The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-16

the building fund of the church. Num-
bers on the program will include jack
sons Twenty-third Regimental band
and other musical numbers by Joseph
Tolbert, Benjamin Gaines, Mrs. Gil
yard Minis, Miss Josephine Cunning
ham, Miss Katherine Newton and Mrs.
Jennie Ransom.
The local chapter of the Red Cross
is trying to locate A. Henry, missing
former service man, who enlisted in
the military service, giving a street
address in Topeka at which no such
person was ever heard of. Mrs. Z. w.
Seeley, of the home service depart
nlent of the Red Cross, will be glad to
have any information with regard to
Henry, which may be telephoned to
her between 1880 and 4:30 o'clock any
afternoon, at Phone 2024.
In observance of the thirty-second
anniversary of the founding of the
Epworth League a candlelight service
was held at the Lowman Memorial
Methodist church Sunday evening
each held a lighted candle during the
special service. The Epworth League
has 100000 members now. Thirty
two years ago when the league was
formed in Cleveland, o., there were
twenty-seven charter members.
Kansas posts of the American Lee
gion and the Woman's Auxiliary of
the Legion have given $1,965.99 for
the decoration of the graves of men
who fell during the world war. The
fund is raised, nationally, under the
auspices of the American Legion.
Kansas exceeded the quota assigned
to this state, $1,35450, most of the
money coming from members of the
two organizations named. Kansas
was the first state to reach or exceed
its quota CT the fund.
A class of twenty school girls is COM
pleting a course in Red Cross Home
nursing at Silver Lake with Miss
Nursing association as instructor. The
girls are Celestia Shetran. Pauline
Kellner. Emily Abel, leila Wood,
Ethel Richter, Sadie Maddox, Pauline
Richter, Lois French, Cecilia Lawer,
Leatha Lawer. Callie Dexter, Marie
Vonarctel, Vaye Luthye. Edna Lands,
Ethel Reamer, Ruth Lands. Helen
Hunderfund, Jessie Luthye, Carina
Lawer and May Bellman.
Peter Quaney, of Highland Park
retired farmer, was arrested Sunday
by Tom Hurley, marshal of the city
court, on a warrant charging him
with passing a worthless check on the
Taft Motor company. He is alleged
to have given the check as first pay
ment on a car, which he abandoned
about the time the check was pro-
tested. He is alleged to have obtained
a car from the Wood Motors company
in this manner, giving a check for
$500 and using the car until the check
came back Quaney said he was
drunk when he gave the checks, Hur-
ley said.
Attendance was heavy at the two
milk pictures shown at the Isis
theater Saturday as part of the
''White Drink of Health campaign.
kiddies and grownups alike enjoyed
the two displays of a film which was
entertaining as well as educational
Mrs. Julia Kiene. home demonstration
agent for the Shawnee County Farm
bureau, is in charge of the feeding
test thru which $50 undernourished
children in the Grant and Parkdale
schools will receive milk each day, and
the resulting improvement in their
health and school work noted. The
work started Friday and will be con-
tinued for month.
The members of the Shawnee
County Medical society. their wives,
and Miss Sarah Parsons, of Boston,
Mass, were guests of honor at the
banquet given Friday evening at Pei
letters Tea room by the Kansas State
Nurses association. Miss Parsons was
Massachusetts General hospital and
yellow and purple iris were used In
the table decorations. The committee
on arrangements for the banquet, at
which about 200 guests were present
included: Miss Edith White, Miss Mary
Alexander Miss Rosella Ross. Mrs.
Damaris Payton, and Miss Elizabeth