The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-05-11

up to spend Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Reed, .Sr. He was
compelled to return on the train on
account of the muddy roads.
Z Mr.. John WATERSHED of Linds-
borg, spent Tuesday visiting his sen,
Walter and family.
Miss Cecilia Murry who spent the
week end visiting friends in Hays, re-
turned to salina, Monday.
Mayor A. J. Dreiling of Victoria,
was in the city, Tuesday, on official
business.
Two pullman cars of Hays. Shrin-
ers attended the Festivities at juno.
ton City, Wednesday.
Frank Brown was down from Ellis,
this Thursday afternoon.
Ada Miller and Miss Gardner, a
teacher in the Salina schools, were
here attending the Music Festival,
last week.
Blaine Sites and wife came up
from Salina, last week, to attend the
Music Festival.
Sunday, gentleman was driving
over from Plainville in the afternoon,
TO attend the Messiah in the evening,
and he met ninety-six cars returning,
the most of whom could not obtain
tickets or even standing room in the
Coliseum.
Mrs. Maria StevensOn's residence
near the Normal is nearing compile
ton; also the residence of Theodore
Andrews.
Brungardt, at the Royal Restaur-
ant, fed over FIVE hundred people last
Sunday.
Voss and West have put up tent
in their yard on Eaist Juniata street.
Only another week and the Public
schools will be out in Hays, and then
for a long three months vacation.
Miss Sutton, teacher in the primary
department of the Public school, has
decided on her vacation and will
spend it in California, visiting friends
and relatives.
Fishing must be good. Every day
many autos with long fishing poles
are seen vending toward the creek
They never tell or show their catch
That you can imagine.
The last week has brought out the
leaves on the trees in splendid shape
t The abundance of trees in the yards
and along the streets was the surprise
and remark of many strangers herr
last Saturday-and Sunday.
"A very severe storm visited the
southeast part of the county, Wed
mes evening, 1t was in the nature o.
a cyclone. Sheds and granaries were
unroofed and torn to pieces. Thu
wind was also quite severe in Hays
: however no damage was done witt
2 the exception OF breaking down tw,
: or three trees in the west part o
4 town.
At the conclusion of the rendition
: of 1.-THE Messiah" Sunday night
: nearly every singer in the chorus o
SIS voices 'signifed theit willingness
in writing to sing next year. Their
r viii be several restrictions, and the
are: rehearSing begins the first wee
in February, 1928, and the minimum
rehearsals for any member of tn
Chorus will be twelve.
A visit to the cemetery on Sunday
shows it in better condition than 70
: many years at this time in the spring
The lots are nicely cleaned up, gras
moved down and Decoration Day
will be a pleasant place to visit.
: number of new monuments have bee
erected during the past year in bot
; the Catholic and Protestant cen
: eteries, while many are buying an
! curbing in lots
s Mrs. Sarah Croker who was re
Gently brought to the Hays hospit;
8 by her daughter, Mrs. Henry Runyol
4 died this Thursday. She will be burie
8 Saturday, and her remains will /
laid to rest beside her husband
8 MT. Allen cemetery. The Cooke
8 family came here from 7Graha1
8 county, about eighteen years ago an
8 lived on East Normal avenue. Mr.
8 Croker has been making her hon
s with her daughter at Palco, for SON
s time.