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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1934
Page
5
A short quoted gag from Aunt Het Ey by Robert Quillen, referencing Adam and Eve and a light remark on leisure and trouble. Appears as a comic panel caption from a syndicated strip, with a breezy, folksy tone.
Social calendar lists numerous bridge luncheons dinners and teas hosted by various clubs and individuals including Mrs Earl Potter Mrs E Dicker Mrs H A Jetmore and Mrs L Menge. Events span Thursday Friday and weeklong activities across multiple homes clubs and societies.
The Music club met yesterday at Wiedemanns with a program including Early English pieces, The Mikado selection, Yeoman of the Guards and Gondoliers solos, and Impressions from the Jungle Book. Hostesses were Mrs Wayne McCoy Mrs Corlett Cotton Mrs John Brand Mrs R T Davis Mrs FH M Stucker and Mrs G N Russell. Memorial Hospital birth announced for a son at Memorial hospital. The Auxiliary of the United Spanish American War Veterans meeting for tomorrow postponed due to Ed Mitchells death. G A R Circle No 75 to meet Saturday at 2 20 with a birthday program for McKinley and Kansas. refreshments served.
Mr and Mrs J A Waggoner left for Charles City IA after visiting relatives including Mrs W Young Mrs Vance Day Eloise Mrs George March Jo Anna and aunt Mrs Wy Galbraith Nevada MO They expect to return tomorrow Miss Flabeth MacKenzie returned from Junction City to visit relatives and friends Mrs W Atkinson and Mrs H Essen Carlos visited Kansas City Mrs R A Schwegler and Mrs Paul Rankin came to Kansas City for the day Mrs GC E Lindley guest of Mrs Otto Ellis Hiawatha since last summer is with Mrs C L DaWatte Wiles E H Lupton spending the day in Topeka Miss Opal Stewart shopping in Topeka Virginia Derge Lebanon left for Kansas City after attending a Milstein concert last night.
A total of 322 Lawrence residents have enrolled in adult education courses offered under the Federal Emergency Relief Act. Enrollment cards total 400 due to some taking more than one class. Classes are filled to capacity with vacancies to be filled as they occur. The director Ralph Graber aims to add salesmanship, manual training, first aid and home nursing.
Firemen responded to a chimney spark causing a fire at the Alpha Chi Sigma house 1115 Tennessee Street at 9 27 am. The three story building suffered partial destruction with damage not yet estimated and insured. Around noon, crews extinguished a trash fire at 1512 Vermont Street that endangered several buildings.
A packed Lawrence audience heard Nathan Milstein deliver a flawless program on a prized Stradivarius, opening with Vivaldi and Bach, moving to Mendelssohn, Chopin, Paganini, and Rimsky Korsakov, then closing with Beethoven and Debussy encores. Accompanist Emanuel Bay earned high praise, while local and regional musicians and educators from Kansas City, Emporia, Washburn, and Baker University filled the hall and applauded the virtuosity and dramatic flair that defined the event.
Lawrence saw a 52 degree drop from yesterday afternoon to early this morning as the gas office thermometer recorded. Yesterday reached a 70 degree high at 3 PM, and by 7 AM today the low was 18 with 25 at noon, the first freezing conditions in days. Melvin A. Traylor shows marked improvement after serious pneumonia.
Early reports from John Brand chairing the ticket committee indicate progress selling tickets for the President's Ball to be held January 30 at the Eldridge Hotel. Tickets cost 1 per couple and are available at multiple local drug stores and the Chamber of Commerce. Funds raised support the Warm Springs infantile paralysis foundation. Two orchestras will play for dancing in the grill and crystal rooms.
The Boy Scout executive committee holds its bi monthly meeting at 7 30 tonight in Chamber of Commerce rooms chaired by George Lowman. Paul Campbell of Kansas City Kan oversees Scout activities for eleven eastern Kansas counties and will attend. Topics include January 18 area meeting report and plans for National Scout Week February 3 to 14. Lowman urges six members to attend.
Oread high schools split a doubleheader at the Lions gym. In the first game Oread beat Future Farmers 36 to 23 as Paul Myers led with 11 points and Lynn Hoffine and Winston Hartwood added 10 each. Kenneth Johnson topped the F F losers with 10. In the second game Lawrence Ag club defeated Oread 24 to 13 after a 10 to 3 halftime lead. A rematch is set for February 3 in KU auditorium.
A birthday wedding or anniversary gift idea centers on silver as a lasting treasure. It is presented as a logical choice that endures and provides steady pleasure for the recipient.
In a note from Moines Iowa and Sioux City Iowa names Bacman and Bacm an appear, with an expectation of arrival or event unspecified, reflecting a brief social notice in the column.
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