The Topeka state journal., 1922-11-28
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

! Eat your Thanksgiving dinner at
the Central Y NJ. c. A Cafeteria
Adv
Sweet Cider. wholesale and retail
Custom grinding every day Diamond
Bottling Works. 220I Lincoln ST.
Phone 317s.-Adv.
The Y NJ c. A gymnasium viii be
closed Thanksgiving. but the bowling
alleys will remain open, according
r. D. Palmer, physical director.
Members of the Madison Street
| Baptist church will hold a Thanks
giving supper at $50 o'clock Wednes-
day evening in the church basement
The TOPEKA" sign that spells
| a Chinese name because of lack of
! attention to light bulbs on East Fourth
/ street is confusing Santa Fe passen-
gers.
L J. Pettijohn, retiring secretary of
state, and newly appointed secretary
lof the federal farm land bank at
Wichita, is moving his family to
Wichita,
The annual meeting of the Shaw
nee County Old Settlers society sched-
uled for December 8, has been post
poned until June. according to James
| A Troutman, president
| C. S. Todd was elected first vice
president of the Topeka Parent
Teachers council at a meeting at the
Y. w. c. A, Monday night. Mrs. Fred
L. Crabbe was elected second vice
president.
| Topeka Shriners have chartered
special Union Pacific train to take
lwhere they will attend the annual
Injecting of Abdallah temple. The train
will depart from Topeka at O'Clock
in the afternoon.
A luncheon will be served at the
Trinity Methodist church at 6:15
laid for seventy-ffve persons. Follow
ing the luncheon the Rev. Frank E.
Ryerson VII speak at 1880 O'Clock on
| Sin Is Its Own Detective"
Colored Knights Temp1ar of Topeka
and their families will attend the an
nal Missouri-Kansas conclaVe of the
order in st. Joseph. Mo-. Thanksgiving.
The delegation will make the trip on
la special train via the Santa Fe, leav-
ing Topeka at $3.50 o'clock.
] The state canvassing' board, which
met Monday, to canvass general cleo
| tiCn returns, recessed until December
4. when it will complete it's work. The
fact trat the military vote had not
| the boards work impossible at this
time
Topekans are ashamed of the old
broken framework of a former sign
| board swaying in the wind on top of
| the building at the northeast corner of
Eighth and Kansas avenue. Such an
unsightly and unsafe affair is dis
grace to corner that handles as
The Annual Thanksgiving offering
service of the WOmen's Missionary
societies of the United Presbyterian n
church was held Sunday at the morn
ing service. Mrs. Reed, of Manhat-
tan, made an address, and at the close
the offering was presented, which
amounted to $695.61.
The painted sign on a canvas
swinging over West Sixth avenue near
the edge of the city limits is an un-
--e-4r
to the city. The sign advertises asga-
rage. No such signs should be allowed
within the city limits of Topeka-es-
pecially in the residence section.
The Rev. Robert Murray Pratt. Sec
retary of the Congregational Educa-
ton society for Kansas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Louisiana. has been ap-
pointed director of religious education
ference. it was announced today. He
will organize a mems club at Musco-
tah. tonight.
The Y. w. c. A. camp at Maple Hill
will be closed Thursday with a spe-
cial program. A large delegation of
members of the association will motor
to s. the camp Thanksgiving morning
and turkey dinner will be served. Six
hundred persons have enjoyed the
privileges of the camp since it was
opened July 1.
8, Girls of the sophomore and fresh
man classes at Washburn college will
play for the college championship in
hockey this afternoon. Elimination
tournaments have been held between
the various classes. and but two teams
remain undefeated, the ones which
meet this afternoon. The sophomores
defeated the juniors, to 1, Monday
afternoon.
1.-The chief question before the board
of directors of the Topeka Merchants
association today was the question of
whether the proposed amalgamation
is going to be merger or an alb |
sorption" W. II. lines. president of
the association stated today after the
meeting of the directors. At the
meeting various details of the plan
were under discussion, with no definite
action taken on any of them.
The first move of the recently or
ganized Ladies' Auxiliary of the To-
peka Display Mems club, to raise
money for the entertainment of the
state convention of advertising men
which is to be held in Topeka in jan
uary, will be a fruit sale which is to
be held at Penetier's store tomorrow.
The members of the advertising men's
club and their wives will have a dim
ner at the National hotel Wednesday |
night.
wanted-A Kansas man who has
remained true to his state and will
lives in it, to address the exiled Kan |
sans who are members of the New
York Kansas club. The expatriates
are at a loss for a real Kansas man
to appear on the program of their ant
nuai Kansas Day dinner, and William |
Jones. formerly of Topeka, who was |
recently elected president of the New
York Kansas club. has written to D. |
o. McCray, secretary of state. asking |
for a speaker to be sent to them.
Have you noticed the wonderful
bedspread in the south window of !
VIM. Connors Furniture Co.? This |
spread was made by the Ladies of
Assumption church, from real linen |
with a wide founce of coarse mesh 1
figured filet linen with Rose Du /
Barry sateen and finished with a 4