The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-01
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

regular meeting at $3.50 O'Clock this
morning. Routine business of little
moment was transacted.
One hundred and ninety-five boys,
the largest number to enter the Y. NJ.
C. A. pool in one day for more than a
year, enjoyed swims Monday after
noon.
4 DR.. ]. L. Lattimore's team defeated
r. E. Burke's team today by a score
, of 26 to 10 in a regular scheduled
game of the noon volley ball league
at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Twenty-one candidates will receive
/ Round Table chapter No. 9, Order OF
/ De Molay, at 1880 o'clock tonight at
the Masonic temple.
| No. 1 hose company. of the Topeka
/ fire department. was called upon TO
I eXtinguish a small blaze on the street
car bridge across the Kaw river at
/ $3.50 O'Clock this morning.
| Mrs. Milton Tabor and two little
] sons left today to spend month IN
Lincoln, Neb., the former home of Mr..
his family late in August and spend
his vacation there.
VIII ]. Russell. grand secretary of
the Kansas grand lodge, 1. o. o. F.,
Kan, where he will attend the month
~ meeting of the board of directors of
the Odd Fellows home
Frank E. Samuel. state adjutant of
the American Legion, '- pending his
vacation at COLORADO rings, Col.
During his vacation rs TO visit
Estes Park and the Ameri-
can Legion convention scnver
DR.. Alfred E. Gregor.. ..istor of the
First Congregational church, left to-
day for wisconsin. where he will spend
a months vacation. There will be no
church services during his absence.
sunday school will be held regularly.
Drawing for the Y. NJ. c. A. horse
shoe pitching tournament VIII De
made today and the first round of the
tournament will be played "Wednesday
evening, according to Walter Christ |
man, who Is in charge of the tourna-
ment-
The Junior Red Cross life saving
class will meet Wednesday afternoon
at 8 O'Clock at the Y. w. c. A. pool |
New members who were admitted &c
class ct the last meeting are; caro-
line Doster, Mary Esther Bone and
Elizabeth Monroe. |
CAPTAIN N. A. Raacke of the Ameri- |
can Red Cross life saving corps will
be in Topeka Friday, to give exhibit |
lions of life saving. diving and swim |
ming. He will probably give exhibit |
tions in the Gage park pool IN the
afternoon and evening.
More than 500 persons are expected
to attend the Kansas Baptist summer
assembly which opened today in OF
tawa. The Rev. Jl T. Crawford. of |
Topeka, general secretary OIL Ino
sas Baptist convention, will leave |
Thursday to attend the assembly.
Miss Marion BarteI. assistant |
directories of the Y w. {. A swim |
ming pool, will leave this evening for |
BentonYiIle, Ark, where she will visit |
her parents during the month of Au-
gust Miss Victorins Williams will
substitute for her at the Y w. C. A
Camp Dockstader. state Y. NJ. c. A.
camp at Cawker City, will open Aug
school boys in the northern counties
will attend. The camp will be under
the supervision of Floyd Hawkin,
state county secretary of the y. NJ.
c. A.
Five candidates will receive the
initiatory degree at a meeting Of the
Topeka bethel of Jobs Daughters at
the Masonic temple, Friday night
The candidates are: Miss Laura Pier
son, Miss Wilma Short, Miss Dorothy
Winona Hatch.
One hundred and fifty-one girls and
women passed the physical eXamina-
ton for entrance to the Y. w. Z. A
pool during the month of July. TINS
is 4 100 per cent record. Some of the
girls who have minor physical defects
will be allowed to stay in the pool for
Only u limited time.
Ten members of the Y. w. c. A. life
saving class will be given the official
Red Cross life saving test this evening
at the regular meeting of the class
All those who pass the test Will be-
come members of the Women'S Lie
Saving corps. A spread will be given
for the new members after the tests
Miss Helen Thomas, secretary of the
corps. will be in charge of the spread
Installation of oiI-burning heating
plants in several of the Topeka ware |
schools is being considered by r. w.
Elliott. superintendent of city school
n If I
coal for fuel purposes are about the
same, the cost of installing oil burn
ing equipment would probably be
made up by reduced operating ex-
penses. according to A. J. Stout, su-
perintendent of city schools.
Eight Topeka girls under the direc-
ton of Miss Nell Stringfellow, phys
ical director of the Y. w. c. A, will
leave Thursday for the community !
camp conference in Estes Park, Colo. ,
Delegates from all the Rocky noun
tain states will be represented at the
camp. The session VIII continue for /
ten days. Those who will attend from '
Topeka are; Miss Florence Wilson, :
Miss Ida Grosch. Miss Martha Jack
son, Miss Myrtle Price, Mrs. Myrtle I,
Miss Emma. Lou Westbrook,
Miss Cecil Cretes and Miss Louie Bag
ley.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Chaffee, who ,
have been managing the catering for
the Warren NJ. Crosby tea room and
the dining room at the Chamber OF
Commerce, have disposed of their in
terest in the department store tea
room and will devote their entire at
tention to catering for the Chamber
of Commerce and for banquets and {
special parties which are held there. /
A. D. Bolton. proprietor of the New !
is TO be in charge of the
tea room at the Warren NJ. Crosby i
store. The new arrangement became s
effective today. Ii
A. ]. Stout, superintendent OF city
who, with c. a. Hays. high '
school printing instructor, has eX- {
amined several printing presses for g