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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1938
Page
8
A humorous vignette about Mrs. Housewife starting Christmas shopping early. It traces her careful budgeting and the long list of potential gifts for Grandmother Daughter and Mother, from warm robes and jewelry to snow suits, fur accessories, toiletries and handkerchiefs amid seasonal decorations and shopping bustle.
A scrambled set of crossword hints covers across and down entries with cryptic spellings and misprints. Readers must map Moorish kettledrums seeds and other listed terms to complete the grid and reveal the theme.
The Cordley school P T A will stage a Christmas program on Wednesday December 14 at 10 30 and 1 45 pm. The event features carols hymns Nativity plays and a tableau The Christmas Tree with a cast including Joseph Charles Johnson Mary Laurel Hessler and many kindergarten through sixth grade students.
Mrs. H contemplates summer outfits and color coordinated comforts. She settles on a skating skirt silhouette dress with basque bodice or jacket as at least one daughter gift. She postpones gifts for her son and husband, noting men are easier to shop for though choices seem less varied.
Lawrence civic groups focus on poor housing for low income residents. A League of Women Voters study session cites Federal Housing Administration and United States Housing Authority limits and Kansas law gaps. They urge public interest and broad civic cooperation as a first step toward local relief.
Noble De Rain of Shortridge High School Indianapolis, grandson of Mrs. Fred Olmstead of Lawrence, gains notice for pottery and sculpturing. He studied at Kansas City Art Institute and Lawrence junior high, then took a high school pottery course and served as pottery assistant. He created models for Sinclair Oil ads in Missouri Kansas Illinois and Indiana.
The widow of Woodrow Wilson, living on S Street in a Georgian townhouse, ending an 18 year silence writes a memoir. Pulitzer Prize winner Marquis James edited the manuscript, with portions to appear in a magazine and book in early spring. The work aims to cast new light on Wilsons acts as president.
Maud C Jackson of Lawrence writes Plays and Recitations for Tots a small inexpensive book for first grade and preschool children issued by T S Denison and Company Chicago. She has published novels poems and travelogue pieces and is listed in the Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Poets.
Mrs Mary Peterson spent a year with her sons Vernon Linn and Ralph in Stockton Califf and visited the H J Peterson home. The Farm Bureau County Chorus met in Lawrence. The Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau held its annual Christmas party on December 1 at Mrs Jack Maloney's home with a turkey dinner for eleven members four guests and three children and a short program led by Mrs L O Armstrong.
Larry Allison and Joanne Armstrong performed a vocal selection while a decorated living room tree provided a featured Christmas exchange. Guests included Mrs. Neil Thayer, Mrs. William Wells and daughter of Lawrence, Mrs. Will Allison of Number Six district, Miss Olive Illian of Pleasant Valley, and more. John Maloney Sr visited C. E. Dunigan’s home in Number Six district. Jack Maloney and Jack Purdue attended a dance at the Eagle's club Monday night.
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