The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-29

The commencement exercises of the
junior high school of Quincy school
will be held Thursday evening, May
81, in the assembly room of Quincy
school The program is as follows:
Invocation .........Rev. J. B. Hicks
Glass History Lillian Wennstrom
Glass Grafton .......... Ferdinand Voiland
Piano solo ................Th elma Johnson
Glass prophecy ..--..... .Bernita Wimberly
Margaret Morns, Dema Williams, Elizabeth
Van Ness, Thelma Johnson.
lass WIZ --....--.-. -pema W lll! n
Presentation Present. of diplomas by c. N. Morrow,
principal of Grant and Quincy schools
The number of fires in North To-
peka for the last few months has been
practically a negligible quantity. For
have not had a call. The spring of
the year is the dull season for the
firemen. When school lets out the
first of June, their business picks up.
When children have leisure from
their studies they are apt to build
bonfires at inconvenient places, ex-
pertinent with matches or otherwise
apply their excess energy to useful
purposes. At any rate when school
let's out the firemen expect to be fairly
busy.
The next period marked by small
confla grations is the canning season.
A fire gets too hot, something boiis
over, someone gets illustrated and an
alarm is sent in. When fall arrives
fires are lit n furnaces and stoves
which have been ejoying summer
vacation, and defective flues cause
damage which keeps the firemen busy.
But in the spring people are too short
of coal to overhead the stove, the CHI
dren are in school and the season Tor
preserving fruit has not arrived.
Spring is the North Topeka fireman's
idle season.
A large crowd attended the Civic
club and parent-teachers' association
meeting in Quincy school assembly
room last night. The Quincy patriot
ic pageant made a hit. committee
was appointed consisting of c. c.
Maze, Ralph Baer and Charles Suit
to confer with the school board re
garding the plan to enlarge Quincy
school. No definite results have yet
been obtained on the rest room prop
osition. Commissioner Porter, the
committee interviewing him reported.
has agreed that there ought to be one,
but he don't say who is going to pro-
duce the cash to provide it. After all,
it is thought, the matter of raising
the necessary funds is an element to
be considered. The next meeting of
the two organizations will be held at
Grant school two weeks from Monday
night.
The Knights of Pythias, Amity
Lodge No. 231, elected officers for the
coming year, last night. The new Of
ficers are Charles Clevenger, chan
cellor commander; Frank Myers, vice
chancellor; Charles Baker, prelate;
William Calker, master of arms; Clay
Saunders, inner guard: Gus Neibert,
outer guard; Herbert johnson, master
of finance; w. B. Perry, keeper of
records and seals; J. A. Sheetz, master
of exchequer; A. E. Anderson, was
chosen trustee in the place of Amos
Goodman. resigned who was elected
grand chancellor at the recent meet
ing of the Kansas lodge V R. Park
hurst was chosen master of work.
DR.. NJ. A. Swift went to Wichita to-
day to attend the meetings of the
Kansas Homeopathic Medical society
DR.. Swift is secretary of the society.
A NJ. Petro, druggist.-Adv.