The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-27

committeeman, and Mr. H H. Motter.
, of Mcpherson, chairman of the State
! Republican National committee, will
/ be present to assist with the plans for
/ a state Republican Womens party. Ar
/ rangements for the meeting are being
! made by Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter,
who is a member of the Republican
| Womens National Executive commit
/ tee.
There will be number of out of
! town women of prominence present at
the meeting tomorrow as all visiting
| Republican women in the city are cor
| daily invited to attend.
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Each member of the Girls Friendly
/ Society of Grace Cathedral is cordially
| invited to bring a friend and attend
the taffy Pull on Tuesday evening at
The Current Literature club will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 with
Mrs. r. S. Magee.
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| An engagement of interest to many
! Topeka people which has been recent
| ly announced is that of Miss Lorna
| Pumroy of Pawnee, Okla, to Mr.. Paul
/ Meaders, of Eldorado, Kansas. The
wedding will take place on February
| 6. Miss Pumroy has often visited Miss
Mabel Jones in Topeka while she was
| a student in Kansas University and
| has been guest at number of Var
sity dances and fraternity parties here.
where she made many friends. She is
a member of the Sigma Kappa soror-
| ity in Lawrence.
Miss Jones expects Mr.. and Mrs.
Meaders to come to Topeka to spend
part of their honeymoon as her house
guests, and she is planning some
parties in their honor
The men of the Kappa Sigma frater-
nifty gave an informal dancing party
Saturday evening at their Chapter
i house in Boswell avenue. The rooms
were decorated in the fraternity
colors, scarlet, green and white. A
lunch was served after the dance.
Prof and Mrs. Gunthrop chaperon-
ed the party and the guests and hosts
were Miss Marian Price, Miss Elisa
beth Edison, Mis- Marjora Blank, Miss
Vivien Ware, Miss Edna Anton, Miss
Margaret Suydam, Miss Lydia Suydam,
Miss Esther Jensen, Miss Charlotte
Myers, Miss Katherine Albaugh. Miss
Helen Hunter, Miss Dorothy Miller,
Miss Dorothy Crane, Miss Helen
Welty, Miss Ruth Thompson, Miss Sue
Louise Bell, Miss Charlotte West, Mr..
Walter Coe, Mrs. Bryan Hoffman, Mr.
Floyd Belts, Mr.. Terrence Curry, Mr.
D'Armond Schmitz, Mr.. Chester Bun
ger, Mr.. Ronald Mccoy, Mr.. Edward
Jones. Mr.. Jack Miller. Mr.. Clayton
HUMPHREYS. Mr.. Arch McKeever. Mr..
Clyde Schenck, Mr.. Homer Raines, Mr.
Clay Baker. Mr.. Chesley Mccormick
Mr.. Elmer Krinkle and Mr.. Hugh
Russell.
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Mrs F. N. Risteen received word
yesterday that her son Mr.. Joe Ris-
teen, has arrived from France. Mr..
Risteen who is in the naval aviation
branch of the service. landed in Ho
boken, N. j., and has been transferred
to Pelham Bay to await further orders.
Mr.. Risteen has been stationed near
BORDEAUX. France.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Shakeshaft
received a. message from their son,
Sergt. Arthur Shakeshaft, who has
recently returned from France, saying
that he is stationed at Camp Merritt
New Jersey, awaiting further orders.
Sergeant Shakeshaft expects to re-
ceive his honorable discharge from the
service and he and Mrs. Shakeshaft
will probably come to visit his parents
in Topeka soon.
An interesting visitor in Topeka is
Miss Patty Hyde, of Wichita, who is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Pierce. Miss Hyde was physical train
ing director at the hostess house at
Camp Funston last fall. She will re-
i
The engagement of Miss Hyde has
recently been announced to Lieut.. Will
liam Houston Barclay, social secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A. at Wichita. The
marriage will take place in the fall.
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The invitations which were issued
for reception to be held at the First
Congregational church Tuesday eve
ming in compliment to the new pastor.
the Rev. Mr.. Alfred E. Gregory. and
Mrs. Gregory. have been recalled on
account of the death of DR.. J. .. Free
man which occurred this morning.
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The Kansas Council of Women, OF
which Miss Effie Graham is president
will meet in Topeka Tuesday. January
IS. There is talk of a national or
ganization as many of the other states
have written to Miss Graham for the
plans of the local organization.
After the war questions will be dis
cussed and plans made for reconstruc-
ton work. Also the halls of resi-
dence movement for the young ladies
of state colleges and universities will
be promoted. Kansas is far behind
the other middle western states in this
regard and for that reason many
young women are sent to universities
out of our state where they may have
the home influence offered by these
Iehalls of residence. Many of the pri-
waite and UNCONVENTIONAL schools in
the state are meeting this need, and IN
the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois such homes
have been provided in the universities
for the girls.
A few of the benefits of the halls
of residence as given by Miss Graham
are: large university home will
esta blish standards: teach correct
ways of living; will be a larger center
for all good and helpful movements:
1T will tend towards harmony; it will