The Holly chieftain., 1919-02-13
COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE
Important items Of the gathered by The Chief
tsin's paid special writers

the remainder of his stock prepare
tory to shipping it elsewhere.
Carl Brummit returned home
from France Monday morning. Carl
has been in California in the hos
pital for some weeks since return
ing from overseas.
Lizzie MOser and Mary REESE
guie are reported sick with the
.'fiu" at Holly where they have been
attending school. Mrs. MOser
went down to care for Lizzie.
Twinkle and Mae Mcguire left
for Trinidad Friday upon receiv-
ing word that Macs Grandfather
Norman was in q very serious con-
dftiOn in the hospital there
Those of this section suffering with
flu ut present are Paul, Jerry, Myra,
Geneva and Naomi Dyksterhuis,
Donald and Clayton Buck. None
are seriously i'll at this time
c. w. Price. instructor of the or
crestra, came in Friday to take up
his regular work with them. We
are pleased to have him return,
since the orchestra plays q good
part in social activities.
Surely no one who is obliged to
get around the country in eastern
Colorado these days, will ever have
the audacity to call this section
dry land for the remainder of the
season. 1t is hard to remember
that it was ever dry.
Word comes from Amity that
Nellie Dyksterhuis of the Amity
school was stricken with the flu
and is unable to resume her duties
as teacher for the time being. Her
brother, Eddie, is in charge during
Miss Dyksterhuis' absence.
A number of our young people
attended the basket ball game,
Holly VS.. Syracuse at Holly Friday
night. Among those present were
FlOssye and Gladys Mcdaniel, Eliza
beth and Grace MOser, Charlotte
Ferguson, Eddie Strong, Donald
and Clayton Buck.
There was quite an early stir at
the depot Wednesday morning
when thirty or more Mexicans en-
trained for California. There were
twenty.three full fares, besides some
half fares amounting in all to
$4,000. They chartered car to go
WltIl CllClu
Rev. Coffman visited at the Har-
graves home at Amity Friday. He
proved himself good pedestrian
by walking both ways and al
though it is not the pleasanest
mode Of travel at all times, it often
proves the safest when it comes to
dealing with cars in the mud.
Tie w. C. T. U. is planning a
''parcel post sale and short pro-
gram to take place at the church
Feb. %. The teachers of Hartman
and Coates schools are preparing
one number each to be given by
their pupils. Everyone is urged to
attend and help to make this
success.
The many friends of Charlie Nc
Afee will be greatly pleased to hear
that letter has reached here stat
ing that he is safe and well. Charles
has olen overseas for about eight
months and during that time his
parents and friends had been un-
from him in any way.
Jimmy Mcdaniel was pleasantly
surprised Thursday night by a
number of his friends, the occasion
being the celebration of his birth
day. The guests were principally
the pupils of the upper rooms of
the Hartman and Coates schools
The evening was spent in playing
games and taffy pulling.
Choir organization was started
Friday night but there were not
many in attendance due to the fact
that orchestra practice and basket
ball game occurred on the same
night. However, there will be an
other attempt made and it is hop
ed that all of our warblers will be
on hand as Hartman should have
a good choir.