Woollcott Delivers Witty Autobiography Lecture in Lawrence
Alexander Woollcott entertained 2,500 at Hoch Auditorium in a 90 minute talk titled a brief canter in autobiography. He shared anecdotes about Kathleen Norris Katharine Cornell Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Thompson and spoke of his exile from press and radio while describing his migratory family and early theater passions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Woollcott
Hoch’ Auditorium
Allen Crafton
Woollcatt
Mr. Woollcott
Kathleen Norris
Katharine Cornell
H. R. Knickerbocker
Dorothy Thompson
Sinclair Lewis
Cornelia Otis
Skinner
Edna May Oliver
San Francisco
New York
H.R. Knickerbocker
Kansas City
Knick
Paris
Knickerbocker
New York Times
Telegraph
WOR
Lawrence
Eldridge
John Urich
Eve
Rome
Ducks Raid Fields for Food in Western Kansas
Ducks plague southwestern Kansas fields as snow limits normal feeding grounds. Farmers report damage from a 80 acre cane field and about 40 060 ducks on the Cimarron river across Seward and Meade counties. Ducks travel daily toward Steuben and Morton counties to feed.
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Liberal
Kansas
Lee Larrabee
State Fish and Game Commission
Cimarron
Seward
Meade
Steurbe' and
Morton Counties
Girl Scout Growth Report From Lawrence Council 1939
The 1939 Lawrence Girl Scout annual reports show 259 girls actively participating under trained leaders. Brownie packs include 70 girls aged 7 to 10, and a new Mariner Ship focuses on senior water sports. Day camp hosted 81 girls at Clinton Park using Pinckney facilities with Mrs. Bigelow directing activities.
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Lawrence
Girl Scout Council
Mariner Ship
Clinton Park
Pinckney
Girl Scout Leaders’ Association
E. B. Stouffer
Scout Council
L. E. Bice
F. P. O Brien
R. Q. Brewster
Dwight Prentice
J. W.twente
Karl Kreider
A. E. Woestemeyer
Herbert Allphin
J. W. Twente
Paul Rankin
E. R. Elbel
Charles Radcliffe
F. A. Russell
R. H. Wagstaff
E.R. Elbel
Agnes Evans
Harry T. Craig
L. G. Garter
C. W. Pol Jom
R. M. Fitzpatrick
J. W. Murray
Lawrence Woodruff
Mildred Kirkham
Christmas Gatherings Across Washington Creek Families
Mr and Mrs Will Kingery hosted Christmas dinner with relatives from Lone Star Pleasant Grove Clinton and Detroit Mich. Others hosted and visited in Lawrence Eudora and Pomona including the Glock Morler and Sawyer families. Spent time at church programs and New Year gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Kingery
Virginia
Jean
Floyd Garber
Lawrence Glock, Jr
Roscoe Percival
Arthur Longfellow
Lawrence
Longfellow
Rahskopf
Memorial Hospital
Elmer Sawyer
Missionary Society
Juncheon
Aid
Trene Hoover
Christ
Lois Craik
Pauline Boerkircher
Frank Haas
Dave Harrell
Clinton
Clarence Hoover
Walter, Jr
Jeanenne
Betty Hammond
Pomona
Harris Parks
California
Calvin
Irene
Melva
Ben Hoover
Eunice Hoover
Delma Jean Hoover
Paul
Raymond Hoover
Hoover
Fred Flory
Joe Flory
Lone Star
Clyde Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Carl Boerkircher
Otto
Hazel Pauline
Delbert
Will Kingery
Murry Bond
Marjorie Ann
Chester Desque
Jimmie
Pleasant Grove
Laverne Kampschroeder
Wanda Phyllis
Lonzie Kingery
Detroit
Mich
Lawrence Glock
A Jr
Alvis
Addison Glock
Gerald Hoover
Judith Ann
Alice Hoover
Nancy Carol Smith
Ben Mohler
Lawrence, Jr
Valley Chapel
Asa Postma
Vera
Nazarene
Foster Hoover
Kansas City
John Daggett
Bly
Margaret
Arren Craik
Ranger
Tex
Texas
Elva Craik
Eldon
Lois
Orie Smith
Cowles
Alberta Fadl
Betty Harrell
Virginia Hadl
Albert Hadl
Eudora
Charles Nemic
Vitus Hadl
Rovabelle
Mary
Ed Robinson
Mary Golf
Jane Anderson
Tena Fishburn
Ray Harrell
Betty
Darlene
Donna May
Theda Flora
Arletta Downing
George Miller
Glock
Alfred Page
Town
John Dillon
Willard Mohler
Christmas Family Gatherings Span Kansas City To Eudora
Belleview residents and relatives from Kansas City Overland Park and Lawrence joined dinners and reunions across the region. Attendees included the Bichemliers Smiths and Madl families as well as Grosdidier kin from St Paul and Clearfield. The gatherings honored Mrs Fred Madl on her 97th birthday with multiple generations present.
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Helen French
Kansas City
Qfo
Shirley
Robert Long
Dick Nuttall
George Eichelmeyer
Anne
Mary
California
John. Bichelmeyer
Joann
David Smith
Alice Jean
Lawrence
Louis Heinrich
Irene Lutz
Ed Madl
Donald
James Crane
Ruth Allison
Olathe
C. E. Crane
Dorothy Nuttall
Clarence Broers
George Grosdidier
John Schopper
Eudora
Milton Sullivant
Louis Grosdidier
St. Paul
Ixan
Albert Grosdidier
Near Clearfield
Christmas and New Year Social Notices Across Lawrence District
A long list of Christmas and New Year gatherings highlights families from Clearfield to Lawrence. relatives visit Oklahoma City Kansas City and Topeka and attend dinners and showers. Multiple households host extended kin with neighbors and friends, while homes in Linwood Kaw Valley and North Lawrence prepare for future events.
Olive Tablets Promised To Boost Liver Bile Digestion
A vintage medical ad urges readers to use Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to stimulate bile flow aid digestion and relieve constipation. It claims the tablets are vegetable and have long been used by Dr F M Edwards with patients for sluggish liver bile. Prices listed 15c 30c 60c in drugstores.
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Ohio
Purvis Beck Visit Billy Hunter Home In Town
Mr and Mrs Howard Purvis and Elaine Beck were Wednesday evening callers at the Billy Hunter home. A group of young people were entertained Monday evening at the Billy Hunter residence with plans for future gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Purvis
Elaine Beck
Billy Hunter
Billy
Local Social Roundup From Hunter and Nearby Homes
Community members gathered for visits and hobbies as neighbors hosted relatives and friends. Several residents traveled to Lawrence and Vinland, while others spent New Year and Sunday evenings with local families. A car accident injury was reported with gradual recovery in Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Charles Whedon
Jess Pieratt
Tom Aiken
G. W. Cooper
M. N. Penny
Lawrence
Ae Corbin Penny
Esther Johnson
Roy Johnson
Frank Robinson
James Nelson
Mike Torhan
Hensen Dairy
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Crier
Journal-World
Washington Creek
Belleview
Ed Grosdidier
Henry Grosdidier
Baileyville
Agatha
Martha
Paola
Donald Helm
Washington, D. C
Albert Hadi
Ernest Cowles
Blue Mound
Mar Linwood
Claud Landon
Claud Landon, Jr
John Landon
Jackie
Genevieve Landon
Elsworth Rice
Oskaloosa
Roy Cramer
Len Plummer
DeSoto
Leo Eichelmeyer
Ed Thoren
Howard Thoren
A. B. Hadl
Dean Bernitz
Howard Bernitz
Clarence James
Clifton, James
Eugene Rood
JA. C. James
Clifton, Jr
Arleta Holmes
Research Hospital
L. M. Holmes
Lillian Fuller
Kenneth Rash
Fred Bartz
Ed Seyler
Leloup
George Bartz
LaVerne
Janice
Raymond Bartz
Dorothea
Alice Zeigler
Elwyn Freese
Oklahoma City
I. W. Freese
Lawrence Freese
Omaha
Neb
Gert Jackson
Topeka
Frank Bernitz
Arthur Bernitz
East Eudora
Henry Welch
Eagles Hall
Ralph Traxler
Cildren
John
Louis
Lester
J. F. Shirek
Gladys
Julia. Bahnmater
Marilyn
Roger
Sharon Lee
Sarah. Shirek
L. J. Shirek
Loren -Keith
Clarence. Ellis
Salina
Myrtle Mendenhaus
M. E. Harris
A. C. James
Glothhaust
Bethany
Okla
Harold Harris
Waley
Greenville
L. D. Harris
James Home
Forsythe
Ed Diedrich
Shirek
Maxine
June
Schwarz
Henry Welsh
Clifford
Erwin Schoeflin
Lola Duncan
Harold Duncan
James Duncan
Lola
Rosanna Schellack
John Schellack
Jay van
Jay Lynn
Dewey, Okla
Jacob Schellack
Louie Schellack
Lucky
Jeannette
Robert Schellack
Harvey Schellack
Fall Leaf
Gus Bohnsack
Eladora
Merrett Musick
Grace Musick
J. W. Musick
Harry Schmitt
Phyllis Ann
Fred Schellack
John Ziegler
Clifford Eisele
Kan
Ents
Sunny
Lee Coleman
Mrs. Everett Chronister and Sons
Harry Warmker
George Warmker
Dorothy and
Warren
Ralph Wichman
Taylor Orton
John Page
Floyd
Delores Warmker
E. S. Forsythe
Warner Forsythe
Arleta
A. " Conner
North Lawrence
Fred Whaley
Howard
Whaley
Kenneth
Ralph Whaley
Bobby
Patsy
Minnie Whaley
Carl Wichman
Milton Shofstal
Berthold Durr
Fred Lotz
Charles Durr
Ruby Leonard
Lyons
K. A
Everett Chronister
H.W. Stowits
Rexall Drug Store Free Delivery
Parke-Davis
Ipimatina
Imperial Cleaner
Gale Kotex
Woodbury
Jergen
Idhaan Ayeto
Wymit
Exci Drug Store
Sibleyville
Fairview
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
W. O
Beehle
Gerald
Rose
Cal Sizer
Norma. Lynch
Vinland High School
B. L. Hillebert
Stony Point
Minnie Wells
Floyd Grant
Evan Griffith
Pleasant Valley
W. H. Sinks
J. W. Hillebert
Neil Wilan
Parsons
Howard Lynch
Clarence Parker
Buddie Griffin
Randol
Norman
Bowman
Mary, McClintock
Bill
Ed Johnson
O. M. Tuttle
John Penny
Santa Fe
E.s Lawrence
E. P. Addy
Santa Fe Ry
Mass
Ge Gibbs Clothing Co
Curlee & Glenshire Suits
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