The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-14

one of the popular young ladies WHO
has lived in Oakland all her life and Is
employed in one of the thriving enter
prises in the little city has asked her en-
pIoyer for "a few days off, this week
Spring sewing" was the reason given
but the employer as well as many of her
friends think 1T is something like we1
ding spring sewing
The Oakland Socialist club will meet
Wednesday evening with Mr.. and Mrs. W.
H. Hilner 4S0 Poplar street.
Rev. H. V. Scholes delivered an interest
ing sermon Sunday morning for the grad
uating class of the Oakland school and
Mr.. F. F. Dawdy had charge of the even
ing sermon at close of which Rev. Mir.
Scholes made few remarks in the form
charge on account of ill health.
The : youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Williams. who has been quite IL,
is much improved.----
Mr.. c. NJ. Draper of Perry. Kan. spent
a few days this week in Oakland on busi
ness.
Oklahoma, where he expects to spend
several weeks. x -8
The contests in spelling, arithmetic ard
penmanship were held at the Oakland
school house Friday afternoon. The spell
ing contest was, won by Miss Blanche
Himburg for which two prizes had been
cards with the copper plate. donated by
.. K. Swayze of the Hall Litho Co, and
a book entitled THAT Other Wise man"
by Van Dyke, donated by Samuel Zinl-
norman, county clerk. The arithmetic
prize was won by Glen Vanorsdol. The
prize won was book, The Price of the
Prairie by Margaret Hill McCarter, do
mated by E. r. Simon, county attorney.
The penmanship contest was won by
Miss Susie Neiswinter The prize. Of
fered by E. r. Simon, was a book en-
titled "Other Days" by Van Dyke.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. N. Orner and daughter
Margaret and Mrs. Henry Long were the
guest few days last week of Mr.. and
Mrs. o. G. Worthington of Lawrence.
The following members of Miss Fer1e
- sI4<c aIo na1- ~
school had a pleasant surprise handker-
chief and hose shower for Miss Norman
Friday afternoon at the F. Huntington
Koser, Miss Alma Streeter, Miss Susie
Neiswinter. Miss Mamie Hoag, Miss
Juanita Brown, Miss Edith Rock, Miss
Hazel Sanders, Miss Valda johnson,
Miss Bessie Michael. Miss Edith Rowland.
Miss Florence Coorey and Miss Julia
Randall. The girls were assisted by the
following teachers of Oakland school:
Professor Vanorsdol. Miss Borst, Miss
Whitaker, Miss DEBTOR, Miss Waite, Miss
Hotze and Mr.. Mccormack. About fifty
attended and the class gave number of
musical selections after which dainty
lunch was served. -
This afternoon at the home of Mrs.
w. S. Eastman, 1873 Oakland avenue, the
w. c. T. Z. is meeting. The subject for
the afternoon is s.Our Boys in Blue
with Mrs DRESSER leader. Special music
has been arranged and all members
requested to be present as arrangements
for Memorial day decorations will be de-
cided.
Mothers Day was appropriately OBJ
served Friday afternoon by the school
children, each child wearing flower and
the building was mass of spring flowers
in honor of the occasion.
Mrs. Gibbs of KeIlam avenue, who has
been spending an extended time with her
daughter in Kansas City, returned home
today.
Rev. A. C. Koser. pastor of the Oakland
NJ z. church. has been assisting in re-
vival meetings near Hutchinson, Kan,
the past week.
Miss Williams teacher at Rich Hill
Kan, was the guest for few days this
week of Miss Addie Caulk of AFTER ave-
nue..
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harrison of Oak
land avenue are. the proud parents of a
baby boy, born Friday. Mrs. Harrison
was formerly Miss Pearl Tillnaan.
Mrs. G. NJ. Reaugh, who has been at
tending the State Sunday school conven-