The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-24
In NORTH Topeka
Christmas Business at the POST
office Has Been Heavy.
Blue Post Will Hold Memorial
Services for Dead Members.

With the prospective passing of the
OLD North Topeka poStoffice, there has
come a record Christmas business.
During the past week the regular
force at the office re-enforced bv
part time assistants have been work
ing overtime to handle an accumuIa-
ton OF Christmas mail that according
TO OFFICIALS at the station is big in
crease over that handled last year
Comparative records indicate that out
going Christmas mail is at least TWEEN
~ per cent greater than that of a
year ago. Incoming mail has made
even larger increase.
Early this morning the force at the
offlce began to clear out the huge
consignment of mail that was sent
from the main office Augmenting
the influx from the south side office
is the mail which pours in from Union
Paclflc trains number 1913, 104, los
and 1D6. Mail from these trains are
sent directly to the North Side sta
ton.
Prepares for Christmas.
With the approach of Christmas
eve, North Topeka is making prepara-
tons for a display of Yuletide spirit.
Practically all churches on the North
side will hold services Saturday and
many of the churches have prepared
entertainments to he presented this
At the Central Avenue Christian
church, the Second Presbyterian
church and the North Topeka Bap-
tASt entertainments III
which children OF tie various Sunday
school classes will be the principal
participants will be presented. The
Christmas program of The Kansas
held until Sunday morning. The
North Congregational church pre-
scented its program Thursday night.
At the Church of the Good Shep-
herd, Holy Eucharist will be cele-
brated Christmas morning at o'clock
by the Rev. Creighton Spencer, Arch
deacon of the diocese of Kansas. A
musical service will include the fol-
lowing: Professional. Adeste Fideles;
lntroit Gregorian; Kyr1e Eleison, Tai
lis-Stainer: OffertOry, 'Hark- the An
Eeles Sing" Sanctus, CamidEe; Agnus
Del. GounOd: Gloria in Esxcelsis ELL
Chant; Recessional While, Shep-
herds watched their flocks by Night"
The services will be open to everyone
VIII Hold Memorial Services.
Blue Post No $50 of the G. A r.
will hold memorial services at the
North Congregational church at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon in honor of
members of the post who died during
the past year Among those for whom
the services will be held are: John
Kemp, B. J. Dunbar, DR. H. c. Davis,
Hiram f. Davis, Philip Lawrence, J.
y. Leaf, Samuel J. Cromwell and Fred
Dauber.
The principal address will be de-
livered by the Rev. j. E. Scheer, pas
tor of the Kansas Avenue Methodist
church Music will be furnished by
the choir from the CONGREGATIONAL
church.
The services will be open to rela-
tives ana friends of members of the |
post.
Notes and Personals.
Mr., and Mrs. c. NJ Morrow of 1920 |
North Monroe street will entertain |
family dinner party at their home Sat
urday.
Miss Lillian Todd who was a guest |
Thursday at the home of Miss Bess |
Sheetz of 1892 North Quincy street left |
this morning for Cawker City where |
she will spend the holidays with her |
parents Her home is in Kansas City. |
Miss Gladys Henderson who has |
been attending school at the Kansas
state Normal at Emporia was a guest |
Thursday at the home of her aunt and |
uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Mcclure of
S23 North Quincy street. Last night
she was met by her mother, Mrs. C. o. |
Henderson. and both went to their
home in Meriden where Miss Hender-
son will remain during the holidays.
Miss Maud Wycoff of 1910 North
Quincy street will go to Emporia to-
night where she will spend Christmas
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs George
by her sister, Miss Izadel, who has
been her guest during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nicholas will
spend Christmas with Mr.. Nicholas's
father. William Nicholas of Rochester.
Mrs Charles Nicholas was formerly
Miss Anne Andrews.
Ike Benjamin has returned from
Kansas City, Mo, where he was called
Wednesday afternoon by the death of
his sister.
Mrs. Charles Heartburg and her
daughter Dorothy of Manhattan are
visiting friends in North Topeka
Charles A. Foster, a former North
Topeka boy, who for the past four
years has been giving exhibition aero
plane flights. is confined to a hospital
in Decatur, Tex, where he was taken
following a fall from his machine re-
Gently. His left leg was broken and
his left side injured. His condition is
not serious.