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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1936

Page

6

Social Calendar and Bridge at Local Clubs

Society notes and events list weekly gatherings at Mu Phi Epsilon Coterie and Inner Bridge groups. mentions include Miss Elaine Frutchey, Mrs. Rutter, Wilma Miller, Emma Semple, and others at Hilltop House, Colonial, and Manor. Also includes announcements of Dambridge parties, a busi ness and social meeting, a leaving Dallas guest, and a community night program at Second Christian church. Softball games set for Woodlawn school diamond.

E. H. Lindley Mu Phi Epsilon Elaine Frutchey R. C. Rutter Wilma Miller Hilltop House Emma Semple Coterie Inner’ Bridge Colonial C. T. Hough Tess Clayton Werner Smith W. G. Beougher Hfs Don Carlos Eldridge O. W. Club M. T. Coolidge Dorothy Enlow Ruth Orcutt Donald Ball Caroline Roth House New York Ednah Hopkins Second Christian Church Nineteenth Tennessee Woodlawn School Colored Stars Royal Shoe Store Colored All Stars Morrells Topeka

Oklahoma Dust Bowl Evacuation Plan Draws Fire

May 27 report from Oklahoma City on a proposed 10 year soil erosion program to evacuate rural dust bowl areas. Officials in New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado oppose or hedge on the plan while stressing voluntary cooperation and zoning to curb windblown soils. Kansas and Colorado officials call for careful, staged action rather than wholesale abandonment.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Panhandle F. L. Vaughan Oklahoma Sail Conservation Commission New Mexico Kansas Colorado Vaughan Frank Vesely Denver Edward D.foster Colorado Planning Commission Manhattan Kan H. J. Umberger Kansas Agricultural Conservation Committee

Poison Ivy Marks Up A Pair Of Students

Two Kansas University students with botany training recall misreading poison ivy after Miss Marjorie Brooks of Spearville playfully rubbed a leaf on a man’s ear and nose. The incident left Brooks’ eyes swollen and her companion with a damaged ear, underscoring caution on campus.

K. U Marjorie Brooks Spearville Fourteenth Street Miss Brooks

Morning and afternoon class schedule details

Morning period runs 8:20 to 11:20 with five, four, and three hour classes. Afternoon session from 2:30 to 4:20 features two eight hour blocks and a one hour block.

Invitation Planned for Alf Landon Event in Mercer Pa

The Friends of Alf Landon of Pennsylvania aim to welcome the Kansas governor to a June 16 home celebration in West Middlesex near Mercer. The town marks 100 years of municipal history and notes Landon was born at the local Methodist parsonage during his grandfather Rev William Mossman’s pastorage. Landon’s mother Anna Mossman had returned to the family home while his father worked in Ohio oil fields.

Pennsylvania Alf Landon Mercer Kansas West Middlesex Gov. Landon William Mossman Anna Mossman Ohio

North Lawrence News Roundup Reflects Community Health Roads and Visits

Local notes show merit Dick visiting Topeka relatives on Elm street for three days. Betty Dicker recovers from a broken arm. Mrs Daniels on Lincoln street improves from illness. Mrs Parker on North Fifth street improves after recent operation. Pogemeyer family from Leavenworth visited. Mrs Culver at Leavenworth reports little health improvement. Epworth league offices to be installed at Centenary M E church. Junior league plans a picnic after school closes. Helen Frame was ill for a day. Committee chosen for Centenary church children’s day program. Street scraper busy on North Lawrence unpaved streets. Raymond Pine aided his brother-in-law Goble near Eudora for corn cultivation. Harry Snider of California visited the Weingartner home.

Merit Dick Topeka Logan Dick Elm Street Betty Dicker Daniels Lincoln Street Parker North Fifth Street Pogemeyer

Funeral and social notes from DeSoto and surrounding area

Mr and Mrs Fred Papenhausen and Miss Lucy Kaegi attended Mrs Bertha Midgetts funeral at Chambers funeral home in DeSoto Saturday afternoon. Ed Diedrich Curtis Diedrich and daughter Maxine and Mrs Elizabeth Diedrich visited Pleas ant with Mrs Anna Roberts and Mrs Addie Egbert. Elizabeth Diedrich stayed a week with her sister Mrs Roberts. Harry Hagenbuch Emma Lotz Bert Brown Olga Lotz drove to Topeka Tuesday afternoon. Lucille Walker Ruth Miller spent Wednesday in Kansas City with Miss Miller cousins Cade and Davis. Bert Daugherty returned from the Ozarks after a week outing and fishing. Mahlon Miller of Lawrence visited Harold Houk Thursday. John Reusch and daughter Donna Mane were Sunday dinner guests of George Broers of Weaver. Sommer family and Tom Raybourn will return to Eudora Thursday to spend the summer with Papenhausen family. Fred Walker hosts to J D club dinner and bridge Monday evening. Leslie Kindred guests. Howard Kohler high score winner and J D Adams consolation. Table prizes to Kohler Lothholz Mertz Daugherty traveling prize to Lees Kindred Ray Mil. Ora McCubrin entertained WITY club and guests with bridge Wednesday afternoon. attendees included Mrs John Steiner Mrs Curtis Ruthrauff Mrs George

Fred Papenhausen Lucy Kaegi Bertha Midgett Chambers Funeral DeSoto Ed Diedrich Curtis Diedrich Maxine Elizabeth Diedrich Pleasant Anna Roberts Addie Egbert Roberts Harry Hagenbuch Emma Lotz Bert Brown Olga Lotz Topeka Lucille Walker Ruth Miller Kansas City Miss Miller Cade Davis Bert Daugherty Ozarks Mahlon Miller Lawrence Harold Houk John Reusch Donna Mane George Broers Weaver William Sonmmer Frank Sommer Tom Raybourn Pittsburg State Teachers College Eudora William Mertz Clarence Daugherty Lees Kindred Ray Miler

Local club card party includes prize winners and social notes

Members list and guests attended a card party with high score won by Mrs Steiner and club prize by Mrs Adams. Post event refreshments followed. Society items cover travels and visits of Mrs William Mertz, Mr and Mrs J D Adams, Henry Schlegel, Olga Lotz and Agnes Blechel with fellow attendees and a card game social.

Adams and Houser Families Tour Topeka

Mr and Mrs J D Adams along with Mrs Z G Houser and Mrs Viola Sheldon spent Tuesday in Topeka. Advertisement mentions Valspar Varnish and Enamels at Barber's Drug Store.

J. D. Adams Z. G. Houser Viola Sheldon Topeka Valspar Varnish and Enamels Barber's Drug Store Adv

Bonner Springs and Lawrence families visit Smoots matriarch

Eudora on the weekend hosted Mrs. D. M. Frame and daughter Miss Ethel Frame of Bonner Springs along with sister Mrs. W. J. Hague and Mr. Hague. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Allen Smoots and their children from Lawrence who spent Sunday afternoon with Lavina Smoots, the mother/grandmother.

D. M. Frame Ethel Frame Bonner Springs W. J. Hague

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