The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
in NORTH TOPEKA
The ElmOnt Band Is Organized
for This Year.
The Presbyterian C. e. Society
Elects Officers.

The organization of the E1mont
band has just been completed and
practice will start Immediately. This
band is composed of musicians living
in the vicinity of Elmont and is di-
rected by John Mitchell. resident of
that neighborhood. Seventeen young
people compose the band, which
played in Silver Lake, Kiro and Men
oxen last year. Several of the mem
berS of the band belong to the Knights
and Ladies of Security band in To-
peka.
G. f. Society Elects Officers.
Election of officers was held by the
Christian Endeavor society of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church Thursday
night at the home of the Rev and Mrs
Joseph P. Hicks, 927 North Jackson
street. Those elected are: President,
T. ]. Woolman; vice president, Miss
Frances Waychoff; secretary and
Thelma Johnston. The chairmen OF
the committees who will serve the next
term are: Mrs. John Johnston, look
out; Stanley Hall, prayer meeting;
Miss Maud Waychoff, missionary:
Miss Gladys Pratt, social; Miss Mar
garet Morns, flower; and Mrs. ]. d.
Pratt, music.
A social session was held after the
business was transacted and ice cream
and cake were served.
The HobOes Continue to Come.
An average of fifty hoboes a day
are coming through North Topeka, ac-
COIulIS " the POllce OIIICSIS- SolIi-
plants are numerous from North To-
peka residents about tramps trying to
bum a meal.
At a mail carriers home, six tramps
rcalled during the noon hour and de-
manded dinner. This practice must
be stopped, said Officer Jones this
morning. I'VE are receiving COM
plants continually from people stat
house and home. 1t is a bad practice
for persons to furnish them meals,
they notify all the hoboes they meet
on the road that such and such Il
their arrival in North Topeka the new
corners are not slow about making a
call for a 'hand-out.'
In the neighborhOod of the Santa
Fe junction most of the hoboes stay.
Also some of them spend the day
along the bikes west of Topeka.
Another G. A. II. Officer.
Captain G. NJ. Brassfield is another
man to be appointed to office in
the G. A. r. at the Hutchinson en-
campment. Captain Brassfield will
assume the duties of assistant adjutant
general and quartermaster with Of
flee in the new Memorial hall, Mon
day morning
For several years he has been in the
government employ at the North To-
peka postoffice, and is a past COM
mander of the North Topeka G. A. Il.
post.
Notes and Personals.
w. F. George of Kiro made short
business trip to North Topeka this
morning.
Mrs William Woodland of Elmont
was the North side shopping today.
| George Bills has returned to his
home in Menoken after spending a
lshort time in North Topeka.
Helen Bahr, bookkeeper at Dibble's
grocery store, has returned from "a
short visit to her parents in the Fair
view neighborhood.
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from 115 East Gordon street to the
farm belonging to Mr.. Rice's mother
near Wanamaker.
| Charles Wind of Denver is visiting
| friends and relatives on the North
side. sf t
Rose Frisbie, who has been i'll for
some time is improving.
| Mrs. j. H. Anderson and daughter
Airline accompanied by Mrs. P. G. !
Marlatt of 1906 North Quincy street !
left today for Kansas City, Mo, where
they will visit with friends over Sun
day.
The B. Y. P. U. picnic, which was to
have been held in Garfield park to-
night has been postponed indefinitely |
Considerable feeling has been stirred |
up on the North side by one hardware
store which has been making it a /
practice of setting up wagons and
other farm machinery on the side |
walk in front of the store. One North |
slider said this morning that such prac-
ltice would be permissible in a coun- |
place on city street.
The Junior League of the North |
Kansas Avenue Methodist church met |
this afternoon at 523 Park street.
| The tennis courts in Garfield park |
are being prepared for the enthusi-
asts of that game. The two courts |
were laid out several months ago and |
are kept up by the city.
| There will be no graduation exer- |
| clSeS at Quincy school this year on ac- |
count Of the Junior high school, which |
will be established next year. The |
pupils who would have graduated this !
year will enter the junior high school |
ninth grade. last dav program is |
| being planned by the eighth grade, |
which will consist of dialogues, reci- |
| tationS and drills.
| Mrs. c. B. Cunningham is spending |
a few days in Eureka, Kan, visiting |
relatives.
| A special initiatory program was |
given Thursday night at the meeting |
| of Victor council No. f. Knights and |
Ladies of Security. The degree team !
from No. SO was present and the work |
was shown with stereopticon slides.
Refreshments were served after the |
| meeting.
The degree team of Victor council
No. 4, Knights and Ladies of Security /
will hold a food sale Saturday at BARS +
wallpaper store.-Adv
The jewelry stock of the late NJ J. /
Edmonds, S07 North Kansas avenue. |
is to be sold at auction to settle the /
business of the estate. Mr.. Edmonds
died last January, having been in the |
jewelry business in North Topeka for
seventeen years. The sale of the stock
starting tomorrow will be in charge
of L. J. Kirk.
Mrs. w. A Marshall returned
Wednesday from a short x,iSit with