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85 Years Ago Jan. 12, 1938 Vocational agriculture students in the local high school made a good showing in the grain judging contest held in Yuma last Saturday. The team placed fourth out of 15...
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85 Years Ago Dec. 22, 1937 The traditional Christmas morning service will be held at five o'clock Saturday morning at the Fairfield Church. At this inspiring Christmas service, there will be music by...
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85 Years Ago Dec. 15, 1937 The corner drugstore: Evening in Paris sets, $1.10 and up; manicuring sets 25¢ to $2.50; electric toasters, $1.19; electric waffle irons, $3.50; electric razors, $10;...
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85 Years Ago Dec. 8, 1937 Jack Kennedy, of near Dailey, suffered a gunshot wound in his foot Tuesday afternoon when the .22-caliber rifle he was using to hunt rabbits was accidentally discharged. The...
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85 Years Ago Dec. 1, 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Clair Skold entertained Thanksgiving Day with a turkey dinner. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Orton Wood, Mrs. Mary E. Wood and Mr. Skold's brothers, Bernard...
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85 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 Ba...
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85 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....
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85 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 t...
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85 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...
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85 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...
85 Years Ago Sept. 8, 1937
85 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...
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85 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...
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85 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...
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85 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...
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85 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 Jes...
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85 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...
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85 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...
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85 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...
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85 Years Ago June 2, 1937 Voters will go to the polls next Monday to decide upon the construction of a high school auditorium and addition in the Haxtun branch of the county high school system....
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85 Years Ago May 19, 1937 Seniors to graduate Thursday from Haxtun: Kenneth Boeve, Victor Crossland, Verne Conquist, William Des Voigne, Rex Edwards, Lowell Heiny, Milton Hill, Clinton Jeffers, Clyde...
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85 Years Ago May 12, 1937 Showing extreme boldness, thieves visited the Henry Anderson farm in the Fairfield community last Thursday night and made off with two fat hogs. Mr. Anderson said that a...
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85 Years Ago April 28, 1937 Another business firm in Haxtun changed hands this week when Ruby's Cash Market was purchased by H.B. Prouty and son Floyd. Floyd will be in charge of the store, which is...
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85 Years Ago April 14, 1937 A county-wide meeting of farmers and businessmen interested in rural electrification under the REA was held in Paoli Saturday night. A kilowatt hour, which can be...
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85 Years Ago April 7, 1937 Funeral services were held last Saturday morning for Mrs. R.T. Fisher, who passed away Thursday at her home in Haxtun. She was 61 years, six months and 28 days old. She was...
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85 Years Ago March 24, 1937 Clifford Ruch, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Ruch of the Fairfield community, passed away Tuesday (March 23, 1937) at the Mooney hospital after a short illn...
