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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
6
Readers are asked to cooperate with the society reporter to keep the Social World department a complete and entertaining record of happenings. Submit items by 2:00 PM via Bell 136 or Home 136.
A lively Kappa Sigma fraternity dance last night featured a yacht club theme with a red and white color scheme. Guests wore tickets for a "Sizma" program, with decorative lights and a central banner while long guest lists included numerous named attendees and a dressy promenade deck setting.
Miss Emley presents a piano organ recital at First Methodist Episcopal with Miss Wanek assisting, featuring selections by Borowski and others. The Pleasant Hour Club reports a busy meeting with papers on reading matter, a picnic, and plans for May 28, while social announcements note a Virginia Riward wedding and a Phi Beta Phi event.
A series of social items from Lawrence covers luncheon honors for Mrs Perkins and guests, a missionary meeting at the M E church, a wedding announcement for Miss Ruth Marion to Lieut Roy Burdick in Seattle, and a Sphinx Dance among University Freshman men. Also noted are class teas, picnics at Brown's Grove, and a vegetarian supper at the Unitarian church as community notices.
Local and personal items list visitors and guests across towns including Miss Dorothy Ensminger at Kern s City and uncle Mr C Scewussell, Mr and Mrs George Bowmure hosting Will Highes family, Ruth Patterson entertaining in Danville and Kansas City visitors, Clifton Pratt of Independence at the Sigma, Crane departing for Bay City, Alice Winston returning to WW UU Las, Amick traveling to Wichita, Grace Heit from Concordia teaching winter, Fred Holmes visiting Kansas City, Essie Raymond in Topeka, Mrs Cr A Wayland of DeSoto, Mrs Theodore Andrews party in Topeka, Lucille Hallock en route Abilene to Manhattan, Jean Singleton visiting, Veita Tiuse and Stella Vincent in Topeka, new neckwear at Mrs Shearer’s.
Merchants Association committee members Irvine Hill Will Hanson and Will Spaulding announced four early closing races with two $1000 purses for 2:15 trotting and pacing and two $500 purses for three year old trotting and pacing. Races open to Douglas county horses bred by owners and driven locally. Entries close July 1. Executive committee to meet again next Tuesday night.
Worden Women's Club meets May 10 with Mrs. Frank Marshall presiding. Devotions led by Mrs. Charles Schwartz and Mr. Lotz. Discussed care of tal and faith topic, attendance full. Guests include Mrs. Hammond and Miss Hammond of Hopewell, Mrs. Wrede of Prairie, and Alta Heim. Special hat sale at Mrs. Shearers. Free lecture by Edith Wooderson Lamb tomorrow afternoon at 3 at the University cure, hosted by Lawrence Socialist local. Members of Baptist Christian Endeavor plan a Woodland Park gathering tonight with a picnic supper as a farewell for student members.
Frank Butler of U C T was named Grand Sentinel of the LU C at a Muskogee meeting held yesterday.
The wedding of Princess Lettice draws a state banquet at the castle with guests including Joseph Leishman and Captain Albert Niblack. Silk ribbons bearing the bride’s initials are distributed to bridesmaids as swords point to the imperial hunt. The couple depart for the emperor’s hunting seat at Hubertusstock for their first week of honeymoon near Berlin.
Baldwin Public School reports a strong year with high enrollment and rising standards. The Baldwin high school now hosts 267 graduates with 152 in enrollment and 140 average attendance, while faculty and facilities expanded from third to first class, offering two courses. Commencement speaker De E. E. Stauffer of Lawrence will address the town.
A jumble of rental and sale notices from Dayton area listings includes calls for a 6 room house for rent, items for sale such as bicycles and a fine trap and harness, employment seeking ads from a young man, notices of repairs and piping, an invalids wheel chair, tire sale after floods, and rental details at 1900 Barker with evening calls. Names and addresses are partially readable, including Reeves and Coleman 20 Vermont St and 721 Ohio St, Bell numbers 7742 7743 2404.
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