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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
5
Society contributions for the society column must reach the Journal-World office by noon on the publication day. Submitters should ensure timely delivery to appear in the upcoming issue.
Activities include Mrs. Schwegler and Mrs. Ellsworth hosting a bridge luncheon, University club and Country club dinners, Elks club events, and multiple P E O chapters. Out of town guests Mrs. Waldo Bowman and Mrs. Longenecker attend Colonial and University gatherings. A May wedding of Thelma Pontius to Raymond B. Williams is announced along with a birth at Memorial Hospital for Mrs. William Rowlands.
A birthday dinner honoring a husband was held on April 30 with a noon meal for numerous guests including the Dillon and Johnson families and relatives from Topeka. A later recital by pupils of the Accredited Music Teachers Association was set for 4:15 at the high school, featuring performances by many named students and a talk on theater by Prof. Allen Crafton at the Lawrence Woman's Club.
The May dinner of the Business and Professional Women's club at the Colonial tea room featured initiation of new members and officer induction led by drama chair Mrs. Deal Six and music chair Mrs. A J Anderson. Principal speaker Mrs. Murray Lydie discussed the club emblem and a gavel presented to past president Mrs. Fay Brown. New officers named include Miss Lora Mendenhall president and a full slate across education emblem health and more. Attendance included club patroness Mrs. William L. Burdick and guests Miss Helen Gardner and others with new members corsaged and seated at a special table. One club project cited was civil fingerprinting with all members fingerprinted by officers Hubble and Casteel.
G Hutson returns from Wichita where visits were made with the Hutson and Courtney families and Mrs. Carter in Wil son. Plans to spend a couple of days in Kansas City with Mrs. Shaw follow. Mrs. Elson returns to Kansas City Kan after a stay with her son A C Elson. The Esterlys of Short Hills N J arrive home from California to visit Dr and Mrs George Esterly. The Stutzs depart for Wichita for a League of Women Voters convention. Stutz also attends county and state meetings in Lyons and Hutchinson. In Stockholm the marriage of Princess Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern to Count Robert Douglas of Sweden is announced.
Manuel II, the final monarch of Portugal, died on July 8 1998 at Langenstein Baden Germany. Portugal had become a republic in 1910 ending the monarchy.
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