived in Douglas county for 40 years, came to Kansas from New York 60 years ago. Mr Weeks is a Civil War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Alpha xi Delta Sorority
Tau Sigma
University of Iowa
Martha Graham
New York
Bauman
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Kemper Military Academy
Booneville
Sibleyville
Reuben Weeks
Douglas County
Kansas
Mr. Weeks
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Alpha Omicron Pi
Colonial
George Bullene
Herman Tusher
Milburn Golf Club
Lawrence Country Club
Fred Bliesner
Bernice
Muriel Jordan
Evelyn Emick
Betty Mott
Margaret Krelder
Barbara Marshall
Louise Davis
Jean Maria Mary Tudor
Hanna Ruth Russell
Susie Wilkerson
Mary Alteen
Sara Jean Ander- Donahue
Wo Marjory
Olson Ruth Leech
Betty Lou
Stephen_ Oskaloona son
Lais McCall
Marian Dowers Clifton
Elizabeth Ligsby
Mias Lydia Viona Chrisman
Earl V. Anderson
Hutchinson
Frank Endacott
Earl Endacott
Abilene
Paul Endacott and
Bartlesville
Ohlo
Norman Endacott
George Endacott
Arthur Endacott
Will Ste
San Francisco
Paul Endacott
H. H. Holloway
Girl Scouts
Green’s Cabin
L. E. Rice
Jennie Doane
Juanita Austin
Virginia Holmes
Jean Edmiston
Gertrude O Brien
Mary Frances Fitz- Margaret Penney
Patrick
Good Times
Mary Alice Martin
Patsy Creel
Lois McClung
Lawrence Woman's Club
Isabelle MacKenzie
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicate
Becauas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ruth Hoff Hag
France
British Isles
Esther Swanson
California
Pacific Coast
Philip Edwards
Mary Elizabeth
C. S. Shepherd
Fort Worth
Grace Greene Erickson
Mildred Green
H. T. Jones
Arvid Erickson
Lee Schwinley
Creede
Olc
Delo Selig
Shirley
J. E. Selig
L. E. Blair
Estes Park
Sylvan Dale
Edith Forney
Oscar Forney
Canyon City
Sam Roberts
Eunice Roberts
Paul Roberts
Jack
Joseph Roberts
Jay
Charles
Joseph Smith
Helen Witt
Hazel Roberts
Roy L. Roberts
Roy Roberts
George Abrams
Charles Stough, Jr
Vera Corinne
Ardean Bright
Chicago
Miss Bright
Stoughs
C. H. Hoinville
Stough
Hoinvilles
Spooner
Wis
M. Lynn Butcher
Marion
Emil Hartiz
Clara Emerson
Annapolis
George Chambers
Chambers
Ben Wilson
Aleene Dunn
Council Grove
Martha Pritchard
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Baldwin
Huxman
Walter A. Huxman
Border
Lawrence Paint & Wallpaper Store
R. E. Swim
Nazarene Church
Kanaan City
Misa Gerturde Eakin
Y.W.C.A. Post
Portland, Ore
Ros
Kansas Cleaners
Phone
Business Directory
T. J. O'Donnell
Harry Westergren
Pettit the Plumber
Indiana St
Sewing Machine Company
Singer
L. T. Bellinger
Mgr
9Th St
J. W. Shaw Lumber Co
Elks
Elks Orange Crush Beverage Co
Reehabee
Thrift
Vermont
Britain
Ruud
Tek
Kansas Public Service Co
Cuangis
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