The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-24


friends IN Iowa.
John Knoll resident of this city died
Sunday and was buried Monday
Mrs. Connen, this week, put up a
metal awning on the Ohio house front
VIII Z. Truan and ". B. and Calvin
Keyser were down from WaKeeney,
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. c. Westbrook ana daughter
Olive, went 20 Kansas City, last week
on visit to her sons.
Forest Blackburn was called to
Grainfeld, Sunday on account OF the
serious lines Of his mother
The annual meeting of the Golden
Belt Road Association viii be held at
Salina, Monday, June 26th, at 4 p. m.
The Essex Cub people have torn
down the stairway on the south side of
the building and are grading for Gro
quet parquet-
Miss Alice Freese spent this week
at her Cove county farm and visiting
friends. She will have q house full
Chautauqua week.
The new High School at Cove City
has employed Prof. Lewis Keeler,
one of the degree students of the State
Normal at Hays as its Superintendent
Mrs. Henry Nickel, wife of the
Superintendent of construction at the
Normal, who has been very i'll the past
ten days, was taken TO Abilene, Tues
day night, where her people live.
The Presbyterian people are getting
along nicely with their new manse. It
is being built of cement blocks and
brick, and viii be a substantial as well
as an ornamental addition to south
Hays.
Mrs. S. E. Steiner and daughter
Mildred of Youngwood, Pa, and Mr..
VIII Mcpherson of Fayette City, Pa,
arrived Sunday morning, and are visit
ing with Herman Feitz and family out
on the Smoky.
Mrs. Frank Howie returned Sun
day from Monticello, Iowa, where she
has been the past month on a visit to
her daughter Hazel, whose husband,
Mr.. Newell Gillian, is seriously i'll,
with little hope of recovery.
Monday, a young son of Thos.
O'Laughlin had the misfortune to get
one of his fingers caught in the cream
separator and so badly lacerated that
the assistance of physician was
necessary. -
At call meeting of the county fair
association to make further arrange
ments and to elect officers, c. E. Viii
liams, of the Hays mill, was elected
president; Geo. .Philip, ,jr. vice president;
J. Deane, secretary; J. S. Bird, assist
ant secretary and C. G. Cochran treas
urer.
During the storm Monday afternoon,
Marshal John Roth of Victoria, had his
residence struck by lightning and con-
siderably damaged He and his family
were in the house at the time and Mr..
Roth and his eldest son were severely
shocked. One of Johns arms was
paralyzed for several days and the son
was unconscious for several hours so it
was told the Free Press reporter.
Judd Wood, brother-in-law of Art
Noble, agent of the U. P. at this point,
has been ordered by the war depart
ment to report for duty. Judd is first
Lieutenant of the National Guards at
Great Bend, Kansas, and Mr. Hull, z
student at the Hays High School, broth
er of Engineer Hull of the Fort Hays
Normal, has also been ordered to re-
port for duty
For the first time in the history Of
Hays a citizen Of this town has been
listed among the American notables.
The 1917 edition of "Who's Who in
America" contains on page 1478 the
name, biography and achievements, of
President W. A. Lewis Of the Normal
School. This book contains the names
of the 10000 famous Americans now
living. There are 195 for Kansas, but
only six of them from the great section
of Western Kansas. Hays is proud of
its distinguished citizen.
ChIldren's Day at the Methodist
church drew the usual large crowd, all
seats being taken and vestibules also
crowded with people standing. Space
forbids a detailed account of the pro-
gram given, but in an hour and half
a hundred or so finely trained children
gave an entire program. A stranger
present said he never saw Lotto Sun
day School children that displayed so
much talent for both speaking parts, or
that had been better trained. The
committee in charge were: Mrs Hale,
Mrs. Wood and Miss Ethel Robinson.
Miss Robinson surely has a gift" for
leading choruses, an5 the church rang
with beautiful strains Of music under
her leading.
Hays is over-run with idle men-men
supposed TO be waiting for harvest
work to commence, aid as usual there
are a lot of them broke, which means