P E O Sisterhood and Relief Corps Meetings Summary
Local P E O Sisterhood notes report delegates to Manhattan convention and new Boston chapter formation. Woman's Relief Corps elects officers, mem ber Alice Hoskins chosen delegate to national encampment. Other items include church calendar events, a Delta Sigma Pi banquet, members traveling to Kansas City, and upcoming club recitals and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Relief Corps
Manhattan
Wes
Ida K. Bailey
Lawrence
Alice E. Hoskins
Birth Announcement From Lawrence Couple
Mr and Mrs Jason Dix of Argentine announce the birth of a daughter on May 22. Mrs Dix was formerly Miss Jeanette Doolittle of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Dix
Argentine
Dix
Jeanette Doolittle
Lawrence
Poppies Sold to Aid French War Orphans and Widows
The Womens Auxiliary of the American Legion sells silk poppies made by French war orphans to raise funds for orphans and widows. Poppies cost ten cents and will be sold at Red Cross Booths on Friday and Saturday at downtown corners. Volunteers are urged to help at Innes' corner at 9 am Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens’ Auxiliary of the American Legion
United States
France
The
Womens’ “Auxiliary
Red Cross
Womens’ Auxiliary
the American Legion
Innes’ Corner
Deaths and Funerals
Miss Alice Melvin an English instructor at the University of Kansas died at McConnell hospital after an appendectomy. A Fredericton, New Brunswick native, she was in her first year on the faculty and had been ill only a few days. Elizabeth Eggert of Hood River City Oregon died May 23 wife of James H Eggert. D L Williams of Portsmouth Ohio reported dead. his son Harry Williams once traveled for Selby Shoe Co and had many Lawrence friends. Local laundry ads note 24 hour service for 20 pounds for one dollar and urging old suit cleaning by Lawrence Steam Laundry with phone 383.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Melvin
University of Kansas
McConnell Hospital
Elizabeth Eggert
Hood River City
Ore
James H. Eggert
Henry Eggert
Otto Fischer
D. L. Williams
Portsmouth
Ohio
Mr. Williams
Harry Williams
Selby Shoe Co
Lawrence
Marriage Licenses Granted by Local Judge
Marriage licenses issued by Probate Judge L. H. Menger to Henry S. Dairy and Edna Richardson of Kansas City, and to Englesbert Joseph Walter of Lecompton and Rose Dorothy Heise of Topeka. Mrs. Henry Smies of Clifton visits sister Mrs. E. W. Cross in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Menger
Henry S. Dairy
Edna Richardson
Kansas City
Menger
Englesbert Joseph Walter
Lecompton
Rose Dorothy Heise
Topeka
Henry Smies
Clifton, Kansas
Mrs
E. W. Cross
Lemon Skin Bleach Promises Fairer Complexion
A vintage advertisement touts a lemon based skin bleach using two lemons and Orchard White to create a quarter pint lotion. Promoted as harmless and effective for face, neck, arms, and hands, it claims to whiten and soothe freckles tan and sunburn without irritation and cites famous stage beauties.
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. E. O. Sisterhood
W. BR. Stubbs
T. E. Greisa
E. A. Bleck
Botsford
Massachusetts
Presbyterian Church
G. F. Brown
Haskell Avenue
K. C
Harry Kane
W. G. DeWees
Donna Lou
M. J. Watson
Jim
Jack
Ruth Hill
Lawrence Kane
Charles Burney
Delta Sigma Pi
Economics
M. W. Sterling
Mary Keeney
Margaret Krause
Alice Hoskins
Leitha Harwood
Ida Bailey
Women’s Relief Corps
Thelma Hale
Fraser Hall
Dora Helmick
Fred Richardson
Maine
Needlecraft Club
Sophia Agile
Minnie Bearman
Illinois
Lalia Walling and
Brother
California
Flsier Bales
Berkeley
Amigas Club
C. W. Mettner
New Hampshire
Pinckney School
Atlanta, Ga
Lawrence Country Club
Lawrence Storm Laundry
J. H. Rankin
Day Center
F.C. Gentry
Miltonvale
Floyd Rankin
Lawrence Steam Laundry
Veale
Drescher
Women
Prines
McNish Sanitary Bottling Works
Vermont
Paramount Picture
Gruen
Dinty
Marshall Neilan
Bob Hampton
Placer
Bowerlock
Buddy
Bob
Wesley Barry
James Kirkwood
Marjorie Daw
Marsi Hall Neil, Parrishs
Hampton
Marion Fairfax
Kool
Round Corner Drug Co
Lawrence, Kansas
Varsity
Bowersock
Douglas
McLean
Burton Holmes
Travelogues
King Victor
Mutt & Jeff
Goodyear West
Newman
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