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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1931
Page
5
Acting Postmaster General Coleman warned of a 158 million dollar deficit for the current fiscal year as postal savings reach a record near 400 million. He blamed weak mail volume on reduced orders and rising costs while noting savings have doubled and urging that spending habits must improve to restore normalcy.
Several names were unintentionally omitted from the list of Lawrence youths who went to Topeka last Saturday to take examinations for radio licenses. William Hinton Don Hope Herbert Gleed Jr John Wilcox Walter Varnum La Verne Omer were among those taking amateur and commercial tests at the federal building. Hinton Hope Wilcox and Gleed passed their amateur exams while Varnum awaits results on the commercial test. Omer has coached others and has taken all possible exams.
An enjoyable piano recital was given at Glenn schoolhouse Thursday night by pupils of Miss Cecile Johnson. Miss Johnson, a former pupil of Prof. Arthur Soderstrum of Topeka, studied music at the University of Kansas last winter. The program featured Blue Flower Waltz, Little Coquette, Valse Des Nymphs, and other pieces by pupils including Lucille Scoffield, Helen Leslie, and Ruby Couperin.
Local social notes list performances by Glenn, Phyllis Sanford, Doris Mellenbruch, and others, with musical pieces including Lustspiel Overture and Barcarolle. Nearby residents Glenn, Johnson, and Gibbens visit family. community events cover 4-H, livestock fair planning, church services, and department meetings in Douglas County.
Local residents share news of visits and gatherings. Will Postma and Charlie Brohammer families return from Ferdana. Burton reunion at D L Burton home. Numerous relatives and friends visit, spend weekends, or travel to St Louis and Topeka. Frank Deay, Mildred, Edith help clean Willow Springs school, and several Shuck and Beeghley relatives appear in multiple scenes.
Mrs Cora French represented the Big Springs Farm Bureau at the Douglas County Women s Farm Bureau Chorus Rehearsal held at Lawrence Memorial High School. Saturday afternoon. Mrs George Skinner and daughter Doris Jean of Carlsbad New Mexico were guests Tuesday and Tuesday night of Mr and Mrs Will Wymer. Mrs Erna Mueller of Topeka spent Wednesday with her sister Amelia Hartman and August Hartman.
Mrs. William Lancaster accompanied her children to the Farm Bureau Pre-School Clinic in Lawrence on Friday and Saturday, marking a community event focused on early childhood programs and parenting resources.
Kanwaka residents and relatives gather for social visits at Guy Bigsby’s and other homes. The Kanwaka 4-H club held a picnic at William Johnson’s grove in Sigel. Local families from Barker to Lawrence attend dinners, homecomings, and farm bureau events while many travel to Lecompton and Maple Hill events. Jayhawk Plunge Opens Tomorrow.
A speaker named Bob discusses tobacco quality, contrasting mild ripe tobacco with thick heavy tobacco and asserting that Chesterfield cigarettes achieve superior taste by using good tobacco. He likens the right flavor to a fruit perfectly ripe and pleasing, claiming Chesterfield satisfies him completely.
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