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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1941
Page
5
Society items must reach the Journal-World before 11 30 o clock on publication day. Readers are urged to write or phone items in well before use time.
Friday event listings include Mrs. Fred Ellsworth at a bridge luncheon by the Helianthus club and several luncheons at Colonial venues hosted by E. Q. W. and Lawrence Art club with the Spooner Thayer museum. Also planned are Christmas parties, dinners, and a Delta Delta club gathering. Saturday features A A U W Christmas tea in the Memorial Union’s Kansas room and a Betty Washington chapter DAR luncheon at Wiedemann’s.
Corbin hall hosted a Christmas party with medieval costumes and pageantry. The event featured carols from upstairs windows, a wassail procession, a lord and lady, a boars head toast, and a large group of singers with violins flutes and harp, followed by a banquet and a Yule Log ceremony with a lighting and wishes from hostesses and guests.
The Old Friends club hosts a meeting at 2:30 with devotional and gift exchange. Multiple circles and groups announce Christmas tea parties, bridge events, and a birthday celebration. A birth is announced at Memorial hospital and a twelve week bridge tournament winner is named.
The article lists multiple Christmas events with hosts and locations. Mrs. Martin Jost to entertain the Amigos club with a luncheon. Mrs. W A McAlearney to host Recreation club party. Dr and Mrs L H Frink hosted dinner ee club. Mrs Joe Williams to host Three M club. Year Round club luncheon at Evans Hearth. Mrs Henry Asher contract club. Mrs Arthur Kirchhoff assisting hostess. Also announces the birth of a baby today at Memorial hospital for Mr and Mrs O A Bradley Route 4.
Dr. H B Hungerford leaves for San Francisco to attend an American Entomological Society meeting. Ray Moorman and wife plan a move to Ohio for a civil service post near Dayton. Mrs. Arens travels to Kansas City to visit relatives. Prof R C Moore departs for Chicago to join Geological Society committee. Several others plan travels or recoveries for the holidays.
The Bureau of Mines reports week ended December 6 domestic crude stocks rose by 1,616,000 barrels while foreign crude fell by 300,000. Total crude stocks reached 244,200,000 barrels, up 1,316,000 from the prior week.
Red Nichols and his Pennies orchestra will headline the Sophomore Hop in the Memorial Union ballroom from 9 to 12 tonight. Students will pitch pennies to raise $80 for Christmas aid to Lawrence needy families, with a penny bucket in Frank Strong hall.
Colleges at the Hotel President in Kansas City report Dean George B. Smith to preside over an afternoon discussion. University attendees include Dean Smith and professors H. E. Chandler C. B. Althaus Bert A. Nash and F. C. Russell. KU band to give annual fall concert next Thursday featuring varied entertainment and a program with Jayhawk Trumpeteers Saxophone Quintet Empty Saddles and other acts.
The Wesleyan Chorus of First Methodist church will perform Handel's Messiah at 10 45 Sunday morning December 14. The 80 member choir includes soloists all regulars except Robert W Myers now with First Presbyterian Kansas City. Dorothy E Miller directs and plays organ. The oratorio lasts about one hour ten minutes with arias and choruses listed.
A fragmented text from a Messiah style chorus listing recitatives arias and choruses. It mentions figures such as the Virgin birth angelic annunciation shepherds and the prophecy of the Messiah with lines like rejoice greatly and glory to God. The garbled OCR preserves key phrases and biblical references in a period concert style.
A compact choral snippet listing a hallelujah chant and Dresden style phrases. The text references a chorus and a choral response with titles like Christ We Do Adore Thee and Dubois.
Atlanta December 12. Georgia Techs football game with California at Berkeley December 2 is canceled as nine Tech players enter military service after Christmas with their families. Techs flashy halfback remains unnamed.
Johnny Bosch expects to join the army air corps as his next career step. The report notes his intention to pursue service and training in aviation within the military program.
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