Social clubs and gatherings fill Lawrence week
Read of multiple club teas dinners and picnics across Lawrence with Mercredi Delta Delt and Imperial clubs. Hosts include Mrs J R Harrison Mrs Rachel Butler Mrs H E Jordan and Mr & Mrs W S Griesa. Also notes on Beauceant DeMolay and G A R group luncheons and a Friday contract club steak fry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corlet
Tract Club
Adrian Lindsey
Bridgettes
C. G. Bayles
Octet Bridge Club
Home Aid Society
Ed Hope
J. R. Harrison
Rachel Butler
Manor
H. ©. Jordan
Griesa
the Terrace Tea Room
J. S. Barrow
Delta Dek Club
Paul Harnar
Mercredi Club
South Park
Helianthus Club
George Dunkeye
Delta Delt
Wille
Tomorow
East Nineteenth Street
Community Gatherings and Visits Across Kansas Menus
Lawrence residents Billy and Florence Christenson spent the weekend with W. J. Curtis. Families including the Curtises and Foshing attended church in Lenexa and visited. John Earnest Gray sick with possible pneumonia, attended by Dr. Nelson. Grandmother Mrs. Buchheim of Topeka assisted. Multiple gatherings across Eudora, Sigel schoolhouse, Pleasant Grove, and Lawrence involved weddings, anniversaries, social clubs, and a large Whitman sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Florence Christenson
Lawrence
W. J. Curtis
Roy Curtis
Conrad
Agnes Mary
Lenexa
Joe Fasching
Fasching
John Earnest Gray
Dr. Nelson
F. J. Buchheim
Topeka
Ellis Bond
Marvin Bond
Porter Bond
Waro Jo
Kenneth
Harry Puckett
Eudora
Alvin Bond
Hugo Schelihorn
Sigel
California
Oklahoma
Stafford
Tola
Kan
Fred Gregory
Kanwaka
Bert Gregory
Iola
Hugo Schellhorn
Schellhorn
Ray Shuler
Pleasant Grove
Airs
Mary Martin
Number Six
Lee Gray
Howard
Rosalee
Centropolis
Fred Gray
N. F. Thome
Victoria Club
Muzzy
John
Classifieds Push Evening Sale Deadlines
Classified advertising often sells articles by 6 p m. The note highlights typical district practice and emphasizes timely placement for optimal visibility and faster turnover.
Local Socials and Visits Across Topeka and Vicinity
Williamstown and Kansas City residents joined families in Topeka events and Sunday gatherings. Notable visits included Mr and Mrs Fred Gantz, Mrs Alma Walter, the Torneden and Brock families, and numerous kin from Vinland Knowlege Hill Linwood and Tonga n Oxie areas. Attendees shared in a fair, a birthday supper, and a community club meeting with several travelers from Kansas City and Knowledge Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gantz
Williamstown
Alma Walter
Kansas City
Louis Torneden
Charles Davidson
Herbert Moore
Topeka
Leonard Trapp
Orville Hughey
K. U
Arch Meinke
L. Meinke
Linwood
Albert Torneden
Reno
Anna Torneden
Zimmerlin
Fae Torneden
W. E. Brock
Mackey Community Club
Bertha McMillan
Vinland
John Canary
Knowledge Hill
Dollie Hill
Matt Hughey
J. T. Hughey
John Duncanson
Tonganoxie
Hymer
Community Socials And School Homecoming At Ottawa Area
Mrs Pettengill and family and others visited Mrs McBride in Fall Leaf Sunday. D Wilson and children from Lawrence joined Mr Brock and son Merlin, while William Loesch of Lawrence visited the Torneden home. Happy Hour club held a picnic in W E Pettengill woods with wiener roast and games. Ottawa area gatherings included a Union Center school homecoming at Forest Park, and attendees from Lawrence for Dora Douglas and Vergil Bond birthdays. Attendance at Washington Creek church’s fifth anniversary and dedication noted, with Bethel Young People’s class hosted by Harley Lyon Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Canary
Dollie Hill
McBride
Fall Leaf
D. Wilson
Lawrence
W. E. Brock
Merlin
William Loesch
William Torneden
Mildred Pettengill
Happy Hour Club
W. E. Pettengill
Boyd
Wilcox
Dora Douglas
Helen Jane Douglas
Charles Douglas
Douglas
Vergil Bond
Charlie Forth
Agnes
Union Center School
Forrest Park
Ottawa
Otto Garber
Kanwaka
Ben Garber
Goodwill Club
Olin Button
Mabel Root
Mae Vance
Johnnie Brecheisen
Paul Kretsinger
Topeka
Brecheisen
Wayne Stratford Owens
S. W. Owens
Ben Horst
Joe Banks
Will Smith
Washington Creek
Smith
Harley Lyon
Bethel Young People
Ben Baker
Harles Jones
Lee Jones
Delbert Hoffman
Dorsey Fishburn
Wayne McMasters
Clarence Albright
Bethel Shower Honors Mrs Vernon Springer
Mrs Otto Garber attended a miscellaneous shower at Miss Mabel Shaw’s Kanwaka home on Saturday afternoon honoring Mrs Vernon Springer formerly Mildred Chandler of Lawrence. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Godlip Oehrle and daughter, Mrs Bertha Forth, Mrs Mae Vance, John and Velma Vance. Vance and family visited with Mr and Mrs Raymond Oehrle and their daughter Lila Elaine Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Garber
Mabel Shaw
Kanwaka
Vernon Springer
Mildred Chandler
Lawrence
Godlip Oehrle
Bertha Forth
Mae Vance
John
Velma
Vance
Raymond Oehrle
Lila Elaine
Personal notes from Lawrence and vicinity
Mrs A A Hicks returned from Columbia Missouri where she visited her sister Mrs A B Woods. Postmaster and Mrs Roger Williams are in Chicago for the National Postmasters convention. Mr and Mrs Charles B Holmes and Mrs John Mauck returned from St Louis after the National American Legion convention. N F Noland Jr who was injured in a wreck has returned home with his wife and her mother from Los Angeles. Prof L D Jennings is in Topeka for the day. J A Swaim of Cincinnati visiting D H McCreath and Watts home. Dr J W O Bry an made a business trip to Topeka. Mrs H Hall of Kansas City and formerly of Lawrence spends the day with Mrs E G Day. Mrs C A Arnold of St Paul Minnesota and her sister Mrs A C Roberts of Omaha arrive to visit Mrs Ray Wright. T J Liggett of Topeka visits his sister Mrs D C O Neal for Vinland fair. Mrs V A Young returns home after summering in Charles City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Hicks
Columbia
A. B. Woods
Roger Williams
Chicago
Williams
Charles B. Holmes
John Mauck
St. Louis
Holmes
American Legion
N. F. Noland, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Swaim
Watts
J. W. O’bryan
Topeka
H. ©. Hall
Kansas City
Lawrence
E. G. Day
C. A. Arnold
St. Paul
Mifin
A. C. Roberts
Omaha
Neb
Arnold
Ray Wright
T. J. Liggett
D. C. O'Neal
Vinand
V. A. Young
Charles City
Valley Chapel Birthday Surprise and Local Notes
Neighbors and friends surprised Neal Banks for his birthday with a 1 o'clock cafeteria dinner and a pink angel food cake iced with pink candles. The article notes Valley Chapel school enrollment at 15 pupils, Miss Mary Anderson’s commuting teaching role, visits by R N Watts to nephews in Big Springs, and local social events including the Washington Creek church anniversary and a visit to Longmont, Colorado by Roy Curtis and Clifford Christenson. The piece mentions various local residents and family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Banks
Edward Sanders
Mary Anderson
Lawrence
Bloomington
R. N. Watts
Payton
Mac Watts
Big Springs
Alda DeWitt
Alda Elizabeth
Barbara Ann
Tommy
Shirley
John Dunn
Elizabeth
Frank Tinnameyer
Mr. Tinnameyer
Leonard Day
Social guests and dinners noted in local households
Velma Vance Myrtle Theresa and Elgitha Hoffman and John Vance Albert Turner Walter Crawford Fred Hoffman Ernest Albright and Mrs Nellie Wintermantle. Mrs Mae Vance and family had as their guests for dinner Sunday Mr and Mrs Raymond Oehrle and daughter Lila Elaine Mr and Mrs Johnnie Brecheisen and Cecil and Albert Turner. Mr and Mrs Ben Hoffman and family entertained with a dinner on Sunday for Mrs Mary Wilson of Verdon Neb Mr and Mrs Otto Barton and children of Midland and Mr and Mrs John Hoffman. Mr and Mrs Martin Breithaupt of Clearfield G E Kretsinger and Mr and Mrs Orta Kretsinger and daughters Virginia and Weverly June of Baldwin City spent Sunday afternoon at the Brecheisen Ome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Vance
Myrtle
Theresa
Elgitha Hoffman
John Vance
Albert Turner
Walter Crawford
Fred Hoffman
Ernest Albright
Nellie Wintermantle
Mae Vance
Raymond Oehrle
Lila Elaine
Johnnie Brecheisen
Cecil
Ben Hoffman
Mary Wilson
Verdon, Neb
Otto Barton
Midland
John Hoffman
Martin Breithaupt
Clearfield
G. E. Kretsinger
Orta Kretsinger
Virginia
Weverly
Baldwin City
Brecheisen Ome
Anniversary of A Holcom Fifty-Fifth Celebrated
Mr and Mrs Alvin Fisher and family from Topeka join Mr and Mrs W Owens for an anniversary event. Relatives will gather at Holcoms Grove six miles south of Lawrence to honor Mr and Mrs A Holcom on their fifty fifth wedding anniversary with a square dance Saturday night and a basket dinner Sunday at one o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Fisher
Topeka
Ss. W. Owens
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Hursday
James S. Barrow
Carter Harrison
W. P. Lutz
Frank A. Lutz
Beloit
H. E. Jordan
Charles Wise
Elmer Wise
W.R. Springer
Springer
F. D. Walters
Ed Schaake
Alfred Heck
Arthur Heck
Roy McLeod
William Plaistail
G. E. Robinson
Irene Schaake
Frances Walters
Helen
Kathryn
Martha Ann Wise
Evangelical Church
South Side
Reading Club
Rs. F. P
Adams
W. E. Lynn
Fred Hunsinger
Ed Blevins
Washington Relief Corps No. 9
C.F. Hall
Leah Scanderett
Rush Center
Women’s Farm Bureau
F. L. Morris
West Fourth Street
Mrs
Clarence Morris
Joplin, Mo
Lawrence Paper Company
Eldridge
Justin Hill
Carl Brooks
Walter Williams
P. A. Dinsmoor
Robert Seamans
Donald Roberts
EB. W. Patton
Dick Schrader
George Marshall
Carl Brooker
Lee McCain
George Allred
J. H. Tipton
Irving Bratton
W. P. Childers
Harry Frazee
St. Paul, Minn
Karl Klooz
W. S. Griesa
Imperial Club
Ernest Bayles
Max Wilhelms
Clifton Ramsey
The
Colonial
Guy Folks
Perry Palmateers
Route
Rebekahs
I. Q O. O. F. Hall
Aunt Het
Royest
Cilen
Publishers Syndicate
Theatre of the Stars
Granada
Bank Nite
Robert Young
Madge Evans
Betty Furness
Ralph Morgan
U. S. Treasury Department
Villa Eden
Vaporueb
Lawrence's
Bargain Theatre
Patee
Joan Blondell
Glenda Farrell
Mighty Pictures
Ken Maynard
Frank Pettengill
Bethel
the Book Nook
Massachusetts
College
Phoenix Hosiery
Wat Perdleton
Ted Healy Ee
Xia
George
Ta Bette Davis
Ricardo Cortez
Jack Larue
Martin Mooney
Hearst
X-Tra
Duncan Sisters
Song and Dance
Color Cartoon
Valley Chapel
Claudette Colbert
Margaret Sullavan In “the Good Fairy
Warner Baxter
Myrne Loy
Zane Grey
Dickinson
Sylvia Sidney Herbert Marshall
Clark Gable
Vanity Beauty Shop
A. {. Holcom
KMBC
Weaver
Hind’s
Pond’s
Putnam Dyes Aron
Cara Nome Toiletries
Rexakl
Rickerd-Stowits
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