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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1936
Page
5
The article reports a quiet Topeka wedding for Bettie Morris and Wharton Hoch, son of Homer Hoch, with family attendance and local figures present. It also notes Farm Bureau contest events, upcoming weddings including Alice Learned and Joseph Wilson Jr., and various social club meetings and birth announcements in Lawrence and Kansas City.
Local residents host relatives and friends across cities. Mr. and Mrs. Albert L Byson and Miss Catherine Reardon visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles W Schilling in Leavenworth. Mrs. Leslie Murray plans a Newton trip with her children. Lucille Brandhouse recovers at home after major surgery in Kansas City. The Zimmermans host visiting son Fred Zimmerman and daughter Marilyn Toy from Dallas, with relatives rejoining in Dallas. Others resume routines after summers with orchestras and multi city trips including Seattle Victoria and Denver. Janice Callicotte to start second grade at Sweeney school.
The piece praises restoring old Boston Federal style rockers as essential for comfort and charm in the home. It notes the rocker’s revival across the Midwest, New England, and the South, highlighting its durable design and long development toward a perfectly pitched seat and back.
A large turnout at the Rice reunion at the Methodist church featured a noon basket dinner followed by a program led by Wesley Rice of Lebo as president. The event included officers and attendees from several Kansas towns and multiple family connections across the region.
Mrs Wert French of Ohio and Mrs French of De Soto spent last week with Mrs Earl White. Vernon Votan stayed over with Uncle Chester Baecker. Mary Seiwald and Merle Hartwick of Wamego visited the Miller family. Henry Lefman and daughters from St Louis toured Lawrence. Eva Louise White visited in De Soto with Ernest Sigman. Teorethy Adams and Patrician Andrew visited relatives from Kansas City. Ray Lefmann and his mother left for Tecumseh Nebraska. Dan Neis, Irene Mistele and sons visited at the Sam Neis home. Paul Hausman left for Springfield Missouri to teach again. Amessterhouse and Lena Milburn hosted Sunday school classes at the Milburn home. Rev Johnson and children visited the Gabriel home. Prairie Center WCTU met, electing officers and delegates for the county convention. C F Broadhurst spent time in Kansas City with Frank Broadhurst. Rev Leroy Thornburg and family enjoy a new car.
Jessie Lee Nickels Mildred Beech and J D Evertt attended the Jackson county teachers meeting in Holton on Thursday where they presented a musical number. Several visitors from Topeka St Joseph and Maryland called on relatives and friends including Miss Lela Alice Smith and Miss Lucy Landon. The Fiddlers plan a reunion on September 6 and local residents, including Mrs. George Meyer and children and Mr. and Mrs. Ryan with Mrs. Smith, shared visits. The vote on the waterworks is noted.
The report lists numerous Sunday visits and family gatherings in the area. Rev Oren Dunlap led services at Prairie Center Friends Church in Thornburrs absence. Families from Topeka St Louis and Kansas City gathered with relatives including Lefmanns Gabriel and Ambler. A Beinsack sale drew local attendance, followed by drives to Lawrence Osawatomia Morse and Lone Star CCC camp.
Winter reports a string of visits and reunions across Kansas and nearby states. Carl Williams and family return from Colorado with Lawrence and Oskaloosa friends joining. Numerous locals, including the Buerman, Petefish, Richards, Dews, and Banks families, hosted relatives and attended gatherings in Lone Star, Lawrence, Kanwaka, and McLouth. Ed Thatcher departed for Plainsville Texas after two weeks with Annabelle Allen.
The notice lists numerous visits and gatherings: the Anderson and Mitchell families in Lake View. Ray Mitchell hosting Owan Mitchell children while parents were in Arkansas. John Banks and family with Mrs. M. E. Lambert in Vinland. Juanita Chiles of Topeka. Mrs. Frank Miller, Mrs. Charl Winter, and Mrs. Herman Ban at a missionary society meeting in Lecompton. Roy Grammer and Samuel Grammer of Clinton. Hazel Hans and Mac Mackey of Lawrence. Floyd Rist and Morris Brisbin staying with Walter Grammer. W. R. Hall and S. E. Bonwell of Kansas City Kaw with Mrs. Hall's parents George and Mrs. Richards. George Dews visiting Will Wymer in Big Springs. Walter Grammer family and several others at Fairyland Park in Kansas City. C. E. Richards of Iola. George Beall's week in Topeka with M. E. Hart.
The Evening Star notes piano pupils Dorothy Enlow Miller Leone Parker Alice Marie Kindred and Charline Edelbrock performed at St Pauls Evangelical church in Eudora on Wednesday evening. Virginia and Ruby Jean Mitchell of Lawrence visited Charline Edelbrock. Several local families attended gatherings and many residents were mentioned in social and school notices.
A quip about audience interest warns that sharing too much drains the crowd. The speaker notes people leave after they've milked a subject dry, implying restraint sustains attention. Copyright notice appears, attributed to Punlisners Syndicayy.
Work to rebuild the Missouri Pacific roundhouse at Osawatomie has begun after a fire last week caused about 200000 dollars in damage. Regular shop operations continued during the recovery effort. A blowout overturned a car near the Eudora bridge on highway 10, with driver Verne Walker of Lawrence escaping injury.
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