The Topeka state journal., 1922-11-10
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

4 Forty postal supervisors, who are
attending the postal school today, held
a noon luncheon today at the Cham
ber Of Commerce.
Sweet Cider. wholesale and retail:
/ Custom grinding every day. Diamond
BottIing Works. 22o1 Lincoln St.
! Phone 3I7S.-Adv-
Ths Topeka high school second
| team will meet the team from the
I Church of the Assumption high school
/ this afternoon at Southwestern league
park.
/ The sub-junior class will have a
party Saturday night in the high
school gymnasium. party to be
I held Saturday, November Is, mas Deen
\ scheduled by the Juniors
Dancing will be a part of the pro-
gram for the open meeting of'the I'M
proved order of Red Men and the
I Order of Pocahontas at O'Clock To-
night in Royal Arcanum hall
Members of the Delta Phi Kappa
I and the Epsilon Phi Kappa, Topeka
| high school debating clubs under the
I supervision of Miss Grace BiXler, Will
have a wienie roast this evening after
! school.
I State officers and members of the
/ executive committee of the Kansas de-
partment of the American Legion VIII
attend the official dedication of the
! Kansas university stadium at Law
renee, Saturday
| All state departments will be closed
/ Saturday for observance of Armistice
| day The state executive council has
/ employees a holiday and closing the
| state house for the day.
Her Honor. the Mayor is the
title of a three-act comedy to be pre-
seated this evening by the Walther
league of st. Johns Lutheran church
at the parochial school, Fourth ave-
nue. and Harrison street.
For rent-Half of store room. If
you can use one-half or more of an
undivided store room on Kansas ave
nue., 25 feet by 65 feet, write us. Fine
show windows and location Address
z. o. Box 100. Topeka.-Adv.
Coal yards and offices will be
closed. all day tomorrow, Armistice
Day. it was announced today by Dean
s. Smith, seer etary of the Topeka Coal
Dealers association, which comprises
twenty or more of the leading coal
firms Of the city.
The plans for the new 100000 edi-
flee of the Church of the Assumption
to be erected next year at 2O4 West
Eighth avenue will be selected about
November 5, Monsignor McInerneyI
pastor. announced today. Twehty
sketches from architects have been
received.
The public utilities commission has
issued an order approving the sale of
the Manhattan-I City lnterur-
ban line. Announcement Of the sale
4
erty goes to c. L. Brown OF Abilene,
president of the United Electric X
Telephone company
A. A. Remington, state secretary OF
the Y NJ. c. A: Thomas Prout, secre-
tarv OF the Railroad association. and
N w. Benning. secretary of the Cen
tral association, left Thursday night
for Atlantic City. n. J.. where they
will attend the international y. NJ T.
A. convention.
Members of the industrial commit
tee of the Chamber OF Commerce held
4 joint conference with the members
of the Topeka Industrial council this
noon at the Chamber of Commerce to
discuss the industrial situation in To-
peka. particularly emphasizing the
possibilities of new industries in To-
peka.
Something new in motor car thefts
was reported today when Morris Mi
lam 1922 West Fifth street, discov-
cred that robbers had removed the top
from the vacuum tank of his Dodge
and replaced it with an old leaky part
The unique thief was frightened away
before he had completed all the con-
nections.
Miss Doris BACON. 1907 Park ave-
nue., student at Potwin school. won
first prize, a box of apples in the es-
say contest conducted by the Kansas
State horticultural society. Other
prize winners were: Miss Kathryn
Noah. LOwman, a half bushel of ap
pies, MISS LuClle OneEINF hONlildn- d
third of a bushel of apples; and Miss
Pearl Howrig, Van Buren, peck of
apples.
A petition IS being circulated on
Washburn campus to change the date
of the Christmas vacation Those cir
lculating the petition want 1t changed
$50. that it will be from December Is
to January 3. instead of from Decem-
Der % to January IL. The matter
will be brought up in a special meeting
n Student hn6N next week If
over so per cent vote for it, the matter
will be presented to the faculty for
ratification
w. &. Biby. chairman of the Com
munity Music association of Topeka, |
spoke before the members of the
board Of directors of the Kiwanis club
at a meeting this noon at the Cham
Der of Commerce. He explained the
Little Symphony orchestra project. J.
L. Hersh, president of the club, re-
ceived a message from Berryton
banker Thursday. requesting that
twenty-five concert tickets be re-
served-for citizens of that vicinity.
Three additional speciality bills have
been added to the American Legion
show, "Black and White Minstrels,"
which will make its second appear
ance at the Grand theater tonight, it
was announced today. The show will
Large numbers of students at Wash
burn college and Topeka high school
will be In attendance tonight The
choruses of the two educational insti
tutions will take part in the program
what Is Wrong with the World in
the Near East?" will be the subject of
w. A. Biby~ at the Laymen'S League
Forum of the First Unitarian church
next Sunday evening, beginning at
1880 o'clock. Mr.. Biby speaks from
first-hand knowledge having visited
the Near East recently and made a
careful study of conditions there. Fol-
lowing his address an opportunity will
be given for discussion and questions