The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-29
North Side Meu1s

Items for this column may be left
at Petro's drug store. or phone
kle..Lo- Kimball after Q p. m; other
hours phone $500.
Mrs. George Pardee of a1B West
Gordon street has received a very IN
teresting letter from her son Cllfford'
who describes the life Of a rookie In
detention at the Great Lakes training
camp. Pardee is now at the United
States naval operating base, Hamp-
ton Roads, Va. His letter, in part
follows:
I'VE have frequently read letters
from the boys in the service. In the
home papers, but noticed that most CT
them were from the army camps, so l
will try to give you a word-plcture OF
a rockies life in detention at the
greatest naval training camp IN the
world, Great Lakes, III. Inc ueeen.
ton period is twenty-one days ITO ne
NAV move several times during that
time. On his arrival he is signed up
and assigned to barracks or tent
given his first shot in arm. vacci-
mated and outfitted, and dare say
that many q man has never before
owned such q complete outfit. Every
mans clothes are stenciled sixty or
seventy times as a means OF sdentir-
cation.
THE Jackie's labor may consist OF
most anything till his ability is ascer-
tanned. and very few escape scrubblng
decks, washing windows, etc. But
thew are not driven to work, simply
p,1t on the job and expected IS men
to do their share; they go to bed at
and get up at s. BY way of recreation
We have boxing, baseball, music under
the auspices Of the Y. NJ. c. A. Say!
we'll have to hand it to the Y; they're
right there with all kinds of amuse-
ment for US.
zone of the most. inspiring sights
I ever witnessed was some four or five
thousand Jaekies in their great open
air church The platform was in
sort of ravine and the seats cut out
of the very steep hills on either side.
Imagine if you can those American
Jackies repeating the Lords prayer
in unison. / can not find words tc tell
how it impressed me. While we meet
with all kinds and classes, we can
have the choice of our own crowd.
Our FIVE, from Topeka, who came
here from the Great Lakes, A. j. Nc
| Neal, J. K. Lyle. Mack Lowry IND
myself, have transferred to the cox
swain school and lik- it fine, only we
are anxious to get chance at BIZ
We have lots of fun. but we can't DO
everything. we could at home;- our
coming and going has its restrictions
Perhaps you know that Hampton
/
base in the world Every man who
| goes to sea goes thru this place. We
all wish this damnable war was over.
but we are in it to finish.
| 81 am getting hungry for some good
cake.
Love to all. KIP"
Notes and Personals.
Miss Harriet Wilson has taken a
position with the Austin -Snediker
| Mercantile company.
! Tom, Baker of the Graham Clothing
company is in ST. Joe on business.
Miss Lottie Tracey of the New Sra
! has retur ed from a ten days visit 20
! her sister. Mrs. Goff, and family, of
/ Bucklin. Kan.
! Miss Edelia Fernstrom has returned
from visit of two weeks in Colo
RADIO, where sh> was the guest of rela-
tives.
Miss Elizabeth schenck returned
last week from Emporia, where she
had been attendin;, the Normal.
| SIS Mary Hohnbaum has gone to
Hiawatha, Kan. to visit her brother,
| Ernest Holnbaum, and family.
Helen Heise. of Lecompton, is visit
ing ,er grandmother, Mrs. C. H. Will
/ Its. of 927 Van Buren, street
Miss Fannie Cole. of lis Fillmore
street, South side. will leave soon for
Kansas City, where she will be the
guest of her cousin. Mrs. Bert Root
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schenck and
daughter. Eliza beth, will leave Thurs
| day for Washington. D. c., where they
will visit Mr.. and Mrs-Schenck's son,
Leland, who is employed in the gov
eminent service there
AR. and Mrs. o. E Palmer and
1 daughter Ethel. of Jackson street and
Mrs. Roy Palmer. expect to leave this
week for Chicago, where they will visit
relatives for several weeks.
! Funeral services for George n
] Stewart of Granville. who was struck
by a railroad train and killed Saturday
night. were held this morning at Con-
wells chapel, at 1880 o'clock
Miss Lena Hohnbaum of Hiawatha,
and Mrs. Fred Firner of South To-