Fine Arts Faculty Exhibit Displays Local Works
The Spooner Thayer museum hosts loaned works from University of Kansas Fine Arts faculty and past member John R. Frazier. The display features bound leather books by Rose Mary Ketham and Clara Hatton, plus various paintings and pastels by Karl Mattern, Albert Bloch, Marion Peers, R. J. Eastwood, and Frazier.
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University Department of Fine Arts
John R. Frazier
Spooner-Thayer Museum
Rosemary Keteham
Clara Hatton
Keicham
Miss Hatton
Art Institute of Chicago
Karl Mattern
Albert Bloch
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Marion Peers
Colorado
Frazier
R. J. Eastwood
Provincetown
Mass
Rhode Island School of
Lady Astor Joins Shingled Bobs in Parliament
London AP reports American born Lady Astor has had her hair shingled. Her change leaves four bobbed and four unbobbed women in Parliament, with Duchess of Atholl, Miss Susan Lawrence and Miss Margaret Bonsiard keeping their hair long.
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Lady Astor
London
Britain
Hilton Philipson
Miss Wilkinson
Duchess of Atholl
Susan Lawrence
Margaret Bonsiard
Lawrence residents head abroad for summer trips
Lawrence locals join a growing list of travelers sailing to Europe. Miss Norma Katherine Smith sails from New York on the Leviathan to study and roam until August. Prof and Mrs Mahieu, and Mrs Briley, depart for a year abroad, joining by Mrs Madlyn’s sister from Colorado. Mrs Schultz travels with her children to Lexington and joins a MCA tour of Europe. Coro the Cirque clown earns the Palme Academique from the French government. A large single copper crystal was produced at General Electric weighing twelve pounds.
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Lawrence
Norma
Katherine Smith
New York
Europe
R. G. Mahieu
Mahieu
Cora E. Briley
Shultz
Nork
Sherwood Eddy
Coro
Cirque de Paris
Former Lawrence Man Weds Eastern Bride in June Home Ceremony
Miss Theodora Wilson married Henry Benson McCurdy of Lawrence and New York on Wednesday June 8 at the Wilson home. McCurdy, a Kansas graduate and World War II veteran, works with Macmillan in New York and is tied to Lawrence through local ventures and family connections.
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Theodora Wilson
Henry Benson McLurdy
Lawrence
New York
Philip Wheel, Wilson
Feeton Duvy
Hei School
Vassar
McCurdy
The
University of Kansas
Phi Kapna Psi Fraternity
St. Agatha
Harry L. Kane
Colonial needlework samplers on view at Snooner Thayer museum
The Snooner Thayer museum displays a large collection of colonial needlework samplers gathered by Mrs. Wm. B. Thayer. Pieces from diverse origins include English Spanish and Spanish influenced works dated 1749 1830 and 1809 among others. Notable examples feature the Ten Commandments a family register and poems by young makers.
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Snooner-Thayer Museum
Mimic
Moodie
Nat
Ww. B. Thayer
Deth
Isaac
Moses
Aaron
Sammler
Henrietta Moody
E. M. Hopkins
Mundy
Hopkins
Hannah Sunderlin
Agnes Thompson
Mary Stansbury
Attis Seabury's
New
Short Skirts Spark Change in New York Streets
In New York on June 1, readers learn that fashion shifts upends street manners as women in skirts challenge old norms. The piece notes men drop hesitations and door-blocking behavior while women ride first class transit, claiming freedom even as legwear becomes hotly debated and described as a market commodity.
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New York
Petticoatei
Women on Kentucky State Treasury Staff
In Frankfort three bob-haired women work under treasurer E. D. Dishmar handling bills and state finances. Miss Tommye Veal, assistant treasurer, eyes a political career. Miss Rose Mary Kaufman seeks a practical independent life. Mrs. Cecile B. Montgomery, who signs checks totaling 27 million dollars yearly, recently married a UK football star and aims to be an ideal housewife.
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Frankfort
E. D. Dishmar
Kentucky
State Capitol
Tommye
Roise Mary Kaufman
Cecile B. Montgomery
University of Kentucky
Magnolia blooms from Perkins tree in Lawrence
Guests at the Cooke Perkins wedding learned the magnolia blossoms came from a tree on the Perkins lot at Fifteenth Street near Massachusetts. Planted by the Luther family when they owned the greenhouse two years ago, the tree has bloomed each year since. The flowers are fragrant and the foliage glossy, making the tree a local ornament in Lawrence. Mrs Einstein notes her husband’s relativity theory is little known by the public.
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Cooke-Perkins
Perkins
Lawrence
Law of the Salad laid down by English writer two centuries ago
London AP notes John Evelyn set formal rules for salad 220 years past describing a Sallet as a mix of crude and fresh herbs with savory juice and salt. It contrasts with earlier boiled herbs and emphasizes skill akin to composing a symphony in preparing the dish.
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London
John Evelyn
Ann
Evelyn
Cherry Pudding and Preserves Recipes from Mrs Rice
Home tested dessert ideas including Cherry Pudding using canned cherries or fresh fruit, a lemon scented cake batter, and a method to bake a layered cherry dessert served with cream. Also included are Strawberry or Cherry Preserves prepared by draining fruit, sugaring, and a triple boiling step before setting to seal. Recipes credited to Mrs. M C Baird and Mrs Anna Rice with addresses cited.
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H.G. Vain Nesse
P.J. Moorgan
Kentucky St
Anna Rice
Missouri St
Mrs Harriet Rynerson Earns A B Degree While Teaching
Mrs Harriet E Rynerson has completed the required in residence study and earned an A B degree from the University of Kansas while continuing as junior high teacher and Vacation Bible School director. She carried thirty hours of work through teaching and summers. Her son Elden had planned a degree but remains at Horton for advertising work with some credits still to be earned. Mrs Rynerson is active socially, a member of Business and Professional Women's Club Betty Washington Chapter DAR and several other groups.
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Harriet Rynerson
Harriet E. Rynerson
University of Kansas
Elden Sistereda
Horton
Sol
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Betty Washington
Sedalia
Helen Pipt
Mary Coleman
Agnes Coleman
Nevieve Whaley
Olive
Bonnie Rea
Hughey Raber
Harry Strong
Henry Welsh
Oliver Holmes
Paul Reed
Tom
Kasberger
Allie Had
Joe Madl Sr
Rober ‘ Ae
Ethel Seivald
Vi ‘Ola Ott
Elfie Kramer
Clearfield
Albert
Borhood
Join McNish
Baldwin
Byron’ J
Russell D
Baldy
Bethany Hespitel
Thélma Deay
Clifford
Pav
Anna Eichelmeyer
Tommy Akin
Belleview
Memorial High School
Lawrence
E. Grane
Iona
T. H. Harteur
Alvin Gabriel
Kathey Cabriel
Kansas City
Wennestar
Velma Haverty
Louis Muzzy
Pred Burtz Sand
Louis Bartz
Mary Haas
Kansas
Guy
Joel Barta
Ed Diedrich
Eudora
Farmers Union
Roscoe
Ed Forsythe
Margaret
Robt Gabriel
Arnold
Hamrmig
Renee Andl Vhas
Gabrie
A. van Glinten
Captain Creak
John Patterson
Dr. Gordon
E. E. Hallar
Patterson
India
Morris Leonhard
Anadarka
Oklahoma
von Gunten
Dan Reber
Fadora
Carl Phleger
William Selzer
Gueats
Fred Lasgall
D. Harris
D. M. Harris
Fier Phieger
Wichips
Robt. Laughlin
Fred Lavehlin
Bt Grob
Farmers
J. J. Haverty Hoohe
Mitchell
Chester Howard
Rand
Co McArthur
Gen
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Geo. Ott
My. Rand
Betsy Mills Club opens at Gates homestead site
A new Betsy Mills Club center dedicated to Betsy Gates Mills opens June 13 on the Gates homestead site in Belleview Marietta. The $250,000 women’s club honors Mills aunt of Vice President Dawes, with Mills’ husband donating the property and museum-like spaces preserving the birthrooms of Mills and Dawes. The 1,300-member group, founded 1911, aims to comfort members and aid the community as a force for good, with Rufus C. Dawes of Chicago and Vice President Dawes attending the dedication.
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Gates
Betsy Mills
The
Delphiniums guide borders with color and care
An article on delphiniums outlines ideal planting sites with loose, well drained soil rich in organic matter, suggests cut back after early flowering to promote subsequent blooms, and covers propagation by division and seeds. It notes historical use, companion plant ideas for borders, and practical care like fertilizing and pest prevention.
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Chas. I
Barber
Nature
Gener
Kent
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