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RCNews Jan 10
Thanks to Michael Greenway and Lance McCormick for removing and cleaning the snow around the McCracken Library and the McCracken Post Office.
The Jacobs family, Pris, Sandra, Mitchell and Terri spent Christmas in Wichita at the home of Neal, Amy and Tessa Jacobs. Joining them were Jaden, Jenna and Hadley Jacobs.
Lance & Jessie Irvin and Kayla & Allen Casey spent a week back home at the Irvin farm during Christmas week. It was a come and go as they were able to visit all of their respective families during the week. For Christmas Eve they motored to Hays with John & Sharon Irvin for an appetizer buffet with Ruth & Dave Heffel & family, and then to the Hays Methodist Church Christmas Eve service where Kelsee Rogers Hirsh and Karin Johnson, fiancée of Chase Rogers played in the bell choir during the service.
The Civil War in Kansas: Ten Years of Turmoil"
by Civil War Historian and Author, Deb Goodrich Bisel
at McCracken Community Building in McCracken, Kansas
Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Potato Bar Supper 4:30 to 6:30 at the Community Building precedes the program (Free Will Donation)
For more information call Norma at 785-394-1102
History Notes
January 1953
Marriage license issued to Donald E. Davis and Caroline D. Klee.
Mrs. John Lovitt died January 17 at her home in LosAngeles.
A total of 125 births and 71 deaths were recorded in Rush County for 1952.
The engagement of Patricia Klee and Norman Brack is announced.
James Peters, 39, was killed instantly Tuesday when an electrical line accidentally came in contact with a volt line.
Chris Derr, 93, died after a long illness.
Phyllis Seaman and Allen Showalter announce their engagement.
Jeanette Carol Mendenhall and Walter Rogers announce their engagement.
Public auction of a school house and equipment of School District #13 located three miles east and three miles south of Timken.
A boy, Gerald Howard, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Tomlinson, January 22.
January 10, 2013 News
Birthdays: January 10, Rachel Grumbein, Linda North, Brad Pfannenstiel, Terry Showalter, Angie Tomlinson; January 11, Hailey Clancy, Joyce Eisenhour, Amber Littler, Cody Pfeifer; January 12, Tony Harp, Terry Don Doerr; January 14, Maggie Elias; January 15, Lucas McCormick, Cameri Mills, Quinn Anderson, Shawn Baus, Scott Rome, Rose Jones, LuAnn Doerr Weatherby, Andra Schwindt Allen; January 16, Debbie Anderson, Bryce Conner, Kaden Foust.
Anniversaries: January 12, Roger and Brenda Legleiter, Travis and Ava North; January 14, Kellye and Sandy Irvin, Brett and Holly Gilbert.
A mint-condition calendar has been donated to the Jail/Museum by Tim Miller, Hays. It is for the year 1939 and features a mother and child entitled "Darling". The calendar was an advertisement for H. E. Glantz and Son's, McCormick Deering Power Farm Equipment Sales and Service - Office and Yards at LaCrosse and McCracken. If anyone else wants a copy of this calendar, they may check it out on the GBT website. In Volume 1 of the McCracken History Book in February 1937 it says, "Glantz and Sons Implement are remodeling the G. W. Havlovitz building and putting in McCormick Deering tractors and implements". In June 1937, H. E. Glantz was named to the committee of Policing and Seating for the fiftieth anniversary of the city of McCracken. In September of 1939 it says, "The Lubri-Gel has rented the Glantz garage where the International Machinery was stored." We appreciate Austin McGaughey's help in finding this on GBT.
Tim Rues sent a poster regarding the "Bleeding Kansas 2013 events at Constitution Hall State Historic Site in Lecompton". They will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays beginning January 27. A donation of $3.00 for adults is suggested. We will put in the events each week from January 27 through February 24 with the speakers and subject. Tim Rues, curator, would sure enjoy seeing some McCrackenites at these talks.
Emily Afton, granddaughter of Ken Thompson, Salina, is beginning a tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 8. The musical Emily stars in is entitled "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the Musical". She plays the part of Diva. The musical will travel to 17 cities and will end in Denver in September. On Broadway, the star was Bette Midler.
Kansas Questions
1. Where is the National Orphan Train Complex located?
2. Where is the World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine?
3. In the comic strip, "Dennis the Menace" where according to Hank Ketcham, the creator, did Dennis live?
4. Where was Superman's hometown, "Smallville"?
5. Who founded both Manhattan and Kansas State University?
Our sympathy to the family of Wilma J. "Billie" North, 82, who died January 3, 2013 at Hays Med. She was born April 25, 1930 at Ransom to William F. and Enid C. Buxton Scott. She was a elementary school teacher and a recent new member of Jonathan Gilbert Chapter NSDAR. She married Dewey Keith North on July 15, 1948. He died May 23, 2009. Billie is survived by sons, Lawrence and Daniel; daughters, Ann Betz and Joy Schell; brothers, Richard C. Scott and Tom Scott; sister, Donna North, 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held at First Mennonite Church in Ransom with burial at the McCracken City Cemetery.
Answers
1. Concordia
2. Cawker City
3. In Wichita, Kansas
4. Wellington
5. Issac Goodnow
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