The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-24
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The interior OF the Reld hoteI Is De
| ing redecorated and reprinted and
some of the rooms are being repa-
pered.
The Rev. John RahiIl, pastor OF the
Central Congregational church. who
is spending his vacation in Princeton,
n. J., with his mother, will return to
Topeka September 20.
The price of coal this winter will
doubtless. be plenty high, but it is the
householder and not the coal dealer
who is doing the most figuring on
how he's going to raise it.
The Ladies' Aid society of the
United Presbyterian church will have
the home of Mrs. 1. G. Fletcher, Hun
toon and Fillmore streets.
A lawn social and watermelon feast
will be held this evening at the home
of L. B. Howard, Fifteenth and West
streets. by the local camp of the Span
ish-American war veterans.
An awning in front of the J. ].
Drisko Drug company's store at 704
Kansas avenue, caught fire last night,
presumably from a cigaret dropped
upon it. The damage was slight.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Topeka
Kiwanis club is meeting today at
the Chamber of Commerce, preparing
convention of K.wanians here next
month.
There will be meeting of the Camp
Grounds committee of the Chamber
of Commerce at noon Friday. 1t is
the intention of the committee to visit
the Garfield park camping grounds
after luncheon.
The Rev. and Mrs. o. NJ. Showalter,
of Emporia, are in Topeka this week
visiting friends. The Rev. Mr.. Sho-
walter. who formerly lived in Topeka,
is now the pastor of the First Baptist
church in Emporia-
The Forty Hommes and Eight Che
vaux social branch of the American
legion will hold its third annual ma
tional meeting in New Orleans. Octo-
Der 16 to 20. Five delegates are al
lowed from each chapter.
w. o. Rigby, local postmaster, is
receiving bids for the installation of a
to the basement of the federal build
ing. Parcel post distribution will be
speeded up when the chute IS built.
The senior Red Cross life saving
class will meet this evening at Z
o'clock at the Y w. c. A. Girls who
passed the official Red Cross life saw
ing test at the last meeting are Miss
Victorine Williams and Miss opal
Mitchell.
Governor Allen today issued a re-
QUESTION on Governor Hyde of Mis-
souri, for return TO this state of John
Flanagan. The man is wanted in Os-
borne on a charge of jail breaking
He is reported under arrest in Kan
sas City, Mo.
Building permits have been issued
from the office. of the city fire mar
shall to w. H. Parsons for the con-
struction of a $4,000 residence at $40
Brooks avenue, and to H Patrick for
the construction of a $500 residence
at 927 Lincoln.
The highest number of points in the
efficiency contest of the Epworth
league chapters of the Topeka district
was scored by the Kansas avenue
Methodist church league. The Low
man Memorial league was second.
Oakland was. third aid Trinity was
fourth.
Two new members who Joined the
junior Red Cross life saving class at
the Y. w. C. A. Wednesday after~ DON
are Bessies Weeks and Helen cid.
The official Junior Red Cross life saw
ing test was. passed for the first time
this year in the class period Wednes-
day Afternoon. The girls who passed
the test are Mary Esther Bone and
Caroline Edison. Both girls did ex-
ceptionally well.
Altho there is an increased enroll
ment in the city ward schools for next
term there is no danger of the schools
becoming overcrowded, A ]. stout,
superintendent of city schools. stated
this morning. The only schools that
will have any difficulty in finding
room for all of the children are Low
man and Central Park. These two
schools will be relieved at the mid
term, tho, by the opening of the PEN
well school.
Two young bucks staged an auto
mobile race on East Eighth avenue
this morning about o'clock. They
raced from Quincy to the avenue,
but neither car broke the speed limit
The object of the competition was to
which would throttle down
ION high" to the lowest speed. The
car had to kill his engine once and
drop into second place in the course
of the block in order to stay back
even with the Ford.
Girls who will leave Saturday after
noon to spend the weekend at the Y
w. c. A. camp at Maple Hill are: Miss
May Malone, Miss Fay Hathaway,
Miss Ella Pixley, Miss Hazel Thomas,
Miss Katherine Stanley and Miss Mona
Thomas. Members of the Girls
Friendly circle of Grace cathedral
who will go to camp Saturday are:
Miss Mary Moss, Miss Clara Walter,
Miss Fay Rice and Miss Eva Corning.
Mrs J. C. Leopold will chaperon the
girls. The cabin at the camp was
rented by group of business girls,
including Miss Lena Rable. Miss Anna
Dewitt, Miss Marie Dezins, Miss Stella
Lloyd, Miss Mana Atkinson, Miss
Agnes Clair and Miss Frances Clair.
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