The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-24

Word has been received of the
| forthcoming marriage of Murdoch
/ Pemberton, to a New York girl, Miss
| Tower. The news is of interest to
many Kansas people; for Mr.. Penn
/ berton was a Kansas boy, and has
/ friends in Topeka as well as in other
| parts of the state. He is related to
4 the Murdocks, of Wichita. His
brother, Mr.. Brock Pemberton, was
recently married to Miss Mccoy, of
/ Mr. Murdoch Pemberton is one of
the publicity men for the Hippodrome,
in New York, and his fiancee is said
| to be one of the beauties of the
great city.
| Friends of Mrs. Paul Hudson will
! be interested to know that she has
left Mexico City. where she has re-
manned for some time and has gone
to Washington, D. c., to join Mr.. Hud-
not yet made.
Mrs Clay McKibben, of Dodge City.
was the guest of honor at an informal
thimble party this afternoon given by
! her mother, Mrs. J. H. FriZell.
Mrs. McKibben, before her mar
riage, was Miss Ethel Frizell. She is
| a pianist, and was well known in local
musical circles. She still retains her
membership in the Ladies' Music club.
The guests this afternoon were:
/ Mrs. Mckibben, Mrs Osborn Larimer,
who has just arrived from Seattle,
| Wash, to make her home in Topeka;
Mrs. j. p. Coleman, Mrs George Nc
Dermott, Mrs. Gilbert Worley, Mrs.
Eldon Mcintosh, Mrs. Barton Phelps,
Mrs. o. w. Bolton, Mrs. Arthur Dun
ham, Mrs. James Mcclure, Mrs. A. ].
Carruth, Jr., Mrs. w. P. Snyder, Mrs.
Wistar Williams, Miss Julia Larimer,
Miss Marjorie Whitney, Miss Madeline
Whitney, Miss Anne Sweet, Miss
Daisy Neil Miss LuGrace Whitmer,
Miss Sadie Houston, Miss Kate Tho
men and Miss Bertha Hampstead.
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! The Federation Chorus which is
made up of women from the music de-
| partment of the Topeka Federation of
! Women, met this afternoon for re-
hearsal at the home of Mrs. Frank P.
Whitmore. The chorus is to assist in
furnishing the musical program for
the State Federation of Women's
| Clubs convention in Topeka, begin
ming the evening of April 10.
The chorus is being directed by Mrs
George Payne, and its members are:
Mrs. r. Parks Bennett, Mrs. George
Allen, Mrs. Charles Joslin. Mrs. Harry
/ Pribble. Mrs. George Parkhurst, Mrs.
/ L. c. Walbridge, Mrs. J. E. Cation, Mrs.
E. G. Foster. Mrs. W. Z. Bulls. Mrs
H. o. Carney, Mrs. John CLANCY, Mrs.
/ E. D. Clithero, Mrs. F. A. Derby, Mrs
Robert Gordon, Mrs. S. ]. Crumbine,
/ Mrs. A. B. Jeffrey, Mrs. r. H More
/ house, Mrs. E. S. Pettyjohn. Miss
! Helen Phipps. Mrs. B. H. Pugh, Mrs.
/ Frank Squires, Mrs. F. S. Sturges,
Mrs. Charles Wolf, Mrs. Ray Towne,
Mrs. Nellie Shepard Waynick. Mrs
Roy Shoaf, Mrs. B. P. Bartlett, and
Mrs. Whitmore.
i. + J.
Mrs. Carey J. Wilson, chairman OF
! the music department of the Topeka
/ Federation of Women, and vice chair
! planned to continue the community
sings throughout the summer, if the
affair next Tuesday evening is well
attended, and the idea seems popular
The plan for the summer is to have
the old time songs sung by all the
people at the band concerts in the
/ public parks. The band will play its
program and will play for the singing
/ The songs that are familiar to the peo-
pie will be used. The idea of an out
] door community sing in connection
/ with the regular band concert is
new one and promises to be popular.
Arrangements for the community
sing at the auditorium next Tuesday
night are being completed, and good
crowd is expected to attend.
In speaking of the ann of the move
ment for community singing Mrs.
Whitmore said today: There is
great Discrimination everywhere on the
part of the American people to amuse
themselves and they allow others to
provide their amusement for them:
hence. the professional entertainer
But we have had to listen to others for