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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1940
Page
5
Society items must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. Submit notices to be considered for the society column. Ensure names and events are clearly stated for timely printing.
Tuesday at 2:30 p m the Lawrence Woman's club meets at the club house while the Double Seven Thimble club with Mrs L B Read and the Victoria club with Mrs R K Trivett also convene. On Wednesday Mrs Glenn Allen hosts En Regle club luncheon at Colonial followed by B and P W club dinner at Colonial and Mrs Ivan Rowe leads a bridge tournament with Elks club for bridge and bowling. Thursday brings University club dinner bridge with Mrs A B Mitchell and Bridgettes, and Mrs A A Green hosts Merry Matrons luncheon.
Dean and Mrs. Stockton hosted a New Year open house for business school staff from 4 to 6 pm with tea in a crystal and silver setting. Rev. and Mrs. Koelb hosted 3 to 5 pm and 8 to 11 pm with attendance from Mrs. Isley and helpers, plus a dinner for Mrs. Curry’s birthday with several guests. The Crazy Anns and Pleasant Hour club held meetings and a Leap Year party at the Wiedemann room. A 60th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Power featured family messages and readings at a Baldwin buffet supper, with relatives from Escondido Rangoon and Caldwell attending.
A series of social gatherings and meetings fill the week with club luncheons, New Year dinners, and church group activities. Mrs. Griesa hosts Imperial club. Kanwaka Literary group holds New Year Dinner. Missionary and Christian circles meet across several churches. plan groups and rallies for January and discuss new year programs.
A Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau meeting scheduled for Thursday at the home of Mrs. Roland Roney was postponed due to a nutrition leaders conference. Various local families and friends were listed as attendees in a social roundup following the notice.
Mrs L N Lewis returns from New York with niece Miss Lucy Caples and others from Gambier Ohio and University of Kansas. Mr and Mrs G W Stratton and daughter Margaret have come from Columbus Ohio. John Stratton returns to California. The group also includes Topeka New Year dinner hosts and various relatives visiting or traveling for holidays and meetings.
Local households hosted guests over Christmas and New Year. Walter Gerstenberg and family joined Mrs Freese for a New Year dinner. Elizabeth Meek left for Arkansas City. Rev Charles Puls and daughters depart for Madison Wisconsin to pastor Luther Memorial church. Others visit relatives in Detroit Chicago and Kansas City as standard holiday social notes.
The North Lawrence area records multiple Christmas dinners hosted by Mrs. Martha Transues Mrs. Gordon and families and others in the community. Attendees include many local residents from Ashley Topeka Bonner Springs Perry and Kansas City with numerous children and relatives noted across gatherings.
In Columbus Ohio the physician Dr F M Edwards offers his Olive Tablets for constipation headaches fatigue and low energy. The ad claims the tablets are purely vegetable and stimulate bile flow for gentle thorough bowel movements with prices of 15 30 and 60 cents.
The article lists many guests visiting or attending a family reunion over Christmas. It names Betty Joe and Alma among attendees, plus numerous couples and children including Earl Gordon, Earl Marriott, Kenneth Longnecker and children Bobby Garry Christina, Esther Butts, Charles Haas, John Hubbel, Otto Vallentine, Ike Fairbanks, Bill Fairbanks, R L MecClare, Marlin McClary and families from Oak Ridge, Albert Hayden and family, plus Carol Miller and family and Ralph Miner F L Hartman among others.
Wilma Hartman of Inwood and H Hartman family of Alahoma share holiday visits with Mr and Mrs H Hartman and kin. A B Connor and Wade families host Christmas gathering with Stony Point relatives. Paul McGinnis returns from Rantoul aviation school to spend Christmas with parents.Miss Arleta Holms, in nurses training at Research hospital Kansas City, visits with A B Connors as Belleview and neighboring residents gather at the occasion.
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