The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-07
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Kansas Council of Social Workers met
this afternoon at the Y. w. c. A
The board of education will hold it's
next official meeting on August FL
New officers will be elected at that
meeting.
The Esperanto Congregation club;
under the tutelage of J. H. Fazel, vii.
meet at 1920 Mulvane street at 4
o'clock this evening.
Fifty-five girls swan in the Y. w
c. A. pool Saturday morning and az
ternoon. Miss Victorihe Williams was
in charge of the pool.
The monthly meeting of the Topeka
w. c. T U. was held this afternoon
at the Y. w. C. A. Mrs. Clara Baker,
president, was in charge
Dr. Earle C. Brown, city health Of
ficer, commenced a two weeks vaca-
ton today. DR.. H l. Clark, county
coroner, is acting as city health Of
ficer during the absence of DR.. Brown
John B. Floyd, Topeka Boy Scout
executive, will attend the second BIZ
ennial convention of Boy Scout execu-
tives at Blue Ridge. n. C., in the Blue
His home is eighty miles from Blue
Ridge.
The resignation of Miss Della Ran
kin, who taught in the ungraded room
at Grant school last term, was re-
ceived this morning by A. ]. Stout
superintendent of city schools. Miss
Rankin will teach in Long Beach,
Cal, next~term
w. r. Shook, salesman for the
Douglass Candy CO., of st. Joseph,
Combs ice cream factory at sos West
Sixth avenue. Shook will operate the
plant under the name of the Purity
Ice Cream company.
Sole ownership of the Orpheum
and Isis theaters is now vested in G.
Of Hnnnar
this afternoon. He has purchased the
interests of Joe Goldman. st. Joseph.
Mo, and ]. E. Putter. Tulsa, Okla, in
the two show houses.
There were reported to the city
health department during the week
which ended Saturday, four cases of
social disease. three cases of tuber-
culosis, one case of scarlet fever, three
cases of diphtheria, one case of
chicken pox and four cases of whoop-
ing cough.
Miss Bonita Ferguson, secretary of
the young peoples division of the
Kansas Sunday School association.
who has been attending the girls
summer conference in Geneva Glen,
Colo. left Saturday to attend the
Older Girls camp conference at Lake
Geneva, Wis
DIR. ]. L. Lattimore's team won
from DR.. H. A. Alexander's team to-
day by a score of 80 to 80, in a reg
ular scheduled game of the noon vol
ley ball league. at. the Y. IN. C. A
Only three more games are scheduled
for the league. The final match will
be played Friday noon
The Rev. w. H. Leyburn, office ex-
ecutive of the Kansas Baptist cOnven-
ton, had charge of the Sunday morn
ing services at the First Baptist
church in Chanute. The Rev. Ley
burn will attend the Kansas Baptist
summer assembly in Ottawa today.
He will return to Topeka Tuesday.
James Weaver defeated Clarence
Gossard 21-6, 21-9. and Otto Lott de-
feated G. p. Christman 1921, 21-2O.
21-S, in the first round of the Y NJ.
C. A. horseshoe pitching tournament
Saturday. Otto Lott and Walter
Christman will meet this evening in
the first match of the second round.
Forty persons attended the Sunday
afternoon services held at the Metho-
dist home for the aged, by members
of the Epworth league OF the Lowman
Memorial Methodist church. Miss
Iva Reynolds, leader, chose Service
as her theme Solos were sung by
Miss jeanette Schwartz and Mary
Louise Smith.
At the regular meeting of the city
commission Tuesday morning, bids
are to be opened on the construction
of three sewers, in District SIS, Sc and
81. The reports of the appraisers on
the valuation of the property which |
the sewers were approved at special |
meetings of the commission held Au-
gust 4.
owen ]. Wood, past grand COM
of the grand commandery OF
knights Templar of Kansas, will pre-
sent the members of the drill team OF
Topeka commandery No. s, knights
Templar, who participated in the prize
drills at the state conclave in Topeka
in May, with gold badges and bars at
a conclave at 1880 o'clock Tuesday
evening at the Masonic temple.
Only three new text books will be
used next term in the Topeka high
school. according to R. R. Cook.
been adopted by the state text book
commission are: Ford and Ammer-
mans algebra, Smallwood's biology,
and Lambs system. of bookkeeping.
text books will be in the civics course,
A. ]. Stout, superintendent OF city
schools. stated.
The Rev. Frank G. Richard. gen.
eral secretary of the Kansas Sunday
school association. returned this
has been attending the district Sum
day school convention. The Rev.
Richard made an address at the con-
vention Sunday. He left this after
conference of the week day school of
religion teachers. He will return
Tuesday morning.
Adjutant H. Piercy. who has been
in charge of the local corps of the
salvation Army for more than a year,
has been transferred to ST. Paul, MINI. |
He will leave Topeka with his family |
Wednesday. Piercy gave his farewell |
address Sunday evening in the Saliva
ton Army citadel He has been in |
salvation Army work for twenty-nine |
years. Previous to his residence here
he was in charge of the work in |
Wichita. Ensign Huff of St. Paul will |
probably succeed him.
F. L. Stevens, city commissioner of |
finance, drove to Cummings, Kan,
Sunday. and attended a family re-
union at which there were four family |
branches, each of them including four