The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-08

home of the brides parents. Mr.. aud
Mrs j. p Slaughter. sl3 Woodlawn
! Avenue. DIR. Benjamin F. Young, of
the First Methodist congregational.
read the service. Before the service
Miss May Jaggard. of Kansas City,
sang Il Love YOU" by Cadman. Miss
Ona May Miller, of Kansas City, a
harpist, furnished music for the we'd
ding also. She played the Barcarolle
from the Love Tales of Hoffman, The
Sweetest Story Ever Told" and Be
lieve Me If All Those Endearing
and after the ceremony The bride s
attendants were Miss Clara Estep.
of Burlingame, and Miss Jane Wea-
yer. of Lawrence Out of town guests
who came for the wedding were: Mrs
]. c. Justice, of Edna, Kansas. an aunt
of the bride, Mrs ]. w Breidenthai.
of Kansas City, Miss Estep. of Bur-
lingame, Miss Weaver, of Lawrence.
Miss Jaggard of Kansas City. and Mr..
Burt Sonnemann, of Lawrence. Mr..
and Mrs. Green will go for short
wedding trip east, and after their re-
turn they will be at home in the Los
Angeles apartments in Quincy street
Mr.. Green is in business in Topeka
with the brides father, Mr. j. L.
Slaughter.
At a meeting of the Good Govern
ment club to be held Thursday af-
ternoon at the Y. w c. A, two mat
tiers of public interest will be dis
5cussed. Mr.. J. S. Dean Will present
the subject of the free state fair. and
Mr. Hull will address the club about
the voting machines. Inasmuch as
the session of the club will offer the
last opportunity for the public dis
cussion of these subjects before the
special election, the club has decided
interested are invited to attend.
The Good Government club has been
asked to assist in the demonstration
Monday that is to be given for the
has decided to help in any way it can
with the enterprise
The Vesper Service Sunday after
the girls of Topeka. Mrs. Katherine
Willard Eddy. of the Kansas City.
Kansas association. will speak on the
subject London Bridge" She is said
to be an enthusiastic and interesting
speaker. and those in charge of the
arrangements of the meeting consider
that they are offering the girls an
excellent opportunity in asking her
to make the address After the SER
vice there will be a social tea. The
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Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Charlson an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter. Geneva z. to Mr.. Smith Horton
and Mrs. Horton will take an extended
trip through the south. through Pan
anna, and to Washington by way OF
the Pacific. where they will remain
for an indefinite time
The war brides" about which so
much has been written since the be-
ginning of the struggle in Europe,
Topeka woman. Miss Edith n. Wheel
er. who was married Friday evening
to Lionel y. Dawson. NJ D., c. M, of
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Miss Wheeler. formerly of Law
renee, came to Topeka a few years
ago and took the nurses training in
Christ's hospital. where she graduated
she went to Canada to take
postgraduate work in Victoria
school. She was striker with
fever in Ottawa, and was taken to the
de partment of the hospital for fever
patients DIR Dawson was the resi-
dent physician in the hospital, and it |
was during her stay there that she |
met him. Before her return to To-
peka, Miss Wheeler was betrothed to
the young doctor.
After England declared war. DIR. \
Dawson volunteered for service. and
was commissioned lieutenant in the
Royal Army corps He will sail Mon /
day for England, on the transport ship
leaving Canada that day His bride I
will sail on a paSse niger boat two
weeks later. They will go direct to 4
England, where they will remain about
two months After that Dr. Dawson
expects to be ordered to the front for I
hospital duty II is expected that his
bride Will go also and offer her service l
as nurse
Mrs Dawson, during a part of her
residence in Topeka, lived at the w. P. I
Bishop home. 1900 College avenue.
She is an attractive young woman, an
excellent nurse, and was greatly liked 1
by her friends in Topeka who are
deeply interested in her future and /
concerned about her voyage i
across to England. since the news of +
the sinking of the Lusitania arrived.
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The College Alumnae will have a
guest day meeting and informal re-
ception Saturday. May Is. at the Y
w c A The affair Will be the last
session of the club for the season
Each member is entitled to invite .
three guests
The social service committee of the
club will have charge of the program
Miss Lima Bresette, deputy factory
will make an address about