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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1939
Page
5
Contributions for the society column must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. The notice urges timely submissions to ensure inclusion in the column.
Monday events at T D Funk and Adah Matrons club include a luncheon and bridge. Wednesday features Lioness club dinner with Mrs Woodrow Miller. Thursday guests Mrs George Miller and Mrs George Docking attend a bridge luncheon at Evans Hearth. Country club golf matches and R L H club with Mrs J C Herriott are also noted.
Mrs. Woodrow Miller hosted a bridge luncheon at 508 Louisiana Street with guests including Mrs. Wendell Wyatt and several others. Betty Washington chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a picnic supper led by Mrs. H E Chandler, featuring a flag program and talks on the Stars and Stripes and pledge of allegiance. Engagement announced for Willa Mae Redfield to G Leonard Harrington Jr with plans for late summer wedding. Ben A Moore hosted a Dad's Day dinner yesterday.
The notice lists visitors from Otwa Miss Cleobel Gentry LaJunta Colo and others from Lawrence Urbana St Paris and Topeka along with Plattsmouth Neb Bartlesville Okla and Cleveland Ohio. It notes births for Phyllis Ar yne and James Lower and mentions local social gatherings and upcoming meetings.
Social events across Topeka and nearby towns include a Tonganoxie state lake picnic with Mrs. Paul E Moon of San Francisco as guest, a birth announced at Memorial hospital, and a Lawrence marriage of Mrs Goldie Strobel to William F Hauber.
Myra McHenry age 91, known temperance activist linked to Carry Nations, died after a fall on courthouse steps in Wichita. The Kansas figure, a foe of liquor, had opposed prohibition as a farce. Survivors include daughters Louella Samuels and Josephine Jordan, son Cornell, and sister Mary E Selby.
Mrs M T Sudler left this morning to spend the summer at Douglas Michigan. Dr Sudler will join her there on July 15. Mrs Will French and Miss Betty French arrived from New York City for a week's visit with Mrs French's sister Mrs R R McFarland. Mr French will arrive Thursday. Mr and Mrs W C Summers had guests over the week.
Kansas University zoologists plan a summer field party to study 25 million year old mammals from the prairie region. Participants include Claude Hibbard associate curator George Rinker Joe Tiden Ralph Taylor and James Sprague all vertebrate zoology students from Lawrence and Spring Hill. North of Belvedere Kansas lies the field area.
A party departs from Belvedere to Meade County Kansas to excavate a major Upper Pleistocene deposit. They expect a week on site and plan a multiweek field program returning mid September after collecting over thirty four specimens in four years.
Japanese authorities in Tientsin raise a 1000 volt electric wire barrier around the British and French concessions to seal off the foreign area. A Japanese engineer activated the current to deter entry at night and curb smuggling and food crossing behind the lines.
The University of Kansas geology department sponsors a field camp at Garden Park near Canon City Colorado. Professor leads the program with participation from students and staff.
W H Schoene of the department of geology will lead a group of 11 students on geology and physiography study in Colorado regions. The course, open to all geology majors, runs from June 17 to July 22 with focus on selected areas and field work.
Eighty seven graduates from Kansas law schools began a three day written examination in the Supreme Court today for admission to the Kansas bar.
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