The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-06-05


IN Kansas City, last Thursday, after
a few days visit with her sister, Mrs
s. P. Denning.
Mrs. Emma AveTill returned home
Sunday from WaKeeney, where she
had been visiting several days.
It's not often that you hear Kansas
farmers grumbHng about two much
moisture. However, this year the
weather clerk seems to be working
over time on the moisture proposition.
In as much as the July Fourth, our
national holiday, comes just in the mid
die of wheat harvest, why can't the
people eff the wheat belt have a cele-
bration later, say sometime in August.
Let the people of each comfy get to-
gether and have an old fashioned farm
ers' picnic-a harvest festival.
1t is reported that hail destroyed a
large acreage of wheat in the counties
south and west eff Ellis the first of the
week
Frank Bauer who has been spend
ing the past six months with his sis
ter, Mrs. Geo. S. Grass, left Sunday
for Chicago.
Misses Elsie Grass and Genevieve
Dorney who have been teaching in the
Natoma schools, returned home Fri
day evening
Clyde Markley with his wife are here
attending summer school, Clyde has
been elected superintendent of the
Bunkerhill schools.
Miss Thomas, a teacher of Liberal,
Kansas is spending the summer with
her friend Miss Cora sBibens and at
tending the Normal.
The commencement exercises of
the Hays Catholic College viii be
held ut the Hays Opera House, Thurs
day afternoon, June 18th at 2:3O.
Everyone is cordially invited.
4 large number of Hays people at
tended the Blessing of the Bells at the
Eilis Catholic church at Ellis, Tuesday.
Among those who attended were Misses
Anna Ryan, and Mary Schaefer, Jacob
Bissing and wife, Mrs Alois Bissing,
Hrs. J T Jordan and B. n. Dreiling.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Brenner and
daughter Melba, visited in Wilson, Fri
day
sir ana Edrs. Rinehardt OF e1uinter,
we're shopping in Hays. Wednesday
Mrs. Ella Davis and children left
Saturday morning for months visit
with relative in Minneapolis, Kansas.
ar. ana Mrs. Hennerich and daugh-
ter, Miss. Anna. parents and sister OF
Dr. O. A. Hennerich, arrived in Hays,
Tuesday evening, from ST. Louis. for a
visit with Dr.. Heanerich and family.
Among the boys who returned from
Camp Funston, Monday evening.
sers Nike Brungardt, Ed Ross, Jim
Croft ana Mr. Leiker of Munjor.
/ Chief Clerk Wm. a Harvey of Kan
as City. was here Thursday, giving
Civil Service Examinations at the
post Office.
Miss Josephine Hupfer of Bunkerhill,
one of the new students of the Fort
Hays Normal, was pleasant caller at
ne Free Press Office this Thursday
afternoon.
For an Abstract of Title on your
Real Estate and City Property see the
Ellis County Abstract & Loan Co., F.
S, Wasinger, Mgr.
Among the soldiers who were
greeted by the music of the band, the
sound Of the Whistles and the cheers
of the crowd Monday evening was
Lieutenant Clinton H. Morgan of the
10th Regiment Of Field Artillery,
32nd Division, who has received his
discharge and with his wife and small
son is visiting his parants and sisters.
Lieutenant Morgan spent sixteen
months in France; the first three of
which was in training at the military
school established by Napoleon at
-Saumur. His brigade served as a
''shocIx brigade" supporting. at var
ious times eighteen divisions, one of
which was the seth in the Meuse-Ar-
gonne drive. Lieutenant Morgan was
also in the drive of the Toul Sector,
Alsace, Second battle of the Marne
and of the scissors. He was taken
with the flu followed by a serious at
tack of pneumonia which confined
him in hospitals for two and half
months. When Lieutenant Morgan
volunteered he was teaching manual
training IN the schools of Detroit,
Michigan. The Board of Education
/ has rendered him his position at the
same increase of wages which he
would have received had he been in
continual service IN the schools. He
IS the recipient of silver ring bear
ing the seal Of the city of Detroit.
The Chamber of Commerce raised
S62, zoo with which to provide a
silver ring for each returning soldier
sailor or marine and a memento for
each family of those not returning.
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