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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1929
Page
8
London dispatch describes Lady Astor amid a communist crowd. She brandishes a large umbrella, berates the hecklers, then they applaud as a robed figure intervenes. The scene mixes temperance rhetoric with dramatic theater as she moves past the balcony crowd.
Minerva Rebekah met Tuesday evening for its regular semimonthly session. The officers elected for the coming term were Noble Grand Thelma Haverty, Vice Grand Wesserie Grimes, Secretary Mildred Jones, Treasurer Bernice Davis, District Deputy President Mary Mertz, Delegate Viola Sheldon, Alternate Elizabeth Fuller. The high school freshmen, led by sponsor Velma Smith, toured Williamson, enjoyed a roasting and toasting marshmallows, and the group planned future activities at the grade school.
Locals share updates from Rev and Mrs Holiar home visitors return from Dallas funeral of Carlos Snyder in Dallas noted High School seniors host post–tea gathering at St Paul Evangelical class holds May meeting. Bankers convention in Haysson Lerner presents river bank stabilization work near Roy Daugherty home. Alvin Haverty welcome newborn son in Memorial Hospital Lawrence. Senior class day at Eudora High includes tea and program with Meeder Sommers and Woodard performances.
The notice discusses wide scope for servicing Model T Fords across the country and outlines labor charges for engine tune up and related work. It mentions Ford Motor Company plants and suggests economic options for owners to have work done, with price ranges for engine and front system labor.
Mrs Louise Lecompton Shaffer and children visited her parents Mr and Mrs Rolla Jackson and cousin Mrs Starr Glenn and family west of town Tuesday afternoon. Mr John Taylor hosted weekend guests Frank Taylor and son Donald of Yopeka and Mr Clarence Dahlene of Lawrence. George Kettering is ill with measles this week. Mr Dahlene arrived Sunday morning.
Town residents recount Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs Guy McClanghan and children from Effingham along with Mr and Mrs George Whipple of Topeka. George McCarty, recently released from Stormont hospital after ten days of examination and treatment, shows improvement. An accident near the Geo L Glenn and W H Glenn farms involved Cecil Lasswell and Hart Doolittle as their car rolled into a ditch. Lasswell escapes unharmed while Doolittle is ill and recovering. A Nash diary carriage with damage prompts medical checks at Perry due to Dr Maust absence. Arching’s Hardware to sell 3,400 chicken breeds from 9 to 12 noon.
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