Society and club notices fill Lawrence calendar
Society and club events fill the Lawrence calendar with engagements dinners bridges and birthdays. Mrs Lorena Crumpley announces Virginia Smith engagement to Maj J H M Smith now at Walker field Victoria Kansas. University club hosts a dinner bridge with about 50 members at the Colonial. Birth announcements involve Mr and Mrs Glen Rothwell announcing a son at Memorial hospital. 4 H and Rebekah groups meet, and regional visitors attend events across Lawrence with notes on supporters and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena Crumpley
Virginia
J.h.m.smith
S. F. Wiltsie
Seattle
Wash
Major Smith
Walker Army Air Field
Victoria
Kaw
University Club
Colonial
Corlett J. Cotton
Robert McCloy
Edwin Q. Stene
A. Storey
Justin Hill
Fish Bible
Edwin QO. Stene
Richard Wagstaff
Henry Samson
Koswell, N. M
N. P. Sherwood
F. W. Bennett
San Diego
Calif
Kenneth Dodderidge
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ensign H. H. Hanna
Johnny
Beston
George Cheatham
Hanna
E. Wilson Hallands
Thomas
Mattoon
Ill
E. H. Hollands
Rhode Island Street
Ralph E. Graber
E. F. Huddleston
Topeka
Graber
Ralph Graber
Masonic Temple
Isabel Gilmore
Kansas City
George J. Kirchhoff
Flora Muratta
Los Angeles
Sunny Pine Lodge
Kingsley Drive
Muratta
Lawrence
Fred Gouch
Elizabeth
Taxaker
M. Taxaker
R. H. Crosswhite
Misa Taxaker
Circus draws crowd as junior high sells out tickets
Tickets sold out within half an hour at the junior high circus held in the Community building. Warren Smith the principal reports 1 126 paid admissions and about 225 in ticket receipts with 27 concessions. Script sales and booths boosted funds aimed to cover yearbook pictures. 150 students performed while 24 returned to clean up this morning under staff supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Smith
Smith
League of Women Voters Plans May Meeting and Elections
The annual LWV meeting will be at Wiedemanns Girl Tuesday May 18 at 12 15 PM. Agenda includes election of officers adoption of a budget and annual reports by all chairs and committees. Delegates to the national convention will report and plans for the state convention in Topeka May 23 will be announced. A short session will follow with Miss Winnie Lawrance instructing delegates and alternates for the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Wiedemann’s
Topeka
Winnie Lawrance
Car Collision injures two drivers on city streets
A car driven east on Tenth Street by Lowell Nelson rear ended a car on Vermont Street driven by Dale Kerr. Minor damage to both vehicles reported. Police issued Nelson a ticket for careless driving.
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Tenth Street
Lowell Nelson
Vermont Street
Dale Kerr
Mississippi Street
Nelson
E boats scattered near Isle of Wight after clash
London May 13 A strong force of German E-boats concentrated in the English channel about 25 miles southeast of the Isle of Wight was scattered by the French destroyer La Combattante early today after an engagement in which one E-boat was sunk and another damaged The remainder escaped under smoke cover while La Combattante suffered no damage or casualties and picked up survivors.
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London
English Channel
Isle of Wight
la Combattante
Admiralty
Annual University A Cappella Choir Concert
Seventy seven singers will perform in Hach Auditorium under Dean J M Swarthout. The group grew from eighty seven in September to forty plus replacements due to military service and ASTP intake. Thirty males remain, with two Navy V-12 members continuing through the year. Monday’s program begins at 8:00 PM featuring works by Palestrina Schutz Bachmaninov Mellus Mellus Noble Cain and others, with solos by Merton Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Swarthout
Hach Auditorium
ASTP
Navy
Althe
Swarthout
Victory Gardens Will Be Useful Again This Year
Washington reports that home gardens are advised as the surest way to ensure vegetables for wartime needs. The War Food Administration notes flagging interest and orders canners to reserve 40 percent of this year’s output for military services and war programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau
of Agricultural Economics
War Food Administration
WFA
Temporary promotions for three Kansas officers announced
The War Department announced temporary promotions to first lieutenant for Norman Jay Griffith Clayton George Dale Cook Eskridge and Marion Ralph Hildman Mayetta. The Journal-World classified page is described as the busiest market place in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
War Department
Norman Jay Griffith
Clayton
George Dale Cook
Eskridge
Marion Ralph Hildman
Mayetta
Journal-World
Plane Falls on Houses in Eagle Rock. Pilot Killed
A U S Army fighter Mustang plowed into a residential section of Eagle Rock, tearing through a corner of one house and igniting another before exploding. Pilot Second Lt. Clarence J. O Bri en of Long Beach, 24, was killed. Occupants escaped injury. Also note Meadowlark 4 H Club Church Day on May 21 with services at West Side Presbyterian Church and gathering outside at 10 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Eagle Rock
Clarence J. O’briien
Long Beach
Calif
Meadowlark 4-H Club
West Side Presbyterian Church
Meadowlark 4 H Club Holds Two Meetings
Meadowlark 4 H Club met in Pleasant Valley this week with a tour to view George Luckan’s wheat and hogs Wayne Puckett’s goats and rabbits La Vern and Gerald Hadl’s hogs and Herbert Thiry’s calf. Talks on dairying saving a life and washing rayon were given. The club voted to start meetings at 9 o’clock and set the next gathering for June 13. Dorisdis presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowlark 1-H Club
Pleasant Valley
George Luckan
Wayne Puckett
la Vern
Gerald Hadl
Herbert Thiry
Gue Hach
Pleasant Valley School
Frieda Luckan
Leslie
Dean Murphy
Lucille Parker
Rita Richardson
Dorisdis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edwin
Stone
Garden Ton
Wielgek
Lawrence Woman's Club
I. J. Meade
Colonial Soroptimist Club
Aimee Piper
Poehler Mercantile Company
Arthur L. Kirchhoff
Mias Piper
Misa Pinar
Martha Piper
FE. Daniel
Arthur Kirchhof
McMillin
Extetle Beck
Mian
Bartha Hubbard
Mise
Helen Wier
Missy Marion Schupp
Glen Rothwell
New York Street
Memoris Hospital
Oakridge Birthday Club
Tom Cawley
Raymond Gardner
Nydia Hughes
Josephine Gilmore
L. D. Gardner
Oakland
Larry Michael
Gardner
Janet Johnstone
Close
South Pacific
Rebekah
Arene
Beck
Alice Vangrades
McA
Yarkee Deedle
Moiners
EE Peeesaer
Cer
Rex Eer
Boris
Miz
Pease Anc
Berri Serne
Moroase
Ftcatteluel
Belleview
Schellenberg
Miss Schroeder
Shirley Laughlin
Dorothy LaDuke
Harold Heinrich
Naomi, Schellenberg
Paul Gibler
Virginia Crumpley
J. H. M. Smith
Army Air Forces
Svetsenson
Serine Wey
Meyrert
Mee
Lars
Gsc
Vie
Zi Bioanen
Channel
University
Alma
Redemptoris Mater
Palestrina
Merton Anderson
Song of Praise
Heinrich Schutz
James
Gordon Jacob
Mellus Christiansen
C.N. Stanford
Mellus
Christiansen
Arkansas
Foster
Noble Cain
Victory Gardens
Redding Amusement CO
Roy
America
Jayhawk
Vermont
Essentials
Lawrence Laundry
and Dry Cleaners
N. H. Sr
Mrs
Carol Theim
Kansas Electric
Meadowlark
Club
Johnson Bros
Vickers Gift Shop
Mass
Kentucky
Hought
American Radio Service
East 9Th
Asa Reies
Paine
la Pioneer
COROC
Trimz
Detter Snisnes
Cine
Cook's Paints
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