130 YEARS AGO
From October 9,1886 Star
A few discontented spirits,
located on a gravel ridge in an
unknown village called Nesca-
tunga, are using every endeavor
to create a county seat fight
here, but their efforts so far have
proven utterly futile.
A few days since an injunc-
tion was served upon our mayor
and councilmen restraining them
from donating the new city hall
to the county for a court-house.
This was another one of
Nescatunga's insane move-
ments, and such an order should
have been utterly ignored by
Judge Ellis if he expects to re-
ceive any material support from
the county or District Judge. El-
lis or any one else who knows
anything about this matter at all,
knows that the people of Cold-
water would not vote unanimous
(except two ballots) upon vot-
ing the bonds to erect this city
hall for the purpose of donating
it to the county for a court-
house and then petition his
honor to restrain our city authori-
ties from doing so. Such infa-
mous proceedings should be
nipped in the bud by Judge El-
lis, and this gang of agitators and
creators of dissension should, in
the future, be utterly ignored by
his honor.
Another railroad proposition
had been submitted by the St.
Louis, Kansas and South West-
ern Railroad Company, to run
through Rumsey township,
thence to Avilla and from there
to Protection.
Farmers and persons who
have not done so should plow
fireguards now while the ground
is damp and soft. An hour's la-
bor now may save you several
hundred dollars.
The 10,000 acres of land in
Comanche county heretofore
owned by the Comanche pool,
is t be divided to-morrow among
the several members of the pool,
that they may retain or dispose
of their interests as they see fit.
The land embraces some of the
best in the county.
120 YEARS AGO ¢h
Missing 'til October 16, 1896
To be continued ...
110 YEARS AGO
From October 5,1906 Star
Another shower of rain last
night.
Many wheat fields are green.
Protection is steadily moving
forward materially and commer-
cially. The latest improvement for
the little city is a new bank which
has just been established with a
capital stock of $10,000, and to
be known as the Protection State
B ank. A.H. B aker of Protection-
tp., one of Comanche-co.'s old-
est and most substantial citizens,
is president of the new bank.
Miss Kate Fridley began a
five months' term of school in
the Janson district on Monday.
Work was begun this week
on the foundation of the new
M.E. parsonage in this city. A
25-foot lot just north of the
church and facing west was
bought from Frank Kimple and
the parsonage will be erected
thereon.
Don't fail to attend the Mer-
chants' Carnival in Protection
the last two days of this week.
The steam merry-go round for
Friday and Saturday will be quite
an attraction there.
100 YEARS AGO
From October 6,1916 Star
The success of the county
fair which was held in this city
last week was another very forc-
ible and convincing example of
the value and effectiveness of
co-operation, persistent and
well-directed effort in any under-
taking.
The football season opened
in Coldwater on the last day of
the Comanche-co. Fair, Friday,
when the local eleven defeated
the Medicine Lodge boys in an
interesting, but one-sided, game
the score being 39 to 0.
An announcement in this
week's Star tells of plans for the
Calvert-Maybry Company to sell
all its merchandise and close its
store in Coldwater after four
years of selling general merchan-
dise.
Nearly two whole columns of
the paper this week tell of the
success of the f'trst annual fair
held in Coldwater the previous
week.
Jack Frost has been a little
early in making his first visits this
year.
Most farmers in the Avilla
locality are finishing sowing
wheat this week.
The Avilla school has orga-
nized both a boys' and a girls'
basketball team.
The Larabee Milling Co. of
Hutchinson recently purchased
from the Millers Grain Co. the
latter's string of elevators along
the Englewood branch, includ-
ing the one here and the one in
Protection. The fmal transfer of
the properties will probably be
made next week.
County Supt. Miss Mary
Willard is busy visiting schools.
This week she has been in the
eastern part of the county.
90 YEARS AGO
From October 8,1926 Star
This week Joe J. Darroch
started a force of carpenters to
work on a tourist camp to be lo-
cated on Mr. Darroch's lots on
the Albert Pike Highway, directly
west of the Christian church in
this city. Seven cottages, each
to be equipped with a bed a small
table and a two-hole Tupsy
stove and electric lights will be
erected along the north side of
the lots. A community kitchen
12 by 18 feet, boarded up part
way on the sides and screened
in, will also be built for the tour-
ists and people of this commu-
nity who wish to go there to eat.
On the southeast corner of the
grounds, about 15 feet from the
sidewalk, Mr. Darroch plans to
erect a filling station and camp
store, 18 by 30 feet, with full
basement.
In spite of the splendid team-
work and good plays made by
our boys, Coldwater lost last Fri-
day to Protection by a score of
6-0 on the Protection field. Both
teams were in good shape, and
the outcome of the game was
undecided till the last whistle
blew.
Miss Irene Sailer surprised her
pupils at the Bethel school last
Friday evening with a wiener
roast, and a very pleasant sur-
prise it was.
The Shoemaker Mercantile
Co. in Protection has bought the
stock of goods and butcher's fix-
tures from the Sibberts and son.
Loyd Bond will manage the store
until further arrangements are
made.
On Monday of this week,
"Tiger Bill's Cafe" located on
the north side of Main-st. and
owned by W.H. Thompson, was
raided by officers on charges of
"Having in his possession and
for the barter and sale of ciga-
rettes. Quite a quantity of ciga-
rettes - something like 6000 in
all -- were found. In Judge
Silby's court on Tuesday, Mr.
Thompson plead guilty, and a
fine of $50 was assessed against
him. The fine was paid and the
cigarettes captured were ordered
destroyed.
80 YEARS AGO
From October 9,1936 Star
The wheat allotment checks
arrived in this county on Mon-
day of this week and the checks
are being distributed to
Comanche county farmers. The
checks total about $159,000.
Comanche county farmers
are wearing the smile that won't
come off. And why not? Follow-
ing the late September rains, a
little over an inch and one-half
of moisture has fallen in most of
the county since October 1.
A last minute ruling of the
Attorney General of Kansas has
made necessary another election
in this county on the proposi-
tion regarding a county lake..
H.J. Pendergraft of Wilmore
received a telegram Thursday
morning which stated that his
grandsons, Junior, Aged 14, and
Ralph, age 8, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Charley Pendergraft, were
drowned at Salem, Oregon, on
Wednesday, Charley and his
family went to Oregon about two
months ago with Ben Purcell and
family, Rodney Baker and family
and others from Wilmore. Their
home was near an ocean pier in
Salem, and it is presumed that
while the boys were fishing the
younger lad fell into the water
and his brother attempted to res-
cue him.
7O YEARS AGO
From October 4,1946 Star
L.G. Whitzel of this city last
week realized his boyhood am-
bition. He has always wanted to
referee a college football game,
and that was his privilege last
Friday evening when he refereed
the game at Alva, Okla., between
the Northwestern State College,
Alva, and the Panhandle Aggies
of Goodwell, Okla.
Coldwater was in hot water
for 47 minutes and 13 (more or
less) seconds of their gridiron
grapple with Greensburg but
managed to keep the Greensburg
total score for the year to the
same old round zero while get-
ting a big 6 in the last minute of
for Coldwater's portion.
The City Cleaners of this city
are installing this week a boiler
of the latest design. It is fully
automatic and has a return
whatdyacallit that utilizes all the
steam which is created by the
boiler.
Still the Bethel area has had
no rain to speak of since harvest,
but the farmers are going ahead
with their wheat sowing in faith
believing that the rain will come
before it is too late.
Dr. L.G. Glenn ran into a storm
Sunday, on route to Englewood
in his plane to call on patients,
and was forced down at Ash-
land. He continued the trip by
automobile.
P 50 YEARS AGO
From October 6, 1966 Star
The Coldwater Eagles
showed much improvement over
previous games when they
played the Meade Buffaloes last
Friday night. The Meade team
won 20 to 6, but the Eagles put
up a good, clean fight.
Nine of 10 vehicle and live-
stock scales in Comanche
county were approved in tests
run by the Weights and Mea-
surements Division of the State
Board of Agriculture. J. Fred
True, State Sealer, announced
one scale was condemned. A
scale is condemned if the error
is more than two pounds per
1,000, either above or below the
correct weight, True said.
Members of the Comanche
County Art Guild received three
first place and one second place
winnings at the
Kansas State Fair. Miss
Louella Mal won first place in the
still life in oil division with her
"Sunflowers", Frances Eubank
had a first place winner in water-
color still life division with "Sun-
flowers", and a second place
winner with her portrait in oil di-
vision, "Percy". David Webb, a
younger member, took first place
in the junior division of abstract.
A center of interest and a
popular topic of conversation in
Wilmore is a new, busy, and
noisy oil derrick just west of
town. The well is down almost
5,000 feet and is located on Oliver
Emerick's property near Mule
Creek and just south of the rail-
road tracks.
The B.P.W. Rummage sale
will be at the Ethel Bosley build-
ing on East Main Friday and
Saturday, October 14 and 15.
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COLDWATER
Antioch CommunityChurch
Caleb Palmer, Pastor 582-2045
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.
Weekly Home Bible Studies
Assembly of God
David Moseley, Pastor 582-2128
Church 582-2463
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday Youth 6:30 p.m.
First Christian Church
Andrew Evans, Minister 582-2337
Church 582-2440
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
God's Country
Cowboy Church
John Paul, Pastor 620-518-1082
Monday Evening Dinner 6:30 p.m.
Monday Evening Service 7 p.m.
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Father Kola Rao
Church 582-2154
Saturday Evening Mass 5 p.m.
United Methodist Church
Juan Espinoza, Pastor 308-672-8328
Home 582-2176
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.
Contact the church office
PROTECTION
First Baptist Church
Brandon Hagins, Pastor 622-4386
Church
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
First Christian Church
Rod Rieger, Pastor 622-4507
Church 622-4259
Sunday school 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday Youth 7 p.m.
Mennonite Church
Rod Crowell, Pastor 622-4449
Church 622-4342
Suriday School 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.
Wed. Parents 7 p.m.
United Methodist Church
Wayne Stephens, Pastor 622-4244
Home 622-4513
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:50 a.m.
WILMORE
Wilmore Federated Church
Juan Espinoza, Pastor 308-672-8328
Home 582-2176
Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.
Contact the church office
if you need a ride to church.
Worship at the
Church of Your
Choice
if you need a ride to church.
