The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-13
THE TOPEKA CLUB.
The Annual Meeting of the organi-
cation.

The annual meeting Of the Topeka
club was held Thursday evening and
the following directors elected: A. ).
Johnson, c. H. Guibor, E. J. Dallas, NJ.
G. Slonecker, l. H. Mum, Geo. w.
Crane B. R. Wheeler, w. w. Man
speaker, Arthur Capper.
During the year a popular feature
was inaugurated by the open air band
concerts on the club house lawn. While
the members arranged and paid for
these entertainments it was the plan to
provide an occasional evening of pleas
ure in which the people generally could
participate. On these occasions the
streets and parking grounds near the
club were crowded with delighted audi
ences, often including visitors from
other towns.
Several concerts, vocal and instru-
mental, were given throughout the year
for members and their lady friends on
ly. The reports of the officers as made
at the meeting show that the organiza-
ton is out of debt and in a f1ourishing
condition. A number Of prominent peo-
pie, many of them of national and
world wide reputation, have been enter
tanned by the Topeka club during the
past year.
The directors reelected Col. A. S.
Johnson for his eighth term as presi-
dent. DR.. c. H. Guibor was chosen
vice president and Frank A. Lewis.
secretary and treasurer, now enters on
his fourth term of the office. Col. john
son annually declines to run for the Of
flee of president, always taking the po-
sition that the place should be given to
some other member, but with the same
regularity the club unanimously in
structs the directors to re-elect the
president.
The membership at the present time
is seventy-three resident members and
twenty-eight nonresident members. as
follows:
w. ]. Black. c. c. Baker, c. ]. Brown,
II II u T.
ents, Daniel Crosby, Geo. w. Crane,
Geo. NJ. Crawford, E. H. Crosby. w. T.
Crosby, Arthur Capper, H. P. Dillon, c..
J. Devlin, James Dun, Guilford Dudley,
E. ). Dallas, w. F. Evans, Geo. w.
Findley, John E. Frost, Armin Fassler,
j. J. Frey, J. B. Furry. c. G. Foster,
c. s. GIesd, c. H. Guibor, J. W. Go
ing, F. c. Gay, A. A. GODDARD, Eugene
Hagan, A. A. Hurd F. z. Holiday, ].
B. Hayden, A. F. Horner, Frank Ho-
bart, A. H. Horton, C.. R. Hudson, J.
d. NJ. Hamilton, A. S. Johnson, G.. A.
KimbaII, F. A. Lewis, W. Littlefield.
C. ]. Lantry. D. w. Mulvane, L. H.
Mum, W. w. Manspeaker, H. U. Nudge.
F. P. MacLennan, c. B. Merriam, E. D.
Osborn. John Player. A. B. Quinton.
Rowley, C. w. Ryus, Thos. Ryan, Chas.
Blood Smith, Jacob Smith, Geo. f.
Sharitt, ]. G. Slonecker. J. F. Switzer.
w. A. l. Thompson, w E. Thomas,
Van valkenburg, L. c. WATSON. L.
G. Willard, Edward Wilder, E. F. Ware,
p Walsh, A. F. Williams. Bennett r.
Wheeler.
C. F. johnson, oskaloosa; s. F.
Nicely, Leavenworth; J. w. Orr, Atchi-
son; Geo. r. Peck, Chicago; w. C.
Perry, Fort Scott; w. A. Pierce, Maple
Hill: Jno. Seaton, Atchison; P. L.
Soper, Vinita, l. T.; D. B. Robinson,
St Louis, Mo-; A. ]. Tullock, Leaven-
worth; g. J. Osborn, Salina; J. p.
Bachelor, Valley Falls; L. A. Bigger.
Hutchinson; Sidney Hayden, Holton;
Eben Baldwin, Lawrence; E D. Kenna.
Chicago; r. Dunlap, Chicago; Horace
H King, Dover; Henry E. Lantry,
Strong city; H. R. Nickerson, City of
Mexico; E. P. Ripley, Chicago; L. c.
Boyle, Fort Scott; c. NJ. Higginson, Chi
cago; Calvin Hood, Emporia; B. F.
Pankey, Willard; F. L. Vandegrift,
Kansas City, Mo-; w. P. billiard, Fort
Scott; c. NJ. Merriam, Newton Center,
Mass.