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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1940
Page
5
Society notes must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. Include contributor names and event details to ensure proper printing.
A long list of Wednesday through Friday meetings at Episcopal parish house Memorial Union and Evans Hearth outlines group names including University Women’s Club Contract Clubs and PEO chapters. Social events feature teas luncheons and dinner clubs with members such as Mrs. Fox Miss Wismer Mrs. Sweeney and Mrs. Lescher. A birth is announced Ruth Norris born January 26 to Dr. E L Jackson and Hazel Faringer.
Various clubs and households hold events at Evans Hearth Colonial tea room and other venues. Ladies from N B G C and Kanwaka clubs meet for luncheons and cards, while Quilting, Rebekahs, and Eastern Star groups plan programs, plus bridge tournaments and lectures at local sites.
Mrs. W. E. Bear left today for New York to visit her daughter Mrs. James Farren. J. W. Priestley and Mrs. J. W. Holmes with their father G. L. Priestley left yesterday on a motor trip to Galveston Texas for three or four weeks with Mr. Priestley's daughter Mrs. J. W. Stokes. Mrs. Richard Wagstaff went to Topeka today for a sewing club luncheon hosted by sister Mrs. J. B. Merriam. Mrs. K. L. Marshall of Kansas City Missouri stayed with Dr. and Mrs. Alexander over the weekend. Miss Marie Hunter from Oxford will come Friday evening to spend the weekend at her home in Lawrence. W. E. Spalding made a business trip to Kansas City today. Lyman Jerry returned to Great Bend after visiting Lawrence. He is now employed with International Geophysics Inc.
Studio string ensemble from Karl Kuersteiner presents a program on station KFKU at 6 pm featuring Liszt Mendelssohn pieces, Haydn and Strauss works, and performances by Eugene Nininger, Sarai Mohler, Loren Withers, Lorraine McIntyre, and Vincent Bleecker, among others. The lineup includes chamber works and a Deep River arrangement, highlighting violin, cello, viola, and piano.
Rolla R. Mitchell 64 freight traffic manager for Union Pacific died suddenly at his Omaha apartment. A native of Ottawa Kansas he began railroad work in 1897 with the Kansas City Pittsburgh and Gulf line and rose to general freight agent before joining Union Pacific in 1920 as assistant freight traffic manager. His widow and mother Mrs M J Mitchell of Atchison survive.
An 8 pound son was born to Mr and Mrs Kermit Roosevelt Jr at Huntington Memorial hospital Pasadena California on the birthday of President Roosevelt their distant cousin The father is a history instructor at the California Institute of Technology The Roosevelts have another son Kermit III one and a half years old
Washington January 31 farm leaders move their push for parity payments to the Senate as heavy cuts loom in agricultural appropriations. They aim to restore slash reductions while debating the broader defense and relief budget, with parity funds tied to the 1910-14 purchasing power goal and AA A crop control.
Archie Lloyd Mills son of Mr and Mrs J S Mills 454 Lincoln Street has been approved for naval reserve flight training in the class starting February 15 He will report to the Kansas City base for 30 days training including ten hours of flight instruction After completing this course he will go to Pensacola Florida for the full flight training and be commissioned an ensign in the naval reserve with potential assignment to an aircraft squadron of the fleet and full pay and allowances.
The Williams Roberts Motor company holds its annual bean and turkey feed at Six Corners Tavern tomorrow afternoon. G. H. Moore leads the winners team slated to dine on turkey, while Cotton Goff captains the losers group to be served beans prepared in several ways.
A reader suggests selling extra household items through Journal world classifieds and hints at using a phone to start. The note reads like a casual tip for earning extra money.
Dick Newlin, finishing finals, will travel to Los Angeles and sail to Hawaii as a graduation gift. He will spend six days relaxing at Waikiki after the voyage, and appears in a campus note alongside plans for Sadie Hawkins week and a fire hazards course.
Joan Allen and Ada Craur were absent due to bad weather and illness, while Verlin Green visited grandparents. The Dean Chester meeting was postponed, roads remained poor, water hauling was hard, and mail routes were disrupted by cold and snow.
Oskaloosa and surrounding areas report rising school enrollment at Chester with new desks and a teacher Orin Bliss. Miss Dorothy Rose suffers a near fatal accident from a safety pin throat injury and is treated in Kansas City. 4-H and C E activities, band regulations, and basketball matchups are noted alongside farm updates and emergency grant reductions.
The So and So club postponed its monthly meeting due to eleven degrees below zero. A week later the weather slightly improved but the meeting will be held on the regular February date with the place to be announced later. The Jefferson County Council of Christian Education held its annual business session at the Oskaloosa Methodist church Monday evening with county officers reporting and music by local churches. The January rally of the county was noted.
A home remedy using Ru Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice is promoted to ease rheumatic arthritis and neuritis pain within 48 hours. The ad promises a money back guarantee if relief is not felt and cites Round Corner Drug Company and Good Drug Stores Everywhere as distributors.
A description notes a Christmas cactus with 60 or more buds still blooming as a real beauty. Local society items cover school enrollment at Chester with 26 students, a Chester-Dean community club meeting, and a Jefferson County Christian Endeavor meeting led by Darlene Smith. Various notices mention residents’ illnesses, travels, and a sleighing outing.
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