The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-08

party was given at the home of Miss
Leeman's aunt, Mrs. S. L. Courtney,
and about fifty guests attended. Miss
! Leeman wore a pretty costume of
green velvet. There was music dur
| ing the evenings, and Mrs. Inez Whip
pie gave some readings.
The marriage of Miss Leeman and
Mr.. Courtney will be solemnized at
the s. L. Courtney home at $50
o'clock in the afternoon of December
! 81, and after the wedding the young
couple will go for trip to New York.
Mr.. Courtney is distant relative of
Mr.. S. L. Courtney.
Mrs. A: M. Petro, Of 1923 Topeka
avenue, has received word Of the
forthcoming marriage of her niece,
Miss Anita Vennum, to Mr.. James
Hampton Holden, both Of Los An
geles Cal. The news is interesting to
many Topeka people who have met
Miss Vennum on the occasions of her
frequent visits to Mrs. Petro. She is
violinist of high standing in her
city, and a young woman with many
friends. The wedding will take place
Wednesday, December 9, at O'Clock
in the evening. The service will be
read at the Wiltshire Boulevard
church.
The Good Government club will
have a meeting Thursday afternoon at
the Y. W. C. A. The subject will be
Social Service, and particular atten-
! ton will be given to the local need of
a detention home. The Good Govern
ment club began the agitation for a
detention home in Topeka some time
, ago, and nearly all the large clubs OF
women are interested in the move
ment. The various branches of the w.
C. T. U. in Topeka have endorsed the
request for detention home. Mrs.
]. d. Mcfarland, resident of the Good
Government club, has asked the fol-
lowing women to serve on commit
the home: Mrs. L. o. Case, Mrs. C..
H. Morrison, Mrs. Fred Farnsworth
and Mrs. J. v. Rowles. Most of the
members of the committee worked on
the original committee appointed
some time age for the same purpose
! The Catholic Ladies' club will meet
| Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. E.
Hartley, 1875 Van Buren, street. All
the members are urgently requested to
attend.
Notes and Personal Mention.
| Mr.. Wendall Lyman, who spent the
weekend with his parents in Topeka,
has returned to Lawrence, where he is
a student in the state university.
/ DR.. and Mrs. D. E. Esterly and their
children. have returned from Lawrence.
where they made short visit to DR..
and Mrs. George Esterly.
| Miss Gertrude Helm will go to Wich-
! tia to spend the Christmas holidays
with her sister. Mrs. Alfred Guy and
she will be a guest at the annual din
ner of the Zeta sorority.
Mrs. John Kilworth and Miss Virginia
/ Edwards, have returned to their home
! in Lawrence, after attending a party
given by Mrs. Fred Richards. for the
alumnae Kappa Kappa Gammas, In
honor of Mrs. George II. Hodges.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Andre, of Chicago,
will arrive December IL for holiday
visit to Mrs. Andres parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. G. Treleaven.
| DR.. Smith. Osteopath. Mills Bldg
i Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. WILDER Galloway have
returned from their wedding trip east
Mrs. Galloway was formerly Miss Nam
/ ME Veale, and the wedding was an
event of the late fall.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter D. Goodwin. OF
Chicago. announce the birth Of daugh-
ter THANKSGIVING day. They win name