Social Calendar Highlights and Engagement News
Extensive social calendar notes week of events in Lawrence Kansas featuring bridge teas and luncheons hosted by Mrs. Laurence Woodruff Mrs. F C Jackman and others. Engagement announced at Mr and Mrs A B Ewings dinner for Blossom Ewing to Hugh A Randall with treasure ship theme. Wedding planned July 12 with guests from Topeka Ottawa and Swartzman including Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae meeting and Botany club at Mix home. May events include American War Mothers February May meeting and Mother’s Day family gatherings at E ngel home with six children present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
Laurence Woodruff
F. C. Jackman
Eldridge
Caroline Seymour
Colonial
James Blue
Dean
D. M
Swarthout
Ineg
A. J. Mix
I. L. Noone
Floyd Rankin
Progressive Contract Club
Inter-Nouk Club
A. B. Ewing
Blossom
Hugh A. Randall
Ivan O. Randall
Misa Ila Martin
Ewing
Ivan Q. Randall
Charles Dicker
Mildred Ewing
Mrs Wilma D Hoyal Leads GOP Women in National Role
Mrs Wilma D Hoyal of Arizona has built a strong political career from precinct to national levels. She now heads the Republican national headquarters women’s division directing pamphlets letters speeches and a magazine to clubs nationwide while warning against dictatorships stressing high living costs and criticizing AAA. Since September she has worked in 30 states and plans to visit the remaining before November, learning campaign techniques from her Republican forebears in the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wilma D. Hoyal
Arizona
AAA
Local Society Notes From Chanute To Topeka Weekend Visits
Mrs T S Burnett and son Teddy of Los Angeles arrived to spend weeks with Prof and Mrs E F Engel. Prof and Mrs Leonard Axe weekend in Chanute. Mrs Elizabeth MacKenzie goes to Kansas City for Mother's Day gathering with brother John Dumbreek, joining sisters Mrs Elizabeth Dumbreck and Mrs Isabelle Teitzel of Topeka. Miss Chloe Stockard visits Haskell. Miss Mary Jane Haynes visits Miss Betty Blue. Lawyer J B Wilson recovering from elbow injuries after car accident. to return to hospital for observation. Mrs John Stavros recovering after major operation at Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs J M Boyd return from Fort Lauderdale after winter stay since 1919. Mrs George Hout undergoes major operation. condition satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Burnett
Teddy
Los Angeles
Cal
E. F. Engel
Leonard Axe
Chanute
Elizabeth MacKenzie
Kansas City
John Dumbreek
Elizabeth Dumbreck
Isabelle Teitzel
Function City
Chloe Stockard
Omaha
Neb
Leila K. Black
Haskell
Mary Jane Haynes
Topeka
Betty Blue
J.B. Wilson
John Stavros
New Hampshire Street
Memorial Hospital
J. M. Boyd
Rhode Island Street
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Boyd
George Hout
Route Four
Trinity Lutheran Church Services and Wedding Report
Trinity Lutheran Church at Thirteenth and New Hampshire lists 9 45 religious instruction for all ages 11 00 morning worship with a sermon on The Unjust Steward second in The Parables of Jesus music includes Prelude Religioso In F Kerns anthem God Shall Wipe Away All Tears offertory Jesus Never Fails junior choir Postlude in B Nevin directed by A C Reuter Mildred Reuter organist 6 15 confirmation Luther League. A midnight wedding was held at the courthouse by Probate Judge L H Menger for Robert Earl Gilmore and Fane Moetta Loller. Gloves Two Faced novelty in Paris colors on back. Portland eight year old Fred M Byers types at 120 yards a minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Thirteenth
New Hampshire
Charlies A. Puls
Jesus
F. Kerns
God
B. Nevin A. C. Reuter
Mildred Reuter
Luther League
Eudora seniors plan class night May 12 program
Eudora rural high school seniors present a class night on Tuesday evening May 12 at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. A highlight is the one act play The First Dress Suit directed by Miss Mabel Campbell. The program includes class history, musical numbers, a class will and prophecy, salute to the valedictorian, and a vocal duet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora Rural High School
Mabel Campbell
Eudora
Bonner Springs
Ruth Miller
Freddie Brecheisen
Emerson Ott
Martha Abel
Felix Muller
Berdean Russell
Marjorie Rees
Ruth
Miller
Arden Ott
Key
Kay
Alvin Johnson
Lucille Walker
Ramona Stanley
Louise Schlegel
Dale Papenhausen
Lawrence Students Attend Oberlin Mock Convention
Two Lawrence students participate as delegates at Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio for the nineteenth quadrennial Mock Convention. Elizabeth Watermulder a Oberlin senior joins the Kansas delegation and Clara Geer Lindquist a junior is assigned to Maine. Bricker Ohio attorney general serves as permanent convention chairman. Marriage licenses issued at the courthouse include Roy Clemence and Zella Stark both of Kansas and Orlin Brown and Iva Wadkins of Quenemo Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Elizabeth Watermulder
Kansas
Miss Watermulder
Lawrence Memorial High School
G. A. Watermulder
Massachusetts
Clara Geer Lindquist
Maine
Miss Lindquist
G. E. B. Lindquist
Winona
John W. Bricker
Court House
Roy Clemence
Solomon, Kan
Zella Stark
Salina
Kan
Orlin Brown
Iva Wadkins
Quenemo, Kan
Community Notes On Elm Street And Local Visits
North Lawrence residents Dwight and Mrs Hopkins returned to their Elm Street home after wintering with H K Lury on Seventh Street. Franklin neighborhood Fred Eggert visited Mrs Wallace Palmiteer last Saturday. Hugh Lipp spent a weekend in Kansas City with his sister. Centenary M E Church Bible class enjoyed a well attended session. Etta Dick returned from Topeka after caring for her sister in law, Mrs Merit Dick, who had an operation. Ab Williamson and Mrs Williamson and sister visited the Haney home in Oskaloosa. Fern McAlexander of Tonganoxie visited M S Dick. Epworth League mothers were entertained by Centenary M E Church members. William Knox led and honored his mother with readings and songs. Mrs Clifford Reusch read three poems. Joe Williams paid tribute to his mother with a solo. Women’s Foreign Mission Society of Centenary M E will meet Friday afternoon, May 8, for a meeting and program continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Hopkins
Elm Street
H. K. Lury
Seventh Street
Fred Eggert
Franklin
Wallace Palmiteer
Hugh Lipp
Kanas City
Siser
Centenary M. EF
Etta Dick
Topeka
Merit Dick
Ab Williamson
Women’s Foreign Mission
Centenary M. E
Centenary M
Mother's Day Observances At Centenary M E Church
The Centenary M E church hosts Mother’s Day observances with a color flower committee named for Sunday services. A men’s special meeting is planned for next Sunday at Rumsey Brothers funeral home, with Rev. Knox in charge. Elias Lawrence visited last Sunday. Jennings family from Barker neighborhood attended. An underpass project at U P switch yards prompts bids for barn removal in North Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice McGinnis
Hilda Mae Bushey
Centenary M. E. Church
Rumsey Brothers
Knox
U. P
Locust Street
Harper
North Lawrence
Eudora High Students Attend Junior and Senior Banquet
Evening Star notes Miss Minnie Abel Esther Ott and other Eudora students attended the junior and senior banquet in the high school gym on Friday evening. The girls reported a delightful time. Various local families hosted and visited one another during the weekend, with many drives and gatherings across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Abel
Esther
Josephine Ott
Pearl
Elfreida Koehler
Eudora High School
Carl Luse
Topeka
Emma ,Wilson
Virgil
Eudora
Marjorie Westerhouse
Weaverbottom
Otto Abel
Robert Reusch
Delbert
Wayne
Lester Messey
Merl Reusch
Harold Reusch
Shawnee
Walter Wilson
Nevieve
Glen Dale
Arthur Bernitz
Wilson
George Schubert
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
Claude Callan’s Poor Pa themed humor appears in a column style reminiscence with local social notes. The piece mentions family relations and a May afternoon gathering with Mrs Otto Abels and local residents from Lawrence and Eudora, highlighting a mother and daughter banquet and community visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Evening Star School Ranks Eighth Grade Largest Class
Leona Parker Annetta Abel Wayne Reusch Ross Cole Lewis Meuffle and Delbert Reusch headline the Evening Star school eighth grade graduates taught by Mrs. Hazel Wright. The ceremony for seven districts will be held May 20 at DeSoto high school's auditorium. Lewis Meuffle posted a 90 percent average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Philips
Illinois
Martha Blackburn
Pete Edelbrock
Martin City
Carl Kurtz
Hesper
Walter Wilson
Wanda
Alice Bernitz
Kansas City
Ralph White
Otto Abel
Prairie Center
Leone Parker
Annetta Abel
Wayne Reusch
Ross Cole
Lewis Meuffle
Delbert Reusch
Evening Star School
Hazel Wright
DeSoto High School
Floyd Cox
Lawrence
Boxberger
Ben Casper
Charlie Osher
Gideon Neis
Floyd Broers
Weaver
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Botany Club
Mr. Mix
James V. Blue
Thomas L. Price
Jefferson City
B. Talleot Churchill Sargeant
E. Lewis
John Kilmartin
E. Suehrk
Swartzman WN
E. Stuckeronald Scott
Ottawa
Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumniae Association
Irving Hill
The
Elmer P. Myers
Asher H. Jackson
Elizabeth Basom
W. T. Johnson
WV. B. Newell
Gordon H. Brown
John Levi
Fred Pr. Renick
Margaret Finnerty
Marguerite Cos- Lora Mendenhall
Erist
Corinne Bemis
Mary Lou Bruce
Ruth Morse
Tota Nu
Arthur Jung
Arkansas Street
Blanche Kennedy
L. F. Brown
L. P. Engel
Letitia
Mary Beth
C. ¥. Thomas
Tommy
Dottie Lou
Betsy
League of Women Voters
Kaw Valley Farm Bureau
George Dunkley
Arlene Roberts
Emma Howe
Mildred Klock
Mildred Mast
Mertice Wilson
Thomas L. ‘Price
George Mills
Price
N. E. Stucker
Fred Tay
J. G. Foote
Fred M
S. H. Ober
Henry Bennett
Max Wolf
E. Shelton
J. E. Shinn
Forrester
Charles T. Gelg
Anna Meiluish
R. E. Lewis
H. E. Melton
Sol Marks
the Colonial
W. ©. Simons
Orville Stone
Episcopal Parish House
Marvin LeSner
University Women’s Club
Myers Hall
Tau Sigma
Elizabeth Dunkel
E. H. Lindley
C. M. Baker
R. Heeler
Michael Getto
B. A. Nash
Waldemar Geltch
F. E. Kester
L. N. Flint
F.B. Davis
Amida Stanton
Rose Morgan
J. W. Waggoner
G. W. Corn
Askaloosa
Waggoner
Fred Brown
Keith Baugh
Lila Mae Hulce
Wiliam Underwood
Sidney Emmett
F. B. Dodds
A.E. Tweed
Dora Medhurst
Gilbert Francis
George William
Harold Pontius
Mothers and Daughters
First Christian Church
C. Robertson
Daughters of the
Harold Stansbury
Robertson
Albert William
Young Mother Club
Standing
Bury
T Stansbury
Stans
Bonnie Lee
la Verne Vincent
Joyce
Lee Moore
W. N. Panny
Mother
Mary Elizabeth Slaughters
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicate
Wilms D. Hoyal
L. H. Menger
Robert Earl Gilmore
Fane Moetta Loller
Paris
Fred M. Byers
Portland
Ore
DE Luxe Cafe
Evening Star
Sparton
Sparton Cater
Otto Abels
Albert Meuffle
William Hess
Chris Meuffle
Ben Neis
Kathaleene Broers
Leslie Kindred
Ruby
Walter Parker
Leone
Jimmy West
Charlene
Marcella Brecheisen
Clearfield
Vernon Strobel
Howard Kohler
Arthur Eisele
Oscar Lothho Z
Johnnie Reusch
Donna Mae
Williard Fitzgerald
Floyd Broer
Kate Edelbrock
Mary Cook
Jayhawk
Mata Ta Ae Roe
A-1
Mickey Beauty
Iva
Mass
Conn
Phony
Vogue
Westinghouse
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