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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1939

Page

5

Society Contributions Deadline for Journal-World

Society items must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on the day of publication.

Society Journal-World Office

Tuesday Lawrence Women’s Club Luncheon and Bridge Events

Lu ncheon at the club house hosted by Mrs Ivan Rowe and guest meetings at the Elks and Evans Hearth clubs feature bridge tournaments. Mrs C R Stewart and Mrs A Amidon host dinner bridge and tea with Miss Mabel Elliott. Additional Brid ge activities spread across Colonial venues with Mortarboard and Lioness club events.

Lawrence Woman's Club Ivan Rowe Elks Club R.L.H. Club C. R. Stewart A. Amidon Evans Hearth Mabel Elliott C. A. Galloway Colonial Robert Haggart Armin Woestemeyer Evans L. N. Lewis Hugh Means Country Club Lioness Club Colonia George Hedrick John Brand Bridge and Lowling Verner Smith Women's Organization Trinity Lutheran Church

Kansas City Society Evening Host to Lawrence Leaders

Chancellor Lindley is guest of honor at a University Club dinner hosted by Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star with guests from Lawrence including judges deans and professors. Separate events include a Neimeyer Pratt wedding in Niles Center Illinois and a tea at the Colonial with Grace Parker engagement news and local society notices.

E. H. Lindley Roy Roberts The Kansas City Star University Club Kansas City Lawrence Clara A. Neimeyer Morris C. Pratt F. W. Pratt Baldwin St. Paul's Lutheran Church Niles Center Chicago Otto F. Arndt Linda Neimeyer Mr. Pratt George Scofield M. D. Jacobs Orrington Evanston Waterloo Wis University of Chicago Bell Telephone Company Pratt Liberty Memorial High School University of Kansas Lawrence Business College Beauty Utilities Blue Ridge Mountains South Harvey Oak Park Svere Neimeyer

Community Group Meetings And Socials Recap

Local clubs and church groups list upcoming events through the week. Dinners, showers, and birthday observances fill the schedule at homes on Barker avenue Tennessee street and West Ninth street with planned greetings, program duties, and transportation to Topeka.

Community events fill weekend in Lawrence Kansas

Social gatherings span honors for Mr and Mrs Henry of Kansas City guests at a weekend dinner. Prizes awarded to local club members and a McAlaster school sixth grade assembly is planned. Harmony circle picnic at Clinton park and tea at Mrs Cameron's home are scheduled with church women invited.

John J. Henry Kansas City Country Club J. D. Stranathan Lyle Powell C. W. Amidon Penfield Jones McAlaster School Harmony Circle of the First Methodist Church Clinton Park First Presbyterian Church E. M. Cameron Louisiana Street J. M. Sanderson F. L. Riederer

Various Social Gatherings and Birthdays Highlight Local Notices

Initiation services at Sonic Temple with officer attendance at 1 30. Finesse club luncheon hosted by Mrs Robert Haggart with guests Mrs EB H Lupton and Miss Helen Skilton. Cordley P T A tea for preschool mothers at Cordley school with speaker program. W A McNish of Clinton celebrated seventieth birthday with family and friends. Lawrence Flower club garden well at Frank E Jones home features 350 iris varieties. Lydia group of First Baptist to sponsor a tea for Mrs John Peyton leaving for Colorado. Friendly Hour club meets with Mrs J R Davis. Mrs Sarah Bond O Connor celebrated 99th birthday with dinner for relatives. Numerous other local families noted in social items and a classified Ad for turning extra furniture into cash via Ad-Taker.

Robert Haggart Finesse Club EB. H. Lupton Helen Skilton The Lawrence Flower Club Frank E. Jones East Thirteenth Street Lydia Group First Baptist Church H. E. van Noy John Peyton Colorado Society

Local Personal Notes From Lecompton And Nearby

Personal items list Mrs E Dooley and family returning from Victor Colorado with relatives in Lawrence. Mentions Mrs Perry Barber visiting Blytheville Arkansas. Mrs Marvin Fortner from Gulfport Mississippi arrives for visit with Mr and Mrs Sam Kelsall. Lyman Terry of International Geophysics visits mother in town. James Weed family from El Reno Oklahoma visiting relatives. Mrs W W Goldsmith of South Haven Michigan visiting Lecompton Lawrence. Dora Goggins noted as former Douglas county resident. Extended Mother's Day gathering at Mrs Edward Klein's Kansas City relative’s home.

E. Dooley Jean Martha Victor Colo James Fowler Caro Ann Sandra Jean Lawrence Perry B. Barber Oliver Perry ‘Barber Blytheville Ark Marvin Fortner Gulfport Miss Sam Kelsall Lyman Terry International Geophysics, Inc Great Bend Elizabeth M. Terry James Weed el Reno Okla Mich Lecompton Goldsmith Douglas County Dora Goggins Josephine Klein Eleanor Klein Ida Clingan Edward Klein Kansas City Edsward Klein

Invitational Piano Recital by Nina Griffith at Strong Hall

Nina Griffith, student of Prof. Jan Chiapasso, presented an invitational piano recital at Frank Strong hall. The program opened with Beethoven Op. 27 No. 1 and included Chopin Fantasie and Nocturne for Left Hand Alone, Scriabin Nocturne, Godard Wings, and Mozart Concerto in C minor with Chiapasso on second piano. The performance highlighted a full tone and technical facility, earning warm congratulations from the audience.

Frank Strong Hall Nina Griffith Jan Chiapasso Miss Griffith Chopin Scriabin Godard

Ford Coupe Stolen From Campus Parking Lot

A Ford coupe owned by Emmet Park a K A student from Chanute was stolen from a parking area near the Memorial Union building. It was later found on East Fifteenth Street near the cemetery with fuel and oil nearly exhausted but no items missing from the car.

Emmet Park K. A Chanute Memorial Union Building East Fifteenth Street

Common Sense About Constipation Advice

A doctor explains constipation comes from lack of bulk in the diet. The remedy is eating high fiber foods like Kellogg's All-Bran, drinking water, and joining the Regulars. Kellogg's promotes All-Bran made in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.

Kellogg’s Kellogg's Battle Creek

Senior recital closes the school year with unique mingle

Phi Epsilon attended in a group occupying especially reserved sections. Ushers for the evening were Roberta Mitchell Hilda Slentz Jane Schlaegel and Mary Katherine Rutherford. The final senior recital of the present school year will occur Thursday evening when Helen Campbell soprano pupil of Meribah Moore and Martha Boucher pianist from the studio of Howard C. Taylor will join in a program of songs and piano numbers.

Phi Epsilon Roberta Mitchell Hilda Slentz Jane Schlaegel Mary Katherine Rutherford Helen Campbell Meribah Moore Martha Boucher Howard C. Taylor

Depositons for Hearing on Radio Station Transmitter Move

Attorneys for KCMO Pro test move by WREN presented depositions yesterday in Kansas City at the law offices of Riling and Riling. Testifying were Alfred Heck Mrs H E Don Carlos Al Green and H J Hanna. WREN took depositions last Friday. The FCC hearing on the Lawrence station proposed changes is set for May 23 in Washington DC.

KCMO Kansas City Wren Lawrence Leavenworth Johnson County Riling and Riling Alfred Heck H. E. Don Carlos al Green H. J. Hanna Washington, D. C Federal Communications Commission

Bicycle theft reported near Dickinson theater

Bruce Roper reported to police that his bicycle was stolen last night from in front of the Dickinson theater. The incident was noted as a theft with no immediate suspects.

Bruce Roper Dickinson Theater

Theft of Spare Tire Reported to Police

Raymond Jennings reported last night that a spare tire was stolen from his Ford car. The incident prompted a police report and investigation into the theft.

Raymond Jennings

MANY ALUMNI TO RETURN

Kansas University alumni announce plans to attend spring commencement. Ex-Governor Walter Haxman will be in Lawrence to participate, joined by Marie Sealy former Maceys director in New York and head of the New York Alumni association. H Burnett a Jacksonville and Monte Carlo alumnus returns for the first time since leaving school. C W Fletcher 97 president of the Tite-flex Metal Hose company and Helen Filkin Fox 29 Newark N J also plan to be present.

University of Kansas Walter Haxman Lawrence Marie Sealy Macey’s New York C. W. Fletcher Tite-flex Metal Hose Company Helen Filkin Fox Newark N. J

ROTC Graduates Lead Reserve Officers Association

Kansas University announces 36 senior ROTC members will graduate this spring and join the Reserve Officers Association as junior members as part of a 100 percent record. The school is one of three nationally with this achievement. Also notes that loose or ill fitting valves cause loss of compression in engines.

University of Kansas Reserve Officers Association of the United States Army Kansas University

Also Mentioned on This Page

Chancellor Lindley C.K. Friend Hugh Meens A. J. Anderson Irving Hui Charles B. Holmes Solph Sintons William L. Burdick Dean Ef, B. Stouffer Dean Paul B. Lawson Dean Frank T. Stockton Dean D. M. Swarthout Arthur B. Weaver Fred Ellsworth Raymond Nichols Robert Mastart Corlett Cotton Justin Hilt Reber Myers Clifton Ranse Phyllis Wherry J. E. Terry Grace Perry Parker Charles B. Reynolds Panorama Chi Omega Sorority Alice Marie Meyn Frank Stronghall Alice Moncrieff Fritz Meyn Edith Martin George Meyn Bonner Springs Paul E. Rogers Meyn Margaret Slentz Constance Rutherford Christina Mern Fred Zahn Freddy George George Mern Apon Weston Henry Zimmer Lillian Zimmer Paul Zimmer Kan Mother’s League Lutheran Student Association Colonial Tea Room Accredited Music Teachers Association H. W. Hargiss W. B. Dalton Russell L. Wiley Dorothy Enlow Miller Wilma Stoner Wray Louise Oedemenn Kate Caldwell Bridge Club Barker Avenue Methodist Ladies Aid Sullivan Charles B. Young Tennessee Street Graces E. Parker Parker H. P. Jones Joanne Jones Judith Cotton Judith Joanne Home Aid Society R. L. Anderson North Lawrence No. W. Roy Royal Neighbors Topeka Evie Wise Blanche Grimes Rose Shields Florence Demeritt Women's Council of the First Christian Church Myers Hall Mothers’ Club Olin Mabe Harold G. Barr Betty Washington the Daughters of the American Revolution Marcia Baty John Ise Carl C. Perkins D. Bishop C. B. Floyd Mildred Mast L. TL. Dyche Laura Neville Floyd Rankin Baty West Ninth Street Wallace W.C.T.U E. B. Dicker Elm Street A. L. Carey Ethel Lynn J. W. Glidden New Hampshire Street J. B. Henry Bernice Swope Olin Halderman Route Six Alfred Lauter Louisa Thomas Richard Stevens P.T.A McAllaster Gus Walter Charles Klee New York City California George Kahne Eldridge Robert McFarland Alice Dicker Chapter CV P.E.O Sonic Temple Cordley School Cordley P.-T. A Edna C. Boardman P.T. A Electa Kindlesperger Jeannette Bowersock W. A. McNish Clinton Delbert Paasch Mr. McNish Ada Wirkpatrick Pen Patten Fd Paasch Jack Gibler Norman Gibler Raymond Kirkpatrick Mary Ee, Gibler Delbert Faasei Sarah Gibler Opal M. Wilson Ernet Thurber Friendly Hour Club J. R. Davis Alabama Street Sarah Bond O'Conner G. W. Trent Albert Takes Oscar Wilson Alva Bond Overlyre A. FE. Mesenhimer Glen Mesenhimer Glenn Denry Leconpten Harold Bright Ida Teel June Orville Jarvis Anne Sev Jims Tomo Ford Coupe Miss Meyn Loreley Liszt Schumann Brahm Grug Micaela Carmen Koechlin Ravel Walther Dungan Manna Zucca Chi Omega House Tubfast Cretonnes Jeffries STEEE Lady America Gardless Venus Beauty Mass K. U NSN G Studebaker C.I.T Reusch Motor Company Vermont St Bowling and Bridge A. N. Yancey Lawrence Paint & Wallpaper Store
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