June fails to sustain highway safety gains
The National Safety Council reports June deaths reached 2,330, up 1 percent from June 1938, breaking a 20 month trend of improving road safety. First half of 1939 shows a 5 percent decline from 1938, with rural areas driving the slowdown and cities generally cutting deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Altho
Kansas City
Council
St. Louis
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
Providence
R.I
Rochester
N. Y
Worcester
Massa
Wichita
Kan
New Bedford
Beauty of the Commonplace Highlighted by Valley Grove Endavor
Valley Grove Christian Endeavor outlines The Beauty of the Commonplace topic with Scripture references and a lecture by Stella Langford from Kansas City. Various churches schedule services, classes, and events for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity, with August plans and park union services noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Grove
Barbara Zook
Un defeated Christian sermon at North Lawrence church
North Lawrence Christian Church on Elm and Seventh hosts morning services led by minister Clark W. Comstock with Lucille Traynor at the piano and Earle Gordon teaching a Bible class at 9:45. The morning sermon titled The Un defeated Christian follows acts and Lord's Supper at 10:50 with special music by the young people choir. Union service at 8:00 p.m. features Rev. C. J. Knox. Mr. Comstock preaches at South Park union service on Jesus Christ’s lordship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Lawrence
C. J. Knox
Centenary Church
Comstock
South Park
Jesus Christ
Centenary Methodist Church
Fourth and Elm Streets
Christian Church
Jonah
Paramount Issue Sermon at First Christian Church Service
Unified service 9 30 to 11 00 with Rev Clark Comstock guest speaker in attendance. Organist Meta Clarkson leads, offertory solo by John Prindle Scott, postlude by Beethoven. Church school 10 30 11 00 and union service at Union church in South Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Harold G. Barr
Meta M. Clarkson
Albert Williams
Clark Comstock
Powell Weaver
John Prindle Scott
Howard Wray
Beethoven
Presbyterian Church
South Park
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Massachusetts Street
Boston
Mass
Mary Baker Eddy
Jackson Building
Trinity Lutheran Church Summer Worship Service Note
Trinity Lutheran Church at Thirteenth and New Hampshire with Pastor Charles Puls hosts a 10:45 call to worship on tower chimes and an 11:00 abbreviated summer service led by the pastor on What a Man Saw in Church. Organist guest Mrs Dorothy Enlow Miller accompanies preludes and postlude selections. A Brotherhood Picnic is planned Tuesday at 6:30 pm at the Douglas County Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Thirteenth and
New Hampshire
Charles A. Puls
A. G. Sabol
Dorothy Enlow Miller
Negin
Negin. the City From Afar Off: On the Avenue; the Grandmother: Urchin
Vernell Wells
Als Maser
Roy Shoat
Mendelssohn
Frank Denison
Marche Chamette
Boex
Brotherhood
Douglas County
First Baptist Church Service and Union Events Schedule
The Eight and Kentucky church holds a 9:45 worship with Thomas addressing Coming Down Out of Heaven. The program includes Mendelssohn and Bach pieces by Stoner and Rankin, with a 10:30 school meeting. Prof Bayles speaks on Character Education at the summer session. Union youth services occur at 6:30 and 7:45 as scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Eighth
Kentucky Streets
Howard E. Charles W. Denis
Koelb
Thomas
Stu- Wade W. Pierce
Paul C. Rankin
Paul Stoner
Robert Glotzbach
Mendelssohn
Rankin
Sibelius
Jesus
Bach
Holy City
Adams
E. E. Bayles
Presbyterian Church
Lawrence
Southpark
First Methodist and Friends Church Services Solicit Community Fellowship
Morning worship at First Methodist features Paraphrase of Aria and organ solos by Ruth Hopkins with sermon That Distinctive Manner by Dr. Robert A. Hunt, plus 9:45 Sunday school and 7:45 union service. Friends Church lists morning worship with Rev. Oscar Batten and a fellowship basket dinner after. union events scheduled at Evangelical and South Park churches. First Presbyterian presents Our Religion as Recreation sermon with string ensemble, after which joint young people league at 6:30 and union park service at 7:45. Livestock receipts announced for Kansas City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical Church
Tenth
Connecticut
Duncan E. McGregor
O. E. Ingle
Union Endeavor
Friends Church
First Methodist Church
Vermont Streets
Robert A. Hunt
Edwin F. Price
Wesley Foundation
Dorothy Enlow Miller
Bach
MacDermid
Ruth Hopkins
Collin
Clark
R. C. Laessag
R. S. Fox
C. W. Pollom
R. E. Wood
Union Park Service
Delaware
Dillon
Pearle Wooten
B. Commons
Bertha White
Oscar Batten
Tangonoxie
Kansas Yearly Meeting
Union Co. E
Evangelical Church
Virginia Detler
The
Southperk
Mason College Gospel Quartet
Charles DeVol
China
First Presbyterian Church
Ninth
Vermont
Theodore H. Astman
C. W. Straffon
Elgar
Barbara Hull
Frances Ellen McNish
Marilyn Rosenan
Helen Apple
Market summary and church notices from Kansas city area
Cattle 150, calves 50, hogs none, sheep none listed. Chicago closes July 28 with wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, rye, lard futures and Kansas City cash grain quotes. Local church notices include First Church of Christ Scientist and Centenary Methodist Church service details, readings and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
4-H Committee Plans Fall Fair Meeting Tonight
The Douglas county 4-H club and the Vocational Agriculture committee will meet at 8 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce office to arrange time and place for the annual 4-H fair this fall. Officials include Fair manager Richard Wilson and assistants Harvard Jóhanning and Maxine Flory with department superintendents led by Roy Goff, Wayne Powell, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Vocational Agriculture Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Warren Decker
W. R. Essick
Harold Fisher
F. G. Hagenbuch
Robert Miller
Deal Six
Walter Babbit
Franz Johanning
Wayne Powell
Carl Spray
Richard Wilson
Harvard Johanning
Maxine Flory
Roy Goff
Albert Eckman
Irene Hoover
Clifford Durham
Marie Cottrell
Indiana Quartet to Sing at Friends Church
Marian college gospel quartet from Marian Indiana will perform at Friends Church Tuesday night at 8 o clock. The four members Roy Clark Sterrett Nash Dean Gregory Rendal Cosand and Rev Charles DeVol will lead and accompany. Rev DeVol is a son of missionaries born in China and returning there soon. The event is sponsored by the Lawrence Holiness Association and doubles as Augusts regular monthly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian College of Marian
Ind
Friends Church
Roy Clark
Colorado Springs
Colo
Sterrett Nash
Westfield
Dean Gregory
Center
Rendal Cosand
Damascus
Charles DeVol
DeVol
Mayo Clinic founder William J Mayo dies early today
Dr William J Mayo elder of the famed Mayo brothers who established the Mayo Clinic at Rochester Minnesota died early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William James Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Toay
Minister Aszman Heads to Chicago Conference then Home
Rev Theodore H Aszman leaves the first of the week for Chicago to attend the annual Ministers conference at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He preaches August 6 at Kenwood Evangelical church in Chicago and plans a Milwaukee visit with family before joining his daughter in Green Mountain Falls Colorado. The family returns late August and he resumes pulpit duties September 3 at First Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore H. Aszman
Chicago
Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Chicago
Aszman
Kenwood Evangelical Church
Milwaukee
Lawrence
Jean Lee
Astman
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
First Presbyterian Church Maintains August Services
The First Presbyterian church at Ninth and Vermont will keep 11 o'clock Sunday services throughout August. During the pastor's vacation Rev Theodore H Astman will be away and out of town ministers will fill the pulpit. I C Stevenson chairs the pulpit supply committee. Church school sessions run at 9 45 each Sunday morning with music led by organist Mrs C W Straffon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tenth and
Vermont Streets
John Bowers
E. H. Hollands
Oliver Hobbs
Trinity
First Presbyterian Church
Ninth and
Theodore H. Astman
I.C. Stevenson
C. W. Straffon
Rousing Reunions by Detroit Old Timers Leader
Detroit Old Timers' Association organizer George McClure has been rallying former ball players for 36 years, keeping a living link to the sport and its community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
George McClure
Detroit Old Timers’ Association
Meadowlark 4-H Club Sees Icing Demonstration
Pleasant Valley notes a Meadowlark 4-H meeting at Alwilna Thiry's home on Wednesday July 19. The group sewed most of the afternoon and Thiry gave a icing demonstration. Next meeting is at Lillian Ellis' home on Wednesday August 2. Also mentioned are visits by Otto Luckan family from Lawrence and James Toyne from Linwood with Catharine staying for a week with Martha May Toyne. John Maloney Sr. spent Friday with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowlark 4-H Club
Alwilna Thiry
Lillian Ellis
Otto Luckan
George
Catharine
Frieda
Charlene
Lawrence
James Toyne
Linwood
Martha May Toyne
John Maloney, Sr
Community guests and social visits fill Pleasant Valley area
Local families hosted and visited across Eudora Topeka and Lawrence. Dinners, picnics, and band concerts linked residents like the Koehlers Hadl Thiry and Broers while the Pleasant Valley club met July 13 with a future August 10 gathering planned. Carolyn Kaye Rogers welcomed by Emma Koehler was born in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Dunigan
Harry
Broers
Dorothy
Vernon Anderson
Gus Koehler
Carl
Eudora
Joe Strobel O
Topeka
Eugene McCabrin
Bobby
Jack
Mary Ann Toyne
Linwood
Freda
Gus Had
Harry Broers
Charles Rogers
Iowa City
Carolyn Kaye
Emma X Koehler
William Koehler
Fairview
Frances Moles
Alwinna Thiry
Junior Richardson
Howard Lynch
Glen Cilburn
Mths
Pleasant Valley Community Club
Pleasant 7Valley School House
Harold McKay
Pittsburg
Kan
Otto “Luckan
George
Charles Douglas
Eugene Anderson
Prairie Center
Vernon Broers
Ward Landis
Doris
Donnie
Kansas City
Ward
Edgar Landis
Evan Levis
Stloan
Social gatherings and travels across Kansas and Iowa
A party at Clifford Thiry’s in Springs Arkansas hosted fifteen guests including Carl Minor, Junior and Wayne Guy, Raymond Deal and son Harold of Gentry, with Vernoon Anderson and Dorothy Broers at a Bonner Springs dancing event for Peari and Freda Koehler. Trips include the Guy brothers to Nebraska for potato harvest and several visits. others return from threshing and visits Iowa crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Broers
Vernon Anderson
Misses Pearl
Freda Koehler
Iowa City
Charles Rogers
Pearl
Roscoe Anderson
Kansas City
Iowa
Community Notes Highlight Summer Trips and Local Gatherings
Local residents share travel plans to destinations like Denver Cheyenne Yellowstone Vancouver and San Francisco world fair in San Francisco itinerary. Goldenrod club hosts a July picnic at J C Miller home with a long table service and multiple families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Dodder
Standing
Lawrence
West Coast
Denver
Cheyenne
Yellowstone National Park
Vancouver
San Francisco
William Parken
Manitou
Henry Brienen
Pekin
Ed Griffin
Floyd Dodds
Scott Herron
Overbrook
Elva Craik
Eldon Craik
Charles Fawl
J. C. Miller
Lloyd Simon
F. A. Butler
George Raible
Edith Mae Raible
Stanley Hoffman
Frank Simon
Charles Schamle
Joe Baldwin
Agnes Baldwin
Ernest Prim
Mary Rose
L. McLean
Harlan Miller
Delbert Hoffman
Minnie Eno
Edith Mae
Charles Marie
Saint Mary College
Leavenworth
Brackett 4-H Girls Meet At Vera Durbin Home
The Sunflower 4-H club from Brackett met Tuesday at Vera Louise Durbin's home. Next meeting set for Tuesday with Jean and Frances Perkins. Members were urged to bring project sheets. Lawrence residents Mrs. G A Middleton Mrs. Mather Sprague Mrs. Addie Lescher and Mrs. J R Holmes visited here Wednesday afternoon. Miss Josephine Woolverton attends summer school at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fom Brackett
Vera Louise Durbin
Jean
Frances Perkins
G. A. Middleton
Mather Sprague
Addie Lescher
J. R. Holmes
Lawrence
Josephine Woolverton
Uni
Local Residents Visit and Family Gatherings This Week
Weekend activities include Eugene Kiefer and family visiting Brackett. D. L. Crane of Bartlett, Kansas visits son R. M. Sonnecker in town. Allan Kirby celebrates birthday with friends. Lawrence visitors include Paul and Ernest Kasold and Barbara Jehle, while A. Seele hosts Everett Christenson and children. Mrs. Seele’s mother hosts. Mrs. Kiefer family also seen in Kan sas City.
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Versity
Brackett
Eugene Kiefer
D. F. Schott
Lone Star
Paul Kasold
Ernest Kasold
Alice
Lawrence
A. W. Jehle
Barbara
Paul
Kansas City
D. L. Crane
Bartlett
Kan
R. M. Sonnecker
Alfred Seele
Seele
Vinland
Everett Christenson
A. Seele
Allan Kirby
Pleasant gathering with gifts and cake
Gifts were given to him which included a large birthday cake. Games were played during the evening. All Present report a most pleasant time. We are sorry to report that Mrs. Robert Ridley is ill in the Lawrence Memorial hospital. Mrs. Ridley was in Kansas City last week for treatments and came home Monday and was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning. Miss Dessie May Franks of Abilene spending a few days with relatives etc. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kirby went to Dainsville Mo to visit Mrs. Kirby's parents, Mr. and Mrs. EF. S. Reeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ridley
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
EF. S. Reeves
Oskaloosa Social Helpers meet with Rooneys on antiques and farming
In Oskaloosa the Social Helpers club hosted Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rooney of Topeka as guest speakers. Mrs Rooney spoke on antiques while Mr Rooney discussed today’s agricultural situation. Other attendees included several local residents and a harvest reading by Mrs Nora Zachriah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Rooney
Topeka
Social Helpers Club
Inez Wheeler
Rooney
Nora Zachriah
H. M. Wheeler
I. M. Dunn
Price Myers
H. L. McGehee
A. W. Keeling
Paul Wheeler
Ada Johnson
Philip Kilmer
Glen Bender
James Wheeler
Rose Straub
Jack of
Wathena
Roy Slagel
Ida Worswick
Inzie
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Christian Institute
Maine Street
Stella Langford
Kansasity
United Brethren Church
Seventeenth
Arthur Ward
Harold Brown
Walter Woodcock
Minland Presbyterian Church
S. B. Lucas
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Holloway Hall
Nineteenth
Massachusetts Streets
Free Methodist Church
Twelfth
Connecticut Streets
D. I
Turnbough
J. E. Wade
St. James A. M. E
Noble Lee
Union Mission
Church of God of
Plymouth Congregational Church
Vermont Street
Joseph F. King
Alice Moncrieff
St. Luke A. M. E
New York Streets
Louise Garrett
Frank P. Brown
Desireth
Amelia Taylor
Jordan
William Brown
Morette
T. C. Mayo
H. V. Grear
J. M. Drew
J . Frank D. Brown
Baptists’ Head
England
World Baptist Alliance
James Henry Rushbrooke
London
Atlanta, Ga
Convention of Baptists
USDA
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
W. W. Stoeppelworth
Indiana Quartet
William. Mayo
Long Island
United States
Garden City
T. H. Aszman
Pleasant Valley
Tex Ritter
Texas
Queen's Jewels
Lorre
LEULS
Joseph Schildkraut
Lionel
WILL
Virginia Field News
Kiddies
Honolulu
Musica
Reryue
Oddity + News
Great Northwest
Scott Lockwood
Lee Eae eSee Creey Or Tree
Enterprise and Vicinity
Albert Transmier
Rita Lee
Council Grove
Frank Lemberger
Francis
Trevor
Wi Dick
Henry Armetta
Victor ‘Jory
Plus— Cartoon News
Aire
Cooke’s Help Yourself Groc
Brune Plumbing
Carter’s Super Service
Deluxe Cafe
Stowits Drug Store
Dine A Mite Inn
Lawrence Hdn
Starling Furniture
Acme Radio Supply
Auto Wrecking and Glass’Co
Ward’s Flowers
Rusty's Market
Hunsinger Motor &Co
Venus Beauty Shop
Lescher’s Shoe Shop
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Oskaloosa
Douglas County Hatcheries
ARROW
Tire Service Headquarters
Fritz CO
Service Headquarters
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