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13 Years Ago Nov. 24, 1937 The J.J. Playmate Club met at the home of Mary Jane Jankovsky on Saturday, Nov. 20. During the afternoon, the members embroidered. Those present were Joan Bentson, Elaine Barker, Mary Ellen Bamford, Emma Jean Baker, Dolores Thornhill, Jaralee Meekins, Sarah Jean Beedle, Maxine Work and Mrs. Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. C.C. McCune will spend Thanksgiving Day with relatives in Denver and attend the Denver University/Boulder University football game Thursday afternoon. North Coun...
13 Years Ago Nov. 17, 1937 Two places of business in Haxtun were entered last Sunday night or early Monday morning and a small amount of cash and merchandise taken. The Yorke Café was entered and about $8 in change was taken from the cash register. At the Frock Shoppe conducted by Mrs. John Neil, merchandise valued at approximately $5 was stolen. The town council tabled the applications for the issuance of licenses for the sale of liquor at Haxtun in 1938. Applications were filed by J.L....
13 Years Ago Nov. 10, 1937 The cheese factory at Haxtun will be reopened in the near future under the management of Mr. Hopperdietzel of Merino, who was leased the plant from C.H. Barker. He is ready to begin operation of the factory as soon as he can secure two drivers with trucks to pick up the milk at the farm and deliver it to the factory. He is also operating cheese factories at Merino and Brush. Rattlesnake hunting has become a pastime as well as a sport for many local hunters during the p...
13 years ago Nov. 3, 1937 Mrs. Emery Price entertained a number of guests Sunday in honor of the birthday anniversary of Mr. Price's father, D. Price. Guests who enjoyed the affair were Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gretch and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Price and family of Yuma, Mr. and Mrs. James Price and family of Haxtun, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cheramy. A venison dinner was served the guests. Announcing the intention of quitting the hardware business this week, the Boyd Hardware Company of Haxtun is...
13 Years Ago Oct. 27, 1937 Fred Fillenberg, farmer southwest of Haxtun, reported the theft of 40 to 50 fine Buff Orpington pullets from his place to the sheriff's office in Logan County Monday. It is believed that the chickens were taken in the early hours of Sunday morning. On Friday night, 35-40 chickens were taken from the D.W. Des Voigne farm south of Haxtun. The sheriff's office at Holyoke is working on clues. As of Wednesday morning, Sheriff Clements reported that no arrests had been...
13 Years Ago Oct. 20, 1937 One of the largest hunting parties from this section, composed of Ace Goddard, Rex Meakins, Ray Goddard, Buster Meakins, Jerry Goddard, O.K. Clark, Roy Goddard, and W. C. Goddard of Holyoke returned with eight deer. They were hunting about 17 miles northeast of Glenwood Springs and eight miles southwest of Trappers Lake. Their deer were on exhibit this morning at the Clark garage. Pumpkin Vine News - Dinner guests at the Ernest Yost home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs....
13 years ago Oct. 13, 1937 G.W. Gordon, president of the Haxtun State Bank, was notified Monday morning by the Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Mo., that the bank's membership in the Federal Reserve System had been confirmed. The directors of the Haxtun institution besides Gordon, J.A. Brooks, C.J. Mosier, C.L. Reynolds and M.W. Gordon. Highland Center News – Leo Butte left to join the CCC last Wednesday. His parents have received word that he is stationed at Red Feather Lake...
13 Years Ago Oct. 6, 1937 Breakfast with friends in San Francisco, Calif., this morning, dinner at Denver at noon with his mother, Mrs. J.W. Kinzie, and supper in Haxtun this evening with Dr. and Mrs. Kinzie was the experience today of Lieut. George Kinzie, a former Haxtun young man. Lieut. Kinzie, who is a member of the Army Air Corps, flew to Colorado for a visit with his parents at Haxtun. Miss Helen Hurst and Mr. Virgil Heiny were united in marriage on Sunday, Sept. 12, at Crook. The...
13 Years Ago Sept. 29, 1937 Clithro Barkey sold 55 head of hogs on the Haxtun market today to B. Wiliams for the sum of $2,232. The hogs weighed 23,620 pounds and Mr. Barkey was paid $9.45 a hundred pounds. Lee Hair, of the community eight miles south and one and one half miles east of Paoli, is advertising a sale for Oct. 4. Mrs. John E. Becker sale will be held at the Becker farm eight miles south and six miles west of Haxtun on Oct. 7. Arthur Lewman is announcing his sale at the farm 13...
13 Years Ago Sept. 22, 1937 The first pension checks authorized under the new $45-a-month pension law were received at Haxtun Tuesday. The checks were mailed from Holyoke by Dana Archbold, county director of public welfare. There were 110 who received checks in the county this month. Arland Weers, age 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Weers of Venango, was fatally injured Saturday afternoon when struck by a truck on the highway at Venango. The little fellow had gone to the store to buy an ice cream...
13 Years Ago Sept. 15, 1937 A pretty church wedding Sunday, Sept. 12, at high noon united Miss Dorothy Heldt and Mr. Walter Hovel. The ceremony was performed at the Emmanuel Church with Rev. Jos. Hannewald officiating. Sixty guests attended a reception for the young couple at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pack immediately after the ceremony. Dailey News - The Dailey school opened Monday morning with all teachers present. The new teachers are Miss Janet Johnson, high school, and Mr. Habgood,...
13 Years Ago Sept. 8, 1937 The Rev. C.E. Douhan, 91, died at hiis home in the Fairfield community Sunday, Sept. 5. He and his wife had made their home on a farm one mile north of the Fairfield church for the past 17 years. The young son and baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Clark were overcome by monoxide gas at the Clark home early Monday morning. The children were taken outdoors and the doctor was called. They were revived in a short time. The gas was escaping from a gasoline heater attache...
13 Years Ago Sept. 1, 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eller and two sons and a daughter were guests of Eller's mother, Mrs. Magalene Eller, at the George Gueck home north of Haxtun last week. The Eller family is returning from a world tour. They are in their 15th year of missionary work in India and have twice made the trip around the world. Funeral services for George William Lindgren, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Radford Funeral home in Haxtun. The little boy had reached the age of four...
13 Years Ago Aug. 25, 1937 The one-year-old boy of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stevenson of south of Haxtun was brought to town Monday evening for medical attention after the little fellow drank a small amount of kerosene. According to Dr. J.W. Kinzie, who gave the youngster treatment, he was not suffering any ill effects Tuesday morning. A special softball game between a colored girls' team and the Texaco Oilers will be played at the Haxtun diamond Wednesday evening. The colored team is known as Metz...
13 Years Ago Aug. 18, 1937 Dewey Green, prominent farmer north of Haxtun, will head the Fred C. Lewman Post of ex-servicemen at Haxtun during the coming year. Others elected to office: Lee Bamford, Ralph Gale, R.V. Exstrom, Harry O'Hare, J.A. Work and Mike Gretch. Membership dues for the coming year will $4.00, the same as during the past year. Following a lingering illness of several months' duration, death came to Mrs. Darley Atkinson on Aug. 12 at the family home 26 miles south of Haxtun in...
13 Years Ago Aug. 11, 1937 Mistaking a poison powder containing strychnine for what she thought was a stomach powder caused the tragic death here last Thursday of Mrs. Lavenna Mathews of south of Fleming. Mrs. Mathews, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Sanders of Haxtun, was 18 years of age and was the mother of a two-year-old boy. She was able to tell of the incident before she passed away. Pumpkin Vine News - Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kinzie and children left on a trip to the mountains...
13 Years Ago Aug. 4, 1937 Claude D. Walrod, well known Holyoke attorney for the past 27 years, passed away at his home at 11 o'clock Saturday night following an illness of several months. He was 62 years of age. A reunion with a brother whom she hadn't seen for 56 years was the pleasant experience of Mrs. Mary Goddard of Haxtun last Sunday. Mrs. Goddard's brother, George Helm of Stockton, Mo., and his wife and their son and daughter, stopped in Haxtun for a visit on their way home from...
13 Years Ago July 28, 1937 Arvid Wedin of Haxtun, a junior in the College of Engineering at the University of Colorado, placed on the university's list of those making an average of B-plus or more during the spring term. A group of Haxtun friends entertained at a delightful covered-dish lawn party Tuesday evening, complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. House and children of Price, Utah. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. J.H. McKnight and Mr. and and Mrs. Earl C. Donaldson and "Bud" of Sterling; Mr....
13 Years Ago July 21, 1937 A warning was issued by city officials this week that autoists must observe speed regulations when entering the town on various highways. The 25-mile speed limit will be enforced in the future, it is said. Friends will be interested to learn of the marriage on July 1 of C.H. Edgar of Paoli and Mrs. JoAnn Sage of The Dalles, Oregon. The wedding took place at Wray. Mr. Edgar is prominently known in Phillips County, having lived here a number of years. Mrs. Edgar went to Paoli about a month ago to visit her brother-in-la...
13 Years Ago July 14, 1937 Relatives and old friends attended the funeral services Monday for Ora Clevenger, 61, who for many years had been a farmer and a rancher in this part of the state. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy at his home in the Proctor community last Wednesday and was ill but a short time. He died July 9. Members of the American Legion Auxiliary enjoyed their annual picnic Tuesday afternoon at the city park here. Officers elected for the coming year: Mrs. R.V. Exstrom, president;...
13 Years Ago July 7, 1037 Martin Bryant, a resident of the Haxtun community for nearly 30 years, passed away last Saturday night (July 3, 1937) at the farmhouse where he was farming southwest of town. He was 52 years of age. He also served for a time as a night marshal here. North County Line - Phyllis Anderson, Arvid Anderson and Hele Trego visited over the Fourth in Greeley. Miss Freda Anderson, who has been visiting here for a couple of weeks, accompanied them home. Dailey News - Mr. and...
13 Years Ago June 30, 1937 After a lingering illness of three years, death brought an end of the suffering of N.S. Crow, 73, of Haxtun late Tuesday evening of this week (June 29, 1937). Miss Doris Jessen became the bride of Mr. Ellis Hart last Thursday afternoon at a weeding that took place at the home of the bride's parents north of Haxtun. Water was turned into the new municipal swimming pool at Haxtun Wednesday of this week and by Thursday the pool will again be opened to the public. Workmen...
13 Years Ago June 23, 1937 Clair Saylor, 16, of Fleming, was brought to Haxtun Tuesday morning to receive treatment for severe burns on the face and chest. He received the injuries when he was scalded in attempting to remove the radiator cap from a tractor. He was given medical attention at the Mooney hospital. Mrs. G.B. Hire and daughter Dorothy, and Maine Collins left last Wednesday for Los Angeles, Calif., where they will visit for a time with Mrs. Hire's brother and other relatives. Vernon D...
13 Years Ago June 16, 1937 In the presence of a large number of relatives and friends, Miss Lucille Crossland and Mr. John Larson of Haxtun were married last Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E.F. Weaver, pastor of the Church of the Brethren. An unannounced bicycle trip to Holyoke by two seven-year-old Haxtun girls caused their parents a great deal of worry here Sunday evening. The youngsters, JoDelle Barker and Dolores Thornhill, started about five o'clock...
13 Years Ago June 9, 1937 Haxtun was assured a new high school auditorium and gymnasium building Monday when voters decided in favor of the bond issues that will supplement a federal grant to construct the new addition. According to unofficial returns from the 38 school districts, the majority in favor of the proposition was 55 votes. McCoy Wisdom was engaged as city lineman in Haxtun at the regular meeting of the town council last Monday evening. He will replace Roy Albershardt, who recently...
