The Topeka state journal., 1922-06-19
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AT HOME NEWS

AT HOME NEWS
Tax exempt Kansas bonds. Shaw
nee Investment Co.. 534 Kansas Ave.
Phone S050.-Adv.
w X. Etter, acting general man
ager of the Eastern lines of the Santa
Fe, left Sunday on a business trip to
Oklahoma.
Warren Rutter left Saturday for
Grand Rapids and Chicago, where he
will spend. several days visiting the
furniture markets.
N L. Flinton, 433 Topeka avenue,
will leave Thursday for Bitley, Mich,
where he will spend the remainder of
the summer with relatives.
! A picnic will be held at Gage park
/ Thursday afternoon by the members
of the social order of the Beauceant.
| Supper will be served at o'clock. All
| me mbers are urged to attend.
! A building permit was issued today
from the office of the fire marshal
| for the construction of a business
! building at I'LL West Sixth avenue by
S. A. E. Moore. The building is to
cost $4,000.
| There will be a joint meeting of the
Topeka Kiwanis club and the Indian
Creek Grange. Tuesday evening. The
Kiwanians will meet at the Chamber
| of Commerce at 1880 o'clock to drive
to Indian Creek.
r. r. Cook, principal of. the Topeka
high school left Sunday for Chicago.
where he will attend the University of
Chicago for six weeks. He will re-
turn to Topeka as soon as his work
at the university is completed.
James A. Kimball, state business
manager, will be the principal speaker
at the regular dinner and meeting Of
the COOPERATIVE club Tuesday even
ing. The meeting will be held at Pei
letters tea room at 6:15 o'clock.
A. A. Remington, state boys work
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A, returned
to-day from the Y. NJ. c. A. at Elmdale.
where he will discuss Y. NJ. c. A work.
He will return to the camp Wednes-
day.
Construction has been started by
the street department of the city on
200 feet of storm sewer at Thirteenth
| and Madison streets which will protect
! Shawnee Place and large area in the
| bottoms east of the Santa Fe tracks
against flooding.
The members of the Loyal Berean
class of the First Christian church will
hold a picnic at Gage park Thursday
| afternoon. Supper will be served at
| Z O'Clock. All members of the class
are requested to meet at the band
stand at the park.
The board of directors of the To-
peka Chamber of Commerce today
voted to discontinue the holding of
weekly meetings during the summer
months. The board will meet on the
second Monday of each month until
be at the call Of the president.
Kansas fire losses for May amount
ed to $396.491, according to L. T. Hus-
sey state fire marshal. The loss for
the month was an increase of $4,000
over April Fires of unknown origin
There were 227 fires during May.
Losses in the state during the first
800, 900.
Talks on missionary work were
made Sunday afternoon and evening
at the United Presbyterian church by
Mrs. Kelley Griffin, wife of DR.. J. KEEL
ley Griffin, who has been doing mis-
sionary work in Egypt and Sudan.
The Griffins went to this field sew
eral years ago to do missionary work
together with Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Nc
Laughlin of Topeka.
The r. r. Shoaf drug store. located
at the southeast corner of Tenth and
Morris avenues, has been purchased
by Ralph NJ. Campbell. according to a
Shoaf has been engaged IN the drug
| business in Topeka for twelve years
and plans to retire from it He >lans
to became engaged as travelling sales
B. H. Shepardson, landscape gard
ener is confined to his home, 220O
Tyler street, due to a spinal injury
which he received in a fall from a
tree on the properly of W. n. Hall,
l1134 Topeka boulevard, Saturday
afternoon. He was treating the tree
from which he fell The drop was
about twenty-five feet. He also suf-
fered a broken arm and cuts about the
face.
John B. Floyd, Boy Scout executive
of Topeka, went to Maple Hill today.
| where he is arranging the drilling OF
a well for the water supply of the Boy
Scout camp which opens next month.
The city commission this morning
passed the pay ordinance for the first
half of the month at an adjourned
session Tomorrow will be pay day
J at the city hall. No other business
! was transacted.
| ChiIdren's Day exercises were held
Sunday night at the Lowman Me-
morial Methodist church. More than
14O children, dressed to represent diff
!, ferent birds and flowers, took part in
tended. Music was furnished by the
chorus and orchestra of the junior
department Miss Elspey Schwartz di-
rected the Junior chorus Mrs Leslie
Hawlie had charge of the program
Jess w. Miley of Girard. president
of the Kansas State Teachers asso-
citation. and Republican candidate for
state superintendent of public instruc-
: ton, arrived in Topeka, Sunday, tc
take care of association business fr
| flsie district While in the state office