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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
5
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Social calendar lists Frida and Mrs Don Haines and others hosting bridge luncheons at various homes and clubs. Events include Entre Nous dinners, Friday contract club at Evana Hearth, Memorial Union dinners, and Saturday lunches and bridge gatherings among Mrs A G Mitchell Mrs Paul Rankin and others.
Mrs T O Fitzsimons of St Paul announces the marriage of daughter Helen to Lieut Conrad W Foster son of Mr and Mrs Bert Foster. Ceremony was January 29 at the Church of the Redeemer St Paul. The couple will be at Fort Sill Oklahoma until February 15. Foster is a 1937 KU law graduate and has served at Fort Snelling Tulsa and Fort Benning. The notices also describe a tea for new League of Women Voters members and several local club meetings and social events in St Paul city circles.
The dinner committee led by Mrs. C Maynard Fox Mrs W Lafe Miller and Mrs J H Saunders plans. other members helped. Regular meetings of two organizations are set for Monday with several candidates to be voted on. The King's Guards Methodist church meet tomorrow at 3 pm at the Elliott home 1924 Rhode Island street. Mrs F W Gaunt hosted the Vendredi club luncheon today. Mrs J B Mack and Mrs Otto Fischer visited for absent members. Alpha Delta Pi City club meets with Mrs Clarence Houk 2116 New Hampshire street Monday at 8 pm. Union Young People hold 8 pm party at Westminster hall. Minervian club met yesterday at Mrs B L Hills home sixteen members attended plus Celia Watt Jennie Watt Mrs C B Taylor and Mrs Charles Aldrich. Mrs C S Arthur led a round table on True to Myself and Life with several participants. Refreshments followed. The club will meet in two weeks with Mrs Henry Koehler.
George March formerly at Camp Robinson with Black and Veatch reports moving to Jackson Mississippi where an air corps training center is under construction. He says the facility will have about 130 buildings mostly two story barracks and a small hospital unit.
The 4-H club council meets tomorrow night at 8 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Mercedes Cole speaks on Puerto Rico and Green Brothers will show a movie. All 4-H members are invited.
Units of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment based at Fort Riley Kansas began moving into new barracks at Camp Funston on January 31. The outfit is described as one of the army’s oldest and most battle ready horse cavalry regiments.
Linwood residents report visits by the Meinkes Dent and Clark families. Birthday celebrations mark Miss Mary Ina Browning and Mrs. Martha Shapley’s 89th. Lt. George Boys transfers to Ft Storey and the family plans move. James McKinney recovers from flu to return to Chicago work.
Students celebrate after exams with jokes about shaving and weather. A late biology final causes a student to miss the session, then retake it later. Campuses see coat neglect on a warming Hill and groundhog forecasts. Club events, faculty changes, and a 75th anniversary plan fill the week.
Battenfeld hall and Wills Tompkins in Council Grove are noted as sub-irsetor for Tomplin hall. The brief item records assignments within the local facility management structure.
Local updates from Clinton Belvoir include visitors, flu illnesses, and meeting postponements due to bad roads. The Clinton Sailing Club postponed again, church services closed, and high school semester ended with a vacation. Community members attended meetings, showers, and a mock wedding event with many residents noted by name.
Mrs Amos Flory died January 22 at Memorial hospital in Lawrence. Funeral held January 25 at Willow Springs church with Rev Isaac Montgomery officiating. Survivors include Mr and Mrs Lester Schwartz and children Donald and Joan who visited Mr and Mrs Cecil Dover Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Grover Rich and Russell spent Thursday with August Boehle and Mr and Dud.
Mr Ulrich and Russell helped saw wood. Mrs Lester Schwartz and others attended a birthday party for Mildred Young and May Pearson with ice cream and cake. Numerous Lawrence visitors traveled to meet families, attend John Deere Day, and share meals.
Valley Chapel members N. F. Thoma Roy Puckett and Harry spent Tuesday in Kansas City. Fred Gray marketed a load of fat hog. In Lawrence Wednesday Mrs. Mary Sparks returned to her home after a visit.
Last week saw students returning after a strep throat and two week absence while adults report illnesses and hospitalities. Social ties appear strong as families visit, host, and care for the sick, with John Deere show attendance, club meetings, and farm life noted around Lawrence and nearby farms.
Miss Hazel Gilliland ill with the flu while in Baldwin at Dr Filckinger office. A Tuesday night storm brought heavy rain and hail to the neighborhood. Jen Gilliand aids Elmer Wintermantle this week. Miss LaVergne Flory at Woolworth Ottawa visits family. Mr and Mrs Glen Flora and sons and Mr and Mrs Walter Pohl visit.
Tuesday and Thursday visits at the Paul Koehler home in Fairview. numerous neighbors attend funerals, visits, and farm tasks. Illness with flu spreads while a community meeting at Excelsior schoolhouse is canceled due to bad weather. snow blocks routes until the snowplow clears them Saturday night.
Announcement notes the next term starts February 8 at Lawrence Business College with admission details and course offerings. The brief cites the college and event date, inviting prospective students to enroll.
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