The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-18


Mrs. Donahue, mother OF Mrs.
Clarence King has been Ill for sew
eral days.
Miss Elizabeth Chittenden has a
position IN the schools of Grainf1eld,
this year.
Miss Alice Freese has a good posi-
tion in the Hill City schools for the
ensuing year.
Mrs. Matt Truan has been enjoying
a visit from her father Mr.. Brown of
Stafford, Kansas.
Mrs Mary Whitmire of Downs,
and baby are visiting relatives and
friends hereabOuts-
Miss Mabel Landon is spending a
few days at her brothers picturesque
ranch south of Russell
Mrs. C. A. Shively and son John
are home again from their summers
outing in eastern Kansas.
Robert Sargent has been quite i'll
for the past two weeks, at this writing
is still confined to his home.
Mrs. w. H. Vernon and little son
of Emporia, Kansas, are here visiting
her sister, Mrs. H. W. Gordon.
Floyd Ransom, whose company is
soon to leave Fort Riley, came and
spent last Sunday with home folks in
Hays.
Mrs. Ernest King, accompanied by
Miss Glover are in Moreland, called
there by the serious Hines of Mrs.
S. E. Donahue.
Babies are quite popular these
days. Six tiny citizens made their
advent at the hospital in three days
just recently.
Mrs. Oscar Strailey and the other
children of the late Mr.. Bullock, have
returned home from their sad mis-
sion to Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Lieser of Seat
tie, Washington, who have been visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. W. II. Early,
have returned home.
After several weeks spent at the
home of their aunt, Mrs. Ziegler, Eliza
beth and Florence Mcmahon have re-
turned home to Dorrance.
Miss Esther Shively who is to teach
in the Bunkerhill schools this year,
went over there the first of the week
to secure a boarding place, etc.
We are sorry to learn that Mr.. and
Mrs. Hackenberger, who have spent
the past seven months here, have de-
cided upon Salina, as their future
home.
Mrs. c.. W. Stevens, wife of the
District Superintendent of the North
west Kansas Methodist conference,
is critically i'll with small hope of re-
covery.
Members of the Replogle family
spent a day very enjoyably on the old
home farm southeast of town last Fri
day, in honor of the Kansas City re1a-
tives, who were here visiting.
], Frog hunting is a popular pastime
with Hays youngsters. Frog-leg fries
are great-they say. A quartet of
boys captured Seventy-eight pairs of
these dainties one day recently.
Mr. and Mrs. John Chittenden were
''twice blest" last week, with a grand
son born IN the home of their son,
Horace, and a wee daughter in the
home of their son, Stanley. COngratu-
lations to all concerned.
Mrs. John Brown underwent an
operation at the hospital a week ago
for growth on her forehead. We are
glad TO hear that she passed through
the ordeal very well and indications
are brought for a complete recovery.
North Chestnut Street had another
flood this week, and the walk across
the culvert bridge was impassible.
North side residents had to walk
around a few blocks to get to their
work.
Reynold Meyer and family of Bi-
L
and family over Sunday. Mrs. Meyer
and the two younger children return
ed with them for a weeks visit with
their relatives and friends at Bison.
Alonzo Brummett and wife left
Sunday morning for Wichita, to make
their permanent home. Mr.. Brum-
NETT who is agent for the National
Oil, Company, has been here for sew
eral months, has been located per-
manently a. Wichita.
John Brummit last week lost eigh-
ty-nine half-grown turkeys In Monday
afternoons hail storm. Andrew Roth,
living IN the path of the same storm
says he turned under eight jack rab-
bits in one-half days blowing, that
were killed by the hail.
We are glad to read the name of
mlllarO crane III the 11SIS OF COHlfllS-
stoned officers published in Mondays
Kansas City Times. He is in the de-
partment of quartermaster of the
National Army. Crane is fine fellow
and his many friends feel that he well
deserves the distinction he has re-
ceived.
DR.. Snyder and wife have packed
and stored their household goods and
are off for few months visit TO rela-
tives in the east. They bought a sew
enty-five foot lot on West Juniats
Fred Miller residence and
viii return In the fall and put a bun
galow home there DR.. Hennerich IS
moving into the Snyder residence.
The nearly fifty members OF Mrs
Colyer's Sunday School class OF the
younger matrons of the Methodist
church with their invited guests,
made merry for a couple Of hours in
the ladies' parlor on Thursday af-
ternoOn. Refreshments, a program
and games made the time pass all too
rapidly This is the first OF several
such happy occasions that the class IS
| planning for.
Monday was the seventy-fourth an