The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-26
Miss Anna Crissman is home from
her school near Jetmore.

are visiting friends near Bison, Rusl
County.
Mrs. Byrd Moore has been il
enough to be under the doctors car,
this week.
Louis Kraus, this week, received
one of the new improved standins
grain threshers.
A new concrete culvert has beer
put in at the ditch on North Chest
nut, this week.
Jack Hoffman is home from Kan
sas City, where he has been attend
ing the dental college.
The summer term at the Fort Hay:
/ Normal will commence next week and
last through June, July and into Au
gust.
Miss Johnson, a teacher of the
Grainfeld schools, is in the hospital
here recovering from an operation
for appendicities.
Mrs. Tillotson and daughter, Bessie,
Mrs Munroe and daughter, Alice
Connell, are spendinga month visiting
| and recuperating at Excelsior Springs.
Last Friday, Mrs. Woodbridge en-
tertained at six o'clock lunch about
thirty Normal school girls, who are
members of her Sunday School class.
All property owners along Chest
nut Street should connect both with
the water and sewer mains before the
paving is put down. If they don't
they will regret it.
The only honorable way for the
young man in question, to do, is to
marry the young lady. 1t is her right
and his duty and privilege, and socie-
ty demands it.
It is too bad that those shade trees
on North Chestnut Street are to be
sacrificed for city improvements. It
Is quite a proposition as everyone
knows to grow tree IN Western Kan
sas.
All the churches of the city will
dismiss their morning preaching ser
vice and the various audiences will
assemble In worship at the G. A. R.
Hall. Rev. Snyder will deliver the
sermon.
The last meeting of the W. C. T.
u, before the State Convention
which meets here in June, will be held
IN the ladies parlor, of the Methodist
church on next Thursday afternoon.
a full attendance is urged.
Lillian Kent, who will arrive here
Sunday, from Wichita, has been en-
ployed by Millard Kirknaan of the
Strands mechanical piano. She is
Strands mechanical piana She is
said to be an Al performer.
Frank Carmen has a small party of
boys out camping with him on the Sa-
line, this week. The fortunate young
sters are, John and Bryant Hale, Tom
Chittenden, Arthur Miller, Frances
Addison, Jake FELTON,, Donald Meade
and Buster Brown.
Editor Taylor of the Russell Re
former was a pleasant caller at the
Free Press office this Friday after
noon. The Reformer is one of our
priced exchanges. Though Mr. Taylor
IS not veteran in the business, yet
he wields the editorial pencil and
scissors like an old timer.
Mrs. Oscar Strailey while gathering
eggs in the loft of their big barn on
farm, fell from the top Of high lad
der on Sunday afternoon, and broke
49,
which made her unconscious for sew
eraI hourse. She is staying in town
with her sister, Mrs. Luce, and is get
ting along fine.
Among the out of town. relatives
of the Fellers families called here by
the death of Alvin FeIler's little girl,
were the following, most of whom
have returned to their several homes
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Fellers of Ches-
ter, Nebr., Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. FelIers
OF Hutchison; Autin Fellers of Mul-
llnsv11le; John Harris and wife and |
Miss Carrie Olson of Horton, Kansas. |
Bryant Hale, the nine year old Son |
OF Rev. and Mrs. Hale, has written a |
war song of six stanzas to be sung to |
the air of Dixie. He has had the |
1oem printed and copyrighted and /
means to sell at five cents a copy to |
earn money enough he says, to have |
i published, with the music later on. |
The song is all right.
birthday anniversary at |
her beautiful country home on last |
Saturday afternoon. twenty-five of |
her young friends went out in four !
car loads from town to make merry
With her on that occasion and to en-
Joy the good things prepared for
them by Mrs. Logan. Many pretty
presents were left as reminders of |
he occasion. Faythe is lovable
girl, and her many friends hope that
her friendships will multiply long af-
'er she is an "unteened" Miss or Mrs
The Missionary service at the Meth
odist church was very well attended
the constant down
pour of rain The music consisted
IF Missionary songs by the regular
choir and ''It must be Told" by the 1
Junior choir. "Crossing the Bar"
vas beautifully rendered by Mr.. and /
Mrs Malloy. Gladys Kraus read a
Thank Offering selection. The sermon I
~ Rev. Hale was story Of the con-
1Itlons that face our missionaries, in
India, and was intensely interesting
4 generous thank offering was re-
eeIved at the close Of the service.
Gradually as time passes, and mod
ern ideas obtain N the minds of the
Itizens Of Hays, old things pass away.
This week, we notice as one of the
evidences of change, the old wooden
awning that has shed the rain and
zept out the sunshine IN front of the