The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-03

chants association are furnishing
automobiles which are TO carry mem
bers Of Capitol Post No. 1, American
Legion. to Lawrence on November II,
Armistice Day. Officers of the state
department of the legion and mem
bers of the local post are to partic;-
pate in the exercises of the dedication
of the memorial stadium at *. Z. on
that date.
The statement in Thursday eve
ning's State Journal to the effect that
a special train is to be run over the
Santa Fe to Lawrence on Saturday,
Santa Fe special will be run on Sat
urday, November IL, Armistice Day,
to carry spectators to Lawrence for
the X U.-Nebraska game. The spe-
cial will leave Topeka at 12:45 O'Clock
Saturday, November II.
Demonstrations of the use of the
machine switching telephone system
to be installed soon in Topeka were
Topeka high school stuoents. c. S.
Davidson was in charge OF the work.
A complete machine switching system
was erected on the high school stage
and calls were sent thru both city and
rural service stations to snow the stu
dents how the new system will oper-
ate.
The first meeting of the class in
aesthetic dancing, which is being or
ganized at Washburn college, by Miss
rector, will be held at 2:45 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. The class will
meet on Monday and Wednesday af-
ternoons. Miss Margaret Ripley,
Washburn student, will serve as in
structor. Miss Saylor is also organic
ing hiking clubs. The first hike will
be taken Saturday afternoon. Miss
Esther Cope will serve as leader.
There will be a special meeting of
the Topeka real estate board at the
Y. W. c. A. breakfast room at $3.50
o'clock this evening. The advertising
committee of the board, of which w.
H. Stanley is chairman, will report on
a suggested method of pro rating the
which the real estate BOARD is to put
on in the near future other matters
will come before the board at that
time, including plans for the state
convention of real estate boards at
Hutchinson December and 5.
Cooperation from the public is
needed for better street lighting serv-
ice 3n Topeka, according to Wilbur A.
Stanfield, commissioner. Many COM
plants have been received by the light
department due to the failure of lights
to work, he said. There are 3,7OZ
such lights in Topeka and the only
way we have of knowing that they fail
to work is notification from the pub
lie, he said. The office of the distrib7
uting station at First and Harrison
streets is kept open twenty-four hours
day to receive calls Tor repairing
these lights
The Topeka high school second
team is playing the Auburn high,
school team this afternoon in Auburn.
The Topeka lineup announced by c.
A. Hays, second squad coach, will be:
Kiene, left end; Bergen, left tackle;
Githers, left guard; Mckee, captain,
center; Peterson, right guard; Erwin,
right tackle; Thompson, right end;
Olds, quarter; Collins, left half; GO
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second team games scheduled for this
month are with the Boys Industrial
school, November 10. at the Industrial
school, and with Rossville, November
II. in Topeka Mr.. Hays is making
negotiation for a game with the May
eta Indians to be played later in the
month.
The men of the Topeka branch of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany motored to Lawrence Thursday
evening and held a booster meeting
with the men of the Lawrence branch.
Some of the ladies accompanied their
husbands. Those in the party were;
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. White and son,
James; Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Stubbings
and daughter. June; Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Good, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. d. Wadleigh, Mr.. and Mrs. p
L. Yelton. Harry Wood, Jack Hollo-
way, John Colvin. Asbury Williams,
Glenn Strammell, Gus Whitmer and
Roland Shaw. While the men held
their business meeting the wives of
the Lawrence men entertained the To-
peka ladies with a line party at the
Varsity theater.
Three hundred persons were in at
tendance at the entertainment of
Camp No. $500, Modern Woodmen of
America, held Thursday night at the
camp hall. A feature of the entertain
ment was the presentation of the play,
THE Haunted House." by the MEM
bers of the Moose Dramatic club I'M
der the direction of I. E. Stone. Mem
bers of the cast were: ]. F. Craig, NJ.
H. Williams. H. o. Lawrence, T. N.
Mott, J. Artzer, William Legge, w.
Mcdonald, D. W. Ehler, John Ehler,
and Bert Won Wolf. The entertain
ment was followed by an oyster sup
per. The drill team of the camp put
on the uniform rank drill The mem
bers of the camp and their families
will hold a box supper and dance,
December Z. The camp will celebrate
the fortieth anniversary of the order
on January with the initiation of
class of forty membersI This will Of
ficially close the Talbot-Murphy ami
versary campaign, which opened in
Topeka last week.