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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1941
Page
5
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Saturday events include dinner bridge with Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Stevens and a dance at 1, 0, O. FB hall. Sunday hosts Kappa Phi tea at Mrs. Robert Hunt. Monday lists multiple clubs and luncheons at Colonial, Lawrence, and Evans Hearth venues.
The University club plans a dance on Saturday February 14 from 9 to 12 at Memorial Union with hosts Mr and Mrs Ray Wright and Dr and Mrs E P Liddy. Kappa Phi holds a Tush tea tomorrow at 3 at Mrs Robert A Hunt home with about 30 rushees invited and patronesses named.
The wedding took place Thursday at 4 pm in Iola with close relatives present. Miss Marianna Wigner wore a dusty rose wool crepe ensemble and gray fox collar, and the couple will reside at 1325 Kentucky in Lawrence after a week in Kansas City. Harwood is manager of the Varsity theater.
Reading club gathers with Mrs H J Cleary in Lawrence. Coterie club hosted at Colonial Tea room. P E O Chapter CW guests including Miss Vivian Peabody of Topeka. Heirloom exhibit and constitutional quiz conducted. Valentine refreshments served. Dinner bridge club hosted by Mr and Mrs Bert Nash at Evans Hearth with prizes awarded. Book review by BPW at Colonial Tea Room features The Loon Feather. Portia and contract clubs scheduled for upcoming afternoons and Longfellow themed roll call.
Frances Willard of Pasadena and William Decker of San Diego wed on February 4. Decker, a San Diego Tribune sports writer, is a KU graduate and Beta Theta Pi member. Gamma Phi Beta pledges Fern Stranathan of Lawrence. City PTA Council executive board meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. at 1505 Rhode Island St.
The Kanwaka Farm Bureau hosts an all day meeting at Mrs. George Dews and Mrs. William Wymer home with a noon covered dish luncheon. A A U W Pan American study group meets Peggy Clayton. Jayhawk 4 H club reschedules to February 12 at Kathryn House. Wimadausis class plans February party at Anna Olinger home. Minervian club hostess E Dooley and Henry Koehler entertain February 12. Kappa Sigma and Sigma Nu pledge new members. Ott couple name son Jon Steven born February 2 at Memorial hospital.
Miss Evangeline Clark will spend the weekend with friends in St. Joseph Missouri. Mr. and Mrs B F Payne will visit Kansas City Missouri hosts and attend a Kansas City club dinner dance tonight. Mrs Paul E Moon and daughter Sharon Kay arrive from San Francisco to visit her parents in Ogle Moon households. Mrs Ogle underwent a major operation yesterday at Memorial hospital. Mrs C Rutter heads to California for several weeks. Her sister and husband accompany her from Russell Kansas. Rutter will visit cousin Mrs John Newman in Los Angeles and friends in San Francisco. Howard Creel and daughter Patricia join Mr and Mrs Harry Houk for a trip to Little Rock Arkansas to visit relatives in the 187th field artillery. Mr and Mrs F D Moon of Gerber California are visiting natives in Lawrence and Ottawa alongside E Moon.
The Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health association announces its monthly board meeting for Monday at 4 pm in O. J. Lane's office. The meeting date moves from the first Tuesday to the second Monday to accommodate a two day clinic.
Ten Sigma Phi Epsilon pledges spent part of the night in the city jail after a scavenger hunt staged by actives. They were moved to cells for their own protection as a safety measure while the campus notes a rush of late enrollments and students hitting the books.
A speaker notes enrollment was smoother this year as regular enrollment days were fair and most tasks finished on time, though workers remained busy. This reflects ongoing summer admissions activity and steady turnout at the site.
Mr and Mrs Richard Southall of Kansas City dine with son Richard Jr at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house. Locals host and travel to visit relatives in Garnett and Kansas City. Several Baker graduates relocate to Rochester. Lions club hears talks on history and progress of Lionism. Joan Butell misses school with mumps.
Kansas Master Farmer honors go to Arthur Christiansen Columbus August Dietrich Carbondale Ralph Hornbaker Stafford Merle Mundhenke Lewis and Fred D Strickler Hutchinson at a banquet closing farm and home week. Master Farm homemaker awards go to Mrs Joseph C Dawes Colby and Mrs Raymond Sparcel Coldwater. Six Kansas State College students named Ray Adams Manhattan Dorothy Green Wichita Howard Zeidler Girard Bernard Busby Wakefield George Cochran Topeka Arlene Waterson Dighton. Thomas county wins largest attendance trophy.
Prof George Haskell posed a question in an Iowa City class asking how much a prospective husband should earn. He found 85 percent of coeds demanded 2500 dollars yearly, while fewer than 15 percent of the nation earn that much, implying many may remain single.
The puzzle lists clues linked to labor union leadership, roles, and related terms. It includes references to an answer about a labor federation official who negotiates with employers and oversees union contracts, along with terms for rhythm, scepter, and various global and local labor concepts.
Command assigned to Lieut William K McNown as commander of the newly organized 59th pursuit squadron of the U S Army Air Corps The 85th squadron he served with is split to form three new units The 59th will be built from this nucleus with full strength of 25 officers and 190 men indicated
The executive committee of the collegiate division of the Kansas Young Publicans met to plan a statewide convention in Topeka on March 1. Doug Gleason chairs the division and invited John Colmar and Howard McKee of Chicago to speak. Gov. Payne Ratner will appear on the program. Fifteen Kansas member schools sent representatives. A KU student article on packaging design by Agnes Mumert will appear in Packaging Parade.
Local residents from DeSoto to Lawrence share visits and gatherings this weekend. Families including Gabriel, Kohler, Zillsner, Kasberger, Wotan, Marsh, Pfleger, Harris, Caviness, and Neis connect at homes, half-day trips, and dinner events in Amaretta, Fall Leaf, Kaw Valley, and Reno hosted by relatives and friends.
Weekend social notes from Ottawa Kansas detail hospital visits and recoveries at St. Luke Hospital in Kansas City. Geraldine O Neil and Betty Kramer were among locals in good spirits at home, while Grace Hays showed improvement after a visit from Mr and Mrs John Hays. multiple families, including the Kalbs and Nesses, gather for dinners and Sunday visits, with horses lost to debility and possible hip injury noted among local ponies.
Mr. and Mrs. W H Hoskinson and Mr. and Mrs. W E Hoskinson were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson and Denny in Lawrence. The high school basketball team will meet Piper on the home court Friday night in a league game. Betty Hicks of Lawrence visited the Charles Hubbard home. The Hoskinsons called on Mrs. Eliza Hyland in Baldwin.
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