The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-17
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AT HOME NEWS

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CO.. 634 Kansas avenna-Adv
Miss Louise Hersey, secretary of the
Y. w. c. A, returned Monday from
| Marquette, Mich, where she spent an
extended vacation.
Miss Lacy Herrick, of the dramatic
department of Washburn college, will
| give two readings at the annual meet
, ing of the Y. w. c. A. Friday night.
The Topeka high school Y. NJ. C. A
held party at o'clock this afternoon
at the association building in honor of
the girls who are members of the
| senior class.
pictures That Do Not Fit" was
the subject of Miss S. NJ. Guild, dean
of women, who addressed the mem
bers of the Washburn College Y. w.
c.. A. this morning.
At 6:17 o'clock this morning a fire
alarm was turned in from the home
of Eli Cruise. 1915 West Twelfth
street, where sparks from the flue
caused a small blaze on the roof.
Ray Harshbarger and Charles Tas-
ker will give a sleight-of-hand per-
torrance following the stated meet
ing of Round Table chapter, De MoIay,
at 1880 o'clock this evening at the
Masonic temple.
w. r.. Turner, $40 West Eighth
avenue, reported to the police Mon
day that a Prestolite battery was
stolen from his car while it was
parked in front of the Novelty the
alter.
The city planning board will meet
| at noon Wednesday at the Chamber
| of Commerce. The meeting is an imA
portant one, as the major street plan
recently submitted is to receive further
consideration.
Grocery clerks out of a job are to be
assisted by the Merchants Journal.
Paul Lovewell, editor of the paper, has
promised free space on the want ad
] page to carry situations wanted ad-
vertisements for them.
The spring term of the Y. W. C. A.
gymnasium classes will start January
! %. A reducing class will be opened
at that time. If a sufficient number
of enrollments are received a basketry
| class will open February 1.
Licenses for the issuing of building
permits in Topeka during the first
half of the month of January, Melted
city $50, according to report made to
the commission this morning by Jo-
seph Hanlon, city fire marshal
The Rev. Ross Sanderson, secretary
| of Wichita Federation of Churches,
was in Topeka today on business for
| the federation. The Rev. Mr.. Sander
son was formerly pastor of the Ply
mouth Congregational church at Law
renee.
Harry Bunch was arrested at 412
! Scotland avenue Tuesday afternoon
| by Oscar Perkins and Robert Pendle-
ton, deputy sheriff. for the sheriff
| of Jackson county, where he is want
ed on a bootleg charge, according to
officers.
The annual meeting of the stock
| holders of the Elmhurst Investment
company is in progress at the offices
of the company today. In addition to
| the reports of officers, an election of
| directors and officers for the coming
years, is to be held.
| Following the announcement of a
reduction in the price of cakes of 20
| cents each, the William Green & Son
Grocery company has announced a
| cut in the prices of cookies and fruit
bars, with the result of a great in
crease in purchases.
F Guy T. Gebhart, secretary of the
Mcpherson County Y. NJ. c. A, who is
| chairman of the program committee
! of the State Y. NJ. c. A. convention,
was in Topeka today, completing plans
for the convention, which will be held
January 81 at Wichita.
DR.. Marie Green, lecturer, of Kan
| sas City, Mo-, delivered a lecture to
high school girls and their mothers
! this afternoon at the Y. W. c. A. She
| will deliver a lecture to the men of the
city at 1880 O'Clock this evening at the
| First Baptist church.
The city commission this morning
received protest against the paving
| of Shawnee avenue, along the lines
| laid down in a petition which has
been received and placed on file The
protest was referred to the commits
sioner of streets and public improve
ments.
Mrs. Marie Oakland today filed a
petition in the district court asking a
divorce from Lafe c. Oakland, Alb To-
peka boulevard, whom she charges
with failure to support her. She asks
for the restoration of her maiden
name. Marie Tice. They were married
in Colorado in September. 1919.
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Retail jewelers. association will be
held in Wichita, February 81 and 2S.
| The program for the meeting has not
yet been arranged, but Charles A. VIII
son, of Wichita, president of the asso-
/ citation, is quoted as saying that at
least $50 jewelers. from over the state
| will attend.
The Mems Brotherhood of the Pot
win Presbyterian church will meet at
the church, Fifth and West, tonight
at 7:45 o'clock AS to what the pro-
gram is to be, the word has gone
forth :"Come and See!" Taking it for
granted the men of the church possess
an average amount of curiosity a full
attendance is expected.
+ The semi-annual election of officers
| of the Square Circle club, held Mon
/ day night at the Elks club, resulted
| in the election of Mai. w P. Mac
Lean as president; Arlo Hubbard as
vice president, and the reelection of
w. H. Shields, as secretary; DR.. Galen
j. Crook, treasurer, and Charles L..
Heck as sergeant at arms.
The Rev. J. B. Gonzales, superin-
tendent of the Kansas Congregat iona1
conference of churches, and the Rev.
F, Robert Murray Pratt, secretary of the
Kansas Educational society, left Mon
day for Chicago, where they will at
| tend the midwinter conference of the
superintendent and secretaries of the
denomination in the United States
Kansas will probably be repre-
scented at the third annual conven-
ton of the national lea e1Ie oF xyo,,, p,