The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-14

hail of Grace cathedral, under the au-
spices of the Woman's auxiliary The
lecture was written by Octave Thanet,
the author, and will be read by Miss
Genevieve Mcmillan, vice president of
the auxiliary. The lecture will be IL
Illustrated with stereopticon views 1t
will be free to the public, which is in
vited.
Ralph Fisher. who assisted the Girl
Reserves club of Topeka high school
this week in providing Christmas
presents for Indian boys and girls IN
New Mexico, may soon be correspond
ing with one of the Indian girls A
present. purchased with $1.5S, which
he collected from the boys of the
school, is to be sent under separate
cover to one of the Indian girls with
note telling of Fishers activities in the
work of providing for the presents.
Five hundred persons attended the
annual banquet and party of Topeka
lodge No. II. A. F. and A. M, held
Wednesday night at the Masonic tenn
PIE. Following the banquet in the Ma
sonic temple dining hall the party ad-
journed to Kellam's hall, where a re-
ception and dance was held Singing
by the lick quartet composed OF
Don Tweedy, I. E. Henry, H. E. Blu
chanan and Clyde Lowry, was the
feature of the program.
The Topeka Civilian club will in
stall a radio receiving set at the Heron
Coffee shop in order that at the meet
may intercept the program of a char
ter presentation to the newly formed
club at Vicksburg, Miss, by the in
ternational officers at Birmingham,
Ala. The charter is to be presented
by rad.o-the first presentation of the
sort ever staged, and Civitan clubs in
all parts of the country are planning
to tune in
Eight persons living in a 10 by IL
foot room tar paper shack were dis
covered Wednesday by Ensign V. ].
Huffman, of the Salvation Army. One
family and a married daughter with
three children were occupying the
shack. The head of the family, SO
years of age, is without employment
The Salvation Army will provide
Christmas dinner and persons who
wish to give bedding and clothing to
the family may leave it at the Saliva
ton Army citadel, zoo East Fifth
street.
Members of Beulah chapter No. 81,
Order of Eastern Star, will hold Their
annual installation of officers at
meeting Saturday night at the Ma
sonic temple. The new officers are:
Mrs Marion Sullivan, worthy matron;
DIR. S. II. Millard, worthy patron; Mrs.
Isabel Lewis, associate matron; Mrs.
Flora r. Brookens, conductress; Mrs.
Mary Chaplin, associate cOnductreSS,
Mrs. Cora w. WEIGH, secretary, and
Mrs. Helen B. Farnsworth, treasurer.
The appointive officers will be select
ed at this meeting.
A description of the scene of the
first Christmas was given before the
Topeka Builders club at the Christ
mas party of that organization held at
the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
night by Judge w. E. Atchison, who
recently returned from a tour of the
Holy Land, and was the guest of the
club. There were fifty persons, mem
bers of the club and their wives and
women friends, present at the party, |
which commenced with a dinner at
$3.50 o'clock, and included the travel |
talk by Judge Atchison, and a dance
following the talk.
The transfer of the four lots on |
Jackson street south of Seventh street |
which are to be the site of the hotel |
TO be constructed by the Topeka. Hotel |
from e. H. Crosby to the To- |
peka Hotel company, has been re- /
corded in the office of the register |
If deeds of Shawnee county. The con-
for the transfer is given as
5000 Crosby and his associates
purchased an option on the lots in
lew hotel, financed thru the efforts
If the Topeka Chamber of Commerce,
irst came before that organization.
Saturday marks the day when no
more applications for vocational train
ng will be received from disabled war
at the Topeka United States
Var Veterans bureau. According to !
officials of the bureau at the Topeka
ffice, applications will be received by
nail If the application is postmarked
December 16 or before. Approximately
1000 applications have been received
md passed upon by the Topeka Of
i've. Ex-service men who are SUI
ering from ailments received in the
ervice or ailments aggravated by in
uries received in the service, are
ligible for vocational training.
AT the last election of officers of
he Topeka branch of the National
4etter Carriers association, e. P. Pol
ard was elected president of the local
organization; Roy Bell was elected
ice president; H. F. UIrich, secretary;
1ichaeal NJ n ar n y, treasurer; Z
'harles w. Boast and John p. Bauer
we're elected delegates to the national
r. L, in September, 1928;
'ert Kingman, Richard L. Walker,
Elliott P. Daniels. and William R.
Earl, were elected delegates to the
tate convention which is to be held at
'ittsburg February %.
Mrs II. NJ. Ogan was elected master
workman of Star lodge No. 20, A. o.
J. W., at the annual election held
Wednesday night. Mrs. Sarah E.
'kaGgs became a past master work
nan. Other officers elected were:
1rs. Ethel Coffman, foreman; o. d.
Tarnsworth, overseer; G. H. Peebier,
inancier; John W. Holiday, recorder:
u L. Bodine. treasurer; Fred Redd,
,uide; Mrs. Katherine Wright, inside
watch; Mrs. Frank Carver. outside
vatcn; G. c.. Griffith and o. D. Farms
worth, trustees; Mrs. ~ A. Griffith,
representative to the grand lodge; J.
Y. DoWIer, alternate.
The Walnut Valley association, |
which is one of the twenty-three di-
isions of the Baptist Young Peoples
will hold convention at
Colorado today and tomorrow. Rep
esentatives from thirty-four churches
n the division will be in attendance
t the meeting. The Bigger and
Better Baptist Sunday School Move
nent' will be featured Miss Edna
Imstat, director of Sunday School /
nd Young Peoples work, in connec-
ion with the Kansas Baptist conven-
ion which has state offices in Topeka,