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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1931
Page
7
Sunday honors the mother as the best friend with the second Sunday in May designated Mother’s Day. The column offers suggestions to increase her happiness and notes Lawrence shops display new warm weather wear. Bullene’s window features practical corsages made from Gotham Gold Stripe hose and other window items include handbags gloves costume jewelry and silk lingerie.
The notice promotes books at The Book Nook for Mother's Day gifts and advertises Greene's Ready-to-Wear gowns, New York Cleaners winter storage and moth protection, plus Vanity Beauty Shop services. It suggests gifts, dresses, storage deals, and beauty treatments as suitable offerings for Mother.
A Quincy Parent-Teacher group met at 2:45 PM with Dean Paul B. Lawson of the University delivering a talk on questions parents should ask themselves. Dr. Florence Sherbon discussed the White House conference focusing on preschool health clinics and adult education for proper parenthood. Additional notes cover kindergarten demonstrations, officer elections, upcoming pre school clinic May 19, health and field days May 15, and a Methodist Guild social evening and picnic plans.
Mrs EB H Lindley and Mrs F H Hodder host luncheon at her home next Friday with out of town guests. K A Dames host guest day at Sigma Phi Epsilon house. 65 attend with red and white decor. Prizes awarded to Mrs Nellie Holmes, Mrs Guy Boats, Mrs Altert Withington, and Mrs E H Linville. Next K A Dames meeting May 20 at Mrs Charles Oaks home. Rebekah lodge No 4 meets 7:30 pm at I C F hall with dancing and cards. Lotus Reading Club spring luncheon at 1 pm at Mrs W H Lowe home with book review by Mrs Roy Farrell of Kansas City.
CAPTAINS CREEK families hosted guests and visitors in a sequence of dinners and calls. Alonzo Ambler and Mildred Louise joined Mr and Mrs Harry Ambler and son George for Monday dinner while Johnnie Pritchard dined with siblings in Fall Leaf. Others visited Lawrence and Kaw Valley area during the week with local families and friends.
Mrs Vera Wismer is hired to teach at Excelsior school for the coming year. Spelling certificate recipients for 1930 1931 include Marie Kirchner Hillis Bechtel Eils mere Gastrock Lucille Dyer Virgil Lederer Milton Kring Thelma Dy er Ralph Pohl Naomi Gastrock.
Hills Bros in San Francisco perfected and patented an automatic control process to roast every coffee Berry evenly. The system passes small batches through roasters with controlled heat to ensure uniform roast and flavor. Coffee is then vacuum packed to preserve aroma, with Hills Bros. advertised nationwide under the Arab trade mark.
Beth Kring Elda Kring Vera Belle Glaser Melvin Glaser John Led erer Eula Belle Shuler Eunice Pohl Nadine Kring and Dudley Gilliland appear in fragmented obituary notes from a community page.
Clarence, Charlie and Adelia Montfoort spent Thursday evening at the W. 5. Harding home. Many Belvoir and Lawrence callers visited. school children reported a good show. The Ladies Aid met with Miss Sarah Gibler and worked on the after quilt. Several families toured Topeka and Wichita, while others visited relatives in Overbrook and Lawrence.
Linwood Mr and Mrs Estal Starr and daughter Floralee of Neodesha spent Sunday with Mrs Starrs parents Mr and Mrs C C Burnett and Miss Sclah Burnett Mrs James Tudhope Mrs Wal der Mize and Mrs J E Tudhope shopped in Lawrence Saturday afternoon John Snider who has been suffering severely as the after effects of an extracted tooth is some better Mr and Mrs Joseph Magrath are both reported as being ill at the
The column lists birthdays parties and visits including Miss Crusie Coffin turning as the music room gathering at the school house with teachers and trustees. Guests include M R Howard Dizmang Mabel Campbell Selah Burnett Mary Maginnis Evan Travis and several families. Weekend visits and shopping trips are noted along with the Junior-Senior banquet set for May 6 and a tenth birthday party at Mrs Will Wrights.
May Jackson Muriel and Dorothea Meinke bert Engle Junior Rhodes Dorothy Rhodes and several others attended a birthday celebration with cake and ice cream. The crowd wished many more birthdays and presented gifts. Misa Burnett Miss McGinnis and companions traveled to Emporia for a musical contest held there Monday and Tuesday.
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