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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1941
Page
5
Society items must reach the Journal-World before 11 30 o clock on the day of publication. Send written notices or call to ensure timely use of items.
Friday events feature tea by Mrs Deane W Malott and dinner for Miss Madge Bailene. Friday contract clubs include Mrs T D Prentice and several club gatherings at University club Entre Nous Hellanthus Nictas and J J bridge clubs. Weekend notes list bridge sessions with Mrs W H Horr and Mrs J J Carman and a Pi Beta Phi Alumnae juncheon at Mrs Ben Carman’s home.
Rev Charles W Thomas announces the engagement of his daughter Betty Jane to Dean Stokes Tillson of Rochester New York Gamma Phi Beta alumnae from Lawrence Topeka and Kansas City attend a tea hosted by Mrs Deane W W Malott at Lilac Lane Other events include contract clubs dinners and meetings of the WSCS Ladies of the G A R and local ladies clubs with programs lectures and social gatherings at Sacajawea hall Haskell the Colonial and Memorial hospital announcements of births and a birthday luncheon for the Summerfield Scholars etc.
A mixed crossword style puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues about ballet related terms and general vocabulary. Answers include dancer roles plant body parts and common objects intersecting in a themed grid.
Saturday events include a stereo graphics demonstration by Mrs. Shirley Wisner of Topeka at 2:80 PM. Mrs. Karl Kreider to entertain the Amigas club at 1:15 PM Monday. Music club met at the Colonial with about 50 members, Miss Kate Caldwell presenting The Firefly opera. A chorus performed, with guest Mrs. George Spears and violin solos by Mrs. Ralph King and Mrs. E. Co. Allderdice. Accompanimts listed and hostesses named at social hour.
Mrs. C. B. Stanwix underwent an operation this morning at Memorial hospital. Miss Alberta Corbin, recently returned from a Kansas City hospital, remains about the same. Paul Wray, an auditor in the commerce department, spent last night with his parents en route from Cincinnati to Boise. He earned a business degree from the University last spring. Mrs. Harry Brown and daughter Susan of Lincoln, Nebraska, are guests at the Charltons' home.
Five sorority rivals vie for the Hobnail Hop queen March 12 with coronation March 14. The contenders include Thetas Jeanne Brock Salina Kappas Dolly Newton Kansas City Mo Pi Phis Jane Veatch Kansas City Mo Gamma Phi Bet Betty Coulson Overland Park and Chi Omega Virginia Ford Coffeyville.
In a late night prank, a room shows a life sized effigy made of pillows and a head of an air filled sack. The makers named Sarah Lewis from Kansas City, Mary Lou Noble of Oskaloosa, and Margaret Dole of Almena. They tag the act with a We sculpture anything at any time message and a Tennyson adaptation.
Sunday gatherings feature Eleanor Bartz with Mrs. Had. Florence Jewett travels to Lawrence and Kansas City before returning to San Antonio. Iota Phi Pi Phi hosts bridge luncheon at Madge Rothberger’s with a long list of attendees. Various residents host, visit, and entertain across Eudora including Daugherty, Mertz, Zorn, and Diedrich families.
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