The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-24
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


The regular monthly meeting of the
Soldier township board will be held
today at the Shawnee State bank in
North Topeka.
The Sons of Veterans and their
auxiliary were entertained at an ice
cream supper at the home of Mrs.
F. r. Boyer. 522 West Sixth street,
Friday. About 100 guests were pres
emit.
Limeades have come back into their
own in Topeka and are again listed
among the procurable drinks. Three
ceived in Topeka last week and Satur-
day night nearly every fountain in
Topeka was serving the drink.
Two women were approved by the
Y. NJ. c. A. personnel committee for
canteen work overseas at the meeting
of the committee last week. The
women were Miss Emily Hall and
Miss Elizabeth Flagg, both teachers in
the Kansas City, Kan, high school.
Miss Mary Ward will conduct a
canning demonstration in the domes-
tic rooms of the high school Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday of this week.
All women interested in the best
methods of canning are invited to at
tend. The demonstration is free to
Lie pubic.
Lizzie Porter, Ala East Fourth
| street, today in the district court. sued
J Charlie Porter, who resides at the
I American hotel for divorce and
custody of the couples two children,
EdI-a, 10 years old, and Edith, years
old. She charges her husband with
cruelty and neglect of duty.
| Forty Boy Scouts hiked to the
Knights and Ladies of Security home
eyiL ENri7 he iuht 1r
Saturday in camp. On the way home
the Masons attending the picnic in
! Cages park treated the mixers to ice
/ cream. A number Of scouts qualified
| as first class scouts during the two
day encampment.
! w. T. CBill") Comstock, formerly
on the advertising staff of the State
Journal and with the Hall Autograph
company, has become a partner in
the Boyle Printing company. a firm
for whom he has worked for some
| time, it was announced yesterday.
Comstock has been engaged in the
printing business in Topeka for sew
eral years.
The American Red Cross oversee:
according to an announcement by
Mrs. Rose Lester Fleming, chief of the
| steno service, who will be in Kansa.
City Wednesday and Thursday. Ste
nographers who wish to so oversee.
| in the service of the Red Cross SHOULD
make an appointment to meet Mrs
Fleming at the Red Cross office, IL
East Eleventh street, Kansas City, Mo
The annual fishing picnic of the Co
operative club was held at the Ander
son camp on Mill creek, Sunday-ant
the Co-ops caught some real live fish
The Co-ops who attended the picni,
asserted that they caught enough fol
many fish it takes to constitute a mes
for twenty-five hungry men. The reg
ular meeting of the Cooperative c1ul
will be held at the Elks club tomor
row evening at $3.50 o'clock.
The annual election of officers Of
the Topeka Electrical Workers uniol
resulted as follows: j. r. Woodruff
dent; C. j. Maunsell, recording sec
rotary; I. w. Lewis, financial secre
tary; w. E. Price, treasurer; ]. r
woodruff, press secretary; T. Martin
assistant press secretary: John Whyte
trustee; J. r. Woodruff, H. T. War
M. G. Hathaway, executive commit
tee; j. r. woodruff, J. F. Warren
P. NJ. Montgomery, delegates to in
dustrial council; p. NJ. Montgomery
George R. Sheldon, G. r. White. del
egates to building trades council
The May issue of the Church Out
look, a paper edited by the Rev.
P. Hicks, netted 500 for the Rec
Cross work and the Rev. Mr.. Kick
gave the entire proceeds to that or
ganization. The women of the loca
chapter pushed the sale of the pape
and are largely responsible for thu
large receipts, it is said. The jun
number will be devoted to the Bo.
Scout organizations, and will hav
many articles of interest devoted to tn
local troops. Fifty Of the boys, eacl
carrying twenty copies, will start GU
| next Thursday morning to sell then
and the same fifty boys will be sta
toned at the various churches Sunda,
| with additional copies. The proceed
will go toward the fund for furtherini
| the scout activities in Topeka.