Society contributions deadline for Journal-World column
Society notices must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on the day of publication.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1939
Page
5
Society notices must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on the day of publication.
Monday through Wednesday social events include bridge luncheons and breakfasts. Agnes Thompson, Mrs Clifton Ramsey, Mrs T H Astman, Miss Helen Harman, and others attend functions at Evans Hearth, Country Club, Lotus Club, and Victoria Club with dinners, teas, and carnivals noted.
Mrs E E Bayles hosts a tea honoring Miss Helen Harman while Mrs C E Friend plans a Topeka dinner for elective state officers. A marriage unites Emma Howe and Ben E Rowing in Paradise Kan. A Sigma Nu dinner for parents, 130 attendees, precedes a club program. Born: a son to Mr and Mrs Tom E King. a daughter to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pratt. A Meadow Lark 4 H meeting features talks on table manners and vegetable garden arrangement.
Side Glances lists society gatherings from a year book distribution to a memorial service at Oak Hill cemetery for Mrs Lucy Pratta Esta brook and other local figures. It notes a CBC bridge club at Evans Country Club, a golden eagle award for Girl Scouts, Cub Scout picnic and a large birthday gathering for S E Perkins with relatives from many towns.
Mr and Mrs W H Andrews plus Frances Andrews and Mrs Julia E Moore motored to Fort Leavenworth for the horse show. Mrs E G L Harbour’s condition improves after a week in Bell Memorial hospital and she plans to return home in about two weeks. William V Crosswhite of Washington DC and family return from a three week western trip visiting Grand Canyon Hoover Dam Los Angeles San Francisco and the Golden Gate Exposition with stops in Reno Salt Lake City Estes Park and Denver. Mrs Jemima Linn and Miss Lillian Webster Halstead visit Mrs Frank Kruse who has been seriously ill. Miss Erma McManus Helen Harshberger and Louise Schermerhorn attend Beta Sigma Phi convention in Hutchinson. Mr and Mrs L S Weeks Kansas City Mo visit at Harry Maiden’s home.
Several traffic cases came before Judge Donald S. Hults this morning in police court. Fines were paid or bonds forfeited by Al Stovall for speeding five dollars Walter Wagner for parking in a 20 minute zone one dollar Mrs Floyd Rankin for parking in a restricted zone one dollar L H Harper of Topeka for speeding five dollars and Carl Amerine for speeding five dollars.
Miss Dorothy Wilson will direct the Lawrence Junior High School children's art studio this summer. Miss Maud Ellsworth, supervisor, will sail June 13 for England to study painting and visit London schools.
Stan Schwahn announced today a new Daylite screen has been installed in the Patee theatre to improve sound and sharpness. Also noted, Justin Scoggins pleaded guilty to a plain drunk charge and was jailed for nonpayment of a $5 fine. Ninety four percent of Lawrence residents read the classified page with 76 percent reading it daily.
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