The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
North Side News

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Pstro's Drug Store, or phoned s 222i
after p m; other hours phone oooU.
The women of the Indian Creek
grange, in conjunction with the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Pleasant
Hill church, met yesterday afternoon
and organized Red Cross society OF
thirty-one members. In these ruraI
communities the grange and the
church societies work together for the
general good. Mrs Davis Palmer of
Topeka attended the meeting and gave
talk outlining the work of the so
ciety. The officers elected were;
Chairman, Mrs. ]. o. Browning; sec
rotary, Mrs. J. NJ. Pollom; treasurer,
Mrs. Myrtle Rowles. This latter Of
flee is no sinecure, as the society.
after contributing 500 to the national
fund, start their organization with $34
in the treasury. A Hoover" lunch
con was served at noon and wheat
substitute bread was much in evil
dence. The members of the organ
ization are doing their bit in food con-
ServatiOn and instead of meatleSS
day week they usually have six, as it
is seldom they get in town for fresh
meat more than once week.
Mrs. Clarence Gabriel was the host
ess yesterday afternoon for the meet
ing of the Tasuneo Taxa Hashi club.
The Clarence Gabriels have only re-
1O3 East Gordon street and the affair
yesterday was almost in the nature of
house warming. Their home is of
the bungalow style and is one of the
most attractive places on the>North
side. Mrs. GabriePs guests were: Mrs.
John Nelson. Mrs. Irwin Snattinger,
Mrs. Roy Boast, Mrs. F. J. Ross, Mrs,
Mccartney, Mrs. Arthur Miller and
Miss Bessie Sheetz
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initiated the following candidates at
their meeting last evening: Mrs. Sam
Elder, Mrs. Ethel Stevenson, Misses
GLADYS Pratt, Vera Maze, Louise Suit,
MISS Margaret Conwell, Miss Marie
Finch and Mrs. Dorothy Fleming.
Many visitors were present from Sill
yer Lake and at the close of the initia-
tlon refreshments were served.
Notes and Personals.
Jesse E. Mace of 500 West Gordon
street has bought a seven-acre tract
OF land lying northwest of town near
the j. II. Skinner nursery from Thos
Maze, the consideration being $4,000.
Byron L. Swift and bride of Shell
bina, Mo-, who have been the guests
of Mr.. Swift's stepmother, DR.. M A
Swift for the past few days, have re-
turned to their home.
The ladies' Aid society of the East
1ndianola Community church are
planning for a bazaar to be given soon.
w. S. George of Quincy street is Wis
| iting his son in Marceline, Mo.
Aria Biggs and family of Central
avenue have moved to 1928 Park street
c. D. Myers and nephew, Joe Myers,
have gone to Jefferson county on a
short trip. While there the former
will look after farming interests.
Miss Irene Coultis is working in the
Shawnee State bank in the absence
of Ralph Smith, who is confined to
hi
Mrs. O'Neil, the aged mother of
Mrs. ]. P. Mulligan, died this morn
| ing at O'Clock at the home of her
| daughter, 500 Kansas avenue. The
! funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
L. l. Bobb of the Park & Bobb
| Plumbing Co., who has been working
| at Camp Funston, left Saturday for
| Jacksonville, Fla, where he will work
on another government contract.
Miss Bertha Kistler, principal of the
| Lyman school, has drilled the pupils
| of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades in
| patriotic song which they will sing
| Thursday afternoon in the auditorium
| during the meeting of the Kansas
State Teachers association.
| Mrs. G. M. Brassfield and small
| grandson, Master Russell Chapman of
| Frankfort, Ks, are the guests of her
daughter, Mrs. A. ]. Smith and Miss
Elizabeth Brassfield.
Ray Busey has gone to Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
The members of the A o. q. w.
will be entertained at their hall, 831
Kansas avenue, this evening by the
North Topeka Glee club and the
Quincy school orchestra. The pro-
gram will consist of music by the
| quincy school orchestra; patriotic
song bv Glee club. and audience; song.
There's Something in the Name of
Ireland by Sybil Bigham and the
G1ee club; violin solo, Fay Campbell;
solo, Ralph Gabriel: Hawaiian song.
Misses Lois Wright, Sybil Bigham,
Lucille Maze and Kate Ward reading,
Miss Lois Wright; song, Joan of Arc,
! Ralph Gabriel and Glee club The
members of the Quincy school orches-
ira are: First violin, Fay Campbell,
Eva May, Thelma Robinson; second
violin, Wilma Dessenberger, Theodore
Mcclure; cornet, Ethel May; piano,
Ruby May; drum, Theron French,
while the Glee club is composed of
Misses Sybil Bigham, Helen Wheaton,
Lois Wright, Lucille Maze, Helen
Bridson, Hazel Campbell Ralph Ga
briel.