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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1934
Page
5
A Lawrence social roundup lists bridge parties with prizes and guests, weddings in Missoula and Enders, club luncheons, League of Women Voters meetings, and a Dallas visit. Notable events include Mae Swadley marrying John Kelly in Missoula on December 23, Sylvia Grist wedding in El Dorado, and multiple receptions and entertaining hosted by local families.
Out of town guests include Mr and Mrs St A Cox and Miss Arlene Cox of Topeka and Miss Maher Hertzler of Garnett. Meetings announced for Immaculata Zodiac Ingleside Vendredi Cosmos Miercoles and various church and reading clubs with hosts and addresses. The Woman s Home Missionary society and other church groups plan talks plays and devotionals with names and locations noted.
Miss Pauline Wade leaves Cordley to take a clerical post in Chicago. Numerous visitors and guests travel between Manhattan Topeka Hiawatha Falls City and Texas as families share holidays and hospitality.
Miss Hannah Oliver remains in Junction City after attending the wedding of Miss Marie Wagenseller and David Rankin on Wednesday night. Katheryn Hawle returned to Butler after a short visit with Tona Byson. Mrs. O. A. Sloan went to Wamego following the death of her brother-in-law John Tucker, a wealthy stockman of Pottawatomie County. Grace Light returned to New York after a stay at home. Myrtle Dolbee left for the University of Florida in Tallahassee to resume work at Women’s College.
The University of Kansas resumes sessions Wednesday morning January 3 after a two week Christmas holiday. Fall semester exams run January 26 to February 1 with spring classes starting February 6. Easter recess extends April 3, while city schools start January 3 after a short Christmas break.
Lawrence welcomed 1934 with a quiet New Year observance and a holiday today. Most residents watched radio celebrations as midnight struck across the country. Downtown business activity was light, with many markets closing at noon and public offices banks and the post office shut. Midnight theater shows drew large crowds. Colder temperatures followed yesterday’s colder air.
Memorial Hospital reported 1,182 admissions for 1933, including 150 charity cases. Births totaled 195 with 115 boys and 80 girls, up from 1932 and 1931 figures. Accidents remained steady compared with earlier years, with no increase noted.
Will Rogers and Zasu Pitts star in Mr. Skitch at the Varsity. The film follows Rogers as a Missouri farmer who loses his home and travels with his family to California facing a gauntlet of experiences. Florence Desmond and Eugene Pallette give notable support.
Kansas City welcomed the New Year with sane crowds as downtown theaters streets and hotels clogged with revelers. Whistles horns and tooting filled the air while night clubs reported good business. Extra police were on duty.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pugh hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warren of Kansas City and Mr. and Mrs. Felt with son Billy of Lawrence. Reverend Briecé and Mrs. Briecé of Lawrence visited Mrs. Sarah Pugh. The community noted improved health among the sick and mourned the Christmas Eve death of Marion Payne, a former resident.
Rev Pritchett led Bethel church Sunday meeting electing S W Owens as superintendent Clarence Albright as assistant superintendent Velma Vance as secretary Mrs Otto Garber as treasurer Durene Brecheisen as pianist Elgitha Hoffman as librarian Mrs Mabel Root as superintendent of primary department Mrs Will Smith as superintendent of Home Missionary Durene Brecheisen celebrated birthday with a Saturday party hosted by Mrs Johnnie Brecheisen Martha Albaugh Alden Albaugh and other guests attended with gifts and games and a large angel food cake with sixteen pink candles highlighted the table centerpieces.
A group comprising Richland Ruth Marie Kesler Claudine Miller Mary Helen Platt Margaret Nell Hart Harold Allen Darwin Chubb and John Coffman all of Overbrook is noted in the report. The article identifies these persons together as residents of Overbrook in an unspecified context.
A John Potter of Woodstock remains in serious condition at Memorial hospital in Lawrence two weeks after an accident on a bridge project north of McLouth. The report also notes local events including a Jefferson County Council of Christian Education convention, holiday gatherings, and regional road work progress on highway 92 near McLouth.
Christmas events and social visits fill the week as families attend services at Mr and Mrs F S Champion home with Chester Zook leading. Mr and Mrs John Black host relatives, high school basketball opens with Nortonville Meriden Oakelloss Valley Falls, and Christmas trees and programs light Woodstock. Visitors include Jeannette Ballagh in Number Ten and families from Topeka, Lawrence, and McLouth as holiday gatherings continue.
In a chaotic scene WUFE Puffy fights hard to win a long race but trips on a shoe lace. The column also notes Christmas day visits, a Wood stock church sermon by Charley Trower, a neighborhood club luncheon, and the death of William A. Critchlow a Jefferson County farmer who lived near Thompsonville since 1902. Funeral held at Methodist church with Rev Gilpin officiating. Burial in Newman cemetery.
John J. Davis suffered chronic constipation for six years and found relief with Adlerika. He reports rapid, safe results and feels renewed. Sold by Rickerd- Stowits Drug Co.
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