The Topeka state journal., 1922-06-28
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

The Topeka Credit Clearing House
association met at the Chamber Of
Commerce at noon today.
Fred E. Gates of the Kansas Sunday
| School association has accepted a posi-
ton with the Cadmean chautauqua for
| the summer,
| The regular meeting of the P. S.
club. made up of statesmen of prin:-
ing, was held at noon today at the
Chamber of Commerce.
| The members of Topeka lodge No.
3S. Knights of Pythias, will entertain
the Pythian sisters at meeting
Thursday evening at their hall.
A lecture by the Rev. ]. Quincy
| Biggs on the book of Luke will be
given this evening at O'Clock at the
| Central Park Christian church.
Members of Sunflower lodge No.
169, auxiliary of 1. A. of M, were en-
| tertained this afternoon at the home
of Mrs. S. H. Stubbins, 2O73 Van
Buren street.
Municipal Bonds and Liberty Bonds
| bought, sold and exchanged. The
Rrown-Cfummer Company. 419 New
England Bldg J. H. Evans. resident
manager.-AdV.
Frank G. Richards. secretary of the
turned today from Kansas City, where
he attended the International Sunday
| ScnOOl convention.
Miss Alberta Rosen and Miss Bess
Powell will play in the finals of the
| Y. w. c. A. tennis tournament at the
association court. Eighth and College
| evenues, this evening
| Members of the Women's Demo-
| cratic club and their families will
have a "get-acqpainted picnic at
O'Clock Friday evening.
A piaylet, THE Missionary Sewing
Circle" will be presented this evening
| at 8 o'clock at the Central Park Chris
| tian church by members of the Loyal
Volunteer Sunday school class.
Three cars of 1929 motor license
| tags have been received by L. J. Petit
john, secretary of state. The new tags
will be used beginning January /. A
total of 10000 tags were in the ship
| ment. The shipment represents about
half of the probably 1928 demand.
The city street department is cut
| ting back" the curbing at the corner
of Huntoon and West streets, twelve
feet, in order TO straighten the street
| for the benefit of motorists. Several
curbs have been operated upon in this
fashion during the spring months.
Nine hundred and sixty-nine stu
dents were enrolled in all the depart
nlents Of Washburn college, according
to the bulletin of the. college just is
sued. The only change in the curri-
| culum for next year is the addition OF
| a few new courses in English and
journalism.
A total Of 158 motor cars have been
| stolen in the state this month, ac-
cording to A. E. Cornell of the state
auto license department The record
is slightly above the average. Ford
losses during the month totaled 9S.
Bucks came second. Fifteen Of them
were stolen. s So
A class of candidates at the Bur-
lington Modern Woodmen lodge will
be initiated some time in July or Au-
gust by members of the drill team of
the 8unflower lodge of the Modern
Woodmen of America.7~An all-day
picnic will be held and minstrel
show will be given.
The Past Patrons and Past Matrons
association of District No. ), o. E. s.,
will hold its annual picnic at Gage
park Thursday afternoon and evening.
A supper at $50 o'clock will be
feature. The third district of this or
der includes Rossvi1le, Silver Lake,
Wakarusa and Topeka.
Evening church services of the
Lowman Memorial Methodist church
will be held on the Lowman Hill
grounds during the summer. Seats
building this week. Services will be-
gin at 7.15 o'clock instead of o'clock
SO the meeting can be dismissed be-
fore dark.
Road appropriations for the various
states aggregate 203 million dollars in
federal funds, according to w. c.
Markham. former secretary of the
Kansas highway commission. Mark
ham is here for a short visit. He has
recently been spending most of his
time as a lobbyist for the federal road
appropriation.
A special train of osteopathic ply
s.cians. en- their way to Los Angeles
where a national convention is now
in session, passed thru Kansas Tues
day over the Santa Fe. The train
was received by the Santa F'e at Chi
cago and is at Colorado Springs to-
day. 1t did not pass thru Topeka but
went over the Ottawa cutoff instead.
A total of $1,STO.45 has been paid
whose property is liable to be assessed
for the construction of new sewers
this season. There are to be issued.
under date of July 1, bondS to the
the remainder of the cost of'the sewer
construction. The bonds are now be-
ing prepared for issuance.
The Kiwanis baseball team and the
Bank Of Topeka. team will meet at .
o'clock Thursday evening, probably at
the baseball fans of the Kiwanis club
Tuesday evening, p. A. Fairbanks was
elected manager OF the club team, and
Earl Leech ~captain. John Kirk is
kiwanians who want to try out for
membership on their own team are
asked to be at the game Thursday
night.
Mrs. June Austin was awarded first
prize in the African Methodist Episco-
pal church ticket selling contest. The
prize was a gold wrist watch donated
by the Santa Fe Watch company. Sec
ond prize, hat from Courtney's mil
linery shop, was won by Mrs. Edna
Williams. An electric iron from the
Topeka Electric company was award
ed to Mrs. Hazel Bass as third prize.
Miss Rose Alexander won fourth
prize, an ornamental vase from the
Ena nahlzer-Spielman Furniture COM
parry. Fifth and sixth prizes were So