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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
7
Society items should be written or phoned in well ahead of the 11 30 o'clock deadline on publication day to ensure they appear in the Journal World.
Thursday social calendar lists the marriage of Miss Elma Carey to Clarence Hogg at Plymouth Congregational Church at 3 39 and the engagement of Miss Phyllis Burgert to William Kupfer in Chicago at 4 o'clock. Additional notes mention B H bridge club luncheon at Evans Hearth and various clubs hosting meetings and suppers for Miss Evangeline Clark.
Mrs Karl F Baldwin will soon move to San Francisco and is honored with a bridge luncheon by her Thursday contract club on Monday June 2 at the Colonial. Mrs E D Liddy hosted a bridge lunch for twelve at 2135 New Hampshire street assisted by Mrs Don Machin Mrs W K Bruner and Mrs C W Amidon awarded prizes.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Thurber of Richland announce the engagement of their daughter Coila Lily Ann to Kenneth R Hegema son of Mr and Mrs Roy Hegeman of 305 West Twenty third street Lawrence The wedding is set for Sunday June 8.
A string of social items from a Kansas City edition details a bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs. Harry Wiles at the Colonial with prizes to Mrs. Clyde Pace Mrs. William Kandt and Mrs. Blaine Grimes. Reports cover upcoming Four-o Clock dances a ninth grade farewell event with 45 guests twenty two seats for the Victoria club spring party and year round club entertainments plus contract club gatherings and a final bridge tournament at Mrs. Ivan Rowe's home. Several local residents and guests are named along with venues and occasions.
Ottawa residents claimed the first and second places overall. Mr. and Mrs. McClay earned the season’s first prize while Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jaedicke took the second prize.
The Ulrich-Hoover Reunion Association will hold its annual gathering Sunday June 1 at the Church of the Brethren in Lone Star. A basket dinner will be served at noon followed by a business meeting and program. Mr and Mrs Karl Klooz hosted their dinner bridge club last night. Mrs Ray Wright won the prize at Hearth dinner and cards.
Miss Evangeline Clark entertained last evening at the Evans Hearth for the members of her bridal party. The remainder of the evening was spent informally at her home.
Mrs James I Perry hosted a dessert bridge last evening at the Colonial in Lawrence honoring Mrs Warren Waters of Hutchinson. Twelve guests attended and Mrs Charles Dills now of Jefferson City Mo was an out of town guest. Mr and Mrs H K Saunders Route 2 announce the birth of a son today at Memorial hospital.
Lawrence and surrounding area hosts a wave of university and family moves. Mrs. George T. McNair heads to Maryville to teach biology while her mother stays nearby. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Spain arrive from New York to occupy McNair home. Several pairs of locals travel for weddings, memorial days, and summer quarters at schools including Northwest Missouri State Teachers College and West Virginia University.
All school members joined an all-campus picnic at Brown's Grove last Thursday afternoon. The group gathered in Oread at 2 PM with group transportation provided. Seniors and supervisors organized meals and camp fire cookouts. names include Dr. F O Russell David Rice James Cooper Carl Barlow Arvid Grover and Ruth Litchenme Gilbert Ulmer.
Miss Bertha Peters a student teacher in English plans marriage in June to John Piercey a University graduate now working on the Food Stamp Plan with headquarters in San Antonio Texas. The pair will reside in Texas likely San Antonio. The final meeting of the school year discussed graduation exercises next year term reports and policies. Dr F C Russell directed the session. A Kansas Studies in Education volume notes seven 1941 education doctorates by Oread Supervisors including Dr Mary Fee Dr Reid Hemphill Dr J Marc Jantzen Dr L Avery Fleming and Dr E Thayer Gaston.
Tuesday marked the conclusion of regular class work at Oread with final examinations beginning Wednesday morning. Examinations will follow the university schedule through the end of term.
The junior senior banquet will be held this evening at 6 30 in the Kansas room Memorial Union. Robert Sheffield president of the junior class will act as toastmaster with Arland Grover Carl Barlow Jane Malin Mildred York David Draper and Dr F O Russell on the program. The event includes dancing after the program.
Many local families share Sunday dinners and weekend visits across Stull area. Residents attend church events, school graduations, quilting clubs, and a Sunday school convention in Lecompton, with several families mentioned by name and town.
Trainloads of livestock and used farm equipment were sold via Journal-World classified advertising. The sales leveraged broad reach of the local paper to connect buyers and sellers across the rural region.
Students rise early amid final exam strain and midnight oil. Pranks and beards persist while spirits lift briefly for Decoration Day break. Jelly joints sell breakfast as quizzes loom and campus atmosphere grows solemn. Hog calling near the Pi Phi house punctuates the quiet.
Charles Pearson McLouth and David Whitney Lawrence with fellow journalism students circulate a petition to name Elmer F Beth acting associate professor as head of the department to relieve Prof L N Flint whose resignation as department chairman takes effect this spring. Many journalism students sign eagerly.
Reservations for the Flint dinner on June 5 honor Professor Flint who led the journalism department 25 years. Raymond Clapper, Washington correspondent and former K U student, will speak. William Allen White will preside as toastmaster. A bulletin notes campus traditions and seventy fifth birthday events. Dr Franticek Wolf, Czech mathematician, visited KU on a educational tour en route to Macalester College with a fellowship next year.
Mr and Mrs Joe Strobel of Topeka visited Mrs Gus Koehler and later Mrs Emma Strobel’s family. Kansas City guests include George Broers Carl Bernitz and Frances Strobel plus Floyd Broers and two children. Nevive Wilson visited Lawrence with sister Mrs Jack Howard and Miss Hattie Rolland stayed weekend with the Wilsons. Jim Oshel was a Sunday dinner guest near De Soto. Douglas county graduation exercises at Memorial High School in Lawrence drew Kathleen and 109 other graduates. Arden Westen and Raymond Bowen with Delone were among attendees from Kansas City and Camp Robinson.
Des Moines and Wellsville residents attended a large miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Martin Fesmire at Gideon Neis’s country home with two contest groups. The event featured pink and white decor, iris and garden roses, and individual white cakes as favors. Guests included many Neis and Abel family members and friends from Lawrence Eudora and Kaw Valley areas with numerous gifts displayed for the bride.
The Journal World classifieds page stands as the town’s busiest marketplace with dense listings across jobs, housing, services, and items for sale attracting steady reader traffic and steady ad activity.
Linwood list of graduation ceremonies includes 21st annual L.A.H.S. commencement at the high school auditorium on May 27 and baccalaureate services May 18. Graduates listed include Lois June Jammison Merlinda Shirk Opal Montgomery Mary Frances Knight Wanda Lea Long and many others. Teachers for 1941-42 announced with grade assignments and activities include class night and student officers for the Girl Reserves.
Sunday and weekend visits figure in Hopewell and Pleasant Grove gatherings. Families including Holoum Wray Flory and Cripe joined dinners and social calls, with trips to Ottawa for Ralph Jam eson funeral and strawberry canning by Mrs. Holcum.
Jameson, a former community resident now in Ottawa, is mentioned along with Mrs. Oscar Shuck assisting her daughter Mrs. Ernest Wray with strawberry canning. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wray bought berries at the Stucky brothers’ home and at Miskimen’s farm near Vinland. The Wry family visited D A Wray, and several neighbors attended Frank Gleason’s sale, which drew a large crowd as the Gleason family plans to move to Baldwin.
Census data show U.S. chimney factories produced 1,668,409 dozen chimneys annually, reflecting continued demand for glass lamp chimneys alongside growing electric lighting.
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