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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
5
Society notes and contributions must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on the day they are to appear. Writers should submit names events and brief notices suitable for the local society column.
Topeka reports a busy week of club meetings and social events. Mrs. Vernon Smith hosts the Finesse club at Evans Hearth with several guests including Mrs. Edgar M. Wilson. The Daughters of the American Revolution plan a June picnic at 2245 Rhode Island St with a Flag Day program led by Mrs. E. A. White. Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler attended senior psychology exercises hosting guests after the ceremony. The article notes births at Memorial Hospital for a son to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bailey and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rood, plus multiple luncheons and bridge gatherings at various locales.
From Phoenix Arizona a wedding on June 8 ties Dr Kendig to Mrs Kendig formerly Miss Mary Elizabeth Wilson. They plan to move to Detroit where Kendig joins a hospital general staff. The notice lists numerous attendees and social events in Lawrence and area clubs with meetings, picnics, and entertainments at homes and halls, including the 8-Sum contract club and Royal Neighbors. A group from the American Legion Auxiliary recently returned from Kansas City.
A community program features a varied lineup including Echoes of England and Elgar Talley. Church societies announce meetings this week with hostesses named, and a birth reported for Robert LeRoy. Mrs Harnar notes a postponement of a Methodist Ladies Aid luncheon due to Miss Martha Jackson’s death.
Kansas delegates to a two day American Legion convention included Mrs. Ray mond Laessig Mrs. D J Richardson Mrs. Everett Stith and others. Governor Payne Ratner addressed the joint gathering and hosted tea and luncheons in his honor with attendees from Lawrence and Kansas City. The American Legion Auxiliary planned its state meeting for Chanute on June 20 21. A birthday party for Shirley Jean Pontius featured red balloons and cake. Dorothy Enlow Miller will present a recital “For Men Only” at Evans Hearth tonight.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Carl and children depart for Fish Creek Wisconsin for the summer with Mr. Carl returning in a week. Prof. and Mrs. L E Sisson leave for Northport Michigan for the season stopping a week with their daughter Mrs H V Scott of Fort Wayne. Prof. and Mrs. Robert Calderwood go to Waseca Minnesota to attend the summer. Mrs. B Hill hosts guests for commencement including Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Carpenter Belpre and Mrs William Vinson Larned. Mr and Mrs Leslie H Dodd of St Louis return after Lawrence commencement and Mr Dodd's 25th class anniversary. Mrs Dodd formerly Miss Helen Naismith. Mrs Ethel Lynn city health nurse leaves for Cleveland for a six week summer course at Western Reserve University. Dur ing her absence Mrs Dick Bradley will oversee her work.
Caples of Great Falls arrive for Lucy Caples graduation and will depart Friday. Prof and Mrs. Walker plan a vacation at Newfane. Springfield Coloradans and Nowata visitors return home. New York, Stillwater, and other travelers head off after commencements.
Mrs. F. W. Barteldes departed for Wichita to visit until August with her daughter Mrs. D. I. Maggard. Mrs. Tom Jenkins of Higginsville Missouri returned home after attending her son Curtis Jenkins’s graduation. A family reunion gathered Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robbins and Mrs. J. C. Watterson with guests Parker Fox Pasadena California, E. T. Shelly and Allen Shelly Salt Lake City, and Mrs. William Quiggin Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moyer of Kansas City visited their home yesterday.
James E Jewel former national commander of the G A R described enlisting for the Civil War at Ft. Morgan Colorado on June 13. He was 17 but claimed to be over 18, hiding the truth with slips of paper marked 18 placed in his shoes.
Mrs. Robert Wolfe and son Robert and Mrs. Mary Bryant of Edwardsville spent Monday with Mrs. A L Hadi and family. Eugene Harris and two children of Dodge City were dinner guests on Decoration Day of his sister Mrs. A C James and Mr James. Clifford Durr and daughter and Mrs. Blanch Durr of Kansas City visited Bertha Durr on Decoration Day. L M Holmes spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Walter Vitt, recently returned home from the hospital.
Mrs. Herbert Champion of Valley Grove died at Lawrence Memorial hospital after months of illness at 26. She was Mildred Duke before marriage to Herbert Champion of the community. Funeral Monday at 2:30 from the Thompsonville church with Rev. T. A. Nichols officiating. Interment in the local cemetery. Survivors include her husband, parents Mr. and Mrs. George Duree of Perry, brothers, and many friends. Also noted are visits by Ray Stewart and a Lawrence group from the Christian Endeavor convention, a July Quarterly conference at Wellman chapel, and other obituaries and local happenings including the death of William J. Lawless at 16, and a list of pre-enrollments for summer instrumental music.
Notes from area households and clubs include mention that pupils who do not own instruments may rent school owned ones. A June Sunny Valley Farm Bureau meeting at Mrs. Wilford Ousdahl’s home had sixteen members and a guest Esther Louise Jones. Various visits and travels are recorded among local families and friends.
Buel Hill, Baker College class of 1938 graduate and longtime Cherryvale teacher, stays in Baldwin at the Delta Tau house this summer and commutes daily to Lawrence for the University of Kansas summer session. Miss Mary Margaret Williams travels to Newton for a peace conference, teaching at Kansas City Junior High, away about ten days.
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