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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
5
Readers are urged to visit Bullene's for inexpensive unusual gifts such as plaques and pewter ware, lounge wear, and dance sets. The piece highlights Majestic appliances and Hartwell's semi annual sale with reduced velvet hats and other items to clear spring stock.
Nearly everyone has a sweet tooth with boxed chocolates at Rankin's Drug Store featuring Whitman's Keeler's and Johnson's. Green Bros offers many one dollar items including a Drip Cup for dressings and a large stock of Micro Aluminum Pyrex and Royal. wire flowers for cemeteries available. Smith's Drug Store stocks Canterbury Chocolates in Christmas boxes and boxed stationery. Yardley's Lavender line is at Crown Drug Store.
The Book Nook stocks juvenile and children's classics including The Painted Pig and Modern Mother Goose rhymes, plus titles for older readers. Houk Green's clothing features gifts for men and women, chiffon lace handkerchiefs, hand blocked linen hankies, and a full luggage line with fitted bags.
Greene's Ready to Wear Shop introduces silk and crepe frocks in pastels for Christmas wear and gifts. De Luxe Cafe offers a Christmas Day dinner for 75 cents at noon and evening. Also featured are cedar chests, homemade candies, canes, and rugs cleaned by The New York Cleaners at 4c per square foot for domestics and 8c for Orientals.
Friday events list in a university social calendar includes Christmas party setups for Pi Beta Phi and Adah chapter, with turkey pull and dinners at various locations such as the Masonic Temple and hotel venues. Saturday features Betty Washington chapter and Mrs Ruby Marks with additional gatherings noted.
Phi Kappa Psi hosted a Christmas formal with guests including Miss Dystra likely moving to a new city. A twelve piece orchestra played as decorations featured white mantle trees and flashing Christmas trees. The event opened with a play pantomime "The Fortygraf Album" by the freshman class and featured entertainment by the Oread ensemble.
Allen and Mrs A M Fortney Ting presided over a tea event with committee members Ida Jean Polson Florence Dill Senne Howard Chamney Roscoe Keeler Frances Grey Catherine Margaret Brown Fern Kasson and others. Guests included Agnes Laptad Mrs Ralph Miner Mrs Ralph Tripp Mabel Stevenson Ruth Erikson Mildred Klock La Veta Madden and others. The high score prize went to Miss Madden and each attendee received a small gift from Santa Claus.
Barber district neighbors gather for quilting bees and card parties. residents attend pies, programs, and dinners. Visits include Frank Dornon returning to Monument and numerous relatives from Lawrence Paola Topeka Clinton and Vinland. Engagements include travel to Baldwin and Coffeyville.
Mrs Elizabeth MacKenzie and Miss Isabelle MacKenzie visit. Mrs Etta Corle of Corbin Hall heads to Cleveland for holidays with relatives. J E Nelson sells her Lawrence Ope at 1020 Rhode Island and moves to Kansas City. Families from Bartlesville and Harrisburg visit students at the University. Hazel Shirar visits Tonmanaxin residents. Grace Dressler returns home for holidays from the University. Harry Westergren family and Bernice Morris plan Kansas City holiday visit. Frank L Gilmore of Mexico City, visiting relatives, departs for Colorado.
Springs Colorado residents Mr and Mrs J C Opperman and their children left today for a couple of weeks visiting Mrs Opperman’s sister Mrs H L Tonkinson in Texarkana Texas.
Mrs Sherman Delaney arrived from Talza Oklahoma on Wednesday night to be with her parents Mr and Mrs J T Constant during the holidays. Mr Delaney will come to spend Christmas.
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