Social Calendar Highlights at Local Gatherings
Mr and Mrs De Shele host dinner for Miss Yvonne White and Edwin Phelps at Vans Hearth. Mrs E H Lindley hosts luncheon. Mrs L H Frink hosts bridge luncheon. Delta Delt club with Mrs Howard Creel. Friday contract club at Evans Hearth L D club with Mrs A M Hughes. Saturday, Miss Yvonne White weds Edwin Rice Phelps at 7 30 pm at the home of Mr and Mrs Benjamin White Bonner Springs. Caila Morrison hosts party for Mrs E L Garrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Shele
Yvonne White
Edwin Phelps
Vans Hearth
E. H. Lindley
L. H. Frink
Delta Delt Club
Howard Creel
BE. W. Parsons
Evans Hearth
L. D. Club
A. M. Hughes
Edwin Rice Phelps
Benjamin White
Bonner Springs
Caila Morrison
E. L. Garrett
Engagement Dinner Prepares for Phelps White Nuptials
Social pages note Mr. and Mrs. Rice Phelps host a dinner at Evans Hearth for son Edwin Phelps and Miss Yvonne White of Bonner Springs before their marriage planned for tomorrow at the bride’s parents home. Guests listed include Miss White and many local and out of town friends. The notice also mentions luncheons, bridge breakfasts, club meetings, and visits featuring Mrs. Curtis Atkinson and Mrs. Garrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Rice Phelps
Evans
Edwin Phelps
Yvonne White
Bonner Springs
Benjamin White
Local Women Group Meetings and Birth and Engagement News
The report records Kennard W. C T U gathering at 2:30 PM at Mrs J N Gordon 1113 Kentucky Street with president Mrs W A Dunn in charge. Also Kanwaka Literary club met with speakers Mrs Asa Colman and Miss Margaret Colman. A birth is announced of Robert Ettore to Kenneth Herschell and wife. Engagement announced for Miss Arar Weidman to Helmuth Nieman with July wedding planned. Miss Weidman formerly lived in Lawrence and Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennard W. C. T. U
J. N. Gordon
Kentucky Street
W. A. Dunn
Coila Morrison
Charles Weidman
Kankakee
Ill
Arah
Helmuth J. Nieman
Herman Nieman
Bremen
Germany
Miss Weidman
Lawrence
Honolulu
H. I
Queen’s and
von Hamm- Young Company
Local Personal News Highlights from Lawrence Area
Miss Inez Smothers travels to Chicago en route to Washington D C after three months with her parents and sister who has been ill. Leslie Halberg heads to Iowa and Minnesota on a two week trip. Carl Rumold of Chicago, son of Lawrence residents, earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence in a class of fifty. eight graduates, he among them, and previously earned a Kansas AB in 1930. Mrs Estelle Holmes spends day in Kansas City. The Beoughers plan a ten day Texas trip. Flora Walker goes to Chicago for the summer. Margaret Frost visits Kansas City and Kirksville. Wilfred Hunsinger vacations in Texas. Denver areas visitors stay with the Jones family in Lawrence. Bert Dale recovers from memorial hospital operation and will return home soon. The Zink family recently moved to 924 Mississippi street. Zink manages the new A P store. Letitia Standiford, formerly Risley of Lawrence, now at 700 Western Ave Topeka. Risley family moved to a farm near Reading Kan. J A Halberg and spouse visit Overton Texas for two weeks with daughter. W B Dalton and daughter Tharon plan a Town City Iowa visit with Dr Thomas Hurst. Grace Wunderlich spends day in Kansas City. Jane Byrn leaves tomorrow for Madison Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Smothers
Chicago
Washington, D. C
J. E. Smothers
Katherine Smothers
Leslie Halberg
Iowa
Minnesota
Carl Rumold
J. W. Rumold
Lawrence
Chicago School
Texas
Flora B. Walker
Margaret Frost
Kansas City
Kirksville
Wilfred Hunsinger
F. R. Smith
Denver
Colo
Jane Byrn
Madison, Wis
Local Residents Entertain and Plan Education Moves
Miss Byrn will teach physical education at the University of Kansas next year after serving at Palace Clothing. Mrs Stephenson visits from Kansas City for a weekend with friends. Mr Overman and family relocate to Lawrence at 987 Mississippi street. Elwyn Freese visits from Sibleyville while working on road projects near Eudora. Helen Harshberger from city schools enrolls in a Lawrence typing course at the business college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wisconsin
Byrn
Palace Clothing Company
University of Kansas
von Williams
Phyllis
San Diego
Cal
Lawrence
Kansas City
Harry Stephenson
Fred Overman
Fairmount
Not All the Roosevelts Will Attend Big Wedding
Col Theodore Roosevelt said he is too busy to attend the wedding of John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark at Nahant. Other Roosevelts were invited but will not attend for business, age, or health reasons. Roosevelt will host a rice festival for China relief, officiate at Dan Beard’s Boy Scouts reception, and appear on national radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
John Roosevelt
Anne Lindsay Clark
Nahant
Kermit Roosevelt
Edith Roosevelt
Kermits
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Swarthout Named to Chamber of Commerce Board
Dean Donald M. Swarthout was elected to the Chamber of Commerce board to fill the vacancy caused by J. W. McCoy's resignation. McCoy moved to Parsons for a Southwestern Bell job. Swarthout's term runs until 1940. The note mentions early clipper ships averaging about 15 miles per hour on voyages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Dean
Chamber of Commerce Board
Donald M. Swarthout
Chamber of Commerce
J. W. McCoy
McCoy
Parsons
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Owl Bridge Club Meets at Sanders Home
Tonganoxie hosts Mrs Paul Sanders and Mr Paul Sanders entertain the Owl Bridge club Saturday evening. High prizes go to Miss Jessie Hempel and Harry Wedworff. Guest prize to Mrs Corlett Umholtz and traveling by Mrs W J Stephen son. Guests include Mr and Mrs Dana Sander, Mr and Mrs Charles Woodward, Mr and Mrs Corlett Umbholtz, Mr and Mrs Ralph Cain, and Mr and Mrs Leonard Deaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sanders
Owl Bridge Club
Jessie Hempel
Harry Wedworff
Corlett Umholtz
W. J. Stephenson
Dana Sander
Charles Woodward
Corlett Umbholtz
Ralph Cain
Leonard Deaton
Hesper Sunday School Contest Ends in Attendance Clash
A Watch Us Grow class in Hesper held a closing contest between the boys and girls. Attendance figures determined the winner in a lively classroom event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watch Us Grow
Hesper
Church Social Scenes Highlight Local Gatherings
A village church lawn hosted a social evening with the losing side entertained by the winners. Ice cream and cake were served to 19 members and five guests. Numerous local families and visitors attended church functions, quarterly meetings, and dinners across the area with several transfers of visits between Higginville Higginsville Eu dore and Prairie Center.
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Travel
The daughter spent Sunday in Lecomp ton with Mrs. Shirck and her mother Mrs. Sarah Shirck. Mrs. John Shriver and her daughter Audrey are visiting Aunt Mrs. Oliver Deay and Mr. Deay. Mr. Shriver works in Eudora. Elizabeth Henderson and Anna McCracken of Lawrence travel to Jamaica to visit Miss McCracken's aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecompton
Mr. Shirck
Sarah Shirck
John Shriver
Audrey
Oliver Deay
Deay
Shriver
Eudora
Elizabeth Henderson
Anna McCracken
Lawrence
Jamaica
Miss McCracken
Also Mentioned on This Page
White
Phelps
Mary Johntz
Patricia Owens
Suzanne Engleman
Barbara J Boswell
Baxter Springs
Jean Lindgren
Wichita
Miriam Ellis
Concordia
Donald Phelps John McNown
Minneapolis
Minn
H. H. Hanna
Lawrence Filkin
Donald Metzler
Archie Mills
Walton Ingham
Benjamin H. White
Roy Filkin
BE. J. Creighton
Leavenworth
Curtis Atkinson
Wichita Falls, Tex
Atkinson
Dr. Lindley
Penfield Jones
Harry Nevin
J. B. Henry
Progressive Reading Club
Topeka
Garrett
May Edmondson
Ida Edmondson
H. Owens
Boa
Korot Owens
Kansas Ty
Lester Larson
Paul and
Elizabeth
Peoria
Grant Renna
Virginia
W. H. Schell
Pi Lambda Theta
Memorial Union Building
Marcel Rich
Maud Ellsworth
Eileen F. Steele
Leavenworth Country Club
von Williamsy
Calif
Fred Williams
Harry Edmondson
J. M. Sanderson
Imperial Contract Club
Julius Marks
Madge Bullene
Herbert Schnur
Joplin
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Elizabeth Lutz
Tennessee Street
Kanwaka
Asa Colman
Margaret Colman
F. H. Smithmeyer
Mexico
Orley Smith
Winston Meees
Kenneth Herscheil
Overbrook
Robert Ettore
Wonder Maid
Swarthout
Tonganoxie
Grand Cleaners
E. 9Th St
Martha Giertz
Henry Giertz
Harich
Higginsville
Reifschneider
Eileen Marsh
Helen Pfleger
Hesper Farm Bureau
Wilma Griffin
Bessie Kanzig
Irene Caviness
Josephine Miller
Howard Caviness
Henry Caviness
Hesper Church
Prairie Center
Lee Stevens
The
Friends Church
Barkley
Kan
Irene Mistele
Olathe
Ed ‘Mistele
Hileen Marsh
Carl Pfleger
Eldon Votaw
Ovid Snyder
Sidney
Linwood
M. C. Hill
Eunice Hill
Alma Votaw
Theophil Hauck
Martha
Tena Miskimen
Lee Shirck
Mary Virginia
Jim Shirck
Harold Fawley
Diamond
Thelma Haverty
O. D
Dunlap
Garrison and Son
Alton
Les Aa
Ata
Glenbury
Arioso
Pantie
Betty Grable
Paramount
Ensenada
Hollywood
Weaver
Peru
Kotex
Quest
Bemberg Rayon
Ldligion
la Cross
Floor
Belle-Shermeer
Belle-Sharmeer
Weaver’s
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