The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-29

The annual business meeting of the
North Topeka Baptist church will be
held next Thursday afternoon at the
church.
A New Years dinner will be served
at noon to the members of the church,
and a special table will be reserved
for members who have come into the
church during the past year, either by
letter or baptism.
This part of the session will be in
the nature of a good fellowship or get
together meeting, and will be followed
by the regular business meeting.
During the afternoon various bust
ness matters will be discussed and the
reports from the different auxiliary
heads viii be made.
A. w. Lacey. proprietor Of the
| Lacey drug store, was, knocked down
by a Ford car last evening about 7
O'Clock and sustained a broken left
leg. Both bones OF the leg We're
| broken below the knee.
The accident occurred at the Shaw
nee bank corner when Mr.. Lacey was
returning to his store from the Union
Pacific hotel.
The owner of the car, whose name
was not learned, took Mr.. Lacey to the
hotel, where an ambulance was called
and he was taken to Christ hospital.
Notes and Personals.
Mrs. Roy Boast is visiting relatives
in Kansas City.
Miss Elsie Barnett returned Sunday
went to spent Christmas with her par
ents.
Mrs. Sam Dolman, s24 Quincy
street. has returned from a visit of
five weeks to- her son, Lewis DoIman
and Mrs. Dolman, at Admire, Okla
IlndtaW hQ xTiGif
ing his parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ.
Cooper, 917 Jackson street, for a few
days. returned to Ottunwa. Ia, today.
VIM. Fry of Shorey has gone to
Florida to be gone several weeks.
Miss Marie Finch of 1924 Monroe
street has gone to Hutchinson to visit
relatives
Peter Jackson of Pasadena, Cali,
who has been visiting relatives in FL
mont and vicinity for the past month,
has returned to his home.
VIM. Boast and Mr.. Martin have
gone to Jacksonville, Fla, for
months stay.
John L. Hollister. a retired farmer
from Silver Lake, died last evening at
o'clock at the Union Pacific hotel.
where he had been making his home
for the past few years, Death was due
to neuralgia of the heart from which
he had been sufferer for some time.
He is survived by his wife. Mr.. Hol-
lister was an old soldier and a member
of Lincoln post. He was about so
years old and had farmed in the Sill
yer Lake district for forty years, re-
firing a few years ago.
The executive committee of Blue
corps NO. 5 will meet Tuesday after
noon, December 80, at Ill North
Morse street, to make arrangements
for the installation dinner January IS.
All members of the committee are
asked to be present by Mrs. Clouse,
chairman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton P. De Long
and two children, Lawrence and
Dolores, have left for their home in
Portland, Ore. They have been visit
ing for the past Tnonth with Mrs
De Longs parents, Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
Takemire, west of Elmont, and her
sister, Mrs. H. A. Ostrand and brother,
L. B. Takemire and their families
Mrs. De Long formerly taught school
in the Walnut Hill and Silver Lake
districts. For the past seven years
she has been living IN Portland.s Ore,
where Mr.. De Long Is engaged in the
municipal bond business.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Boast have re-
turned from Kansas City, where they
spent Christmas.
The North side w. c. T. U. has
postponed the meeting which was to
have been held Tuesday evening.
Notice will be given of further meet
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