Bridge Luncheon and House Mothers Fete At Local Clubs
Mrs C T Hough hosted a six teen guest bridge luncheon at the Colonial with crystal flower decor. Prizes went to Mrs Verner Smith Mrs C G Bayles and Mrs Everett Stith. E O W club guests included many names at the Hotel Eldridge. House mothers for sororities and fraternities plan summer travel and chaperon duties across several states while Kansas gatherings feature a tenth wedding anniversary reception for Mr and Mrs L W Watkins with gifts and a punch service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Hough
The
Colonial
Earl Marshall
Neal Carman
Verner Smith
C. G. Bayles
Everett Stith
E. O. W. Bridge Club
Eldridge
C. Miller
G. A. Harris
Ray Wright
C. C. Stewart
Floyd Riederer
Harry Frazee
Herbert Hunter
Winter
Ker Kretder
R. M. Kelley
Guy Ousdahi
George Knight
Ray Griffith
Y.M.L. Club
Ralph Beal
Bernard Schaff
Social Calendar Highlights Local Clubs and Gatherings
A dense list of social events and meetings dominates the week with J. D. club activities, Elks and Bridgettes gatherings, contract and sewing clubs, and numerous bridge events. Notable entries include the Past Noble Grands luncheon, Delta Delt contract gathering, Y.M.L. summer close, Torch Mortar Board alumnae dinner, and Sigma Kappa pledge announcements. Also featured are wedding and engagement notes,Miss Olive Torgeson to wed Herbert Wagner, and Alpha Xi Delta sorority changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Torgeson
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Herbert Wagner
Carthage College
Carthage
Ill
Beardsford
S. D
Torgeson
Alpha Xi Delta House
Hrantes Davis
Minneapolis
Lawrence Club Delegates and Musical Highlights at State Meet
At a Lawrence club gathering Miss Arlene Roberts was chosen as delegate to the National B and P. W. CG. convention in Seattle July 14 20 with Miss Daisy Cagle as alternate. Miss Hopkins and Mrs. Lola Craig with Abbie Atherton performed Adoration by Borowski. The club placed third in efficiency and earned honorable mention for its scrapbook. Guests included Mrs. C. C. Stewart and several listed ladies from Kansas City and Columbia. Further reports on the 1925 state convention will come at the June social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Howard
Hopkins
Borowski
Arlene Roberts
Lawrence Club
Seattle
Daisy Cagle
Lola Craig
Abbie Atherton
Lawrence
C. C. Stewart
Agnes Evans
Rose White
Jean Marie Minnis
Siby Malm
Louise Linsay
Elizabeth Basom
Grace Wells
Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo
Bob Beveridge
Columbia, S. C
Lawrence visitors and hometown connections in personals
Frank Bangs a former Lawrence jeweler met his daughter Dorothy Bangs at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house in Lawrence yesterday. Chicago visitors Mrs. and Mrs. Fred G. Loxman arrived to see Mr. and Mrs. George Kuhne and have returned home. Mrs. Victor Walling and Mrs. Hugo Wedell from Chicago and Chanute respectively plan arrivals for commencement. Mrs. F. W. Cutter returned from Kansas City. Howard Lindley left for a two month California vacation. Mrs. Edward Jamison of Wichita visits her parents F. W. Pratt and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Baldwin
Gamma Phi Beta House
L. C. Harris
Delta Chi Fraternity
Rachel Butler
Alpha Chi Omega
Chicago
Wisconsin
William Huttig
Alpha Gamma Delta House
Margaret Perkins
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
O. W. Nauman
Delta Zeta Sorority
Birmingham
Ala
J. N. Gilbert
Sigma Kappa House
Boise
Ida
J. H. Kreamer
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Michigan
Belle Wilmot
Pi Kappa Alpha House
Anna Winne
Phi Beta Pi Fraternity
Zada M. Heisler
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Utica
N. Y
North Dakota
A. J. Ogden
Beta Theta Pi
Minnesota
Fannie B. McAdams
Phi Gamma Delta House
Wichita
Eva Oakes
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Clear Lake
T. S. Stover
Sigma Chi
Minneapolis
Minn
Eleanor L. Hooke
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Moberly
St. Louis
Lawrence
N. .K. Thompson
Kappa Sigma
St. Joseph
Nelle M. Hopkins
Phi Kappa Psi
Lola
John Terry
Sigma Nu
Kansas City
Frank Bangs
Salina
Dorothy Bangs
Fred G. Loxman
George Kuhne
Victor Walling
Hugo Wedell
Chanute
George Hedrick
F. W. Cutter
Cc. W. Keeling
Howard Lindley
Max Lindley
Rhode Island Street
California
Edward Jamison
F. W. Pratt
HESPER Ladies Attend Friends Mission Conference in Wichita
Mrs. C. E Wotan and Mrs. C. C. Werstenberger joined Mrs. Mary Cook to Wichita for the Friends annual missionary conference. They stayed with daughter Mrs. J. D. Mills and Rev. Mills family, then returned home Tuesday. Billy Getker from Crestline visited old friends after buying a new car in Detroit on his Washington trip. Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Harris accompanied by Mrs. W. W. Gerstenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Werstenberger
Mary Cook
Wichita
Friends Annual Missionary Conference of America
J. D. Mills
Rev. Mills
Billy Getker
Crestline
Nev
Washington, D. C
Detroit
I. D. Harris
Terry Harris
W. W. Gerstenberger
Social Notes From Burlington and Surrounding Areas
Wayne Dalby and Emilie Gerstenberger visit relatives in Burlington and Eudora while Mr. and Mrs. Koehler, Kurtz and other locals attend gatherings in Kansas. Families host, travel, and participate in church services and club activities as Prairie Center hosts a two‑day quarterly meeting. Miss Alice Kennedy, longtime Friends missionary in Jamaica, has been recalled home after 32 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Walter
J. R. Dalby
Burlington
Emilie Gerstenberger
Eudora
Walter Gerstenberger
Gerstenberger
Howard Koehler
Ray Miller
Maxine
Roy Kurtz
Kansas City
M. B. Starr
Francis Hughes
Ruby Miller
Evelyn Miller
Frank Page
Noah Biesel
Page
Bisel
Leonard H. Beecroft
DeSoto
Ed Andrew
Prairie Center
White
Charles. Andrews
Hesper Friends Church
Lawrence
Hesper
Blanche Wotan
H. Terrell
Charles Terrell
Mohler
Thoren
Sarah Terrell
Verna Terrell
Ladies Aid
Eli Wheeler
Elletta Ann
Tonganoxie
James Rush
Thomas Thornton
Alice Kennedy
Jamaica
West Indies
Missionary conference visits and local society notices
Friends mission board members attended the Friends Missionary Conference of America in Wichita then toured to Iowa. Alice Kennedy spoke of Jamaica and her leprosy illness, death, and return to mission work. The article lists many neighbors, visits, and social events surrounding the church group and community gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends Mission Board
Friends Missionary Conference of America
Wichita
Iowa
S. H. Davis
Alice Kennedy
Alma Swift
Emma Davis
Jamaica
Miss Kennedy
Mrs. Swift
Bessie Kurtz
Genevieve Elizabeth
Reba Reece
Mabel Dunlap
Levi Woodard
Della Votan
Frances Kurtz
Roger Stanley
Lois Jean
Ruth Dunlap
James Rush
Laura Klopfenstein
Jess Milburn
J. L. Todd
Olathe
Gus Gabriel
Harold
Woodbine
Junction City
Esther Gabriel
Harold Lowe
Patricia Alice
Merriam
Rush
Walter Brecheisen
Alfred Eisele
Sublette
Eisele
The
Missionary Society
Captain’s Creek
Howard Koehler
W.I.T.Y
Mary Mertz
Valley Grove Visits Cemetery and Discusses CCO Camp Site
Mr and Mrs Russell Shaw traveled to Springdale Sunday to visit the local cemetery. Mrs Della Weibel accompanied them home from Askaloosa. Several possible sites for a Jefferson county CCO camp are under review with one to be chosen soon. The triple camp men will perform terracing gully control and terrace outlet work for erosion control. Mrs E D Shaw will host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Shaw
Springdale
Della Weibel
Askaloosa
Jefferson County
E. D. Shaw
Soils Tour Draws Farmers to Valley Grove Event
Puff and Plenty Grand feature in a rural fairground scene as The Midland Rural hosts a soils tour at Mrs Russell Shaw’s Valley Grove home on June 6. About 265 people attended the noon lunch and program, hearing a Governor Alf Landon message and a Washington DC soil conservation chief address. Russell Shaw won prizes, with G OR Shultz of Sarcoxie Township taking the grand prize car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Rural
Russell Shaw
Valley Grove
Hannah Farm
Gov
Alf Landon
F. H. Roberts
Soil Conservation Service
Washington, D. C
H. H. Bennett
Dr Gowdy’s Prescription for Acid Stomach Ad Price
A persuasive advertisement for Dr Gowdy’s Prescription for Acid Stomach claims it helps digestion and reduces after discomfort. It cites many letters of success, urges readers to buy a jar now, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Available in $1.00 and $2.00 sizes through a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gowdy
Tibbett-Wellman All Sew Club Meets at Mrs Smarr Home
A May 22 gathering at Mrs. Will Smarr’s hosted ten members and one guest, Mrs. Margaret Nichols, with a covered dish luncheon. Next meeting set at Mrs. Howard Wellman’s house to discuss Currant Events. Jurors Jesse Graham and John Nottingham named for the June term beginning Monday. D A Wellman returned from a trip to Oklahoma and visited his daughter Mrs. Frank Young in Lindsay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansconda Mining Company
Tibbett - Wellman
Will Smarr
Margaret Nichols
Howard Wellman
Jesse Graham
John Nottingham
D. A. Wellman
Oklahoma
Frank Young
Linds- Ote
Valley Grove visits mark Memorial Day at Hardy Oak Cemetery
Ray and Marvin Stewart with Edna and Lorraine Plantz both of Lawrence return to Valley Grove for Memorial Day. They visit Hardy Oak Cemetery and see friends and relatives. Also Mrs H F Greene visits with her son Clifford Kincaid from Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Marvin Stewart
Edna
Lorraine Plantz
Lawrence
Sid Gardner
McLouth
Charles B. Reed
Topeka
Lawrence Tyrell
Avis Hamm
Gary
Perry
Valley Grove
Memorial Day
Hardy Oak Cemetery
H. F. Greene
Clifford Kincaid
Kansas City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Floyd Rankin
Helen Seaman
Winifred Brubaker
Bird City
Eleanor Klein
Margaret Kirchhoff
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Ezra
J. D. Club
A. BR
Home Aid Society
Ed Hope
Stulker
A. A. Green
W. Bridge Fink
J. Carl Clifton
Gus Wolf
K. Khammig
Guy Phillips
J. R. Edmonds
Eunicé Griffith
Hazel Dodds
S. R. Holloway
John Edmonds
Emma Larner
Ella Larner
G.W. Compton
Bert Edmonds
Leavenworth
Henry Ray and Son
J. Ray
Winchester
J. S. Simpson
R. B. Nelson
Spring Hil
John Stutz
Dimmer Bridge Club
L. H. Frink
Hovey Hanna
Noble Grands Club
1.C.C.F. Hall
Nydia Hughes
Herman Tusker
Delta Delt Contract Club
W. C. Boardman
Harold Birch
New York Street
May Smith
Washington Relief Corps No. 9
Veterans’ Hall
Corps No.5
Masonic Temple
H. M. Stucker
A. Henley
J. B. Watkins
R. C. Manley
Ada Walker
Torch
Mortar Board
G. F. Nelson
Sigma Kappa
Jessie Gabbert
Carol Hunter
Ruth Hoover
Betty Parkinson
Thelma Humphrey
Mary_Bess Doty
Helen Boman
Margabeth Edie
Mary Lenard
Margaret Walker
Nancy Sharp
Altar Society
St. John's Church
Nell Delahunty
Alice Brockelsby
Double Dozen
C. H. Smith
West Fourth Street
Frank Smith
University Y.W.C.A
Henley House
Veta Lear
B. and P. W
Wiedemann Tea Room
Ednah Hopkins
Emil Schumann
Kate Caldwell
Estralita
Isle of Capri
R A. Schwegler
University
George S. Counts
Russia
Wil
Kaw
Bernice Havely
Juanita Havely
Jamal Or Murle
Mabel Gordon
la. St
George Craig
Elm St
Ann Williams
Dorothea Hartig
Conn
F. A. Armstrong
St. St
Mass
Puff
Puffy
Weyre
Rita
Haynes & Keene
Vivian
Susan
Bernice Swope
Mans
Lodge Meeting
Henry H. Asher
U. S. Govt
Old Gold Depot
Masa. St
Virginia Lay's
Weaver's
Elizabeth Arden
Miss Arden
Belle-Sharmeer
Weaver
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