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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1941
Page
5
Society items must reach the Journal-World before 11 30 o clock on the publication day. Submit in person at the venue or send by phone to ensure inclusion.
Saturday events at the country club feature a dance for Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Ramsey and a dinner bridge club. Monday activities include the Lawrence Woman's Club meeting at the clubhouse and various contract, whist, and sewing luncheons led by Mrs. Hugh Means Mrs. J. B. Henry and others. Also listed are Amigas, Pan-Hellenic scholarship dinner, Soroptimist dinner, and Finesse club gatherings with multiple hosts across Colonial and Memorial Union venues.
Mrs Ray Q Brewster and Mrs W E Higgins host and speak at local meetings. Several clubs host luncheons and card games at homes such as Evans Hearth and 946 Rhode Island street. A Thanksgiving family dinner is described with a 15 seat table in a back yard fireplace. An anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Brown is noted with attendees from Oskaloosa and Lawrence. A City Pan-Hellenic luncheon and a Journal World subscription pitch conclude the list.
University resumes classes with a busy two week stretch including a university wide convocation at 10 AM for Christian Emphasis Week. Charles C. Peterson demonstrates trick billiards Tuesday in the Memorial Union game room. The play Thunder Rock rehearsals and a Christmas bazaar, ROMTC dance, and a Sophomore Hop follow later in the week. Peterson has impressed students in prior appearances with his billiards act.
Mrs. Ellott E Gordon and her daughter Barbara Jane depart tomorrow for New York to sail December 4 on the S S Borinquen to join Mr. Gordon the superintendent of the South Porto Rico Sugar company They plan to live in Santo Domingo and Mrs Roy Weyland of Phoenix arrives as a guest of Mrs Julius Marks in Kansas City.
Barbara Minkler, 11 year old gospel singer from Indianapolis, will headline the Church of God Community Sing on Sunday evening. Her sister Darlene will provide accompaniment, and their father Rev. Ross Minkler will preach after the singing. Minkler has appeared in evangelistic campaigns on the west coast and sang before 10 000 at an international camp meeting in June in Anderson Indiana.
A crossword style clue list traces a late comedian's life and acts from youth to career. It hints at stage beginnings, varied word plays, and key terms tied to the performer and period, listing horizontal and vertical entries with partial answers and cross references.
A 58 year old Indian immigrant in Wichita seeks outdoor work to earn gold leaf for heart trouble treatment. He once ran a hotel and restaurant chain and claims skills in glass blowing acting palm reading and driving any vehicle from airplane to camel including a history of wealth. White Boy wins purple ribbon at Chicago livestock show champion barrow and second in lightweight class for Kenneth Galloway aged 19 of Garber Oklahoma.
Ninth Street details Theodore H. Astman minister Irene Peabody music director Winifred Hill organist church school 9 45 worship 11 00 sermon For Their Sakes anthem The Lord Is My Shepherd solo Jack Dodds offertory Blessing Curran union meeting 6 30 review One Foot In Heaven high school round table 5 00 Avarell Keroher reads Virtues Jesus Praised First Church of Christ Scientist Massachusetts 1240 Sunday service 11 00 subject Ancient and Modern Necromancy Sunday school 9 45 Bible readings at Jackson building 92745 Massachusetts street Plymouth Congregational Church 925 Vermont 9 45 school 11 00 morning worship sermon The New Monasticism performances by Guilmant Godard Lalo Arensky Nevin Curran Sacrifice Brocade play Readings and student meetings follow
North Lawrence Baptist Church schedules an 11 00 short program with a talk by Cornelius Brown. A 3 00 program features Mrs Ollie Moten and Mrs Grace McFadden of Kansas City Kansas plus numbers from Atchison. No evening service. Mount Union Gospel chorus of Topeka to give a concert Thursday.
The Church of God at Eleventh and New Hampshire lists minister EK and schedule: Sunday school 10 45 worship and preaching 6 30 sermon Volunteer or Draft tee adult Bible study How We Get Our Bible 6 20 Christian Crusaders convention report 7 30 nationally acclaimed child gospel singer Barbara Minkler with sister and Rev Ross Minkler preaching Midweek service Trinity Lutheran Church Thirteenth and New Hampshire 7 30 Alfred J Beil pastor H Thayer Gaston music director Lois Worrel organist Church school 11 00 A G Sabol superintendent sermon Spiritual Expectancy solo Selected postlude Sortie Festivo Boslet 5 00 Intermediate League 6 15 High School League 6 30 No student meeting
Obituary notes A Frank Kerns born in Tennessee in 1855 to a large family. He moved with his parents to Kansas in 1859 settling south of Baldwin on a family farm. He later attended Lecompton near the United Brethren college as he pursued schooling.
Mr Kerns a longtime United Brethren member over 75 years in one church died after a life of community service. He married Julia Hill in 1879 and, aside from five years in Washington, Kansas life. He directed church choirs and served as Douglas County clerk. Funeral at Lecompton United Brethren Church with Rev Kellogg and Rev Ward. Burial in Lecompton cemetery. Gift subscriptions to the Journal-World noted.
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