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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1941
Page
5
Society news must reach the Journal-World before 11 30 o clock on publication day. Submit by mail or phone to ensure timely publication.
Wednesday events include a trousseau tea for Miss Barrie Dalton at Bowerton and dinners and luncheons hosted by Evans Hearth Mrs. Winfield Scott and Mrs Karl F Baldwin plus the Imperial contract club. Thursday features the Beauceant luncheon Colonial B and P W club picnic Lake View club house Home Aid luncheon at Mrs Ed Hope. Friday marks the wedding of Miss Barrie Dalton to Jim Murphy at Plymouth Congregational Church with a luncheon for Mothers League at Elm Dale Farm.
The column reports the marriage of Miss Lela Ross to Dwight Metzler in Dover with KU ties and honors for both. notes on Day family picnic in Clinton park and a Business and Professional Women's supper at Lake View club. It lists births, club meetings, piano recitals, and a McLouth church wedding with floral altar decor and a music program.
A detailed Lawrence society page describes a wedding procession with musical selections and family roles, followed by a reception and travel plans. It lists out of town guests from Kansas City Lawrence and nearby towns, plus numerous notices of club meetings, bridge and golf events, and visits by residents and visitors to and from Topeka Salina Ottawa and other locales.
A fashion minded session features prints and pastels with Juliet caps as girls mingle before dinner. An impromptu dance to radio music and a suggested conga mark the evening. Mr and Mrs Jim Spencer of Leavenworth attend to watch their daughter inaugurated as governor. The Federalist platform promises greater information for future participants and strong alumnae support to sustain Girls State unity.
Mrs C F Nelson and her son Arthur left for Gauges Michigan for unspecified personal reasons. The brief item notes their travel from an area residence with no further details about dates or destinations.
The Kansas Girls State unit held elections with Governor Spencer winning by four votes. Officers were chosen for Petersen County Vera Hurt as county attorney and others across Stonebraker and Morss counties, including clerks, treasurers, sheriffs, and superintendents of public instruction, with aims to study Kansas legislature bills and back viable measures.
The district court record lists close mayoral and council contests across several towns including Woodringville, Landonville, Huxmanville, Ratherville and more. Officials named include mayors, police judges, and council members from Minneapolis, Harper, Lawrence, McPherson, Hutchinson, and other cities amid widespread ties and revoting.
A fragmented OCR list names officials and council members including Police Judge Pat Dunn and Mayor Gerry Gentry with entries across several towns. Other figures include Margaret Murphy and Mary Martin among council members. many names appear garbled or split.
A feature on affordable party desserts includes Apricot Sherbet Cottage Cheese Cherry Custard Pie and Half Pound Cake With Fruit. Recipes list ingredients and steps for sherbet pie and a fruit loaf, aiming at nutritious yet indulgent options for entertaining.
Step by step baking guidance describes adding lemon juice and removing air with beatings. It instructs adding ergs one at a time, folding in flour and fruit and nuts, then turning into a greased leaf pan and baking at 300 to 325 degrees Fahrenheit for about one hour.
Tomorrow's meal plan lists breakfast with orange juice scrambled eggs oatmeal muffins jelly coffee and milk. Luncheon includes macaroni with cheese chopped cabbage and celery salad half-pound cake with fruit tea and milk. Dinner features veal stew mashed potatoes buttered carrots watercress salad cottage cheese cherry custard pie.
Gunners at Camp Robinson Arkansas in June 18 learn sword handling beside cannons. A fencing team forms with three medical corps men joining the unit drill and practice.
Corporal Robert C. Weir and Privates Gene Scoggins and Roger Quakenbush are assigned to the detachment of Lawrence. A thrifty habit is noted in reading the classified page daily.
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