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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1940
Page
5
Society items must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. Submissions for the society column should arrive timely to appear in the next issue.
A dense schedule of gatherings across clubs and auxiliaries. Evans Hearth hosts tea and dinners. bridge and contract clubs meet. Legion Auxiliary andNALC unit activities noted. several dinners and luncheons planned with multiple hosts and members named throughout the week.
Kathleen Asher and James Wilkinson announce their engagement. Miss Asher works for the Forest Service in Washington DC and Atlanta after University of Kansas graduation. Wilkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson of Eufaula Alabama, studied at Auburn and works for Burge and Stevens in Atlanta.
Sunny Valley Farm Bureau meets at Mrs. C A Jones home on Tuesday at 1 30 PM with a one dish or valentine roll call and hot dish pads demo by Mrs C O Warnick. The Progressive Reading club suspends next Tuesday. Veterans of Foreign Wars post 852 to meet Monday at 7 30 PM in the veterans hall 745 Vermont. Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau gathers at Mrs John Matoney’s home with Mrs C E Dunigan presiding and talks on neighbors benefits and financial planning. The Junior High PTA study group meets February Tuesdays at 7 30 PM at the old high school with Miss Cecelia Ensman speaking on the adolescent child. Midland Rural Club marks 35th anniversary with members and guests.
Mrs Clarence Chapman hosted the 1900 and Now club on Wednesday afternoon. Prizes in the pinochle games went to Mrs Lafe James, Mrs J A Bogue and Mrs C J Overbaugh. Refreshments were served after the games.
Mrs H J Penney hosts contract club Monday afternoon. Amigos club to lunch at Mrs John Skie’s home Monday at 1 15. W C Simons shows South America pictures at University club last night with about sixty members and wives present. High school mixer for teachers set for Thursday Feb 8 at 7 30 in the high school cafeteria. Mixer leaders include Mrs Charles Love Mrs Robert Learned Mrs W B Sneegas and Mrs F T Stockton. J J Kistler president City PTA Supt Clifford D Dean and Principal Neal Wherry aiding. Mr and Mrs E L Falkenstein entertain M N bridge club Tuesday at 6 30 at Evans Hearth. Mrs William Kenp and Mrs Harlan Birch host Chanter CW of P F C last evening at Mrs Kenp’s home followed by The Kansas Magazine review by Mrs Ed Klein. twenty members present and refreshments served. Mrs Roy Moore to entertain Monday Contract club at a dessert bridge Monday at 1 36. Mr and Mrs Douglas Schroyer 841 Rhode Island street are...
The parents announce the birth of a daughter this afternoon at Memorial Hospital. The event marks a new arrival in the family and adds joy to the household.
Miss Doris Twente visits Lincoln for weekend with Miss Mary Ellen Osborne of the University of Nebraska. Numerous Kansas City bound trips appear for family reunions theatre outings and music lessons including Mrs. E F Engel and Dr William Engel joining a Cleveland reunion, Max Falkerstien studying flute with Ernest Guntermann, and readings of Hamlet with Maurice Evans in Kansas City.
The Uniontown school district moves to collect 310000 in delinquent and current per capita taxes by attaching the salaries of 13000 citizens. About 100 business firms have already deducted delinquent taxes from wages, and 48 county employees show small amounts in new checks. The 1939 law permits such attachments by school boards to cover delinquent taxes.
Lawrence students at the employment bureau refused charity offering meals until they earned them through work or service. Snow aided some, with a few dinner visits expected, while others awaited grades and registration for new terms. Alumni trivia and university notes accompany a tense campus mood.
Small damage reported from two automobile collisions yesterday afternoon and last night in Lawrence. Joe Morris of Winfield reported a minor accident between a 1938 Ford driven by Morris and a 1987 Chevrolet driven by Johnny Workman rural route 3 Lawrence. Last night, vehicles driven by Dr J I Perry 841 Louisiana street and James Cooper 1541 Tennessee street collided, causing slight damage to both cars.
Several minor thefts were reported to police recently. Vern Floyd of 1005 Kentucky Street reported the incident this morning.
Cc C. Shimmons of 712 Louisiana street reports a theft during the night from the building formerly occupied by the Terry shop at 841 Massachusetts street. A blue corduroy short coat was also taken. Equipment valued at $15 was stolen.
Mr and Mrs Henry Seele and sons joined Mrs Sophia Schwartz for Monday supper in Hat tie and Oscar. Letha Mae Taul visits Lawrence this week due to bad roads while attending business college. Charles Gale Charlene and Dorothy Jean dined with Mr and Mrs George Marquardt in Baldwin last Sunday. Mrs Victor Hurt and Vera Margaret of Lawrence called on William Adriance. Geneva Reynolds stayed overnight with Florine Roehle last Thursday. Earl Williams and Arthur Rockhold with families dined with the Tucker couple last Sunday. Drexel Tucker and wife were afternoon callers. Kenneth Edmonds Silas Harmon and Jimmie visited Lawrence last Saturday. Albert Dyer visits Leo Dyer this week. Thelma and June Lederer spent last...
Saturday with Mr and Mrs Arlie Lederer included George Newman and Mrs Carrie Williams along with Raymond and Herbert. Last Friday evening guests visited Mr and Mrs Wh Winters and family. Last Sunday Mr and Mrs Jim Dyer and sons dined with Mr and Mrs Frank Banks in Lawrence. Al Winters visited Will Winters and family Monday. Walter and Harold Seele attended a surprise party for Pauline Stoebner at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Schwartz. Mr and Mrs Hanaka Purvis and Arlie Lederer joined for dinner and day with Fred Purvis.
St Luke A M E Church pastor Rev C R Edgehill of St Mark s A M L I S Topeka will be guest speaker at St Luke tomorrow at 3 00 p m with his choir providing music. the sermon centers on the great commission and forward look for Christ and the church.
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