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THE MANHATTAN (KAN.) MERCURY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1933 TWO SOCIETY. Br Charlotte Mutschler-Dial 4411 Announcement- Party Miss Dorothy Sollenberger entertained. with Gillett a hotel dinner party Monday for eve- 12 ning. Covers were laid for Mrs. ers, Hazel Pfuetze, Maxine Mrs.

Roper, Helen, Melchei Fairbanks, Miss Clara Jean Martin, Miss Lucille Rust, Miss Lois Stingley, Miss Jeanne Burt, Miss Marjorie Ramey, Miss Edith Ramey, Miss Dorothy Blackman, Miss Sollenberger. After dinner bridge was played at three tables at Miss Clara Jean Martin's home. An attractive tally card at each place announced the approaching, marriage of Miss Sollenberger Mr. Lee Gemmell which will take place Sunday, August 6 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon in the Methodist church. Miss Marjorie Ramey received high score prize at bridge.

Faye-Johnston Announcements have been received of the marriage of Delta Grace Faye, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan and Robert E. Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs.

W. Johnston of Manhattan. The couple were married July 23 at Herington, Kansas in the Methodist church by Reverend Hammond. They will make their home for the present at Marion, Kansas. Miscellaneous Shower A miscellaneous surprise shower was given for Mr.

and Mrs. Francis York, Wednesday evening at the Sinclair park by Miss Martha Dial and Miss Jean Nixon. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing games, after which later in the evening the bridal pair was taken for a ride. When they returned the gifts been placed on a table to be opened by the couple. bride received many useful and beautiful gifts.

At a late hour refreshments of cake, cookies and punch were served. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Francis York, Dick. Dodge, Hazel and Kenneth Dent, Vernon Toubern; Helen Whitney, Mr.

and Mrs. Paul Goheen; Thelma and Harvey Dix; Harold and Helen Missimer, Selma and Fred York, Allen Long, Delbert and Dale, Hedman, Marguerite McMannis, McAninch, Margaret Springer, Doris Lundin, Don Hamilton, Harry Parshall, Martha Erma and Rachel Dial, Bert, Don and Jean Nixon. FarrellThe marriage of Miss Genevieve Marie Farrell, daughter of Mr. Tom Farrell to Mr. Norman Glenn Egge of Sherman, S.

place at dE SHOWS COOL TODAY TOMORROW 3 LOVE and J. Phineas Stevens couldn't live without them! LeTRACY THE NUISANCE Metro Goldwyn Mayer PICTURE THUR. ONLY DOUG. FAIRBANKS, JR. CORNER" FRI.

SAT. MERCHANT SHOW SHEARER FREDRIC Smilinough OWL SHOW SAT. 10:30 P. M. LIONEL BARRYMORE MIRIAM HOPKINS in "THE STRANGER'S RETURN" VArSItY gressed by the old-fashioned way of walking, to the church lawn, where active games were played.

Later, they returned to the Sweet home and sang a number of songs and were served delightful refreshments by Mrs. Sweet, assisted by Mrs. Lundur. Those who enjoyed the occasion were: Mr. Mrs.

C. Abell, Vincent and ported Lundin, Clifford Springer, Margaret Springer, Harold Springer, Ruby Dobson, Clarence Dobson, Don Nixon, Bert Nixon, Travis Fay Scott, Edward Chapman, Audry Gravenstein, Nelson, Hazel Alberta Nelson, Sarah Ebaugh, Cleotus Ebaugh, Everett Ebaugh, Anna Inskeep, June Harris, Amy and Wilma McDonald, Helen Brett, Jessie Dial, Max and Ward Sweet. Merry Matrons The Merry Matrons met with Mrs. Dufva, July 27. Vice-president Sidebotham presided.

The meeting was opened by singing "America." Previous meeting minutes read and approved. Eighteen dozen cookies are to be sent to the Mercy haspital soon. The president, Mrs. Thelma Holbert, withdrew and the vice-president, Sidebotham, took her place. Mrs.

Pearl Parks was elected as vice-president for the remainder of the year. The next meeting place is with Mrs. Few. Roll call will be provided. Roll call was answered by 19 members and guests with miscellaneous readings.

The were Mrs. Lawrence, Dufva, guests, Christine Deibler. After the business session the rest of the time was spent in visiting. The hostess assisted by her new daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Dufva and some others, served a delicious lunch of chicken sandwiches, vegetable salad, olives, cookies and iced grape juice.

Church League Program The Luther League of the Olsburg church gave a program at the Lutheran church here Sunday evening. Among those who came from Olsburg for the services were Rev. Marvin Linnerson, Mr. and Mrs. George Hanson and family, Mrs.

Blaine Fagerburg, Stanley and Wilson, Mr. Hjalmer Southerland, Mr. Melcher Pearson two daughters, Misses Vera and Helen Hanson, Jean Johnson, Ethel Carlson, Mrs. S. E.

Countryman, Oscar and Kenneth Peterson, a Genevieve Modin, Leroy Southerland and Willard Olson. Quartete Dinner Miss Margaret Knostman entertained friends at a quartet dinner at the Gillett hotel Sunday evening in compliment to Miss Jean Donnelly of Salina. Her other guests were Miss Beth Enlow of El Reno, and Miss Sally Brown. Beta Smoker Dr. Ed Morgan entertained members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and rushees at a smoker Saturday evening at his home in Clay Center.

Those from Manhattan who attended the affair were Mr. Will Samuel. Ned Samuel, Hans and Fritz Pfuetze, Bob Wilson, Ed Kelly, Harry Miller, David Umberger, Ned Kimball, Richard Seaton, George Boone, "Tiny" Lantz and Jack McClung. Other guests were Charles Team, "Doc" Kennedy, Chase; and Lormer Pearman, Holton. Members of the Beta Theta "Pi were who are at also.

home These in Clay were Center Jack present Householder, Ed Lohman, Bob Algie, Hardy Prentice and V. R. Vergaddes. SILVER CREEK By Mrs. A.

G. Beck July 31-We, are all hoping rain will come soon. Plowing is pretty well done in this district. Mr. Woodruff and Mrs.

Beechum were married last Wednesday. We wish them a long and "happy married life. The Sedalia C. E. held an ice cream social at the Arthur Beck home Friday evening.

Quite a crowd of the young folks and some older folks charivaried Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs.

Fred Beck spent Sunday at the Elmer Beck home. Helen, Verla and Betty Lou Say visited at Fred Beck's the middle of the week. The ladies of the district are painting and papering the school house inside. preparing for school to Maccabees' New Commander E. W.

Thompson of Detroit, new supreme commander of the Maccabees, is pictured here after his election to the post at the order's seventeenth quadrennial meeting just ended in Detroit. He succeeds D. L. Coakley. the home of Judge.

Charles- F. Johnson Saturday night. Mr. Egge is a soldier in the United States army, stationed at Fort Riley. For Mrs.

Walter Latshaw A group of Mrs. Walter Latshaw's friends 'entertained with a picnic supper in her honor Monday evening. at the Huse picnic grove. Picnic at Huse Farm A pot luck picnic at the Huse farm Sunday evening was enjoyed by the following persons, Mr. and Mrs.

C. P. Howenstine and Jack, Mr. and Mrs. O.

Duffey and Corinne, Mr. and Mrs. O. Hockett. Mr and Mrs.

Harry Kimball, Mr. Earl Grigg, Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Miller, Mr.

and Mrs. Louis Williamson. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Miller, Hiawatha.

McCarney-Brown Miss Elizabeth McCarney of Los Angeles, and Mr. George W. Brown were married in Rossville, July 23. Mr. Brown is an adopted son of Mrs.

Sarah Weaver, 108A North 3rd street with whom they will make their home. Weekend House Guests Mrs. Fred Jones had as house- guests over weekend, her sister Mrs. Albert Threlfall and daughters Mary Ardene and Coy Agnes and Miss Margaret Murphy and Miss Florence Harmon all of Wichita. Over Night Picnic Mrs.

J. C. Russell will sponsor an overnight, The picnic, at in her Camp Sunday Rotary school class at the Christian church will be her guests. Card Club Picnic The Card club at Riley, of which Mr. and Mrs.

Earl Nelson of Manhattan are members had a picnic in the city park Sunday. About 20 members and guests were present. Century of Progress Party Max and Ward Sweet gave a century of progress party to 27 members of their young peoples Sunday class Monday evening as a surprise, on their teacher, Mr. H. C.

Abell. The young people met at the C. C. Sweet home and progressed across the street to the Abell home (Was he surprised? how.) After playing old games there, they pro- Aimee Hutton and Daughter Come to "Grips" NEA of opinion when Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton (right) and There apparently was a heated differenceMrs. Roberta Smythe (left), debated what disposition to make of their luggage as they her daughter, arrived in Baltimore, from Paris.

Aimee is seen wearing a black satin dress sent to her by the congregation of her Angelus Temple in Los Angeles. start. Dora Sinn neturned to her work in To Topeka the last of the week. Mrs. Margaret Deibler spent the week end with home folks.

Waldo Lee returned Sunday evening from Chicago where he been to take in the fair for a week. Norman Funk is enjoying riding and visiting these days after being confined to his home for over two years with heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Hays from Manhattan spent Sunday at the Arthur Beck home.

FEDERAL APPROVAL ON KANSAS ROAD PROGRAM Tentative 0. K. Given by Secretary Ickes on Plans Outlined by Five States Washington, Aug. 1 (P)-Highway programs of five more states. to be carried on with funds from the recovery act, were approved tentatively today by Secretary Ickes as chairman of the public works board.

They are: Indiana, Kansas. Montana, Oklahoma and South Dakota. Each project included in the approved program must be submitted to district engineers for approval before money is actually granted and work begun. How soon highway construction will be undertaken in each state depends on when projects are submitted and approved. Allotments under the recovery act for highways in Kansas and Oklahoma were: Kansas, Oklahoma.

$9,216,798. Contractors are required to hire labor from lists submitted by the United States employment service. First preference will be given to ex-service men with dependents and then to local and state labor. BALBO READY FOR TAKEOFF Shoal Harbor, Aug. 1.

(AP)On the strength of favorable weather reports from Ireland today General Italo Balbo and his air armada completed preparations for a takeoff tomorrow on their Atlantic crossing en route back to Italy from the Chicago exposition. STOPS BULLETS IN TEETH San Francisco. Aug. 1 (AP) Patrolman Bill Ridgeway catches bandits' bullets in his mouth and spits them out. Bill recalled how the surgeons hesitated to operate because the bullet that grazed his teeth lodged at the base of his skull.

But even as he was being mourned in advance, his throat tickled. He coughed and out came the bullet. Now, he walks around as good as ever. Plane Crash Fatal to Lithuanian Flyers NEA After flying across the Atlantic on an attempted non-stop flight from New York to Kovno, Lithuania, Captain Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas, Lithuanian flyers, were killed only 375 miles from their goal when their plane crashed in the woods at Soldin, Germany. Here's a view of the wreckage, Cincinnati has home and home dates with Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, New York, Portsmouth, and the Chicago Cardinals.

CHESTER S. LORD DEAD IN NEW YORK Former Managing Editor of New York Sun and Chancellor of State Board of Regents Garden City, N. Aug. 1 (AP) Chester S. Lord, former managing editor of the New York Sun and chancellor of the board of regents of the state of New York, died early today at his home, 105 Fifth street.

was 83 years old. Lord was on the staff of the Sun 42 years, from 1872 to 1913, and was managing editor of the paper from 1880. He was a member of the board of regents of the state of New York from 1896 to 1904, and from 1909 to the present. He was made chancellor in 1921. "Boss" Lord, as he was known to two generations of New York newspapermen, was one of the figures of metropolitan journalism who was responsible for shaping modern newspaper methods.

INDIAN VICTOR IN LONG SUIT FOR OIL FORTUNE Hanna Anderson, Tulsa, Becomes Immensely Wealthy After 26- Year Lifetime of Drudgery Tulsa, Aug. 1 (AP)-A fourword telegram from the circuit court of appeals in Denver informed Hanna Anderson, 26-year-old Creek Indian, that she had suddenly become immensely wealthy after a lifetime of drudgery. The telegram read: "Roberts versus Anderson affirmed." The message meant that Hanna won a lingering lawsuit that had tied up oil funds now totaling approximately $1,050,000 for several years: The Indian woman had instituted suit through Merrick A. Whipple, attorney in many celebrated Indian cases, to quiet title to certain restricted Indian lands inherited by her from Lena Yahola Alexander, deceased fullblood Creek. A HOOVER FRIEND DEAD Kansas City, Aug.

1 (AP)Elwood D. King, who went for the doctor when former President Herbert Hoover was born, died at his home here last night. He was 81 years old, and prior to his retirement several years ago was a niture salesman. Mr. King attended school at West Branch, and one of his schoolmates was Jesse Hoover, father of the former President.

He later worked in the Hoover blacksmith shop, and stayed at the Hoover home. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, two sons and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Spencer, Emporia, and Mrs. Anna Brasner, Evansville, Ill. Lydia Pinkham's compound is sold at Kings Drug -Adv.

SAW MATES KIDNAPED Former Manhattan Boy Is Cincinnatti Reds Coach NEA Alvin J. Jolley, who was reared in Manhottan, played football on the lccal high school team and then on the Kansas State college team begoing to other colleges for further participation, has been named coach of the Cincinnati Reds professional football team. Alvin, whose mother Mrs. James Jolley, lives at 1217 Kearney and whose brother. Guv L.

Jolley, is employed at the college, starred on the while playing for Marietta Marietta, Ohio, ungridiron, der the tutelage of Earle "Greasy" Neale, now of West Virginia university. Wanted Him to Stay Here He played on the K. S. C. eleven when a freshman in the fall of 1917-18 (barriers had been lifted then on the freshman competition problem because of the war).

Guy S. Lowman was coach. He withdrew from school during the second semester but returned the following autumn, only to withdraw again at Christmas time. here he went to Kendall college, Tulsa. much to the dismay of local football fans.

They had been counting in a large way on the help he would be to the team one of the professors said today. At Marietta the fans are said to be still talking of Jolley's gridiron exploits along with Don Whiting and Gerald "Race" Mvers. Played Pro and Coached He signed with a professional football team of Akron, Ohio, when he left school, but he then took a coaching job at West Union, W. Va. Afterward he went to Johnstown, high school where he turned out state championship track and football teams for two years.

Later he coached in a Columbus. Ohio, school, but returned to Marietta where he was graduated in 1927. In 1929 he joined the Buffalo Bison pro eleven, went with the' Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930. and with the Cleveland Indians in 1931. ing this time he played with and against some of the best football men in the game.

Last year he was director of athletics at Beverlv (Ohio) high school. Surprise To Him His appointment as coach of the admitted to the National Professional Football league came as a surprise to him even though it was said to be no surprise to the professional football leaders who are his associates. He does not plan to play any more himself but will be rather A bench manager and coach strictly. Practice will begin about September 1 for the stiff 10-game schedule. Sitting together at a quiet game cards, Mrs.

Charles F. Urschell, above, and Mrs. Walter R. Jarrett, below, saw their husbands dragged away from the Urschell mansion in Oklahoma City by machine gun kidnapers. Jarrett was released an hour later, but Urschell, wealthy oil operator, is held for ransom variously estimated at from 000 to $1,000,000.

Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets Relieve and Control Periodic Pains Clinical tests prove it. Take them today for welcome ease and comfort. Take them regularly for permanent relief: No narcotics: No dizziness. No unpleasant effects: Sold by all druggists.

Small box 504. Larger size, if you prefer. Final Cle Clearance All Summer merchandise must be sold to MEN'S BOYS' Seersucker Pants make room for our Fall goods. In the face Seersucker Pants While they last. of rising markets these prices are Genuine Final clearance.

79c Bargains! 69c Men's Wash Pants Special Purchase Men's Values to $1.79 COTTON Athletic BATTS Unionsuits 00 3 lb. unbleached. The cot- Reinforced back. is ton tax will add 13 1-4c to a genuine saving. This the price of these.

It will price is way under the pay you to buy now. market. Striped Nub-Cloth Seesucker twill 39. White Duck. Batt Suit Men's Wash Suits Seersucker BOYS' Overalls New Fall Coats Pre Shrunk Nub Cloth.

Blue or Tan striped. Cool Only 3 left. and practical. Sizes to 7. Have Arrived $298 49.

We away deposit will any to be coat be glad with held to a until part lay you are ready for it. WORK SHIRTS Tuesday- Wednesday PricesBlue or Grey Chambray. Special Sizes to 17. Fast Stripe terns for and Color Fall' check Prints dresses pat- $1975 to 49. 15c yard $4500 BLACK'S CASH STORE.

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