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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1940
Page
5
Society items must be received at the Journal-World office by noon on publication day. Submit to the society column for timely inclusion.
Daughters of 1812 hold a luncheon with Evans Heron and K Nelson. Tuesday contract club and Both Operettes luncheon with Evans cart En Hegle club and Mrs E F Hyland. Wednesday Elks club hosts bridge and bowling activities.
Announcements cover Elisabeth Deming of Oswego and Loren Frink of Paterson to wed October 9 at First Presbyterian Oswego. Details include bridal party, Frink’s Kansas background, and her studies at Lindenwood and Kansas University. Also notes the marriage of Jane Sheets and Charles M. Clark in Boone Iowa, and W. C. Boardman 25th anniversary with attendees from multiple Kansas towns.
A detailed, locally focused roundup of engagements, receptions, club teas, and social events in Lawrence and nearby areas. Includes family arrivals, engagements of Miss Bertha Scott and Arnold W Johnson, memberships at the Woman's Club, Wom en's Council tea, and varias club activities plus golf pairings and travel notes from residents.
A stream of social updates covers weddings in Orlando and Lawrence, housing moves in Baldwin, and anniversaries. Announcements include Lois Burke and Eugene B. Carter’s marriage, Wilma Short and Harold White’s ceremony, and a Barker avenue reception. Community clubs meet at Odd Fellows hall and church parlors, with programs on flowers, school days, and church future plans.
September 18 affair at 8 o clock at the schent house invites each family to take a pie. The Social Order of the Beau ceant will meet Thursday afternoon at the Masonic temple.
Mrs F M Benedict of St Louis and Jimmy Benedict Jr of New Orleans stay with Mrs R C Manley en route home from Colorado. Thurston Cowgill from San Francisco arrives to enter KU and joins Sigma Chi. Raymond Pine and Carl Bushey back from Great Lakes Canada vacation. Lt Gov and Mrs Carl E Friend attend Santa Fe railroad anniversary in Atchison. W H Quakenbush returns from Burlington after sister’s death. funeral planned. Other families from Wichita Keosauqua Ottumwa and Hunter visit Delph Pechat Delmer Heckart households.
University of Kansas may organize a second flag swinging corps in the Big Six area. KU band director Russell L. Wiley plans 24 Swiss flag swingers for all games. Interested students should visit Wiley in room 302 Frank Stronghall at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon or contact the office later this week.
Atchison Kansas marked 80 years of the Santa Fe railroad with a hometown celebration led by C K Holliday and E J Engel. Police estimate 30 000 people attended as downtown Atchison hosted the dedication of a Santa Fe memorial and a parade. Afternoon events featured the Santa Fe Trail west show at Amelia Earhart stadium. A band concert fireworks display and a dance closed the night.
Dispatch describes the first winter fashion show in Paris as reports cross the Atlantic via radio cable and telephone. The transmission faced censorship in Germany and took almost a week to reach audiences through Ben in and other channels.
Paris unveils postwar style at Jeanne Lanvin showing nearly 50 models with practical tweed stockings and longer day skirts. Furs, gold buttons, and large pockets mark the era's shift while trimmed coats and astrakhan bands signal lingering luxury.
J H Nelson associate dean reports J T Craig Pleasanton K A Me song leader is composing a simple ditty for Alma Mater to linger in students’ minds as they depart. Craig, during the convocation, notes on piano backstage as Elizabeth Meguiar jokes about Craig’s six-year tenure and potential reset after last year’s miss. Enrollment begins today and a freshman record may be challenged.
Authorities expanded processing after beaming faces inspection with fingerprints collected this year. A temporary lost and found bureau opened at Watkins Memorial hospital after staff departed, recovering items from dressing rooms including a fountain pen colored glasses a necktie and a watch crystal.
Dean Raymond A. Schwegler of KU taught at the Westminster Presbyterian Church morning worship on Wooden Saints. The campus crowd filled the floor at the first varsity dance of the year with Clyde Bysom and his Jayhawkers providing music and Joe McAnarnay leading the orchestra.
An AP item in the Kansas City Times reports Rocky Mountain National Park rangers hunted for Hoyt F. White, Yates Center Kansas county attorney, after his abandoned car was found near Twin Sisters peaks. The car likely left ten days earlier, and rangers sought word from relatives about his whereabouts. White, a KU graduate, had recently set up a local law office here.
The report notes a man who attended the University and earlier held a Kansas City Star route is missing. He lived with Mrs. Rachel McKitrick at 1041 Vermont Street, and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Sidney White visited Mrs. Walker yesterday seeking word.
Workmen rebuild the McBride bridge three miles south and a half mile west of Eudora using salvaged materials from the Eudora river bridge. The new span reaches 100 feet with a sixteen foot roadway and concrete abutments. Completion is set between October 1 and October 15.
Miss Alice Russell announces the opening of her piano studio this week at her home 1656 IL Anyone please call 1283 for details and lessons.
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