Society Contributions Deadline for Journal Society Column
Society contributions for the Journal Society Column must be received at the World office by noon on publication day.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1940
Page
5
Society contributions for the Journal Society Column must be received at the World office by noon on publication day.
Friday events include Mrs C W Sparr and Mrs A F McClanahan hosting bridge luncheons at Colonial and Evans Hearth. The Helianthus club hosts luncheon at Mrs I W Hartley's home. J J bridge club led by Mrs G A Holmies. American War Mothers with Mrs Margaret Frost. Mr and Mrs Frank Gray host contract club. Saturday events feature Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Junche on at Mrs Hunter Monteith, Sigma Nu dinner at Evans Hearth, and a dance at Eldridge.
A sequence of Washington's birthday events filled Lawrence gatherings. Members hosted dinners, birthday contests, and anniversaries at the Evans Hearth, Terrace Tea Room, and Masonic venues. Notable attendees included Mrs. Deane W. Malott and Mrs. Byron Cooke with plans for a May anniversary, while clubs such as the E. O. W. and Home Aid held programs and fundraisers.
Mrs C W Sparr will entertain her Monday contract bridge club Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs Otto Barteldes.
Social notes list Miss Mildred Kirkham Miss Susan Friend and Miss Ruth Kenney traveling to St Louis for a Society for the Study of Education meeting. J L Watts and Miss Nell Grant arrive from Chicago to stay with Mrs W W Hutton. Several locals plan visits to Kansas City to hear Nelson Eddy and attend concerts.
A Kansas University student court rules three defendants guilty on a campus smoking violation. The sentence bars them from University buildings for 30 days if caught smoking in forbidden zones again, pending the chancellor’s approval.
Sigel reports visits by the Grists and relatives from Missouri and California, a Sunday dinner hosted by the Arnold Christy household, and multiple travelers. Will Strahan, longtime local, dies at 73 after strokes. funeral in Rumsey parlors with burial at Clinton cemetery.
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Mrs Homer Staadt was surprised as pupils planned a pot luck dinner for Valentine day. In the afternoon the class from Roscoe school attended a Valentine party. Mr and Mrs Ted Wiest invited to dinner at William Reusch home. The Reusch family and Ted Crady visited C A Hagerman at Prospect as a group gathered at Charles IL.
The report chronicles social visits and gatherings. Guests included Mr and Mrs Clarence Hubbard and family visiting with 125 attendees for a reception with candy bars and cigars. Nearby families such as Reusch Hagerman Crady Hagerman Nichols and Deay are noted for weekend visits and hospital calls.
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