The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-13
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AT HOME NEWS

Safe Deposit Boxes for rent State
Savings bank--Adv.
Tax exempt Kansas bonds. Shaw
Phone b050.-Adv-
Bank clearings in Topeka this week
amounted to $3,147.41O.3 The clear
ings last week amounted to s2,607,
0Oo-7s, and for the same week Of last
year s2,e1O,033.65.
Ray Kerns, of Eureka, has been
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs
George B. Kerns, of 622 Monroe
street He will leave tonight for an
extended trip to California
A Dodge roadster with special
equipment has been placed on the
market by the lines Motor company,
and designated as sport model The
car is equipped with five disc wheels
side windshields and a tan top.
Edgewater Beach opening last Sun
also fried chicken. Fine picnic
grounds. Two miles east of Tecum-
sch on paved road. 7. I. Herren.
Phone Sos XII for reservations
Adv.
Miss Jessie Highly and Miss Elva
Stamford, of the First Baptist
church, won second and third places
in World Wide Guild theme contest
for Kansas The subjects of themes
was Race Prejudice" Miss Marie
Bergman, of Ottawa, won first honors.
The members of the banking class
of Topeka high school will make an
inspection of the Kansas Reserve
State bank, Tuesday. The students
will be shown thru the various de-
partments- OF the bank and viii be
given much information about the
banking business.
Members of the Central Park Chris
tan church will observe Mothers day
Sunday morning with an attractive
Tho and music OF
the day will be appropriate. Recognl-
ton will be given to the oldest ana
youngest mother present At the eve
ming service dramatic scenes of moth
erhood will be presented by the young
people CT the church. There will be
baptismal services at the church sun
day morning.
Hospitals in Topeka, and the tuber-
cuiosis sanatorium east of the city
observed National Hospital Day Fri
day by holding open house Many
visitors inspected the various 1nsti-
tutions- No special programs were
prepared The second annual ooo
servance of the day by OFFICES of the
United States War Veterans Bureau,
wes based on the fact that it is the
birthday anniversary of Florence
Nightingale.
Phil Zimmerman. formerly field
secretary of the Associated Industries
of Kansas, has been appointed secre-
tary of the Kansas State Automobile
Dealers association, according TO A
L, Olieer. who recently resigned that
position to become membership secre-
tary of the Long Beach, Cal, Chamber
of Commerce. A meeting of the d1rec-
tors of the association is to be held
May 20 at Salina- w a lines OF To-
peka is president of the association
The Kansas State Association for
the Blind will hold its first annual
convention at Kansas City. Kansas,
May 1880. The association was or
ganized September, 1921, with eigh-
teen charter members, and now has
a membership of 100. The meetings
viii! bo held in the auditorium of the
state school for the blind Officers
OF the association are: the Rev l. A
Wilson. pastor of the Central Ave
nue. Christian church. North Topeka,
president; Miss Mary May, Manhat-
tan. secretary: Miss Lovelia Hilty, To-
peka, treasurer
Four high schools. washburn. Sea-
man. Highland Park and Oakland,
which participated in a literary and
musical contest at MacNicar chapel,
Friday night. divided honors. Wash
burn won the first place in the girls
glee club and boys glee club con-
tests. Seaman was first in the mixed
chorus. Miss Violet Reichman, of
Seaman, won the essay contest. Clark
Searie. of Highland Park. won first
honors in the oratorical contest Miss
Nellie Shaffer was first IN the read
ings. Seaman was winner in the con-
test of the Shawnee county debate
club
The 1923 meeting of the northeast
district of the Kansas Christian Mis-
sionary society will be held at the
Central Park Christian church. &C
cording to the Rev. J. Quincy Biggs,
pastor, who returned Friday night
from the district convention at KAN
sas City. This will bring zoo persons
to Topeka other Topekans who were
in attendance at the Kansas City
meeting were: The Rev John D.
Zimmerman, Mrs. Mary Burbish, the
Rev. r. A. ScheII, the Rev. I. A. Will
SON. the Rev. G. G. Horne, the Rev.
r. ". Harrison and the Rev. c. H
Hazelrigg.
Partisan store. is taking his first va
cation in four years, in the next few
weeks Friedberg will leave Thurs
day, Nay IS, for Indianapolis, Ind,
where he will attend the national con-
ventiou of the Independent Order of
B'nai Birth, to be held there May 90,
21,- 20 and %. Isaac Barnum and |
F'riedberg are delegates from the local
lodge No SOS, to the national con-
vention. After the B'Nai Birth con-
vention. Friedberg will go to New
York City for ten days or two weeks
on business, and then will visit his
brother. who lives in Vermont.
The city of Hill City cannot issue
$4,000 worth of bonds for a trans
mission line because five electors stay
ed at home when the election was
held. The supreme court has denied
the city officials of the town right
to issue the bonds because of a show
ing that a sufficient number of votes
was not cast for the project. plu
rality vote was cast for the bonds.
Then the citizens opposed the project.
enjoined the issue and won their case
in the Graham county district court.
The decision was affirmed by the SUI
preme court in a ruling to the effect
that a majority of all the electors
must vote for the proposed issue.
a Religion of the Impossible" will
be the sermon topic of the Rev. Cliff