The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-10
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Napoleon Night" will be held by
the Cooperative club at their meet
| ing Tuesday evening at -6:15 O'Clock at
the Elk's club.
| The Kiwanis club will entertain its
members and their families at $50
o'clock this evening at the Chamber
! of Commerce.
The Chaneel Chapter of Grace
+ cathedral will sell pickles. preserves,
jams and iellies all day Tuesday at the
| Crosby Brothers store.
! Thirty-fiVe members of the State
street corps of the Girl Reserves en-
| joyed a hike to Dawson school and a
wienie roast Saturday afternoon.
The Benjamin Franklin council and
| American Association for the Recog-
Klingaman's hall, 11e East Sixth ave
| nue.
M H Mexican of the State Y NJ
| C. -As=addFessed the Washburn Sunday
evening open forum at the Central
! Congregational church Sunday eve
| ming on the subject, Finding the La
borer Thru Contact"
| Nearly S25 students have registered
! for the knights of Columbus night
school. according to J. J. Holloway,
| director. There is room for 100 addi-
| tional students Wednesday evening
|
| enroll.
The Topeka branch of the National
Association for the Advancement of
| Colored People will hold a meeting
| this evening at S:15 O'Clock at 410
Kansas avenue. The executive COM
! mittee of the branch wiz meet We'd
/ nesday evening.
! A parade will be the feature of the
Armistice day celebrations on No
vember II. Preliminary plans for the
event were made Saturday night by
representatives of twenty civic, fra
ternal, religious aud other organiza-
| tons which met at Labor hall.
A celebration of the tenth anniver-
! sary of the founding of the Chinese
| republic will be held at the Central
/ Congregational church at s o'clock this
| evening. Chinese students from Kan
sas colleges will attend. Paul Fung,
of Washburn college, is in charge of
| the program.
The Hi-Y club, of Topeka high
school will meet this evening at 6:15
| o'clock at the Central Y NJ. C. A. Sup
| per VIII be served. ]. Z. r. Barnes,
| Topeka high school coach. Will talk to
| the boys on clean living and athletics.
Lester Titus will conduct the Bible
study for the freshmen members.
w. H. Lattad, member of Mack's
flying circus, dropped 1000 feet from
a plane piloted by Lieut.. Dick Will
burn field. The parachute opened
| within 100 feet and the descent was
! easy. Lattad invented the parachute
himself and tried 1t out yesterday for
| the first time
The Sunday School Athletic associa-
ton viii meet thissevening at o'clock
at the Central Y NJ C A to arrange
I Basketball league which viii begin
November /. The list of eligible play
ers must be in the hands of r. D. Pal
mer. physical director of the Central
Y. MI c. A, by october IL
| CIR Bridgeforth, principal of the
4 Kansas Industrial and Educational In
5ls4it1te, addressed the annual state con-
fFvention-~ Of the colored Baptist
churches held at Atchison, Friday.
Bridgeforth made report of the
school and displayed exhibits of. va
rious articles made, in the blacksmith
shop. tailor shop land domestic arts
division. as.
Attic the Central 7. NJ. c. A. failed
to reach the goal of $50 new members
during the two-day campaign held last
week, fifty-three new members were
secured. and $347 was turned in as
receipts of the campaign and the Of
ficers are still optimistic over the out
look. Amos Rabe, Harry Stewart, c..
NJ. Case and n. W. Benning won gym
nasium shirts in the campaign.
Burglars staged party in the home
/ of Mr. and Mrs William ShultZ, Az
Lime street, while Mr.Aand Mrs. Shultz
|: are in California. When Mrs. J. H.
i Rhodes. a ncighbor, entered the Shultz
4 house Sunday night to attend the
! flowers, she found the kitchen torn up
and strewed with dirty dishes. On the
wall was a sign which read: we had
a good time while YOU were gene"
The Sunday school temple of the
First Methodist church, corner of
West Sixth avenue and Harrison
street, is being rebuilt. This is the
first move in the reconstruction of the
church which was destroyed by fire
some weeks ago. The temple will be
completed in January. Walls remain
ing in good condition will be utilized
in the new building. 1t will be two
stories high and will cost 100000.
Prof, c. F. Kent of Yale university
spoke at the Vesper services at Mac
Vicar chapel. Washburn college, sun
day afternoon. He declared that the
solution of all modern problems is
found in the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Professor Kent had conference with
the Washburn Student Volunteer band
after the service. He addressed the
Washburn students at 10 o'clock this
morning and will give public lecture
at 4 o'clock this aftern Don at NacNicar
. chapel.
Back in the old days the man who
could ride any bad boss was admired
| by his fellows. But it remained for
Detective Mitchell Bundy to drive a
bad Ford" Sunday afte rnoon. The
car had been run into a potato patch
earlier in the day by J. w. Cook and
! | ]. NJ. Terry, arrested on drunk charges.
When Bundy started to bring the car
to police headquarters he narrowly
missed telephone poles. bitches and
other obsta cles in a wild ride of fifty
yards Wfle1l@he got the machine
stopped he found the steering rods
) were broken and went back to police
? headquarters in the police car