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About Henry Bryant Holmes
From papers of Ray Hebb:
Henry Bryant Holmes, B. 26 August1907. Always known as"Bryant" Married 26 May, 1943, in Denver, Colorado, Olga Loretta Spitzer, b. September 1913 in Ashley, North Dakota, daughter of Christopher and Josephine (Muelbeier) Spitzer.
He followed early in his father's footsteps by feeding a job press on his father's paper in Bloomington at the age of 11. Also, while still a child, his Grandfather, William Dunn, used Bryant to set dynamite charges because he was small and could be tied by ropes and dropped over a cliff to set the charges. Needless to say, his mother, Bessie, was a bit upset with her father for this activity.
Bryant attended the University of Nebraska from 1926-1928. He had some training in journalism, but said most of his knowledge "comes from doing." He became a linotype operator in Chicago until his mother sent for him to come home as his father was ill. He was in in the service during World War II from 1942-1946, while his mother ran the Leoti Standard, in Leoti, Kansas. He became publisher of the paper after his father's death, and returned to that after leaving the service and continued in that capacity until his death 16 June 1980. His guiding philosophy for his lifetime as a newspaper owner was nothing "High-flown" only to "just tell it like it is." He is buried in Leoti and his wife still lives there.
Mom told me Uncle Bryant got too close to a open motor drive shaft when a small child. His coat tail caught and his head was pounded on a cement floor. He was in a coma for three weeks and not expected to live, but made a full recovery.
I remember Uncle Bryant as a large, gentle man, and exceptionally handsome. He loved children and was always so very kind. He worked long, hard hours at the newspaper and in my minds eye, I always see him sitting at the old Linotype Machine, setting type for next weeks paper. His wife always kept him on a strict diet and would say " I just don't know why Bryant keeps gaining weight." No one told her it was the boxes of Russel Stover candy he ate while working those late nights at the newspaper.
Bryant passed way June, 1980 at the age of 72.and is buried at the Leoti Cemetery.
D. Glenn
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Henry Bryant Holmes's Timeline
| 1907 |
August 26, 1907
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| 1980 |
June 1980
Age 72
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Leoti, Wichita , Kansas, United States
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