RCNews
Jan 20
 
Birthdays:  January 20,  Ivan Janke, Stacey Steinert, Lee Oelkers; January 21, Daniel Williams, Don Shuckman, Kenneth J. Mills; January 22, Marty Mills, Jake Tomlinson, Eleanor Halbleib; January 23, Jessica Shapiro; January 24, Paula North, Carolyn Oller; January 25, Dana Irvin, Marlene Funk, Arlene Gilbert, William Rues, Tommy McCormick, Paulette Harp; January 26, Teresa Wetzel, Jerilyn Stull, Nicholas Moran, Breonna North.
 
Anniversary:  January 24, Neal and Amy Jacobs.
 
Boondocks will celebrate their one year anniversary with a live music, FLATSPIN from Hays  on Saturday, January 22 @9:30 (no cover charge & must be 21 years of age after 9:00 p.m. If you purchase a shot, you may keep the Boondocks anniversary shot glass (limit 1 glass per person). We hope to see everyone out to enjoy some live music. Thank you for a great year!!
 
Those children enjoying Story Hour Saturday morning were John and Taylor Doornbos, Dalton and Clay North, Stella and Gracie Brown, twin grand daughters of Duane and Diane Brown.
 
I read with interest Linda’s article last week about children and crazy adults staying safe, among other pieces of advice. Does anyone remember the times we would go to Brick Hill with car hoods and pieces of tin as sleds? Very seldom were we lucky enough to have a ‘sled’. The bottom of hill usually had a little stream of water or depending on the temperature, ice. What fun!
 
Jerry Waldschmidt and Marilyn Dalton spent the weekend in McCracken. They enjoyed their meals at Boondocks, Marilyn especially loved the coconut meringue pie!
 
Albert and Doris Oller and Gary Sam Oller, Hollyrood, joined Babe and Arlene Gilbert in Boondocks Sunday noon for dinner.
 
Dear Readers:  It has been brought to our attention that some do not want their names, birthdays in our column or on mccrackenalumni.com.  If you feel that way, please let us know and we will honor your request.
 
Square dance friends of Francis and Julia Zeller, Tom and Dalene Peters, formerly of Stockton, now of Tucson, called them.  They said that they live a block from the church where Christina Taylor Green’s funeral was held.  The church holds 1,800 and there were 1,000 out side.
 
Museum news:  Alicia Rues and Leigh Barrett, Topeka, have renewed their membership in the museum.  Jean Schutte has donated some newspapers:  The Great Bend Tribune Bicentennial Edition – July 4, 1976; Bicentennial Edition – The Hutchinson News; Harry Truman Centennial, May 6, 1984 – The Hutchinson News; Hays Days (Fort Hays history), April 26, 1984  - The Hays Daily News; Dodgers-Yankees opening world series game, October 1, 1952 – The Wichita Beacon; The Clutter murders 25 years later, The Hutchinson News, November 11, 1984; A McCracken Community Birthday Calender for 1965 – sponsors were McCracken School Band Mothers, McCracken Insurance Agency, Citizens State Bank, Rush County Elevator, Freds I.G.A., Anderson Motor, Jim’s Self Service, Davenport Repair, Vogle Cleaners, Meyer Hardware, Phyllis’ Beauty Salon, Farmers Co-op Business Assn., Norlin’s A. G. Market, Farm Supply,  J. and J. Carrier, Dixon’s Café, E. D. Sloan, Whitis Confectionery, Irma’s Beauty Shop, LeRoy’s Barber Shop, Claude Irvin, Auctioneer, J. P. Moran Investments, McCracken Hotel, Francis Zeller, Square Dance all of McCracken; Hoover-Pittman Funeral Home, Humburg’s, LaCrosse Lumber, Stephenson’s, Westside Floral, Tot and Teen Shop, Georgia’s, Rush County Sales, LaCrosse; and Richolson Lumber, Brownell.
 
David Dennis, Wichita, was selected as chairman of the State Board of Education on Wednesday.  Carolyn Wims-Campbell is vice chairperson.  The chairman will lead the monthly board meetings and work with Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker to set the agenda.  The commissioner will also represent the board in various functions and meeting across the state.  The position is for two years.
 
In addition to McCracken History Notes, we will be featuring items about McCracken Rodeo in anticipation of the 25th annual rodeo to be held July 7, 8 and 9, 2011.
 
July 1986:  A precursor of the rodeo was the Third After Harvest Festival, kid sheep and steer riding and team penning at the arena.  A softball tournament was held with the KAYS TV Bloopers.  Bed race winners were Jim Cole, Doug Elias, Neal Jacobs, Bob Archer and Amy Windholz.  Mud tug of war participants were Neal Jacobs, Freddie Taylor, Lance McCormick Doug Elias, Jim Cole, Doug Higgins, Lon Kraft, Kim Brackney, Amy Windlolz, Kim Serpan, Mitchell Jacobs, Rob McGaughey, Richard Showalter, Layne Morgan, Bob Archer and Dennis Elias.  The day concluded with a barbecue supper and street dance with music by the Foster Brothers.
 
McCracken History Notes
January 1911
 
Ray Irvin and Stella Cross were married in LaCrosse Wednesday by the Probate Judge.
 
January 1921
Modern Woodman of America elected officers for the coming year:  J. O. Davenport, E. H Seiling, Pius Roser, W. J. Wilson, J. M. Wilson, Joel McClendon, T. O. Anderson and C. B. Huddleston.

“Alfalfa Jones” is Arthur Names latest play.  It was an agricultural play and Art played the part of a farmer.  It was held at the Opera House to the largest crowd ever in attendance.
 
January 1941
A newcomer to the first and second grade room is Paul Morris.  Paul came from Manila where he went to a Bordner school.
 
August and Rachel Schutte were busy youngsters last week running the K-T Oil station while the proprietor, August Schutte was ill with flu.
 
The year 1940 makes the tenth consecutive year in which the precipitation has been below normal.
 
January 1961
Jolene North is attending the Salina Beauty Academy.
 
January 1981
A $1,500.00 check, representing profits from the Rush County History Book, was donated to Barnard Library to help defray the cost of purchasing the microfilm of all the papers published in Rush County from 1874 to the present date.