The Hays Daily News from Hays, Kansas • Page 6

PAGE six HAYS DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1PB3 Read the names carefully and patronize merchants who are listed on this page. These are merchants of Hays who are interested in the welfare of you, your family and the community. They have joined together to bring periodical messages of interest to each and everyone of us. Each merchant listed pays his share for the purpose of bringing you these messages. AUTOMOBILE SALES SERVICE BEN F.

DREILING, INC. 108 E. IS Hi MA 4-2831 RUPP MOTOR CO. 133 E. 12th MA 4-2219 APPLIANCES HAYS APPLIANCE CENTER 7U Main MA 4-4011 BAKERIES BILLINGER BAKERY 209 10th 4-2016 BANKS FARMERS STATE BANK 718 Main MA 4-6542 FIRST NATIONAL BANK 1001 Main MA 4-2587 BOTTLERS COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.

201 E. 12th MA 4-3614 PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. 705 Milncr MA 4-2613 SEVEN-UP BOTTLING CO. Vine St. MA 4-4822 CAFES DAN'S DRIVE-IN CAFE Hiway 40 B-Pass MA 4-4429 KENT CAFE PIZZA DEN East 8th MA 3169 CHILDREN'S CLOTHING JACK JILL SHOP 1100 Main MA 4-5876 CONTRACTORS HUNTER CONSTRUCTION CO.

303 E. 10th MA 4 3459 S. E. SHADE SON 418 E. Oth MA 4-21H DAIRIES L-K DAIRY 312 K.

MA 4-S406 DAILY NEWSPAPER HAYS DAILY NEWS 112 E. llth MA 4-8421 DEPARTMENT STORES MONTGOMERY WARD CO. 114. llth MA 3 78 J. C.

PENNEY INC. 1003 Main MA 4-4513 SEARS ROEBUCK CO. 10li 12th WIESNER'S, INC. 801 Main MA 4-4411 DRIVE-INS TASTEE-FREEZ STORE 241li Vine MA 4-2425 VARSITY BOWL DRIVE-IN 4th Main MA 1-9955 DRUG STORES HAYS CITY DRUG 1013 Main MA 4-4414 DRY CLEANERS LAUNDRIES KFSSLER CLEANING CO. nii 1)1 li MA 4-3429 ELECTRICIANS HERRMAN ELECTRIC 1..

lllh MA 4-8010 FARM NEEDS FARMERS CO-OP ASSN. 219 K. MA 4-2585 FOOD STORES I BOOGAART'S SUPER MARKET Centennial Shopping Center MA 4-8016 DILLON'S FOOD MARKET 10U 7th MA 4-5656 C.O. MAMMEL FOOD STORES 1407 Mn in MA 4-8618 THE MERCHANTS OF HAYS The Community Of Located 15 Miles South of Hays Liebenthal, another of Hays' good friends, is located 15 miles south of Hays on U. S.

183 and is the oldest of the settlements founded by the immigrants from the Lower Volga district of Russia. Its founders included the families of Jacob Herrman, Peter Herrman, John Schaefer, Martin Goetz, Peter Beil, Andrew Weber, Adam Kreutzer of Liebenthal, Russia, and Henry Bicker, John Bicker, Frank Waldschmidt, John Joseph Bieker, Nicholas Bieker, William Bicker, Philip Wolf and John Zimmerman of Neu-Obermunjour, Russia. These families were part of the large band of immigrants which left Saratov, Russia, Oct. 24, 1875. After spending the greater part of the winter in Topeka, they arrived in Hays Feb.

21, 1876. The following morning they moved to the present site of Liebenthal, Section 21, Township 16, Range 18 West, in Rush County. Starting to work at once, most of the newcomers had their simple sod houses completed before dark. That same night a blizzard swept over the country, adding additional hardships to the already trying lot of the newcomers, for they nearly lost what little cattle they had brought with them. A second group of immigrants arrived at Liebenthal August 14, 1876.

They were all from Schoenchen, Russia, and had come to America in the company with the founders of Munjor. Scarcely had the third band of immigrants settled in Liebenthal, when a disagreement arose among the inhabitants concerning the permanent site of the town. The tract of. land in Section 21 on which the village was situated contained but 40 acres and was poorly supplied with water. These causes induced the members of the second group of settlers, those from Schoenchen, Russia, to come to an agreement with the founders to move the colony to the east half of Section 16.

A number of families had already built their homes on the new location when John Schaefer, apparently contrary to the agreement, deeded four acres of land in Section 21 to Rt. Rev. Louis Fink, O.S.B., Bishop of Leavenworth, on which a church was to be erected. This action split the colony in two. The settlers from Neu-Ober- mon.jour with the exception of a few families, removed to Ellis County, Section 28, Township 15 South, Range 18 West, and founded the town of Schoenchen.

The others remained at Liebenthal and devoted all their energy to building a church on the land donated. Building operations wore begun in 1877, and the edifice was completed in October of the following year. The completed church measured 48 28 feet, with a sacristy of 15 15 feet on the west side, all of native stone. This first church was later used as a school. In the fall of 1889 a parish house was erected at a cost of about $800, and in 1897 the first parochial school was built.

In the fall of the same year the church was enlarged. The corner stone of the present imposing church was laid on Thanksgiving Day, 1902, and the dedication took place May 28, 1905. The first priest to hold services was Rev. Adolf Wibbert, who visited the town in 1876. The following year Rev.

Valentine Sommer- eisen said Mass there several times. In 1878 the Capuchin Fathers replaced Father Sommereisen, and remained in charge of the parish until 1884, when Rev. Joseph Hardes, secular priest, was appointed resident pastor. LIEBENTHAL ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL LIEBENTHAL ST.

JOSEPH CHURCH LIEBENTHAL KNIGHTS HALL We Merchants oi Hays are proud to have you folks of LIEBENTHAL and the surrounding community as neighbors. If you can't find your needs in LIEBENTHAL, make up a party and visit our friendly stores. We'll be happy to serve you. FURNITURE STORES BUTLER FURNITURE CO. 119 W.

10th MA 4-8811 HOME FURNITURE CO. 229 W. 10th MA 4-S5N ROHLEDER FURNITURE 12th it Oak MA 44US WIESNER FURNITURE APPL. 805 Main MA 4-4814 GIFT SHOPS HOUSE OF COLOR 1009 Main MA GLASS- STATE GLASS CO. 418 E.

9th MA JEWELERS ROHR JEWELRY 709 Main MA VERNON JEWELERS Lamer Hotel Bldy. MA 4-8810 LADIES CLOTHING FINCH'S 802 Main MA LUMBER DEALERS HARDMAN LUMBER CO. 126 E. llth MA 4-8818 MEN'S CLOTHING HAVENER'S 1011 Main MA 4-1918 MUSIC STORES HAYS MUSIC INC. Main MA 4-841S NEWS AGENCY HARKNESS NEWS AGENCY 603 E.

llth MA OFFICE EQUIPMENT NORTHWESTERN TYPEWRITER 81 Main MA 4-35M PLUMBERS PLUMBING HEATING 831 E. llth MA 4-Z54S RADIO 2-Way Communications ROTH ELECTRONICS ENG1N. 700 E. 8th MA 4-2015 REAL ESTATE BIEKER REAL ESTATE A INS. 107 W.

13th MA 4-nil SERVICE STATIONS JEP'S SUPER SERVICE 1300 Main MA 4-8715 LEE'S SUPER SERVICE Vine Centennial Blvd. MA 4-9941 SHOE STORES BOOGAART'S Centennial Shopping Center MA 4-I01B THEATRES 1202 Main FOX MA VARIETY STORES- I A. L. DUCKWALL STORES CO. 1108 Main MA 4-ttlS.