The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-27
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

World will be given Wednesday eve
ming at the Swedish Baptist church,
Fourth and Fillmore streets.
The annual meeting of the Central
Congregational church will be held at
$50 o'clock Tuesday evening, Janu
airy 10. A church supper will be
| served.
The students of Topeka high school
will present a play entitled THE For
tune Hunter" January IA. at the high
school auditorium. The cast includes
| seventeen persons.
The annual watch party of the B.
Y. P. u. of the First Baptist church
will be <heId at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
evening at the home of Miss Hazel
Flanagan. 1900 Taylor street.
The local office of the United States
Veterans bureau has reinstated $751;
| 900 of war risk insurance for eX-serv-
ice men since December 5, according
to w. H. Woodruff, acting sub-dis-
| trict manager.
| The annual meeting of the North
Topeka Baptist church will be held at
1880 O'Clock Wednesday evening at
the church, according to the Rev. o.
L. Weir, pastor. Reports will be made
| on the progress of the new building.
Lester Titus, a student at Washburn
college, and assistant boys work sec
rotary of the Central Y. NJ. c. A, will
address the members of the Hi-Y club
of Topeka high school at meeting
at z o'clock this evening at the Cen
trail Y. M. c. A.
The Rev. F. w Wittenbraker, who
until recently resided in Topeka, has
| accepted the call to serve as pastor of
| the Baptist church at Milton, Kan,
according to the Rev. J. T. Crawford,
| executive secretary of the Kansas
| Baptist convention.
! A six weeks inspection of the 18th
| infantry. Kansas National Guard, is
| being completed by Col Charles H.
Browne, of Horton, commanding Off
Ger. There are fifteen companies in
| the regiment; the last two to. be in
| spected are Company z, Liberal. and
Company L. Kingman.
The Rev. J. T. Crawford, executive
| secretary of the Kansas Baptist con-
vention, left Monday for Ottawa on
business for the new world movement
which is being Staged by the denom-
| nation. While on the present trip he
will make a tour of southeastern Kan
sas stopping at Chanute and Pittsburg.
| Harold Gill, a Topeka high school
student, fell thru the ice while skating
on the south lake at Central Park
Monday afternoon. He fell in
| shallow part of the lake and the water
did not go above his shoulders. Skat-
| ers are warned to keep off the ice
I as the recent warm temperatures have
I
skating is unsafe.
The Rev. w. I. Cole, pastor of the
/ Seward Avenue Baptist church, will
entertain the young people of the
church at 1880 o'clock Thursday eve
ming at his home, 904 Lane street. Re
vival services will begin at the church
next Sunday and will be conducted for
period of two weeks or more. John
Imrie, a Scotch baritone, will be in
charge of the music at these services.
DIR. John R. Mott. of New York City,
| one of the most influential men of the
Y. NJ. c. A. in this country, will speak
/ at the third biennial state convention
| of the Y. NJ. c. A, which will be held
at Wichita, January 81, according to
an announcement made today by A
A. Remington, state secretary. The
| theme of the convention will be 1.-THE
7. NJ. c. A. during the next decade"
One hundred and fifty persons at
| tended the Christmas party given
Monday night by Topeka lodge No
! 525, L. o. o. M, for it's members and
their families at the lodge club rooms
Santa Claus stayed over until Monday
night and presented the children with
treats. A musical program consisting
| of a number of musical selections and
readings was given.
The members of the Madison Street
Baptist church will hold their annual
night watch service from until II
o'clock Saturday night. The Rev. A
| Rhode, pastor of the church, has con-
scented to conduct revival services for
| a period of two weeks, beginning Jan
lord, Kan. The Rev. Mr.. Rhode con-
Quoted similar series of meetings at
Vesper, Kan, one month ago.
An elaborate Christmas dinner was
served to the soldiers of the quarter
master corps, K. N. G.. from Topeka,
| Crawford county. They We're unable
to get home so they made the best of
| the situation The menu included
| olives, pickles, mashed potatoes, a
| roast with brown gravy, cranberry
sauce. creamed peas, candied sweet
potatoes. bread, celery, jam, oranges,
cake, candy, nuts and coffee.
The Christmas mail had practically
all been delivered this afternoon, ac-
cording to w. o. Rigby, postmaster.
One delivery was made Monday, but
it took many of the carriers the en-
tire day to get over their routes. The
| little mail that remained was delivered
today. There are a large number of
packages at the postoffice which have
incomplete addresses or were wrongly
addressed. In few cases the address
was missing entirely and on many
others there was no return address.
The holiday season is proving more
OF less exciting Tor j Onn j. Boyle, a
truck driver for the Otto Drummer
Commission company. While assisting
firemen at the Rose trunk factory fire
late Saturday afternoon Boyle came in
contact with a live WIRE" getting a
shock that sent him to a hospital.
Monday afternoon a truck he was
! driving overturned near Lawrence.
Boyle end two companions were
rendered unconscious, but all soon re-
covered. The truck, however, was
badly damaged.
The Rev. r. E. Reavis. who recent
ly resigned as pastor of the Central
Park Christian church. will leave
| Wednesday for Paris. Mo, his old
home,-accompanied by his family Al
tho he is not leaving the ministry. he
| will not take a pastorate at this time
but will take an extended vacation.
He preached his farewell sermon at
| the Central Park church Sunday
morning and two confessions were re-
! nnrfPd The members Of cOn