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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1940
Page
5
Society page items must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. Contributions should be addressed to the society column editor and include the contributor's name and contact for verification.
Friday Dean and Mrs F J Moreau attended dinner at Eldridge. Mrs Vick Hurt hosted luncheon at Evans Hearth. Mrs W G Beougher joined Friday contract club with Ay J bridge club and Mrs Delmer Bennett. Mrs C W Amidon led contract club at Country Club. Mrs David Evans hosted a shower for Miss Dorothy Bleakley. Mrs C L Brokaw chaired luncheon at Evans.
Mrs. David Evans hosts a personal shower for Dorothy Bleakley with three bridge tables. Engagements include Maxine Taylor to Jerry Peyton and a June wedding for Miss Taylor, a KU alumna. Waneta McCall wed Clarence Deskins in Houston in 1938. both now in Los Angeles. Memorial day picnics, births, and family gatherings span Topeka, DeSoto, Eudora, and Kansas City communities.
A long list of family and friends from Ottawa Worden Baldwin and Lawrence visit and travel plans are recorded. It notes Ida Hodson's marriage to Paul Anderson of Lecompton on May 29 and mentions attendees and education backgrounds. Various travelers and relatives visit or depart for Battle Creek Leavenworth Topeka and other cities.
Personal item notes Miss Agnes Thompson leaving this afternoon for Denver Colorado for undisclosed reasons, with travel indicating a forthcoming visit or errand in the Mile High City.
Turon visitors led by Mr and Mrs Ed Hoskinson joined by J D B Hoskinson and Clara. Lawrence residents Mr and Mrs Arnold Hays visited Hubbard family. A Pierceville group visited Vinland relatives as Mrs Nichols attends a Kansas City veterans wives convention. Vinland team lost to Hopewell on the local diamond. Memorial Day services drew a large crowd at Vinland cemetery with Rev Willis Browning delivering the sermon. E F Hagerman undergoes eye surgery in Kansas City, reported improving though outcome pending. Various relatives traveled to Kansas City and Iowa for family events and reunions including Harrisonville Missouri and Auburn Nebraska trips. The Belleville 4-H club met Thursday.
The group approved sending 2.50 to the county council for the 4 H camp at Tonganoxie lake. An evening program featured Dairy Calf care, Hair care, Colors that Harmonize, and Setting a Table demonstrations. Misitora were Walter Babbit Leona Tibbetts Harold Roe and Mary Stevens. Next meeting set for June 20 with Edwin Roe and local hosts.
Pleasant Valley reports numerous attendees at graduation exercises in Lawrence. Eighth grade graduates include Mary Ann Peterson Lillian Ellis Betty Fae Richardson and Glenn Halderman. High school grads Norma Launch and Dorothy Broers.
Sunday activities include a baseball game at the school house with ice cream and cake after. Farm Bureau plans a guest day meeting at the school house on Thursday. Local updates note illness and hospital discharge, with visits by the Transmeier family from Overbrook.
Attendance at Sunday school was 63. After services, the group went to Washington Creek Church of the Brethren where Rev. L. H. Griffith delivered a sermon to the combined congregations. A basket supper was served and an Afternoon Memorial Day program featured members of both churches.
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The column records greetings and visits among townspeople. Mrs. Windhurst returned from Salina after visiting relatives. The Buster family visited Robert and Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Metsker visited by daughter Littie Bowser of Narrows Virginia. Addison Glock and Olin Harrell spent time with lawence Glock’s family. The Waterses hosted dinner with A Weybright family. Aileen Anderson visited Thoda Flory.
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