The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-30
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Inc marriage OF Miss Bernice Ema-
hizer, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. c. Emahizer, to Capt. John Selby
krister, of the air service, Aeronau-
tics, l.. S. A., will be solemnized Tues
day, December 3, at IL o'clock in the
morning. The marriage office will be
read by Dean J. p. Deb. Kaye, of
Grace cathedral
The wedding be a quiet one, and
because of the influenza epidemic, the
invitations are limited to the number
of guests allowed by the quarantine
order. There will be no attendants.
After the ceremony Captain Kris
ter and his bride expect to leave on
trip south, and will visit Captain Kris
ters parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Selby
krister. ST., of San Antonio.
Captain Krister is in charge of the
cadet wing of Kelly field. and has been
In the service about fourteen months
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A Topeka woman entering war work
in the east is Mrs Thomas ]. Gilbert,
daughter of DIR. and Mrs. L. NJ. Pow
ell, who is to become reconstructionist
aide, and her work viii, be with SOL
diers suffering from shell shock. She
lett Friday to take up her duties in tho
United States army general hospital
No. 1, at New Haven, Conn.
She will teach the soldiers all kinds
of weaving. basketry. brush making,
and various other occupational
branches. Mrs. Gilbert took training
in the work she has undertaken last
summer in Bloominedale hospital,
White Plains. New York.
Mrs. Gilbert's husband, Major Thos.
j. Gilbert, is now in France with the
92nd division.
The members of the Nineteenth
Century club will give a luncheon
Monday at Pelletiers tea room. COM
plimentary to Mrs. H. E. Wolfe, one
of the members. who will leave Topeka
soon to make her home in Wichita.
Mrs. Wolfe is the wife of DR.. Wolfe,
who has been appointed division exc
cutive secretary for the Centenary
World program, which is preparing a
campaign in the interests Of the Meth
odist church. DIR. Wolfe's headquarters
will be in Wichita. where the Wolfe
home will be for an indefinite period.
The. Nineteenth Century club has
about fifteen members. Mrs. Speed
Hughes is president and Mrs. c. G.
Colburn, is secretary.
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Miss Bernice EmahiZer, whose we'd
ding will be a quiet but important So
cial event of next Tuesday, is being
entertained at a few small affairs
given by some of her close friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Monroe asked a
few guests in her honor Friday night,
and a number of other friends will
entertain lot neT, llInlllHS lHe HuiIlDei
of guests to half dozen or less.
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The Washburn high school Y. w. c.
A. girls have adopted two French or
phans. The girls appointed Wednes-
day of this week as tag day for their
project. and made enough money to
contribute to the French orphan fund
an amount that entitled them to the
guardianship of two children. One of
their orphans is Eugene Blanche, and
the name of the other they have not
yet learned.
The girls of the association were
grouped into squads for the tag day
work. The captains were: Miss Lois
Robinette. Miss Hazel Hotchkiss. Miss
Frances Bredin, Miss Esterlin Mason.
and the lieutenants were: Miss Flor
ence Tarbell, Miss Katheryn Malay.
Miss Alberta Rosen. Miss Josephine
Newson, Miss Ruth Swenson, Miss
Lois Romig and Miss Josephine Nc
Comb.
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Mrs. w. A. Smith, of 1119 Polk
street, has just received notification
of the promotion of her husband,
Lieutenant Smith, to the rank of cap
tian. Captain Smith received a second
lieutenancy after his return from the
Mexican border in 1916. A few