The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-11
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Security Benefit association
| band will give a concert this evening
at Edgewood park.
Milton Tabor. secretary of the To-
peka Merchants association, is i'll at
his home. TIA Jackson street.
The juniors of the Oakland Chris
tian church held a picnic at Ripley
park today About twenty-five were
present.
An ice cream social will be given
| this evening on the lawn of the Trinity
Lutheran church at Fourth and Tyler
! streets.
Special discount sale starts August
II. A deposit will, hold any garment
until called for The Kihekah Fur
iShOp.-Adv.
/ Gil of the West Side Christian church
| will serve an ice cream social at Edge
wood park, tonight
! Five per cent compound interest on
Installment Savings Certificates. State
| Savings bank, SOL Kansas Ave. All
deposits guaranteed-AdH
There goes a colored man who
owns some genuine Verdun ivory"
1 Tom Powell said today. What IS
Verdun ivory? Bones that say, They
| shall not pass
DR., H. A Alexander's team strength
ened its lead in the noon volley ball
| league at they. NJ. c. A. by defeat
ing DR.. A. E. Billings team today by
a score or 80 TO IL
The board of directors of the To-
peka Kiwanis club met at the Cham
Der of Commerce at noon today. They
continued their plans for the district
convention of the Kansas ana Missouri
clubs. to be held in Topeka next
month.
The Rev w H. Leyburn. office ex-
ecutive of the Kansas Baptist con-
vention, will leave Saturday evening
for Salina where he will speak at the
Sunday morning services of the First
Baptist church. He will return Mon
day morning.
4 daily paper was published at
Camp Burrow. the Boy Scout camp
held during July. by the scouts ct the
camp. Selections from the daily have
been compiled to form a history of
the camp, which will be cal ed Camp
Burrow Ink Spot" and which is soon
to be printed.
The-regular monthly meeting of the
Topeka real estate board was held
at the Chamber of Commerce at noon
today. General plans for the future
of the board were discussed. A picnic
for the members of the board and
their wives, to be held about Septem-
Der 5, is contemplated.
The contract for six sand tables to
be used in the new kindergartens was
let to two companies, A j. Stout.
superintendent of city schools, an
nounced today. The galvanized tins
]. NJ Herman company and the legs
and side boards will be built by the
Robinson Table company.
The principal for the new PenweH
school will be Charles S. Todd, now
principal of Lafayette school, A. j.
Stout, superintendent of city schools
has announced. The school will be
opened in January. Teachers for the
school will be chosen from the oth~s
city schools Not more than four new
will he aInOlOVPA.
In spite of the upsetting of the city
budget due to the change in the valu-
alton of the city property. City,
Finance Commissioner +. L. Stevens
believes that he will have the budget
ready to present in the commission
meeting of next week, and immediate
ly thereafter it will be certified to the
county clerk. I'm going to have to
work nights and Sundays on 1t, stew
ems said today.
Resignation of E. J. Buckles, in
dustrial arts director of the Topeka
schools, was announced Thursday by
A. J. Stout, superintendent of city
schools Mr.. Buckles will attend the
Carnegie Institute of Technology next
term to take an efficiency course W.
w. Scott, manual training instructor
at Sumner school, will succeed him as
boys director, and Miss Bertha Nelson
of the Missouri/girls' college will sue
coed him as girls director.
Out of a total of 667 industrial ac-
cidents reported from thruout the
state during the month of July to the
labor department of the industrial
court, only four proved fatal. One OF
these occurred at cement plant,
two at electric power plants and one
in a packing house. The oil industry
was responsible for the largest num-
Der of non-fatal accidents, las being
reported. Packing houses were next
with 1874. and 112 accidents occurred
on railroads in the state during tho
month. according to the report.
The Nash automobile is the latest
from $50 to $500 have been an
nounceed. Charles Wierenga, local
dealer. has announced the following
price cuts: On four-cylinder cars
touring. S9S5 to $685. roadster, 1865 |
to 1915; coupe. SASS to $1,ss5; Sc
dan, $1,645 to $1,315; carriole, $3.50
to S1,275. On six-cylinder cars
touring. $3.50 to $1.240; seven-pas-
to S2.19O; coupe. $4,000 to $1,S9o;
roadster. 1880 to $1,210; four-pas-I
senger sport, $1,545 to s1,Ss5.
Prof. Tram Lamar Collier, new in
structor in the department of educa-
ton at Washburn college, and Mrs
Collier. have arrived in Topeka from
oklahoma City. Professor Collier will
devote a portion of his time to the
teaching of history. He has served as
instructor in the Oklahoma City high
schools, and is a candidate for the de-
gree of doctor of philosophy in edu-
cation. He is fulfilling the require
ments of the University of Chicago.
He is a graduate of Oklahoma A and
NJ. college. Professor Collier holds a
degree of NJ. A. from the University Of
Oklahoma.
Topekans, who had been attending
the Baptist summer assembly in OF
tawa, returned home Thursday even
ing. Those present at the assembly
were: The Rev. J. T. Crawford, Mrs.
J. N. Atkinson, Miss Henrietta Price, |
Miss Ruth Palmer, Miss Iva Cristler,
Miss Evelyn Miller. Miss Martha Chit
wood, William Holt and Charles Car
penter Those who spent last Satur-