Winding Week's Social Calendar at Local Clubs
Wednesday events show MERA chapter wives, university faculty wives, and bridge players at Mrs. Ernest Bayles home. Also on the card are bridge and bowling at the Elks club, Alpha Omicron Pi party at Miss Olga Carl's home, Scotch fours at the Country club, and Thursday morning GA R ladies breakfast hosted by Miss Grace Perky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seis Cemstnraneau
Thimblea
Ernest Bayles
George Casebier
Marilyn Casebier
Don Miller
Elks Club
Alpha Omicron -Pi
Hine
Olga Carl
Erna Carl
Scotch Four
Grace Perky
Local Society Notes Highlight Weddings and Meetings
Mrs. H W Russel announces the marriage of her daughter in San Francisco to Harry Cochran. The wedding occurred July 8 and the couple will reside in San Francisco. Mrs Cochran has lived in Honolulu for three years and studied at the University of Kansas. Mrs Homer Allison hosts a birthday picnic at Clinton Park for her son Bobby. Douglas County Medical Society dinner at the Country Club honors wives with Dr Ralph Major speaking on Ancient Greek healing temples. Miss Martha Louise Briggs and Lawrence Paul David wed in Tulsa after attending the University of Kansas. he will teach in Eskridge schools. Golf scores at Lawrence Country Club list Mrs C J Dodds as low net. Numerous club events, church meetings, and social gatherings populate the week including W R Hoffine program, Alpha Omicron Pi outing, Rebekahs meeting, and W C T U engagements. A. B. Conner hosts a Wallace W C T U afternoon gathering with regional members. Engagements announced for Helen Floyd Sample and Wayne Rockwell of Lecompton. Birth announced for Walter Ray Whitla in Seattle, formerly Delma Kagi of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Russel
Uise
Harry Cochran
Sanrancisco
San Francisco
Cochran
Honolulu
H. I
University of Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Medical Society
Country Club
Ralph Major
Kadena City
Greece
Martha Louise Briggs
T. L. Briggs
Tulsa
Okla
Lawrence Paul David
August, David
Valley Stream
L. I
School of Fine Arts
David
Eskridge
Phi Mu Alpha
Long Island
Local notices and social happenings in Idaho town
Community updates include students presenting a voice program at Mrs H W Craig's event at 8 pm on 680 Ohio Street, bridge tournament results from the Business and Professional Women's club, and a July 4 dinner hosted for Rev W W Cater. Recitals at the Methodist church feature numerous pupils with names such as Patricia Ann Da Pontesbeedran, Barbara Crawford, and Lauraine Endacott among performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Craig
Homer King
Ohio Street
Voles
Patricia Ann da Pontesbeedran
Aienelipiely Vidlin
Jarret
Stephenson-Hartman
Bob Tatum
Acee
Stavros
Sweet Briar
Crawford Barbara
MacLachlan
Lauraine Endacott
Pores
Schumann Stith Country Gardens
Grainger Robert
Bailey
Don Juan
Mozart Mary Lyn Vialin
Vacation trips and visits across states and Canada
Personal notes recount a string of summer travels. Shipman Winter and Winton Winter return from a ranch near Alva Oklahoma after two weeks away. Brinkman pair sail from Seattle for Alaska, planning about a month abroad. Bliesner and daughter Bernice plan a Minnesota two week vacation, while Abe Wolfson returns from a ten day western trip. Geneva McFarland and Elizabeth Reardon head to Seattle then Alaska with Yellowstone Glacier Park and Butte visits en route. Marlene Underwood visits Topeka. Halls move to Wichita with Southwestern Bell executive Mr Hall. Don Burnett visits from Baton Rouge then plans Missouri and Louisiana family visits. Walter Rigdon and party travel to St. Louis Chicago Danville Indianapolis for two weeks. Reding family depart Dayton to visit Dean Schnacke before returning to Pittsburgh. Cora Sara and May Bruner plan a 16 day eastern tour visiting Canada after Wolleren, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Portland Maine, then Nine Mile Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipman
Winton
Alva
Okla
H. C. Brinkman
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Fred Bliesner
Bernice
Minnesota
Abe Wolfson
West
Jude Anderson
Red Cross
Geneva McFarland
Elizabeth, Reardon
Leavienworth
Yellowstone Glacier Park
Butte. Mont
Tom McFarland
Long Beach
Cal
Marlene Ann Underwood
Emery Underwood
Topeka
Kathryn Hall
Paul Hall
Halls
Lawrence
Wichita
Hall
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Don Burnett
Baton Rouge
Frank Burnett
Missouri
Louisiana
Burnett
Woodruff Funeral Home
Walter. Rigdon
Sally Wheat
Pest
St. Louis
Chicago
Dan Ville
Ill
Indianapolis
H. W. Reding
Warren
Frederick
F. H. Bingenmeyer
Dayton, O
Dean Schnacke
Pittsburgh
Cora Sara
May Bruner
Battay
East
Wollern , C
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Portland
Canada
Nineara Falls
Melvin Family Vacation at Moraine Park Cottage
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Melvin travel to Moraine Park for a summer at their cottage. Mrs. W. G. McFarland departs for Butte Montana to join Mr. and Mrs. Tom McFarland and their son John for several weeks. Her daughter Miss Bernice McFarland of Long Beach California will join there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Melvin
Moraine Park
W. G. McFarland
Butte
Mont
Tom McFarland
John
Bernice McFarland
Long Beach
Cal
Eloise Moore Dancers Delight Hoch Auditorium Audience
About 1000 attended the Eloise Moore dancers in Hoch auditorium as the first of two imported attractions on the summer session concert series. Miss Moore impressed with charm artistry and expressive dances including poems like The King's Breakfast and The Penitent. Jose Casto impressed with castanets and dance steps while Rose Postel provided witty mimicry. The program balanced comic and serious pieces and kept a lively pace. The troupe performs tonight at Kansas State College in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoch ‘Auditorium
Eloise ‘Moore
Eloise Moore
Miss Moore
A. A. Milne
Ednar St. Vincent Millay
Chang Chi
Milne
Starr
Armstrong
Tornheim
Jose Casto
Rose Postel
Kansas’ State College
Manhattan
Kansas census shows population loss in eight counties
Final preliminary figures for eight of nine counties in Kansas second district show population declines since 1930, with Johnson County the only exception rising from 27,197 to 33,284. Remaining county figures list 1940 and 1930 totals for Miami, Douglas, Anderson, Franklin, Allen, Linn and Bourbon, with town totals also provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kansas
Howard E. Payne
Johnson County
Wyandotte County
Miami
Douglas
Anderson
Franklin
Allen
Linn
Bourbon
Fort Scott
Tola
Humboldt
Garnett
Buick engineers unveil precision bearing with 200 percent life gain
Flint, July 10. Engineers of the Buick division, General Motors, announced a new precision bearing with a steel back, high lead babbitt unit, claiming over 200 percent longer bearing life after more than two years of road and dynamometer testing. Coupled with new high octane fuels this fall, the bearing is expected to deliver more miles per gallon and stronger acceleration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Pi—Engineers
Buick
General Motors
Corporation
Demand for Pennies Surges At Kansas City Bank
At the Federal Reserve bank in Kansas City demand for pennies has risen about 300 percent due to new defense taxes. Assistant cashier M W E Park said today requests for nickels dimes quarters and half dollars grew about 20 percent as increased retail trade combined with tax changes pushes more silver coins into use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank
M. W. E. Park
Nebraska slayer seeks commute to Texas for murder case
Ernest Hoefgen of Wichita pleaded for commutation to face a slaying charge in Texas after confessing to killing George Richet near Wichita Falls with an ax on October 8, 1938. He admitted the act and said he took sole responsibility. Miss Sylvia Phipps, 19, Wichita, is serving a one year term in Nebraska’s reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Ernest Hoefgen
Wichita
Nebraska
Texas
George Richet
Independence
Kan
Carpenter
Falla Hoefgen
Rea Bed ‘ Estant
R. L
Hoefgen
Sylvia Phipps
Richet
Missouri
Phipps
San
Antonio
Women’s Reformatory
Scottsbluff County
Miss Phipps
Reformatory
Fire Destroys Wheat Field Near Airport on Rezak Farm
Lawrence fire department was summoned at 3 30 this afternoon to fight a blaze in a wheat field at the Rezak farm two miles north of the airport. It was unclear if the grain was cut or if a stubble fire had gotten out of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Rezak
Stark Calls Special Session to Avert State Crisis
Jefferson City Missouri July 10 Governor Lloyd C Stark called a special session of the 60th general assembly to convene July 22 to avert a financial collapse of the state direct relief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark
Jefferson City
Lloyd C. Stark
60Th General Assembly
Paulette Reappointed to Topeka Engineering Board
Paulette of Topeka was reappointed by Gov. Payne Ratner to the state registration and examining board for professional engineers. His new term runs until July 1, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulette
Topeka
R. Paulette
Payne Ratner
State, Registration and Examining Board
Couple Fatally Injured in Sedgwick County Crash
Mr and Mrs J K Vachal 64 and 58 died after an automobile collision near Kechi in Sedgwick County. L C Riley 85 of Augusta, driver of the second car, was critically injured with severe lacerations and possible skull fracture and hospitalized in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
ER. Vachal
Mary
Kechi
Sedgwick
L. C. Riley
Augusta Stockman
Rain Ad Sparks Farmland Relief in Hastings
Hastings Nebraska July 10 three farmers Don Wilmes and Don Auten sought rain via a newspaper ad asking for countrywide two inch rain slow and steady. Local results brought .58 inches in Hastings with hope for more rain to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Neb
Don Wilmes
Don Auten
Hastings
Vacation Mailwatch and Journal World Subscription Push
Readers are urged to track mail delivery during summer travel and to order a Journal World subscription before departing. The notice emphasizes uninterrupted access to local news and features while on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal- World
British Planes Down Berlin Scramble July 10
British planes suffered heavy losses in attacks on Stavanger and other targets. The German high command said 28 British planes were shot down in an attack on Stavanger, with seven more claimed in different raids. German fighters reportedly downed seven British bombers and sank a cruiser and four merchant ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Savanger
Norway
High Command
Stavanger
Cutane
France
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Conteton
Columba
Homer Allison
Clinton Park
Bobby
The
Lawrence Country Club
C. J. Dodds
R. G. Zimmerman
L.E. Bicé
Double Dozen
Irvin Hulce
E. .S. Hoffine
Women’s Relief
Corps No. 9
American Legion’ Hall
Evangelical Church
Elaine Dillon
Connecticut Street
Alpha-Omicron Pi
Lawrence Rushees
Dickinson
Erna Carls
Stratford Road
Millie Regier
Betty Harmon
Betty Hughes
Marcia Fryer
Yola
Marjorie van Nice
Betty Jack Jarret
Ruth Marty Chandler
Bernice Moody
Virginia Hartman
Audrey Bateman
Helen Jenkins
Rebekahs
C.F. Hall
A. B. Conner
Elm Street
Wallace W.C.T.U
S‘i
Kennard Onion
Baldwin
Inez Pom Bissana
Elwell
N. B
A. L. Carey
Lucille Traynor
Floyd Sample
Helen
Ewan Rockwell
Lecompton
Walter W. Whitla
Walter Ray
Ago
Btnwell Shatin
Seen
Whitla
Cogur d’Alene
Ida
University School of Law
Oe Colonial
Emma Wagner
Fay Brown
Stella Wilson
Margaret Finnerty Henderson
Louise Nelson
Mayme Corcoran
Helen Gardner
Ruth Myers
Nelson
Miss Corcoran
Abbie Atherton
Irma Kahle
Stellawill
Ivan Rowe
J. W. Nason
W. W. Cater
Clearwater
Ara Ws E. Puett
George Smelser
John Cozad
Theo Nason
Genevieve
Pete
Mary Puett
Edith Moore
Whearty
Nason
Methodist Church
Burleigh
Kenneth Bailey
Y Wilkinson
Rachmaninoffiggs
Mendelssohn
Phyllis
Jane
Wu. Rodgers
the Angel Goes
Hollywood
Maurice Tillét
Vine Street
S ‘Ridge
J. K. Vachal
Sedgwick County
Rexall
Vichy
F. H. Roberts
Via
Neat
Lodge
WM. Underwood
Cmne
Lydia
Pinkham
Havex
Jody
F . Cosm
Dori
Imra
U.S. Pa
U.S. Pat. Pend
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