Society Notes Highlight Local Entertaining
Mrs. Fred Shimmons hosts a bridge shower for Mrs. A B Frederick, Miss Mildred Gentry prior to marriage. Dinners mark holidays with Learned, Decker, Stauffer and Bish op families in Kansas City and Bartlesville. Presbyterian women plan meeting at Westminster Hall with talks on Indian Missions. Numerous family dinners, gatherings, and club events listed with attendees from Kansas City, Topeka, and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Shimmons
A. B. Fredrick
Mildred Gentry
Personal notices of travel and visits across cities
Miss Electa Kindelsperger journeys to Kansas City to visit friends for several days. Miss Dorothea Simons leaves today for Wichita to spend the week with Miss Rosemary. Jo Wentworth and Miss Simons returned Saturday from a week in Kansas City. A. L. Ferris of Ness City visits with family at Broad View Inn. Miss Madge Bullene Mrs Martha Rogers andGen W S Metcalf travel to Topeka for Christmas with Chester Woodward’s family. Maurine Clevenger of Tulsa visits her parents. Mr and Mrs J C Clevenger and Mr and Mrs C W Meyn relocate from Kansas City to 1041 Kentucky St Lawrence. Meyn with Davis Child Motor Co. Mrs Gladys Henry Arnold of Slippery Rock Penn spends...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa Kindelsperger
Kansas City
Dorothea Simons
Wichita
Rosemary
Jo Wentworth
Simons
A. L. Ferris
Ness City
Broad View Inn
Madge Bullene
Martha Rogers
W. S Metcalf
Topeka
Helen seeks freedom and grit beyond fear
A brief line from an early 20th century syndicated piece captures Helen declaring a desire to be as free as men yet as ornery and unafraid as they can be, highlighting gendered expectations and bold self-definition.
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Helen
Holidays Bring Family Visits From Across the Midwest
A long list of residents and relatives plan or have spent Christmas with family across Kansas City Salina St. Louis Denver Philadelphia Lawrence Pittsburg and New York City. Names include Miss Helen Skilton Mrs. Bertha Ferris Miss Florence Ferris Patricia Edson and Jane Kennedy among others.
Willow Springs program and High Prairie Christmas events
Willow Springs attendees include Keith Ulrich Leland Ulrich John Churchbaugh Leslie Churchbaugh Helen Strobel and Mrs Strobel and Mrs C H Pontius. Four Leaf Community club to hold Christmas tree Friday December 23 with gifts to tree. Clyde Puckett and Orville visited in Kansas City where Mrs Lawson is receiving treatment. Cecilia Puckett hosted by E Heaston. Lydia and Clara Johanning dinner with LeRoy Stoncking family. Robert Gentry family dinner with Virgil Landis. Miss Helen Strobel returned to Eudora after visiting her brother and sister-in-law. Stella Landes hosted by Virgil Landes. John Kannenberg dinner guest of Mrs C G Schwarz. Oscar and Hattie of Woren. Clara Johanning home for Christmas vacation from Baker University. returns January 3. High Prairie church to host Christmas tree and program Sunday night. Santa Claus will attend. School to begin Christmas vacation Friday December 23 and resume January 2. Students who scored 100 in spelling listed. Letters to Santa Claus written by pupils. Christmas tree planned Friday afternoon with Santa to visit briefly. Lydia Johanning and Marvin Puckett visited school Thursday afternoon. High Prairie program performed by students December 17 under Mrs C H Pontius with songs December and Cock-a-Doodie-Doo, recitation The Reason Why by June Williams, and play Socks and Soap.
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Willow Springs
Keith
Leland Ulrich
John
Leslie Churchbaugh
Helen
Strobel
C. H. Pontius
Four Leaf Community Club
Clyde Puckett
Orville
Allie Lawson
Kansas City
Lydia
Clara Johanning
LeRoy Stoncking
Robert
Gentry
Virgil Landia
Helen Strobel
Eudora
Doe Strobel
Stella Landes
Virgil Landes
John Kannenberg
C. G. Schwarz
Oscar
Hattie
Woren
Baker University
Baldwin
High Prairie Church
Santa Claus
High Prairie School
Gene Wingert
Frederick Johanning
Cecil Puckett
Hazel Goodger
Gilbert Goodger
Virginia Lawson
Robert Heaston
June Williams
Oscar Flory
Merle Wingert
Warren Landis
Gerald Puckett
Flora Markley
Phillip Liams
Virginia
Williams
Vivian
Markley
Leo Wingert
Armin Landis
Social Calendar Bits Highlight Clubs and Engagement News
A crowded social week features the Tuesday calendar of Coterie and Le Trefle clubs with multiple hosts including Mrs H E Ericson Miss Bernice Jones and Miss Laura Grau ber. Wednesday lists Mr and Mrs George Docking and various gatherings while Thursday presents a long program of recitations songs and plays at the school and community events. The social items segue into a national note announcing the engagement of Richard Joshua Reynolds Jr son of a tobacco fortune founder to Elizabeth McCaw Dillard of Winston-Salem with no date set and ties to the late Smith Reynolds and Libby Holman affair.
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Coterie
H. E. Ericson
Bernice Jones
le Trefle
Laura Grauber
E “i
Victoria Club
H. D. Jolson
George Docking
Amigua Club
Fred Shower
the Manor
Kimmaons
Bridge
A. T
Frederic. Hursday
Margaret Schuman
Winston-Salem
N. C
Richard Joshua
Dick) Reynolds, Jr
Elizabeth McCaw Dillard
J.dillard
and Airs
John_L. Dillard
Reynolds
Smith
Libby Holman
Broadstar
Dick. Reynolds
Community Notes From Columbia Local Gatherings And Loss
A Columbia record lists Saturday help for Mrs. Elwood Deay and a Sunday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Brohammer with attendees from Kanwaka Lawrence and surrounding families. A Christmas party Saturday night served fruit salad cake candy and popcorn balls to many guests. Jesse Markley lost his best work horse Monday.
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Jwood
Elwood Deay
Everett Pence
Charles Shuck
Oscar Shuck
Frank Deay
Lloyd Shuck
John Brohammer
And
Myrs
David Williams
Carl
Kanwaka
Raymond Williams
Lawrence
Eva
Charles Brohammer
John David
Charles Banning
Betty Jane
Warren
Fred McKinney
Robert
Alvin
Esther Sanders
John Hagen
Esther
Ruth
Hoy Dixtis
Conrad
Merritt Woodward
Betty
Thelma
Earl Lindell
Gus
Peal Banks
John Banks
Ben
Pearl
Harold
Emma Nieder
Darrell
John Ehrlich
Gordon
Elibeth Dunn
Maurice
Barbara Knott
Harve Flory
Wayne
Walter Dover
Wesley Flory
Virgil Shoemaker
Will Postma
Jesse Markley
One Christmas Worth Courageous Change For Peace
Essay urges mindful Christmas spending, inner peace, and a shift from warlike competition to unity. It argues that personal and societal conflicts in business politics and religion squander the holiday’s true meaning, calling for Christmas to teach compassion, reduce discord, and curb waste.
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Visit Noted in December Service
The Christian Science weekly lesson sermon at the Church of Christ Scientist on Sunday December 25 featured the Golden Text Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and the psalm and II Corinthians passages. Mary Baker Eddy’s interpretation emphasized that only mind and idea are real and must be demonstrated through divine science to prove truth.
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Christian Science Churches
Christian Science
Church of Christ, Scientist
Correkitio
Mary Guker Eildy
Leaaliz
Ives Chapel notes and Christmas program details
Local news from Ives Chapel outlines visitors spending time with the Hemming and Summer households, mentions Mr and Mrs Butler of Lincoln attending a funeral for David Griffith, confirms several illnesses in the area, and previews a Christmas program at Ives Chapel Church with readers, recitations, songs, and a gift distribution.
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C. E. Decker
L. E. Decker
Marion Decker
George Stauffer
Howard Bishop
Buckner, Mo
AW. Lamb
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Stauffer
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First Presbyterian Church
Women’s Guild
Westminster Hall
Oread Avenue
Brace Cameron
Alma Hortleder
Winifred Shannon
Berit
Syria
Davida Olinger
Hamadan
Persia
Church
J. H. Mitchell
A. C. Mitchell
A. EB. Mitchell
Andy
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Herbert Flint
Annie Mitchell
A. W. Lamb
South Side Reading Club
George Hackman
Robert Hackman
Daugh- Roberta
Betty. Lee
Clayton
Hackman
W. B. Brown
Wate Caldwell
Philip Readie
William
Shannon
C. B. Holmes
F. B. Scanlan
St. Louis
J. R. Holmes
J. W. Holmes
Carolyn Lou
John Mauck
Holmes
Bernice. Jones
Coterie Club
Mary Kine
Ray T. Johnson
C. L.heatherington
United Brethern Church
Het
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Publishers Syndicate
Puffy
Pleasant View
JM. Henry
Anna
Elizabeth
Brickley
Lee Gerber
Bertha Ferris
Florence Ferris
Salina
Helen Skilton
Chicago
Lane Bryant and Company
H. C. Melton
Benny
Oklahoma City
Ernest Kugler
Denver
B. Scanlan
E. F. Engel
Agnes Engel
Herman Engel
L. P. Engel
Isa Wellman
Joe Weilman
Ed Bourn
Edna
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R.T. Gibson
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Kentucky Street
Hazel Roger
Abilene
C.E. Kimpton
Kansas
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Jane Kennedy
Pittsburg
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H. OM. Light
High Prairie
Opal Richardson
Thomas Gerhart
Mr. Holcom
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Bob Williams
Daywid
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Gerald Puckte
Dick Reynolds
Smith Reynolds
Columbia
Otto Fischer
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