Notable Local Society Notes and Club Events
A packed report covers a sorority wedding gift of crystal and remarks from Mrs. Merrill Henry and Miss Naoma Jean Rummage. Meeting attendees include Ruth Brune, Marcelia Bucheim, Katherine Heck, Harriett LeSuer, Mildred Petefish, Lewla Sale, Raymond Sanders, Corel Jegn Schmitendorf, Marian Sphar, and others. Upcoming events include a covered dish supper at Mrs. Raymond Sanders’ home on July 19 and a Woman's Relief Corps all day quilting session at the American Legion hall. Additional items note bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs. R. E. Fahn at The Hearth with 28 players, golf club prize winners, and dinner bridge events hosted by Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wheeler with high scores by Mrs. Ray Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Henry
Betty Banning
Port Angles
Wash
Naoma Jean Rummage
Chilocco
Okla
Ruth Brune
Marcelia Bucheim
Katherine Heck
Harriett
LeSuer
Mildred Petefish
Lewla Sale
Raymond Sanders
Corel
Jegn Schmitendorf
Marian Sphar
Miss Overstock
Miss Lou Holmes leaves for Pullman and other notes
Miss Lou Holmes Dean of Women at Washington State college leaves Lawrence after a visit with Mrs Harriett Haskell MacDonald. The item also lists Rev Robert Edgar vacationing in Lawrence and several residents visiting family or traveling for military assignments and conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Holmes
Harriett Haskell MacDonald
Pullman
Wash
Miss Holmes
Washington State College
J. F. Stubecki
Denver
Pfc
John F Stubeck
Buckley Field
Record Service Department
Army Air Forces
St. Petersburg
Fla
Stubeck
William Carter
Cythia
la Grange
Ill
Carter
United Air Lines
Army
Robert Edgar
Glenview
Lawrence
C. C. Edgar
Edgar
Carl Drake
Jack * Metz
Oklahoma City
Metz
Orlando
Fra
Margaret Stough
Charles D. Stough
John E. Worsley
Audrey Worsley
Pittsburgh
Local residents and visitors listed in Lawrence society notes
Joliet, Kan sas City visitors gather with local families. Mrs. Ferrell from Kansas City visits with her mother. Summers and kin from Urbana plan vacations with Sanderson and Colman families. Lecompton resident Leland Young recovers from an appendectomy in Topeka. Dr. and Mrs. Perry relocate to 1602 Roeser Road. Russ and Henderson families relocate within town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Robert Price
Price
Helene Thomas Farrell
Kansas City
Louisa Thomas
Ferrell
Credit Department
Commerce Trust Company
Milton Sanderson
Steve
Joe
Urbana, Ill
W. C. Sanderson
Asa Colman
Sanderson
State Biological Survey
Five Names Added to July Birthday List by United Home Service
The United Home Service club adds names to its July birthday list of servicemen. Dates listed include July 10 Ernest C. Gimblet, July 11 James W. Cooper, July 12 Otis Hadl, July 17 John H. Gimblet, and July 21 William E. Boener. Call or mail entries for August additions to Mrs. Frank E. Jones. Former Lawrence residents now in Virginia and California readers asked for addresses of listed men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Home Service Club
Ernest C. Gimblet
James W. Cooper
Otis Hadl
John H. Gimblet
William E. Boener
Frank E. Jones
Lawrence
Virginia
Journal-World
Rynum to Direct Kansas War Fund Drive
Lt. Gov. Jess Denious announced Frank N. Rynum of Emporia would lead the Kansas united war fund campaign next October to raise about 1,250,000 dollars. The executive committee meets in Topeka to set permanent headquarters and campaign details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Jess Denious
Frank N. Rynum
Emporia
Kansas
Corn Shortage Pushes Feed Makers To Substitutes In 1920s Chicago
A Chicago report warns corn shortages disrupt livestock and poultry feeds. Grain traders say barley, wheat, oats, and rye rise in price as substitutes, with little corn reaching markets. Government requisitions divert corn to war industries, while WCTU proposes distilling whiskey stocks to free corn for industrial alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Food Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ida B. Wise Smith
W.C.T.U
Early Frost Fear Alarm Among Grain Men
Grain men warned of potential early killing frost threatening crops. They emphasized urgency in protecting fields and preparing for possible losses as forecasts suggested cold snaps could hit soon.
Henry A Parker Named Ottawa High School Principal
Henry A Parker of Paola has been chosen by the Ottawa board of education as principal of the Ottawa High School. He succeeds R E Gowans who has resigned to move to Lawrence. Parker has been Paola high school principal since 1936 and holds a B S from Pittsburg Teachers College and an M A from the University of Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Parker
Paola
Board of Education
Ottawa
R. E. Gowans
Lawrence
Carl Drake
Parker
Pancipal
Paola High School
Pittsburg Teachers Colege
University of Kansas
Colorado
Kansas
Mackey District Holds Typhoid Immunization Session
A June 20 gathering at Mackey schoolhouse saw 18 children and adults receive typhoid shots. A physician and nurses from Leavenworth administered the immunization, with a return visit planned midweek for third doses. Two Lawrence residents, Ms. Nannie Chariton and Mrs. J. C. Hemphill, attended last week with Mrs. Meredith Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wardwell of Edgerton were Monday guests at the Thomas Cawley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackey
Leavenworth
Nannie Chariton
J. C. Hemphill
Lawrence
Meredith Smith
Bruce Wardwell
Edgerton
Thomas Cawley
Ward
Local Families Doings and Farm Move Near Aderton
Former residents now on a farm near Aderton. Kline Biard located at Fort Bragg with Pvt. Biard. Local visits include Mrs. Roy Allison and Mrs. Francis Bereiter. Obvious social notes cover meals, guests from Leavenworth, and Merry Makers meeting at Mohler’s. Weather halted harvest yet expected to resume with sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aderton
Kline Blard
Fort Bragg
Fayette
N. C
Pvt. Blard
Roy Allison
Blard
Francis Bereiter
Lawrence
F. W. Bereiter
Arthur Chasg
Leavenworth
Fay Allison
Biard
Donna Hogge
Borner Springs
John Hogg
Alvin Rodgers
Vandmother
Frank Bereiter
Woodie Laughlin
Kaw Valley
Merry-Makers Club
Jung
Mohler
Kline Biard
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Incheon
C. ¥. Pardtart
William Jeert
Bridge
Wendell C. ‘Wyatt
Salina
K. U. Engineers
The
Colonial
J. J. Jakosky
Dean J. J. Jakosky
Los Angeles
Ulysses F. Rible
George March
Emory Johnson
Sunflower Dames Mal
Ip Moomauj
Massachsett Street
K. R. Hegeman
E. C. Brown
Hugh A. Randall
East Seventeenth Street
Memorial Hospital
Stephen Craig
Belleview
Maxine ‘McClintock
Naomi Schellenberg
Talitha Stevens
Irls
Paul Gibler
Maxine McClintock
Max Hagerman
Grace Robertson
Kenneth Hubbard
Roundup
Deal Six
Marian Nichols
Phyllis
Betty Ann
Donna Rockhold
Vera
Eva Hallmark
George O. Foster
Wendell L. Willkie
North Africa
Middle East
Russia
China
East
Willkie
Sigma Nu
Elmer Kramer
North Fourth Street
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Winifred Haverstock
Illinois Street
Raymond Saunders
Dorothy Jewell
Woman's Relief Corps
American Legion Hall
R. E. Fahn
W. K. Dickerson
Mission, Kan
Bob van Noy
Bill Johnson
Harry Green
van Noy
W. J. Shelly
R.E. Fuhn
V. RB. Linn
John Riling
R. G. Zimmerman
H. N. Nelson
R. H. Wheeler
Ray Wright
Pinkham
Japan
Pacific
Adams, HA
Kans
Fritzi
Eldridge
American Institute of Laundering
NEW
Henry A. Parker
Paola McCeeds Rier Af
Tahiti
Vickers
Tubbabls
Jeffries
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