The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-21

NORTH SIDE NEWS
Women Helped to Build Church
Glass Room.
Pounded Nails in Boards and
Did Good Work.
ALSOPREPARED MEALS
Old Christian Church Partly
Built by Woven.
County Commissioners Plan a
Better Granville Road.

Women helped in the actual build
ing of the small house which was
practically all built on Thursday for
the Excelsior Bible class of the Cen
trail Avenue Christian church. The
house will be shingled by night. 1t
stands just west of the church. Two
of the women, Mrs. T. ]. Neiswender
and Mrs. H. r. Blanchard, who aid
ed in the carpenter work, also assist
ed in the erection of the present
church, seventeen years ago.
Thursday morning the lumber for
the additional building was on the
ground. BY noon the framework was
nearly completed. The women served
a dinner in the church and then vol
unteered to help the men in the build
ing operations. And they did.
They pounded nails into the board,
and pounded them straight A great
deal of boarding on the west side OF
the church was nailed up by the
women Mrs. Blanchard also passed
boards for the flooring from the pile
outside to the workmen in the house.
Mrs. Minnie Whitehead established
an emergency hospital for possible
casualties, such as smashed fingers,
etc. C. H. Waldman sustained
bruised finger in the evening. The
wound was Immediately dressed by the
head nurse at the hospital.
In the daytime a few men and the
women did most of the carpentering,
but after working hours men tralled
in, each bearing a hammer. AS the
men started to work, the women
stood and applauded.
Work was continued until it was too
dark to see. Then the workmen en-
joyed an old-fashioned harvest hand
supper in the church. The new class
house will likely be ready for occu-
nancy by Sunday. It was built to &C
which had
increased in membership until II
crowded the original church building.
The new building was decided upon at
a meeting of the class few days ago;
It is probably the only one OF It's kino
in Topeka, built separate from the
church and at the expense of a single
class. The cost was about $500. 1t IS
about 2Ox24 feet, one Story frame.
The money was raised by contrlpu-
lions.
and did other work in the actual build
Ing Of the church are: Rev. and Mrs.
David Lyon, Mr.. and Mrs. wyatt MI
and Mrs Pontius, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Spence, Mr.. and Mrs. Manford spence;
Mr. and Mrs. James Williams, MT. ana
Mrs. H. r. Blanchard, Mr.. and MRS.
S. II. Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs. W.. f.
Cowdrey. Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Brandon,
Mrs. T. J. Neiswender. Mrs w. G.
Russell, Mrs. Clara Graft, Mrs. H ID.
Price, Mrs. Minnie Whitehead, Miss
Carrie Daub, C. H. Waldman. teacher
of the class: M. A. Nelson, B. B. Gill
Ieece. T. ]. Parrish, NJ. D. Wilder, A.
r. Robinson, f. E. Bobb and j.. w.
Mcdonald, c. M. Hayes and MlchaeI
Smith, (did you ever hear of another
Smith" with an Irish front-nameD
and Bob NJ. Campbell.
Mr. Cowdrey was chairman of the
building committee.
In speaking of the old church, Mrs.
Neiswender said:
church. Some of us helped to drive
the teams when the rock for the
foundations was hauled. Others help
ed drive nails for the lathing and 9TH
ar woodwork We were too poor then
to raise all the money necessary to
complete the building with outside
help. so decided to build it ourselves
as much as possible.
s'It was in the spring of the year and
the fruit trees were in bloom. We had
the building done in about three
months, and had a great deal of fun
working on 1t. One day a photog-
rapher took our pictures, but I didn't
wish to be in the picture and hid be-
hind pile of rocks.
REV. ingalls,, now dead, was our
minister then"
A joint meeting of the commissioners
of Jackson and Shawnee counties is be-
across the Kaw on the Granville road
and to improve the road along Calhoun
bluffs. The bridge has been out since
the flood of 1903. The road along Cal
houn bluffs has also been dangerous
since that time especially for autos.
One fatal accident in which Scott, a
Kansas City man, lost his life, occur
red there some time ago.
Since the bridge has been out the
Granville trade has come to Topeka by
a much longer way than before.
A letter asking the Kansas congress-
men to vote against the reciprocity
measure between the United States and
Canada was drawn up at the meeting of
Pomona grange at the hall four miles
north of Topeka on the Central avenue
road Thursday. w. H. Coultis sneak
ing against the measure, argued that
reciprocity between the two countries
would protect the interests instead of
the farmers. The letter will be sent
to the congressman.
Notes and Personals
A new boat landing, 40x14 feet has
been put in at Soldier creek by the
Coca Cola people.
Minstrel entertainment will he given
at the West Indianola school honse
Saturday evening, April %.
The w. c. T. U. will hold an all