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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1936

Page

2

KU Examinations Begin January 23 Schedule Adopted

University Senate approves semester exam timetable with standard rules and limited conflicts for law and medicine. The plan lists exam blocks from January 23 to January 30, detailing class lengths and times, with changes possible only by committee approval. Condolence resolutions for Prof. Harry Thurman and death of Prof. F H Hodder noted, with committees named to present formal resolutions.

University’ Senate School of Law School of Medicine Harry Thurman W. S. Johnson Lindley F. H. Hodder Frank Crowell Kansas City A. B University Board of Regents Hodder C. Crawford R. D. O'Leary W. C. Stevens Crowell Olint Templin W. L. Burdick M. W. Sterling

Vocational Agriculture Group Hears Addresses

Members of the Lawrence high School Vocational Agriculture Association met at the Centenary Methodist Church in North Lawrence with about 60 attendees. Dr. C W McCampbell spoke on Purebred Livestock Herds and W A Ross discussed Marketing of Wool. Professors A P Davidson and Lawrence Hall were guests. Next meeting set for February 11.

Lawrence High Behool Vocational Agriculture al- Zumir Association Centenary Methodist North Lawrence C. W. McCampbell Kansas State College W.A. Ross Mid=west Wool Growers association Kansas City A. P. Davidson Lawrence Hall

Kansas and Nebraska Teams Meet in Debate on AAA Act

Kansas University and University of Nebraska teams will debate the Agricultural Adjustment Act Thursday at 7 30 in Greenhall Little Theater. Kansas will defend the act with Logan Lanem and Hugh Randall representing K U. The public is invited.

Little Theater Greenhall Kansas University University of Newbraska K. U Logan Lane m Hugh Randall

Clay Center Native Named Publisher of Kansan Daily

Harry Valentine of Clay Center, son of L F Valentine of the Clay Center Times, has been elected publisher of the University Daily Kansan. He is a senior in liberal arts and will serve through the spring semester, succeeding Hub Meyer of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Harry Valentine Clay Center L. F. Valentine The Clay = Center Times Kansan Hub Meyer Tulsa Okla Valentine College of Liberal Arts

Lawrence Chancellor to Speak at Topeka Banquet

Chancellor E H Lindley of the University of Kansas will address the annual Sixty-Fifth Agricultural convention banquet in Topeka under the State Board of Agriculture. The event is set for this evening at the Jayhawk hotel. A marriage license was issued at the courthouse to William Z Boosemann of Kansas City Kansas and Laura Perry of Kansas City Missouri.

E. H. Lindley University of Kansas State Board of Agriculture Topeka Jayhawk Hotel Court House William Z Boosemann Kansas City Kans Laura Perry

Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions

A set of trivia prompts covering provinces rivers monarchs beverages electricity and punctuation. Questions ask: Canadian province where Yukon sources lie. king of France linked to Madame Pompadour. oldest alcoholic beverage. definition of a debenture. lhra S coinage unit country. biography of Jean Baptiste Edrouard Detaille. present name of ancient Peking. author of Thad Ideas of Warsaw. founder of the Smithsonian Institution. definition of an anigram.

Canadian Yukon River France Madame Pompadour Lhra Jean Baptiste Edrouard Detaille Peking China Thad Warsaw Ithsonian Institution

Leaves Kansas State College Journalist Faculty

F. E. Charles, after nine years on the Kansas State College journalism faculty, accepts a new post as regional information specialist for the Soil Conservation Service with headquarters at Zanesville, Ohio.

F. E. Charles Kansas State College The Soil Conservation Service Zanesville, O Associated Press

Snowy morning grips Lawrence with heavy fall

Lawrence logged one of the season’s heaviest snows with two inches at Santa Fe station. Early shoppers and homeowners cleared walks while city workers spread sand at intersections. By noon 27 to 31 degrees and rising, driving hazardous and streets slick though no major accidents reported. University area traffic limited to Indiana and Mississippi streets as KU crews spread cinders. Children again enjoyed winter sledding.

University Indiana Mississippi K. U

Picture bright future for nurserymen at convention

Kansas City January 8 delegates of the Western Association of Nurserymen gathered with optimism. They credited highway beautification and growing home construction for boosting the tree and shrub market and noted rising demand from farmers for fruit trees. The meeting was led by J. Frank Jones of Lawrence Kansas with A Willis of Ottawa among the delegates.

Kansas City Western Association J. Frank Jones Lawrence Kan A. Willis Ottawa

Sunflower 4-H Club Plans January Meeting and Contest

The Sunflower 4-H Club will meet Friday January 10 at Riverside School to distribute 1936 enrollment cards and hear programs including a harmonica solo, a hands and skin care talk, clothing selection demonstration, and a talk on 4-H club work. Members from Lawrence High School Kansas University and Kansas State College attend. an amateur contest is planned for February 14 with entries in music readings tap dancing and pantomimes.

Riverside School Chester Spray Jean Perkins Helen B. Bigsby Wallace Taylor David R. Perkins Sunflower Club Lawrence High School Helen Bigsby Betty McClure Betty Farley Helen Virginia Eben Farley Carl Marshall Gorrill Delmar Slinkard Bobby Perkins Adelia Miller Bernice Wiggins Kansas University Elizabeth Wiggins Frances E. Perkins Robert Gorrill Dorothy Armstrong Kansas State College

Red Cross Plans January 15 Meeting at Church

The local Red Cross committee met at the Chamber of Commerce to outline plans for the annual meeting. Fred Brinkman chairs the committee. the dinner event will be January 15 at the First Methodist church with Albert Evans, disaster relief director for the mid western division, as speaker. A side note notes Samoa’s record rainfall of seventy three inches in one month in 1935.

Red Cross Chamber of Commerce Fred Brinkman First Methodist Church Albert Evans Mid-Western The Will Fbe

Snowy campus mischief at Lawrence. shoes and mice

Snow falls on Mt Dread as students tread cold and wet with few high tops. Coeds wear galoshes while professors don heavy overshoes. A mouse hides in a KU English classroom prompting a broom crew. Delta Chi inquiry, scarf knitting and Jackson Day dinner chatter color campus life.

Survey of Public Opinion on Social Security in Wichita

Representatives from groups conducting a public opinion survey on the federal Social Security program sponsored by the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce will meet in Wichita on Friday January 10 for further study. Lawrence leaders A B Weaver and John Brand invited. others noted as attending. A separate note reports a snow removal mystery and a veteran camp meeting at Spanish American War veterans hall for installation of officers and a reminder about classifieds closing at 6 pm.

Kansas State Chamber of Commerce Wichita Lawrence A. B. Weaver State Chamber John Brand Joseph A. Wahl American Legion Old City Hall

Deaths and Funerals in Kansas City area families

Thomas J. Harris aged ninety nine died at home of his son in Kansas City Kansas after a short illness. Funeral at Hesper Friends church with Rev Eli Wheeler. Burial in Hesper cemetery. Harris born November 26 1836 in Grant County Indiana. Survived by four sons N O Harris L H Harris C E Harris all of Kansas City Kansas and I D Harris of Eudora. Mrs Sarah Adeline Bussing died in Greeley Colorado from injuries Dec 29 at age 88. She was mother of E C Bussing of Lawrence and widow of Robert Bussing. Funeral and interment at Greeley.

Thomas J. Harris C. E. Harris Kansas City Kan Hesper Friends Church Eli Wheeler Hesper Mr. Harris Grant County Indiana Quantrill Lawrence Harris N. O. Harris L. H. Harris I. D. Harris Eudora Friends Church Sarah Adeline Bussing E. C. Bussing Greeley Colo

Large Crowd Expected at Jackson Day Dinner

A large attendance is anticipated for the Jackson day dinner and dance hosted by the Douglas County Young Democratic club tonight at 7 PM in the Hotel Eldridge. Miss Jane Fitzpatrick chairs ticket sales, with Jonas Graber as principal speaker. The program features dinner, the President's radio address, and dancing to midnight. tickets are $1.50 at the door.

Herbert Weatherby Douglas County Young Democratic Club

Baldwin News: Holiday Travel and Visits in Baldwin

Mrs Harold Flickinger returned to Waverly Sunday after a Baldwin weekend with husband and children. Local social notes list several Baldwin visitors including Clara Krefting Bertha Whitton Grace Irwin Dorothy Davies Mary Anna Lawrence Clara Lawrence and others visiting relatives in Baldwin.

Harold Flickinger Waverley Baldwin Dodsworth Orpheum Kansas City Clara Krefting Bertha Whitton Grace Irwin Dorothy Davies Mary Anna Lawrence Clara Lawrence Valley City North Dakota W. M. Clark Annna Elwell William Price Gertrude Schott Worden Dorothy Deel Neosho Falls Charles E. Beeks Carrie Cannon Besse Marjorie Cannon Kansa City Jack Weber Cheyenne Wyo Mabel Knox First Methodist Church N. D M. A. Lawrence Mary Anna Lawrence Quayle Wilcox Mitchell S. C Dakota Warren W. Wilcox Robert E. McHenry

Baldwin Community News Roundup Recitals and Reunions

Social news from Baldwin highlights reunions of families from Wilkes Barre and Topeka, tea at Professor Johnson’s apartment, and funeral services for Mrs Martha Allen in Ottawa. Local residents attend Baker University events, ministerial gatherings, and visits from relatives in Baldwin and surrounding towns.

Leadership talk and Rotary luncheon notes

The article records a speech by Dr. King on "The TVA" at a Rotary luncheon where he was warmly received. Guests included Dwight Eels of Chanute and Mr. Jones of Mound City. Dr. T Reece Marsh of Winfield, returning from a Cincinnati convention, visited the Methodist parsonage with Dr. and Mrs. James Chubb. Marsh is history professor at Southwestern College.

King TVA Dwight Eels Chanute Mr. Jones Mound City T. Reece Marsh Winfield Cincinnati Methodist , Parsonage James Chubb Marsh Southwestern College

Christmas Hospitality Across Kaw Valley Homes

Topeka visitors Mrs L D Hughes and son Robert called on Mr and Mrs Jack Hughes on Christmas Eve. Edwin Parker of DeSoto spent Christmas with Charles Cox family. Mrs Lawrence Kennedy vacationed in Lincoln Neb with Hollingsworths. James Corel listed sick. Hughes, Schaake, Stanwix families shared Christmas Eve with White family in Lawrence. Saunders, Thelma and Carol Mae joined Christmas dinner at J C Saunders. Thelma Saunders and William Saunders’s family also feasted there. Marjorie Kiefer of Topeka spent Christmas with her mother W L Kiefer. Marianna and Alice Smith of Belmont visited. Robert Chronister joined Eudora Methodist church program Christmas Eve. Lawrence Valley folk attended the program including Hughes, Turner, Westheffer, Allen, Chronister, Lauchlin, and Powell. Kenneth Richardson stayed with G G Richardson south of Lawrence. L M Walters, Ray and Myrtle Walters joined Christmas dinner at Oscar Powell’s north of Lawrence. Floyd Fink to leave for a month’s visit with Frank Kennedy family after staying there.

L. D. Hughes Robert Topeka Jack Hughes Edwin Parker DeSoto Charles Cox Lawrence Kennedy Lincoln Neb Hollingsworth James Corel Gustave Schaake Bobby G. A. Stanwix Reno Bud Fletcher Columbus Eugene Corel Barbara Floyd White Robert White Lawrence Miles Saunders Carol Mae Harold Saunders J. C. Saunders William Saunders Thelma Jean, Boardman Helen Applegate John Strong Wayne Francis Jack) Hughes Marion William A. Hughes Bartlesville Okla Nydia Hughes Josephine Gilmore Mary G. Allen Marjorie Kiefer W. L. Ki Kenneth Richardson G. G. Richardson L. M. Walters Ray Myrtle Walters

Christmas Gatherings Across Several Kansas and Nearby Homes

Families spanning St Louis, Indiana, and Pennsylvania share holiday meals in Kansas towns. Elmer Cox and kin visit McLouth with Stockwell parents. Theodore Thulin and infant from Kansas City join James Turner family for goose dinner. Hadl and other relatives celebrate with multiple households in Weaver, Fall Leaf, Eudora, and Ottawa areas. Betty Faye Richardson visits Harry Richardson in Lawrence area. various guests join Christmas dinners and outings across Lawrence County.

St. Louis Indiana Pennsylvania Elmer Cox McLouth Cox W. L. Stockwell Theodore Thulin Kansas City Kan James Turner Louis Hadl Carl Kurtz Hesper Howard Bernitz Lela Mae Weaver Alfred Torneden Fall Leaf Paul Hadl Eudora Ed Vogler Lawrence Jim Saunders Charles Daniela West Betty Faye Richardson South of Harry Richardson Edward Martin Loraine Oscar Powell North Lawrence Leland Cox Jerome Idaho Charles Cox B. F. Douglas Helen June Douglas Betty Jean Hartman Wichita R. K. Nicholson Charles Schaake Ottawa Olef Schickner

Lily Pons Debuts in I Dream Too Much Musical

Lily Pons makes her screen debut in RKO's I Dream Too Much and also bows in musical comedy on a London stage. The Met star fulfills a long held ambition by performing popular numbers in a peppy revue after earlier Paris success in comedy-dramas. Starts Sunday.

Lily Pons RKO Radio Metropolitan Opera Miss Pons London Miss Pona Theatre Des Varieties Paris

Local families attend gatherings in Lawrence area

The item notes various local visits and celebrations from North Lawrence and nearby areas. Walter and Ida, Mr. and Mrs. Schutz with sons Kenneth and Raymond, Mrs. Bert Mitchell and Dale, Mrs. Gordon Davis and baby, celebrate with Mrs. Goodger in Lawrence. James Turner and children Hubert and Anna Josephine visit the Johner family in Belleview. Harry Richardson family joins Christmas with George Richardson north of Lawrence. Gasoline use in early 1935 rises over 1934 by 305,940,000 gallons. The message also thanks friends for kindness during Mary Jehle’s illness and death.

Walter Ida North Lawrence Arthur Schutz Kenneth Raymond Bert Mitchell Dale Gordon Davis Goodger Lawrence James Turner Hubert Anna Josephine Belleview Johner Eudora Harry Richardson

Also Mentioned on This Page

University Senate Vocational Agriculture Group Kansas Nebraska University Daily F.e.charles Carl Spray Lake View Community Club County Council Frances Perkins Ruth Edith Doris Mitchell F. E. Perkins Plan Red Cross Meeting Samoa Delta Chi Annie University Young Republicans Helen Rhoda Hoopes English Department Hallie Harris Hallie Miss Hoopes Hoopes South Lawrence s.Lm AAA Owen J. Roberts United States Supreme Court Harlan Flake Stone Associated Presa Jackson Day Baldwin News Martha Allen Lamb's Funeral Home Samuel A. Lough Harriet L. Milner Ruby Keohane Samuel A. Deel Thomas Custer Samuel Deel John Ross Charles W. Bailey Bailey Oakwood Cemetery Allen Baker University A. L. Ryan Piedmont Ralph Butz Chicago Beryl Mitchell Marguerite Allen Wren Allen Vancouver Wash Alen Otis Beach Baker Nadine Esther Beach Hutchinson Beach Miss Beach Tri Delta Emil S. Liston Harry C. Case Harold C. Case Earle Kirker Charles Kirker Uniontown Ministers’ Wives Association Flora Ricketts Art Haglan Charles Brown G. O. Deay Earl Vaughn D. W. Johanning Claude Marshall Eustis Paul Powell Faith Powell Earl S. Martin H. K. Ebright Marshall Tex Marshall Junior College Ebrights Wallace B. Fleming New York City Helen Deel Joseph F. King Plymouth Congregational Church Kaw Valley Granada Mary Jehle Lawrence Paint Naneary Dickinson Theatre Jack Kirkland Sam Grisman ARS Incomparable Round Corner
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