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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1940
Page
5
Society items must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. Submited pieces should reflect local society news and events for the society column.
Wednesday events include a women's luncheon at Evans Hearth, a Needlecraft Club with Mrs. L. W. Kuhn, and a bridge luncheon with Mrs. W. G. Beougher at Evans Hearth. Miss Leona Tibbetts attends a Colonial luncheon. Friday features a dinner at Eldridge with Dean and Mrs. F. J. Moreau, a luncheon at Evans Hearth with Mrs. Vick Hurt, and a Friday contract club hosted by Mrs. W. G. Beougher.
Mrs Vick Hurt hosts luncheon at Evans Hearth for Mrs Fred Pratt of Shawnee Okla. Mrs W C McNown and Mrs Allan Shilts entertain Miss Margaret Sherwood before her Philadelphia wedding. P E O tea honors five year chapter anniversary. Julia Hill hosts Coterie Club dinner at Colonial tea room with prize winners. Birthday festivities greet William E Johnson for 80th, with 78 attendees and multiple family clusters from Lawrence Overbrook Topeka and Kansas City. Mrs Theresa Underdown turns 81. Birth announcement from Linwood: a son born to Mr and Mrs John Gilliland.
The Ulrich and Hoover families plan their seventeenth annual reunion at a Lone Star church on Sunday June 2. A basket dinner will precede a business meeting and program featuring a display of antiques and heirlooms. Contributions to the display are welcome.
Barbara Marshall leaves Port, La., on Sunday for ten days to join an aunt in Tulsa and tour Mexico with a stop at a dude ranch. Bridge prizes were awarded to Helen Jenkins and Jean Conger. corsages were presented to the honored guests.
Mrs. J B Fugate left for Beatrice Nebraska to attend grandson Frank J Matt on's high school graduation and he is class speaker and lead in senior play. Vera Hurt and guest Mary Pratt of Shawnee will attend a lunch tomorrow at the Tri Delt house in Baldwin. Edw McKitrick returned from Phoenix after his sister Ida Mann's accident. The thermometer hit 105 and humidity rose from irrigation lake. Water supply concerns loom due to low snowpack. Prof Hoseah H Taggart will teach at USC this summer after visiting Wakefield. Mr and Mrs Arthur Jensen left for Wichita to settle there. Mrs Abbety returned to Kansas City after visiting W M Newmark. Mrs C T Royston returned from St Louis to visit daughter F L Callicotte. Edward C Austin and his wife from Beatrice Neb will spend Memorial Day with Clayton Hackman. Vick Hart returned from Tulsa. Mrs Fred Pratt and daughter Mary Frances of Shawnee will stay in Lawrence. Mrs Charles Louk returned from Tucson after winter. W E Tenney and Ursula Henley visited Kansas City. Jane Ketchum and Margaret Hickman of Topeka will visit Ellis Johnston and wife tomorrow.
Lessel High 21 a Kansas 4-H club leader died from injuries after a fall from a gate at his farm home near Abilene. Found by his mother four hours after the accident, he had a broken neck. He was one of four Kansas 4-H members chosen for the Washington 4-H camp and held a Union Pacific scholarship at Kansas State for 1940-41. Survivors include his brother Thaink High a Kansas State track star.
The quarterly meeting and dinner of the Unitarian Society scheduled for tonight is postponed to Monday, June 3, at 6 30 p m. F J Butrum, the society president, will present the needs of the group.
London reports the American born actress Mary Anderson de Navarro aged 80 has died in Worcestershire. The former stage and screen star had lived abroad for many years and was renowned for her charitable work.
Parsons Kansas May 29 A Senate subcommittee questioning patronage in delegate elections heard Ratner private secretary Wesley Roberts say the governor will not direct or discuss delegate choices He indicated the secretary would handle such matters while Ratner claimed no part in the contests The hearing aims to guide potential congressional remedial legislation with no charges filed yet and possible perjury risks for witnesses involved
Sunday at First Baptist Church featured a youth led service with three student speakers. Bernice Randell from Marysville addressed Why the Church, Elijah Cole of Lawrence spoke on The Church Today, and Mac Wynne, son of the Hays pastor, presented The Church of the Future.
Vv F W post 852 Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its regular business meeting Monday June 8 at 8 p m at Veterans hall.
Six Douglas County 4-H members will receive pigs from the Sears Roebuck store in Topeka at a luncheon tomorrow. Each boy submitted an essay on The Advantages of the Cow Hog Hen System of Farming and six awards will be presented. Names include Leroy Durbin, Marvin Hartman, Emmett Kring, Earl Mitchell, Robert Bigsby, all from Sunflower or Rainbow clubs.
Washington May 29 A tribute to Ralph T O Neil former national commander of the American Legion who died in Wichita Kansas Saturday was paid in the house by Representative Lambertson R Kan He called him a distinguished patriot soldier and all around American and praised his guiding hand in these times Topeka home of O Neil was lauded as losing one of its best and strongest human beings and a leader for ex service men nationwide
A reader puzzle with horizontal and vertical clue lists including map related terms. Entries cover geography directions numbers colors and common words such as Hurry Pert girl Electric term and Platform and Dispatched.
A church or club devotion opened with scripture reading and a mother themed program led by Mrs. L Seybold and others. Readings, poems, and a homecoming reading followed with Mrs Effie Denny guiding the lesson study. Refreshments were served and Rev Alexander accompanied Mrs Alexander and Marilyn home.
Summer school programs at Lawrence Business College include shorthand typewriting bookkeeping and comptometry courses. The ad highlights practical training for office work and related skills.
Mrs Lottie Palm an 80 year old woman was beaten at her Waverly Kansas home in an apparent robbery attempt. She was taken to a Topeka hospital and was reported recovering. A bloodstained cultivator axle was found near her house and her purse containing 50 cents was missing. One suspect was being questioned by Sheriff L H Allen of Coffey county.
McLouth guests Mrs James Meredith and daughters Mrs Ben Foreman and Miss Frances Meredith visited H H Kimmel. Mrs Laura Margaret Bennett came from Kansas City to celebrate LeRoy’s second birthday. The Willing Workers class met at Mrs Hattie Guest’s home with good attendance despite rain. The hostess selected a fitting chapter for the gathering.
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