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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1939
Page
5
Society contributions for the society column must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on the day of publication.
Readable items list upcoming gatherings at country clubs and homes. Includes lunches and teas hosted by Mrs Hedrick Dolen Monk Carter Hackman Garritt Rankin and others with Iota Nu Menic supper and bridge tournaments noted among auxiliary and year round clubs with dates Monday Tuesday Wednesday and various hosts.
A flurry of notices from Lawrence cover Emma Howe and Ben Rowing’s engagement announced at a social event, details on sorority guests and campus activities, a university women’s group meeting with remarks on education, and various gatherings from bridge clubs to garden parties. Also noted are birth announcements, theater outings, and local club events.
Louella Grounds, Euchee Seminole, is ejected as Campus Queen of Haskell for her student popularity. Grady Roberts, Choctaw, is named the most popular man by classmates and staff. Both are from Oklahoma. Cincinnati visitors attend Mother's Day services in Ohio. Kansas City residents join relatives at university houses.
Trains on exhibition today followed by attendance at the Union Pacific show. Mrs. H W Firner hosts the B H W club with Mother’s Day items. Last meeting at Mrs James Belshe’s home. Mr and Mrs Guy Keeler hosted dinner bridge with guests Mr and Mrs Paul Haney. Prizes awarded to Mrs Ray Wright and Mrs T H Marshall.
Personal notes list Mrs Maxwell Berry and son William Marshall visiting in Kansas City with the Marshalls. Several couples stayed with Frank Dunkley in Dodge City for a three day rodeo and celebration. Winslow Scott from Paris Texas visited his mother in Lawton. A series of trips spans New York Chicago and Albany as F M Fink and family plan extended travel.
Miss Alice Marie Meyn soprano from the studio of Alice Moncrieff will present her senior recital in Frank Stronghall auditorium this evening at 8 o clock. She is a Chi Omega member and newly elected to Mu Phi Epsilon. Accompanist will be Winifred Hill. reception follows at the Chi Omega house. Program includes My Heart Ever Faithful Frullingsnicht Im Kahne Fruhlingsonne and other songs.
Miss Nina Griffith pianist from Jan Chiapasso studio performs a private 4:30 recital in Frank Stronghall auditorium. Selections include Beethoven Chopin Scriabin Mozart and others with Mr Chiapossa assisting on second piano.
Robert Hampel was reelected president of the University of Kansas band this morning and will serve next year. Officership includes Jack Happy Ottawa vice president, Richard Gage successor. Clayton Krehbiel Moundridge secretary-treasurer. Leslie Sperling McPherson business manager. Curtis Johnson Fr Collins Colo.. Arthur Harris Lawrence librarians. Johnson and Dalby Topeka student directors. Hampel also serves as field drum major for the band again.
New York May 15 Attorney General Frank Murphy urged mayors to strengthen civil liberties and extend them to every citizen. Speaking before the joint meeting of the United States conference of mayors and the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers he said the local community is the first battleground for civil rights and warned of the pressure to abandon democratic liberty for all.
National President Mrs. Stanard of Alpha Delta Pi visits Lawrence today. Former editor of the Adelphian and former national VP of Theta Sigma Phi she writes for major magazines and fashion stories for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. She is active in Webster Groves and St Louis PTAs and has led Pan-Hellenic efforts locally and regionally.
W Otto Miessner head of the public school music department leaves for New York City to meet publishers about his school music textbooks and then proceeds to Baltimore for the National Federation of Music Clubs Biennial Convention. He will direct an all-festival chorus of about 300 voices and oversee a junior national orchestra of about 150 players.
Campus crowd lines the rotunda as Senior Cakewalk ticket holders exchange old tickets for new ones to be used at the gate tomorrow night. Demand drives ticket price to six dollars, with many expecting to buy at the door. Nearby, Justice Walter G. Thiele of the Kansas Supreme Court was briefly mistaken for another man. Kansas Notes editor D. L. Hartley will speak at the Kansan board dinner Wednesday. Lawrence returns from Washington meetings as Dean Moreau and Dr. Smith report. An alumna, Mrs Genevieve Chalkey, departs England aboard the Queen Mary and hopes to attend June commencement and reunions.
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