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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1932
Page
7
Classified fragments advertise livestock loans and sales, real estate, furniture repair, coal prices, and a string of stockholders meetings for Lawrence and Douglas County banks. Notices include deadlines and officer names, with dates in January 1933 and phone numbers for several listings.
Local ad for The Good Wall Paper Co selling wall paper paints and antiques. Located at 209 West Sid with phone 620.
A Christmas club event featured tea cakes coffee and candy followed by a box of gifts and late hour departure. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Lloyd Coffman and many others while illness and weather reduced attendance. guests and a bridge party were noted with lively social exchange and a floating candy prize for the last grand slam.
Auction at the Lawrence Public Market on Wednesday December 26 1932 at 8 pm features horses work cattle swine and hogs cattle stock cows heifers calves and sows various loads of wood and produce plus furniture tools and an International feed grinder. Auctioneers Rule and Gerard with manager W O Flory listed as auctioneer.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Hase entertained the Friendship club and families with a Christmas party at their home Saturday evening. The lively evening featured play and prizes for Charles Forth and Arené Fishburn, with a variety of sandwiches pickles and salad served.
In Woodstock many residents battle illness as colds and influ enza-like symptoms spread. Mabel Hardine visited yesterday afternoon at the home of techie and Mrs. Ritch.
The Jefferson county column lists Christmas programs at Woodstock schoolhouse and Wellman school, visits by local families to relatives in Kansas City and Tonganoxie, and a string of community events. Relief road work resumes in Union township, a district basketball schedule opens in December, and various dinners, visits, and church preparations fill the season.
A jumble of across and down clues lists many partial terms and mismatched fragments including fillers for soup plant crabbed as d4, mix of numbers for lengths, and stray references to rivers and gods. The legible items hint at a chaotic, incomplete crossword page with scattered definitions and misprints.
A Christmas program and social at the schoolhouse featured readings, songs, and a play. Irene Helm led the program with Miss Mildred Duree assisting, and gifts were exchanged. Upcoming meeting set for December 29 at Mrs Naomi Black's home and a January 12 gathering planned. residents noted water shortages and hope for rain.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Turner hosted neighbors for dinners honoring wedding anniversaries of several couples including Mr and Mrs Walter Kirby and Mr and Mrs Asa Turner. The note lists other gatherings, a Christmas party, and a Union program attended by families from the No 10 district in Lawrence and nearby areas.
The United Brethren Ladies Aid bazaar drew strong crowds while the annual dinner and supper pleased attendees. In Topeka, families visited relatives, and Oakland Rebekah lodge hosted new members during a statewide social evening. A Christmas themed Embroidery Club luncheon with contests, a Messiah cantata at United Brethren church, and multiple dinner gatherings across Lecompton and nearby towns were noted among many local social events.
Valley Grove reports the marriage engagement of Dorothy Wellman to Nicol Rogler of Newkirk Oklahoma set for October 5. Rogler, a Kansas State College graduate, works in the Santa Fe railroad valuation dept in Chicago. Dorothy is a Osakaloosa High School graduate who studied at Washburn College and worked for a cosmetics company.
Mrs Evelyn Bower hosted the So and So’s at her mother Mrs Fred Champion’s home last Thursday afternoon. A cold day and sickness reduced attendance. Christmas ideas were shared and a pleasant time was reported with fruit refreshments served.
A Sanborn era advertisement lists numerous rural parcels near Highway 40 and Highway 10 in Kansas. Each entry details acreage from 50 to 169 acres, tillable land, pasture, timber, various dwelling sizes up to seven rooms, barns, chicken houses, and water access. Prices range from about 2400 to 8000 dollars with terms like cash down and no trade. Includes a business card for Insurance Exchange Rentale Hosford Inv. & Mtg. Co. at 924 Massachusetts Street.
A report describes a Christmas gathering with a salad and whipped cream dessert, vanilla, wafers, and cocoa. Members exchanged gifts with absent members sending and receiving tokens, while sickness delays next meeting. My and Mrs Richard Petrie enjoyed Christmas dinner at relatives near Lone Star Sung jay. On Christmas Day Mr and Mrs C G Petrie plan to host their dinner with their children visiting.
Mrs Mae Edmondson attended Star chapter and installation at the Masonic temple in Lawrence Friday evening. Misses Nina and Ruth Wilsons of Lawrence spent Friday night at the home of Mr and Mrs S Ty Griffin and family. They accompanied George Leese to their home near Fowler Kan Saturday to spend the holidays. Funeral services of Miss Flora Haughn were held at the Rumsey Funeral home Friday afternoon. Rev H R Husted officiated. Miss Hegerman of Vinland sang solos Beautiful Isle Some Day We'll Understand No Night There. Eugene Leary and G W Cooper were among the pallbearers. The family has the sympathy of this community. Mrs E L Brown attended a Christmas party for the ladies of the Baptist church in Lawrence Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs C A Whedon and Mrs Ernest Leary visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs John Akin and Tom and Mr and Mrs G W Cooper and family in Blue Mound. The young people of Lawrence enjoyed a sleighing party with Burton Brown and later in the evening had refreshments at the Brown home. Mrs Mac Edmondson and Mrs Russell Cooper accompanied Mrs J Topping of Lawrence to St Joseph Mo Monday, where Mrs Cooper will make her home. The 4-H club of Walnut Grove had a Christmas party at the home of their leader, Burton Brown Tuesday evening.
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