The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-14

Chas. Brewer, who has been teach
NJ he Silverdale School for the past
seen months closed it last Friday,
5. Il delightful picnic. Reba Barnes,
Ws=o is teaching the Gosser school
took her school and the two schools
spent the day together. An invitation
Y-s extended to the parents and
u Y friends. At noon a fine dinner
s served. Later in the afternoon
rrogram was given by the Silver
!clc school and after IL vas over the
tie boys from both schools played
r. gane of baseball. The Riverside
se5alI team from south Ellis, came
lon and played the Buckeye base
PAL team the same afternoon. The
5cOEe was 19 to 9 in favor of Buck
eye. That evening several short dia-
Ccues and readings were the amuse-
c-lt and it was largely attended.
An old coin, bearing the date of
700 was taken from this writer's
collection of curios thirty-four years
&c. Last Sunday morning, it was
-et1-ned to its owner by insured par
81 post with the explanation that it
sTzs ''swiped' by a former playmate,
40 had kept it all these years, but
v5h3se Conscience" would not permit
him to keep it longer. 1t was a ten
Der reminder" of days when we wert
FIRST kids" and even though because
| CT It's PIT years, the coin might prove
Elluable possession, it is not for
s1le.
c. G. Cochran & Sons have recent
= 1rchased the controlling interest
n the German National Bank at Vic
| toria. c. G.. Cochran was elected
| resident and a. F. Cochran vice
| crczident. A. ]. Dreiling was retained
: cashier. 1t will be the policy of
tbs bank to take care of all good
tJrs;ness and the bank will be man
| gcd along the same lines as the other
Inks controlled by the Cochrans-
Ralph Archer, Roy E. Frey, Alice
8eeby, Merle Caswe1 and Prof P.
lCaspar Harvey, left Wednesday night,
for Pittsburg, where two teams viii
debate on the subject Philippine IS
llnd." Catherine O'Laughlin, Cecilia
| Dorney, J. P. Callahan and E. H
Cummings debate at Hays, Friday
light, on the same question Mat
thew was manager OF the home team
Ed and Ray Morris plastered two
rooms that Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Vine
gently built onto their house They
live on the Saline River north OF
Hays. Miss Elma went along to spenC
ne day with Mrs. Vine and IN the at
teTloon, they attended the baseball
game between Buckeye and River
side.
r Fred Eaton, who is now working
( for Harry Felten, has moved INTO tn
n house just vacated by Mr.. FelteT
= Fred expects to run a restauran
where Mr.. Felten IS rebuilding hi
: tile barn.
: Fred Mckinney of Quinter, KaT
: sls, who has been in the hospital wit
: Freumonia, ever since the G. B E A
much improved and finds it har
Z u keep from becoming restless.
/: The sheds for the new lumber var
Il a. East Second Street are nearl
s c5.lpleted- They viii house nearly
= n'iliion feet Of lumber when complies
/ ed
" A. Smith and wife returne
: from California, last week They vi
L ita Mr.. and Mrs. Hall at Los Angele
and report the latter IN very poo
l. health.
Miss Mary Post from south Of E
!. lis, spent several days with Mrs.
I v. Obey, week before last Mr.
]. Obey lives north Of Hays.
p The Buckeye Kackies have adde
! another victory to their schedule b
= defeating lost Canyon with a seOI
! ! Of II to 2.
} Miss Margaret O'Loughlin sper
the Easter vacation with her parent