The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-12-26

Miss Helen Pestana is expecting
Miss Lulu Fowler, Friday evening
Mrs. Fields, accompanied by Miss
Earnestine, have returned from their
trip.
Mr.. Carl Holmquist left Saturday
to spend the holidays with his parents
at Salina.
The army casulty list this week
shows Peter C. Leikam of Catherine
as wounded severely.
Mr.. G. F. Soderlund of the Fort
Hays Normal School, left Friday to
spend the holidays at Lindsborg.
Captain Baker received word of
the sickness of his wife at Lincoln,
Nebraska, and left for there at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Lee of Mama
county, Kansas, have arrived to
spend Christmas with their son, Prof.
Lee and family.
The mother and sister of Prof.
Rankin of the State Normal School
arrived Monday night from Hutchin-
son, on a visit.
Edwin Ekey, one of the few Nor
NAL students stranded here over
Christmas, ate Christmas dinner with
Rev. Snapp and family.
Mrs. Edna Fulton and daughter,
and Miss Alice Freese are home from
their school work at Hill City, and
are spending the holidays with friends
in Hays.
Mrs. W. A. Lewis had the nisfor-
tune to sprain her ankle upon the
cellar steps, which necessitated her
recalling invitations for a dinner
party Christmas evening.
Mrs. Frank Fields met her daugh-
ter, Miss Ernestine, at the home of
her sister in Woodbine, Kansas Mrs.
Fields and Ernestine arrived home
Thursday morning.
Miss Schoenhals, formerly director
of Rural School work at the Normal,
but who is at present at Livingstone,
Tennessee, sent Christmas greetings,
accompanied by a box of holly to
friends in Hays.
Mr.. Kiene of the Experiment Sta
tion came in from Topeka, Saturday.
He and his family drove to Manhat-
tan for a months vacation. The roads
being so bad Mr.. Kiene left his family
and his car, expecting to return for
them later.
Mrs. Emma Rupp, who helped care
for Mrs. Francis Blender, went to
WaKeeney to care for Mrs. BeardweH
from which place she went to care
for a neighbor's family who is i'll
Mrs. Rupp lost her husband with the
flu in the emergency hospital.
Four. Or five families of the Normal
faculty are now feasting upon home
grown sausage, back-bones, pork
chops and other cuts of fresh pork,
and upon real fresh lard for they
have butchered their hogs and at
present seem well pleased with their
experiment in raising hogs.
Daddy Freese entertained Sunday
at the Brunswick, Captain Delaney
and Lieutenant Hatfield and families
at farewell dinner Lieutenant Hat
field and wife leaving for their home
in Ohio on Monday. Captain Delaney
will be here thirty days yet checking
up and shipping out the military sup
plies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright are enjoy
ing visit from Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ
Morrison of Smith Center, parents of
Mrs. Wright and Mrs Hannah Ais
paugh Of Andrews, Indiana, sister OF
Mrs. Morrison. They drove to Hays
in their car a week ago. The bad
roads will extend their visit beyond
their expectations.
Mr.. Dewey Garrett surprised his
mother and sisters by arriving Christ
mas morning at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. John Henderson. Dewey was
a member of the Coast Artillery anc
was in New York with orders to sal
for France when the armistice wa:
signed. He was sent from there tc
Camp Grant and then to Camp Funs
ton, where he was mustered out.
Very handsome wedding invita-
tions are out announcing that Mis-
Hazel Rea, the youngest daughter o.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Rea, of Hays, vii
be united in marriage to Mr.. Joh1
{ William Faville on Saturday evening
December 28th, at the Rea residence
3 They viii be at home to their friend
3 after the 18th of January at LAX
Mills, Wisconsin. They have man.
friends here who extend sinceres
good wishes.-WaKeeney World.
A. z. Carson and family and Mrs
3tB. F. Hines of Russell visited a
! the home of W. H. Leviek and famil
5 last Sunday.
The boys at the Fort Hays cam
: evidently thought much of their OF