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Wiley Hay Days Royalty for 2015 is Elsie Moulder
Elsie was born on the family farm 1 1/2 miles north of Wiley in April of 1932. Her parents were Charlie and Mildred Oswald. After the death of her father the family moved to Wiley, 511 Welton. She still resides at that address. In May of 1949 she was united in marriage to D.C. Moulder. […]
New Time for Wiley Hay Days Parade
The Wiley Hay Days Parade will begin at 10am this year, on Saturday, June 20. The parade line up will begin at 9:30am on Ward Street and there are no entry forms or fee required to take part in the annual event along Main Street. The schedule of events begins on Friday, June 19 […]
Granada/Bristol & Wiley, Hot Fun in the Sun
Temperatures climbed into the mid 90s this past Friday and Saturday for the annual Granada/Bristol and Wiley Hay Days. Granada/Bristol residents lined their streets at 10am on Saturday for the parade which highlighted the 23rd annual festival. The frog & turtle race, Argie’s Famous Flyover and horseshoe tournament rounded out the activities, as well […]
Nancy Perez, 2014 Wiley Hay Days Queen
Enedina Aquilera-Perez, better known as “Nancy” is this year’s Wiley Hay Days Queen. Born May 14, 1933, Nancy attended Wiley Schools through the 9th grade before working at the Wiley Café. She married her late husband, Benjamin Perez in 1953. He was employed at National Alfalfa Milling and Ark Valley Alfalfa Milling before passing […]
Granada and Wiley Hold Summer Celebrations
Residents in Prowers County enjoyed a weekend of fun in the sun for two annual events, Bristol/Granada Day festivities and the 37th observance of Wiley Hay Days. Although each community offered some Friday events, the majority of the festivities occurred on Saturday. Granada’s parade has been held at 10am the past few years while Wiley’s […]
Prowers County Residents Enjoy a Full Weekend of Events
Wiley was just as hot as Granada. A portion of Main Street was sectioned off Saturday, so booths and vendors could be set up to entertain the crowd. Kids were running and playing at the town center and finding ways to amuse themselves, from an egg-toss contest, to a water balloon-dunking seat. It didn’t […]
Wiley Hay Days Begins Friday Afternoon
The following is the schedule of events for Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16 for this year’s Wiley Hay Days Activities: FRIDAY JUNE 15, 2012: 6 p.m. — Grandpa’s Softball @Baseball Field, contact Wynter Wollert @ 719-688-1773. At half time Crowning King and Queen–Jimmie and Billie Colvin 7:30 p.m. -Wiley Lions Club BINGO […]