The Topeka state journal., 1922-10-12
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS


Brown, city health officer. today. and
three cases We're released.
Miss Carmie Wolfe. a Topeka high
school Er glish teacher, who has been
allowed a years leave, will sail Satur-
day from New York City for South
America.
Forty-folr quarts of prunes have
been canned b. the members of the
Topeka high school domestic science
classes for use in the high school cafe
terra this winter.
Catholic parochiaI schools are closed
today in honor of Columbus Day.
which is also being observed by the
closing of the banks, since the day IS
a legal holiday.
The sub senior class of Topeka high
school will hold a party Saturday,
October %, in the high school gym
nasium. The senior class will give a
party on October 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Barshfield
of Kansas City, Kan, were guests
Wednesday at the j. NJ. Meade home
Crane and Fillmore streets. Mr.. and
Mrs. Barshfield motored to Topeka
from Bean Lake, Mo.
Alfred Mcdonald, director of parks
and forestry of Wichita, is in Topeka
today visiting r. D. McGiffert. COM
missioner of parks, and E. F. A. Rein
The Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nash
Vile, Tenn, will give a concert next
Thursday at the annual meeting of
the Kansas Sunflower Agricultural as
sociation at the Kansas Industrial and
Educational Institute.
Carl Richardson was elected presi-
dent of the Topeka High School Boys
Glee club at a meeting held recently.
Joe Robb was chosen secretary-treas-
urer. Milton Smith, chairman of the
social committee, and Harold Carr.
librarian.
Mrs. Henry ]. Allen, wife of Gov
ernor Allen, is making steady recovery
after spending nearly two months in
a local hospital. 1t is probable she
will be removed to the executive resi-
dence at Eleventh street and Topeka
boulevard Sunday.
Official ballots for the general cleo
ton in November have been mailed
to county clerks by L. ]. Pettijohn,
secretary of state. The ballot mailed
to appear on the county ballot in No
vember under the heading of state
ticket.
Dick Strawn was elected vice presi-
dent of the sophomore class of the To-
peka high school at a recent election
held to decide a tie for that office.
Gerald Anderson who had been elected
president will soon move out of town
SO a new presidential election must be
held soon.
Boys who qualified for membership
in the Junior dramatic club in the try
outs held Wednesday evening are:
Lewis Lilley, Thomas Holbrook, John
Strict, Stanley French, Roy Taylor,
Pete Couture and Frank Chaffin. A
one-act comedy, THE Star Boarder,"
will be presented by members of the
club soon.
The ten new one-man cars ordered
by the Topeka Street Railway COM
pany are due to arrive in Topeka
shortly after November I, and will be
put in service Immediately upon their
arrival. according to A. w. Freeman.
superintendent of the company's
plant. The lines on which the cars
will be run have not yet been deter
mined
William A. Biby will be the speaker
at an assembly program to be held
Friday morning in the Topeka high
school auditorium. All assembly dates
for next week have been left open SO
that any visiting speakers who come to
Topeka to attend the teachers conven-
ton, may appear before the students
of the school at the regular assembly
period.
The city commission this morning
passed the ordinance to pave the alley
between Tenth avenue and Eleventh
street, and between Kansas avenue
and Quincy street. The engineer was
given permission to draw up an ordi-
nance for this purpose at the meeting
Tuesday. This question has been
hanging fire for some time. 1t was
passed on first reading this morning.
Miss Helen Whitaker. Instructor in
astronomy at Washburn college, will
give a star party tonight at Wash
burn observatory. With the aid of the
big telescope she will exhibit an as
sortment of stars to students and the
public at 1880 o'clock. The public is
invited to attend. The LeIescope at
the Washburn observatory magnifies
$50 diameters. and has peen in use
there since 1903.
The attorney generals office has
refused to permit S. c. Holcomb, of
Yates Center, to qualify as an inde-
pendent candidate for county attorney
of Woodson county. Holcomb filed
his petitions at the right time and had
an adequate number of signers. 1t
was found, tho, that some of them
were improperly sworn to while in
several cases signers forgot to give
their postoffice addresses.
At least one special train will be
run for members of the American Le-
gion in Kansas who are going to at
tend the national convention of the
legion in New Orleans. The Santa Fe
will mobilize special cars from several
parts of the state, Friday night, at
Newton, and run a special train from
Newton to New Orleans by way of
Houston and Fort Worth, Tex, with
stopovers at both points.
Twelve more enrollments in the
Washburn night school were an
nounced this morning by the regis
trar's office. Registration has been
extended to include tonight and to-
morrow night. One hundred and sew
enty have enrolled and many more
are expected. DR.. Karl Menninger's s
| class in abnormal psychology met
Wednesday night for the first time,
and will meet regularly on Wednesday
evenings at 1890 o'clock.
Governor Allen may, be called upon
to settle another row in Emporia
This time it is because H. G. Wells 5
Outline of History" is being used as
a text in the Emporia State normal
Protests have been filed against use
of the Wells book as a text. 1t is re-
! ported that back of the protest is a
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