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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1940
Page
8
The article reviews wash materials for summer wear including ginghams chambray zephyr and seersucker in plaids stripes and checks. It praises linen for its crispness but notes gingham and similar fabrics suit hot weather. describes silhouettes hats scarves and accessories trending as the solstice nears.
The Business and Professional Women's club will host a four match bridge series to keep social ties through summer. Tournaments begin Tuesday evenings at the Colonial on June 18 with 24 members signed up. Mrs Fay Brown coordinates the events supervised by Mrs Ivan Rowe.
A dessert recipe for a meringue cake with strawberry filling. Egg whites beaten to stiff peaks with cream of tartar sugar and lemon extract, baked as a shell, then filled with strawberries gelatin lemon juice and sugar, folded into whipped cream and chilled until serving. Mrs. Harvey Houk, 1618 R I St.
Preliminary census figures released by area manager Harry M. Wash show Clay Center with 4 526 inhabitants and Burlington with 2 078 in the Kansas City area, comparing to 4 866 and 2 278 in 1980 respectively.
Miss Charlotte Ann Faith of Germantown Pa former KU student and recent Naval Academy graduate became Mrs Clifford Messenheimer before her June wedding. Lieutenant Messenheimer, a navy supply school graduate, will be stationed in San Diego aboard the supply ship Altair.
Fresh fruit dishes shine in warm weather with a June Trifle and two simple variations. The trifle layers lemon and strawberry gelatins with pineapple, marshmallows, lady fingers, and whipped cream to serve 10 to 12, and can be made ahead. Also includes Broiled Grapefruit and Pineapple on the Half Shell as quick, elegant options.
Instructions describe lining a pie tin with pastry and baking, filling with three cups of strawberries, making a syrup from one cup sugar and one cup water, adding salt, boiling and skimming, preparing a cornstarch paste, combining with the hot mixture, cooking until thick, cooling and pouring over berries, served with whipped cream. Name given Mrs. Jack Riley at 2145 Learnard Ave.
The probate judge issued licenses to Harvey L. Bogan Gas and Lucile Davis of LaHarpe. Gerald Knabe and Alvena Brecheisen of Eudora. Gerald L. Peyton and Maxine Taylor of Los Angeles California.
Retired Presbyterian minister Rev S B Lucas will depart June 19 for Whittier California to join the 55th reunion of the class of 1885 from Penn College Oskaloosa Iowa. He will attend the California Friends yearly meeting and visit relatives in Los Angeles after the reunion.
Mrs A J Mix writes of a Stockholm landlady in a New Yorker piece. The author uses her maiden name Katherine Lyon M and Mrs Mix are in New York. They rented a Stockholm home last summer and saw her photographed in Paris with a caption about a Nazi girl spy executed in France.
Berlin reports that German and Italian sources say policy centers on crippling England and France. Officials claim Berlin and Rome work in close cooperation, putting joint aims above national interests to deliver an effective blow to the two nations.
A light hearted notice urging readers to track mail delivery during travel and reminding them to order a Journal World subscription before summer departure. It highlights keeping up with news while on vacation and securing reading material.
Miss Irene Moll daughter of Mr and Mrs R W Moll route one has won a tutorship at the Texas State College for Women in Denton Texas. She left for Denton last Saturday to teach in the summer session. The college selects three outstanding physical education majors each year to teach part time and work on their master's degree. Miss Moll graduated from the University of Kansas in 1988 and has taught at Dodge City for two years.
The Lawrence Kiwanis sponsor a summer vocational school for boys opening at 9 oclock Monday in the junior high manual training building. Harold Preston will lead the class for one month while Edwin T. Burgess is at Camp Naish. Enrollment is 50 cents and available to senior and junior high and sixth grade students. more enrollments will be accepted next week.
Water reached curb depth in several Kinsley streets as Coon creek flooded after heavy Thursday night rain. Windhurst area measured five inches. Kinsley had 2.65 inches. Basements in east towns flooded. no business district damage yet. Arkansas River flows nearby, raising flood fears if levels rise. Highway 50S blocked between Kinsley and Lewis. traffic rerouted via K45.
On June 24 the Liberty Bell will be sounded nationwide from Independence Hall in Philadelphia. A patriotic meeting will be held at Independence Square with doors open for viewing and the bell will be struck and its sound broadcast. Navy announces Midshipmen managers for baseball and track teams at Annapolis.
The fastest way to find a new home or a room to rent is by following the choice listings in the classified pare section. These notices highlight available properties, pricing, and locations for quick selection and contact.
The summer art studio opens at 9 a m Monday in Central building at Junior high under director Maud Ellsworth. Six week course for kindergarten through high school entrants with varied crafts and two KU assistants guiding classes from 9 to 11 45 for fourth grade up and 9 to 10 30 for kindergarten through third. Several KU graduates and Lawrence teachers lead sessions with Electa Kindlesperger as nurse.
Joseph Jacobs of Seattle Washington will be awarded a professional degree of civil engineering by the University of Kansas fifty one years after earning his bachelor’s degree. Jacobs helped design major projects including Boulder and Grand Coulee dams and the Passamaquoddy tidal power project. He is vice president of the American Society of Civil Engineers and serves as a consultant for the War Department and the Bureau of Reclamation.
Warren Spaulding returned from Washington D C after inspecting education loan applications for Haskell Institute. He selected about ninety percent of the students seeking aid for next fall and secured a high speed mixer for the bakery, refrigerator coils, and new furniture for employees' quarters.
Mrs. Mary Dodder of Clinton and Miss Allie Smith of Cavena visit the Bailey family in Ives Chapel. Various relatives and friends from Vinland Topeka Milwaukee and Fort Worth stop by for visits and dinners at Lobingier Baker and Cook homes and with the Cunningham and Jardon families.
A long list of Wellsville area residents and guests attended Decoration Day events. Attendees included Lewis Miller, Fred Buckles, Emery Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Miller, Miss Emma Emery, John Dean and family, and many others visiting homes and sharing meals across Wellsville and nearby towns. The report notes visits to Ottawa and Lawrence and recurring family gatherings at various hosts.
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