The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01


vile, Monday.
John O'Loughlin went to Junction
City, Monday.
Miss Clara Russell of Hays, visit
ed friends at Kanopolis, this week.
J. F. Meserve and wife of Smoky
Hill township were in Hays, Monday
Mrs. H. J. Penney went to Leaven-
worth and Kansas City, Monday
night.
Miss Dora Grass has a room this
year in Prof. Woods new house on
Normal Avenue.
Miss lone Goetchius was operated
on at the Hays hospital last Saturday
for appendicitis.
Mrs. Francis Bender returned home
Monday evening, after a weeks Wis
1t with here sister, at Salina.
Miss Nellie Reeder left Monday
night for Boston, where she will en-
gage in research work for the next
year.
+ Prof. T. NJ Wood and Henry Ora
ham spent Sunday with the crook
les" at Fort Riley and Funston can
torment.
Jake Brull and daughters, Mary
and Agnes, are enjoying the scenery
and cool breezes in the mountains of
Colorado.
Mrs. Ernest Kink has returned
home from her sad mission to More
land. Her mother, Mrs. Donahue, died
on Friday of last week.
Tony Jacobs has a number of
painters here from Abilene, helping
to get the new High School ready for
school which begins September 18th.
A seven pound girl was born to Mr..
and Mrs. John H. Wood at Lacrosse,
Friday, August oath, to whom they
have given the name of Lois Adrienne
John Pfannestiel was in Kansas
City, Monday and Tuesday, attending
Cathalic Convention. Sunday he
visited his daughter, Mollie, in Leav-
enWorth.
Miss Margaret McJimpsey, the
bookkeeper at the Dorney garage,
left this Friday afternoon for Larned,
Kansas, near which city she will teach
school during the coming school year.
James Shuts, one of Uncle Sans
boys on the battleship, Minnesota, is
expected to arrive in Hays, Sunday
d
friends in Hays, will be glad TO wei
come him even if it is only for a brief
visit.
Mrs. Garland Yarbrough gave
pleasant surprise for her little daugh-
ter, Garland, last Thursday after
noon Those present were: Ilafern
Fellers, Emma Louise Havemann,
Margola Shuneman, Iris Swires, Ray
mOnd Foster, Helen Hockensmith.
Helen Maud Cowan, Marie Rhine,
Irene Blackman, Dorothy Jenkins and
Vernerd and Leslie Waitley.
The contract for the construction
of the City Hall building was let Mon
day night. There were three bids sub
mitted.
J. T. SNOWFALL. Ellsworth, Kansas,
$24,475.
Nelson Construction Co., Salina,
Kansas, $2O,800 tile floor $315, Imp.
Rock $40.
Tony Jacobs, Hays, Kansas, s2O,-
760, tile floor 1926; Imp Rock 1926.
That made Nelson's bid complete
$21,355 and Mr.. Jacobs bid complete
$21,35O. The council after consider
ing the bids carefully awarded the
contract to Mr.. Jacobs.
The most of those who undertook
to raise the Mexican or Pinto bean
this year fell down-didn't get their
seed back. 1t was claimed that they
were impervious to drouth but that
claim was misleading as nearly every
field persisted for the lack of mois-
ture. However, Mrs. Geo. Philip, ST.,
seems to have had better success than
the majority. Saturday she left sew
eral well filed pods of the pinto var
lety on our table for inspection. She
must have irrigated the plants pref
ty freely to have made a success as
they like other plants must have mois-
ture.
In spite of a very hot night, and
notwithstanding the fact that good
many of the people are away on their /
summer vacation, the tenth anniver-
sary of the ordination of Rev. E. o.
rogers was attended by good crowd
Wednesday evening, August pond
at the First Baptist church.
Rev. Fred Berry, Superintendent
OF evangelism for the state of Kansas
was the speaker of the occasion, and /
gave an interesting talk; after which |
the audience returned to the base
ment of the parsonage and were serv- /
ed refreshments. The mother of Rev.
rogers from Iowa, who was present /
at his ordination was present. The re-
Ireshment part OF the program was a
oAA RAAoC ~ Tic pastor ana Still fur
Their was he surprised when the la
dies of the church had presented to
him ten silver dollars
Although Brother Rogers was or
dained ten years ago, he has been i
away from the theological seminary +
only three years. During his minis
terial experience, he has performed +
one hundred twenty-three baptisms.
thirty-one marriages; has officiated
at thirty funerals, helped ordain three I
ministers and six deacons, organized /
one church, built one church, built /
one parsonage, and has assisted in !
the recognition council of six church. .
es.
Because of his continuous work +
and untiring energy, the church mem I
Dershlp has been almost doubled in /
the less than two years he has been I
pastor here. The church has been ele-
Vated from weak, dependent organi-
zatlon, to selfsustaining church, /
WITH live Sunday School and B. Y. +
T. u, and good church attendance;
and IS still growing in strength, and
service and III the estimation Of fbe I