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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1939
Page
4
Society notices pass along that contributions for the society column must reach the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. The note emphasizes timely submission for inclusion in the edition.
Mrs. Lyle D. Hurd hosts dessert bridge at the home of Mrs. Raymond Yeomans. Alice Trivett to wed Le Roy Higgins of Lawrence. ceremony planned for August 18. Higgins to teach industrial art at Altoona after graduating from Kansas State Teachers College. Several entertainment events noted, including alums at dinner and a picnic at Oskaloosa Lake. A Cherryvale marriage unites Miss Cecilia Mitchell and Samuel Molby of Kansas City with a garden reception. New baby Margie Janean Huscher reported in Trenton. shower events held for brides Mildred Williams and Ruth McKone. golf and Farm Bureau notes.
The Lawrence Guernsey association plans an August 8 tour with about 25 members. They meet at 9 45 am at Vanney Miller residence and visit several farms including Chester Johnson, W O Boehle, Martin Holcomb, and Will Adriance with a lunch and judging contest. Exit at 2 45 pm and return home. County agent Deal Six backs annual future tours.
Residents attended a Lawrence Flower Club gathering at Marvin Grove University of Campus with a tour by landscape architect A C Elson. The event covered plant identifications including pin oak, green ash, varnish tree, and various maples amid campus greenery.
Miss Helen Heaston plans a Chambersburg trip for choral school followed by Philadelphia and New York World’s Fair plans. Several families, including Mr. and Mrs. Dye and Mrs. Stover, Mrs. Evans, and Ruth Oatman, are noted visiting relatives or traveling to events and returning from trips across the region.
Helen Lindquist, a Lawrence high school graduate, will perform a violin recital at 8 tonight in Hoch auditorium. She earned several first place awards in district, state, and national contests after eight years studying with Karl Euersteiner at the University of Kansas. Her program includes Gluck Bach Melodie Air Minuet in Ancient Style and works by Hoehstein and Brahms, reflecting extensive concert experience.
F H Pap Olney longtime Lawrence high school principal viewed Robert Donat in Goodbye Mr Chips this afternoon. Henry H Asher, once a student under Olney in 1897, arranged the outing. Olney led 32 years as principal from 1893 to 1925, later retired ill and homebound, and was brought to the theater in his chair by an automobile loaned by T D Funk.
The full extent of their injuries was not determined and proceedings were deferred to later this afternoon.
The Chamber of Commerce office in Lawrence was flooded with sales tax tokens redeemed by residents. Tokens worth about 250 dollars were collected today for the last time. token redemption will shift to Tuesday afternoons moving forward, with W. T. handling them.
L L Barnes building superintendent of the Oklahoma City Gas and Electric company was injured when his car crashed at a highway intersection a mile west of Sublette. He and Mrs Barnes were taken to Garden City hospital with multiple injuries including a broken arm and crushed chest. Both were in shock and further X rays were pending.
Douce, a state sales tax official for Johnson and Douglas counties, will hold office hours at the Chamber of Commerce from 1 to 5 pm every Tuesday afternoon.
A Mexican gold boom near Mesquite has transformed a 20 person village into a 4000 strong boom town. Daily output near 20 pounds per day with claimants like Javier Gomez earning about 500 dollars daily and seven thousand dollars total from a rich claim. Violence has surfaced with the beating death of Cucurpe mayor Joaquin Soto during attempts to restore order.
Kansas City July 25 Karl Krueger conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic says his wife who was shot last summer in Los Angeles is beginning to walk again. She wears metal braces and is making progress at the Krueger summer home in New Canaan Connecticut. Physicians doubted she would walk. Krueger stopped en route to Lawrence to lecture at the University of Kansas summer music camp.
Classified page highlights active readers driving engagement and results for advertisers. Local sections showcase listings, notices, and small ads, reflecting community commerce and information needs.
Boston delegates at the New England toy convention describe dolls that say bless Mama and bless Papa as top Christmas picks. The latest jest includes dolls that can recite Now I lay me down to sleep via a tiny windup phonograph. Domestic makers will keep about 98 percent of America’s $100 million toy industry.
L. B. Wheat of Chicago, a summer speaker for the school of education staff, will address the Education Forum at 7 PM in the Memorial Union main lounge. He will discuss The Flexible Progressive Group System. The forum is held Wednesday to avoid conflicting with tonight's education school banquet.
A 20 month old boy, Paul Layne, fell from a second story to a concrete sidewalk in Wichita Kansas. He sustained only a blackened eye and minor scrapes according to hospital authorities.
Tetanus from a splinter proves fatal for Mrs. Ernest A. Thiele, 42, at a Coffeyville hospital after an accident at her home near Deering last week. The child son of Mr. and Mrs. George Layne fell through an unlatched screen on a sleeping porch.
Clifford Snavely was arraigned in Justice Court of Charles C Rankin this morning charged with driving an automobile with license plates issued for another car and without a drivers license. He was fined ten dollars and costs.
In Clover Kansas City Kansas, July 25 theater manager Jack Truitt invited anyone with a four leaf clover to see a Douglas Corrigan picture for free. Within two days about 2000 people attended with four leaf clovers.
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