Lawrence society notes and club events update
A montage of social happenings across Lawrence features luncheons at The Hearth and Colonial venues, bridge dinners, and several out of town guests. Upcoming club meetings include the Kaw Valley and No Name units with lectures, birthday parties, and museum events noted among faculty receptions and neighborhood gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Tenney
James Means
San Mateo
Calif
H. B. Bullene
Whittier
F. H. Hodder
Washington, D. C
Laura Pendleton
New York
Madge Bullene
Topeka
Ursula Henley
Atchison
No Name Club
Warren Smith
New Hampshire Street
Lane couple to visit Dean's family this weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Lane of Kansas City will come today to see Dean and Mrs. F. J. for the weekend. Mrs. L. P. Hamilton will depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wright
Lucian Lane
Kansas City
William H. “Shoemaker
E. F. Winters
Baldwin
Memorial Hospital
J. G. McElhinny
E. 0. Morris
Chanute
Howard Randolph
A. H. Godding
Andrew Hughes
Swift & Co
Sioux City
Will Johns
Augusta
G. F. Warner
John F. Fox
Jean
Pat Ann
Mary Bell
Honolulu
R. S. Filkin
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Miss Nelson
Hall Brothers
Dean
F. J. Ver
L. P. Hamilton
Redecorated Rooms Greet Woman's Club Members
Lawrence Woman's club members and husbands completed August renovations of the club rooms. Walls, woodwork, and curtains were refreshed, chairs reupholstered, and floors waxed. Under president Mrs. C. V. Newman and house and grounds chair Mrs. Eugene Brune, men and women shared labor, including reboxing springs and repapering bathrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Woman's Club
South Park
C. V. Newman
House and Grounds
Eugene Brune
C. H. Krone
John C. Akers
Elderly Parsons woman writes 2500 letters to service men
Mrs. Tom Cordry, 80, homebound in Parsons after a back injury, has handwritten about 2,500 letters to local church members and Parsons men in the services. A former Parsons Sun reporter and Labette Red Cross secretary, she mails monthly notes to church boys and creates picture cards for crippled children and veterans. Her grandsons serve in England and India, with another relative near General MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cordry
Parsons
England
Jim Dodd
India
General MacArthur
Cavalry
Hands to Be Beautiful Need More Care Today
Wartime readers are advised that hands doing kitchen garden canteen or factory work need extra care. A lemon lotion recipe can be prepared at home quickly using common medicine cabinet ingredients to keep hands looking beautiful.
Elbow Care Remedy From Common Kitchen Items
The article suggests a home lotion made from lemon juice rubbing alcohol and glycerine to treat rough elbows. It advises scrubbing with warm soapy water and pumice before applying, then placing lemon halves on each elbow for a few minutes daily.
Dry Ice Used to Save Food in Freezing Units
Mrs. Andrews Wyman describes hurricane effects in North Scituate and surrounding areas. Power outages persisted into Saturday, with Cape Cod evacuations and Red Cross aid. Residents used dry ice to preserve meat and food in freezing units as storm damage and outages continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Andrews Wyman
Elizabeth Walker
A. T. Walker
Lawrence
North Seituate
Mass
Scituate
Red Cross
Altho
Cape Cod
Ohio
Camp Edwarda
Boston
Marshfield
Disaster Committee
the Red Cross
Marshfield family uses dry ice to protect fruit and freezers
Committee members promptly distributed dry ice to residents to prevent spilling from freezers. A local woman was noted to be at a Marshfield home that evening when dry ice was delivered for the family unit. Her farm, known for large McIntosh apple orchards, suffers heavy drop.
Storm Damage and Crop Rescue Amid Hormone Spray
A storm battered the area as trees received a hormone spray treatment credited with saving about three quarters of the crop. Numerous large boats were driven ashore or washed up along the waterline, signaling widespread damage.
Lawrence Evening School Opens October for New Class
Business college announces Evening School at Lawrence opens Oct 10 with enrollments closing Oct 9. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Business College
Lawrence ‘Business
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. E. Hearth
Pridge Club
The
Hearth
Virginia Nell Carter
St. Delbert
Perkins
Plymouth Congregational Church
Soroptimist Club
Colonial
Alpha Delta Pl
Neate Carman
C. A. Coe
Spooner-Thayer Museum
University Women’s Club
Raymond Nichols
Waldemar J Gelich
F. ©. Allen
A. W. Ashton
George March
William Ider
Latham Foundation
Stanford
Lucie Palmer
Florence Buerholtz
E. R. Hall
Loda Newcomb
Margaret Eberhardt
Sarah Roberts
Selma Guttman
Haldeen Braddy
George Hiatt
Emmett McCluskey
Ernest_Quigley
Robert McNair Davis
Catherine Farley
the Round Table
WN. C. Johnson
Howard Lindley
Ralph Ward
One World
Wendell Willkie
Elmer Taylor
Beuford Taylor
San Francisco
Margaret Taylor
Nebraska
Donald
Oscar Baker
Orville Baker
Hiawatha
Harold Lux
Meriden
Fred Shirk, Jr
Fred Shirk
Elmer Duncan
Mattie Elizabeth
Rushville
Ralph Baker
Denver, Colo
Taylor
Truman McHenry
Massachusets Street
Lela Whiteford
P. A. Pettit
Paola
Fred Rumsey
Ie HH Hanna
Jorge En
Henry
Merritt
George .Lewin
Wichita
Jack Miller
Bridge
Tennessee Street
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Clarence Deskins
Delbert Necall
Dorothy McCall
Maurice Hodges
New Jersey Street
Deskins
Zodiac Club
Spooner- Thayer Museum
Ventura Club
Sam Anderson
Alpha Delta Pi Mothers Club
Neale Carman
First Methodist Church
Clinton Park
Sam Ferguson
Gene Woodhead
H. M. Mason
George Lawrence
Ingleside
Charles Elder
M. C. Wagg
Mexico
Sunny Valley Home Demonstration Unit
R. D. Shaw
Lloyd Weibel
Kaw Valley
James Holliday
Miss Schroeder
Paul Howard
Edward G. Chastain
New York Street
Beverlyne
Roy Bolton
Locust Street
Julia Bolton
Freddie Shirk
Gloria Jean Shirk
Billy Hodge
Sharon Ann Shirk
Donald Taylor
Sandra Bereiter
Ronny Husted
Rebecca Hellstrom
Judy Shirk
Clare Price
Billy Jo Fest
Francis Bereiter
Arthur Shirk
Laurence Shirk
S .c
Eagles Hall
George Perdue
Seana Neren
Vermont
C. Fosberg Hughes
Alice Moncrieff
Marian Churchill Roplogle
Father
Saint-Saeng
Ruth Reisner
Briggs
Imogene Billings
Bach
Guilmant
VIS ‘Gift Shop
Hotel
Eldridge
19Th
Louisiana
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kvak RG
KGNO
KVGB
KCKN
Knas
Kentucky
Allison - Armstrong
Vickers Gift Shop
Sunflower
Pro
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrane
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cal
Rumsey
Mase
Jayhawk
Grane Acreamery
Barker
Independent Ice Co
16Th
New Jersey
Stone
IGA
Lee Plant
Kaw Valley Oil Co
Arkansas
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