The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-04
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Miss e. G. Donaldson has been ap-
pointed secretary to R. w. Elliott, SUI
perintendent of city school buildings.
Orient lodge No. 81, A. F. and A.
M, will hold work in the third degree
beginning at o'clock Saturday morn
ing. Supper will be served at $3.50
O. clock.
The orchestra of the national presi-
dent'sl office of the Security Benefit
association, will make it's initial ap-
pearance at the initiation OF Columbia
council, No. so, tonight.
The entertainment committee in
charge of the program Tor the Cham
Der of Commerce picnic August 20,
met at noon today at the chamber to
perfect plans for the event.
A lawn fete to raise money for the
starving children of Korea will be
given at $3.50 o'clock this evening at
the home of Mrs. B. NJ. Davies, $40
West Sixth avenue, by members of
the Kings Heralds class of the First
Methodist church.
The Rev. ]. T. Crawford, general
secretary OF the Kansas Baptist con-
vention, who has been attending the
Baptist assembly at Ottawa with Mrs.
Crawford. will return to Topeka Sat
urday morning. Mrs. Crawford will
remain at the convention.
The Rev. Frank G. Richard, gen
eral secretary of the Kansas Sunday
School association, left Thursday eve
ming for Clay Center where he will
attend the Sunday school day pro-
today. He will return Saturday morn
ing.
The board of directors of the To-
peka. kiwaniS club met at the Cham
Der of Commerce at noon today to
complete plans for the mock conven-
ton which is to be neId by the clup
Monday evening. There will be little
business transacted at the next regu-
lar meeting of the club.
Council No. 4, of the Security Bene-
fit association. used the picture degree
to exemplify the work of an initiation.
Thursday night. This is the second
time the pictures had been used in
Topeka. The candidates were: Ever
EFT Ruff. Arthur L. Marshall, Mrs.
Julia B. North and Elmer Listz.
A new automobile tire and Access
sorry store is to be opened at 21s West
Sixth avenue next week by H H.
Clark. Clark has been competed
with the lines Motor company, the
company. the Kansas Motors COM
pany, and was general manager OF
the Piersen Manufacturing company.
The second Y. W. c. A. life saving
class now has an enrollrnen of twelve,
according to Miss Mary Kramer, in
enrolled at the regular class period
Thursday evening. The new mem
bers are Mrs. G. w. Larimer and Mrs.
w. NJ. Murphy. Tests will be given
to pupils every other Tuesday during
the remainder of the summer.
Richard N. Hall, president of the
Hall Lithographing company, has
leased a tract of ground in Highland
Park, adjoining the Shawnee golf
links on the east. for the use of the
Hall company baseball team. This
will be improved at once. The boys
will go out Saturday to Skin" the
diamond and build the backstop. The
grounds are one block from the car
line.
The total number of children of
school age in Topeka is now 3,193.
This is an increase of 1919 over the
1921 total. The reports were COM
piled by w. G.. McGaw, principal of
Sumner school and made public by
A. J. Stout, superintendent of city
schools. The enrolment at Topeka
high school now exceeds the 1921 en-
rollment by thirty. The 1922 enroll
ment is now 1922 and there will pro-
baby be additional enrollments on
the opening day in September.
Tho Hall Lithographing company
baseball team defeated Sunflower
camp, NJ. w. A, Thursday night by a |
score of "a to 0, in four innings. This /
is the record merrygo-round of the |
amateurs this season. The team
played on a tall grass diamond on the |