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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1936
Page
6
In Lawrence social notes Mrs. A B Weever and other members host card and contract clubs at local venues. Engagement announced for Elizabeth Cleary to Allan Weaver with June wedding plans. Anniversaries, showers, and numerous entertaining gatherings spread through clubs, dignitaries and universities.
Mr and Mrs Joe Williams and daughters Mendle and Jo Anne left for Cameron Missouri to visit his parents J W Williams. Miss Alice Campbell who has been at the University of Kansas accompanied them. Mrs Clarence Smart and sons Claire and Junior of Washington DC returned home after visiting Leslie De Merritt and Fred De Merritt. Ruby Dreese and sons Billy and Jimmy moved from Halstead to 1213 Ohio Street Lawrence with plans for sons to enroll at the University and Billy to attend summer session. Claude Gee leaves tonight for Pittsburgh after a short visit with his parents.
A long lineup of visitors and students arrives for university events. Frank Gee joins from San Antonio to oversee Pittsburgh Plate Glass projects while Belpre residents attend commencement for daughter Josephine. Several Kansas scholars travel from Topeka Fort Leavenworth and Lawrence to visit family or pursue careers. A divorce suit is filed by Daisy Brockway against J G Brockway in district court.
Miss Maude Ellsworth, founder of the Vacation Training art school, spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon in Wiedemann's. Students demonstrated sketching and modeling as Ellsworth outlined the program’s impact on town children and educators. Eleven teachers will staff this year’s school opening next Monday in the old high school. Participants included Corinne Carter, Jeannette Pollom, Charlotte Price, Joanna Wagstaff, Ann Murray, Stanton Kreider, and Williamson Hough. Guests Eldon Ardrey and Otto Meissner attended. Kansas City interclub gathering June 18 was noted.
The Dickinson theater presents the 1005¢ technicolor film Dancing Pirate with a capable cast. The color display showcases advances in color cinema while offering an entertaining story.
A Bostonian dancing master is shanghaied by pirates and taken as a cook. The ship sails around the horn to California for water where vivid scenes unfold. Charles Collins debuts in the title role with Steffi Duna and Frank Morgan delivering strong performances. The film blends music, dancing, action and comedy, with a lively courtroom finale and a Topeka couple marriage noted.
The Clinton Valley telephone company will hold its annual meeting Saturday night at 8 o'clock in the CPA hall at Pleasant Grove. C A Peterson, secretary, announced today. The notice also mentions gasoline sales to intoxicated persons in North Carolina being forbidden by law. Mrs Rose Caroline Straub of Troy is the only woman county commissioner in Kansas. We attend summer school at Lawrence Business College. Ad.
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