The Topeka state journal., 1921-11-25
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

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noon today. Only routine business
was transa acted by the dfdectors.
/ W. E. McClelland, of Dougherty's
Business college, left for Kansas City
today. where he will address the con-
veHtion of the Missouri Valley Com
/ discuss the salesmanship question.
! Mrs. Lee Preer, 1922 Lincoln street,
I has been elected president of the Nu-
/ nicIpal Welfare league, to fill the va
cancy recently made by the resigna- |
( ton of Mrs Rodger Fox. Miss Esunice /
! Graham is secretary of the organiza- !
J ton.
There. will be services tonight at
/ 1870 o'clock at the Lowman Memorial
Methodist Episcopal church in pre-
paration for Communion Sunday
morning. The services tonight will
Feast
/ y Lions club. with thirty business
men as members, has been organized /
at Newton. Officials of the Topeka |
Lions club, including A T. Van Petten, |
president. Thomas Amory Lee and J. /
the installation.
Young writers who are candidates /
for membership in the Quill club of
Washburn college have handed in |
twenty-seven manuscripts. Only eight /
of this number will be elected to mem /
q
be elected next week.
There will be a conference of the |
exalted rulers of thirty-five Elks /
lodges in Kansas Sunday in Topeka. |
! The conference is preliminary to a |
! trip to Herington, where new lodge |
of Elks is to be installed Monday, un- |
der the direction of H. L. Peppmeyer, /
district deputy for northern Kansas /
y W. Benning, general secretary, |
and O. W Hascall, boys work secre- /
tary of the Central Y. NJ. c. A, left /
today for Emporia. where they will /
Benning will speak at the conference /
this afternoon on the subject. The 7 |
NJ c. A. secretaryship as life work !
The committee on boys work OF /!
the First Presbyterian church met al
the Chamber OF Commerce at noon /
today. The committee, of which /
Judge James A Mcclure is chairman. F.
decided to hold the father and SON !
banquet and entertained which is a
part of their boys work program. dur +
ing the first week in January next +
year
! Fifty-fiVe new senior members and .
renewals have been secured so far
this month by the Central Y NJ. c. A. /
From all indications the membership .
viii reac eli the 800 mark at the end
of the month. The membership is ar
its peak now. being one of the largest i
cording 20 z. B. Breithaupr, member /
ship secretary.
T. D. Williams, county probation Of 7
ficer. addressed the boys who attend /
ed the complim entary Thanksgiving I
supper given by the Y NJ c. A for .
boys who are not old enough to have 7
the privileges Of the ~" G. L.
Hooper, manager of the Orpheum I
theater, furnished a two reel comedy. !
( ''Snooky's Wild Oats" which was /
shown in Gemmell hall +
Rabbits are not always particular (
about where they jump up. Because +
one started to run in a direct line with /
j window in a school house southeast
OF Topeka, Calvin Smith and Elmer /
Ellis, negro boys. were arrested on 4 /
charge of hunting on a public h gh- /
way Thanksgiving day. \ voI1ey from /
their shotguns broke the window in /
the school house. 1t was charged I
They were released on bond to. appear
for trial November %.
The executive committee in charge
OF the James ]. Davis class mem ber-
ship campaign Of the Moose lodges in /
the United states has extended the |
campaign to January l, according to
word received today by E L. Moon, [
secretary OF Topeka lodge No. 524-
According to previous plans the cam
paign was to have closed December 1. !
The ca paign VIII close with a class I
New Years day A class of twelve /
members will be initiated by the local |
lodge Monday night
In today's mail at the Chamber of
Commerce there was an unseaIed en-
I velop&. bearing q one-cent stamp and /
poStmarked from Dayton, O., which /
puzzled the staff. There was nothing |
in the envelope but a strip of ruled /
note paper clipped to fit the envelope. |
and striped with red and black ink. n 4
halfinch stripes What the -2 |
"a Il zhn nd N
handwriting. but that's beyond me"
E. y. Sutherland. assistant secretary, |
said when he opened the envelope NO
possible explanation of the stunt is /
suggested to the other members of /
the staff
A miniature Santa F'e engine. as be-
ing typical of Topeka and Shawnee !
county. was the display of the Shaw
nee county students in the parade pre- |
ceding the big football game at Law |
renee Thursday. The engine was OBJ /
tained bv Joe Schneider. president of l
the students club, from W. D Deveny, |
superintendent of the Santa F'e shops /
The engine appeared in the parade I
mounted on a large motor car truck /
and made the trip to and from Law I
one of the novelties of the local shops, /
having been made several years ago 1
for use in a local parade.
The state office of the Y. NJ c. A +
will be practically deserted for the +
remainder of the week One stenog- /
rauher has been left in charge Of the I
office A. A Remington general state /
secretary; NJ H McKean. student sec
retary, and B. V. Edworthy, state boys /
work secretary. left for Emporia to- I
day, where they will be in charge Of |
the Older Boys conference, which IS /
in session today. Saturday and Sun |
day. a corps of steuOgraphers were /
taken to Emporia, where they viii /
take the minutes on the conference |
and record every word said on the /
! floor of the conference The confer
euce speeches and remarks will be /
printed in book form later IN the year |
TWO AIURDERERS PARDONED.
Harding Frees Man Who Slew at Fort