Engagements and local notices from Topeka and area
Mr and Mrs R H Markham announce the engagement of their daughter Helen to Charles F Mitchell son of Fred Mitchell of Coffeyville. The wedding is planned September 14 in Topeka. Helen Markham, a Beloit College graduate, is abroad with her father a foreign newspaper correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor in Ethiopia. Mitchell, a KU graduate and Sigma Chi member, will study sociology at the University of Minnesota in Indianapolis this winter, after which they will reside briefly there. Also noted is a Sunny Valley Farm Bureau meeting postponed a week, Methodist missionary societies events with hostesses, and program details. Miss Alta Doris Slusser weds Warren C Purvis of Louisburg, Kan., in Kansas City August 19. Recreation Club meeting at Mrs T G Hiatt’s with travel talk by E M Owen about Mexico. Beauceant to meet at the Masonic Temple. Birthday party for Bobbie Henderson and Dorothy Gene Henderson hosted by Mrs Charles Henderson, with many children attending. Weekend visits by H J Besler and Prof Faye Frazier of Manhattan and Miss Maurine Bruner’s party at the Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Markham
Vienna
Austria
Topeka
Helen
Charles F. Mitchell
Fred Mitchell
Coffeyville
Topeke
Miss Markham
Christian Science Monitor
Ethiopia
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Mitchell
University of Kansas
Sigma Chi
University of Minnesota
Indianapolis
W. O. Slusser
Alta Doris
Warren C. Purvis
Louisburg, Kan
Kansas City
Charles Henderson
Bobbie
Dorothy Gene
Doris Mitchell
Alice Marie Lescher
Irma Gene Shields
Virginia Hunsinger
Irma
V. K. Bruner
H. J. Besler
Faye Frazier
Manhattan
Maurine Bruner
Helen Davis
Wendell Atkinson
Country Club
M. A. Gleagon
Tommie Lou
Lena*han
Thomas Lenahan, Jr
Halliburton Oil .Cementing Company
Great Bend
Helen Sanderson
McKinley
Pryse
Spencer Family Weekend Visit Noted In Personal Notices
Edward C. Spencer of United States Gypsum Chicago production department spends weekend with parents Prof and Mrs D H Spencer and Mr and Mrs C C Stewart. John Stewart and Lawrence Sterling travel group joined at Canadian Border Ledge Minnesota. Mrs A W Garvin has returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Spencer
United States Gypsum Company
Chicago
D. H. Spencer
John
Canadian Border Ledge
Minnesota
Lawrence Sterling
Lecompton Woman's Missionary meeting reflects study on burning hearts
The Lecompton Woman's Missionary association met at Mrs. Winnie Sehons home with Mrs. Emma Kreider leading. The program featured music, prayers, scripture, talks on West Africa and Bible study methods, a poem by Mrs. Sehon, and reports from Evangel leaders. Others present included H L Webster, Lenore Upham, Lillian Hartup, Reba Banks, Candace Sehon, and Winnie Sehon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Association
Winnie Seh
Emma Kreider
West Africa
Winnie Sehon
H. L. Webster
Lillian Hartup
Reba Banks
Nettie Leslie
Lenore Upham
Candace Sehon
Summer travel fills many local residents with trips afar
Mrs Artis Bryde of Huntingdon Long Island and Miss Ruth Garvin of Chicago spent the summer here with their daughters. Many friends and relatives visited familiar spots from Niagara Falls to Chicago and Colorado. Lieut Col and Mrs Franklin Babcock retraced routes through Canada. The group included visits to Murray Bay Quebec Shaboygan Michigan and Estes Park Colorado. Several families returned from trips to Dodge City Colorado Springs Manitou and Kentucky with tales of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artis Bryde
Huntingdon
L. I
Ruth Garvin
Chicago
Columbia University
Laura Pendleton
New York
Chatham
Mass
Floyd Turner
John Garten
Marjorie
Newton
F. B. Dodds
Wilma Turner
Franklin Babcock
Canada
Murray Bay
Quebe
Milton Sanderson
Margaret Colman
Black Hills
North Dakota
Shaboygan
Mich
Sanderson
Michigan Biological Station
Vernon Smith
Estes Park
Colo
Elma Goepfert
Chester Brown
Harriet Adams
Kent
Jean Makepeace
Elsie Ferrell
Richard
Colorado
Booneville
Woodstock Misses Geraldine Donia and Bettie
Lou Wiley of Tonganoxie is noted in this fragmentary item from Woodstock reporting on people connected to the town. The brief line lists names tied to local coverage without further details or context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine
Donia
Bettie
Lou Wiley
Tonganoxie
Revival meetings to open near McCreight residence
Rav Gené Robinson of Topeka will begin revival meetings on Sunday evening in a tent west of the McCreight residence. He was reared at Oskaloosa and serves as a Gospel minister with a growing clientele in the Number Ten neighborhood. All church people are urged to cooperate. all are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Moses
Ford
Mrs.Ford
Oren, Lester
Clifton
Doni’ Dodds
McLouth
Ora Dodda
Texas
Messag
de W. Wellman
Gené Robinson
Topeka
Services at Wellman chapel draw a good crowd Sunday
A good crowd attended services at the Wellman chapel Sunday afternoon After Sunday school a special number in song Just to Be What He Wants Me to Be by Miss Mary Smurr with Nellie May Smurr at the piano Rev Russell selected Matthew 15 28 as his text Christian Endeavor plan for Sunday evening centers on Matthew 28 16 24 26 36 39 Mrs John Wise and daughter Mrs Stella Lively and Mr Lively from Kansas visited last week at Mrs Will Smarr s home and old friends at the Old Settlers reunion in Os Kal osa Mr and Mrs Willis Brune and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman Chapel
Mary Smurr
Nellie May.Smurr
Russell
John Wise
Stella Lively
Lively
Weater i
Kansas
Will Smarr
Old Settlérs
Oskaloosa
Willis Brune
Zebra Suits Seen On Beach Guests At Wellman Home
Local notices report Zebra suits on a Kansas City duo Martha and Rex Brune visiting Mrs Mex Taylor in Lansing and staying with the Harry Wellman family during a week. The Methodist Ladies Aid held a meeting led by Mrs Eva Smarr with Bible readings and a shower for Baby Eliene Zook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Rex Brune
Kansas City
Kan
Wesley Robertson
Garden of Eden
Eliene Zook
Willis. Brune
Kansas City Kan
Farm Outlook Meeting Set by Kansas State College
A semi annual Farm Outlook meeting by Kansas State College is scheduled for Monday. Vance Rucker will conduct the session with assistance from W Grimes and Dean McNeal of Manhattan. Threshing is complete and farmers are busy with silo filling mowing pastures and plowing pending rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Holliday
Kansas State College
Vance Rucker
W. Grimes
Dean McNeal
Manhattan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monda
B. H
Arthur Wettig
Rae ‘W
Manor
Sunny Valley Farm Bureau
First Methodist Church
George K. Meffet
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
H. W. Howsman
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
F. W. Hoaford
Fred Troutman
Minnie Walker
Naomi Light
H. F.dewolf
R. Br.mcfarland
J. T. Constant
A. F. Ochse
R. C. Laessig
Recreation Club
T. G. Hiatt
Alice Byrd
E. M. Owen
Mexico
Masonic Temple
AUNT
Het
Robert Quillen
Publishers Syndicate
Echaol
Journal-World
Pattern Department
Fifth Avenue
N. Y
Lecompton
R. C. Eichman
Baldwin
Lecompton Friends
F. W. Bertschinger
Hope
Anna Bertschinger
W. O. McClanahan
Lawrence
Kentucky Street
Homer
K.U
Hedgemen
Ottawa University
McClanahan
Republican Central Committee
State
John Matney
Oklahoma
Matney
Sol Matney
Richland
Buffy
Woodstock
Eldridge
U. K
Iva Séymour, Mer
Robert Graham
Reno
J. D. Everett
McLouth High School
Margretta Chapman
H. N. Brammell
A. A. Holton
Craig
Od Sheri
Alice Smith
En Jie
New Nation Tre
Pearson
Qskalooss High School
Quinter
Clair Canady
Viola
Neighborhood Circle Club
Hardy Oak
Winfrey Farm
Thomas
Boyd
Donnie
John Sturdle
Arkansas
California
Sturdle
D. A. Wellman
Mr. Steel
Frank Parker
Missouri
Mississippi River
Elia
Mosses
Dan Petrie
Betty Lou
Doris
Jerelene Wiley
Stanwood
John Black
Betty Black
Gobel
Oskaloos
Old Settlers
Zaany
Ray Jeffers
Mildred Petrie
Wilbur Petrie
W. R. Harding
Lottie Nowak
Agnes Jane
van Etta
Dorothy Collester
Gene Myers
Santa Monika
Calif
Associated Press
Lindbergh
Lloyd Fisher
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Long Island
Fisher
Associated Presa
Screeno IS
Virginia
Independent Laundry
Vt. St
Harzfeld
Harzfelds
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