Society News Highlights Mrs Grey Hosts Guests and Christmas Visit
Mrs A D Grey entertained a small tea for Mrs Eleanor Brooks Gulick of Wellesley Mass guest of Mrs Kenneth Bandes. Women of Plymouth Congregational will meet tomorrow at 3 pm with all invited. Birger Nelson hosted Christmas guests including Koehler Gibson Pohl Nelson Glaser and others for a noon dinner. Afternoon brought radio piano pictures and Santa gifts. Jane Byrn hosted high school friends for bridge and dancing. Gladys Wyatt's bridge club met at Thimble with prizes won by Helen Myers Lorena Jost Lucille Evans as guest.
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A. D. Grey
Eleanor Brooks Gulick
Wellesley
Mass
Kenneth Bandes
Women’s Missionary Society of Plymouth Congregational Church
H. P. Cady
Birger Nelson
Paul Koehler
John Gibson
Herman Pohl
W. Nelson
Henry
Orville
Ralph
Eunice
Herbert Glaser
Melvin
Vera Belle
B. C. Welson
Harold
Milred
Lester
Mr. Gibson
Aurelia
Raymond
Walter Pohl
Hilda
Edna Koehler
Ruth
Stella ‘Gibson
Wilma
Dorothy Ann
Ernest Pohl
Joe Sazyk
Teddy Nelson
Kodak
Santa Claus
Gladys Wyatt
Thimble Tea Room
Helen Myers
Lorena Jost
Lucille J. Evans
Local social notes from Kansas and nearby towns
Attendees included Ainsworth of Kansas City Kansas and Mr and Mrs Charles Gaalel of Tulsa Mr RC Rutter and daughter Mary Esther and Bernard Smith of Lawrence also at dinner Nancy Longenecker to host Methodist Guild tonight at 8 Alpha Kappa Lambda holding informal party at Country Club tomorrow for national conclave delegates Martha Byrn birthday party featured games and chant prizes to Helen Cleveland and Marjorie Luxton guests listed with several names and Christmas color refreshments
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Ainsworth
Kansas City
Kans
Charles Gaalel
Tulsa
Okla
RC. Rutter
Mary Esther
Bernard Smith
Lawrence
Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity
Country Club
Martha Byrn
Helen Cleveland
Marjorie Luxton
Scout Fatally Injured in Hunting Accident Near Miami
Ellis Leake, 13, a Boy Scout, was fatally wounded at a clubhouse ten miles northeast of Miami Oklahoma during a Miami Scouts outing. A shotgun discharged accidentally by Eagle Scout Harry, piercing Leake’s right jaw. he died forty-five minutes later.
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Miami
Okla
Ellis Leake
Here
Harry
Free New Year Picture Show Opens for Lawrence Children
An appeal for local children to obtain free tickets for a New Year’s picture show has been extended by sponsors H. B. Ober and Glenn W. Dickinson of the Varsity and Bowersock theaters. The event, free to all children in Lawrence and surrounding trade territory, will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Bowersock and 9:45 a.m. at the Varsity, featuring Tom Mix with news reels and comedies.
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oToe
Lawrence
Glenn W. Dickinson
Varsity
Bowersock
Ober’s
Ober
Bowersock Theater
Varsity Theater
Tom Mix
Trade
Dickinson
Lindbergh flight boosts Panama tailoring demand
The Associated Press reports in Panama the anticipated arrival of Colonel Charles A Lindbergh between January 8 and January 12 has sparked a surge in tailoring. Local tailors say orders for formal dress, dances, and event wear are flooding in as the famed flyer is expected to visit.
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Associated Press
Panama
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Mary Jackson Named Honorary Commander at Ripon College
Mary Jackson was elected by unanimous vote as honorary commander of the IR I C T C at Ripon College. She will lead the grand march at Ripon cadet frolic in January while colleagues recall a pistol incident and evolving safety concerns. Nearby, studies show college athletes face varying mortality risks, with baseball highest and football lowest according to Metropolitan Life. In Genoa, jail inmates protest compulsory dancing lessons as instructors and guards clash over discipline.
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Mary Jackson
Ripon, Wis
IR. C
T. C
Ripon College
Ripon
Shames
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
I. Dublin
Metropolitan
American
Genoa
Italy
Marassi
Giovanni Tortarolo
Gull gale wash ashore lobsters and starfish feast
Thousands of lobsters and perhaps millions of starfish have been washed ashore along the English coast after a four day gale. Villagers and country folk travel miles to collect the crustaceans and participate in the unexpected feast opportunity.
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Deal
Eng
English Channel
Explosion Hits Pauls Valley Oklahoma Restaurant and Realty Office
An explosion after noon injures at least eight people in Pauls Valley Oklahoma. The blast demolished a brick building housing John Moore restaurant and A G Cox realty. Plate glass windows two blocks away shattered, indicating a major blast impact. Authorities investigate cause and scope of damage.
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Oklahoma
Paul's Valley
Okla
Paul’s Valley
John Moore
A. G. Cox Realty Company
Carpenter and Russian Refugee Rise in English Commerce
From two life stories of English wealth after death, Horatio Alger like tales emerge. Thomas Moullin, a carpenter's helper and errand boy, rose to found the Great Fears Insurance Company with funds totaling 175000. Abraham Drapkin, a Russian refugee, built a business starting with a half-pound of tobacco, shaping a notable career.
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London
Horatio Alger
Thomas Moullin
Carpenter
Great Fears. Insurance
Abraham
Drapkin
Milhoff Land Drapkin
Guernsey
Rachel Rose
Harry
Moul‘Tin
Moullin
Abraham Drapkin
England
Russia
Britain
Christmas Conclave Set for Baxter Springs
Baxter Springs Kansas was chosen for the 1928 Christmas conclave of the four state De Molay association with Harry Wheeler elected president. About 40 De Molay members from Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Arkansas attended as Miami chapter hosted.
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Miami
Okla
Baxter Springs
Kan
de Molay Association
Harry Wheeler
de Molay
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Reading room for blind opens in Berlin
AP reports the Charlottenburg library opens a dedicated reading room for the blind with 32 embossed volumes. A blind woman librarian will catalog and issue materials, focusing on periodicals and literature across fiction art science and religion. The room opens Thursdays 4 to 7:30 p.m.
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Berlin
Frau Noerenberg
Charlottenburg
Noise costs Britain pounds from jazz venues and fatigue
AP reports Professor H J Spooner squares with Britain on industrial fatigue and noise. He cites a weekly economic loss of over a million pounds due to noise impairing work, illness, and death, noting restaurants and jazz bands contribute to loud environments. He urges public health noise abatement.
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Lenion
Britain
H. J. Spooner
Joss
Professor Spooner
Ahgy
Birkenhead Denies Coin Toss Deciding Party Choice
In Oxford Union remarks Lord Birkenhead rejects a coin toss as the basis for political alignment. He calls the tale a Liberal joke, a lie, and not funny, urging denial of the myth. Also noted: an Australian inventor claims to have harnessed waves for electric power despite storm interference. The League of Nations has fifty five member nations.
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Lord Birkenhead
Oxford, Exigland
Oxford Union Society
State For India
Merlin Bay
Coogee
Australia
Hel
Sumber of Nations
League of Nations
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