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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
5
Readers are reminded that society notes must reach the Journal-World office by noon on the publication day. The column highlights local events and personal milestones and depends on timely submissions.
Monday Mrs Haggart hosts a Monday bridge luncheon club. Mr and Mrs Wood host a dinner bridge club. Tuesday Chapter AZ P E O with Mrs Hunt and women’s golf matches at the Country Club. Mrs Skinner hosts E O W club luncheon at Evans Hearth. Wednesday Mrs Schwate hosts bridge lunch at the Country Club with a bridge tournament at home of Mrs Rowe. Thursday Chapter CW P E O with Mrs Taare auvane featuring Scotch foursomes at the Country Club.
The couple will wed Sunday in Williamsburg Iowa with plans to summer in Colorado and reside in Town City Iowa in September. Miss Misbach is Univ of Iowa graduate Phi Beta Kappa daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J D Misbach. Posey is son of Prof and Mrs C J Posey of Lawrence a KU engineering graduate and UI teaching engineer.
Forthcoming Wednesday golf foursomes and dinner reservations at the club due by Thursday morning. Midland Grange meets Wednesday at the school house with a program and refreshments. Almarin Nottingham will discuss Anti Aircraft Defense with Irene Laptad and Bobby Laptad performing, plus other musicians. Graduation news from Robert Russell Dodderidge at West Point, and a luncheon bridge for the EOW club. Sunflower 4 H holds first meeting at Irene Robertson’s home. birth announced for George W Moore and wife in Topeka.
The Friendly Circle Study club will meet with Mrs. George Harris at 1248 Connecticut Street tomorrow at 2 o clock. Mrs. S W Ferguson will lead the program and roll call will be answered with favorite poems.
The Whaley family held a Memorial Day picnic at Clinton Park with a plentiful 1 pm dinner. Attendees included Fred and Ralph Whaley and children Bobby and Patricia, Kenneth Ixenneth, Carl Wichman, Clarence Steffen and their families, and Anna Irwin with Kathleen McClanahan hosting a dance party that evening. The Mackey Merrymakers will meet at Mrs. Osborn’s Kent home next Wednesday with Mrs. Raber assisting. Dorothy Lois McClenny and Arnold Mulheim Jr. married at Topeka's Central Congregational Church. reception followed. The couple will live in Greeley, Colorado after June 15. Mulheim works in jewelry and watchmaking, McClenny taught art in Ellis schools and studied at Bethany College. Attendees from Lawrence included C. E. Friend, W. H. Rice, and Q. O. Lane spouses.
Senators Bristow and Bristow son Frank travel to Bald win for Baker University commencement. Warren and Hosford families host relatives from Kendal Green and Topeka. Numerous guests from Wichita Wichita area and New Jersey visit Lawrence, with May Hoxsey recovering from cranology operation and staying with Johns family.
Mrs Dorothea Welch will leave Friday for a three month stay in Los Angeles California. Mrs James O Donnell of Crane Missouri is visiting Mr and Mrs D L Noone of the Mertice apartments. Mrs Fred Strahm departs Friday June 7 for Pasadena California to spend the summer with her daughter Mrs Gertrude Sauerenman and family. Mrs Minnie Whaley and Mrs Kate Davis will reside in her home during absence.
The city summer recreation program opened this afternoon with supervisor Miss Joie Stapleton. Teaching staff includes Lois Wisler and Julia Ruth Henery for girls, Maurice Cannady for boys, George Stapleton with Evelyn Herriman, Evelyn Kinney with Ralph Dugan at Cordley, Jerry Ulm at McAllaster, Mickey Learnard with Mae Turner at Pinckney, Gayle Mott on horseback, plus tennis with Jack Rice and golf with Orville Stone. Instructors from KU and local clubs lead swimming, archery, and other activities across multiple sites.
About 30 Y M C A and Y W C A students from the University will travel to Estes Park Colorado for the annual joint conference. Participants include Ruth Mason Jean Stouffer Ruth Yeomans Charles Yeomans and Edwin F Price Jr. The meetings run for 10 days starting Friday with staff members Mr and Mrs Theodore Paullin leading discussions and recreation. The group will also visit Hoisington and pick up Mano Stuckey before heading to California for a month after the conference.
On the Kansas University campus many students have secured summer jobs though employers could not wait for final exams. A Union building worker said a position was offered to him but given to another student because he could not start before June 6. The campus notes include a recessional selection for commencement and a report on a 10 pound carp rumor at Potter lake. William C Stevenson of Kansas City earned a private pilot license after tests at the airport. Carlyle Trabant from Eudora underwent a tonsillectomy at Watkins Memorial hospital after exams.
A day camp for Lawrence Girl Scouts starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. at Clinton Park and runs Tuesdays and Fridays in June from 9 to 4. Mrs. Cornelia Bigelow leads as camp director with Mrs. A. E. Woestemeyer chairing the camp committee and Mrs. Karl Kreider serving as scout commissioner.
Mrs. Mike Evans spent Tuesday with her parents in the area. A Memorial Day cemetery visit drew many, with flowers enhancing the grounds. The Jefferson County Farm Bureau hosted a soil conservation tour starting in Oskaloosa to Hickory Point, highlighting local work.
Mrs. Russell Harrell returns home greatly improved from the hospital. Earl Martin tears down the Brookings house on highway 4 after buying 40 acres. Elmer Johanning returns home with a cast after a tractor accident. Jeanette Stanwix and Maurine Ingalls visit home folks. Mrs. Mattie Deskin visits sister Mrs. Virginia Deskin and Mr Daskin. Jolly Quilters meet at Mrs Houk with repairs and tea towels. Ice breaks his arm at the high school. Silver anniversary hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Deskin for about 39 guests. Graduation exercises held at Memorial high and Hoch auditorium with Harrell, Stanwix, Coffman, Button among graduates.
Mrs. Fred Deskin drove to Lawrence Thursday morning for shopping. Mrs. George Donaldson traveled to Kansas City for an X ray and observation. Dona Lee and Billie Dee had tonsillectomies in Lawrence on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Richardson and daughter sold their Kansas City home to move to Texas. Kanwaka Good Will club plans a June 6 meeting with Mrs. Mae Stanwix. Mrs. George Stanwix returned home to Williamstown after visiting Rolland and wife in Lawrence. Mrs. Stanwix is ill with rheumatism and cannot walk. Mr. and Mrs. George Steele attended a pinochle party in Lawrence on Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Dews and others visited Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Sunday. Mr. Dews is remodeling the Barteldes home on Tennessee street. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Deskin and Ellen of Topeka were Sunday dinner guests. Mrs. Charles Coffman did Red Cross work last week. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Steele were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Steele Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zink and Myrna Kathleen went to Excelsior Springs Mo. where Mr. Zink will work in a butcher shop.
Mrs. Clifford Reynolds, 47, of Arkansas City Kansas was killed and her husband lightly injured when their car struck a bridge on highway 77 seven miles north of Newkirk Oklahoma on Sunday.
The Wallace County State Bank and the Peoples State Bank of Sharon Springs merged on May 31 leaving a single bank in the county. C. O. Lutz now leads the new Peoples State Bank after purchasing the controlling stake in R. F. Brock. Assets total about 400000 with capital over 380000.
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