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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
5
A string of engagements parties and club events unfolds in Lawrence and nearby areas. Highlights include bridal decor for Miss, receptions with flowered halls, and guest lists featuring Ellis Way, Jane All n, Margaret Drennon, Schaake, and others. Local clubs host dinners and bridge games with named hosts and honorees.
Afternoon activities include a bridge event at the Coun try club with H Pendleton hosting a diner for Mrs A de and Mrs E Hallands. Notable items mention the marriage of Jane Griffith to Richard B Stevens and references to academic and professional ties at Manhattan colleges and the FlemingSherer pharmacy firm.
Merle McKinney plans to depart tomorrow afternoon for Springfield HL to attend a Franklin Insurance convention. A. L. Ferris with daughter Miss Emily Ferris and son Bob left earlier this week for a motor trip to Little Rock Arkansas, with hopes to return via the Missouri Ozarks. Mrs Minnie Campbell traveled to Topeka to spend a couple of weeks with Mr and Mrs Stuart Campbell.
Numerous Lawrence and Kaw Valley residents hosted and visited kin across the area. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Kasberger and family, Wilmarine Stadler, Ed Burnell and Ralph Wotan, and many others. The article notes dinners, calls, a Fourth of July picnic near Clearfield, and cousins traveling to help harvest in Sublette.
Mrs Newmeyer returns home from Peeks hospital in Alta Vista Kansas. Rev Oren Dunlap and Ralph Grob attended the Young People's National Convention in Kansas City last week. Albert Kasberger visited Lawrence Monday amid a day of local visits and dinner gatherings with neighbors and relatives.
The Woodstock vicinity enjoyed a quiet Fourth as heavy rains kept people indoors. Harvesting mostly finished, farmers plowed corn while neighbors mourned Charley Dingies’ death after surgery. Local social visitors included Harry Zook and family at the Martin Zoo home and many calls at various homes.
Messrs. and Misses Zook Champion and Williams families visited friends in Woodstock and Washington across a busy stretch. Beaus Faye Magill and George Papenhausen wed in McLouth, while many neighbors attended church and shared meals and picnics. Corn and tomatoes sold locally, farm activity steady, and rain improved crops across Bonner Springs area.
Corliss residents recount visits and daily business from July events. Mr and Mrs Cliff Musser call on the Hunters. Ice pick injury troubles Mrs Kluss. Families travel to Kansas City for shopping hospital visits and social gatherings. Green beans sold for a dollar plus, Fourth of July activities reported with haying and market trips.
A Kansas City group and local families gathered at the John Penner home for a Fourth of July picnic delaying threshing. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Weidlein, Mr. and Mrs. Meadherst and their three children, Mrs. Meadherst, Mrs. Harris and two children, Frank Penney and three children, L R Penner and baby Leland, Halbert and George Chlevet, and Mrs. Turner visiting Gus Wooden.
The report lists Ottawas student spending time with parents Mr and Mrs Emmett Murphy, Dave Halbert from Kansas City visiting with his mother Mrs Gus Wooden, Capp Glenn with local relatives for the Fourth of July, Mr Pines helping Fred Cheatwood with carpentry, and church services held at the Corliss church Sunday both afternoon and evening.
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