The Holly chieftain., 1919-05-29


were in La Junta the first of the
week.
Mrs. A. L. Pursley of La Junta
spent the week end with Miss Flea
nor French at the Sanitarium at
Amity.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Walton and
family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Walton, spent Sunday with Arthur
Walton and family.
Carl Nudge, q graduate of the
Holly High school, is in town this
week. having recently been muster
ed out of the army service after over
seas duty.
Miss Kathlyn Rhodes of Granada
returned home Monday after having
spent the week end here, the guest
of Miss Bertha Duty, the bOOkkeep-
er at the office Of the Holly Auto
Co.
DIR. w. A. Wilson and daughter,
Miss Leslie, who has been employed
as bOOkkeeper at the First National
bank for some time, left Saturday
night for their old home at Derby,
N. b.
P. Hardy left last Thursday for
Garden City, Kas., where he will Op-
ell up a new grocery store. Mrs.
Hardy and daughters expect to
join Mr.. Hardy the early part of
next week. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Wilson and
son Jacob, Forest Walton, GlendOla
Walton, all of Holly, and Chares
Walton of Coatsville, Ind. spent
Sunday with James Walton and
family of Webb.
Sheriff Cal. Downing and Mrs.
Downing mOtOred down from Lamar
Monday. Cal. was summoning jur-
ors for the June term OF the district
court which cOnvenes June 10Th.
The jury will be called on the 18th.
The Willing Workers class of the
Methodist Sunday school, with
their teacher, Mrs. X. A. Shanner,
took a hike last Saturday after
noon. Each one took his lunch and
they hiked to the river bank and en-
jOyed their lunches together, and
general good time was had by all.
Guy Myers, a brother of DR.. w. L.
Myers, the veterinarian, returned
last Friday from Camp Funston
where he was recently mustered
out of the army service. Guy left
Saturday for Two Buttes to visit
with his parents. He was in the
aviation servire since last Septem-
Der at Kelly Field.
Mrs. Roy F. Pearson and daugh-
ter Thelma returned to Wiley Mon
day morning after having spent a
week here with Mr.. Pearson, the
genial manager of the Snodgrass
Food Co. store. They will return as
soon as Mr. and Mrs. Hardy move so
they can have the house repaired
and put in shape for their occu-
panty.
Willis House, son of Holly's for.
mer city marshall, "Lish" House,
who has just returned from over
seas service, has been in town the
past week visiting old friends. Will
lis was member of Co. F of the old
G. N. G. and served on the Mexican
border before being called overseas
in the World war. He was with an
infantry organization. He expects
to return to La Junta soon to re-
main at home for q time at least
Sergeant M. E. Keith, better
known to his friends here as Cur
ley" Keith, reached home last Sun
day from overseas where he had
been serving for, eight months in q
casualty company and whose
special duty before the armistice
was signed was to lecture and drill
our warriors in the use Of gas and
gas masks. He took men up to the
firing line and was thoroughly in
the game, but escaped injury. AT.
ter spending few days here with
his brothers Blaine and William he
will spend the year with their faith
er on the farm near Amity.
j. A. ChOwning, formerly employ
ed as motOrman on the Kansas
City street railway, has decided to
try farming. He and his wife left
Kansas City some days ago by wag-
on to look over western Kansas
and eastern Colorado with view to
taking up homestead. At Gun
ningham, Kas., Mrs. Chowning
stopped to rest up. But her hus-
hand 1Ddar1ntad IN hic u,,ost for a
farm pressed on, and was rewarded