The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-05
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

home on account of illness.
Fifty-four members of the Second
/ United Brethren church held a sur
I prise party on J. H Frazer and fam
\ lily at 1928 Western avenue last night
The members of Shawnee Pomona
grange will hold a meeting Thursday
/ at the Y. w. C A. The question of
ordering binder twine win be dis
cussed.
An electric iron caused a small
blaze at the home of Mrs. F. Burns,
1910 Madison street, at $3.50 O'Clock
slight.
The Rev ]. D.. Zimmerman. Bible
school superintendent OF the Kansas
Christian Missionary society, is hold
ing a series OF pre-Easter services at
Sedan. Kan.
The members of the Topeka high
school Y. W. C A outlined plans for
the work of the association next fall
at a meeting Tuesday afternoon at
the high school auditorium.
A class of twenty candidates Will
be initiated into the order Of De Mo-
lay at 1880 O'Clock Monday evening
at the city auditorium. All Master
Masons have been invited to attend
The Golden Belt theater ir Perry
has been leased by F. NJ. RaGer, Il
West Sixth avenue. who will give two
shows a week there-the first one to-
night. RAIDER is an overseas veteran
The regular meeting of the Rota
club was held at the Chamber of Com
merce at noon today The members
of the club lunched in the parlors. ,
Only routine business was transacted. q.
Eb Row, OF Larned, Kan, visited J
Will J. Russell, grand secretary OF the i
grand lodge of odd Fellows OF Kansas. !
between trains today. He will attend !
the meeting of the Rebekah home !;
board at Eureka Lake
Today is nav dav for the employees
of the city, who are drawing their i
checks from the office of the city /
clerk, under authority of the pay ordi- /
nance passed at the meeting of the !
city commission Tuesday.
The physical department of the Y. /
W. c. A. will hold an all-day food sale /
at the buildings Seventh and Van
Buren,. Thursday the proceeds to go
toward the expense of sending Topeka
delegates to the Estes Park confer
ence-
The fifth active case of smallpox
in the city was reported t the Topeka
health department Tuesday afternoon.
The case was active when the victim,
according to DR.. Earle c.
Brown, city health officer.
The members of the West Side
Christian church are arranging plans
for the construction of a new edifice
at Sixth and Underwood avenues.
The property on the northeast corner
of this intersection has been pur-
chased at cost of $4,000.
The Rev. George E. Lyons. general
secretary Of the Kansas Christian
Missionary society, will return to To-
peka tonight from Greensburg. Kan.
where he officiated at the funeral of
the Rev. C W. Mahin, pastor of the
Greensburg Christian church.
The Rev. Norma Brown, member of
the Flying Squadron, challenged the
women of Topeka to vote for prohibit
ton in an address Tuesday afternoon
at the Trinity Methodist church.
Oliver Stewart. president of the Fly
nG Squadron foundation, was also
speaker.
The Rev. and Mrs. F. L. Rose are
special evangelistic serv
ces at the Quinton Heights Baptist
,hurch this week. Meetings are held
5 displaying much talent as a crayon
artist and has aroused much interest
n the meetings.
The Rev. Frank G. Richards. gem
sral secretary of the Kansas Sunday ]
School association, returned Tuesday
rom a trip in southern Kansas. He ]
poke at Pittsburg, Parsons and lola
n the interests of the International
school convention which will
De held in Kansas City in June.
Governor Allen today issued a
equisition on the governor of Texas
or the return to Butler county of
fred D. Stewart, charged with wife !
nd child desertion.. Stewart is under
rrest at Graham. Tex. The requisi- .
ion states that Stewart deserted his ,
wife and child in June, 1921 and that :
le has not contributed to the sup :
,ort of the family since that time
The family lived at Towanda. 7
A Parent-Teachers' association was {
ormed at Sumner junior high school ]
tuesday afternoon. Mrs D. B. Hear r
III al cd araEfdanf Mrs A r =
vice president; Mrs o. s.
stout, secretary: o. Beeler, treasurer; I
drs- Edward King. captain division s
20. /. Mrs. J. T Shaw captain divi-
ain division No. 8. The officers with
E. F. Stanley will act as an ]
Executive committee.
The order of the public utilities
commission requiring the Santa Fe to G
onstrucet a side track and station at l
iladstone. near Ell Dorado. was can 4
elled today, on request of the Santa q
e. The order was rescinded on /
rounds that the company is now
tanning to construct the Eleanor {
Il Dorado branch and that the new t
ne will run within one-half mile of r
iladstone, making a new siding un-
ecessary. 1t is understood that the S
ase will be set for further hearing r
bout July L S
The Rev. J. Quincy Briggs, pastor c
Z the Central Park Christian church.
Tiu give a lecture at the midweek 7
ervice at 8 O'Clock this evening on
he subject. 1.-The Psychology of Sc L
uring Decisions" The members Of \
he church will hold cottage prayer
meetings Thursday evening at the fol-
owing homes: Mr.. and Mrs Earl
,onkin. 1917 West Sixteenth street; v
fr and Mrs. F. J. Crouch, 1906 Lane O
treet; Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. keeler. 73S I
Brooks avenue; Mr.. and Mrs. N T. Il
'ouchs. 914 West Euclid avenue. s
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Cookson en- c
ertained with O'Clock dinner
fonday at their home. III Kansas O
venue. in honor of Mrs. Cookson's
bother. Mrs. Sarah Brayman. who b
-iM leave Thursday for Los Angeles, i