The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-18
North Side News

| Items for this Column may be left at
Petros drug store, or call Eleanor
ktmball. phone 3G31, after 2 o. NJ:
| other tInrs phone :sh30
| The Eagle clothing store. Galitzki
& Son. proprietors, has bought the
! building at $40 Kansas avenue from
| Mrs. Matt Campbell, the considera-
ton being $2,275. The building was
| formerly occupied by the GRADER hard
ware store.
| The Eagle store now occupies two
numbers, with third used as a store
| age room, and it is the intention of
! the firm to throw the lower floors of
| the four buildings into one. giving a
frontage of one hundred feet on Kan
saS avenue.
Red Cross Discontinued.
The North side unit of the Red
| Cross will be discontinued after next
week. The interest has so lessened in
| the work that the attendance is not
| large enough to accomplish the work
given out, and it was voted yesterday
to disbad.
The work on hand will be finished
| next week and the machines returned
to the owners. Persons who loaned
/ machines are requested to communi-
! cate with the president, Mrs. A. t.
Rowe.
Lincoln Circle No. Presents Flag to
Mckinley School.
/
yesterday afternoon presented Nc
E[inley school with a large American
flag The presentation was made in
the assembly room where appropriate
| patriotic exercises were held Inc
presentation of the flag was made by
Miss Gussie Losh, past patriotic IN
structor of the circle, substituting Tor
Mrs. Delnorah McGrath. patriotic in
structor, who was unable to be pres
ent.
Capt. F. NJ Kimball of Lincoln post
made a patriotic address to the chill
dren and Mr.. Ridley, principal of Nc
Kinley school, made short talk
| Guests from Lincoln circle and Lin
| coin post were Mrs. w. E Vert. Mrs.
Sankey and Comrade Andrew Losh.
A party was given at the home or
Miss Nellie Ward. on Van Buren
street, in honor of the elect-officers
| of the Christian Endeavor society OF
the Second Presbyterian church'
| Those present were: Cletus Buehrer,
Dora Adams, Ray Parnell, Izadel Way
choff, Claude Waychoff. Fay Camp
bell, William Semple, Emma Semple,
Albert Adams, Freda Johnston, Joe
Cochran, Marie Johnston, ROLAND
Gordon, Garnet Cooper, olive EISher'
Dillon Fisher, Lucille Fisher, William
Ward, Irene Bachelor, Leon King,
Mr.. and Mrs. King.
Notes and Personals.
We're Cooper. son of Mr.. and Mrs. C.
NJ Cooper 91l JACKSON street, "IlO
has been spending a short furlo with
his friends, has returned to Mont
| gomery. Ala.
The children of the Sunday school
of the Central avenue Christian
: church are preparing a special Kan
sas day program for Sunday, January
IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Beers entertained
at a family dinner last evening at their
home, SIS Park street, in honor of the
I -,-sfa A1VC
Ira Wells of Paramore street and of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wells. Mr.. and
Mrs Ira Wells have been married
thirty-five years and Mr. and Mrs. Err
niversary. Mrs. Wells was formerly
| Miss Matte Beers. Mr.. and Mrs.
Beers's guests were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Wells. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Wells,
Miss Dolly Wells, Miss Gladys Wells,
Maude Wells, Josephine Beers, Mollie
Beers, Clarence Wells and Dallas
Beers.
Lieut.. Kirk Cecil. son of Mr.. and
Mrs ] F. Cecil of Route 4, has re-
| ceiyed his honorable discharge and ar
rived home Wednesday evening after
an absence in France of over ten
months. Lieutenant Cecil. who enlist
ed in the coast artillery, received his
| training at Camp Stevens. Washington.
sailing from New York March 2. 1913,
making the trip from Washington by
way of the Panama canal on the ship
Northern Pacific. the transport which
was stranded off Fire Island two weeks
ago with $500 homeward bound SOL
diers aboard. Just previous to leaving
/ France Lieutenant Cecil visited his
| brother. Ralph. of the 163rd infantry,
now stationed at Tours, France. Altho
/ the brothers had been in France for
many months they had not seen one
another. Before enlisting Lieutenant
! Cecil was engaged in government for
| est reserve work and his position is
open to him if he wishes to return.
Mrs Cecil. who before her marriage
was Miss Grace Lukens. has made her
home with her parents Mr.. and Mrs
| Charles Lukens OF Rochester. during
her husbands absence.
Funeral services of Mrs. A ].
Proudfit, who died yesterday morning
at her home. 1922 Monroe street, will
be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
! The services will be private Burial in
! Rochester cemetery. The body viii
lie in state Sunday from 2 o'clock I'M
til 4.
Guy Wood, who was stationed at
Camp Meade. Nd. and was sent TO
Funston to be mustered out, received
his honorable discharge and returned
to his home, 1901 Jackson street, af-
ter serving seven months in the signal
corps. He will take his old position
with the Santa Fe the first of the
month.
The residence property at e27 Jack
son street. owned by the Boast heirs,
has been sold to J. L. England, a we'll
to-do farmer from Coffey county, for
$500 The family will make their
home on the North side. the young