The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-27
Presbyterian Church Committee
Meets and Plans Work.
LYMAN SCHOOL SPELLING BEE
Music, Refreshments and a Big
Attendance Reported.
Boys of the Industrial School to
March in Parade.

A sophomore class party was given
last night at the home of Miss
Gladys Pratt, S33 North Jackson
street. The house was very prettily
decorated with the class colors. gold
and brown. The refreshments served
were ice cream with cakes to match
| the class colors. Those present were:
Mrs. Embleton, class adviser as chap
| Gladys Scott, Ruth Marsh, Juliette
Hughes, Lila Martin, Helen Scott,
Claudia Caps. Gertrude Clinken-
| beard, Odetta Cope, Ruth Kempfield,
Marie Ferron. Olive Knox, Nellie
| Compton, Esther Pratt of RossVille,
Mr.. J. Duval. LAME GiIberg. Donald
Pugh, Fred Peers, Curtis Porter, War
+Fen Coolidge, Henry Spencer, Russell
Zarker, Ray Young Harold Douglas,
! William Kellogg, Thomas sCapps, Lee
Causey, Harold Naylor, Byron Collin,
Edward Kliene.
Presbyterians Plan Work.
The committee appointed last night
! by the pastor of the second Presby-
/ terrain church to plan for Presbyterian
and Church Efficiency month, met at
| the residence of the pastor, 927 North
Jackson street, last night and plans
time for the entire month of February
/ in Presbyterian circles. The goal to-
ward which the church is working is
for more faithful members more lib
/ eTd1 financial plSQBeS, more
and competent workers, more people
present at every service, more unity in
! organizations and plans, more upto-
date equipment and methods more
young people lined up in the activities
of the church, better publicity and
more spirituality, larger and better
! Sunday school, larger and better
Christian EndeaVor society, larger and
better Ladies' Aid society, missionary
! and evangelistic Inspiration
The boards are as follows: Home
mission, foreign missions, education,
Sunday school and young peoples
work, church erection, ministerial re-
lief, freedmen and temperance. All
kinds of literature bearing on these
various phases of the church'S activi-
ties will be distributed freely among
the members of the congregation.
Special committees will be announc-
ed next Sunday morning to look after
the details of the boards. At the close
of this campaign of information and
inspiration the church will be invited
to participate in a progressive social
Information about the entire Presby-
terrain denomination will be diligently
gathered and attractively presented.
Spelling Bee at Lyman School.
) A spelling bee held Wednesday
night in the Lyman school house was
: attended by about 125 residents OF
| that district. Music was furnished by
the Lyman quartet and apples and
popcorn were IuInlSneQ as r6IreSn-
ments. The words for the contestants
were pronounced by the principal, Mr.
Wallace, and the prize for the best
: speller went to Miss Sylvia Cher. A
debate will be held next Friday might
between the Lyman school folks ano
the Shorey team, in Shorey.
Industrial School Boys to March.
The members of the boys industrial.
school under the chaperonage of DR.
! Charles have been invited to attend
and take part in the parade that is tt
! be given the morning that Presiden
; Wilson is in the city. Doctor Charlie:
D stated this morning that the invitation
5 would be accepted if the weather per
mitted.
: Notes and Personals.
1 Mrs Mona Frazer and son Erwin
are the guests of Mrs. George Bighan
at her home north of Garfield park
Mrs. Ceilings is the guest of hel
daughter. Mrs. Byerly, 1920 Nortl
| jackson street.
Il +. G. Lang of Menoken was a Nortl
side visitor Wednesday.
North Topeka sport enthusiasts will
| have the opportunity of viewing tn
| wrestling match which was postponed
from last Friday until tomorrow night
The match will be staged in the hal
above the Shawnee State bank. Tn
big drawing card will be the wrestling
| between Young Westergard of Kan
sas City and Lewis Hoffman, a Nortl
| Topeka boy.
A. NJ. Petro. Druggist.-Adv.
II The Epworth study class for so
cial service of the Kansas Avenu
| Methodist church will meet at tn
III church Friday evening.
III Mrs J. d. Pratt will entertain at
| six o'clock dinner this evening il
| honor of her husbands birthday an
| niversary. Miss Esther Pratt of Ross
| vile will be a guest of honor Mis-
Pratt, who has been visiting at tn