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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1940
Page
3
Contributions for the Society column must be received at the Journal-World office by noon the day of publication. The note sets a strict cutoff to ensure timely inclusion in the column.
Luncheon at Evans Hearth for Miss Violet McKone and Miss Margaret Lewis at 9 o clock at Lake View. John Carmody and a bridge club host Mrs Edward Brass and Mrs Jack Miller at Evans Hearth. Mr and Mrs Roy R Moore host dinner at Evans Hearth. Saturday marks the marriage of Miss Helen Moore to Howard Kenneth Gilpin at 4 o clock in First Presbyterian Church and the marriage of Miss Margaret Lewis to David Shirk at First Methodist Church.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Richards announce the engagement of Pauline Nette to Charles E Lindell of Tyone Star with a late month wedding planned. Mrs Roy R Moore hosts a bridal dinner for Helen Moore and Howard Gilpin as tomorrow brings their nuptials. Delegates and guests gather at Pocahontas Hall for Paul Fickinger and Kennard staff honors at Haskell Institute. Helena Evelyn Hawes wed Harry Leonhart in Topeka with ceremony at First Presbyterian Church.
Miss Grace McCray served as maid of honor at a wedding with roses and royal blue accessories while Rosell Tyler attended the groom. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple will reside in Westwood Hills after the groom’s work with Westwood Hills News-Press. Also reports from the Home Aid society opening, Lawrence G A R circle meetings, and a bad luck party at the Congregational church. Also noted are nuptials of Charles A. Coe Jr in Las Vegas and Kath ryn Anderson in Westwood Hills, plus club meetings and a new arrival named Howard La Verne born September 6 at Lawrence Memorial hospital.
A dense crossword style item listing across and down clues with references to opera heroine Bizet and various wordplay hints. The grid clues mix musical, literary and general terms including instruments, measurements, and roles, with several entries referencing Jose and political abbreviations.
Mr and Mrs William S Johnson returned from summers in the east visiting Haycock Point and Douglaston with the Bowman family. Various residents, including Miss Helen Gentry and Mrs Solon Emery, prepare to relocate or travel for work and leisure with friends and family across Kansas City Tulsa New London and Canal Zone.
Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania reports false teeth belonging to Claude Skinner found after a swim at Ocean City New Jersey. A hotel clerk mailed them back and Skinner jokes about Friday the 13th as he resumes solid meals. In Dyersburg Jack Reynolds loses the end of a finger to a display gorilla.
Watkins Memorial hospital director Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson announces new drapes and bedspreads for patient rooms while Marvin Goebel of the Men's Employment Bureau reports a "rush week" as students seek jobs. Howard Marchbanks, nicknamed "Doc the gravy maker," studies medicine and has ties to the university.
An Illinois beauty visiting the Midwest last summer with her parents chose the Kansas university after seeing the campus at K U. Minister Davidson of K U learned that Uncle Walter’s radio program will include Stand Up and Cheer in a college medley on September 17. Women in several department stores wrap pledge gifts as rush week items move out of the Eldridge hotel lobby immigration station scene.
John F. Victory, secretary of the national advisory committee for aeronautics, notified Gov. Payne Ratner that a special government committee will inspect possible sites at Wichita and Kansas City for a U S airplane engine laboratory. The four member site committee will visit Kansas City September 17 and Wichita September 18.
In Los Angeles on September 18 burglars broke in at night and stole Gene Autry’s pistol from his home. Authorities described Autry as the movie cowboy who kept a weapon for protection.
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