The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-06
in so MEETINGS
Avalanche of 4.Minute Men in
Shawnee County.
First Advance Tonight From
Eighth and Kansas Ave.

zenry Of Topeka and Shawnee county
is beginning to boil and bubble in an
tic:pation of the big Seventh One war
charities drive to come next week. The
preparations of the four-minute men
and women for the county publicity
campaign have already had a notice.
able effect on The citizens of quaran-
tined Topeka.
In making arrangements for the
holding of the school district meetings
in the rural ChoterS of the county, the
managers Of the speaking campaign
have repeatedly been faced with the
question of "W hat about the flu? Is
there any danger" IN every case the
managers have :ir.swcred that eff the
windows and doors of the buildings
designated as meeting places are kept
open. and open wide, both before and
during the meeting, that there is little
danger Of any person or persons at
tending the meeting contra citing the
dreaded disease" Most of the country
charge of the meetings. have accepted
the advice and promised TO have a
crowd present when the speakers ar
rive.
Sixty County Meetings.
According to the arrangements an
nounced to date there will be sixty dis
trict meetings in the county within
the next lIIte udyS. twenty meetings
are to be held tonight, twenty tomor-
row night, and twenty Friday night.
For the meetings tonight the as
signments OF speakers and musicians
have already been made, and have
been published, together with instruc-
tons to the crews of the car sections
as to how to proceed when mobilizing
between Kansas avenue and Quincy
streets on Eighth street tonight. Each
speaker and musician assigned for
duty tonight has been given a num-
Der corresponding with the section
number of the transportation service.
All that Is necessary for a speaker or
musician to do in order to be sure to
reach the correct meeting is to be at
the mobilization point not later than
q o'clock this evening. remember the
car section he or 81 Is assigned to.
and then locate that car section by
the cardboard number displayed on
the windshields of the cars. After To-
eating the car section the speaker or
musician or aide should promptly en-
ter one of the cars in the section and
take a seat. Then It is up to the
driver.
The car sections will be arranged on
both sides of. Eighth street in numeri-
cal order. Section number one will be
stationed at the northeast corner of
Eighth and Kansas: sections, two,
three, four, five. six. seven, eight. nine
and ten will be ranged on the same
side; section ten being stationed at
Eighth and Quincy, Section eleven
will be stationed at the southwest cor
ner of Eighth and Quincy, and section
twenty will be stationed at the State
journal corner of Eighth street.
Cars Are Assigned.
For the first night of the seventh
one country publicity campaign, the
cars volunteered by citizens of To-
peka -for use i'll the transport of the
speakers and musicians and aides
have been assigned to definite sec
tons. Many of the cars volunteered
were reported too late for a definite
assignment, but the owners of these
cars are Urgeo to see that their ma
chimes are reported to one of the mar
shals of the parade this evening, as
there will be plenty of use that can
be made of them i'll the work. The
assignment of cars for. tonight fol-
lows:
Close, Mrs. Glenn Pratt
Car Section 2-George Siebold and DR..
Car Section s@W. w f. Bulls and Frank
Davis.
= Car. Section 4-H. G. West, Mrs. Roy
Car Section 5-Charles L. Mitchell. Gov.
Capper, B. Whitney. Floyd Baker.
Car Section Oh. H. Welty. Walter
Car Section III. L. Peppmeyer, Fred
Funk
= Car Section Sc, W; wetherlngton, o. E.
Car Section 9-Dud johnson, Frank Beck,
John Seybold, Ed. kelam
Car Section lotion Whitaker, II. 8.
Putney, Harrison Morgan.
Stoves. Miss Adds
w Gd5 sestiG W.n1 12keEoy Powell Judge
Car Section 13-Chares Elliott, DR..
Steinmeyer, w. H Eastman.
Car Section 14-George p. Fiederling, A.
Car Section 15-George Reuter-, Paul
Huyeke.
Car Section y 1Gnp J, Monaghan. W. o.
Car Section NV. A. Billy, E. A, War
ring. Mrs. T. D. Alden.
Car Section 1S-W. +. Schoch, Dr. W. A.
McCarter.
Thursday Assignments.
The assignments of speakers and
musicians taking part in the country
district campaign for the Seven-in-one
drive as announced for Thursday even
ing. follow:
Car Section School district 8,
Read: Isaiah Hale and Mrs. w. A.
McCarter. speakers; Salvation Army,
with Miss Marion Reed. Velma Blake
ly and Miss Adams, musicians.
Car Section 2-School district Z, Te-
cunseh; Frank Curry and Mrs. H. o.
Carney, speakers; Colored Industrial
school octet No 2 and Mrs. Warwick
Updegraff and Mrs. Leslie Guild, musi-
clans.
Car Section 3-School district IL,
Deer Creek: J. Will Kelley and Mrs.
A. Marburg. speakers; Ninth Battalion
orchestra and Miss Margaret Rust,
musicians
| Car Section 4-School district rs,
Berry Greek; Walter Wilson and Mrs.