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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
6
A long campus column recalls fraternity brushes with the law at KU and across Lawrence, with juniors repairing a pine bough decorating incident and a past chicken theft. The piece also notes a KU Hunt club ride to Bonner Springs, a campus film shoot featuring Fred Littooy, and spring campus events including a K club farce and a Sonio Cakewalk spectacle with Will Osborne.
Two young reporters complete a book tracing the Associated Press from its 1848 origin to 1938. The work by Oliver Gramline and William A. Kinney covers wars, censorship, growth to 1400 member papers, 285000 miles of wires, and the AP’s rise as a world wide non profit news association.
The Friends of Art at St Joseph Missouri buys a large watercolor by Donald K Silks a KU graduate and art department head at St Joseph junior college The college also recently acquired Silks oil painting and plans his Augusta mural commission exhibit for next year at Thayer Museum The artist lived and painted in New York after graduating in 1936 from the University.
Betty Buchanan and Lois Worrel will perform a two piano recital tomorrow at 3 30 p m in Frank Stronghall auditorium. The program includes works by Mozart Bach Franck Cesar Franck and Strauss among others with pieces like The Lonely Sailing Ship and The Keel Row. The event is open to the public and features Miss Alice Merle Conger as piano ensemble instructor.
The two piano team Luboschutz and Nemenoff of New York City join next year’s Lawrence concert series announced by Dean Swarthout. They debut October 21 followed by Argen tina and her ensemble November 18. Other highlights include Karl Krueger with the Kansas City Philharmonic in February Efrem Zimbalist March 31 and Lawrence Tibbett in May.
Evening Star reports multiple Sunday visits including Bernitz and Strobel families from Kansas City. Martin Abiel home guests. trips to Clearfield. mission society gathering near Hesper. Neis, Spitzli and Trout families visiting Blue Springs, Kansas City and Endora. Ramona Stanley retires from the Evening Star school with new Prairie Center posting. Virginia Shirck from KU joins Prairie Center school. weekend guests at Spencer McCoy's. DeSoto and Lawrence visits. Merritt Musick family birthday dinner near Belleview.
Miss Arvelda Chanay of Lawrence spent the weekend with home folks. Mrs. J. S. Tadlock and Mrs. Charles Waugh visited their mother Mrs. Mer in Roche Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parsons and family spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schelhar. Miss Marion Mad will teach Prairie City school west of Baldwin next term. Henry Rohe Jr spent the weekend in Kansas City. Miss Bertha Speicher visits her brother Lorenz. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gabriel were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Rohe. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rohe and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Kate Smith and all sons of Lawrence. Other guests included Miss Eva Weeks Ruth Dol Mrs. Pauline Jacobson Mrs. Martha Kenny and Jerry and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jacobson of Kansas City.
Midland couple Mr and Mrs C A Jones and Leavenworth pair Mr and Mrs Sanghol along with Mr and Mrs Ollie Babcock of Tonganoxie visited Roy Allison’s home Sunday and Monday. A thrifty habit noted as reading the classified page daily.
Lawrence happenings include Kappa Kappa Gamma seniors and graduates hosted by Mrs. Melvin with 20 guests plus town alumnae and an out of town guest Mrs. William G. Wilson. Eager clubs meet for sewing and brunches, while Mu Phi Epsilon holds a buffet for town alumnae and active chapter. A May birth adds to local society notes.
The Douglas County Farm Bureau women's chorus meets Saturday at 2 pm in the Junior High School. Mrs. W. A. Dunmire hosts a luncheon tomorrow at Evans Hearth. The Women's Relief Corps No 9 holds an all day meeting tomorrow at the Legion hall with lunch served.
Mr and Mrs Benton M Henderson of Washington DC visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Veil Bratton. Henderson supervises an interviewer for the District of Columbia employment service and will attend a convention in Kansas City next week. Mrs Paul Neil leaves for Coffeyville to visit sister Mrs Ogle Harden after visiting her mother Mrs J D Button. Pauline Rudolph departs for a month long business trip through the New England states and Canada.
Pauline Christine Salisbury sues Edward Theodore Salisbury in district court for divorce and Mabel Josephine Roffle sues Babylon Babcock Roffle in district court for divorce.
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