The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-04

have formed the BurIey-Frutchey Fire
Insurance agency. and have opened
an office at room 23O. New England
building.
A special meeting of the Johnson
Rotary Motor syndicate will be held
at s o'clock tonight at the Throop
hotel. All members are requested to
be present.
B. R. Laskowsxi. assistant state
meteorologist, received a telegram
Sunday from Delta. Colo, announcing
the birth of a daughter, Jean Mrs.
Laskowsk is visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs E. NJ Geets. of Delta
Milton Tabor, secretary of the To-
peka Merchants association, is ex-
pected TO return to Topeka Wednes-
day from Lincoln, Neb-, bringing back
with him his wife and family, who
have been visiting there for several
weeks past
Fall activities will be resumed by
Round Table chapter No. 3, Order of
De Molay, at a meeting Tuesday night
at the Masonic temple The quarterly
election of officers will be held. The
business session will be followed by a
watermelon feast.
A welcome service was held for En-
sign B. J. Huffman. of the Salvation
Army, at the army citadel Sunday
evening. He arrived in Topeka Satur-
day to take charge of the work here
He succeeds Adjutant Hugh Piercey,
who was. transferred to St Paul.
DIR. S. s. Estey, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, delivered his
nineteepth anniversary sermon in that
church. Sunday morning. His subject
was ''Milestones and Memories" Dur
ing Doctor Estey's pastorate there has
been a large gain in membership.
The wives and daughter of members
OF Topeka Typographical union No.
121 will meet at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. r. G. WalthaIl,
at the Sixth Avenue hotel, for the pur-
pose of organizing an auxiliary OF the
International typographical union.
Garvin Tryor. formerly manager Of
the office of the Fuller Brush COM
pany at Topeka, has been transferred
to the compsny's office at Dubuque,
iowa, and his place here has been
taken by Bernard Wright. formerly
assistant manage of the company's
branch office in Omaha, Neb.
Grantville's annual community pic
mic and celebration will be held Sep
TENDER ). w. y. Morgan, Republican
candidate for governor. will speak.
rounding towns will attend Various
games band concerts and a big radio
concert Will be features OF the day
Tho officers and. drill team OF
Shawnee camp No. $500. Modern
Woodmen OF America, left this morn
ing for Burlington, where they will
attend a basket picnic given by the
Coffey county camps of the Modern
W0odmen OF America and Royal
Neishbors.
The drill team of Topeka Com
mahdery No. 5, Knights Templar. will
participate in the prize drills at the
triennial eonclave of Knights Temp
lar at Seattle, Wash. in 1925, accord
ing to Chester A Buell., commander.
This is the first time that Topeka
team has ever entered the drills.
= G. C. Sickler, secretary of the To-
peka Chamber of Commerce. is ex-
pected to return this evening from
Chicago. Where he has been attending
the annual training school of the Ma
tionaI Association of Commercial Or
ganizat ton seer etaries for the past two
weeks. Sickler is driving back from
Chicago
branch of the Rent-A-Ford COM
pany Of Topeka will open at Lawrence
Wednesday of this week. Six cars
will be used at the Lawrence station.
The Rent-A-Ford company COM
menceda business in Topeka in Jan
uary, 1920. with SIX touring cars and
types It is owned by George Dabney
and J. J. Giles.
The resignation of John B. Floyd,
Boy Scout executive in Topeka for the
past year, has been rendered to the
Topeka Boy Scout council, to become
effective October 1. Floyd is going to
Louisville, KY, to engage in field or
ganiza ton work for the Boy Scout
movement. He will be in charge of
the organization of rural scout troops,
Floyd has been a paid Boy Scout
worker for the past four and a half
years.
Phillip Dittler, formerly employed
in Topeka at the Rehkopf Brothers
auto repair shop at 213 West Sixth
avenue, is now living with his family
at Simamofkin. in the province of
Kaminka, Russia, and a letter from
him to Rehkopf Brothers says that
he is having a very hard time In his
neighborhood. Dittler says, the Rus
slams are dependent upon the gener-
osity of North America for their daily
rations of one pound of corn He
asked that some old clothes be sent TO
his family as they are now clothed in
old sacks
c. H. Pebbler was elected president
Of the Jefferson County club at the
annual picnic Saturday afternoon at
Garfield park Thomas Martin was
elected secretary Members
elected TO the executive committee
were: G. A. Swallow, chairman; Eli
1ah Jay. E. M Richards. G. F. Stills
and Edgar Smalley- Three hundred
persons attended the picnic. E. H.
Connolly and Judge c. A. Huron de-
livered addresses. Miss Edith Stark
gave a reading and Mrs Neil Mcleod
spoke. Selections were given by a
chorus under the direction of Mrs.
Joseph Taggart- A basket supper wac
served.
state Adjutant Frank z. Samuel of
the American Legion-ha issued a cali
to members of the War Society Of the
Eighty-ninth division to pay their
1922 dues in order that as much
money as possible may be available
for paying the expenses of the second
annual reunion of the society to be
held at Omaha. Septemb Der 20. "a and
"a Adjutant Samuel is secretary OF
the society. The dues are 81 a year,
he said, and comparatively few of the
members have kicked in" Eighty
ninth division lapel buttons are now
available and can be had for . cents
each by ordering thru Secretary Sam
ueFs office, Memorial Building, To-