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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1940
Page
3
Society contributions for the society column must reach the Journal World office by noon on the publication day. Submitters are advised to deliver items to the newsroom to ensure timely appearance.
Friday events include P. E. O. chapters and luncheon hosts Mrs. Young Mrs. Ward Denlinger Boyce and Nichols. Entre Nous led by Mrs. Creel. Mothers League led by Mrs. Harnar. IC club dessert bridge and other clubs. Saturday notes Mr. and Mrs. Marshall host dinner bridge at Evans Hearth.
The University Women’s club held a January meeting in the Memorial Union men’s lounge with tea to a large group. Numerous hosts and hostesses served, prizes awarded at a dessert bridge, and invitations extended to many members. Other clubs planned dinners, meetings, and social events with personnel from Athens Ohio to Neodesha Kansas noted among attendees.
The item lists guests at a dinner with about fifty attendees and several after-dinner activities. It notes upcoming hostesses for Amigo and contract clubs, a University Club dinner, and arrangements led by Mr. and Mrs. Simons and Judge and Mrs. Means. Out of town visitors include Miss Jane Allen and Paul Sweet, with updates from Mrs. Puls in Madison Wisconsin and Robert Dews returning to Washington D C.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. McClanahan and family came back from a three week trip through Mexico with Mr. and Mrs. P. T. McClanahan of Liberal Missouri who marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Several families plan visits and gatherings in Kansas and Washington, including trips to Topeka Shawnee Country Club and dinners at Westboro homes.
Irish and sweet potato growers attend the 19th annual Kaw Valley potato meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. Morning sessions cover Irish potato disease seed outlook and marketing issues. afternoon focuses on the Kansas Potato Show and sweet potato marketing. A Union Pacific potato train visit plans are announced with musical offerings and church services listed for the day.
During the remainder of winter the First Methodist church shifts vesper service to 5:00 pm in the assembly room. Dr Robert A Hunt will preach on The Art of Retraction with a special musical number planned for the evening.
The Farm Credit Administration reported that about 8,300 farmers and tenant families obtained an estimated 19.6 million dollars through federal land banks to buy farms in the last half of 1939. This compares with 7,500 loans totaling 17.7 million in the same period of 1938.
The 1939 value of FCA institutions was about 600 million dollars, slightly below the 1938 figure.
Kansas farmers are getting their checks for complying with the agricultural conservation program earlier than last year. E. H. Leker, executive director of the Kansas AAA, said checks were being forwarded about 34 months earlier than in 1939. Thus far
62,974 applications for payment under the 1939 program have been approved and 56,216 forwarded to the general accounting office for final audit. Payments to Kansas farmers under the 1939 program would exceed 36 million dollars, including 11 million in wheat and corn parity payments already made. Reading Problems Topic Roundtable Over KFKU to Feature Discussion of Clinics.
A Kansas University roundtable on schools will air next Thursday at 9 30 PM on KFKU. The staff behind the reading diagnostic clinics will present the program as part of the university extension service aimed at Kansas high schools. The team includes Dr A H Turney and Dr Bert Nash of the school of education.
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