The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-30
HIGHLAND PARK
Notes and personals from Highland
Park. by Frances Jones. Phone $3.50.


Highland Park is fortunate in hay
ing two assets, if not more, and they
are the two pleasant and oblieinR
\ motormen running on the Highland
Park car line, Mr.. A Brooke on the
morning, and Mr. Arthur May on the
evening car. Both men are obliginR
to the nth degree In fact their kind
nesses being so many and varied that
they remind one of the famous Toon-
eryille Trolley of cartoon fame.
If someone is ill and medicine must
be sent out from town the motorman
will bring it out. If father will put a
spool of thread on the car so that
| mother may finish the waist she is
making for Susy, the thread will be
brought out by the motorman. In
fact the car is a community PROPOSE
tom
Last summer one day. or so they
say, an awkward young Plymouth
Rock. who didn't believe in crossing
| to the other side of the road, but
stayed on the street car track, was
killed. The car stopped, the motor
man got out, took the chicken into
the house of the woman owning it,
land announced that he had killed the
chicken. Then there's the incident of
the little colored boy who was playing
''hooky" from school. and who bor-
rowed fifteen cents from the motor
man giving him as secHfity two eggs
which he was carrying around in his
pocket, and which probably should
have been at home. 1t is no uncom-
mon thing to see a motor car stuck
| in one of the ever present mud holes
made by the leaks in the Highland
Park water system, and people say 1t
! is also no uncommon thing to see the
motorman on the car hitch the street
car to the automobile and pull 1t out.
But probably the funniest thing oc-
| Cured last spring, that is they tell the
| Joke and say that it really happened.
| One day an elderly woman living at
| the end of the line came out on the
| car and wishing to stop at her daugh-
ter's house about half way down the
| line asked the motorman IL ne Woulo
| wait for her while she ran over TO
, her daughters house, a matter OF a
block or so away, and deliver pack
age The motorman looking at the
| uuestioner decided that she looked
rather feeble to do any running and so
package for her. The little old woman
| regarded him in establishment and
| placing her hands on her hips and
| with her eyes swapping indignation ex-
| ploded young man, I've a private
matter to talk to my daughter about.
| If I'd wanted you to have gone over
there, I'd have asked you to in the
first lace" And fairly bristling in
| dignation she flounced off of the car.
| Truly few communities are fortunate
in having such pleasant men serving
| them daily as are the Highland PARK
people in having Mr.. Brooke ana MI
May.
Mr.. owen Buehrer has returned to
his home in Strymer, o., after spend
ling some time with his brother, Mr.
o. B. Buehrer, and Mrs. Buehrer. he
made the trip by motor.
| Mrs Charles Boast enter
tanned at dinner Wednesday evening
for Mr. and Mrs. Wayte c. Lyle, MI
land Mrs. Roy Boast, Mrs. j. F. Robin
son and Miss Carrie Robinson.
| The Rev Mr.. and Mrs. Manshardt
are visiting thier son at Yates center
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Moneypenny' MI;
land Mrs J. H. Jones. Helen and Leland
Cross motored to Keene. Kan, last
Sunday and spent Sunday as guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Florris Hudklns;
Mrs. A. Eberhart of Silver Lake
spent Monday as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Eberhart.
Mrs. E. L. Jones. Mrs. c. E. Cox and
Mrs. ]. c. Everett of Larned were
guests Thursday of Mrs. 1. H. Ellen
berger.
Mr.. Sidney Eberhart, who is attend
ling school at Manhattan spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. anu
Mrs. Peter Eberhart.
Mr.. Cletus Buehrer, who is teaching
lSChOOl Dena InlS year, spent SCN
eraI days of last week with his par
lents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Buehrer
Mrs Clifford Beech, Mrs. Merle
Dean and Mrs. Frank Stiles enter
tanned with a miscellaneous shower
last Friday evening at the home oil
Mrs w. H. Coultis. complimentary
to Miss Frances Jones, whose mar
rage to Mr.. Francis Blender OF Hays
will take place next week. The guests
included: Mrs. E. A. Dunlap of
Berryton. Mrs. G. A. Bates. Mrs. o. Q.
Shaul, Mrs. John Marsh, Mrs. James
Vance, Mrs. j. Tompkins, Mrs. Charles
Boast, Mrs. c. B. Buehrer, Mrs. w.
F. c. thinner, Mrs. Joseph Smith.
Mrs. z. L. Jones, Mrs. Albert Smith,
Mrs w. H. Coultis, Mrs. Ethel Cheney,
Miss Clara Chubb. Miss Mabel Crom-
we'll, Miss Kathleen Logan, Miss Ethel
McClements, Miss Christine Fisher,
Miss Grace Glunt, Miss Beulah Nc
Cam, Miss Caroline Vance. Miss Clara
Disney and Miss Clarice Zirkle.
Mrs. Harry KIopfer entertained the
members of the Philathea Matrons'
class of the Trinity Methodist church
at her home one afternoon of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Zwiebel spent
last week end in st. Joseph, Mo.
The Ladies Aid society of the High
land Park Methodist Episcopal church
t will have an all day meeting Thurs