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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1941
Page
4
Society notes list numerous clubs and meetings with hosts and times for a week. Entries include Alpha Delta Pi City club in Lawrence, contract clubs, bridge groups, luncheons, and hosting duties across multiple households and clubs.
Multiple society notices describe marriages in Rochester New York and Kansas, detailing gowns, flowers, and settings. Betty Jane Thomas wed Dean Stokes Tillson at the bride’s home with family attendees and Kodak connections. Martha Allen Cameron married Dr Monti Belot in Kansas. Anna Louise Kell wed Turner Burgess at the Kell home. guests from Hutchinson Salina and Tulsa.
Mrs Hansen tied the knot on January 19. The article notes Lucille Hayden as the bride. The Ladies' Literary League plans a meeting with Mrs George O Foster tomorrow at 3 PM with Mrs R H Bezner reviewing Thoreau by Carot.
The Bookfellows' club will meet with Miss Carol Watkinson at 1234 Tennessee Street on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Earl Falkenstien will review The Family by Nina Fedorova. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sterling of Rochester announce the birth of a son named Stewart Allan Sterling. Mrs. Sterling is formerly Dorothy Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Co. Stewart of Lawrence, and the baby is the first great grandson of Prof. and Mrs. M. W. Sterling of this city.
Mrs. C. D. Sackett will host the Victoria club tomorrow evening with roll call on scientific discoveries. The Ladies' Aid of the Friends Church holds an all day meeting Wednesday at 2110 Barker avenue with luncheon at noon. Mothers' Discussion club convenes tomorrow at 2 30 pm at 1242 Prairie avenue. William Cox program on Andrew Jackson. Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity initiates William C. Hail and Alfred B. Stover, with Hail a fine arts freshman and Stover a business junior.
Siema Chi held initiation yesterday for a list of men in multiple cities including Salina Kansas City Lawrence Newton and Tulsa. The Review club will host a book review tomorrow afternoon with Mary Ann Hays The Sigel Ladies Aid meets at Mrs Olin White's home Wednesday. A daughter was born yesterday at Memorial hospital to Mr and Mrs Virgil Bradley Route one. The Meadowlark 4 H club meets Tuesday at Pleasant Valley school with Jack Alexander and the Thirvs handling refreshments. Mrs Russell Steele hosts West Side Study club tomorrow at 2 45. Trinity Lutheran church holds a week of prayer services with leaders The Kinneys announce the engagement of their daughter Pamela to David W Newcomer III.
Kinney and Newcomer families with Missouri and Kansas connections are listed alongside social gatherings. Luncheons at Evans Hearth, No Name Club at 1632 Massachusetts, country club dinners, and several bridge events are noted. Initiations, talks by Prof J W Ashton, and book reviews are planned with various hostesses and dates.
Several groups announce gatherings at private homes this week including Knowledge Hill Community club at Mrs Harold Skeet home and B H W club at 211 West Eighth Street. Cosmos and Ingleside clubs host afternoon events with poems and dues. Christian Circle Four meets at 817 Tennessee Street. Midland Grange and Twentieth Century club schedule programs and awards. lawn crest socials and a seniors waffles supper at the high school. A new baby Constance Joan born at Memorial hospital to Mr and Mrs Raymond Stockert.
A social gathering at 183 Ohio Street honored Mrs. Joseph Gufler of Lawrence with a corsage and gift hunt. Guests included Carey Mra and A J Carey Mra, William Schenrer, Eudora Mrs, and many others from Kansas City Chicago and Holton. The event featured spring refreshments and candy favors.
Wiesselman will lead the devotional portion, and Mrs. Carl Shafer is scheduled to sing. The two will guide attendees in a period of reflection and musical worship during the service.
The University Women's club will entertain with a tea for junior women Thursday from 3 to 5:30 in the men's lounge at Memorial Union. Mrs. Bert Nash is general chairman. The Pleasant Hour club meets Wednesday at 2 at Mrs. Arnold Fralick's home with a St Patrick program hosted by the hostess.
Mr and Mrs Julius Marks left yesterday for a southern trip and will be joined in Knoxville by Mrs Helmer Klock. Mr and Mrs G G McCoy, who had been visiting Otto Fischer, left today for Minneapolis. Mr and Mrs Charles A Long also noted in personals.
Mr. Long has a position in the laboratory of the state board of health in Topeka. He is a son of Mrs. C. V. Long of Lawrence. Mrs. P. S. Townsend of Coffeyville spent the weekend with Mrs. A. S. Decker and her daughter Ann Townsend at the Pi Beta Phi house. Miss Maxine Almon of Coffeyville, KU graduate last year, attended the Kappa Kappa Gamma initiation in Lawrence on Saturday.
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