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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1940
Page
5
Topeka Social Calendar Highlights Various Clubs
Topeka notices show Alpha Delta Pi and Nietas club events at local venues with social gatherings, golf, and bridge. Engagement announced for Hazel Ruppenthal and Paul F. Lewis. wedding plans and anniversaries noted. Club meetings, charity events, and a Jayhawk university connection appear among widespread social activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Delta Pi
George Hedrick
Wayne Allphin
B. and
P. W. Club
Nietas Club
S. B. Gorrill
Local Personal News From Lawrence and Nearby Areas
Several residents and relatives travel for visits across the region. Mrs. L N Lewis and Mrs A J Anderson with James Postma head to Green Mountain Falls and Great Falls to visit Lewis's sister Mrs RS Caples. Mrs D L Rowlands goes to Canadaigua for summer with her daughter Mrs Charles J Robinson. Loring Dalton returns from Logansport Indiana. Pauline Rudolph finished an eastern US and Canada trip. H Lloyd Lauderdale and Fred Shimmons guests depart for the Pacific coast after a weekend at Bennett Springs Missouri. Corlett Cotton visits Kansas City while Ken Postlethwaite spends time with parents in Mankato. Elmer Humphrey arrives from Chicago for a vacation with R C Manley. Helen Pierce returns from Camp Daisy Hindman to work in Chicago. Lieut Robert Rudolph Corey transfers from Fort Sill to Honolulu. Mrs J M G Watt recovers from a fracture in Memorial hospital and uses a wheelchair daily. Elizabeth MacKenzie spends the day in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Dalton
Logansport
Ind
Pauline Rudolph
United States
Canada
H. Lloyd Lauderdale
Springfield
Ore
Fred Shimmons
Pacific Coast
East
East. Mr. and Mrs. Shimmons
Bennett Springs
Lauderdale
Pearl Shimmons
Lawrence
Dover
Kan
Chicago
Robert Rudolph” Corey
Fort Sill
Okla
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
J. M. G. Watt
Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth’ MacKenzie
Topeka
Family Trio Returns Home and Visitor Arrives in Midwest
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Longenecker and daughters Louise and Mary came back to Joplin Missouri. Courtney Cowgill from San Francisco arrived to visit grandmother Mrs. C. D. Cowgill and will travel to Kansas City to see grandmother Mrs. G. W. Thurston.
FSA to Arrange About Eight Farm Purchase Loans in Douglas County
Approximately eight new farm purchase loans will be issued by the Farm Security Administration in Douglas County this year. Loans hinge on finding satisfactory farms at fair prices. Applicants may contact Charles H. Havens at the county office in the courthouse for information. Eligible tenants include those unable to secure other loans, with preference to married citizens with dependents and those able to make a down payment or show livestock and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Douglasounty
Charles H. Havens
FSA
Havens
Court House
United States
Storm Lashed Oklahoma City Leaves Damage and Injuries
Heavy wind and rain drenched Oklahoma City causing widespread damage last night. A brick building collapsed after lightning struck it injuring James Stokes 23 and several others as downtown stores flooded with six inches of water and 3.28 inches of rain fell in about 90 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
James Stokes
Arkansas Water Recedes After SW Arkansas Floods
Several hundred residents returned to homes as flash floods ebbed in southwest Arkansas. Nine inches of rain fell in Texarkana and six and a quarter inches at Hone, damaging crops across five counties. normal railway and highway traffic were restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Arkansas
Hone
Fire in Woodshed Behind Mrs. Muzzy Home
Firefighters were called to 645 Rhode Island Street at 1 30 this afternoon to extinguish a small woodshed fire behind the house. Sparks from burning trash started the blaze causing minor damage. A thrifty habit reading the classified page every day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Muzzy
Rhode Island Street
WPA Grant For Yarnold School District
A WPA grant of 9839 dollars is awarded to Yarnold School District in southwest Douglas County for a new schoolhouse to replace the one burned last spring. The project includes site grading clearing, retaining walls, transplanting trees, drilling a well and installing water supply and sewage disposal facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarnold
Douglas County
Fourth of July Closings Across Lawrence Area
On Fourth of July lawrence city and county offices and the city library will close. General business houses close as the U S post office handles outgoing mail and specials with no regular rural or city deliveries. Postmaster Roger Williams comments on the holiday schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
U.S
Roger Williams
Death of J M Denny Wichita Contractor Dies at 72
John Milton Denny a Wichita contractor died Saturday at age 72. He was married to Mayme Brune of Lake View daughter of Mrs. Gus Brune Sr. Funeral services were held yesterday. He is survived by his wife one daughter a brother and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Milton Denny
Wichita
Mayme Brune
Lake View
Gus Brune
Catch Fish in Gulf Deep Sea Trip Ends in Lawrence Return
Mr and Mrs H D Thomas and son Daniel returned to Lawrence after a 3700 mile southern journey. They traveled through Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana then fished 25 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston catching 60 pounds of fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of Mexico
Daniel
Lawrence
South
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Galveston
Gulf
Bank Calls Issued For Condition Of National State Banks
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of the close of business June 29. In Topeka the state bank commissioner Elwood M. Brooks also called for statements of condition for all Kansas banks and trust companies as of the same date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Topeka
Elwood M. Brooks
Kansas
Lawrence Junior Chamber Dance At Country Club
The Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors its first activity a dance at the Country Club tomorrow night. Billy Walker and his 10 piece orchestra provide music for dancing from dusk until 12 o'clock. Donald Johns reports ticket sales are going well.
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Lawrence
Clinton 4 H Club Holds Second Project Meeting
The Clinton 4 H Club met Wednesday afternoon June 26 at Mrs Otis Heines home. Six members attended with Betty Jean Harrell presenting on measuring and, with Doris Anderson, presenting a slip pattern fitting demonstration. Baking girls brought cakes for judging and future roll call will be by nutrition girls favorite recipe and clothing girls progress. The next meeting will be at Augusta and Jeannette Hales home. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton 4-H Club
Otis Heine
Betty Jean Harrell
Doris Anderson
Augusta
Jeannette Hale
Labor leaders named to advisory committee on defense policy
Sixteen labor leaders from the A.F.L. C.L.C. and railroad brotherhoods were summoned to form an advisory group on labor policy under the national defense program in Washington. The Journal-World Classified Page notes it as the town’s busiest marketplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abor
Washington
A.F.L
C.L.C
Railroad Brotherhoods
Journal-World
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Court
Marriage licenses have been issued at the probate court to Charles Kenneth Razak Collyer and Lillian Blanche McCall Wichita and Warren Hyde and Lepore Weldon both of Topeka. Read the Journal-World classified page for bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kenneth Razak
Collyer
Lillian Blanche McCall
Wichita
Warren Hyde
Lepore Weldon
Topeka
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. P. Ruppenthal
Russell
Hazel
Paul F. Lewis
Emporia
Ruppenthal
University of Kansas
Dir
Lewis
Sigma Phi Epsilon
H. W.’ Reding
Pittsburgh
Harold Longenecker
Joplin
F. H. Smithmeyer
Country Club
A. B. Weaver
George J. Kirchhoff, Jr
Ernest E. Bayles
W. H. Pendleton
Russell Fitzpatrick
Henry Hoffman
Atlanta
Ilse Wilhelmi
Columbus
George Dolbee
Los Angeles
Harold Brownlee
London
Engand
Leonard Hazen
Charles Laming
Amos Wilson
Fred Zoellmer
Tonganoxie
Frederick Smithmeyer, Jr
Indiana Street
R. H. Edmiston
Colonial Tea Room
Harry, Nevin
James VY. Blue
Clarence Dreyer
Edmiston
V. K. Bruner
Carol la Venne McNeish
Earl C. Mohler
Ree
Trinity Lutheran
Sree
Alfred J. Beil
Pauline Rankin
Altar Society
St. John’s Church
Lee Riling
Tom Robertson
Two o’Clock Club
C. IG
Husted Farm
Sarah Underwood
Sally Stevenson
Barbara Ann
Catherine Jaedicke Richards
Caroline Buehler
Nadine Roper
Martha Ringler
Mota ¢ Wersten Missionary Society
Centenary Methodist Church
Frank Henry
Ross Pine
Women and
the Way
C. J. Knox
First Korean Bible Institute
Clarence Pine
Royal Neighbors of America
Beta Sigma Phi
Lake Linge
Kansas City
Atchison
Leavenworth
J. William Stone
Robert Schermerhorn
Virginia Brand
Elizabeth Payton
Francis Hardtaker
Thelma Weddel
Erma McManus
Dorothy Allen
Camero Mo
Pinckney, School, and Co
F. Holland
Fostoria
Cameron
Mr. Holland
Electric Power Company
Central State Teachers College
Warrensburg
Holland
Ralph Graber
Mildred Stringham
Opal Jayne Kennedy
Jean Russell
Helen Shaw
Bernice Nash
Frances Varvel
Business and
The
Colonial
Ivan Rowe
A.S. Anderson
C. J. Cov
W. A. McClain
Etter
J. M. Denny
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Clinton
Santa Stend
Vermont
Weaver
Taylor-NeView Fur Show
Mass
Wings
Adam
Piedmont
Otto Fischer
Calif
ButlerNul
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