The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-03
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

| Miss Meta Allison, house secretary
at the Y. W. c. A, left today for her
vacation.
The Y. w. C. A. life saving class
under the direction of Miss Mary Kra-
ner will meet tonight in the Y W.
C, A. pool.
The Mothers council of the Trinity
Methodist church will hold an ice
cream social this evening on the Van
Buren, school grounds.
A marriage license was issued at
Kansas City. Kan, today to Irene Tor
rev, "a, of Topeka and Maryland Bus
sart, Kansas City. Kan Il.
Cranes and Halls will settle the
suDerfority of their baseball teams
next Sunday. The game will be
played at Gage park in the morning.
The Master Shoe Repairers' asso-
/ citation of Topeka, and their families,
! nesday afternoon and evening OF next
week.
The Hail Lithographing company
players and the team of Sunfiower
Camp, So, NJ. W. A, cross bats at the
Highland Park grounds this after"
noon.
orient lodge No. 81. A. F. & A. NJ.
will have work in the third degree
| Saturday morning at $3.50 ociock.
Supper will be served at $3.50 o'cloch
in the evening.
| At the Chamber of Commerce pic
mic at cages park August rs, a base
| ball game will be played at O'Clock
between Halls and Sunflower Camp.
NJ w A., by special invitation OF the
Chamber.
CareIessness with matches resulted
in a fire alarm from a two-story
frame barn at lis Jackson street used
by the Topeka Ice company. at 4:1O
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. There
was no damage
Authorizations for three portable
buildings to be used as <indergartens
at the Quincy, Van Buren, and sum
ner schools. were made at meeting
of the board of education held We'd
nesday at the Y. w. c. A
Miss Anna Mary McGruden, part
time nurse for the city schools. handed
her resignation to A. J. Stout, super
intendent of city schools, Wednesday.
Miss McGruden will be employed at
the Kansas Industrial and Educational
Institute.
tors was let to the Tucker Electric
company at a meeting of the board
of education Wednesday. The motors
will be used to operate the ventlatlns
system in the Sumner, Branner ant
Monroe schools.
building permit has been issued
from the office OF the city fire mar
shall for a new front ana general re-
modelling operations at the undertake
ing establishment of Shellabarger &c
changes in the plant are to cost ap-
proximately $1,000.
The tourist information bureau Of
the Chamber of Commerce is planning
to issue route maps for one-day tours
starting from Topeka, which will bene-
fit the city motorist who has but one
day in which to see Kansas first.
The tours will reach Florence. Yates
MarysviIle, Sabetha. Atchison and St
Joseph, Kansas City and Fort Scott
The maps will include complete in
formation regarding the points OF in
terest along the tour
In a tie game. called account OF
darkness. at Gage park Wednesday
evening, the Hall Lithographing COM
pany team and that of the hiWanls
club ran up a score of SIX apiece IN
one OF the snappiest games on the
innings were played, and before the
inning was finished darkness called
time" Conklin and Senne held the
points for Kiwanis and Lesser and
president of the Hall Lithographing
company, played second base, and
demonstrated that his Yale days are
not entirely forgotten.
A. ]. Stout, superintendent of city
schools, received designations We'd
nesday from three ward school teach
ers. Mr.. Stout has not yet decided
who will take their places. Those
who resigned are: Miss Margaret
Swanson and Miss Esther Pr:ce OF
Lincoln and Miss Bess Cuddy of
Quincy.
Mrs. Viola Cornwen of the Viola
Beauty shop has just returned from
two weeks visit in Chicago and st.
training in Muscle Swapping and cleo
trolysfs. In St. Louis she attended
the National Hair Dressers' Associa-
ton. Mrs. CornweIl is in her shop
ready to meet her customers with
lot of new ideas, also a nice line OF
new hair goods.-Adv.
C. c. SIckIer. secretary of the To-
peka Chamber of Commerce, will
drive to Chicago during this month,
and will attend the annual school for
of the National Association of Com
mercial Organization Secretaries.
James NJ. Barclay, assistant manager
of the Kansas City. Kan. Chamber of
Commerce. will make the trip with
Sickler. The school will close Sep
TENDER 2.
The contract for new dishes and
crockery in the high school cafeteria
was let to a Chicago firm at the meet
ing of the board of education Wednes-
day afternoon. NJ. c. Holman, secre-
tary of the board. and r. w. Elliott,
superintendent of city school build
ings. were appointed to purchase sup
plies to be used in the schools next
term. committee composed Of Mrs
d. L. McEachron and J. H Lee. men,
bers of the board of education. and
A. J. Stout, superintendent of city
schools, was appointed to purchase
typewriterS for the high school type
writing department.
You might announce for me in
the paper today, that I'm opposed to
bright lights on automobiles" F. L.
stevens. city finance commissioner.
declared. Stevens has been driving
up and down the paved Silver Lake
road. and has waxed wroth about the
lights on the cars which use the road
at night. Time after time had to