Neighborhood Picnic Brings Block Residents Together
Seventy four residents of the 800 block on Missouri Street joined a neighborhood picnic with rose garden backdrop and committee hosts Mrs Lauren Hunter and Mrs C C Stewart coordinating. The event featured an extensive table of salads eggs sandwiches pickles olives coffee and cake with children and teens enjoying separate groups while adults debated current topics late into the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Street
R. G. Acining
Lauren Hunter
C. C. Stewart
R. G. Achning
Clara Hanselman
Harry Nevin
Nancy Lee
Gene Glahn
West
L. A. Hunter
Marie
Bernice
Ruth Hunt
F. R. Kennedy
Jeyne Kennedy
H. A. Jetmore
Geo. Wetzel
Donald
Tiornthy
John Stewart
H. A. Dodderidge
Bob
Billy
D. C. Burn
Martha
Janet
John Byrn
W. G. Hutson
C.B. Holmes
C. A. Mauck
R.A. Schwegler
Ed Klein
Eleanor
Edward Klein
Herbert Schney
J. B. Henry
George Kirchhoff
Margaret
Barbara
Ada Katherine
George Kirchhoff, Jr
R.D. Perkins
Marjorie
Polly
Judy Perkins
Gary
C. V. Hill
Lucille
A. A. Green
Mabel
Betty Lou
M. Patton
H. W. Boggs
Carrie
Wm. Essick
Beaverly
Floyd Rankin
Mary Nell
Social Calendar Details From Local Clubs and Gatherings
The social calendar lists Imperial auction club, contract clubs, Scotch foursomes, and luncheon events at country and private homes. Hostesses include Mrs. J. Constant, Mrs. L. Pierce, Mrs. C. Ward, and Mrs. Dolph Simons. Attendees hail from Auburn Neb, Fredonia, Topeka, and Kansas towns, with note of future travel for Miss Kuersteiner to Ann Arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Auction Club
R. M. Fitz
Fies Sasa M. Babbshite
Elexo
M. Babb
LW. Hartley -Sn
Helianthus Club
Dolph Simons
Jay
Frances Nordland
Auburn
Neb
Virginia Smith
Fredonia
Local Personal Notices Publicize Summer Travel Plans
Lawrence residents share summer getaways and visits. William L. Hastie returns from a business trip to Atlanta and Decatur. Grace L. Cummings leaves for Topeka to stay with daughters. Prof. and Mrs. Beamer head to Hallowell for summer. A. Buchanan and Nell Buchanan visit from Ottawa. Major Koenig joins a summer trip to Karose with family. Many others announce visits and trips to Colorado, Woodland Park, and Kansas City as well as local home stays and conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. “Hastie
Atlanta
Decatur
Grace L. Cummings
Topeka
D. L. Schuchter
Lehore Cummings
Raymond Beamer
Hallowell
D.‘H.liese
Missouri_s street
W. C. ‘Koenig
Winifred
Barbara
Karose
Colo
Koenig
Lawrence
A. Buchanan
Nell Buchanan
Ottawa
Tennessee Street
Virginia Smith
Fredonia
Annie Monroe
Monroe
Woodland Park
P. F. Walker
Bates Park
J.D. Shields
Buffalo
N. Y
Los Angeles
R. ©. Miller
Shields
Miller
Russell Wilson
Mrs. Shields
Kansas City
W. L. Dresser
Leavenworth
W. L. Carter
M. K. Dixon
Tulsa
E. O. Sherwood
Kentucky Street
M.K. Dixon
T. B. Buckingham
Tola
Altho
Buckingham
J. C Robison
Seminole trio visit and summer plans amid Lawrence trip
Betty Robison, Mary Copp and Billie from Seminole Oklahoma visit Mrs Robison's sisters Dr Florence Barrows and Mrs J D Cline. Miss Betty Robison plans a summer in Lawrence before returning home while Mrs Copp returns to Topeka after visiting relatives Fred Opp. George W Sherman Wabash traveling passenger agent called Lawrence friends yesterday. The article also notes a lecture stressing that learning gains meaning through athletic experience and teamwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Mary
Billie
Seminole
Okla
INDIAN HEIRESS DEAD IN COLORADO SPRINGS
Osage oil heiress Mary Elkins, known for lavish life and publicized exploits, was found dead at her Ivy Wild home. Authorities suggested possible homicide as sheriff sought her in an alienation case. she left Osage head rights totaling eight and a half and owned 5000 acres of oil rich lands. Her marriages included Bobby Corbett and Harry Bowles, with a divorce from Derryberry pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mary Elkins
Osage Indian Oil
Ivy Wild
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
College For Girls
Pasadena
Calif
Here
Bobby Corbett
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Harry Bowles
David Derryberry
Derryberry
Warning for Graduates From Dean Schwerler at Kansas City Teachers College
Dean R A Schwerler of the University of Kansas school of education warned graduates last night that modern education must be vitalized as the knowledge mountain has grown fivefold in fifty years. He outlined three choices educators face and urged a third path using schools to train for common life, emphasizing living power in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Schwerler
University of Kansas School of Education
Kansas City Teachers College
Dean Schwegler
Inflation Hinders Puff and Bun Swim Herd on Hickory Limb
E and Quite to theiedlies Puff and Bun swim. Their clothes hung on a hickory limb. On the bank, the new generation is lined up with no room, due to Puffy's inflation.
Wheat harvest near in Kansas as ripening begins
Topeka June 8 AP Wheat was reported by the United States weather bureau to have begun to ripen in the southeastern quarter of Kansas with earliest harvest in Sumner county. General harvest expected in south central and southeastern counties in 10 days to two weeks if conditions hold. North central counties likely three weeks away. Rain in the past week checked deterioration in the western third where wheat is heading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
United States Weather Bureau
Sumner
Weather Bureau
Senate Okays $125 Million Highway Aid Bill
The Senate approved a bill authorizing $125 million in federal highway aid for each of fiscal years 1934 and 1935. The measure, passed by unanimous consent, advances to the House. Road Committee Chairman Ov er urged immediate approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Ovcie
Franklin County Eyes Extension on Second Half Taxes
Franklin county commissioners weigh a ten day extension or more for the second half of 1931 taxes without penalty. The usual June 20 deadline may be moved and a formal announcement will be issued on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Baldwin Residents and Visitors Drop By for Weekend Events
Mrs Carroll Wilson of Norbourne Mo spent the past week in Baldwin with her father James Brockway and family. Dr and Mrs Milton Counts and son Robert of St Louis visited in Baldwin at Mrs Counts mother Mrs James Counts home before traveling to Topeka to visit Counts' relatives. Miss Dorothy Jenkins of Dodge City, returning from Christian College in Columbia Mo, stopped in Baldwin to visit Mr and Mrs T A Custer. Baccalaureate attendees at the University of Kansas stadium included Dr and Mrs W E Bruner and children Mildred and Bonnie Jean, Mr and Mrs Joseph Courter and daughter Myrnice, Mr and Mrs C N Murray, Misses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
T. A. Custer
University of Kansas
W. £. Bruner
Mildred
Bonnie Jean
Joseph Courter
Myrnice
C. N. Murray
Hope
Helen Murray
John Alden Murray
E. P. Hall
Julius“ Smith
H. K. Ebright
Betty Ebright
Ruth Sample
J. C. Talbot
Coffeyville
Louis Woodruff
Woodruff
Baldwin Garden Club
Topeka
Gage Park
Frank Lane
Lawrence
William M. Clark
C. A. Lane
Lane
Wichita
International Irrester Company
QO. J. McCullough
Gerald
Wellsville
Gayle Chubb
Luther Leavengood
Harry Barnett
Merle Hitchcock
W. D. Mann
Rosedale
J. R. Hobbs
Scranton
Everett Emery
Maurice Horrell
State College
Manhattan
Alice Emery
Camp Wood
Ralph Reno
Lucy W. Emery
Harold Baker
Warren
Tulsa
Okla
Sunny Side” Farm
Baker
Allvin F. Baker
Julia Miller
Vest Chapel Missionary Society
West Baldwin
Chester Holcombe
Richard
Barbara Ann
Top
Frances Shiffer
Grace’ Huey
Adah Chapter
The
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Nancy J. Hyden
S. Hardin
Maurine Smith Conover
Chicago
J. D. Smith
Laura Belle
Harry
Wilson
J. F. Burgard
Daisy Burgard
Leavenworth
First Methodist Church
James Massey
Emma Gilham
Elen Brockett
Atchison
John Spencer
Salina
E. W. Spencer
Baker University
Baldwin Social Notes and Local Obituaries
Baldwin residents host visitors and plan trips while noting births marriages and illnesses. J C Talbot visits Coffeyville at his daughter Louis Woodruff’s home as Baldwin Garden Club schedules a Topeka Rose Garden trip. The community records weddings a Baker University graduate couple Elen Brockett and John Spencer and obituaries Mrs J R Hobbs.
Crosswords and local society notes with a Kansas view
The text blends a scattered crossword puzzle excerpt with social notes from Salina and surrounding towns. It mentions Spencer joining Delta Tau Delta and Alpha Chi Omega and planning a home in Salina with a J. C. Penney employee husband. It notes visits by Dr. Wiley A. Keve and daughter Helen, Mrs. S. B. Langworthy of Leavenworth, and Dr. Harry A. Gordon teaching at Pittsburg Summer School. Chancellor Lindley of the University of Kansas was bound for Norman Oklahoma after giving a commencement address. A horse theft occurs in Ottawa, marking a local incident milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Alpha Chi Omega
Salina
Keve
First Methodist
Leavenworth
Harry A. Gordon
Pittsburg
Lindley
University of Kansas
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Also Mentioned on This Page
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Eldridge Hotel
Lola Craig
Lillian Addis
LaVeta Madden
Dorothy Shufflebarger
Louise Nelson
Margaret Schumann
Ada Lindell
Estella Engle
Marjorie Ryther
Miss Schumann
Hattie McClain
Bernice Jones
Friends University
Lillian Mitchner
Dorothy Shockey
Lawrence Memorial High School
Roberts Jewelry Store
Alberta Combest
Helen Shaw
Luella Foreman
Bob Beveridge
B. L. Holmes
First Christian Church
Haineis Street
D. J. Richardson
Henry Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicate
J. L. Constant
Fritts-Stowits
LeRoy Pierce
Bliss Helen Pierce
C. J. Ward
Sarah Spencer
Double Dozen
John Waggoner
Alabama Street
H. CG. Rumsey
West Tenth Street
Variety Bridge Club
Ray Wright
Jean Jackman
F. C. Jackman
Jackman
Unitarian Alliance
Reinisch Rose Gardens
Seba Eldridge
X. Jay Kennedy
Harriet Kuersteiner
Dorothy Kuersteiner
Montgomery
Ala
L. N. Lewis
Freda Barteldes
Jeet
Buddy Hanna
Louisiana Street
Barbara Koenig
St. Mary’s Academy
St. Mary's
Gread
Mary Good
J. R. Good
Mrs. Good
Lawrences
Haskell
Wei Fe
Baldwin, News
Chrysler
Fertery
Sivas
Ena
Ginstane Sot Tapei
Conon
Philco-Transitone
Radio Progrem
Fie
Columbia Network
Str
Cunyser
Wise
Coe
Hunsinger Motor Co
Mass
Luzon
Savage& Brother
Jacob
Waeda
Hoosier
Mas
S& Label
Bargen U
Ottens
George
Spe
Broadview Inn
H.W. Keene
Cox
Enna Jettick
Orne Ones
F Fame Mfg. Co
Kansas
W. A. Yates
Crawford-Veatch
Sunset Mountain
North Carolina
Hotel
Eldridge
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