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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1941
Page
5
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Thursday at the country club dinner bridge hosted by Mrs. Laurence Woodruff. Thursday contract club led by Mrs. Laurence Woodruff. Merry Matrons picnic at Mrs. Charles Dicker home for Monday contract club luncheon at Evans Hearth. Friday brings a bridge luncheon at the University club with picnic supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Armel. Helianthus and Mrs. Lauren Hunter lead events with luncheon for D M Swarthout and Friday contract club by Mrs. Charles Slough. Kappa Phi holds a Colonial banquet. Saturday features Needlecraft club with Miss Minnie Beurman.
Miss Virginia Stephenson hosts a tea Sunday afternoon at 1115 Louisiana Street. Local juniors hold an informal dance at the Country Club Saturday evening with chaperones. Gladys White and Harold Graves wed in Kansas City and plan to live there. Kappa Phi plans a 25th anniversary banquet with initiations at First Methodist. Multiple club meetings cover contract clubs, Lioness, and Red Cross sewing sessions. Births announced for Mary Constance and a son at Memorial Hospital. A busy calendar includes dances, banquets, and church events across Lawrence.
Invited guests included Miss Phyllis Burgert and Mrs. R. O. Burgert among many others. The Business and Professional Women's club Mystery Pal group met at Colonial tea room with bridge and Chinese checkers, prizes for Abbie Atherton and Leona Long, and a gift exchange revealing year long mystery pals.
Mrs C V Long plans to depart Monday night for Airland California to visit her brother LU R White and sister Mrs Lester Rowe. She will also visit Grass Valley with Mr and Mrs Vern Fulton and Alhambra guests Mr and Mrs Albert Murphy formerly of Lawrence. She expects to remain most of the summer. Mr and Mrs William A Parker and daughter Suzanne and Mrs Warren F Parker arrive Sunday from Detroit to join the visit.
Residents and visitors gathered as Mr and Mrs Thomas B Parker prepared to move to Lawrence where Parker Buick operates with his brother. Other arrivals include Mrs Warren F Parker and Dr Sybil Woodruff visiting relatives. brief mention of Bar teldes Stough and Means families. Mrs David Brunk sustains a hip injury and is hospitalized in Lawrence Memorial.
University of Kansas music students presented a recital of original works in Frank Strong auditorium. Pieces included four fall class works by the late Prof. Charles Sanford Skilton and pieces by Lois Worrel Douglas Tarbet and others, performed by students and a small faculty orchestra conducted by Prof. E Thayer Gastor.
Everette Anderson notes the selections span romantic and modern styles. William Ward George Hauptfuehrer and Robert Glotzbach provide notable pieces with fresh harmonic color. The dozen numbers were performed with skill. A further recital by Dorothy Allen soprano, pupil of Alice Moncrieff, is set for Sunday at 4 PM in the same hall.
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