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Stata Historical Society ""O HMJLM Forty Third Year Number 12 Official Paper Of Trego County WAKEENEY, KANSAS, MAY 19, 1921 A HOSPITAL, WHY? MISS LETTIE RHOADES PASSED - AWAY i THE CLOSING WEEK OF SCHOOL . eighth gra.de commencement day. Tfae members of the Freshman class went has created. Miss Bouslog sang solo with" vio- - It is conceded that America went into the great world war for the ser- j vice of humanity. We asked neither money or lands, save the few paltry acres wherein to lay our dead for the long, long sleep. They gave their all in the service of their country that peace might return, tranquility be re stored and justice be established throughout the wide, wide warring world. Weeping wives and mothers and sorrowing sisters and sweet hearts served with them, at home and abroad, in camps and in hospitals or on gory fields of battle, and all to the same end the service of human ity. The war was won speedily and now shall the memory of the daring deeds of our dead heroes die with them ? Shall the sacrifices of those days of mingled hope and fear pass for naught and be no more remem bered ? It is conceded that we shall erect in every community a fitting monu ment to keep ever before us the mem ory of the miracle that was wrought in the short space of eighteen months, and to be the most fit and appropriate memorial it must be such as will serve the community in which it stands. And to this end what Could be more appropriate than a hospital for the relief of the sick and suffer ing? Do not need a hospital? Are any of our people ever sick? Do we ever have accidents or epidemics ? Do emergencies ever afise which call for immediate treatment and the most skillful and efficient nursing? Or is it true that hospitals are already too plentiful and quite convenient? One day, about a - month ago, Trego county had six patients in the nearest hospital not to mention other Trego county patients in other institutions. One day, less than two weeks ago, there were nine patients from Trego county in one hospital: a very good, efficient, well equipped institution, but that very day so crowded that some patients were ly ing on ' cots placed in the hallways. And all this notwithstanding there are good hospitals at Hoisington, Ellsworth, Manhattan, Junction City, Clay Center, McPherson, Hutchinson, Lyons and Sterling (the latter - two only ten miles apa'rt) . Building hos pitals is not a fad. There is an in sistent demand for them. They meet a great and growing need. It is im possible to secure nurses and helpers in sufficient numbers to give home care to all those who need care. It is a condition which" must be met. Other cities and communites are meeting.it. It is a condition which we must recognize Jand for which we must prepare. It can be done in only one way, and that wav is BUILD A HOSPITAL. Program of Songs and Oratory, Pic- jout to the oil well; the Sophomores j lin and piano accompaniment, Mrs. Mention was made in last week's issue of The World of the serious ill ness of Miss Lettie- Rhoades and this week must make the announcement of her death which occured at the home of her mother in this- city early last Sunday morning. Though frail j in body . she made a persistent effort to gain the better of the disease but she was unable to do so. Electa Zeviah Rhoades was born in Cayuga county, New York, July 23, 1874, where she lived until 1886 when she came to Trego county with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rhoades. Early in life she became a member of the Baptist church and was a faith ful and consistent member of that organization until her death. Her religion lead her to do good unto others" and there are many in this vicinity who can testify to the good deeds she has done. Death claimed her early Sunday morning. May 15th, and the funeral services were held Monday afternoon, the body being buried in the family lot in WaKeeney Cemetery. The funeral sermon was preached from the Baptist church by the Rev. McHenry. Miss Rhoades is survived by her mother, four brothers, and two sis ters of the immediate family. Her mother and brothers live in this vi- cnty and one sister in Topeka'and the other in New York City. The rela tives from a distance who were here for the funeral were Mrs. M. E. Ham. ilton, New York City, Mrs. N. C. Mc Collum, Topeka, Kansas, and Mrs. Lois Kaufman, a niece and her child. from Monett, Mo. Just what is wrong with the wheat in this county we are not prepared to say, but according to the report from the farmers there is something wrong and it looks like it will take plenty of rain and warm weather to bring it out. The wheat is short, yellow and spindling. In fact, it looks sick. tThe heads are showing on much of it which is not a -foot high. The opinion is that the' Easter" freeze "did 'the damage. nicks and Plays, Rejoicing and Sorrowing. Smiles. Tears and Goodbyes Fresh beef at Baker's. Adv. tf. An interesting event for this part of Kansas will be the Townley Langer debate which will take place at Ellis next Saturday, May 21st. The non-partisan league and its work will be the subject under discussion. Townley is the national head of the league and practically the whole thing of the league. Langer was at one time attorney general of the state of North Dakota being elected as a leaguer. He would not do as Townley and the gang wanted him to and btoke with the league. The is sues and the men of the league are discussed at these meetings. Only a few of them are to be held in West ern Kansas and Hill City and Eliis nre the only places in this section. Moore Post No. 197 requests the presence of ev6ry citizen of Trego County at the Decoration Day services to be held at WaKeeney, Sunday, May 29 1921 - land : - Collyer, Monday, May 30, 1921 Program at WaKeeney Sunday, May 29th Union Memorial Services in Court Room 11 :00 a. m. Basket Dinner in Court House park 12:00 Noon First Call .": 12:55 p. m- Assembly . 1:00 p- m. March to Cemetary : 1:15 p- m. Address and Program Court House Park 3:00 p. m. (Address by Principal J. H.'Niesley.) All ex-service men who have uniforms are re- i quested to wear them ; but if not come out in civies. j It is the desire of the Post to have every ex-seryice " !Z man in the county take part in the march and cere- X 2 monies- All exservice men and old veterans are re- J quested to meet in the Legion club rooms at 10:30 3 S a. m.) May 29th. , 3 The exercises for. the closing week of Trego County High School for 1921. were commenced Sunday evening, May 15th, at the high school auditori um with the baccalaureate sermon and exercises. . The weather" was pleasant and a good crowd was present. " y The services were opened by the audience singing"Come Thou Almigh ty King" and invocation by the Rev. Mann. A beautiful violin solo was played by Donald Hemphill. The scripture lesson was Psalms 27th chapter and was read by Rev. Heizer and followed by prayer. Miss Allison and Miss Bouslog sang a duet, "Day is Dieing in the West". which was very pretty. The class sermon was by Rev. McHenry, pastor of the Baptist church who chose for his theme Preparing For Life". He opened by calling attention to the fact that while it is not necessary to worry and fret over the future but let each day take care of the things of itself, yet it is necessary to have plans and visions for the future and in those visions and plans the thought of service, things that are worth while and things that count with the idea of getting somewhere should . be taken into consideration. Preparation is necessary and the members of. the class which is iust graduating have realized this during their years of high school work. In all lines of work and profession there is a demand for those who are pre pared and a greater demand for the expert. One cannot be too well pre pared in his or her chosen line of work. He compared life to a battle with the statement that those who are the best prepared, physically mental ly, morally and spiritually are the most sure . of winniner the ficht. 'What is preparation", the speaker asked. Preparation is education and education is a knowledge, of things and events obtained by study, obser vation and experience. In this edu cation there is a vision for a heter- and greater future but all do not see it in its true form. He illustrated his idea with a reference to the sunset and the mountains. Some sep tm as a result of natural conditions, and a matter of fact while others also see in them the beauty and grandeur and the handiwork of the divine creator. None, are truly prepared for life who have not a working knowledge of the Bible and its teachings as the inspired wora of tfod and get the vision of life that God - would Wp thom Moses and Saul of Tarsus were edu cated men but neither manifested the true greatness which was in him un zii ne nad seen the vision sent from God and has accepted the message it conveyed to him. Plans for useful. ness must include God in them. Na iinu muiviouais nave ail per is ned who have forgotten God or left him out of their plans. True success cannot Te attained if God is left out because the individual or nation is not prepared to withstand temptation w iuiuui mm. lie is- also nwessnnr m tne preparations for the next life in the world to come. " The sermon was a good one and was filled with excellent thought and advice for both young and old. , Prof. J. H. Niesley made the an nouncements for the week after which 4-hA 3 : . "uunrnte sang America and was dismissed by -a benediction br T?w Burkart of the Lutheran chinrh. The class play, "Professor PeoD took place at tfae Garden Theatre Tuesday night. This was one of the best class plays over- presented here and the parts were all well taken and cakuum snowing tne results of care full direction bv Miss Allison. The story of the play is of a nervous col' lege professor who visited Russia and through the conniving of. mischievous college students was hoaxed into be lieving that he had joined the- Rus sian mnilists. Then follows . the fright of the professor and his night from Russia after being ordered to went to La Rue's grove, the Juniors to the Jacobs grove and the Seniors : Ito the Skelton grove. The eighth grade commencement exercises were held in the' court room commencing at 2 o'clock.. There were sixty-one in the class and nearly all were present. The program was opened by a piano duet played by little Misses Margaret Pierson and Chloris Heyl. While this was being played the class -marched in and took their places and were seated as the' music ceased. The invocation was by Rev. McHenry and was followed by a selection by a male quartette com posted of Messrs. Bell, , Heckman, Chalk and Keraus which was humor ous, well rendered and received hearty applause. . ( The address - was by the Rev. Heizer of the Presbyterian church. His subject was "A Person". Every man, woman and child is a person. They are not things. Dollars and the material -things of life are- things. No matter how large a pile of dollars you might have they would not repre sent the real value of anyone boy or girl for they are -persons. . The per son is divided into two parts, the soul and the body. . The soul is that part which enables us to think, to see, the part which e educate and the part which is immortal. The body is the automobile in which the soul rides. It is indeed a - wonderful machine but readily responds to the wishes of our soul. The soul must be trained to di rect the uses of the different parts of the body. The eyes to see the beau ties of nature as the handiwork of God ; the ears to hear and detect the difference in sound and their mean ing and to appreciate the harmony in music; the hands to "perform man ual exercise, to play and to work; the mind to comprehend the meaning of words and lanuage as we cannot think of peak without words. We must learn these things at school through Xears of carefully planned work and study. A fine" intellect is ""not of much use-without a strong body. The body must be developed along with the soul. It must have exercise; it must have work and ' play under proper conditions. As we ride in the automobile of, our body we sometimes take" a companion with us. - Some of these companions are laziness, ill temper and self-indulgence or we may have pluck, energy, self-restraint and the spirit of true charity. The first three passengers will trv to lead us to wreck and ruin our auto while the others will guide it into more noble and glorious things of life which will give a love for play and for work, a love for art, for reading, for educa tion, for friends, for God and the fields and the out-of-doors which he Dillinger .playing the piano and Don aid Hemphill the violin. The diplomas were presented by Prof. J. 11- Niesley of Trego County High school. Miss Eva Hixson, one of the graduating class clayed a piano solo and the Jun ior chorus of the sixth and seventh grades sang a vacation song. ' The audience was dismissed by benedic tion by the Rev. Burkart. Today is picnic , day for the grade schools and graduation day for class of 1921 of Trego County High school. The exercises are to be held at the High School auditorium this evening. The address will be by Rev. W. R. Woodward of McCracken. Tomorrow evening the finals goodbyes will be said at the reception at the home of Prof. J." H. Niesley. - GOOD SHOW AT WAKEENEY AX THE AIRDOME WAKEENEY SHRINE THE BEST DISPLAY There were four hundred fifty-six novises who ""took" the Shrine at Hays last Thursday. Of that num ber forty-two of them were from Wa Keeney, the largest number from any one city its size in western Kansas. Not only was it the largest single delegation but it was the best trained and best, escorted of any of them. Other delegations were attired in out landish . costumes and we?e made to do things, but the WaKeeney delega tion was uniform. They were all dresed alike and were escorted by a Dana, tne members or which were uniformally and appropriately at tired. The opinion expressed in this paragraph does not come from the WaKeeney delegation alone but it has been handed down by a number of others who had. no particular part in the ceremony. NOTICE TO THEATRE GOERS Owing to the Garden Theatre be ing used for the High School play Fri day night, "Fuss and , Feathers" by Edna Bennett will be shown only on Saturday night. ,. This is some show. 10 and 25 cents. This week will conclude the carni--val of mirth given by the White Won der Worker Concert Company. This company has been giving a splendid satisfaction during their stay in Wa Keeney. and it is the general opinion " of the large crowds that have been attending their entertainments" that it is the best as well as the cleanest attraction that has visited -WaKeeney in many days. . On Friday night they will present the famous picture, depicting the sen sational roof garden murder, an in tensely interesting story, in addition to several acts of meritorious vaude ville. . On Saturday night May 21st, they will terminate their engagement when they will put on a. big double program of vaudeville, pictures and musical comedy. - (3n Saturday night they v show their thriling picture, "Villa, the Bandit," a genuine motion picture of this famous bandit ; also another wonderful picture full of thrills, "The James Boys of Missouri" showing the many good and bad deeds of this notorious band of desperadoes. Also en Friday night they will give away a diamond ring to the most popular lady to be decided by popular vote. There " are a number of con testants for the honor, so come out and root for your favorite. There will be a big contest for the boys Sat urday night, they will get some easy money. The big banner . show of the season is Saturday night. May 21st. Prices during the week 10 and 20 cents, except on Saturday night when the prices will be 20 and 30 cents, in cluding war tax. Some lady will go up on the stage and catch a live pig Saturday night between acts. Don't miss it. Fun galore. adv. LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES Services" Sunday in the English language 10:30 a. m. Sunday -School, 11:30 a. m. PIG RACE AT W. W. W- SHOW At the big double show Saturday night May 21st, vaudeville and pic tures, some lady will go on the stage between acts and ' catch a live pig. Don't miss. it. Admission 20' and 30 cents, including war tax. A meeting of the directors of the Trego County Fair Association is be ing held this afternoon. Matters per taining to the fair this fall are to be discussed. It is none too early for others besides the board of directors to . begin their planning for the fair. Commence right now to develop something or to prepare some calf, pig or chicken for the fair. MARGARET SWIGGETT Bonded 'Abstracter INSURANCE FARM LOANS Wa-Keeney, Kansas -' Rairiafm n nf Tnwa fVrmtv Eieht Consecutive Ym I Come to the All Day Community p murder the Princess Katch-a-PoSsky. J.ne joke is discovered by the' stu dents who take advantage of it and have a lot of fun at the exnense of Professor Pepp. There is a line of love story running through the play and everything winds up all right in the end and all live happy ever after. The class has -decided to put on the play again Friday evening. May 20th, the proceeds to go to the Memorial Hospital fund. Those who did not see Professor Pepp Tuesday night had better see him Friday night. , . Wednesday was picnic day - and And Alter noon Debate Bring your lunch basket, stay all day and enjoy discus sion, and out-door feed. Tnimley-Laimgeir fijIbatt Saturday, May 21 st, 1 :30 p. m. Under Big Tent A Nominal Admittance Fee Will Be Charged The NonVPartisan Program, the liveliest topic of the times, will be debated byt A. C. Townley, President National Non-Partisan League and Wm. Langer, Ex Attorney General -of North Dakota. Els, GSarasas, F. G: frtefs Grove 2 1-2 miles nortli of : Ellis A 1 II