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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1939
Page
5
Society notes must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. Include contributor name and a brief, factual message for the society column.
Read of Mrs J W Twente hosting an informal Lions Club afternoon and multiple kitchen and breakfast showers for Miss Helen Evans. Ruth Elizabeth Riley wed Robert Arthur Bucheim at Trinity Lutheran parsonage. Douglas County Farm Bureau chorus marks its eighth anniversary with a luncheon. Various clubs plan dinners, picnics, and meetings across town. A new daughter Shirley Jean is named for C W Wiley family.
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the league room of the First Methodist church a recital by Accredited Music Teachers will feature pupils from the studios of Miss Louise Wiedemann Miss Kate Caldwell Miss Ednah Hopkins Mrs H W Hargiss Mrs C W Straffon and Dorothy En low Miller. The program includes works by Godard Severn Howard Hildebrand and more with violin and piano pieces by various artists.
Mrs A L Kirchhoff and children Dick and Jane depart for summer at Green Mountain Falls Colorado. Mrs F H Hodder of Washington DC will arrive in Lawrence to visit daughter Mrs Don Davis for several days. Mr and Mrs M J Getto take Michael to Jeannette Pennsylvania for about two weeks to stay with his grandparents. Mr and Mrs R W Gibson and sons visit C D Dodds in Redfield South Dakota on their return from Tulsa. Mrs W F Scofield summers with late parents while Mr Scofield teaches at Rice Institute in Houston. Mrs T D Prentice and daughter Elizabeth set to leave Friday.
A string of brief notices lists families and individuals traveling or visiting, including Joyce Viesselman in Kansas City to meet her mother, Mrs P W Viesselman. Mrs L B Rayhill and Miss Martha Rayhill to Clear Lake. Laurence Knight of Corpus Christi en route to Kansas City. Helen Evans returning from Cheyenne. Ralph H Tait and son Victor back from the Black Hills. Tommy Ober and Shipman Winter headed to Cheley camp near Estes Park. Elizabeth Davis of Wichita Falls joining her mother for a week in Lawrencemore travel updates follow.
Jan Chiapasso, piano faculty member, gave a complimentary recital for summer school students in Frank Strong Hall auditorium. The program combined demanding technique with melodic appeal, drawing a large audience and showcasing his skill during the summer session.
Mr. Chiapasso showcased technical mastery at Hoch auditorium last night, playing Schubert Ravel Albeniz Schumann Chopin and Godowsky with fine spirit. The concert launches a summer term of about 20 events, next featuring the Russian Trio of Chicago on Thursday evening.
Gene Cook of Iola was reelected president of the state board of pharmacy at the Eldridge hotel. He is a KU graduate from 1917. Wilson Sprague of Fredonia and Otto H. Kuether of Herington were reelected treasurer and secretary for next year. Today the board conducted state examinations for 19 graduate pharmacists preliminary to druggist permits. ten are in KU's graduating class. Exams are at KU Bailey laboratories and continue tomorrow.
A marriage license was issued in the afternoon to Robert Bucheim and Ruth Riley, both residents of Lawrence.
Elma Marley is number one entry in the Feather Queen Contest to be staged with the World Poultry Congress in Cleveland Ohio from July 28 to August 7. Prizes will be awarded for the most unique and interesting feather costumes. Entries invited from all sections of the country.
Mrs Mildred Watson county welfare director presided as the board held its regular meeting in the commissioner's office at the court house. The morning session addressed general welfare problems and the afternoon agenda covered various relief cases heard by the board.
Purchasers of automobiles after July 1 must present a dealer signed certificate proving sales tax payment before a certificate of registration ownership. County treasurer offices received blank certificates and House Bill 388 outlining the requirement effective July 1. Certificates must state purchase cost and tax paid, and apply to out of state purchases as well. No registration or ownership certificate will be issued, and license tags cannot be bought or transferred without this proof.
In San Angelo Texas on June 21 bad luck struck ranchers Findlater and Webb as a flash flood trapped a flock of 300 sheep in a ravine and all drowned. The tax payment is noted as given to the county treasurer Rain.
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