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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
5
Society notices must be received at the Journal World office by noon on the day they are to be published. Contributions should detail event or honor and include contact information for verification.
Friday events feature Mrs. Rice Phelps and Mrs. Harold Allen attending luncheons and bridge activities at Evans Hearth and Friday Contract Club. Chapter CV P.E.O. holds supper at Lake View with Mrs. J. L. Kennedy and Miss Helen Hay hosting tea for Miss Julia Ruth Henry.
Mrs C H Stockwell announce engagement of daughter Doris to Henry Magruder of Boston Mass. The Good Johnson wedding at First Methodist Kansas City with Rev L B Pruitt officiating followed by a trip to St Louis and Chicago. Mrs Rice Phelps hosted a tea. Anne Kelley wed Herschel Hemphill in Lawrence with family attendance and reception details. Community notes list gatherings of Sweezer Pritchett and Kiwanis picnic at Clinton Park with 125 attendees.
The text notes a July meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Banning after a discussion on Selection and Care of Bedding. Guests included Mrs. Hugo Shellhorn and Mrs. Robert Wilson. Light refreshments were served.
Anchorage Ky residents Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Hamilton with three children arrive tomorrow to visit Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Allen. Other travelers include Mrs. Floyd Doubleday and Mrs. C. A. Nesbitt returning from Kansas City and Tulsa, Verner Smith and son Adrian planning a summer at Saranac Lake, and families attending weddings in Wichita.
Cement for the Alpha Tau Omega foundation is poured at 1533 Tennessee Street. Walls rise as the Kappa Sigma site remains nearby, with a long terrace and hedge. The layout includes a front living room, house mother’s suite, library, basement meeting and recreation rooms, and two upper floors of three room suites. Builders are H. W. Smith and Siemans of Kansas City.
Dr Robert A Hunt will deliver the early 8 30 am service at the First Methodist church with Mrs Paul Rankin as guest organist. She will perform Gothic Cathedral Dreams Dreams and March Pontificale while Alfred Gallup sings In My Father's House Are Many Mansions. Friends are cordially invited to attend this service.
Coffeyville Kansas residents who studied history under Wendell Willkie, a former high school teacher, express joy at his nomination. A Willkie club sends congratulatory telegrams and pledges support for his November election. Notable locals recall his guidance and praise his universal appeal.
President Roosevelt said he would be glad to discuss foreign affairs with Republican nominee Wendell L. Willkie at any time. He noted no political remarks were planned and joked about a power outage delaying his press conference.
The War Department announced Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell will command the 7th division at Camp Ord California, with Brig. Gen. Philip Peyton heading the 8th division at Camp Jackson South Carolina. Lt. Col. William H. Gill is named chief of staff for the 8th division.
The Journal World Classified Page is described as the town’s busiest market place with active listings and notices drawing many buyers and readers daily.
Local churches publish their Sunday plans led by Trinity Lutheran at Thirteenth and New Hampshire with sermons, hymns, and Holy Communion while the Assembly of God at Fourteenth and Rhode Island promotes Missionary Sunday events, tent revival, and a Bible school graduation amid summer meetings in July and August.
A morning worship at Plymouth Congregational Church led by Joseph F. King features music director Alice Moncrieff with the 11:00 service and a sermon on Three Christian Attitudes Toward War. The day includes a 6:30 Union meeting at the First Methodist church with Rev. John E. Bowers speaking.
The Fife Brothers led a full house as they music and sermon raised interest in the revival. Dr Clyde Fife preached on the Atonement with a call to faith and daily living, noting salvation requires action. Miss Marilee Frame brought 73 attendees, and Ralph Nelson was noted for bringing a Bible. Tonight Dr Fife will deliver a sermon on The Judgment.
Arthur J. Tibbets of Haigler Nebraska died instantly when his car collided with the Rock Island Rocket at a grade crossing near Willard. The car was wrecked half a mile along the track. the racer train was delayed about an hour. Tibbets, about 60, had been visiting his son Guy Tibbetts at Dover.
The Bahamas long linked to Britain is highlighted for its strategic value in American defense as Europe’s war impacts, with notes on historic dates in stamps and the 1776 capture of New Providence by the young American navy and subsequent Tory migrations.
Mrs Mable Shirk and Mrs Hopkins visited the John Hughey home. Local families attended hospital visits in Kansas City. Harvest begins with binders and some machines ready to combine as rain affects Sunday school. Community notes cover visits, club meetings, and social engagements in Villa Eden.
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