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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1943
Page
5
Monday events include Mrs Roy Moore hosting a contract club luncheon at the Colonial. Tuesday features the RIL club with Mrs J C Herriott on the schedule.
Miss Mary Grace Thomas and Lieut. William R. Mackie wed at First Baptist Church with pink roses and Mendelssohn music. The couple plans a California honeymoon before Mackie’s transfer to Camp Haan. Also, Miss Betty Belle Harrison Eppstein married Ernest Russell Eppstein at Lawrence home with gladioli and seven-branch candelabra, and the pair will reside in Great Bend after June 19.
Islands in the South Pacific return to the United States last December 26. Mrs. Montgomery will spend June with her husband then return to Topeka where she works in Santa Fe offices. The Cosmos club meets tomorrow at 913 Ohio street with no literary program for the summer, but they will sew for the Red Cross. Members have made 20 soldier lap robes, supplying all material except a few linings.
The Kankaka Farm Bureau plans an afternoon gathering at Kannakar hall with roll call on The Best Use I Make of Electricity. Mrs. Stanley Fenste maker and Mrs. Fred Toelkes present The Wise Use of Money, while Mrs. Frank Spencer covers Slip Covers.
C. H. Simpson hosted a farewell dinner for Miss Ella Adams of Colorado Springs. Lieut. William J. Barnum and Howard Jones of Troy New York will depart Thursday. Adams returns home to Colorado while the men visit families in Troy before entering the army.
The Kanwaka Literary club met at Mrs. Asa Colman's with readings on the Black Market and a sing along. Upcoming events include a July 1 meeting at Mrs. Emma Petefish and hosts, plus Ladies' Aid and Good Will club gatherings. Belleview 4-H, Talitha Stevens and Kenneth Hubbard named delegates for a June 9 roundup in Topeka. Members discuss sheep projects, home improvement, and war stamp sales, with Dorothea Schroeder and others assisting.
Mrs Harold Longenecker and daughters Louise and Mary left Saturday for a short visit with Mas Harold Longenecker at Fort Worth Texas. Miss Helen Lindquist recently graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and returned to Lawrence to spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs G E E Lindquist. Miss Bernice McFarland of Long Beach California visits her mother Mrs W G McFarland. Mr and Mrs Walker Brubaker left last week to live in Serpinole Okla where Brubaker will work for Cities Service company. For the past year he has been with Sunflower Ordnance Works. Mrs Brubaker is a niece of Dr Florence J Barrows. Mrs Winifred M Hurley ration
A string of brief society items notes Miss Nannie Bourne of Brownsville Texas visiting Mrs E J Copenhaver at 1025 Rhode Island street while an office worker and her husband spend two weeks in Winfield and Oklahoma. Dr Robert Miles Brooker leaves Leavenworth today for the Great Lakes naval training center to serve as lieutenant jg. He is the grandson of Mrs E J Copenhaver. Mrs C J Posey goes to Cincinnati to visit her daughter. Mrs Frank Adams returns from Memorial hospital after pneumonia. Mrs Robert T Crowder and Lieut Paul David Courter just returned from El Paso with Courter bound for Dayton Ohio. Crowder will stay with her parents at 857 Vermont street until month end then join her husband in Lincoln Nebraska. Dr Florence Barrows goes to Kansas City on business then back home. Mrs John Stewart and Mrs Don Tanek, guests of Mr and Mrs C C Stewart, leave for Las Vegas New Mexico. Mrs Stewart will go with her mother Mrs William L Covington to Wilmington California.
Probate Judge Frank R. Gray issued seven marriage licenses on Saturday, with five couples from Kentucky and Ohio districts wed by the deputy sheriff Raymond W. Sander and others. The ceremonies spanned late into the night, including couples from Owensboro to Redlands and Topeka.
West Side Study Club hosted a Saturday night party for servicemen at the Community building spurred by the naval training unit. Club members including Mr and Mrs G Hughes Dr and Mrs James Perry and others acted as chaperons while Price dance band performed in the ballroom. Junior hostesses and game room staff organized activities with Kathryn Schaake and LaVone Ja concluding the readable portion.
Cobson staged a dart contest drawing many contestants. Hutter won with a high score of 156 while two navy men Lockbaum and Wheeler tied for second with 154 each.
One hundred seventy children are enrolled in the Old High School studio directed by Maude Bieworti with seven classes under way. Enrollments may grow after morning Bible schools end. wood class closed for now. junior Red Cross class seeks four grade and up students to design holiday items for military hospitals.
Tokyo radio said engineers began efforts to raise the British battle cruiser Repulse and the battleship Prince of Wales, sunk off Malay coast in December 1911. Reuters noted no allied source confirmed the broadcast.
An immunization clinic will be held at Pinckney School starting at 9 30 a m tomorrow. Dr H L Chambers county health director will lead with Miss Electa assisting.
Kindlesperger, school nurse, will run the program assisted by Mrs. George Walter, chair of the Pinckney P T A health committee. All children may receive serum for diphtheria or smallpox or typhoid shots. Pre school children are urged to participate.
Shirley Nan Hargiss, pupil of Mrs. H. W. Hargiss, gave a piano recital at the Bell Music store before an enthusiastic audience. She displayed smooth technique, fine tone, and interpretative sense. Patsy Miller contributed two readings, showing control of drama and humor. The article notes the mother’s role as sole teacher and laments Mrs. Hargiss's loss felt by Lawrence.
A teacher who serves as a vital musical influence in the community has worked with both high school students and younger pupils, enriching the local arts program and inspiring a new generation of performers.
A kitchen window curtain and a blind were destroyed by fire at the George Allen residence 1831 New Hampshire Street at 10 30 yesterday morning. The blaze started from overheated paraffin on the stove and Mrs Allen, not injured, tossed it into the sink. Chief Paul Ingels responded from No 2 fire station with a extinguisher likely handling the blaze. The house is owned by Mrs Paul C Rankin.
State lakes adopt a new permit system allowing small outboard motors for fishermen. Announcement comes from the Kansas forestry, fish and game department in Topeka on June 7.
Director Guy D. Josserand said only motors of five horsepower or less will be allowed and no motor boat racing or motor boating merely for pleasure will be permitted.
R. C. Simmons paid a five dollar fine this morning in police court for speeding at 40 miles an hour on South Massachusetts street. Judge O. J. Lane assessed fines of one dollar or forfeited bonds of one dollar for twenty seven parking violation charges.
Mrs Anna B McGee of Kansas City Missouri spent yesterday with her or Mrs W W Russ and Dr Rus in a brief Kansas City social note.
The Journal World reaches about 35 000 readers daily and many follow the Too Late to Classify column each day. This item notes the column’s popularity and audience engagement in a concise local press tone.
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