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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1939
Page
5
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Saturday events include luncheon for Miss Evelyn Swarthout, dinner at Colonial for Major and Mrs. C. G. Riggs, and a breakfast for Miss Rosemary Ketcham. ER. U. Alumni board and Alpha Omicron Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon dinners at Colonial, 9 o'clock and 6 30 respectively. At home for the Pearson spouses at Pocahontas Hall. Monday repeats with luncheon for Miss Swarthout and more social notices.
Miss Emily Preyer hosted a luncheon and shower for Miss Evelyn Swarthout. The occasion featured red and white decor and gifts, with a guest list including Ruth Swarthout Rachel Smith Inverness Scot An Miss Jeanette Bowersock and Mrs Hageart. The narrative then covers Ruth Frances Smith and Donald J Evans marriage in Park Ridge Illinois at St Marys Episcopal church with details of attendants and reception. Major and Mrs Riggs planned an evening dinner at Colonial Tea Room followed by bridge.
The piece notes Longabaugh visiting from Lawrence, born in Upper Sandusky, and invites old friends to 905 Tennessee Street. It covers a series of social gatherings including a bridge luncheon at the Country Club and a breakfast for twenty five University of Kansas design seniors at the Colonial Tea Room with faculty present. It also lists a surprise birthday dinner at 1946 Barker Avenue and a basket dinner at Lone Star for Mrs Harrald’s 73rd birthday.
Major and Mrs. Raymond Edwards depart for a motor trip to Boston where Major Edwards will attend the national Kiwanis convention. Their daughter Rozanne, a student at Oberlin College, will join them at Oberlin and they expect to return about Sunday, June 18. Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Lander of Colorado Springs visit Lawrence as guests of the Teters and will travel to Kansas City where Lander will be a Musicians Union delegate. Senator and Mrs. Jess C. Denions of Dodge City will arrive to attend commencement and visit their daughter Miss Betty Friend.
Rhoda Hoopes left for Kansas City this morning to teach in the summer session at Kansas City Teachers College. Mr and Mrs Roy Roberts plan a visit to relatives in Kansas City tomorrow. Roy Roberts Jr will travel to Maryville Missouri in a few weeks to visit grandparents Mr and Mrs W B Torrance.
June 10 report from New York describes excited women at the Battery seizing the great bouquet of red roses given to Queen Elizabeth by Mrs. F H La Guardia tearing it to pieces and lifting the ribbon for souvenirs. The bouquet passed to Sir Ronald Lindsay then to Dock Superintendent M T Bishop as crowds surged for the prize.
Mrs John A Loftus who was critically injured in an automobile crash near Neodesha yesterday showed some improvement. She suffered a broken leg and pelvic bone with no internal injuries. John Loftus sustained head cuts and bruises and may be released in two to three days. The car struck a culvert after Loftus apparently dozed. they were en route to Austin Texas. Loftus teaches in the University of Kansas School of Business.
Ed win H. Graham 65 longtime Crane company senior branch manager died today in Kansas City. A Detroit native, he moved from Oklahoma City to Kansas City in 1916. Survived by widow, son Edwin H. Graham Jr. of Kansas City and daughter Mrs. John P. Harris wife of a Kansas newspaper publisher. Funeral set for Monday at 10 a.m.
C. D. Davis, inspector for the agronomy department, will be in Douglas county Tuesday morning to inspect small grains for certification and to take notes on variety tests. Farms to be inspected include those of Dr. F G Hagenbuch, Charles R. Topping, R. L. Colman, the Brune brothers, J. M. O Connor and Fred G. Laptad.
The Journal-World invites readers to forward their summer address for uninterrupted delivery at 40 cents per month while away.
Numerous exhibits fill university buildings for commencement week. Highlights include a campus relief map in Memorial Union, Wilcox Museum displays in Fraser hall, Dyche Museum closure, art shows in Frank Strong hall, Watson Library tours, and Kansas fossils in Haworth hall. Special features include liquid air demonstrations in Bailey laboratories and a new Kansas geological map.
East and west walls on the first floor halls feature student work from the architecture department on Mar vin hall third floor. Basement east end houses the concrete road and applied mechanics labs. west basement holds the water laboratory of the State Board of Health. The Thayer collection of art, a gift of Mrs. W. B. Thayer, is shown in the Spooner Thayer Museum of Art with hundreds of other pieces. All displays are free and the public is invited.
Robart and Harold Chubb travel to Baxter Springs to visit grandparents Alva D. Chubb. Faith Flaherty leaves Baldwin after grandfather’s death in Minneapolis. Emma Kalb to marry Raymond Horrell June 25 in Pittsburgh. Merna Brown weds Mart Hartman at Perry. Reverend Hedrick attends Baldwin marriage of Evelyn Butler and Dr. Gerald McCulloh. Kansas City district Foreign Missionary society meets in Baldwin. Baldwin Co-Operative Creamery men visit Topeka to present Governor Ratner with Baldwin butter. Mrs. Mary Martin to visit Goodland with daughter Mrs. Kenneth Houghland.
Wilda Oldham leaves school to join the County Treasurer’s office in Paola while George Haverstock starts as bookkeeper for Kaw Valley Oil Co in Topeka. Several students leave for summer vacation and will return in September as the summer term opens with higher attendance. Mary Ellis from Flagstaff, Ariz. was a caller this week and a new shorthand class begins next Monday. The Journal World Classified Page continues to deliver results.
Gov Payne Ratner urged Kansas newspapers to critique his administration when needed to expose iniquities. Gannett proposed a monetary authority to stabilize the dollar, likening it to a supreme court power. A Q Miller was elected president of the Kansas State Editor association, with Jess Denions as vice president and H C Stitcher re-elected secretary treasurer.
Hollywood confirms major ad budget shift with Paramount Pictures pledging bulk newspaper advertising for the forthcoming screen year starting September 1. Publicity chief Robert M. Gullham touts newspapers as best for motion picture ads. Maxine Elliott, long-time American actress, is reported gravely ill at her Chateau L'Horizon home in Cannes France.
North Lawrence church events list pastors services and programs including Fourth and Hill streets Seterary Methodist with Children's Day and baccalaureate cancellations at the University The Unitarian Church holds a 11 00 service and a church picnic with brass quartet and hymns The reading features selections by Haydn Addison Lanier and Whittier with a brass quartet and a postlude Lawrence Laundry advertises damp wash service 12 pounds for 49 cents.
Elmer Smith recalls a humorous encounter in a cotton field near Weatherford Oklahoma on June 16. A rabbit chased him, hopped the legs, and made a funny purring sound before tiring. He refused to harm the animal and let it go.
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