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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
5
Society items should reach the Journal World before 11 30 o clock on the day of publication. Send written notices or telephone requests well in advance of the time they are to appear.
Thursday contract club luncheon at Evans Hearth hosted by Mrs John Skie Mrs Corlett Cotton and Mrs Floyd Rankin also Needlecraft club led by Mrs R K Nichol Friday Country club dance and contract club luncheon with Mrs W C Hunsinger and Mrs P D Olmstead N L C bridge club Douglas County Nurses association hosts a supper at Miss Minnie’s home Saturday Betty Washington chapter of the D F.
Grace Marie King of Lawrence married Edward O Rin Cooper son of Mr and Mrs O H Cooper at Trinity Lutheran church this morning. Rev Alfred J Beil officiated with relatives and close friends present. Miss Mildred Reuter played organ preludes and Freddie Cooper lit the candles. The bride wore a rose crepe dress with navy accessories and stephanotis corsage. The couple plans a short wedding trip and then residence in St Louis.
The community reports marriages with Dr. Kendig on Henry Ford staff and Mr Crabb returning to Lawrence to teach music. Births include Ruth Christine Wadhams in Milwaukee and a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Mack in Lawrence. A Flag Day meeting and various social gatherings are announced along with club dinners and bridge events.
Miss Madonna Harnar left this morning for Los Angeles by car with Mr and Mrs Albert Coleman and Mrs William Neu stifter of Eudora. She plans to return early July with her brother Robert H Harnar Mrs Harnar and their two children of Los Angeles. Mrs P C Wrigley of Spokane was among the party.
Wash., visiting sister in law Mrs Effie Gardner. Miss Nora Gardner once from Lawrence. Edward O Bryon leaves for Wilson Dam Alabama with Tennessee Valley Authority after earning a chemical engineering degree from the University of Kansas. Brother Herbert accompanies him for a short visit. Miss Mary Forby to visit Onaka South Dakota and Brookings. Mr and Mrs Walter Andrews return from two week vacation visiting Detroit and Oak Park. Mrs W H Bartz recovering after minor operation at Memorial hospital. Mrs Dolph Simons and sons sail to Gull Lake Minnesota with Miss Ellen Pierrard. Daisy Jordan called home by death of her father during Kansas Bankers Clinic. E S Weatherby and Karl Kreider to Kiwanis International convention in Atlanta.
The summer session a cappella choir which last year enrolled 135 voices will meet for organization next Tuesday afternoon in Frank Stronghall auditorium. Dean D M Swarthout invites all interested to join.
The group will report next Tuesday for enrollment. The choir meets Tuesdays and Thursdays. Repertoire includes 15th century Roselli and Palestrina, English madrigals by Morley and Weelkes, folk songs, Negro spirituals, mountain songs, and works by modern choral composers. They join the All-Musical Vespers and Campus Sing and work with Percy Grainger as guest conductor at the Midwestern Music Camp late July. Music for the summer session chorus is available and should be bought before enrollment if possible.
Irene Hoover of the Firefly 4 H club was selected as one of seven Kansas girls named health champion candidates at the 4 H roundup in Manhattan. The finalists will return this fall for another exam when one girl will represent Kansas in the national contest. Hoover is a daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Hoover of Lawrence and has seven years of 4 H work.
The Rev Howard E Koelb pastor of the First Baptist church shows improvement after six deep X-ray sessions during eight days in a east coast hospital. He is currently canvassing in Barrington Rhode Island and will have blood tests in Providence next week before a Boston hospital treatment in early July.
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