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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1941
Page
5
Society notes advise sending items early for the Journal-World publication schedule. Readers are urged to phone or write items before the 11 34 o clock deadline on publication day.
Wednesday Trinity Episcopal Guild hosts at Sirs Hoyt3 Linley home Baptist Womens Society meets at church at 10 a.m.
Miss Gayle Mareel McCullough daughter of Edward McCullough Lancaster and Dwight Marshall Brown son of Mr and Mrs William Brown Independence were married at 4 o clock Saturday in Trinity Methodist church Kansas City. The bride a University of Kansas graduate and former bacteriologist at Jensen Salisbury laboratories will stay on until January 1. The groom a University of Kansas alumnus works as an architect in Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Luke Sales Topeka announce the birth of a son yesterday at St Francis hospital Topeka. Mrs Sales formerly Miss Virginia Stonelift of Lawrence.
Miss Helen Markwell and Van Hartman wed at Trinity Lutheran in Hays as she graduates from KU. Miss Helen Finley and William Fuson marry at her parents home with notable academic ties. Lt. Edward Garich and Jeryn Greene wed and move to Wrightsville Beach NC. Community events include Red Cross sewing at Trinity Lutheran and a Lawrence Flower Club meeting with lily growing tips.
Friday night ceremony at Rev. C. W. Comstock's home united Maness and a Liberty Memorial high school graduate couple attended by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee. The bride wore white silk with red trim and pink orange rose corsage. they will live at 1145 Vermont. The Kaw Valley railroad groom works as husband. County WCTU meets Friday at Cen tenary Methodist church with Mrs. Inez P. Ross presiding. afternoon reports, memorial service, and noon luncheon by Baldwin women.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Chance announce the birth of a daughter named Ellen Bahelene on Monday August 25 at Memorial hospital. Mrs Chance was formerly Miss Ruby Souders. The Joseph Eberhart family will hold its thirty sixth annual reunion on Friday August 29 in the grove by Stony Point church on the family farm, the historic site linked to early Douglas county history and now maintained by Stony Point Cemetery association.
Local personals list greetings and farewells as families return from trips across Colorado Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin and Ontario. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Fowler John F. Carmody and family Allan Shepard Margaret Speelman Charlies Pruner Sibyl Malm Betty Martin Irene Mell Harold Mattson and others with visits to Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and California and journeys to Yellowstone Grand Teton and the Ozarks.
Evelyn White returns from two weeks in Colorado visiting Boulder and Colorado Springs. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hansberry come back from a visit in Indiana. Lieut. Col. Carroll G. Riggs rests at home on sick leave after an operation and plans to resume duty with the 40th Coast Artillery brigade at Lake Village Arkansas. Ogden S. Jones family also back from Green Mountain Falls Colorado. Ruth Litchen and Mareel Rich return from Cragons on Pine Beach Gull Lake Minnesota.
The paragraph reports visits by Mrs. Alan Davidson and her twins Barbara and Dell from Chicago, and Dewey Schmitten family gatherings. It notes the death of Dr. Thomas L. Harris of Greencastle Ind, former Baker University history professor, and funeral details for Robert R. Timmons. Additional items include births, marriages, and local travels of residents.
Miss Nelson resigns after two years at Wathena High School. Miss Mary Cragoe, daughter of Prof and Mrs Edward Cragoe, to take the position. Dean and Mrs B A Gessner return from near Boston with daughter Emilie. Mrs Harold Henderson of Topeka travels to Baldwin as her father Dr Wiley A Keve suffers a stroke after serious illness.
Last week Ruby May Heffner spent time with Ruth Hornberger while neighbors gathered at the Emry Crawford home. The Range Line Social Hour met with Mrs. Homer Gibson and the president Mrs. Walter Harbour led the meeting. Ice cream cake and lemonade were served to numerous local residents. The community attended P A picnic at Holeen’s Store and E L C E at Fred Heim’s home. Many neighbors visited, traveled, and hosted gatherings across town including at Scott Nelson and John Gibson homes.
Shortie and Elsie Crable visit George Finch's home on a rain-soaked afternoon. Local families plow in wet fields while social plans unfold with Bessie's Busy Bee class party at Walter Orkle's Friday.
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