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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1940
Page
6
Contributions for the society column should be received at the Journal-World office by noon of the day they are to be published.
Saturday Betty Washington chapter of the D A R Mrs R D Fink Mr and Mrs R B Stevens dinner bridge club Mr and Mrs M B Winter dinner bridge club 2 Miss Katherine Heck for Mrs Harold Snyder Mond Lawrence Woman's club 2 30 oclock club house H Smithmeyer Monday team whist club Mrs Henry Asher Monday contract club Mrs Ray Wright Amigos club luncheon ayes Ivan Rowe Monday contract Tota Nu founder s day dinner Evans Hearth i tournament home of Mrs Past Matrons club luncheon Wiedemann s Tuesday Mrs R R Jackman Finesse club luncheon Evans Hearth Co operettes dessert party Colonial Mrs L L Richardson Tuesday contract club
The community gathered for dinner bridge at the Winters home and a bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs Daryl Riggs. Prizes went to Mrs F T Stockton and Mrs Ray Wright. Chapter CW PEO members met at Miss Mary Fowler’s home for a travelogue by Miss Isabel Gilmore on Mexico. Announcements included upcoming engagements and multiple club activities at the Country Club and Masonic Temple with prizes, initiations, reunions, and discussions on trade topics and local society matters.
Community groups announce an essay contest on What America Means to Me with first and second prizes and a public reading event. The Ladies of the G A R will host a spring convention in Springfield Illinois.
The March 16 devotional by Dr. Gaius Glenn Atkins urges unity over quarrels as the Genesis wells story symbolizes humanity seeking room enough for all. It calls for expansive love, friendship, and faith, asking prayers for striving toward peaceful, plentiful inner and outer worlds.
Donna Jean and Bobby Dren of Bartlesville Oklahoma visited Mr. and Mrs. Byron Cooke in Lawrence yesterday and will return home tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. F J McDonald plan a Tulsa trip tonight to spend the weekend with their daughter Mrs Chester Brewer and Mr Brewer.
More than 240 people will attend the final all musical Vespers at Hoch auditorium with performances by the University Women’s Glee Club University Symphony Orchestra Westminster A Cappella Choir and the University string quartet A Mozart Skilton two piano piece will premiere Ruth Orcutt and Allie Merle Conger to perform Also featured are Bach Deems Taylor Schumann pieces and a Brahms quartet concert with noted soloists and conductors from Lawrence and Ottawa.
The Surplus Commodities food stamp plan began in Shawnee County with blue stamps given free to direct relief recipients and orange stamps sold to WPA workers. Eligible count is about 10,224, with about 75 percent expected to participate. Roy D. Martin leads the local launch following operation in Sedgwick, Saline and Reno counties.
The Lawrence Sunday Forum will present a play Sunday at 4 30 PM at the Ninth Street Baptist Church. University of Kansas students and a Kansas City group will form the cast as part of a spring program from the Church of God or Church of Christ Chapel.
A campus pep rally sent 1 084 students' telegrams to cheer the Jayhawker basketball team before their game with the Oklahoma Aggies. Organizers collected nickels to cover the telegram cost of 265 dollars and consider using the 29 dollar balance for a loan fund boost or extra team support.
Mr and Mrs Donald Sisene and children Nellie and Sammy of Kansas City and Ezra Wilder were Sunday dinner guests at Mr and Mrs T E Hubbard. Dorothy and Roy, Mr and Mrs Louis Richley and Helen of Kansas City were afternoon callers. Mr and Mrs Othia Barnett of Nan gas City were Sunday visitors at the
Afternoon visitors included Mr and Mrs Morgan Rarick and daughter Carlene Lee. Mrs Mabel Hoopes visited Lawrence sister and Ottawa parents. Pickens school children show perfect attendance. Barbara and Betty Henik scored 100 in spelling. Frank Henik and family visited Kansas City. T E Hubbard and family hosted Mrs Fred Faber visit. Leonard Anderson and Mrs Zeller visited De Soto. Mrs John Gurrs hospitalized after Monday night illness at Cushing hospital Leavenworth.
The Douglas county rally at St. John Evangelical and Reformed church drew Melvin Glaser Orville and Ralph Pohl with others as Miss Naomi Gastrock Vera Belle Glaser Eunice Pohl Marjorie and Esther Gibson were not present. Minnecks move to Centerville Lynn county while the Bond family plans to occupy their vacated home. Minneola school and patrons toured Kansas City for a sightseeing trip. Carl Schwarz hosted an oyster supper with Ed Johanning Virgil Schwartz Pauline Wacker Marion and Ernest Johanning plus Mortiz family members.
Sunday gatherings marked by visits among local families. The Excelsior community meeting is set for Thursday evening March 2. The Brown school district will present the Hullabaloo play with cupcakes as refreshments. Ike Montgomery reported a lost milk cow Sunday night.
Governor Payne Ratner, following an inspection tour of the state house, orders spring cleaning around the fifth floor rotunda and grounds. He calls for yard work, polishing, and new safety rules for those using the ome. Classified ads mention rental offers.
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