The Holly chieftain., 1919-04-10

The Rev. Wiley X. Wright is at La
Junta this week attending meet
ing of the Prebytery of Pueblo, now
In session there in the Presbyterian
church. The meeting closes tonight
and Mr.. Wright expects to be
home for Sunday
Dr. Avery. the dentist, moved by
the sunshine and gentle Zephyrs of
spring, last week set out q number
OF white elm trees around his place,
and otherwise cleaned up his prem
ises till he has one of the neatest
kept homes in town.
w. II. Craybill residing II miles
south of town. sold his 320acre dry
land farm to ID. &. Hays. a neighbOr,
for $500. MIR. Craybili expects to
leave some time next month for Los
Angeles, California, where he will
probably locate permanently.
The Rev. c. w. Hnacher will visit
Holly Sunday, April 30th and speak
In the Methodist church. and hold
the third quartely conference. DR..
Hancher Is an interesting and
pleasing speaker and his visits are
looked forward to with great pleas
IRE by his many friends in Holly.
Mrs. Philancy Borstner return
cd Tuesday of last week from La
Junta with her son George, whom
she had taken to the hospital for
the purpose of having his tonsils
and adenOids removed. The little
fellow stood the operation in fine
shape and Is recovering nicely.
One day last week while j. H.
Guffey was repairing a garden
hose the screw driver which he was
using slipped and the point enter
ed the fieshy part of his left thumb,
making bad wound. j. II. has
since been out of commission SO far
as his north paw was concerned.
The WOman's Society of the Pres
byterian church held their regular
of Mrs. James TrefZ After a short
business session, social hour was
spent, after which the hostess serv-
ed ice cream and cake. Twenty
members and guests enjoyed the af-
ternOOn.
A man by the name of Dolan re-
siding about 80 miles south of town
died last week of influenza and was
buried the following day at Artesia.
The mans given name or initials
could not be learned up to the
hour OF going to press and no one
here seems to know of his family
or relatives.
Roy Pearson, manager of the
Snodgrass Food Co. store at Wiley,
accompanied by Mrs. Pearson and
their daughter, Thema, spent last
Thursday and Friday in Holly. Mr..
+ Pearson was looking after the com.
pany's interests here preliminary to
opening q grocery store and meat
market in Holly.
L. ]. Gilmore, who was recently
mustered out of the army service at
Camp Bowie, Texas, has accepted
position in the offices of the Arkan-
sas Valley Sugar Beet & Irrigated
Land Co., succeeding Mr.. +. H.
Puntenney, who recently resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmore are stopping
at the Hotel Grand until he finds
suitable residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. johnson and
three children, accompanied by Miss
Edna Z. Brainard, all of Green's
burg, Kas, arrived here Sunday for
a visit with Mr.. Johnson's brothr, j.
r. johnson, and family. Mr.. A. +.
johnson, like his brother, j. r., is
engaged in the banking business,
being cashier of the Farmers Ma
tiOnal bank at Greensburg, Kas.
F. B. Coffin beat the opening OF
the cleanup, paint-up" campaign
a week and has his house hand
somely painted up. 1t shows what
a wonderful difference little paint
makes in the appearance of home,
besides the protection from deteri-
Grafton of property. There are q
number of places about town which
ought to get in line in painting
up"
]. N. Almquist Of Great Bend,
Kas., district superintendent of the
Merritt-Schwier Creamery Co, of
that place, was in Holly Tuesday
looking after the company's bust
ness and station here. Mr.. Aim
quist says his company manufactur.
ed two and half million pounds of
butter last year. 1t is one OF the
largest creameries in this section of