The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-21
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

and sold. The Shawnee Investment
Co, b34 Kansas avenue.-Adv.
Prof w. C. Wheeler of washburn
college has gone to Chicago to attend
a conference of Biblical instructors.
E. H. Hougeland, commerce counsel
for the Topeka Traffic association, will
go to Chicago next week to address a
meeting of miners there.
The Topeka Builders club will give
dinner dance for the wives and
friends of the members at the club
summer camp at Dalesford. The af-
fair is to be held on the night of
July 8.
A crop report issued by the Santa
Fe is to the effect that the Colorado
flood destroyed II $50 acres of crops
in the Arkansas valley. The total crop
acreage of the valley Is estimated at
31S.125 acres.
DR.. Forrest L. Loveland has re-
turned from a national meeting OF
anti-tuberculosis workers in New York
City, and will be in attendance at the
tuberculosis clinic at the city nall Fri
day afternoon.
Miss Virginia Campbell, secretary of
the Provident association, has gone to
Milwaukee, Wis, to attend a national
social workers conference. Miss Tillte
Jane Hairgrove, visiting housekeeper
of the association, will be in charge OF
the association in Miss Campbelfs
absence.
The first division of the Ladies' Aid
society of the First Methodist church
will meet at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. c. w.
Hoyt, 2O1 Western avenue. The as
sisting hostesses will be Mrs. G. c.
Bowman, Mrs. john Marshall and
Mrs. A. S. Mathews.
The first stated meeting off the
Round Table chapter of De Molay will
be held at the Masonic temple Thurs
day evening at 1880 o'clock. A meet
ing of the officers of the chapter viii
be held tonight to arrange for the
work. Several matters of Importance
to the order are to be settled Thurs
day night.
The moving picture films which
were taken at the state convention OF
the Kansas Bankers association this
spring are to be shown to the bankers
of Topeka at the Orpheum theater
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
Members of the association, their fam
lilies. and their employees are invited
to the special showing.
Maps have been issued to the Of
ficers of the four cavalry troops of the
Kansas National Guard showing the
topography of the country surrounding
the posts of the troops The state
cavalry troops are located at Yates
Center, Coffeyville, Clay Center and
lola. The maps will be used in work
ing out tactical problems locally.
Every Saturday from noon until
O'Clock in the afternoon all children of
the city are eligible to take advantage
of five cent swims in the Y. w. c. A.
swimming pool, Miss Nell Stringfeilcw,
physical instructor at the Y. w. g. A,
announced today. Swims will be d.
vided into forty-five minute periods
Swimmers must bring their own suits.
The Chamber of Commerce and the
Rotary club of Chanute will hold
joint picnic Wednesday, to which w.
R. Smith, general attorney; E. L.
Copeland, secretary-treasurer; j. r.
Koontz, assistant freight traffic mana
ger; j. M Connell, general passenger
agent; and F. w. Thomas, supervisor
of apprentices, all of the Santa Fe
service, will be the guests.
H. D. Phillips has become a MEM
Der of the staff of the state Y. M. C.
A, according to A. A. Remington,
state secretary. Phillips's home is at
Paola, Kan. He is an ex-service man
and a graduate of Kansas State Agri-
ed in Y. NJ. C. A. work in college and
he will be connected with the finan-
cial department of the state Y. NJ.
c. A.
Figures from the car service division
of the American Railway association
show that the loading of revenue
freight on the railroads of the United
States, during the week ending May
2S, exceeded the loads of the previous
week by 1S,907 cars. The total figures
for the handling of revenue freight by
all roads during the week amounted
to TS7,231 cars. The figures for the
same week in 1920 were S9S,207 and
in 1919, 763,761, showing that the
freight business during the week men,
toned was equal to that done during
the period Immediately subsequent to
the war.
The finals in the Y. ". c. A. ten
mis- tournament will be played on Sat
urday evening of this week, beginning
at o'clock, according to Miss Nell
Stringfellow, physical education in
structor of the Y. w. C.. A. Wednes-
day evening at $3.50 o'clock the semi
finals in doubles will he played with
Grace Holcome and Esther Morehouse
playing Mrs Martin Buckley and Mrs.
Kenneth Lewis. The finals in the sim
giles will be played by Grace Holcombe
and Virginia Smith. This morning
Bess and Edna Atwell, playing Mrs.
Martin Buckley and Mrs. Kenneth
Lewis were defeated by scores Of 81
and 6-1. Monday afternoon Mildred
Boggs and Dorothy Lukerts defeated
Katherine Smith and Alberta Rosen by
score OF GO and ga. Grace Holcombe
and Esther Morellouse won from Ruth
Larimer and Virginia Kitchell by 60
and 6-1.
TO DEDICATE NEW COURTHOUSE.