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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1941
Page
5
Society items list events for Saturday and Monday from Pan Hellenic council to garden clubs. Items include luncheons dinners bridge events and club meetings with hostesses named at Evans Hearth Memory Union and surrounding venues.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hesse entertained their dinner bridge club last night at the Country Club. Mrs. Hovey Hanna, recently back from Hawaii, attended the gathering.
A string of meetings and gatherings filled the week in local groups. The Incleside club hosts a co initial party. Mothers' League observed Founders Day with piano duets and reviews. Trinity Lutherans Delphines plan a home meeting. Sigma Kappa and Portia clubs hold book talks and reviews. Various residents attend birthday celebrations and attend club events. notices include upcoming meetings at Mrs. Barnes and Mrs. Kent homes and a birth announcement for Thomas Lawrence Crowder.
The American Association of University Women Pan-American study group will meet at Miss Helen Kinney's 1480 Louisiana street Monday at 7:30. Miss Patricia Cook discussed Chile and its schooling. Officers elected include President Mrs John Brand and Secretary Mrs Clarine Beyer. Proceeds from the Community night entertainment totaled 132 dollars to support school cultural work.
Mrs Frank E Banks has been seriously ill at home. Miss Betty Campbell of Wichita visits Miss Camilla Scott for the weekend. Dick Baskett of Holton and Lt Clifford Nesselrode of Kansas City visit Lawrence. Bill Mills of St Louis spends the weekend in Lawrence. Miss Helen Dodds returns from Kansas State College for the weekend with Miss Bernice Horton of Independence. Mr and Mrs P A Diehl return from a ten week southern trip. Mrs W S Griesa travels to New York City for two weeks with her sister. Evan A Edwards of Lincoln spends the weekend in Lawrence. Hannah Oliver returns from Portland. Mr and Mrs A B Weaver and Mr and Mrs N T Veateh of Kansas City set out on a motor trip to California. ALD Weaver to Pasadena to join his sisters. Miss Bertha Eckert of New York arrives on campus at Haskell Institute. Sigma Phi Epsilon hosts guests Marilyn Cannon Virginal Frandsen Betty Jane Thompson Max Johnson Charles Sloop Louis Rodwell Baldwin Bill Bert and Ray Snook Tonek a.
Liberty Memorial high school junior class presented Seven Sisters in the auditorium. Edith Ellis wrote the comedy about an old Hungarian custom forcing marriage order around 1900 near Budapest. Barbara Roper as Mitze and Keith Mann as Ferenz led a cast that included Marilyn Maloney, Vera Hurt, Beverly Fisick, Bob White, Calvin Dresser, Charles Taylor, Janko the butler, Hetty Craig, Ruth Yeaton, and Jean Musselmann.
Jack Payne and Marilyn Maloney star in a Seven Sisters production. The play features vivid Hungarian costumes highlighting a gay, old world mood. Production staff include Roberta Kackley Elaine Sehon Emmaline Rhodes Vir ginia Austin Betty Hodge Barbara McBeth Betty Kieffer Margery Ingram Virginia Hun singer Oliver Hobbs and L. H. Emmett.
Ground school on taxes attracts Clyde Bysom’s dance band members who provide music between courses at the Phi Gam pig dinner. Betty Jean Moore undergoes an appendectomy. a campus romance tale unfolds as a “man about campus” looks on with concern. A former psychoanalyst from Berlin and Vienna will lecture on marriage at the Congregational church. Seventeen Delta Gamma members visit with red feathered Nebraska insignias for a Friday indoor picnic before Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters play Sophomore Hop.
A scientific lecture on narcotics will be given Sunday evening at the Salvation Army Young People’s meeting. Rev. Alfred P. Smith of the Friends church will present evidence drawn from scientific research and chemical analysis. The service starts at 6 45 p m.
A long column describes local events including a Valentine program at Pleakley school with songs, solos, and a St Valentine history. It reports on families visiting, a birth on February 14, and a trip by Mr and Mrs Eugene Leary. Also notes residents ill at Memorial hospital and various social visits in Douglas County.
Williamstown residents hosted relatives over the weekend as a guest list included Mr and Mrs Fred Tleelk. A church outing caused Grindmai Stevine to fall and fracture a hip. A nighttime collision harmed John Herrick and Emily. a passing car rushed them to hospital where Perrick boy received facial treatment. Pheck starts at Lawrence's dental office. Walter Kiwr family relocates to Week farm. Mr and Mrs Charley Johnsons hosted visitors.
Measles strike Joan Allen as Sunday visits recount local family news. Mr and Mrs Henry Guesman welcomed a baby boy. R W Amerine and son Carl drove to Topeka while other families traveled near George Brown and Kansas City. Ralph Vausbinder receives treatment from a doctor. Jennie Gantz escorted Mrs John Herrick and a child to a doctor after a facial stitch. Leroy Harris, recently at Fort Riley, spent Sunday at home. Solen Reed remains ill with the flu.
Mrs Katie Cook of Tonganoxie visited family in North Lawrence over the weekend. The Senior Christian Endeavor met at the North Lawrence church led by Miss Virginia Hubbel. Valentine party held February 13 with prizes to Howard Brown and Lucille Richardson. Nancy Jean born to Mr and Mrs Harry Miller on February 14. District officers meeting in Kansas City. A chicken dinner by the North Lawrence Christian church Sisterhood served 140 to 150. Several local families visited relatives in Kansas City and Leavenworth.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Messer hosted a dinner featuring a birthday cake with three pink candles Johnny received many lifts Attending included Mr and Mrs Claude Dicker Sr Mr and Mrs John Hagen Betty Jo Hubbel of Bonner Springs ill with voice loss parents bring her to Lawrence for treatments Thelma Channel left for Oakland Calif to join her husband Circle No 1 of the Sisterhood held a dime tea and valentine party at James Mills home about thirty attended Mrs Jess Swavenger of Kansas City Mrs Marlin McCleary and sons visited Ike Fairbanks and family Mr and Mrs Clarence Pine and Mr and Mrs Roscoe Pine attended
Mr and Mrs Oliver Day and son of Indiana recently moved to Lawrence and reside in the Henry Pringle residence area. Wallace W C T U held its regular monthly meeting at Mrs Clarence Pine home on February 13. Sadie Rigdon Palo Mo and Willie Crawford Kansas City joined Mr and Mrs John Albro and Glen Chandler Kansas City at the Fairbanks home for a Sunday visit.
A brief note on readers enjoying the late night feature spot in the newspaper. The column titled Too Late to Classify offers quick curios and quirky items for curious readers during late editions.
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