The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-24
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AT HOME NEWS

All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
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Co. 534 Kansas avenna--Adv-
The swimming pool at the Central
Y. NJ. C. A. was closed Friday night
and will be reopened Tuesday.
The Y. W. c. A. cafeteria will be
closed Monday, according to Miss
Winifred Turner, cafeteria director.
Sparks from the chimney of the
house at 1909 Kansas avenue, owned
and occupied by Edward Lawrence,
caused a fire on the roof shortly after
Z o'clock this morning. The damage
to the roof was slight.
t'PoIIy" Jones, negro. was fined 800
and sentenced to thirty days in Jail
by JNdge Rad Lee in police court Fri
day afternoon on a charge of having
home brew in his possession. He ap-
pealed to the district court.
A Christmas program will be given
at s O'Clock this evening at the Mount
Gilead church, west Of Topeka. There
will be presents for the children. A
number of the children from the Sc
curity Benefit association home will
attend.
No trace of the chickens stolen
Thursday night from the city tuber-
culosis sanatorium has been discov-
cred. IT suppose they were killed and
dressed and sold that way" Miss Anna
Henry, superintendent of the sana-
torium, said this morning.
Mrs Mary Shields 1901 East Sixth
avenue, sustained severe bruises Fri
day night when she was struck by a
car said to have been driven by e. S.
McGinnis, 1923 Liberty street. She
was taken to her home. The accident
occurred at Sixth avenue and Quincy
street.
Neel Deering, manager of the To-
peka district of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company, is TO leave shortly
for St. Louis, where he will become
manager of the St Louis district.
Deering will be succeeded by F. J.
Campbell. formerly manager of the
Kansas City office Of the company.
The Rt. Rev. James Wise, bishop of
the diocese of Kansas of the Ep3sco-
pal church. will be the celebrant of
Holy Communion at St Simon's
church Sunday morning at o'clock
He will also deliver the sermon. The
bishop will deliver the sermon at the
IL o'clock services at Grace Cathe-
dral.
"Snowbound" Christmas play
written and being coached by Miss
Mary Flora. will be presented at 1880
Presbyterian church. The cast in
cl0des Miss Mary Flora. Miss Hazel
Kihzer. Miss Florence Layton, Miss
Lola Denote, Miss Ruth Thompson,
Miss Margaret Hopper and Miss Mir
lam Pearson.
Bethlehem" by Root. is the can
tata which will be presented at the
Lowman Memorial Methodist church
Sunday night by the chorus choir I'M
der the direction of Sidney S. Smith.
Preceding the giving of the cantata,
Glen Foster of the Baker University
GIee club will sing 1.-The Song the An
gels Sang" and Mary Louise Smith
and Lloyd Schwartz will sing "Silent
Night"
A Christmas program will be given
at 1880 o'clock this evening at the
West Side Christian church for the
children of the Sunday school. There
will be a Christmas tree, Santa Claus
and treats. An offering will be taken
and it will be divided between the
Near East Relief and the Christian
board of ministerial relief. The Girls
Missionary circle of the church will
donate gifts to the children at the Tu-
berculosis sanatorium.
There will be a regular meeting of
the Press club Tuesday evening, De-
cember 27. The features of the eve
ming will be the eats. The members
will grabble ghoulishly in the pro-
ceeds OF their show last week, and
.
Milton Tabor. The proceeds of the
show are the raison d. etre OF the
eats. Tabor will ruin the evening s
enjoyment for some of the members
with a dissertation on the non-pay-
ment of dues and the consequences
thereof.
Employees and stockholders of the
National Reserve Life Insurance COM
pany and their families are attending
a party at the offices of the company.
S11 Kansas avenue, this afternoon
The party, which includes a Christ
mas tree and an entertainment pro-
gram, opened at 2 o'clock and will end
at o'clock this evening. The pre-
miums on the business done by the
company during the year just closing
will total 100000, according to the
president, George Godfrey Moore.
Five hundred persons attended the
Christmas party of Round Table
chapter. De Molay. given Friday night
IL H.