The practice of young men loafing around the Rudd House in 1920 and using hotel stationery for writing letters to their sweethearts is no longer tolerated by Manager Fowler. This fact became known Christmas night when a visitor to Owensboro was refused a second request for stationary. The young man had secured four sheets of paper and envelopes from the day clerk and not having enough paper to complete his letter, he went up to the clerkâs desk and asked for two more sheets of paper. By this time there was a shift of clerks and when asked if the visitor was a guest of the hotel, and to which he replied no, the night clerk told the guest that the stationary was only for guests. The young man finished writing his letter at the Elksâ home.