The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

Kilmaurs and Kate King. welfare
resolutions adopted by the county
commissioners
! Reopening of the Shorey school has
been Indefinitely postponed on ac-
t count of an epidemic of scarlet fever
in the neighborhood. Twelve homes
are now under quarantine.
Miss Minnie McMurtry. teacher in
the eighth grade at Central Park
school. was taken to the hospital today
to undergo an operation. She will be
una BILE to resume her duties for a
month or six weeks.
| At the meeting of the Lowman Hill
Parent-Teachers' association at the
! Prof w. A. McKeever of Kansas uni
versity will speak on THE School and
/ the New Patriotism"
| President P. P. Womer, of Wash
! burn college, will attend a meeting
/ of the Association of American col
! leges in Chicago, January 8, 10 and IL
! The meeting will be attended by rep
! resentatives of colleges in all parts of
| the country.
Mr.. and Mrs H. Lindemann, of 304
Orchard, have just returned from
visit to their son, Richard Lindemann,
WHO is in Battery A, 130th Field ar
tillery at Camp Doniphan. They re-
port that the battery is getting along
nicely and that all the Topeka boys
appear to be in excellent fighting con-
dition.
| Howard Searle, a well known young
! business man of Topeka, has secured
one of the seven appointments from
his company to the third offlcers
training camp. Searle is now stationed
at Fort Sill. Before enlisting ne was
connected with the Sunflower quartet.
one of the best known musical or
IN, he oil
Inmates of the Topeka tuberculosis
hospital and Ingleside, the old ladies'
home, were not forgotten New Years
day. With his tenpiece orchestra ana
B. p Bartlett, SoloiSt, L. Feltenstelh
manager of the Iris theater, visited
10Th nlaces Tuesday afternoon and
contributed both vocal and 1nstru-
mental music for the cheer of the in
mates.
Supt H B. Wilson of the city
schools this morning announced that
Miss Mabel Hiekes has been selected
by the school board as the successor
for V E. Miner at Quincy school
Miner enlisted in the army some time
ago and a substitute teacher has been
filling the position up to the present
time. Miss Hiekes entered on ner
duties this morning
1t has been finally decided that the
t,yo new stories for the Central Ma
tiona1 bank building will be added at
once according to a. statement by J.
R. Burrow at the Chamber of Com
merce this noon. "a Few elevator Will
be installed at the time and the build
ing will be made more modern in
every way. Tenants on the top floor
will probably have to make special ar
rangements for the month of April.
i Mrs. Chester Woodward. financial
secretary for the Topeka Public
Health Nursing association, in charge
of the sale of Christmas Red Cross
stamps. reports that 100000 of the
little stickers have been sold under
the plan used for their distribution.
The stamps were mailed several hun
bred responsible Topekans in 100 lots.
Those using them were requested to
return 81 by mail. Sales last year
amounted to 10000 stamps.
Another case of smallpox has been
traced to Charles Ready, who has been
taken in charge by the United States
marshal for alleged violation of fed
eral quarantine laws, according to DR..
is that of Mrs. Eva Varity. wife of
Pat Varity, taxicab driver. ia
Quincy street. 1t is said that Mrs.
Varity and her husband visited Ready
in Kansas City at a restaurant and
cabaret. According to Clark, Mrs.
Varity danced with Ready.
Some time ago Grace Wiley, pa
tient at the state hospital was pa
rolled to the care of her mother New
Years night Mrs. Wiley reached Tope-
ka to return the girl to the institution
as it was feared the girl was becom-
ing uncomfortable again. The two
in the city. in the morning Grace re-