Wide Range of Society Events Noted in Lawrence area
Society notes list numerous gatherings in Lawrence and area. Mrs. F H Guild hosts luncheon for Mrs Ogden S Jones and Kanwaka Literary Club held prizes. Family dinners mark birthdays as many locals attend events with friends and relatives across Clyde Lincoln and Topeka, August dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Guild
Topeka
Ogden S. Jones
Lawrence
T. D. Prentice
Earnest “Boyce
Laurence ‘Woodruff
George M. Beal
Marcia Baty
Birth of a son announced at Memorial hospital
Miss Heinemann, KU graduate and Alpha Gamma Delta member, will wed at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Kansas City at 8 o'clock on August 31. Mr. and Mrs. Ted V. Gentry of 942 Mississippi street announce the birth of a son this morning at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Flower Club
Norman Plummer
University Drive
Lawrence
Mary Louise Heinemann
Harry B.heinemann
Kansas City
John Daniel
Gust
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Miss Heinemann
University of Kansas
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Ted V. Gentry
Mississippi Street
Memorial Hospital
Local notices list faculty and travelers returning home
Miss Helen Heaston leaves Sunday for Detroit to teach music in public schools. Miss Maude Elliott toured Chicago Cleveland Washington Montreal Madison and more. Alice Gallup returns from New York City with a master's from Columbia and resumes Kansas City teaching. Several couples and individuals travel for summers, fairs, and motor trips including to the Pacific coast and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Heaston
Detroit
Mich
E. S. Heaston
Maude Elliott
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
D. C
Montreal
Quebec
Madison
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Maine
North Castine
Pensabscot Bay
Alice Gallup
New York City
Columbuia University
Public
Kansas City
William L. White
Emporia
P. H. Klinkenberg
Mr. White
Helen Naramore
Colorado
C. B. Francisco
Signe Stubeck
Fred Stubeck
Colorado Springs
F. E. Nemec
E. E. Alexander and Sons
Harold and
Edwin, Jr
Texas
Corpus Christi
Irma Spangler
Adolph Spangler
Stephenville
Tex
Myron Dicker
Roscoe Pine
Pacific Coast
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Long Beach
San Diego
Calif
Tia Juana
Mexicali
Mexico
Phoenix
Ariz
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Jeannette Bischoff
F. I. Wilson
Humpty” Wilson
Roberta Barr
Waterloo
Anna Olinger
Barbara
Davida Olinger
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Dwight Olinger
Barbara Bee
Ida Miller
M. L. Dye
Washington,d. C
New York
Annie Hicks
Lawrence
Jill
Thomas Brazel
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Stillwater
Nathan H. Huffman
United Brethren Church
Helen Huffman
Polytechnic Institute
San German
Puerto Rico
Mexico City
Huffman
National University of Mexico
Fred Shimmons
Minnesota
Canada
J. M
Osma
Teresa
Des Moines
Lake Superior
Wilma Latimer
Powell
Wyo
J. P. Turner
Two Junior Winners Crowned in Granada Beauty Contest
Elaine Sue Pierce and Billy Brosius were named Little Miss Lawrence of 1940 and Little Mr. Lawrence of 1940 in the Granada junior beauty pageant. Fourteen entrants competed as thirteen girls and ten boys sought honors. audience applause chose the winners who received small loving cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Sue Pierce
Wade Pierce
Billy Brosius
C. L. Brosius
Granada Ay
Elaine Sue
Miss Lawrence
Billy
Mr. Lawrence
Willkie plans western campaign tour as southern talks face block
A state by state push for Wendell Willkie in the Democratic solid south faces a blocking day as he approves a two week stumping tour across the western half. Independent Democrats back Willkie seeing a chance to carry Texas Florida Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee. The route spans Coffeyville Kansas to Detroit with major speeches in Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle and more covering over four thousand miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
John W. Hanes
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Lewis Douglas
Alan Valentine
University of Rochester
Texas
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Coffeyville
Kan
Detroit
Martin
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
National Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Rushville
Ind
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
East
Kansas to hold August conference for school leaders
Governor Payne Ratner calls Kansas education leaders to a August 29 meeting in the statehouse senate chamber to discuss elementary and high school work in light of the national defense program and changing times. The Kansas States Teachers Association will select representatives. Thirty four were invited including officers from related groups. The 10 a.m. session aims to foster patriotism and support for national defense through schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Kansas
Ratner
America
The
Kansas States Teachers’ Association
Statehouse Senate
Vinland and Vicinity social notes long list of visits
Mrs Harold Hershel and grandchildren visit. Multiple residents travel to Kansas City Meade Clinton Lawrence and Topeka. Jimmie Deay ill in Phoenix. Reunions and weekend stays noted with relatives in Vinland and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hershel
Mary Ann
Joyce
Clinton
Katherine Cummings
Topeka
Alice Stanwix
Elmer Smith
Kansas City
Nancy Felker
Lawrence
Minnie Wertz
Alberta Reusch
Pittsburg
Jake Reusch
John Wiles
Ottawa
W. E. Haskinson
Mary Stanwix
Tonganoxie
Alice
W. H. Hoskinson
Charley Neely
Alberta
Reusch
Perry McPheeters
Bill Reusch
Dale Crady
Ted A
Clinton Park
Bill Deay
albert.Stanwiz
Har
Pickens and vicinity social notes report many visits
Mr and Mrs T E Hubbard visited in Kansas City and the KU hospital to see relative Rudy Green who is improving. Numerous locals hosted relatives and friends across town and nearby towns with dinners, calls, and weekend visits. Lightning shock afflicted Everett Mitchell recently, now able to move. A CPA picnic drew many, with extended family visits noted in Eudora and Jewett areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Hershel
Mary Ann
Joyce
Katherine Cummings
Clarence Hubbard
Elmer Nordstrom
Topeka
Cyril. Milburn
Eudora
Wilfred Selzer
Beatrice Steffen
Florence Milburn
Lena
Betty Jean Hicks
Kansas City
Charles Hubbard
John Wiles
W. E. Hoskinson
J. A. Johnson
Russell Wray
Ruby McCree
Ottawa
Don McMillen
Bernice Hagerman
Helen Hubbard
Gertie Robertson
Ralph Robertson
Clarence
T. E. Hubbard
Willard
Kansas University Hospital
Rdy Green
Green
Donald Siscoe
Barbara Jane Hubbard
Dorothy
Roy
HW. Ll. Bryan
K. C. Gryder
James Edmond
Ashley
Roy Pierce
Lawrence
Phil Day
Laura Anderson
James Baird
Hiawatha
Kan
Roy Baird
Ernest Siscoe
Frank Hubbard
Mark Dunlap
Ralph Dunlap
William
Robert Edler
Adeline Richley
Rudy Heniik
Raymond Stancliff
Katie Henik
George Henik
Ernest Cowles
Albert Hall
Emma Wickey
Levi Phinney
Sam Huntley
Walter
Turner
Atchison
Fred Grohe
Jewett
Lola Mae
Fred Heath
Roy Hubbard
Mr. Cowles
Margaret
Community Notes and Obituaries in Woodstock Area
Weekend visitors from Topeka and McLouth were noted as crops benefited from recent rains though late moisture limited upland corn. Local residents hosted visitors, Ladies Aid met in August, and church basement work began for furnace installation. Jefferson county commissioner Charles Jacquemin died after short hospital stay. funeral at Oska loosa Methodist. burial Pleasant View cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ‘T. Bales
Topeka
Robert Alexander
McLouth
Frank Champion
Cecil Feister
Harry Wellman
Margaret
Marie
Herbert Champion
Ladies Aid
Nickles
Tibbett
Charles Hart
Wellman Chapel
Charles N. Jacquemin
University of Kansas
Help Wanted Classified Prompt Result
Help wanted prompt results generated from classifieds for home or office assistance. Contact phone line 22 for details on available positions and application process.
Local Social Notes From Lawrence and Nearby Areas
Prospective residents Mr and Mrs Frank of Lawrence visited Lorenz and Bertha Speicher and Mr and Mrs Walter Parsons family returning from Denver after a week with relatives. Henry Roche Edith Jo dined with Charlie Janeway Pleasant Valley. Kenneth Norman born to Roy and Evelyn Vandeventer. Brubaker and Rohe families hosted and visited in Clinton and Memorial Hospital and Lawrence area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Lawrence
Lorenz
Bertha Speicher
Walter Parsons
Denver
Henry Roche
Edith Jo
Charlie Janeway
Pleasant Valley
Glenn Steele
Clinton
Henry Roche, Jr
Harry Werts
Nan Felker
Memorial Hospital
Roy Vandeventer
Kenneth Norman
Vandeventer
Evelyn Werts
Lester Brubaker
Lorenz Speicher
Charles Waugh
Martin Rohe
Henry Rohe
Albert Edler
John Bell
Moore
Dolly Rockefeller obituary notes birth in Ottawa and death in California
Mrs Dolly Rockefeller born September 18 1870 Ottawa Kansas died August 9 1940 San Diego California after a stroke. She lived near Lawrence most of her life before moving to California six years ago for health. Married at 28 to Frank Rockefeller they had five children Alta Amm Edith Lenon Carl Rockefeller all in San Diego Gladys Sylvester Lawrence Dorothy Brown Wichita. Four grandchildren one brother Frank Hatch Lawrence and one sister Addie Christine Peoria. She was laid to rest Sunnyside cemetery Long Beach August 12 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly Rockefeller
Ottawa
Kan
San Diego
Calif
Lawrence
California
Frank Rockefeller
Alta Amm
Edith Lenon
Carl Rockefeller
Gladys Sylvester
Dorothy Brown
Wichita
Frank Hatch
Addie Christine
Peoria
Rockefeller
Sunnyside
Long Beach
Classified page ritual fuels thrifty daily routine
A reader declares a daily habit of scouring the classified ads for bargains. The routine emphasizes frugality and informed purchases, turning page by page into a practical guide to saving money and spotting opportunities.
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Ralph Colman
Kanwaka Literary Club
Willis Colman
Keith Baugh
Margaret Colman
Scandia
Frank Miller
Rolla Stanwix
Ed Shaw
Winston McNees
Lenora Elkin
W. F. Elkin
George Strahan
Robert Holliday
Harley Armstrong
Glenn Mesenhimer
George Miller
Fréd Gregory
Howard Gregory
W. A. Wymer
Vaneta Colman
F. G. Hagenbuch
Yates Center
Harry West
Milo Hakes
Clyde
Errett Scrivner
Ae Charles Robbins
J. J. Street
Janice Street
Annabelle Street
Mary Jane Martin
Harriet Spears
Margaret Janet
Joan Roberton
Virginia Haas
Union Young People’s
Unitarian Church
Harold Gregg
Fairview
Old Friends Club
J. H. Lehman
Arkansas Street
William Winkelman
Linwood
Billy Winkelman
Effingham
Phence Mitchell
Winkelman
Lincoln
Herbert Hanson
Hanson
Bennett Springs
Lake of the Ozarks
C. W. Hall
Clyde Christenson
Lumbus,o
W. H. Drake
California Street
George L. Carey
George Bollinger
A. L. Carey
Great Bend
Leonard Isern
Elkhart
Willard Mayberry
Lawrence Business and Professional Women's Club
Byron Cooke
Independent Democratic
Gov. Ratner
Vinland and Vicinity
Pickens and Vicinity
Wade Mitchell
Sonny
Leonard Anderson
C.P.A
Betty Tenak
Jess Wood
Mr. Wood
Busehor
Pinkham’s
Woodstock
Jacquemin
Jefferson County
Maude Jacquemin
Jeanette
Methodist Church of
Oskaloosa
Pleasant View
Oskal
Sedalia
Lawrence Buick Company
N.H. SI
Veatch
Sealy Prize
AAA Committee
Weaver
Wrisley's Pine
Crown
New Fall
Mansing