The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-12
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

| City will give a humorous lecture at
the Methodist church, Silver Lake, this
evening at Sis o'clock.
, The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the Mutual lee
company was held Tuesday evening at
the offices of the company on West
First street.
The Topeka Boy Scout council will
visit the Boy Scout camp at Maple
Hill this evening. John 3. Floyd,
scout executive, will conduct the
council to the camp.
The city commission decided to give
taxi drivers one week or grace at the
meeting Tuesday. All taxi licenses
week. or the drivers will he subject to
arrest.
A meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Mission society of the Lowman Me-
mortal Methodist church will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 O'Clock
| in the church. Mrs. c. G. Morrison
| will be the leader.
Twenty boys who are attending the
last session of the Central Y NJ. c. A.
| camp near Berryton Will return to
will be opened for the Girl Scouts of
| Topeka on Saturday. Miss Grace Ell
more will be in charge
A meeting of the Women's Com
| munity club and the Young Peoples
Sewing club will be held Thursday
| afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the Provf-
dent association. Mrs. Theodore Sax
/ on, Mrs. J. T. Gossett and Mrs. Carl
Grady will be in charge.
| The members of the Ladies' Bible
class of the Swedish Bethel Mission
church, Sixth avenue and Harrison
street, will hold their birthday cele-
\ bration in the church Thursday af-
ternoon instead of in Willow park,
as was previously announced.
| Miss Beth Motter, office secretary
OF the Kansas Sunday School associa-
/ ton. will leave the latter part of this
| week for her home in Abilene, where
she will spend about ten days. Miss
Tava Elliott will act as office secre-
| tary during the. absence OF Miss Mot
ter.
Frank G. Richard. general secre-
tary of the Kansas Sunday School as
ISOLATION, will remain in Topeka dur
ing the remainder of the summer
making plans for tho Sunday school
conferences to be held in sixty-four
counties in the eastern part of the
state this fall.
Miss Bonita Ferguson, young peo-
pies secretary of the Kansas Sunday
School association, ana 1drs. Isaac
Sewell. superintendent of the chill
dren's division, are attending. the In
ternational Training school for Chris
tan workers at Geneva Glen, Mount
Morrison, Col.
Miss Lucy Frances johnson, Red
Cross director of Pottawatomic
county, was appointed family visitor
of the Topeka Provident association at
the monthly meeting of the board of |
directors held Tuesday at the Cham
Der of Commerce. Miss johnson will
assume her duties. August is.
Mothers of the Girls Mission circle |
of the First Christian church were |
guests at a chicken dinner given by |
the circle Monday evening at the
church. Officers of the circle who
were elected at the meeting to serve |
Rrr- h.
Cater, president; Mildred Havens, vice
president; Nellie Emmerson, secre-
tary, and Florence Tulien, treasurer.
More than ESQ new members of the
Security Benefit association will at
tend dinner party this evening at
$50 O'Clock in Pelletier's tea room.
Fhere will be dancing and cards after
the dinner. J. NJ. kirkpatrick, ma
tional president. will be the toast
master. Speakers will be S. It. Walker,
superintendent of the Topeka S. B.
A. home, and H. F. Songer editor of
the Security News.
Ralph Weaver was elected president
of the Topeka Fire Fighters Union No.
SO at the annual election. He sue
ceeds William Prather. Other officers
elected were: Frank Davis, secretary;
Charles Lynn, financial secretary;
Captain Louis Knott, treasurer. Will
liam Prather, the retiring president,
was selected. to repr esent the local or
1
at Tulsa, September IL.
Twelve candidates for. state and
county offices were speakers at a
banquet of the Mems Dinner club of
the Lowman Memorial Methodist
church Tuesday night. An audience
of 125 persons heard each candidate
explain just why he should be elected.
Those who spoke were Fred Seaman.
n. A Turner, C. F. Hobbs. David Wal.
lace. John Sutherin, Kenneth Raub, |
Flora NJ. Stratemeyer, Nanon L. Her
rem, T. J. Stone, Lee Ticehurst, A. J.
Little and DR.. H. L. Clark.
A large number of colored citizens
of Kansas will attend the meeting of
Brethren of Friendship and Sisters of
the Mysterious Ten, which will be
held in Topeka July 90, rs, 81 and 2s.
The use of the $4,000 endowment
I1nd OF the organizations Will be one
OF the principal topics under rconsid-
Grafton at the convention. The Off
GERS of the grand lodge are: w. A.
Belts of Wichita. grand master; W.
master, and Mrs. Daisy Reynolds of
kansas City, Kan, secretary.
Jack FARRELL returned today from
the boy scout camp at Maple Hill, |
having sustained a minor injury by
falling on a rock Jack says the
body having fine time, in spite of
the rain One of Jacks experiences
was to get arrested by the camp po-
lice for leaving some bread on the
table. He was tried before Judge
Charley Elliott. John Reece defended
him, and talked so long that the
judge got tired and dismissed the
case. Everybody in camp has a nick
name, Jack says. HIS name is Hun
cry"
The Missouri and Kansas district
convention of Kiwanis clubs, which
was scheduled to be held in Topeka
1 and will be held Sep
TENDER and 9. The change in dates
was made at a meeting of the board
of directors of the Kiwanis club at
the Chamber of Commerce this noon
as number of international officers