The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-03
Local Mention

c. S. Joyner, formerly in the serv-
ice of the Postal Telegraph company
at Fort Smith, Ark, has been ap-
pointed local manager of the Postal
Telegraph company station in To-
peka. He replaces c. n. Jones, for
merly manager here.
r. E. Burke's team was defeated by
DR.. H. A. Alexander's team today at
| the Y. NJ. c. A. in a noon voIley ball
/ league game. The score was IS to %.
Three new members were received
| into the Junior Red Cross life saving
class at the Y. w. c. A. Wednesday
| afternoon. There are now nine mem
bers in the class. The girls are work
ing hard and Miss Mary Kramer, in
structress, will soon be able to give
| them the junior Red Cross life saving
test.
Capt. N. 4. Raacke of the American
Red Cross life saving corps, who holds
! several records for speed swimming in
the United States will arrive in To-
peka Friday morning for a series of
exhibitions He will be at the Y. w.
c. A at noon and at the Y. NJ. c. A.
in the afternoon. The final exhibition
will be given from z until o'clock
in the evening at the Gage park swim
ming pool.
The reception committee of the To-
peka Kiwanis club, which will have
charge of receiving the 1900 members
OF the club in the Kansas Missouri
district when the district convention
is held in Topeka in September. met
at the Chamber of Commerce at noon
today, to make plans for their work.
Topeka .Rotarians and their fam
lilies will picnic at the ralph Searie
farm near Topeka this evening The
regular Thursday noon luncheon was
cancelled on this account. Thirty
eight Lawrence Rotarians will meet
local Rotarians in a golf tournament
at the Country club this afternoon.
c. E. Wilmouth. an attorney from
wife and nine children, came to To-
peka this morning on the Rock Island
and made connections with Golden
State Limited" for San Diego, Cal. It
was necessary for him to buy eleven
tickets, but some of abe children could
travel for half fare. Wilmouth's Pull
man bill alone, from Topeka to San
Diego, was $110.26. By the time the
family make a few trips to the dining
car the Oklahoma attorney no doubt
VIII find that the trip is going to be
a trifle expensive.
The directors of the Long Oil COM
pany of Manhattan met at Manhattan
usual semi-annual per cent dividend
on the company stock. P. A. Fair
bank. representative of the company
in Topeka, is one of the directors. A
w. Long of Manhattan, the organizer,
is president.
The membership committee of the
Chamber of Commerce met at noon to-
day to transact routine business.
Albert Patten is chairman of the COM
mittee-
The first meeting of the Welfare
committee of the Chamber of Com |
merce was held at noon today, for
organization purposes. Glenn W. Seely
is chairman of the committee, Mrs. |
7. D. Alden, vice chairman; Miss
Mabel Adams is secretary and Arthur
]. Carruth. Jr., and W. R. Kercher. |
the other members. No business other
than orga nization, was taken up today. |
A party of sixty delegates on their
way to attend the industrial and bust |
ness women's section of the Y. w. c. |
A. convention at Estes Park, Colo, |
passed thru Topeka today in a spe- |
cial car attached to Union Pacific |
train No. 103. The delegates were |
from Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, |
Mo, Leavenworth and st. Joseph, and |
were in charge of Miss Elizabeth |
Woodson of Kansas City, Kan. From |
Denver the women will go to Estes
Park by motor car. The delegation |
was met at Topeka by a party of Y. |
W. c. A. girls.