The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-14
DR.. Hemm has returned from a trip
TO St LouiS.

The Campbell family, who roomed
at Bunker's have gone to Nebraska,
to live.
Hugo Kohl returned to Funston,
Monday night after a visit with home
friends.
Albert Burtscher has been home
on a furlough. He is delighted with
army life.
c. ". Stimits is the new book
keeper for the Farmers Elevator
Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stimits attended the
funeral of Mr.. Bieler at WaKeeney,
last week.
Miss Macintosh will have a Spring
opening for children Saturday,
March 18th.
Spring opening for childen's miIlin-
cry Saturday, March 18th at Miss
Macintosh's.
Hugo Kohl of Camp Funston, has
been enjoying a visit with relatives
and friends here.
King Brothers have moved their
drug store into their new quarters
on Chestnut Street.
The little five year old daughter
of Paul Drees is at hospital seriously
Ill with pneumonia
The W. c. T. U. have their new
calendars which make the sessions of
much more interest.
1t is understood that Mrs. James
Reeder and son, Ralph, will reside
IN Hays, in the future
| schols are preparing cantata to be
given some time in May.
Mr.. Arthur Sennet, one of Rush
County's successful teachers, visited
q day or two at the Frank Reed home
last week.
Mrs. Beulah Bell Gehrer of Hois-
ington, who has been visiting for
several days with friends in Hays, re-
turned home on Monday.
Don't forget to attend ''The SEN
ior" at the Normal auditorium Fri
day, March End. Read their ad in
this weeks issue.
Miss Jessie Tuttle of blackberry,
is staying in town to be near her
father, who has just undergone an
operation for appendicitis at the
hospital.
Dewey c.. Gugler of Chapman,
Kansas, a nephew of Mrs. Frank
Fields, who has been visiting in Hays
for some time, left for home Monday
morning.
Corp. Earl Stock came home on
Friday on few days furlough. He
has been in q tamp in North Caro-
lima, ever since the holidays and is
looking well.
President W. A. Lewis went to Wa
Keeney, on Sunday afternoon, and
in the evening dedicated the new
Methodist service flag in the church
of which Rev Sutton is pastor.
Mrs. Jewell received a dispatch
from her son, that he was a pas
senger on the ill-fated ship Tuscania,
up with other survivors near the
Irish coast.
Mrs. Oscar Strailey is again in
the hospital for an operation, but her
condition is not considered serious.
The Strailey family have certainly
had more than their share of misfor-
tune the past year.
Prof. and Mrs. Shively entertained
at. six o'clock dinner on Friday, State
Superintedent w D. Ross, Superin-
tendent Pearson of Kanssa City,
| Kansas; and Superintendent W. D.
| Heusner of Salina, Kansas.
Rev. A S. Hale went over to La
Crosse, on Monday, and 'ere return
| ing home carried out instructions
from the Speakers Bureau of the
Council of Defense to make address
es in various places in Rush county.
The members of Mr.. Matthew's
class in Agriculture at the High
| School are doing some fine work in
| the line experiment work, seed test
ing and garden project work. The
| boys are finding the work 4lIghly in
| teresting and practical.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Havemann
entertained at lunch Friday, Superin-
1 tendent NJ. E. Pearson and Mr. Freed
man, a member of Board Of Educa-
ton of Kansas City, Kansas. Mr..
HavemaDn was, director of manual
training in the grade schools of Kan
sas City, for several years.
Lieut.. Clinton Morgan from France
writes that all is well with him-but
regrets that he has not had a word
from any of the home folks since his
L ARRIVAL on 1OTe1Sn SnOreS- EIenTy
I of letters and messages have been
sent, however, and he will likely get
his mail IN fFbunch" as so many of
the boys do when he does get it.
The public school auxiliary of the
Junior Red Cross is now thoroughly
organized and each room and class
is doing some definite line of work.
The High School students are devot-
ing their attention to making Oakum
| pads, the boys making the frames and
preparing the material and the girls
covering the pads.
Lieutenant MiIlard Crane of Camp
Funston, spent the weekend In Hays
guest at the Matthew's home On
Sunday evening, at the Methodist
church Lieut.. Crane spoke entertain
ingly for half an hour on the bright
side of army life IN camp. Private
! Tony Mock was also present accom-
I panied by a soldier friend who fav-
ored the audience with a very fine
violin solo.
A stream of interested visitors
passed through the new High School
building and the grade building last
Friday afternoon, to inspect the