The Topeka state journal., 1922-06-19

ters to teachers over the state in which
he set forth the slogan for the COM
ing teachers convention, AN Even
Fifteen Thousand"
The report on the city planning
boards expert. Harland Bartholomew,
on the recreation features of the city
parks, boulevards and Fairgrounds,
is completed, and will be submitted
at a special meeting of the board to be
held at nL~ Wednesday, June 28, by
L. D. Tilton, of Bartholomew staff
The regular meeting of the board was
scheduled for Wednesday of this week.
but has been postponed so that the
report may be considered.
Union Pacific fans enjoyed a
doubleheader ball game Sunday after
noon at Garfield park when the Arm
strong shops defeated the Topeka ma
terial yards team, to 7, in eleven
innings, and the Topeka freight house
defeated theKnsasa City freight house,
13 to 8. The railroad company pro-
vided an extra coach to bring the Kan
sas City players here and return. The
Topeka freight house team has not
been defeated so far this season.
w. Z. Day, employed by the Union
Pacific as a bridge carpenter, was
painfully injured Saturday when he
was struck on the head by a falling
lamp post at the companys' s. freight
house, where he was at work repair
ing a platform. He suffered a cut on
cheek was lacertated. 1t was feared
for a time that his jaw was broken
but the attending physician reports no
fracture. Day is about so years old
and lives at 1884 Guthrie street.
Miss Anna NJ. Booth, a graduate of
the state normal school at Peru, Neb.,
has been secured as instructor in pub
! lie school methods and sightsinging
at Washburn college next term. She
will succeed Miss Ruth E. Butler, who
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served as supervisor of public school
music in Calumet, Mich. She was
formerly a student at Washburn COL
lege. She received a bachelor of arts
degree and a life certificate, to teach
public school music from the Peru
normal school.
| The Monday Lunch club, made up
| of fire insurance men, today started
plans for a picnic dinner and meeting
with their wives and families. to be
held at the S. E. Willcutts camp near
Berryton. A committee with Fred
Sipp as chairman, and including Will
cults and John Barswen was ap-
pointed to arrange for the meeting and
name date. n. K. Nelson presided
at today's meeting of the club. H. j.
! Helmkamp. special agent for the Hart
ford company. was elected to member
ship in the organization.
A special train of eight cars will
take the Kansas ElkS to the national
convention at Atlantic City July 10.
The train will be composed of five
| Pullmans. a diner, a club car and an
observation car. The train will leave
Kansas City July at 1880 p. m over
the Santa Fe. At Chicago it will be
switched to the Pennsylvania. The
| Kansas ElkS will be entertained on
their way to Atlantic City by the Elks
of Washington, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia. The Kansas delegation will
arrive at Atlantic City and make its
headquarters ct Hotel Traymore Mon
day. July 10.
There is a possibility of the officials
| of the Topeka Provident association
putting on a drive for clothing during
the summer months. The organiza-
clothing that it has been unable to
supply all the needy families The
clothes which are donated are usually
SO worn that they last only a. short
time The Provident association also
supplies furniture to poor families so
for furnished rooms. The association
will gratefully receive any gifts of
clothing or furniture that families of
Topeka may care to make.
An evening baseball league COM
posed of teams from the churches and
business houses of Topeka will play
games during the summer at the
| Southwestern League park. The
league is under the direction of L. P.
Dittemore, city playground supervisor.
| The teams which make up the leag
! are:Western Electric, United Breth-
Santa Fe clerks, Santa Fe auditors,
| Rock Island and Capper's Publishing
| company. The first game will be
played this evening at 6:15 o'clock at
the league park between the Western
Electric and Delco Light teams.
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