| Show WOMEN O OF KANSAS V WANT ANT MEMORIAL TREES STRUNG ALONG VICTORY HIGHWAY AY The women of Topeka and Shawnee Shawnee Shawnee Shaw- Shaw nee county Kansas the headquarters ers of or the Victory highway association association association tion have taken the first step toward the of ot a vision of the promoters of ot the road which stretches across the continent dedicated dedicated dedicated dedi dedi- to the men and women who served their country during the world war war- Fifty oak trees of the th-o sturdiest type trpe obtainable were planted along alonga a half haIr mile of the thc Victory highway on Friday April 6 G by a delegation of members of the Women's club of Topeka and were Yere dedicated to the memory of Shawnee county men and women omen who gave their lives in the world war The highway Itself Is a memorial to all who served whether or not they lost their lives In the war t It is a vision of the men and women women women wom wom- en who originated the project that from Crom New York City t to San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco it shall be bordered by trees planted and cared for by the res residents residents resi resi- dents of the counties townships and communities through which it passes in memory of the men men a d women of their own community who fell during the war e There here were between and people at the dedicatory ceremonies of the first st tree planting three miles mUes east cast of The Right Reverend Reverend Reverend Rever Rever- end James Wise Vise bishop of the Episcopal Episcopal Episcopal Epis Epis- copal diocese of ot Kansas delivered red the time address dedicating ea each h tree The captain of ot the women's team which furnished each Individual tree also spoke a few words as the tree was established in its place The trees two thirty-two of them stretch along a half mile of high high- high I way e eIo |
