The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08


Miss Alta Garret is confined to her
home with sickness.
Matt Truan and family visited rela-
tives in Russell County, Sunday.
Miss Velma Meserve of Ellis, spent
a few days last week with Mrs. John
NJ. Miller.
DR.. and Mrs. Anders left this week
for couple of weeks outing in Colo
rado, going in their car.
Monday brought this section quite
hot winds and lots of dust, making
everybody wish for rain.
Private Ray Morris of Camp Funs-
ton, came up Saturday night for a
short visit with home folks and
friends.
Mrs. J. F .Costner recently re-
ceived a card stating that her son,
Roscoe J. Costner, had arrived safe
ly over seas.
After pleasant visit here with old
friends, Mrs. D. G.. Nellis and daugh-
ter, left Saturday night on their trip
to California.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Noble and chill
dren went out to Logan county, last
Saturday noon train to visit a few
days with relatives.
This Friday another contingent of
soldier boys leave Hays for camp. One
of them will go to Vancouver IN the
lumber aviation camps.
Miss Eppler of Ellis was doing Ie-
gal examination work in the Register
of Deeds office work last Saturday in
the Court House in Hays.
Baker Sites returned this week
from the east, where he underwent
an opration. While he is weak, he is
glad to be safely at home.
Quite big crowd attended the ar
my religious services at the Normal
auditorium Sunday evening conduct
ed by an army officer from Camp
Funston.
Mr.. H W. Koeneke of this city was
elected major of the State Guard Bat
talon formed last week. The battal-
lion comprises, Russell, Ellis and
Trego counties.
Last Saturday was the last run of
the noon day trains east and west and
many regretted seeing them taken
off. It will cut big figure with the
travelling men
The Union Sunday evening ser
vices will be held at the MthOdist
church next Sunday night at 8:15.
Special music furnished by a chorus
choir and orchestra.
An ice cream social will be served
at the Methodist church Thursday
evening, August 9Th. Homemade ice
cream and cake fifteen cents. Every
one cordially invited.
Sunday proved a long, dreary day
to the newspaper readers, as no noon
train came to bring the usual Sunday
papers. So it was a long wait for
war news in these exciting times.
Mrs. John M. Miller went to Kan
sas City, Monday night, for a short
will go to Urbana, Ill, to visit her
husband, who is attending aviation
ground school.
Mrs. Chas. Hatfield of Ohio, wife
Lieutenant Hatfield of the Fort Hays
troops, arrived Monday evening and
will reside at the present in the apart
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Normal Avenue.
Another call has been issued for
drafted boys, to report for duty Aug
ust 26th, and this will take in the
boys who became twenty-one since
the first call, and it is expected that
over so per cent of the list will pass
for duty.
Walter A. Johnson, managing edi-
tor of the Topeka Capital, plans to
enter Red Cross work and may go to
Europe in a short time. Planning for
subermatorial preferment? From
Kansas Notes in Kansas City Star.
A telegram announces the death
this week of Rudolph Hollenbeck, the
six year cd child of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
HolIenbeck of Payette, Idaho, from
an operation. They have the SYM
oathy of their many cd friends here
in Hays.
Mrs. ]. E. Seers of Pittsburg, Kan
sas, came Friday evening on a visit
30 her husband, who is one of the sol
dier boys at the Normal. Misses
Brophy of st. Paul, Kansas and Dis
| kin of Walnut, Kansas, also came to
visit their relatives
Every day many autoist parties are
going through Hays on their way
| to and from the mountains and re-
rort the roads perfectly grand. And
now that the excursion railroad rates
aree so high to Colorado, the auto
routes become the more popular.
Capt. F. S. Bogardus of Fit. Wayne
Ind, was Hays visitor on Monday
in conference with President Lewis
| and Captain Delaney on military mat
tiers at the Ft. Hays encampment anC
was delighted with the splendid quar-
ters furnished the troops stationed
here at Hays
Mrs. Mary Levy of Fremont
Nebr., who has been visiting hel
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. anC
Mrs. A. J. Pischke, has decided to 10
cate in Hays, having bought the VIM
Wagner residence on East Norma
Avenue. Mrs. Levy will soon com
mence building an addition to hel
house.
Harry Trimmer of Cove City Gaz
etc, who was rejected by the loca
draft board Of that county and anx
| ious to get into the government ser
vice, was in Hays, last Saturday be
| ing examined by the District Draf
/ hoord honiuO fbiS finn.