d> 120 YEARS AGO h
From March 27, 1886 Star
At the present time the city
seems to be bored more than
usual with mercantile peddlers
and foreign printing house
agents, hunting advertising, etc
etc that would be worse than
useless to those who patronize
them; spectacle and jewelry ped-
dlers, shin factory agents; and
clothing drummers swarm the
streets to the detriment of legiti-
mate business men at home who
pay the taxes; keep up the
schools, the churches, support
the poor; the newspapers, and
contribute to the public good of
the city and surrounding coun-
try in hundreds of ways during
the year.
This county received $353.04
from the first semi-annual divi-
dend of the state annual School
Fund, which was apportioned to
seven school district. Of this,
Nescatunga district received the
largest amount, $100.94.
One of the partners in The
Star, W.T. Lewis penned a"Long
Farewell" in this week's paper,
noting that he had "'disposed of
my entire interest in The Star" to
his panner, W.M. Cash. He ex-
plained that his business in real
estate and law had increased to
the point he could no longer
keep do~ eyerytlfingihe had
been. The newspaper was 1he
"'least remunerative." and lhcrc-
for he got out of it to pursue his
other business interests.
A prairie fire from the north,
burned eight or ten tons of hay
for Mr. E.G. Huffman on Tues-
day, also burned all the grass of
several farms northeast of
Reedcr.
Vol. 1, No. 1 of the Nesca-
tunga "Enterprise" has been re-
ceived this week. The first issue
is very neatly printed and it fairly
sparkles with able editorial and
choice local matter. Messrs. N.S.
Mounts and P.O. Davis are the
proprietors of the new paper,
with T.E. Beck, publisher. In poli-
tics, the "Enterprise" professes
Republican faith. We wish the
boys success financially, as they
deserve for getting out a credit-
able newspaper as it is in fact,
the first newspaper Nescatunga
. has ever shown up.
Mr. W.A. Fancett and Mr.
C.C. Figg, bothof Bardstown,
Ky have bought out Goddard
and Coleman, and propose to
add dry goods and clothing to
the stock of groceries in the
store in Reader. These gentle-
men are men of means, pleasant
and agreeable, honest and in-
dustrions, and will do a lively
business. They will also carry a
stock of agricultural implements.
Last Saturday at about 1
o'clock p.m.-the alarm of fire was
given on East Main, midin a few
seconds there were hundreds of
men with buckets of water
crowding into the upper rooms
of the Hungerford house where
the fire started. The lower depart-
ment of this buildillg is occupied
by H.C. Finley as a meatmarket,
and the upper story is used by
the Merchants hotel for sleep-
ing rooms. From the best infor-
mation we could get, it seems
that Mr. Finley had a rather hot
fire below which heated the pipe
even above the ventilator in the
upper floor, and it farther ap-
pears that a maRtess had by
some mesnsheen thrown against
the stovepipe up stairs and the
mattress soon communicated the
fire to other combustibles near
by tilla threatening flame began
to reach the roof. The fire was
soon extinguished by the heroic
work of our citizens, but it was a
close call.
Side-walks have been put
down all over the city, and we
now assume metropolitan airs.
d:> 110 YEARS AGO
From March 28, 1896 Star
Next Wednesday is "All
Fool's Day."
The painting mania is spread-
ing and if reports are true, half
the town will have a nice, fresh
coat of paint spread over it this
spring. If the mania had broken
out sooner there would -- have
been no harm done.
Henry Folk, the butcher, had
a car-load of manufactured ice
shipped in from Wichita this
week, which he deposiled in his
ice house. The car-load and
freight cost him $108. Ice will be
a luxury, this summer.
The old Vicker's 2-slor.v
building on the corner of Main
St and Central Ave has been
sold, and will be torn down and
moved into the country. It is an
old landmark, and was one of the
first buildings erected in the city
in the fall of'84.
a 100 YEARS AGO %
From March 30, 1906 Star
Plenty of moisture.
Oats are beginning to come
up.
The Coldwater schools will
close on Friday, April 20. The
graduating exercises will be held
in the M.E. church on the
evening of the last day.
Baseball again.
Frank Stout closes a five
months' term of school in dis-
trict No. 45, in Rumsey-tp to-
day.
Rev. W.T. Ward, the new M.E.
pastor for Coldwater and Protec-
tion, wig preach in Protection at
1 1 a.m. on next Sunday and at
the M.E. church in this city at 8
p.m.
Nick Pepperd succeeded in
putting up an ice house full of
ice during the recent cold spell.
The Lenertz and Estill
schools will hold a joint literary
exercise on Friday of this week.
d 90 YEARS AGO %
From March 31, 1916 Star
One day last week while E. W.
Tucker was working the roads
he had a very unfortunate expe-
rience. He was driving a team of
mules and a team of horses to a
fresno, when the handle of the
scraper struck a horse and both
teams started to run. The driver
held to the lines until the bits in
the mules' mouths broke. The
scraper was then pulled upon
the team of horses, hamstring-
ing both of them One of the
hones may die and the other may
be permanently crippled.
Deputy Sheriff Geo. Wdliams
is again improving his spare
moments making, flower beds,
trimming trees and otherwise
beautifying things about the
courthouse yard.
The Bethel Sunday school,
southeast of this city, continues
in various ways to show the
genuine Christian spirit. The
school is now having a cozy little
home built for Grandma Huff,
who lives in that neighborhood.
The term of school in the
Bethel, or Duckworth, district,
Miss Mabel Hargrove teacher,
closed yesterday with a splen-
didprogram and an ice cream
supper in the evening. Miss
Hargrove is one of the success-
ful teachers of the county.
The Coldwater school board
announce that plans for next
year's term of school have prac-
tically been completed, as far as
the employment of teachers is
concerned. All but two of the
required number of teachers (15)
have been employed.
The Avilla school will close
on Friday ofnexl week. The Sali
Fork school, having an 8 months"
tentL will not close until April 21.
Protection will begin tomor-
row and for8 days give special
attention to lhe matter of clean-
ing up the town. The merchants
will provide free "movies," also
a number of lectures on various
subjects. The enterprise on the
part of the Protection merchants
is commendable.
Today, Friday is the last day
of school at Reeder. A program
will be given there tonight.
S0 YEARS AGO %
From April 2, 1926 Star
On last Saturday night a
gentle rain set in, and during the
night snow began to fall, and,
for three days there was scarcely
a let-up, the snow being accom-
panied by a strong wind from the
northeast. The snow drifted
badly, in many places the drifts
reaching a depth of from three
to five feet. Only in wheat fields
were there was considerable
trash on the ground, did much
snow remain on the ground
where it fell. The roads in all di-
r ons were so badly blocked
with snowdrifts that travel in any
manner has since been grefftly
hindered.
The western end of the
Englewood branch had no mail
on Tuesday, owimg to the inabil-
ity of the passenger train to get
farther than Belvidere. A snow
)low and two engines cleared the
track on Wednesday afternoon.
Wdford Betzer advertises this
week new Chevrolets cars as low
as $510, and the half-ton truck
(chassis only) for just 395.
The Coldwater Coyotes mo-
tored to Waynoka, Okla the lat-
ter part of last week and entered
the basket bali tournament there.
They were defeated in the sec-
ond round by the Alva "Tiger
Bills" the score being 35 to 29.
It is reported that, in the
sourtheastern part of this
county, the snow storm the first
of this week was particularly se-
vere on livestock. In some places
the snow drifted to a depth of
ten to 12 feel it is said.
Some enormous icicles were
formed at the eaves of a few
roofs in town on Tuesday and
Wednesday. Did you see the
avalanche of snow and ice which
overhung the eaves of the
Coldwater National Bank Build-
ing at the war ofthe postoffice?
d 70 YEARS AGO %
From April 3, 1936 Star
Thursday, April 9, is to be the
"big" day for seed growers and
buyers in Comanche and adjoin-
ing counties. A county-wide
seed show will be held in
Coldwater that day.
Harold Murphy has been
employed as permanent Coun .ty
Agent for Comanche Coun .ty.
The Coldwater and Protection
ciD' basket ball teams will play
in the C.H.S. auditorium on next
Tuesday evening. April 7. for
the benefit of Herman Se)Trit.
Coldwaler high school alhlete.
who is still in S1. Anthony's hos-
pilal in Dodge Cily. suffering
from a serious bone
which will take many months to
effect a cure.
All of the girls in Fredal
Butcher's Girl Scout patrol, the
Pleiades, met at her home Tues-
day evening, March 24, for a
taffy pull. Each gift brought a
small pan of the ingredients. "
While waiting for the taffy
cool, music and games were
played.
a 50 YEARS AGO %
From March 30, 1956 Star
One of the major business
changes in Coldwater in the last
decade is the purchase by Vic-
tor P. Burton of J.W. Brewer's
drug business add fixtures, Mr
Burton taking over the manage-
ment of the store Monday of this
week. (The article goes" on to
chronicle the establishment and
successive selling amt reselling
of several drug stores in
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COLDWATER
Antioch CommunityChurch
Home 582-2045
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.
Weekly Home Bible Studies
Assembly of God
Mike Biatdfley, Pastor. 582-2463
Home 582-2128
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship. 10:15 a.m.
Sun Eve Worship 6 p.m.
Wedne~:lay Worship 6 p.m.
Southern Baptist Church
Ken Pttzer, Pastor 582-2404
Sunday School 10 ELm.
Sunday Worship 11 a,m.
Sun Eve Worship 7 p.m.
First Christian Church
Chat Mendert~l, Pastor 582-2312
Churd Office 582-2440.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m,
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Sun Youtn Groq~ ' 6 p.m.
Wed Bible Study 7 p.m.
United Methodist Church
Sue Talbot, Pastor 582-2132
Home 582-21.76
Sunday School 9:45 a,m.
Fellowship Time 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 &m.
Sunday Evening
Senior High Youlh Group
1st, 3rd, & 51h Suhday 4:30 p.m.
Junior High Youth Group
Mnt p.m.
Sunday Bible Study 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Kings' Kids Fades 3, 4, & 5 5 p.m.
Prayer and Medtation Service
1st Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Choir Practice7:30 p.m.
1st Sat. Men's Study Bkfst. 7 a.m.
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Fr Maurice Curnming~
Church 528-2154
Saturday E~ming Mass 5 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
Sunday Wo~hip 11 a.m.
Sa'x~y Sdloot .9:45 a.m.
-PROTECTION
Christian Church
Anckew Evans, Patio 622-4141
Church 622-4259
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Wed. Mgld Youlh Group 7 p.m.
Wed. prayer lime 9 p.m.
Rrst Baptist Church
Mark Slattery, Pastor 622-4430
Church 622-4386
Sunday Sdmol 9:46 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.
Wed. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
Mennonite church
Dd Regier, Pastor 622-4499
Church 622-4342
Sunday Scho~ 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.
Wed. Adult &You~ ,Smvk~ 7 p.m.
United Methodist Church
Dennis Carter, Pastor 622-4513
Home 622-4244
Sunday ~ 10 a.m.
Sunday Won~p 10:50 a.m.
WILMORE
Wilmors Federated Church
Sue Talbol, Paslor 582-2132
Home 582-2176
Swxlay Worship 9:30 &m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
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