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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1935
Page
6
Visitors converge for a national band festival in Lawrence with a series of host gatherings. Dean Swartout hosts a reception for conductors judges and department heads at Valleyview with prominent guests and a floral pink and white table arrangement.
Wednesday gatherings include duplicate and bridge clubs with Mrs. Hugh Means and Mrs. P. D. Olmstead, plus couples like Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Smith at dinner and bridge at the Country club. Thursday features Women Voters events, Sigma Kappa Mothers, Young Matrons, and a Colonial and Octet Club dinner and bridge at multiple homes.
A busy calendar includes Social Order of the Beauceant visit by C A D Beer of Enid Okla luncheon at the Masonic temple. Posts announce R L H club picnic at state lake, Mothers day poems at Mother's club, sewing and bridge gatherings, and numerous farm bureau and church society activities with officers elected and members noted.
Mrs. William K Charles of Washington arrives to visit her mother Mrs. Louisa Thomas. Several women attend state encampment of the Woman's Relief Corps in Kansas City. Mrs. Flora Muratta and Mrs. A H Stanton visit in Topeka. Mrs. W H Rice visits Mrs. Richard L. Thomas and attends Eastern Star dinner. Mrs. Dick Williams hosts visitors. Mrs. John Austin undergoes major operation at Memorial hospital. Charles Noble reports satisfactory after surgery at Memorial hospital.
CAPTAINS CREEK Hopewell school taught by Miss Doris Moore closed a successful term Tuesday. District friends enjoyed a large basket dinner followed by an interesting pupil program. A May pole dance was among the best numbers. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Collins of Lawrence were guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John White, and Rev Thornburg and daughter Miss Audrey with sons Paul and Herschel shared last Sunday dinner.
Mrs Etta Marsh and Mrs Mary Gordon host vest and social items. Howard Caviness and daughter Betty spent Wednesday with grandparents. Nina Mae Nichols injured last Sunday with leg bruised and sprained. Mildred Ambler attended Hopewell school program. Rev Leroy Thornburg Elroy Parker Charley Gordon attended Pastors Alliance meeting in Haviland. Gordon serves on Kansas Yearly Missionary board. Edwin Rice returned from Arkansas reporting moisture on fruit crop. Laura Lee Andrew Lloyd Andrew rode with Mildred Coons to Kansas City. J A Reynolds and Wesley Reynolds of De Soto and Robert Ivy of Fort Scott joined Alonzo Ambler at dinner. Earl White Myrtle Rowe Lois White Mary Casey Lloyd Andrew attended Achievement Banquet at De Soto High School. Parker, Casey, Andrew among honorees. State Christian Endeavor convention slated at Hutchinson June 6 to 9. Jenner family from Kansas City visited Hamner family. Wesley Reynolds and Mrs Robert Ivy visited Walter Osborne. George Vitt Roscoe and Emery Vitt visited Milo Wotan family. Mae Rattles of De Soto weekend with Laura Lee Andrew. Virginia Bradley of Kansas City spent weekend with Earl White family. Alonzo Ambler and Mildred Louise spent Friday in Eudora with Mrs William Edelbrock.
Miss Elaine White led Christian Endeavor last Sunday evening at Eudora grade school with the topic Why Do Christians Believe in Life After Death. Eva Louise White will lead next Sunday on How to Take Part in the Fellowship. Mrs. Alice Schultz had a nose growth removed and is recovering. Mrs. Rose Osborne with Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. Hale visited Gardner and dined with the Douglas family. Alonzo Ambter and daughter attended a Kanwaka dance. Will Jewett was injured hauling crooked pole wood and improved after hospital care. Grada Cheatwood made a business trip to Kansas City. Willow Springs school closed with a basket dinner. teacher Mrs. David Jewett distributed prizes. Cedar Junction has held make-up sessions on Saturdays. Mrs. Elmer Barrett stayed with her mother in Bonner Springs. Mrs. Gus Wooden, recently ill, moved to her daughter’s home in Kansas City for extended care. Oma Dent visited her parents in Corliss. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dent and grandson Leland Penner enjoyed a day together.
Local notes recount a busy Saturday in Olathe with the Pulitzer Prize winning show The Captain's Hurricane at a Saturday event. The item lists social visits in DeSoto Linwood and Kansas City, plus local business updates including new oak floors and a filling station on Hal Robinson farm east of Corliss. Other items note senior banquet helpers, kitchen repapering, a planned new house near Cedar Junction schoolhouse, and winners in a shoe contest in Dallas and St. Louis.
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