The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-30
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DIR. and Mrs. W. NJ. Mills announce
the marriage of DIR. Millss sister, Eliza
beth. and Capt. Louis Snyder Hall,
which took place this afternoon at the
home of the brides aunt. Mrs. George
J. Crossman. in Ann Arbor. Michigan.
This wedding is of much interest in
Topeka society circles where both the
bride and bridegroom are we'll known
and have been very popular. The
bride is the youngest of the three
charming daughters of the late w. w.
Mills. She is a graduate of the To-
peka high school and attended Wash
burn college where she became a
member. of the Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority. She is one of the very
prettiest and most attractive of the
younger society crowd. She has spent
the past year in New York City where
she was with the Crowell publishing
company.
Captain Hall is the son of Mr.. Hor-
ace L. Hall, of 824 Tyler street. He
has spent much of his life in the east
since he finished his higt school course
at the Topeka high school. He is a
graduate of Yale University. and took
a post graduate course at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. He is a mechan-
icau engineer, and has been manager
Of q moving picture film laboratory in
fnllduelpf1la Since COIIlplcllil6 Ills SOi-
lege work. He spent several months
in Topeka in the spring of 1917 and
enlisted from here in June of that
year. He received his commission of
captain in July of the same year. He
In stationed at the Frankfort arsenal
in Philadelphia. He has a short leave
of absence and was home with Mr..
and Mrs. Hall for Christmas. leaving
Thursday for Ann Arbor. Michigan.
where his marriage took place today
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Captain and Mrs. Hall left for Phila-
delphia where they will be at home
for the present. Mrs. Halls two sis
tiers. Mrs. William Mcpherson, of
Howell, Mich. and Mrs. David Neis-
wanger. of Topeka. who is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Crossman, in Ann Arbor,
were present at the wedding. Sick
ness in the family of DIR. and Mrs.
w. NJ. Mills prevented them from at
tending.
The January meeting of the Wo-
mans club will be held Thursday,
January 2, at the E,lks' club. The
members of the social committee of
the club who will assist at that meet
ing are Mrs. George w. Parkhurst,
chairman; Mrs. John T. Morrisey, Mrs.
j. L. Vincent. Mrs. NJ. A. Floersch.
Miss Daisy Seller, Mrs. Clarence S.
Bowman, Mrs. Theodore Saxon. Mrs.
George Anthony, Mrs. R. C. Reed. Mrs.
C. B. Van Horn and Mrs. Eli G..
Foster.
The departments will hold their
meetings as usual With the exception
that a change has been made in the
time of the literature department
meeting which will begin at 1890 in
stead of 10. and will be open to mem
bers of that department only.
Club members are expected to at
tend the meetings of the departments
to which they belong unless there is a
conflicting meeting of which they are
also members, then they may attend
either.
The educational and forestry de-
partments will meet at 1880. Mr.. A.
J. Stout, superintendent of the public
schools. will talk on the subject of
Training or Education" at the meet
ing of the department of education.
At 1890 the meetings of the home
economics and art departments will
be held. bookkeeping in the Home
will be the subject on which Miss
Mary Ward, of the extension division
of the State Agricultural college, will
talk before the home economics de-
partment.
The subject of the art department
meeting will be THE Art of Washing
ton. Our National Capital" Mrs.
c. B.. Merriam will talk on Art and
the Capitol" Mrs. Clement Smith on
THE Plan of City Parks and Monu-
Congressional Library"
Luncheon will be served at 1: 80, fol-
lowed by the social hour. and the gen.
eral meeting will begin at $3.50.
A musical program of which Mrs.
Leslie Guild is in charge, will begin
the afternoon program, which is in
charge of the department of civics and
Justice, of which DR.. Dorothy T..
Nicoll is chairman and Mrs. Charles
J.. Mitchell is vice chairman. DIR.
Frank w. Blackmar. of the depart
ment of sociology of Kansas university,
will deliver the address.
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Arrangements for speakers at the
Womens Kansas Day Club are being
completed, and while all the speakers
are not yet named, it is announced
that an exceptionally good program of
addresses is planned.
The tellers who will assist at the
election of officers at the morning ses-
sion are: Mrs. Z. G. Foster, Mrs. E. L.
Copeland, Mrs. o. L. Moore, Mrs. G.
c. Bowman and Mrs. j. B. Larimer.
The reception committee has been
appointed by the president, Mrs.
Charles S. Huffman. She has named
Mrs. D. w. Mulvane as chairman of
that committee. and has appointed as
Mrs. Mulvane's committee members:
Mrs. George Crawford, Mrs Frank
Merriam, Mrs. Fred Freeman and Mrs.
j. F. Dillon. Mrs. Huffman has asked