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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1941
Page
5
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Listings include Monday events from Lawrence Woman's Club and several Monday and Tuesday luncheon and club meetings. Highlights feature Mrs H J Penney Mrs F T Stockton Mrs 31 H Stephenson Mrs Martin Jost and others at venues like Wiedemann's Colonial and Evans Hearth with multiple anniversaries and dinners.
Miss Samlou Smart daughter of Mr and Mrs T L Smart of Lawrence became the bride of Clyde Wilson Pace Jr son of Mr and Mrs C W Pace of Poplar Bluff Mo in a four o clock ceremony at First Methodist Church Lawrence Rev Edwin F Price officiated. The couple plans a home in the Wren apartments after March 1 both will graduate from the University of Kansas this spring. Pace will attend ROTC camp at Fort Sheridan then enter railroad work in Memphis.
Parlor committees co chaired a tea with devotionals. the B H W club meets at 309 Lyons street with roll call My Country. Rebekah lodge reports 75 attendees. two longtime members Madge Wiggins and Verline Grayson died. Lincoln’s farewell read. Dread training school presented a one act play. PEO lunch at 1 15 at Mrs Price. Ladies Literary League hosts. Birth announced Lewis Glick Feb 14 to Frederick Anderson and former Lawrence resident Alice Shultz. Old and New club discusses arboretum plans at KU. attendees include K W Davidson and Emmett Davidson.
The W S C S of the First Methodist Church hosts its annual birthday dinner Wednesday at 6 30 pm in the church dining room. Members and friends are invited with tables decorated by birth day month. A Dramatics club play from Liberty Memorial High School, cello by David Draper, and a third grade minuet follow. Reservations through the calendar chairmen or church office.
The Junior AAW afternoon book group meets tomorrow at 2 30 with Mrs Ansel Myers 104614 Kentucky Street to review Mrs Miniver by John Struther The Missionary Society of the Friends church gathers Wednesday at 2 30 at Mrs Robert White 2110 Barker Avenue with Mrs Floyd White assisting The Lioness club meets Wednesday 6 30 at the Colonial and other groups host devotionals music and a bridge event at homes around town including Plymouth Church night supper reservations due Tuesday evening The Leisure Hour club meets at Mrs Maude Moore 1041 New York Street with Washingtons birthday notes at roll call Items include Julius Caesar and other topics.
Professor and Mrs. Ray Q Brewster entertained the University chemistry department faculty at a social gathering. Guests included several senior faculty members and department heads, fostering informal discussions on research directions.
Social calendar lists dinner for 57 in Memorial Union Kansan room with guests including Mrs. Deane W. Mace and Mrs. E. B. Stouffer. Clubs plan meetings at various addresses. topics include Washington life, Rockefeller Foundation, and China. World Day of Prayer observed February 28. multiple groups host programs and reviews with local hostesses and student speakers.
A formal dinner in the church dining room honored 35 guests including Rev. Harold G Barr and Russell L Wiley. Initiates listed include Dorothy Turner Harriet Dyers Betty Beal Tou Cook Blanche Smith Kay House dean Quinn and more. Officers named and sponsors listed with local names and towns.
The Ventura club meets tomorrow at Mrs. Paul Rankin's home. Friendly Circle at Mrs. J. Messer's, 1605 Rhode Island, tomorrow at 2 15. Sigel Ladies' Aid gathers Wednesday at Mrs. R. K. Glatthaar's, roll call with historical events. Quivira club host by Mrs. Justice Neale at the Colonial tomorrow. No Name club marks sixty fifth anniversary with luncheon tomorrow at Evans Hearth. Coemics club to meet at Mrs. P. I. Peirce's home tomorrow.
The note lists events for tomorrow and Wednesday: a Round Table meeting with a dolls roll call at two eighty, hostess Mrs F A Russell with a paper on Dolls in History, Mrs George Melvin giving a book review, and Mrs Charles Radcliffe hosting the NBC bridge club at Evans Hearth.
John Andrews left for Chicago for several days. Prof and Mrs Carl A Preyer visited Rev and Mrs Harry McCulloch at Lees Summit. Erna Carl and Jean Dooley joined Mr and Mrs C J Dodds to Manhattan to visit Miss Helen Dodds. Dr and Mrs F I Wilson and Miss Katherine Kauffman of Kansas City spent time with Dr Wilsons mother Mrs J J Bishoff. DeVaux Koehler and Miss Alice Koehler of Eudora also visited. John and Mary Pipkin returned home after a week in Kansas City for the illness of her father Charles M Pipkin now in a Philadelphia hospital. his condition is improved.
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