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Western Kansas World

Location

Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1921

Page

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City Schools Honor Perfect Attendance By Grade

The city schools report perfect attendance for seven months across grades. Notable students include Edith Allen Harold Burnett Gladys Cue Nestor De Witt Forrest Hendricks Gladys Hillmut Othelia Meisner George Poffenberger Florence Tripp Joy Gaswint Clars Mayer and teachers Miss Bousley and D. O. Hemphill. Pure home made lard at Baker's.

Ben Benson Elsie Boxberger Byron Brown Corene Dillinger Harold Heckman Florence Hendricks Ralph Horak Muriel Jones Ben Rhostles Alice Pearl Seeley Joe Bigler Fern Shaw Orvel Smith Richard Tauber Nellie Selbe Verland Stewart Robin Deines Alice Lofsfeld Mildred Holly Miss Morrison June Brown Gusie Deines Helen Hille Horace Gleason Rachel Meissner Edwin Renameyer Irwin Renemeyer Clayton Wollner Herman Wollner Elsie Collins Martha Devies John Robert Parsons Grace Houston Roth Allen Teboa Boxberger Vernon Courtney Jesse Fox Wilma Gunckel Robert Heckmen Emil Horak Bernice Marquand Frances Munson Mildred Pierce Virgil Reeves Fern Sundstoe Marjorie Sigler Howard Straw George Ufford Clifford Wallace Edna Mayer Fern Barclay Kenneth Bach Lizzie Bollena Agnee Benson Max Campbell Brenton Campbell Orrime Dodge Lawrence Hendricks Arnold Hillman Martha Meisner Elizabeth Roloson Ebba Saleen Ethel Simpsons Lucy DeBoer Mosrbhella Baker Bertha l Bertran Theo Boxberger Kenneth Gladys Spena Helen Stewart Mary Cue Bernhard Devies Belle Benker Olive Neff Edith Allen Harold Burnett Gladys Cue Nestor de Witt Forrest Hendricks Gladys Hillmut Othelia Meisner George Poffenberger Plorence Tripp Joy Gaswint Clars Mayer Miss Bousley Doris Acre Beatrice Arnold Beula Fox Marian Gleason Ernest Hillman Eva Hixson Mabel Holcomb Justina Lymm Ciara McCollum Reatha Morgan Joe Poffenborer Wayne Rhoades Robert Shulet Earl Wheeler D. O. Hemphill

Music festival in Fort Hays features Roza Ponselle

March 26 report from Fort Hays Kan sas Normal School details the third annual Music Festival with national stars Roza Ponselle and Eddy Brown plus an Oratorio Quartet. Trego County students Donald Hemphill Tone Krause and Thurb y Ridgway will sing in the chorus as the event runs a week of sixteen programs including The Creation and The Messiah and culminates with the Allartist concert. Souvenir booklets will be printed soon for those who order.

Tone Krause Thurby Ridgway Ogallab Greation

Telephone rates set by Court of Industrial Relations

The order issued March 11 establishes new telephone rates effective April 1 for Rural Line Business Rural Line Residence and Rural Switched service. Desk sets incur an extra 25 cents. Brace Goffe, Manager.

Court of Industrial Relations Brace Goffe Mgr

Lutheran Church Notes Sunday Services and Woodmen Meeting

Lutheran church notes announce Sunday services in German at 10 30 a m with Sunday School at 11 30 a m Catechetical instruction on Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7 o'clock Regular Modern Woodmen meeting on Tuesday evening April 5 to elect a delegate and alternate to the state meeting in Newton Kansas in May.

Newton Kansas

Easter Sabbath 1921 at Presbyterian Church Notes

Easter Sabbath 1921 at the Presbyterian church featured a Knights Templar presence of about 40, a choir concert of "Our Living Lord," and a planned Lord's Supper on the following Sunday. Twenty two members were received this year. An April Osbrone Presbytery meeting is planned with M E church hosting missionary society programs. Several committees were formed for guest arrangements, transportation, and receptions for visiting pastors and sessions.

Knights Templar J. H. Niley Osbrone Presbytery WaKeeney Presbyterian Church Women’s Presbyterial Missionary Society M. E F. M Ellermeyer McNair F. A. Heizer Mr. Bell Herbert Lucas Ralph Stimpson Elmer LaRue Victor Fox John Hardman Miss Bousley

Real estate activity and local visits in South Trego

The item notes rapid real estate activity and lists social visits among families in South Trego including Miss Paulina Rohn with Miss Lousie Wolf and gatherings of the Schnieder, Eichman, McKinley, and Jackson families. It also mentions rural school examinations set for April 2 and 9 at Benisch School District 52, with a missing person appeal for George Spencer of Hays, Kansas.

Paulina Rohn Lousie Wolf Chas. Folkers and Garrels James Benisch William Schnieder Geo. Schemn Remus Schnieder Russell Godfrey Eichman Jacob Stoppel A. R. McKinley Joseph Jackson Benisch School

Notice of Annual School Meeting Held Friday April Eight

The annual school meeting will be held Friday April 8 at 2 p.m. Voter input is invited for the election of the school board clerk Minnie ONeil, Co Supt Ree Belk Re.

Minnie O’neil

Hospital Proposal At WaKeeney Seeks Public Support For New Facility

A WaKeeney area hospital plan is pitched to the public as a community service rather than a profit venture. Voluntary pledges will finance architectural plans, with solicitors ready to explain details in person within 15 to 20 miles of Wakeeney. A hospital would rely on charity care and local support, and early enthusiasm is sought to fund building and maintenance. The piece also notes a local home talent play Mir. “Bob” at Garden Theatre, with proceeds about 180 dollars for Moore Post and future performances planned for Collyer and Quinter.

WaKeeney WakKeeney Good Samaritan Mir Bob Garden Theatre J. H. Heckman Delta Keyer Grace Hancock Goldie Gorrell Virginia Oldham Messrs Schuyler Gibson Pat Lynch Julius Harries American Legion Post Moore Post West End Collyer and Quinter The Legion

Corn Wind Signs Favor Good Crop Outlook

A Osborne County Farmer notes Monday was Corn Day with cold north winds that shifted to northeast by evening. He predicts a corn crop if the wind sign holds, recalling a fair crop last year when winds from the southeast helped Osborne County.

Osborne County Osborne

Mild relief from grip using Chamberlain Cough Remedy

Mrs. Annie H. Cooley of Middlefield Connecticut reports severe grip symptoms and threatened pneumonia eased by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Chest pain faded, cough loosened, and she recovered quickly. Also ads note millet seed 1.00 per bushel, Red Amber cane seed 0.50, location one mile west and south of WaKeeney. Also Holstein bull 2 years old for 85 and land trade offer with auto option at 15 per acre.

Annie H. Cooley Middlefield Conn Chamberlain WaKeeney Fred Rensmeyer J. J. Shackelford

Public sale and land auction notes from Quinter week

A World office member reports on Mr Mason handling a sale in Quinter while at home, stock selling weak but quality stock fetching top prices, and a quarter section selling for 758 dollars more than private sale offers. The unimproved parcel sold four miles from Quinter at 35 dollars per acre to Tony Hiadek, with other local transactions and a travelogue on W S Hart’s The Silent Man.

World Office Force Quinter Mason Tony Hiadek

Seven more weeks in school and spring events noted

High school notes report May 20 closing, several illnesses at Hays, and returns. An operetta The Pioneer Po poose directed by Miss Hardin is set for April 12 at Garden Theatre with invitation. Seniors plan class rings colors mottoes flowers plays and parties while track meets begin April 30 in Hays. baseball is scarce. basketball and track replace it. Normal Training Seniors visited Miss Grace Schwanbeck’s school last Friday and praised conditions. A light tease asks how we lost our way but won’t say.

Bessie Tawney Hays Miss Hardin Garden Theatre Grace Schwanbeck

Also Mentioned on This Page

Report OF City Schools Baker's Tregco County Lutheran Church Notes Hartford Fire Insurance Company Hartford Heckman & Hutchison Presbyterian Church Notes Trego Ithms George Spencer G. W. Spencer Kas Delco-Light Tenage Ree Belk Chas. Connor Collyer Maude Lindquist Palco WaKeensy Walter Parks Cal Loyd Wm. S. Hart Bart Margaret Swiggett Erecy, Kamo
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