The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-28

we'll the club has succeeded in its orig |
inal object. Willow park, one of the |
beauty spots of Topeka at present, Is
the proof.
The officers for the coming year
are: President, Mrs. NJ A Low; vice |
president Mrs. D. o. Coe; recording |
secretary, Mrs. Ella B. Nelson; club
historian, Mrs. Ward Burlingame; cor
responding secretary. Mrs. T. G. Bid
die; treasurer, Miss Marian McAfee;
parliamentarian. Mrs. W. A Johnston;
critic Mrs Walter Ashton Smith.
The club motto is, I'm great things,
unity; in small things. liberty; in all
things. charity" The club flower is
alfalfa.
The Knife and Fork club is, as the
name indicates, a dinner and CONVEX
81 ton club. 1t has no set program for
the coming year, other than TO create
a fund for the entertainment Tor as
tinguished guests to whom it is de-
sired to extend some courtesy Inls
being Iegislat tive year, the out-of-toWn
women who come to Topeka for the
session will be shown some attention
by the club members.
The Vignette club, of which Mrs. H.
E. Raw is president for the coming
year. is one of the Oldest clubs in the
city having been organized thirty
years ago, and many of the charter
members still belong.
While in Boston this summer, Mrs.
w. c. McDonough was given a card
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Woman's club of Boston, thru the
courtesy of college friend of Doctor
McDonough's a woman who was a
charter member of the club. Mrs
McDonough spent many pleasant hours
! at the club house, lunching there,
using the library and listening to in
structive talks on art on several &C.
casions.
Topeka is of course, not in Boston's
class, but it may interest club women
here to know that the club at Boston
has a mem bership of 5000, with 500
on the waiting list. The dues are $14
annually.
The Ceramic Art club will start its
years work October 10 with the report
of individual members of work for
their display, and a musical program
arranged by the hostess. Miss Gussie
Fuller. There will be papers thru the
year by Miss Marie Witwer, Mrs. T. S.
Stevens. Mrs. J. S. Ensninger. Miss
Marie MAYHEM, Mrs. Oscar Perkins,
Mrs. W. c. McDonough, Mrs. J. K.
Jones, Mrs. w. H. Davis, Miss Gussie
Fuller, Miss Marion Peers, Miss Ethel
Warren and Mrs. R. B. Hickox. The
officers of the club are: President,
Mrs. W. c. McDonough; vice president,
Miss Gussie Fuller; secretary, Mrs G.
B. Boone; treasurer, Mrs. J. K. Jones'
The annual exhibit of the club will be
held May 2
The Topeka Art Guild is another
club, the value of which, in the line
or education, cannot be overestimated
The president for the coming year is
Mrs Frank Merriam.
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Miss Maym Parsons was hostess to
the members of the T. Y. V. club at
| her home in Huntoon street Friday
evening The club is composed of girls
who grouped themselves together
while attending high school. The party
last night was in the nature of fare
well, since Miss Parsons is soon to be
married to Mr.. Charles Hoyt of New
York.
The guests were: Miss Edna Beck
er MISS Dorothy Bradbury. Miss Violet
Mathews, Miss Ramona kirkpatrick,
kItchell. Miss Augusta Taylor, Miss
Ruth Tandy, Miss Esther Grandon,
Miss Lucille Mcguire. Mrs. Frank
Durein. Miss Lillian Gleissner and Miss
MI and Mrs. ]. w. Barngrover en-
tertained Thursday evening at their
home, 1905 Polk, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs Ray Rogers of Chicago, Ill
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Rogers, Mr. and
Mrs Lee Rogers. Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Cookson. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Rogers,
Miss Daisy Rogers, Mr.. VERNE Rogers.
Rogers. Mr.. La Reux Rogers, Mr. and
Mrs. Barngrover and Miss Stella Barn
grover.
The Sigma Alpha Iota sorority held
an indoor picnic at the home of Mrs.
Eli G. Foster Friday night.
DR.. and Mrs. George H Pritchard,
Of Edinburg, Tex, formerly of Topeka,
announce the engag cement of their
daughter, Miss Mary Samson, to Mr.
Marvin Harms, of Edinburg
Miss Samson is a graduate of To-
peka high school, and of K. u, where
she won all kinds of honors. Besides
being member of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority, she belonged to sew
eral honorary and scholastic soror-
tiles, Pi Beta Kappa, Phi Lamba
Theta, and Theta Sigma Phi. She was
also Torch in her senior year. She
majored in journalism, and held every
office on the Kansan at different
times. She is now city editor of the
Edinburg Valley Review, which posi-
ton she will retain after her marriage.
Mr.. Harms is K. L. man, a mem
Der of Sigma NJ fraternity, and was
president of the fraternity during his
senior year. He was member of the
mems student council, and was a
basket and baseball player He was
: prominent in all the college activities
! being a member of the Y. NJ. c. A.
cabinet, was news editor of the Kan
san, and was a member of the Sachem
club, an honorary senior mems club.
Mr.. Harms is now secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce at Edinburg.
The wedding will occur October 2, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harms will live for the
present with Doctor and Mrs. Pritch-
ard, later building a home for them
selves.
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. The Social Service club will meet
! next Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at
} the home of Mrs. Raymond Wolfe,
1922 West Sixth street, with Mrs
/ Wolfe and Mrs. W. c. McDonough as
hostesses.
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Dear Miranda: When your letter
come the other day sayin' as how you
amt slep' none since I writ you about
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