The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-14
TOPEKA'S MERCY


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Merriam that the drive was initially
announced in every Shawnee county
school outside of Topeka today. The
drive will be announced by teachers
in every one of the 90 rural schools
every day until the campaign closes.
The children, it is planned, are to act
as big factor in the county work by
informing their parents of the drive
and it's purpose. The following let
ter signed by Miss Corbett and Folker,
has been mailed to all Shawnee coun-
ty schools:
DEAR TEACHER:
The PRESIDENT of our UNITED STATES
has designated the week beginning 18th
December, as National RED CROSS
of our Government that every man, wo-
man, and child become a member of the
AMERICAN RED CROSS. and to this
end you are asked to lend your heartiest
cooperation in securing members from
each ac hon, home in your district
one dollar ts1OO) for each member, which
pays the yearly dues for 1913. If you
are not member yourself become one.
DUTY WHTGH M No nR ZEAL LIT, TEACHER ga
Help make your school districts report
COMPLETE. Should your territory in
clude a household too, poor to pay for
even one member. devise some plan
whereby your school could pay it.
DON'T LET 1T BE SAID YOUR DIS
tn THIS MAS f MSr NAT16NWfb
! CAMPAIGN FOR THIS GREAT CAUSE
OF MERCY AND HUMAN KINnNESS.
. ANNOUNCE THIS CAMPAIGN AND IT'S
CAUSE EVERY DAY FROM NOW UNTIL
with happv CHRISTMAS WISHES for
YOU and YOUR SCHOOL, we are
The following is a list of men work.
ers who will canvass the downtown
district beginning Monday and who
are to meet at the Chamber of Com
merce for luncheon Monday noon.
Business Section Teams.
| Team No. kansas avenue south
/ from Eighth avenue: L. S. Ferry,
captain; Matt Weightman, George G..
Guild, w w. Bowman, Schuyler Mich
! OILS, A. S. Amber, C. P. Adams, A. A.
! Rodgers, Byron Davis, George A.
/ Clark, Chester Woodward, H. l..
] Shirer, ]. f. Spalding. Clyde Miller,
( W. S. Fulton.
Team No. kansas avenue north
! to the river: w. o. Anderson, captain;
/ William E. Brelsford, Fred Cole, H. D.
| Yoder, H j. Corwine, E. A. Thrill, w.
G. Dickie Hinkle Guy, George p. Nc
! Entire, r. F. Hodgins.
Team No. 3-Quincy street south of
Sixth and all territory east: w c.
! Carswell, captain: S. L. Courtney,
Ralph Squires, H. G. West, Roy
Thompson, A D. Birch, J. E. Jones,
Hugh Larimer, J. P. Slaughter, Frank
| Davis, Richard J. White.
Team No. 4.-Kansas avenue, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth: H. A.
Auerbach, captain; Frank NJ. Bone
| brake, F. A. Anton, Frank S. Crane,
James B. Doncyson, Earl Akers. Gov.
Arthur Capper. Ed. McKeever, Robert
| Pierce, w. w. Whitney. George w.
Snyder L. L. Kiene, T. C. Blair.
Team No. 5-Combined with team
| No. 10, all of the business district in
| North Topeka: Ralph Baer, captain !;
T. G. Whiteker, Roy Cope, H. H. Pugh.
4 j. F. Haskell, Charles S. Elliott. w. F.
Axtell, ]. s. Snediker. Charles H.
Matthews, Ralph Campbell. o. B. Cuff
Ter, Harry Bair. J. B. Simms. John
! Nicholson
Team No. jackson street north of
! Sixth avenue to the river and all ter
ritory west: c. E. Bascom. captain !;
| Ferdinand Funk, w. T. Beerbohm,
Charles P. Buck. c. H. Trap, C. D.
| Skinner, Frank B. Parker, o. E.
| B. P. Bartlett, B. F. Marsh, N V
Wood, Henry McAfee. S. ]. Shook
Team No. kansas avenue be-
tween Third and Fifth streets: John
| c. Waters, captain; R. w. Blair E. H
Lupton. w. C. Stephenson, R. L.
Thomas, Albert H. Purdy, w. H. KEN
per, A. T. Reid, T, F. Doran. A M
/ Harvey.
Team No. s-Kansas avenue be-
| tween Sixth avenue and Seventh
street: B. B. Eitelman, captain; Phil
Eastman, Frank Beck, James A.
Troutman, Harry J. Brockman, E. D.
! Spokesman, L. c. Rain, Richard
Wilson. L. r. ManIey, NJ. F. Cosgrove,
c. E. Nash. o. P. Sharp.
! Team No. 9-Kansas avenue be-
tween Fifth street and Sixth avenue
s. E. Cobb. captain; c. B. Merriam,
E. B. Kellam. H. s. Morgan, Cecil
Howes, Guilford Dudley. Charles Ses-
sions, F. c. Kaths, H H. Welty, J. e.
Griest C. w. Myers, Walter L. Payne
Team No. 11-Jackson street south
and all territory west A NJ Patten.
captain; w. w. Webb. H S. Putney,
G. A. HARLAN, Marco Morrow, Charles
Eldridge, S. ]. Bear, Fred B. Bone
brake, John M. Brunt. Frank C.
Squires.
Team No. 12-Quincy street north
of Sixth avenue and all territory east:
! w O. Rigby. captain; E. D. Clithero,
| w. r. Faulkner. H. o. Garvey. S ]
Hodsins, Walter A. johnson, r. N.
Lattner Stanley Medlicott, E. L. over
ton, James Cowdrey, j. Newell Abra-
hams, George Godfrey Moore, Bayaru
Wy I,