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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1936
Page
7
Kanwaka residents enjoyed Christmas gatherings and visits as families hosted friends and relatives from Lawrence Topeka and Vinland. Highlights include the Kanwaka literary club Christmas party at Mrs Earl Haverastock s home and the Winter community meeting planned for January 10 with officer elections.
Public sale to elect directors at The Peoples State Bank in Lawrence Kansas will occur January 8 1936 between 9:00 am and noon. Lawrence National Bank stockholders meet January 14 1936 at 4:00 am to 3:00 pm to elect directors. Auction notice lists farm equipment and livestock with Clyde Talley owner and H V Stone auctioneer. Market data and farm prices follow.
Market news from Chicago reports wheat prices slipping after Supreme Court action dissolving the Roosevelt farm relief program. May wheat steady, July and September contracts off. corn and oats mixed. Kansas City cattle and sheep markets show varied moves with cattle steady to lower and lambs trending down. Chicago cash grain lists mixed, potatoes on track with slow trading due to weather.
Mr and Mrs John Moreland of Topeka visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs J C Buerman Willis Colman made a business trip to Topeka Friday A large crowd enjoyed the program prepared by teacher Miss Iice Mitchell and Winter school pupils Friday evening consisting of recitations songs and dialogues followed by gifts from the Christmas tree Wilford Chiles acted as Santa Claus Christmas carols were sung by the audience Refreshments of tea cakes candy and coffee were served Mrs Ray Mitchell Mrs George
Holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs G E Miller. Several from this community attended the funeral services for E E Kiefer held at Rumsey funeral home in Lanterna Wednesday afternoon at 2. Mr and Mrs George Kinnett spent Christmas day at the home of their son Mr and Mrs Lloyd Kinnett. Mr and Mrs W R Colman and family were guests at dinner Monday of Mr and Mrs Harry Van Neste of Lawrence. School resumed Monday after a week of vacation.
Summers and pupils at Glenn school hosted a Christmas program with recitations songs and a play drawing a large crowd. Families gathered for holiday meals and socializing as locals shared gatherings at the old McClanahan homestead and with visiting relatives from Ottawa Topeka Lawrence Emporia and Kansas City.
Visitors included Fritz Edward Moe Clanahan of Lawrence Billy More ris Maxine Glenn and Miss Oneta Glenn at the G L Glenn residence. The note encourages reading classified advertisements to learn about collecting rent each month.
The page lists tenet 1 of an Irish Protestant secret society formed about 1875 and defines an instrument to measure current, notes clues about Arizona and Guatemala, cites Shakespeare, and hints at an American colloquial explorer term for mining. It also mentions moving water from a substance, ambrosia and nectar, Spain, and timekeeping.
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