Local Women Honor Kansas Poet Esther Hill Gifted $400
Esthe r Clark Hill of Chanute receives a $400 gift from Kansas women to honor the poet and preserve The Small Place. The fund supports Hill remaining in her home while she serves at the State Historical Society in Topeka and works on memorial library projects. The gift spawns club letters and a dedication of a research room in the Memorial Library at Chanute.
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Spow
Kansas
Aheir Ree
Esther .Clark
Hill
Chanute
Fence
Kangasito
Esther Clark Hills
Lawrence Women Drive Gift to Mrs Hill Fund
The Kansas Council of Women heads a gift to Mrs. Hill financed by presidents of state organizations and Lawrence groups. Miss Hannah Oliver and Mrs. W C Stevens of Lawrence collected the fund, with support from the Round Table of Lawrence and the Topeka Woman's club and many local clubs. Mrs. Hill is an honorary member of the Lawrence Round Table.
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Cosmos
Twentieth Century
West Side Study
South Side Reading
Niotas
Progressive Reading
Tenola
Mercredi
Kanwaka Good Will Club
Hannah Oliver
WC. Stevens
Lawrence
William Allen White
Emporia
Adjustable Hose Length Revolution From Summerfield Firm
A Summerfield firm introduces adjustable length stockings solved by five hem stitched run stops and picot tops. The invention lets wearers choose full, rolled, or intermediate lengths, enabling a custom fit without bulk. First made for a fashion-leading customer, the stockings now appear in Fifth Avenue shops.
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Summerfield Firm
Solon Summerfield
Lawrence
Summerfield
University of Kansas
Fifth Avenue
Flower Lovers Here Attending Kansas City Garden Pilgrimage
Lawrence residents show interest in a Kansas City Wellesley Garden Pilgrimage organized by the Kansas City club. Twenty five of the city’s most charming gardens will be visited in order chosen by participants. The expedition includes a variety of garden wardens and visits Mrs. Ernest Robinson, formerly of Lawrence. Proceeds fund a Behalarabip for those unable to enter Wellesley. Tickets available from Mrs. W. B. Dalton or at the first garden visited.
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Lawrence
Wellesley Club of
Kansas’ City
Kansas City
Pate
Ernest Robinson
Wellesley
W. B. Dalton
Beart Sunshine Cake and Orange Frosted Dessert
A breakfast style bake recipe details mixing sugar butter egg whites and milk with flour and baking powder to make two layers with a vanilla almond frosting. Also includes a lemon orange flavored cake using yolks whites and orange rind, baked in a tube pan with orange flavored powdered sugar frosting. Raffia scarves debut in Paris straw fashion.
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A. P. Fey
Winona
R. L. Anderson
HE. 11Th St
Violin Ensemble to Play at Pentecost Service
The Aeolian violin ensemble from Trinity Lutheran church choir will perform Andante from the Fifth Symphony by Tchaikowski during Sunday's Pentecost communion service at 11 o'clock. The ensemble includes Miss Idnah Hopkins Mills Esther Eddy Lyman Henderson and Lawrence Spalsbury. Frank Hodson of 1540 Louisiana street was arrested yesterday afternoon for riding a motorcycle on the sidewalk in the 1000 block of Massachusetts street and posted a $5 bond for appearance in police court Wednesday to answer the charge. G R Grimes of 1244 Ohio street was arrested yesterday afternoon for failing to observe a stop sign.
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Trinity Lutheran Church Choir
Tchaikowski
Idnah Hopkins
Mills Esther Eddy
Lyman Henderson
Lawrence Spalsbury
Frank Hodson
Louisiana Street
Massachusetts Street
G. R. Grimes
Ohio Street
Overbrook Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Graduations
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs John Hoffman and family. Florence Smith and Velma Vance attended Lawrence visits and a nurse graduation. Overbrook High will hold commencement May 21 with Lilah Featherstone among the graduates. A Mother's Day program at Bethel Church drew a sizable crowd and local families joined in church and dinner at Bethel. Families gathered for Mrs Albright's birthday with guests from Kansas City and Chicago.
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Lawrence
Peeeee
Charles. Simmons
Iaanheer
Dorothy
Griffin
Overbrook
Ed Griffin
Floyd Dodds
John Smith
Faye
Pharon Miller
Lone Star
Florence Smith
Velma Vance
Durene
Cecil Brecheisen
Natural History and Art Museum
WREN
Overbrook High School
Lilah Heatherstine
Uris
Geraldine _ Crawford
Frederick Garrett
Cecil
Durene Brecheisen
Brubaker
Douglas County
Bethel Church
Arlie Forth
Rd Forth
Elmer Shoemaker
Gerald
Bethel
Earl Forth
Dora Wissman
Parsons
John Brecheisen
Philp Brecheisen
Marcella
Clearfield
Johnnie Brecheisen
Bennie Baker
Delbert Hoffman
Chauncey Fishburn
Claude
Nick Fishburn
Edwin
Clarence Albright
Ernest
Matilda Johnson
August Carlson
Alvin Swanson
S. Carlson
Albert Anderson
Godfrey Swenson
Carl Johnson
Ding Burton
Lucile
Kansas City
W. Larson
Chicago
GC. M. ‘Albright
S. W. Owens
Pearl
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Dorothy Willing Randolph
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John’ Garrett Ose
Clarence Euler
Willianaters
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Inne
Wileyan Biel
Bette
Se ¥Nter
Velma Vanes
Nellie Finch
Mra
Low
Willys
Kansac
Teledo
Obie
Willys-Knight
Willys Six
Butler Motors
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