The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-29

Miss Reed, Doctor Miller, DIR. and
Mrs. D. E. Esterly, Mrs. George Ester
ly, Mr.. and Mrs F. A Derby, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. S. Reed, Mr.. and Mrs. T. j.
Hankla, Mr.. and Mrs. D. ]. Hathaway,
Miss Grace Heron of Chicago. DR..
Milton Miller.
The following Topeka people will go
to Overbrook to attend the wedding
of Miss Myrtle Kessler and Mr.. Ros-
coe Graves which will take place Sat
urday evening: Mr.. and Mrs: Howard
Searle, Mr.. and Mrs. Amory Lee, Miss
Martha Whittemore, Miss Margaret
Whittemore, Miss Jessie Dean, Miss
Antoinette Dean, Miss Nara Jones,
Miss Hazel Jones, Miss Gertrude
Woodward, Miss Mildred Coughlin,
Graves, Mr.. William Jones.
X X
The J. w. Ripley family. who have
been living for some years in Boulder,
Colo, have sold their mountain re-
sort 1.-The Alps" and have returned
| to Topeka to live. They are now oc-
cupying the D. L. Lakln nome, on
Western avenue.
Miss Barbara Ripley. who has been
teaching at Loveland, Colo, has ar
rived to spend the summer with the
j. W. Ripley family. She is grad
uate of the Colorado university at
Boulder. Her cousin, Mrs. Glen Lo-
| gan, will probably entertain for her
! and for Mrs. Karl Menninger, little
| later in the summer Mrs. Logan is
now assisting Miss Kate Williams,
| physical director at the Y. W. c. A,
until the arrival of the regularly en-
ployed helper.
Miss Bernice Fuller was hostess at
a meeting of her bridge club this aft
ernoon at her home in West Sixth
avenue.
| At the biennial meeting of the Ma
tive Daughters of Kansas Thursday
afternoon, the officers of the society
were reelected for the coming two
years, with the exception of the sec
| ond vice president, Mrs nellie john
son Fargo, who is unable to take an
active part in the work of the society
as her residence is out of the state
most of the time. She will be sue
ceeded in office by Mrs. L. 7. Hussey.
| The officers reelected are: Mrs. De-
White C. Nellis, president; Mrs. Frank
Mrs. WILDER Galloway, secretary; Mrs.
Harry Donaldson, treasurer; Miss
Annabel Carney, historian.
An interesting feature of the Off
| cial reports was presented by the his
torian, Miss Carney, who stated that
J
| tory would be written by the Native
! Daughters and preserved in the ar
! chives of the society and lent to the
! State Historical society. Loose leaf
! books are provided and each member
| will have an opportunity to write for
preservation in these volumes, the
part of the state history with which
/ her ancestors came in close personal
/ touch in pioneer times. This history
will be partly in the form of personal
"reminiscences.
The matter of the erection of some
sort of monument at Waconda Springs
was brought before the meeting by
/ Mrs. Bingesser of the Springs, whose
! father, a Mr.. Walker, is the owner of
the property. The Springs are famous
4 in this state, and were known by the
Indians before the white settlers
! came. They are historic, and the club
/ has decided to lend it's aid in erecting
the proposed marker. Mrs. Bingesser
i is a sister of Mrs. Ida Walker, past
president of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs Mrs. David Hill and
Miss Myers of Salina were out of town
members of the club present. A
branch society has been organized in
IeaVenwOrth and there. are strong To-
cal societies in Fort Scott and Salina
/ Mr.. H. o. Carney read from some
4 editorials written by his father, E. c.
i K Carney, editor of the Kansas Free
man, the first newspaper published in
teresting as a well-written, earnest
and sincere statement of what the pa
/ per should stand for, and now, after
sixty-three years, they stand as a pre-
diction of what the state was to be-
come, as a stronghold of prohibition
and freedom.
X One of the young men of our town
who used to be a lot in demand as a
beau for the society girls devoted
himself exclusively for a long time to
an attractive young woman of one
of the first families. Finally he de-
cided to marry, and deliberately look
ed about for another girl He found
a nurse that took his fancy and mar
ried her. In explaining it to his
friends he said For a sweetheart,
it's fine to have a girl who can dance
the latest steps and dress in the latest
fashion, but when it comes to select
ing a wife, l believe in one that can
fill a dinner pail
Miss Mary Petrik will give a re-
citaI tonight at O'Clock at the First
United Presbyterian church. Miss
Thelma Huston, reader, will assist.
The ushers will be Miss Ruby Sey-
mour, Miss Juliette Hughes, Miss
Evelyn Parham and Miss Agnes Gull
yer. The public is cordially invited
Those who will take part on the pro-
gram are: Miss Thelna Willett, Miss
Frances Fiederling. Miss Louise Daw-
son, Miss Aileen Haverfield, Miss
Dorothy Stark, Miss Carol Wilkinson,
Miss Verona Gabler, Miss Ruth