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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1934
Page
5
Local society notes list dinners bridge clubs luncheons and gatherings with names like Mrs Dolph Simons Mrs Otto Barteldes Mrs Ernest Young and families. It covers meetings at the Lawrence Camera club League of Women Voters and various school and church groups plus the December/January wedding of Miss Eleanor Mitchell to Edmund Hollands with detailed ceremony and reception notes.
Makes Her Debut presents a talk on Nationalism inviting all Lawrence women to attend. The Happy Hour club meets Friday at 3 o clock at Mrs A E Owens home on route six. Mrs George J Kirchhoff Jr hosted the Monday contract club with prizes awarded to Mrs E E Bayles and Mrs I A Schwegler. Mr and Mrs Lamb celebrate a family visit as Eugene Lamb departs for Honolulu via San Diego and Norfolk before two years as a U S fleet base pilot. Group three of the Ladies Aid of the Methodist church plans a 1 o'clock covered dish luncheon tomorrow at Mrs H W Howsman’s home.
A fragmented social calendar shows numerous clubs meeting across days, including dining, tea, auctions, and luncheons. Named organizers and members such as Mrs G H Allen, Mrs Jane MacLean, Mrs Fred Bremer, and Mrs Solon Emery appear alongside groups like the Presbyterian Women’s Guild and the Chamber of Commerce in rooms and venues noted in brief entries.
Mrs. Roy Cross leaves tonight for Salt Lake City after holidays with her aunt Miss Anna Fischer. Mrs. Fred Barnett returns to New Concord Ohio because of her brother in law G A Graeber’s death. Mrs. David Miller of Cambridge Ohio stays a week, sister of Mrs. Graeber. Mrs. W L Newman comes home tonight from Booneville Missouri hospital where she was treated after a Sunday automobile crash. Her mother Mrs W D Pontius returns with her. A group of dentists to Topeka for a lecture by Harry Bosworth of Chicago includes Dr J W O Bryan Dr George Esterly Dr J R Payne and Dr L H Frinka Morris Pratt leaves for Kansas City to join Verlon laboratories in Lansing Michigan.
Mrs. Roy Carpenter, vocational teacher at Monroe City High School, was abducted in Hannibal Missouri by several men in a car. Police say two men may have driven off in a sedan stolen from a Hannibal dealer and led officers on a chase along U S highway 36. The suspects were tracked to a side road in western Marion county, with authorities believing the abduction followed their escape from officers.
A new order from Postmaster General James A. Farley restricts what can be placed in public mail boxes. Only properly addressed matter with postage paid may remain in the boxes, with carriers instructed to seize unstamped material and hold it for postage. Private mail receptacles must be used for receiving mail and are subject to regular postage rules.
Harmony school residents recount a Christmas tree and social with songs and an exchange of gifts. Attendees included Ed Thoren, Harvey Miskimen, Dorothy and Rose Nichols, June Hanson, and many others. Examinations and visits occurred through December and January, with several students earning high averages and a long list of holiday visitors and family gatherings noted.
The report lists multiple residents visiting, hosting, and attending events in Douglas and nearby communities. It notes Grange delegates from Douglas county to Horton, family dinners at Gerstenberger and Cochran homes, Sunday suppers in Lecompton and Eudora, a horseback foot injury, and a trip to a Vinland basketball game, reflecting a tight-knit social season.
Mrs Emelie Gerstenberger spent Christmas at her son’s home while Mr and Mrs W W Gerstenberger hosted an oyster supper with guests Chester Baeker Lois Williamson Dorothy Schlegel Eldon Wotan and others. Meyers remains seriously ill at his daughter’s home as relatives aid daily. Roy Tidball of Orion Kansas arrived to help care for him. Neighbors assist Raymond Stanley at nights. The region saw visits from Thomas Harris and his son from Kansas City. Numerous relatives shared Christmas dinners and greetings at multiple homes including Pfleger Seiwald Ness and Freund households with children Esther Pfleger and others.
In December at Glenn school several students were noted as neither absent nor tardy. Names include Charles Svoboda Norma Jean Svoboda Lauren Shaffer Billy Boydston Carolyn Mellenbruch Betty Jo Svoboda Joseph Stauffer Maxine Glenn Ruby Glenn Floyd Svoboda Susie Boydston Thomas Bahnmaier Virgil Shaffer Virginia Mellenbrach Joseph Svoboda Charles Boydston and Ivan Glenn. Those who scored 100 in spelling included Floyd Svoboda Joseph Svoboda Wilford Chiles and Charles Boydston. Semester tests showed averages above 90 for Lester Stauffer and Joseph Svoboda. Mr and Mrs Starr Glenn and Mrs Thomas Glenn. Glenn conducted business in Topeka Thursday.
A government advisory urges cereal makers to state exactly what a Bran labeled product contains to avoid misidentification. The piece contrasts Art Bran and All Bran, noting labeling should reflect composition and that bran aids regularity but is not a universal cure. It promotes Kellene's Att-Bean as a bran option, with caveats for intestinal disorders.
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