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Society contributions for the society column must be received at the Journal World office by noon on the publication day.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1940
Page
5
Society contributions for the society column must be received at the Journal World office by noon on the publication day.
Betty Washington chapter D A R with Miss Margaret Kane groups includes Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Acacia house Pan Hellenic luncheon Colonial Monday Mrs George J Kirchhoff Jr contract club Mrs Frank L Brown M P M club Amigos club with Mrs W O Brownlee luncheon Mrs I J Meade Monday contract club Colonial Mrs Ivan Rowe bridge tournament Adah Past Matrons luncheon Wiedemanns Mrs C L DeWatteville contract club luncheon Colonial Mrs Adrian Lindsey Monday contract club Tuesday lota Ny guest meeting home of Mrs C M Gorrill Lawrence Woman see 7 30 Auxiliary of the N A L C supper veterans hall.
Miss Patti Payne receives invitation from the National Daughters of the American Revolution through President General Mrs. Henry M. Robert Jr to serve as a Kansas page at the forty ninth continental congress in Constitution Hall Washington D C April 15 19 Payne plans to travel to Washington with her mother Mrs B F Payne who will attend as an alternate to the regent Mrs E M Owen of Betty Washington chapter.
Illness of the hostesses causes the Garret Colman event to be postponed until February 26. Mrs George Noland hosted her bridge club at a dessert party with prizes won by Mrs Milton Beach and Mrs Arthur Banks. The club will reconvene in two weeks with Mrs C B Cunningham.
Ida Frances Moyer led a group singing with a girls' quartet and an audience at Ottawa gym. A social luncheon followed with committees managing dinner and decorations. The Junior High PTA plans a February meeting with South American film, while Delta Phi Sigma initiates sixteen at Evans Hearth with a mixed program and several patronesses.
Mr and Mrs G G McCoy of Minneapolis arrive to visit Otto Fischer in To neka area. Mrs Roy Moore travels to To neka to meet son George Moore starting as Toneka State Journal advertising manager Monday. Kansas City and Linneus Fitch families visit T G Fitch. Mrs Fred Olmstead remains at Memorial hospital.
Mrs Darwin Gerard of Bartlesville Oklahoma arrived yesterday afternoon to visit Mr and Mrs C C Perkins. Mrs R A Ransted has been confined at home on Massachusetts street for two weeks with influenza. Mr and Mrs R E Lewis of Topeka came today to be guests of Mr and Mrs J V Blue for the weekend. Mr Lewis is city editor of the Topeka State Journal.
The War Department plans to recall 300 retired officers to active duty to support army expansion. They will train reserve officers in colleges to free regular officers for field duty. Budget requests outline funds for this action, with Congress considering the proposal. Lawrence Sunday Forum features M A Barlow speaking on The New Social Security Act at 4:30 PM at Ninth Street Baptist Church. Elgin Woody to sing a solo.
Lawrence city PTA and public schools report rising adult enrollment in state board led study groups during the second week. Miss Cecelia Ensman oversees sessions across New York McAllaster Cordley Woodlawn Lincoln Pinckney and junior high sites with topics on consumer education adolescent development home medicine chest and character formation.
Marriage license issued at the probate judge office to Maurice Brisbin Lawrence and Alsuma E Guthrie of Asheboro North Carolina.
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