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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1939
Page
3
Society items must be sent to the Journal World office by noon on publication day. Contributions should arrive in time to meet the schedule for the society column.
Community groups across Lawrence plan Christmas and Thanksgiving events. Luncheons, bridge derbies, and club meetings feature prominent members and local hosts at venues including acahontas Hall and the Colonial. Families share meals, weddings, and anniversaries as clubs arrange programs for veterans and youth.
Families and friends gathered for Thanksgiving meals and dances. Notable attendees included Mrs. F. H. Worswick Topeka and Ms Hannah Champion with local hosts Mrs. Charlton and Miss Margery Hanson from Dodge City as guest of honor. An Elks dinner honored A N Yancy with about 65 out of town guests from Junction City Kansas City and nearby towns. Music featured the Junction City band.
Readers note a flurry of Thanksgiving travel and family gatherings. Many residents, including Mrs. H. J. Penney and Miss Barbara Charlton, spent the holiday with relatives in Wichita Kansas City and other locales. Other households welcomed guests from Missouri Iowa and Massachusetts for weekend and holiday visits.
Mountain Grove resident visiting Lawrence after sister Mrs S K Funk passed away. Mrs E N Taylor attended Thanksgiving dinner with Mr and Mrs George W Lawrence at W C Allen's home in Tonganoxie.
Atlanta fashion scene notes a corset boom as women seek waist sizes to match Civil War era gowns for a Gone With the Wind festival premiere in mid December. Designers say modern physiques and casual wear push waists to be larger while department stores plan wax-model costumes from the 1860s. City officials urge residents to dress in Civil War fashions for the event, with men also adopting era styles.
Mrs Ingram explains that even in the 60s men had large girths causing designers some trouble in clothing fit and style trends for the era.
Lawrence retailers report turkeys and chickens dominating table sales with chickens doubling turkey sales. Geese ducks and geese also appeared, though smaller. Fruitful demand trends show a seasonal shift with larger poultry variety at Christmas.
Mrs. Lillian Bliesner, reception clerk, is moved to temporary case work at the county welfare office. Welfare director Mildred D. Watson cites rising winter caseload as the reason. Janice Eliot joins as temporary reception clerk after volunteering in the office.
Local attorney Henry H. Asher will address the second in a state wide series of legal institutes in Newton on Monday December 4. He will discuss Estate and Inheritance Taxation under the Kansas Bar Association. Judge J G Somers of the ninth judicial district Newton will cover Chickens to Children or the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.
The Townsend club will meet at the courthouse Saturday night at 7 30. Harry C Wilson, a state organizer, will be the speaker.
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