Creator of Andy Hardy Character Miss Bretherton Born in Portland
Miss Vivien Bretherton of Portland Oregon created the popular Beezy Eaton family figure that evolved into Andy Hardy for MGM. A prolific author with stories in McCalls and Saturday Evening Post, she wrote Rock in the Wind inspired by Oregon pioneer life and has worked as an ad agency flyer writer and newspaper columnist.
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Hardy
Vivien Bretherton
Hannah Oliver
Miss Bretherton
Portland
Ore
Miss Oliver
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Saturday Evening Post
Delineator
Woman’s Home Companion
American
Good Housekeeping
McCall’s
Hollywood
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Beezy Eaton
Andy Hardy
Tufts College
Boston
Sonney
Women knitters mobilize for bluejackets in U S Navy
Mrs Henry Verner leads Bundles for Bluejackets to supply sweaters scarves gloves and helmets to U S Navy sailors. A committee distributes wool and needles as funds from red Christmas bows fund purchases. Jo Anna Wagstaff and other high school knitters contribute mittens and afghan squares. Women are urged to join by calling Mrs Mitchell or Mrs Posey and send prepped items to headquarters for shipment to England next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Henry Verner
Werner
Bundles For
Britain
A. B. Mitchell
Fred Moreau
E. L. Haynes
Robert Rowlands
R. Butchinson
C. J. Posey
C. C. Perry
Joanna Wagstaff
Mitchell
Inexpensive Fruit Cake Recipe From Mrs Sandelius
A Historic home bake recipe lists ingredients for fruit cake including coffee, raisins, citron, spices and shortening. Instructions detail creaming sugar and shortening, adding eggs, sifting dry ingredients, mixing with cooled coffee, folding in fruits, and baking in a loaf pan at 350 degrees for about one hour.
Chase Fifty Year Anniversary Open House in Lawrence
Mr and Mrs Ervin L Chase celebrate fifty years of marriage with an open house at 620 Elm Street December 24 from 2 to 5 PM. Married December 24 1891 in Wichita they moved to Lawrence in 1904. Elizabeth Jane Fennell is Mrs Chase's former name. The couple has three sons Emerson Ervin and Harvey and a daughter Bertha.
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Ervin L. Chase
Elm Street
Chase
Wichita
Lawrence
Canada
Elizabeth Jane Fennell
Mr. Chase
Illinois
Anna Belle Bertholl
Mrs. Chase
Emerson
New Jersey
Ervin
Newark
N. J
Harvey
Bertha Chase Alters
19 Course Christmas Dinner at Maxwell House in 1879
A Nashville Maxwell House Christmas menu from 1879 lists 19 courses from turtle soup to fruits and dessert served with tea or coffee. The meal includes boiled mackinaw trout, oysters in many preparations, multiple hot relishes and roasts, a game course with twelve items, and extensive pastries and confections.
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Maxwell House
Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
Boston
la Maxwell House
Strasbourg
Tennessee
Cumberland Mountain
Malaga
London
California
Roosevelt increases survivors pensions in wartime range
President Roosevelt signed a bill raising pensions for dependents of service members killed in action from 22 to 56 dollars monthly in peacetime to 30 to 83 dollars monthly in wartime. Also notes price for a year Journal-World subscription and suggests gifting a remembrance at Christmas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Journal-World
Community Christmas Carols at Lighted Tree Event
Neighbors living on New Hampshire Rhode Island and Barker streets will gather December 22 at 6 30 pm to sing carols around a decorated tree in the 1500 block between Rhode Island and Barker. Miss Winifred Hill leads with violinist Paul Stoner. candles will be handed out. event ends about 7 pm. invites extend citywide and aims to become annual. The passage also notes a separate recipe instruction for bordly and a Mrs W K Lowman from Jacksonville Illinois.
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New Hamps
Rhode Island
Barker Streets
Barker
Winifred Hill
Paul Stoner
Two Piece Dresses For Winter Fashions And Navy Looks
The piece outlines two piece dresses for winter wear featuring lingerie blouses or glittering jackets with flaring skirts New outfits blend lace chiffon or sweater tops with voluminous skirts in black red or navy The navy trend includes wrapped coats long torsos and peplums with small white felt hats trimmed with pink roses or bright flowers.
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New York
Fruit Cake and Pudding Recipes From Mrs Griffeth
Fruit Cake recipe lists fruit and nut ingredients with measurements and method including creaming shortening with sugar and baking at 250 for 3 to 4 hours in a water tray. Pudding recipe combines suet raisins currants and mixed peel with spices and eggs, then bakes. Mrs. C. L. Griffeth is noted with address 1035 New Jersey street.
Apple Sauce Cake Mix with Fruit Additions
Readable text describes a fruit cake variation using 14 cups apple sauce mashed, 2 cups sugar, 2% cups lard, 2 cups flour, soda 1 teaspoon, cinnamon 1 cup raisins and 1 cup nutrients. Bake at 350 degrees for about one hour. Also suggests adding candied pineapple cherries citron lemon and orange peels. Signature Mrs Wesley P Reazin 1616 New Hampshire.
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Wesley P. Reazin
New Hampshire
Fruit Cake Recipe with Minced Fruits and Spices
A detailed fruit cake method with candied citron orange and lemon peel raisins almonds mixed nuts and dried fruits. Instructions cover soaking drying creaming rich batter adding coffee preserves and mincemeat then baking two hours in a slow oven and aging two to three weeks. Author noted as Mrs. Harold Drennon Route 2 Lawrence.
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Harold Drennon
Route 2
Lawrence
Ninth Street Church Christmas Program Planned
The Ninth Street Baptist Sunday school will stage its Christmas program Tuesday at 8 pm with a children's program led by Blanche Robinson. The young people's department then presents The Guiding Star with Ophelia Mitchell supervising. Cast includes Mary Carolyn Pennell Joseph Herbert Mitchell innkeeper's wife Ethelyn Hardiman Judah Donald Salisbury Rachel Nelda Hill shepherds Virgil Dowdell Aggie Dowdell Leonard Monroe three wise men Daniel Mitchell Thomas Mitchell Billy Payne and soloist Dorothy Lee. Also a note on Hawaii job openings for Pearl Harbor with 357 skilled workers sought from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Workers must be ready to depart by January 12.
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Blanche Robinson
Young People’s Department
Guiding Star
Ophelia Mitchell
Mary
Carolyn Pennell
Joseph
Herbert Mitchell
Billy Rogers
Ethelyn
Hardiman
Judah
Donald Salisbury
Hawaii
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Pearl Harbor Navy Yards
J. L. Garth
Civil Service Commission
Worden Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Union residents Mrs. Orville Elm and Lois visited the Donald Breithaupt home near Worden Monday evening. Rev. Lehmann from Blue Springs Mo was a weekend guest in the W H Johanning home. Mrs. Henry Boehle visited Mrs. Ivan Schwartz Wednesday. Worden Evangelical church men cut and sawed winter wood. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kline and daughter visited Emma Griffith and George in Baldwin Friday.
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Orville Elm
Lois
Donald Breithaupt
Worden
Lehmann
Blue Springs
W. H. Johanning
Henry Boehle
Ivan Schwartz
Ed Johanning
Eudora
League of the St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Roy Schwalm
Virgil Schwartz
Pauline
Local social notes list weekend visits in multiple towns
Mrs. Fred Lutz visited her sister in Ottawa over the weekend. Wayne Deay Gene Van Hoesen and others traveled to visit relatives in Baldwin Lawrence and Pleasant Grove. several families from Overbrook Excelsior and Wichita shared visits and Sunday dinners with relatives in Baldwin and surrounding areas.
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Lawrence
Gilbert
Winfred Vaughn
Howard Purvis
Larry
Wichita
Gene Randel and Sons
Baldwin
Raymond Pearson
Nadine Armsby
Waverly
Phily Beck
Glen Ulrich
Russel Ulrich
Augus Boehle
Pleasant Grove
Grover Ulrich
Dad Ulrich
Reece Swimley
Centropolis
Mac Swimley
Roy Barkley
Hugh Hines and Son
H. S. Barkley
Philo Beck
Fred Eggleston
John
Clinton Belvoir Community Notes Report Distress And Meetings
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Losh visited Mrs. Brawley near Waverly, who is not well. Edith Anderson of Lawrence stayed with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ebon Anderson, Doris and Jack. Mrs. Springer and others attended a Washington Creek school teachers’ meeting. The Missionary society met at Mrs. Anderson’s home and planned to buy spoons forks and cups while contributing to Christmas joy. Red Cross sewing occurred and Mrs. O Connor led a lesson. Farm Bureau members heard a lesson inLawrence led by Mrs. Roy Harrell and Mrs. Bracken Shuster substituted as leaders.
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Arthur Losh
Brawley
Waverly
Edith Anderson
Lawrence
Ebon Anderson
Doris
Jack
Springer
Moses
Jacqueline Steele
Washington Creek
Otis Heine
Missionary Society
Montgomery
Community Notes Mixed News From Local Families
Local relatives report Belles youth arriving safely to join parents. Topeka visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Kampschroeder. others visited Harry Murphy home. Cummings family plans move to Lawrence after selling their home. Farm Bureau held Christmas party at Mrs. Bracken Shuster’s with cookie donation for Ft. Riley soldiers. Seventeen members attended. gifts and proverbs shared. refreshments served. Ebon Anderson’s nephew’s boy alive but seriously injured in war outbreak. Mrs. George Jensen’s brother George Woodward, from Cincinnati, recently married. Orval Bradley welcomed a daughter December 12 at Memorial hospital. Rose Baldwin to return for holidays. Mrs. Mollie Gerton ill in Protection. Ralph Kampschroeder returns from Detroit with new milk truck. Howard fills in. Clinton Quilting Club quilted a comforter. Christmas exchange and next-year plans discussed. TB seals purchased. next meeting January 7.
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Thomas Kampschroeder
Robert Kampschroeder
Topeka
Fred Baldwin
Moreland
Harry Murphy
No. 6
Harles Cummings
Myrabelle
Lawrence
Farm Bureau
Bracken Shuster
Tom Hout
Ft. Riley
Httheonnie Steele
Janet Hodges
Glenn Steele
Harold Hodges
Ebon Anderson
Anderson
George Jensen
George Woodward
Cincinnati
Orval, Bradley
Memorial Hospital
Rose Baldwin
Welda High School
Chester Baldwin
Kan
Mollie Gerton
Ralph Kampschroeder
Etroit
Mich
Christmas Program Planned at Clinton School House
The Clinton school will host a Christmas program Friday evening by teachers and pupils. Laddie Demeritt shows rapid improvement and hopes to resume activities soon. A Christmas pageant is in rehearsal for Sunday evening December 12 at the Presbyterian church with a community invitation.
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Edd Steele
Clinton
Aoe
Laddie Demeritt
Presbyterian Church
Oskaloosa Family Reunion and Local Events
The Ratliff family reunited as daughters Theond and Doris arrived from Leavens and son Bud from Kansas. A Presbyterian choir concert was planned under organist Bill Leech. Edward Ratliff, in the 35th division, phoned from Camp Robinson about leaving soon after two furloughs.
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Ratliff
Theond
Doris
Leavens Ane
Bud
Kansas
Army Lfe
Hing
James Sweyer
Kansas City
George Baker
Guild
Catherine
Elizabeth Gutchinitter
J. H. Brown
Joe Lane
Irene Brock
Emporia High School
Mra. C. E. Brock
W.S. C
The
Methodist Church
Lena Roberts
Leslia Waggoner
Federal Grand Jury
Margaret Ford
Topeka
W. B. Ford
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U. S. Navy
Jos
W. E. Sandelius
Massachusetts Street
Jacksonville
Ill
C. L. Griffeth
New Jersey Street
Ninth Street Church
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Laura Ingalls
FBI
Clinton-Belvoir
Headquarters For Tobacco
Kool Phiilip Morris
Chesterfield
Round Corner Drug CO
Brighten
LES
Jayhawk
Ng Defense
Sam
Oskaloosa
E. W. Young
Pie Cleaners
Goon
Ed Young
Hansas ElectRic Power Company
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