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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1940
Page
6
Christmas gatherings listed by local PEO and social clubs
Mrs Maxine Erbay and Miss Sue Todd lead Christmas events for PEO chapters. Numerous clubs including Teoca, bridge, and luncheon groups meet at members’ homes and local venues like Evans Hearth and Colonial for dinners, tea, and parties amid the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Elmer Myers
Mmonary’ League
C. W. Schuert
N. J. CC
Evans Hearth
Christmas Tea Hosts Chapter AZ PEO and School Pageant News
Chapter AZ of PEO entertained at a Christmas tea hosted by Mrs Dolph Simons and others with blue and silver motifs. About 40 to 50 members donated children’s gifts for a school nurse. A Nazarene church program on Sunday featureing a Christmas pageant The Two Sides of the Door and pantomimes will raise funds for the ministerial retirement. Pinckney school children staged a Christmas program with a vested procession and extensive holiday decor. Dorothy Ione Woodward married Roy Mull in Oskaloosa on December 10. New York teachers were guests at a Shimmons hosted Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.E.O
Dolph Simons
Penfield James
H. T. Jones
W. T. Douce
W. C. Simons
Nazarene Church
Nineteenth
New Hampshire Streets
Young People’s Society of the Church
Pinckney School
Carl Woodward
Dorothy Ione
Roy Mull
Charles Mull
Oskaloosa
Mies Maud Ellsworth
W. B. Sneezas
Carl Shafer
Memrs
Sam Ferguson
J. G. O'Neil
Clyde Laessig
A. C. Anderson
Alfred Deolan
Ada Mae Tull
Christmas gatherings brighten town with parties and gifts
A string of holiday events fills the scene from the Business and Professional Women's club Christmas dinner at the Colonial tea room to Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and church groups hosting dinners and toy exchanges. Guests, decorations, and charitable plans accompany announcements of births and staff dinners at Memorial hospital and Lawrence Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
A. J. Mix
Independent Laundry
Colonial Tea Room
Local Families Plan Holiday Travels Across States
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Penchard and their son will leave tomorrow to spend Christmas in San Antonio traveling through Texas and Arizona, returning to Lawrence about January 4. Dr. and Mrs. M. T. Sadler depart Sunday for Los Angeles and California spots, returning January 6. Mrs. Oscar L. Cox left this morning for Los Angeles to spend Christmas and New Year with her son O. L. Cox and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Penchard
E. W. Penchard, Jr
San Antonio
Texas
Arizona
Lawrence
M. T. Sadler
Los Angeles
California
Oscar L. Cox
O. L. Cox
Cox
Local families prepare for Christmas holidays
Several residents plan visits and homecomings for the holidays. Mrs Rhodes will visit her brother in Pasadena, expecting about six weeks away. Mrs Gifford travels to Kansas City with grandson Gifford Searles. Dr and Mrs Esterly to Short Hills New Jersey for Christmas week. Helen Dodds returns from Kansas State College to spend Christmas at home. Betty Jean Abels arrives from Oberlin College for two weeks home leave. Bernice and Elizabeth Wiggins travel to spend holidays with their parents. Marian Bliesner returns from Kansas State College for holidays. Mr and Mrs W C Simons host relatives from Dawson and Minneapolis for Christmas. Mrs John E Jacobs and infant son return from Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Rhodes
Betty Jean Abels
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Bernice Wiggins
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Elizabeth Wiggins
J. B Wiggins
Marian Bliesner
Harry Johnson
Dawson
Neb
Memorial Hospital
John E. Jacobs
Museum drawing displayed as plan for Douglas County
The Douglas County Historical Society presented an architect's tentative drawing of a historical museum at the Chamber of Commerce office. The society proposed two building sizes with estimated costs of 5000 and 10000 dollars. The Chamber board approved the plan at its recent meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Historical Society
The
Chancellor Helps Boys With the Dishes at Christmas Dinner
Chancellors and Mrs Malott hosted a Christmas dinner for Carruth and Templin halls. The chancellor freely dried dishes while guests assisted. Watkins Memorial Hospital adopts holiday hours with dispensary 10 to 12 daily until January 5. hospital closed Christmas and New Year’s Day. Mt Oread students faced hour quizzes and shotgun tests as professors noted earlier punctuality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templin Hall
Carruth and
Templin
Deane W. Malott
Dean
Henry Werner
Olin Templin
George M. Beal
Carruth
Maott
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Mt. Oread
Christmas student notices and holiday campus events
On holiday session, pop quizzes mark absentees, while some professors cancel assignments and wish a merry Christmas. Templin hall gains a grand piano, purchased by Olin Templin in Topeka. Sigma Phi Epsilon pledges Floyd Koch of Topeka. Watson Memorial library hours during holidays are 9 am to 5 pm with weekend and holiday closings. Wesley Foundation at K U hosts an annual Christmas banquet amid wooden splinters from a damaged chair backstage. University health staff announce conference travel for Dr. Ralph S. Canuteson and Dr. W. H. Merritt. Dr. Beat rice Lina heads home to Spring Green, Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph S. Canuteson
K. U
National Organization
W. H. Merritt
American Student Health Association
Ann Arbor
Mich
Beatrice Lina
Spring Green
Wis
Local Ping Pong Champs Awarded Medals After Holidays
Norman Siebert heads to the army. January 2, Shirley Irvin of Kansas City and Malcolm Black of Wichita won mt read ping pong titles with runners up Olvia Cole Marysville and Perry Peterson Topeka. Men and women finals were yesterday with ninety men and eighty six women competing. Another tournament is planned for next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Irvin
Kansas City
Malcolm Black
Wichita
Mt, Read
Olvia Cole
Marysville
Perry Peterson
Topeka
Columbia School Christmas Program and Tree Event Tonight
The Columbia school hosts a Christmas program at 8 pm with Santa Claus in attendance. A 10 cent gift exchange is available for participants. Mrs. Frieda Rothchild leads the program as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Santa Claus
Frieda Rothchild
Rebekah Lodge Members Urged to Bring Christmas Basket Donations
Members of the Past Noble Grand club are asked to deliver donations to Lescher's shoe shop by Saturday for the lodge's Christmas basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grand Club
Rebekah Lodge
Lescher’s Shoe Shop
Dedication of United Brethren Parsonage in Lawrence
The United Brethren Church at 1645 Mass. St. Lawrence will dedicate a new parsonage Sunday Dec 22 at 2 p m. Bishop Weidler will preach at 11 a m and officiate. A basket dinner follows morning services with delegations from nearby churches. Reverend Arthur Ward, long a builder of churches, leads the local effort and is praised for converting adversity into progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass. St
H.D
Church of the United Brethers In Christ
Weidler
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Lawrence
S. 8. Snyder
17Th
Vermont
State Conference
Arthur Ward
United Brethren Church
Vermont Streets
Reverend Ward
Ottawa
Ward
New Mexico
Kansas
Sta
N. H. Huffman
Huffman
Christmas Gift Subscriptions From Journal World
Sending a Journal-World mail subscription as a Christmas gift includes a gift card with each order, turning the purchase into a long daily link to the sender’s old hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
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Mildred Kirkham
New York
Shimmons
Kentucky
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Mertie Edwards
Esther Wilson Miles
Ethel Woods
Mias
Marion Gray
Hazel Dawson
Helen Allen
Nancy Rutter
Muriel Dougan
Michael Andrews
Fred Shimmons
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Helen Gardner
Hazel Anderson
Virgalene Davis
Harold Hilkey
Oak Park
Ill
Thomas C. Ryther
Charles Welds
Margaret. Finnerty Henderson
Fay. Brown
Marcia Carter
Fannie Murphy
Misa Ann Zvacek
Barbara Fink
Maxine Schmitendorf
J. R. Payne
H. J. Besler
V. K. Bruner
Besler
Mrs. Bruner
Mexico City
Raymond Worley
Prospect Street
First Christian Church
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Spital
Elizabeth Home
McAllaster Parent-Teacher Association
Crade
T. D. Jones
Milton Slusser
Perry Street
Ice Crean
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Floyd Koch
Watson Memorial Library
C. M. Baker
Wesley Foundation of
Norman Siebert
Columbia School
Realmight
Jayhawk
United Brethren Parsonage
W. 0. Weidler
Kansas City, Missouri
McLouth
Big Springs
OF Trustees
Dr. Wray Enders
Wm. Puckett
Mr. W. C. Woodcock
Mr. L. F. Long
Mr.,b. J. Babbitt
Buil
Gale Swenson
Gamble Stores
Assis
OOK Paint
D. and. S. Wallpaper and Paint Store
Rumsey Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
Consumers Cooperative Association
Mass
M., R. Gill
H. W. Emick
Clarence Edmonds
Coe’s Drug Store
Varsity Cleaners Cash & Carry & Delivery
Keeler
Daniels Insurance Agen
Olson Brothers Plumbing & Electric Service
Chamney
Shaw Lumber Co
F. S
Carter
F. W. Cox
Electrolux Cleaner
Funk’s
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