This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1940
Page
5
Society items should be sent to the Journal World office by noon on publication day. The notice specifies deadline urgent for society column submissions.
Multiple social and club activities are scheduled across Monday through Thursday. Members include Mrs Hugh Means and Mrs Clifton Ramsey hosting whist and bridge events, sewing and contract clubs, Kiwanis and Rotary group dinners, and various women’s organizations meeting at places like the Colonial and Memorial Union.
The Music club meets Thursday at 3 pm at the Colonial tea room with Mrs Lyle Powell presenting Cesar Franck. Numerous groups host luncheons and papers with guests from Emporia and Ottawa, plus talks on Latin America and U S Mexico relations.
Afternoon events at Westminster Hall feature Col. Karl F. Baldwin. Henry Holtzclaw Jr hosted friends for Stanton Kreider from Kemper Academy. Numerous meetings span Trinity Lutheran Progressive Circle, AALU.W. play reading Abe Lincoln in Illinois, No Name club, League of Women Voters, Cosmos club, and more at various streets.
Dr Leona Baumgartner of the New York Board of Health returned to New York today after a three weeks vacation in the British West Indies and Puerto Rico. She also visited the
The piece recounts Miss Baumgartner’s travel itinerary from New York via Nassau and Miami to San Juan and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and back to New York. It also lists local club meetings and social events including West Side Study Club at 2 45 tomorrow, a thirteenth birthday luncheon hosted by Mrs. Theodore Wiley, Wednesday contract club at Mrs. Hugh Means, American Legion Auxiliary meeting, dinner bridge hosts the Josts, Kiwanis spring party at the Colonial Tea room, and Friendly Circle plans at 2 o'clock tomorrow.
Responses to roll call feature tricks or jokes. Mrs D H Piper will read on The Origin of St Patrick. Mrs R M Price sings two selections. Ruth Roney gives a reading. Mrs Baker reads an original poem. Mrs Gordon entertained at luncheon for four daughters. Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid holds a covered dish luncheon and meeting at 1 and 2 30.
The 38th annual spring concert at Hoch auditorium features Russell Wiley director Curtis Johnson and Jack Dalby assisting with several student soloists. Selections include Manx Overture Show Boat pieces Dark Eyes Missouri Waltz Siegfried Rhine Journey Romanian Rhapsody No 1 Finlandia and more with special arrangements by Bill Ward.
The Aftenposten cites a high authority stating Germany agrees to reduce war danger to Scandinavian shipping. The plan includes not attacking Norwegian vessels that sail with convoys or travel between neutral ports. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and other neutrals may receive similar treatment amid heavy wartime losses.
The University of Kansas students may enter the annual oratorical contest on March 19 with two cash prizes of 10 and 5 dollars. Speeches on any subject must not exceed ten minutes. three judges will decide. Entries must be submitted to E C Beuhler by next Monday afternoon.
Elizabeth Reigart vice chair of the Kansas State Republican committee will not seek delegate at large to the national convention. She had been named as a possible candidate if the state convention assigned a post to a woman. She said party honors should be passed around.
Mrs. F. C. Thompson of Topeka and Mrs. Dell Keizer of Kansas City arrived to attend the founders day banquet at the chapter house. Mr. and Mrs. Parke Woodard and sons plan to travel to New Orleans for a scientific meeting. Arlene Auchard recovers from appendicitis surgery at Watkins Memorial hospital. Several locals visit family, and doctors travel to New Orleans for a scientific meeting with Dr. Bond presenting. Mrs. C. W. McFarland improves after a week old ankle injury.
A KU student, Joe McAnarney, directed Jimmy Dorsey on stage in his own arrangement Moon Country to loud applause. The concert featured Dorsey sax solos, Buddy Schutz drums, and scores of students and faculty in attendance as Lent events and campus elections loomed.
Mrs C C Breithaupt of Raleigh and her mother Mrs W A Beasley of Olathe spent Friday with Mrs Emma Breithaupt. Rain cleared snowbanks, fields remain too wet to sow oats. Multiple siblings and relatives visit, with influenza and colds easing for some. a Baldwin doctor treated Mrs George Schehrer.
Daily Lenten devotional prepared by Dr Gaius Glenn Atkins for the Federal Council of Churches outlines faith in hardship. The meeting led by Mrs M Breithaupt records a prayer service, roll call, a memorial for Mary Miller, a shower for Mrs Louise Lawrence, and local health quarantine updates for the Brecheisen family.
Family members traveled between towns for school duties and visits as illnesses struck households. A church meeting was postponed due to muddy roads while residents visited relatives in Milton Junction and Topeka. Clearfield Grange met at the schoolhouse and local women hosted the W. M. S. at a neighbor’s home amid ongoing sickness.
Mr and Mrs Roy Breithaupt and Eileen with Miss Margaret Lytle were visited at Clarence Hausman home on Wednesday evening.
Louisiana Supreme Court orders Governor Earl K. Long to make Conservation Department records accessible, after the governor closed the books claiming an audit. Marriage licenses issued in Topeka include Jesse Swager and Mary Swager.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.