The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-07
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The annual interclass track meet of
Topeka high school is being held this
afternoon on Washburn field The
members of the first track squad Of
the school will be selected next week
The work of redecorating the audi
forum Of the First Christian church
has been completed and services will
be held in the church Sunday The
work was under the direction of c. A
Vancil
Miss Lois Plat. Miss Leah Dryden.
Miss Viola Van Nice and Miss Ruth
Hawkes.. members of the senior class
of Washburn college. have been
elected to the Tau Delta Pi, honorary
scholastic fraternity
Miss Anna Sweet, national secretary
Of the Y. w. c. A. will arrive in To-
peka Sunday. She will address the
members of the Washburn Y. W. c. A
and Topeka high school y. ". c. A
at , o'clock Sunday afternoon
The public utilities commission has
extended time for building OF a switch
on the Santa Fe lines between Cotton
wood Falls and Bazaar. The extern
sion permits the road to delay work
until the new Eldorado branch line is
completed.
Topeka branch No. 291. Aid Asso-
citation for Lutherans, is conducting
a membership campaign under the
direction Of b. E. Nayerhoff. of St
Paul. Mimi. general field manager
and John Frommer, of Atchison, state
representative.
Cottage prayer meetings for mem
bers of the Central Park Christian
church will be held tonight at the fol-
loving homes: Miss Rosalea Pendle-
ten. 1712 Bolles avenue; Milton Shut
1880 lane street; Mrs. w. II. Brown,
1915 Buchanan street. and H c
Evans. 1894 Mulvane street
One of the oregon pheasants, whose
home had been in the Gage park zoo,
was recently killed when an owl found
its work OF slaughter before help
could reach the pheasant. The skin
of the beautiful bird has been re
moved and tanned, and is displayed
IN the city hall
There was installed on the new
front of the D. J. August store on
kansas avenue today the electric sign
which has decorated the front of the
old building for several years The
sign has Just been rewired and re-
painted by the Machine & Novelty
company. 1t is fifty feet long and has
sockets for $50 electric light bulbs.
Approximately $1,000 sets of COM
mon school examination questions
have Just been sent out from the de-
r5artment of education to county SUI
button to the various schools, accord
ing TO State superintendent Lorraine
Z. Wooster. The examinations in rural
and city schools for graduation from
the common schools will take place
April Is ard %, according to Super
intendent Wooster.
The Washburn college Spanish club
was entertained by the club of Wash
burn rural high school at a meeting
AT Boswell hall Thursday night. a
reading and musical program was
presented Among the persons on the
program were: Lloyd Carson. Mil
ford Hathaway. Ralph Brown, La
Verne Shumate, Zelda Kern, Irene
DeMun. Edna May Clary, Helen
Boggs. Barbara Pollock. Sylvia Hell
man and Blanche Mcleod.
Telephoned information from the
office Of the county clerk reached the /
city. commission this morning to the
effect that the county officials would
reconsider their stand against the
paving of Washington street from
Tenth avenue to Fifteenth street Ac-
cordingly, the petition before the city
commission for the paving of that
stretch of the street was granted Fur |
Their action will be undertaken Jointly !
with the county commissioners
Miss Nell Bevins Bollard, former
postmistress at Mulberry. KAN |
charged with having taken $500 of
the governments money, waived her