The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-15
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

at s o'cock this evening.
AL f. williams, United States attor-
ney. delivered an address on ''Patri-
otism" at a meeting of the Lions club
Thursday night. Singing by the mem
bers featured the program
Wisdom is the principal thing;
| therefore get wisdom; and with all thy
| getting, get understanding" The Uni
! tartan ''Wayside Pulpit" at 914 To-
peka boulevard carries this message
today.
| With the object of raising money for
a Door family in Topeka, Troop No. II,
Girl Scouts Of the First Presbyterian
church, will hold a candy sale Satur-
/ day morning in the grocery depart f.
ment OF the Warren NJ. Crosby store !
/ Caroline Edison and Lucille Sumey VIII l
be in charge
The Washburn basketball tourna- I
ment to date is a tie between the SEN Z
/ .ors and the freshmen This standing {
was determined by two games played 2
Thursday night, when the freshmen 4
won from the seniors, 26 to IL, and 1
the juniors were defeated by the soph-
| omores, 8 to Is.
The state supreme court has as 7
in February. The appeal was taken !
b the state after the attorney gen B.
erals office lost on every issue in its
custer suit before the Shawnee county
district court Mayor COrwine'S term /
expires next spring.
Mrs J. P. Wahle was elected a
member of the board of directors OF /
the Y. W. C. A. at q meeting Thurs
day at the association building She i
succeeds Mrs. David Page, who re-
signed. Miss Mary MacLennan was
appointed chairman of the 1928 nom
mating committee. The annual cleo
ton Of officers will be held Janu-
ary 10.
Members of the two debating teams
of Assumption high school were Sc
lected at tryOuts, Thursday Members
Johnson, Mary Dodds and Harriet
Blades. Members of the negative
team are: Eugenia Aigner and Mar
garet Quaney. They will debate on
the industrial court question next
month.
w. r. Baker state superintendent
Of insurance-elect, was the principal
speaker at today's first regular weekly
Fire Underwriters board. which met
at the Chamber of Commerce Baker
talked on insurance problems gen
orally. L. c. Bailey was selected as
chairman for the next meeting OF the
board.
Plans for the prevention of minors
from smoking cigarets were made at
a meeting of the Kansas Antt-Cigaret
league at a meeting WEDNESDAY az tne :
Y. W. c. A. The Rev. r. A Schell,
pastor of the First Christian church, I;
presided The annual meeting OF the
organization will be held in January
legislature will be prepared
Joe II. Patterson, commissioner of
public property of Oklahoma City,
Okla, and Mrs. Patterson, are in To-
peka today as the guests OF p54tarsdn Mr, ana
whose department at Oklahoma CITY
includes the city waterworkS plant, the
parks and all public buildings, was on ]
his way home from Illinois He is
president of the Southwestern Water {
works association.
washburn students have attended
their last classes this year. Christmas ]
vacation started today after this after
rooms classes. 1t will continue until {
January .. A number of students will
spend the holidays out-of-town. at
their homes or with friends Many
Kansas City to work. some in groups
of as many as ten, as the Gamma Al
Pha fraternity are doing
II. p. Carothers was elected vener- {
abe consul of Shawnee Camp No. $500, !
Modern Woodmen of America, at the
annual meeting of the camp, Thurs
day night. Other officers elected
were: L. +. Hukill past consul; w. o. I
sherman, worthy adviser; F. r. Sou !!
ders, clerk: A. r. Davis, banker; r. !
NJ Michael, escort; /. T. Snyder.
watchman; w. z. Switzer, secretary
and w. A. Lawson, trustee
Information cards to obtain the )
names of the parents ef the students :
at Topeka high school were issued this !
morning In addition to the names
OF the parents, the students were
asked whether or not they intend to 7
attend college and what their plans :
for their life work are. These cards a
will be filed with advisers of the stu :
dents. together with character rec a
ord of each student which tho adviser i
will keep i
For many years the country news 7
paper man has been \ bit OF public Y
property whose hours and activities I
were regulated by public service and
individual interest Now the rural Y
districts are picking on the station /
agents. In Winchester, Jefferson \
county. the Union Pacific station T
not return until $3.50 in the afternoon. '
Some of the town folks have found his 6
hours inconvenient. Consequently 1
they have requested the public utili- e
ties commission for an order compell-
ing the agent to spend more hours on d
the job. c
Carroll and DeFoe. architects Of Il
Kansas City, No, who are in charge n
sumption church. will come TO Topeka
next week to confer with the parish
building committee on the new plans.
Sixty dollars was collected by three IL
Salvation Army booths on Kansas ave-
nue.. Thursday, for use in providing
Topeka families with T
Christmas dinners Many checks !,
were received at the office of the \
organization Ensign V. J. Huffman h
stated that II contributions are re- r
ceived at the present rate until De- $
cember % there will be adequa funds c
with which TO supply the dinners /;
Ten games will take place tonight c
In the Sunday School Basketball b
league. Games in the senior league V
are between the Central Park Chris f
tian church and the Lowman Mem ;
orial church; the Central Congrega-
tional and the Oakland Presbyterian; 1
the Third Christian and the Westmin-
ster, and the Oakland Christian and
Trinity Methodists. The intermediate 7
teams which will clash are: The Trim