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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1941
Page
5
Notice requests society items be submitted before 11 30 o clock on publication day. Readers are urged to write or phone items in advance of the deadline to ensure inclusion.
Lawrence residents note gatherings at First Christian church and Lawrence Woman's Club. Meetings run Monday to Wednesday including contract clubs, team whist, luncheons, receptions for Dr. and Mrs. Hunt, and bridge events hosted at Evans Hearth, Colonial, Country Club, and private homes.
Mrs H Penfield Jones and Mrs H X Dolen plan two bridge breakfasts this week at 9 o'clock at the Country club with Wednesday and Thursday sessions. Miss Margaret Lynn hosted a tea yesterday afternoon from 4 to 7 with several ladies assisting at the tea table and punch. Ailen S Wilbur of New York City was an out of town guest.
Dr and Mrs Robert A Hunt depart this week for Salina and will be honored guests at a farewell reception tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the First Methodist church social rooms. The event is sponsored by the Woman s Society of Christian Service and the Methodist Brotherhood of Christian Builders.
A group tour enjoyed blooming crabapple trees along the roadside with green fields. Frequent showers shifted planned al fresco meals to the Hotel Troy lobby while organizers included Sara Laird as chair and Florence Black Louise Doolittle Eleanor Carruth and Kathleen Torbert. Guests later hosted a buffet luncheon in honor of Albert and Sophie Beurman with numerous attendees from Nashua Mont St Louis and Kansas City among others.
Miss Margaret Schuler daughter of Mrs. Mabel Schuler Williams town and Orval Edmonds Manhattan were married Friday evening May 2 at the courthouse. Judge Frank Gray officiated with witnesses Mrs. Jerry Stadler and Miss Betty Jean Gordon of Lawrence. The bride wore a rose crepe dress trimmed in blue and white. They will live in Manhattan.
The Past Noble Grands club of the Rebekahs met Friday at the I O O F hall for a business session after roll call on Scouts of America. Mrs May Adams sang with Alta Gerstenberger. a May basket flower naming contest awarded hostess Katharine Pine a pink crocheted basket. Refreshments followed. Hostesses were Ellis T. Johnston Wilbur Pine H. G. Van Neste Nydia Hughes Eva Abraham.
Mrs H W Hoffmann Mrs 7 R Traylor and Mrs Marston McClug nage hosted a Friday bridge luncheon at the Evans Hearth with turquoise and yellow decor. Prizes went to Mrs Fred Bremer Mrs Walter Deschner Mrs E B DeGroot Mrs Leonard Axe and Mrs W Q Brownlee. The day also featured the final opera talk in a university series by Prof Waldemar Gelich with Wagner discussions and violin selections. Tea followed with Mrs A T Walker pouring.
The League of Women Voters will hold its May luncheon on Thursday at 12 45 at the Episcopal parish house. Dr Richard F Boyd of the Kansas state board of health will discuss the county health unit plan. The meeting is open to any one interested. Reservations are to be made.
A dense list of crossword style clues with many entries and numbers. Includes definitions for terms like sun path heavenly belt vertical genus of swans and multiple short definitions such as sea eagle small island and god of sky.
Social and church happenings listed for Lawrence area include a security benefit association supper at Holloway's hall followed by a lodge meeting and social hour, and a Washington Creek school program planned for Friday if weather cooperates. Various clubs meet, hostesses named, and attendees listed with families and towns.
Mrs A L Carey and Miss Carey won a May wedding gift display in pale pink and pale green baskets. The event featured baskets of May flowers, nuts and mints for favors, and a guest list from local families. Other items include W S C S activities, a cappella choir party at Haskell, and a birth announced at Memorial Hospital for Helen Lloyd.
The N. P. club meets Wednesday at 2 30 P M with Mrs Lucille Roos at 900 Alabama street The Presbyterian Women's Guild educational unit hosts a covered dish luncheon Wednesday at 1 P M in the church dining room Each guest to bring a covered dish and service The church program continues in the afternoon
A crowd of about a thousand filled Hoch Auditorium for Lorenzo Fuller Stockton in a senior recital. The performer offered songs in Italian German French and English with professional interpretation and strong pitch. Highlights included Handel Largo Mozarts Gallant Captain Schumann Brahms Schubert Faure and Moussorgsky pieces among others.
The audience responded with strong applause for Fuller who was recalled repeatedly after the final group of four Negro spirituals. Miss Meribah Moore and Fuller received congratulations backstage from locals in Lawrence and visitors from Kansas City and Topeka. George Pierson supplied excellent piano accompaniment. No more senior recitals will be given until the Music Week Festival begins on Sunday May 11.
Mrs. Robert C Rankin and Mrs. Carl E Friend plan a Ottawa luncheon at the Country club. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A Springer and their son Morris plus Mrs. E A Springer toured the Ozarks visiting Crocker and Fort Leonard Wood. Ellis T Johnston will dine with the Steves in Topeka and attend a Cavitola Rebekah lodge meeting. Allen S Wilbur of New York spent the weekend in Lawrence. C B Russell and wife visited Pi Beta Phi house. Agnes Caples arrived from Great Falls to stay with Mrs. L N Lewis. Lillie Holmes of Iowa City visits Dr J B Henry in Lawrence. Prof C A Preyer and Mrs F N Olcott joined Rev Harry McCollough at Lees Summit.
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