The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-20
TO HELP.
Local Club Gets Behind s5th
Division Campaign.
General Wright and Possibly
Cox or Roosevelt Coming.


| Topeka must get ready to take care
of its largest crowd of visitors in
years, was the sentiment expressed to-
4 day noon at the special meeting of
| the Rotary club, called to make plans
for the big reunion of the Thirty-fifth
division here September 26-27-2S.
| Following talks by Capt. W. P. Mac
Lean of the Boys Industrial school,
/ who told the Rotarians of the size and
| Importance of the reunion, and Fred
1 Voiland, who gave the general plans
! for the reception of the visitors, the
Rotary club voted to do its share to-
ward raising the $4,000 needed for
| financing the reunion and making any
/ other arrangements for caring for the
! former soldiers during their three
days stay in the city.
John VI. Kinkel was appointed cap
| tain of the Rotary canvassing team
I which will work with teams from
the other three civic service organiza-
lions Monday in ra sing the $4,000
He appointed the following members
OF the club as his lieutenants: S. z.
Cobb, Herbert West. Homer Bomgard-
ner, Frank Campbell, F. j. Funk,
Chas. L. Mitchell. L. T. Hussey. Rob
/ H h. Pugh, w. W. Eden. W. T. Beer
bohm, Tom Lillard and o. c. Neiswen-
der.
This committee will direct the can
wasting for the Rotary club and will
be assisted by the other members in
the districts designated by Kinkel.
The canvassers will start at $40
o clock Monday morning
Topeka's downtown will be divided
into four districts for Mondays can
| wasting. as follows:
From Tenth avenue south. Souare
Circle club.
/ From Tenth to Eighth: Cooperative
From Eighth to Sixth: Rotary club.
FROM Sixth to Fourth: Inter-Service
! From Fourth to the river: Harry
Perry. mayor of the bottoms"
North Topeka: North Topeka Civic
j. All of the service clubs have made
plans for the canvass, except the Co
operative club which will act tonight
i Big Crowd Here.
I Every Thirty-fifth division man who.
can possibly come, will be at the re-
union. Captain MacLean declared in
nus talk He said that the division
/ originally numbered $1,000 men, but
that during the war $4,000 served in
II at different times. The division
held meeting at st. Louis last year.
but 1t was not largely attended and
the Topeka reunion will be the first
big one since the division was reviewed
at. Comercy, France, by General Per-
shing and the Prince of Wales
Special trains will carry the Thirty
fifth division veterans from Missouri
and Kansas towns, MacLean Said.
Noted Speakers Coming.
The speakers at the reunion will in
clude Maj Gen. William NJ. Wright.
> characterized by MacLean as the
only popular commander the diVi-
sion had" Governor Cox, the Demo
cratic presidential nominee, or Frank
lin d. Roosevelt, the vice presid entail
nominee; Senator Harding, the Repuh-
. licen nominee or one of his leading
lleutenants, and Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,; Governor Gardner of Missouri;
and Governor Allen of Kansas
: Thirteen Regiments will be present.
ed at the reunion. The committee in
charge OF plans is arranging for thir-
teen churches or club rooms where the
members of each division will be fed
| and thirteen auditoriums where they
can hold separate meetings. The gem
erai meetings OF the division will be
held on the state house grounds.
The reunion opens Sunday, Septen-
Der rs, registration day. Monday will
be devoted largely to get-together
meetings and Tuesday will be an all
day carnival on the state house
grounds, MacLean told the Rotarians.
Xoiland, in his explanation of the
. financial side of the reception plans,
said the local Thirty fifth division
committee had first asked for $4,000
to help defray expenses of the re-
union. Later this estimate was in
creased to $4,000 or $4,000. and the
general service club committee raised
it to $4,000, the balance to be used
by the four clubs for entertainment
} of the visitors.
THE Thirty-fifth division reunion
will bring the largest crowd of visitors
to the city that has come here in
years" Voiland said. 1T is up to us
TO show them our appreciation for
what they did and make them want
: to come back to Topeka. for future
reunions. We should literally throw
open the doors of the city to them.
take them into our homes during their
, reunion in this city"