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February 21, 2013
Birthdays: February 21, Kirk Herdman; February 22, Doug Whitis; February 23, Lynne Hinman, Tonya Hinman, Sheryl McCaskey, Leslie Gilbert Sager, Maria Albright; February 25, Betty Keener; February 26, Nicole Kirk; February 27, Chris Casey, Malinda Anderson, Carl Hovey, Lacey Elmore, Jaden Skelit.
No Anniversaries
The Postal Service will hold a meeting on 03/05/2013, 1:00 PM at the Mc Cracken Community Center, 402 1st Street to answer questions and provide additional information about POST Plan. At the meeting, local management will share the results of the survey and answer questions. Although survey results will be known and shared, the Postal Service will not make a final decision regarding Mc Cracken Post Office until after the public meeting. This will enable the Postal Service to obtain all community input and opinions, from both the surveys and the meeting before making a final decision. Surveys were sent to customers within the delivery zip code(s) of this Post Office and the Post Office Box customers. If you did not receive a survey and would like to fill one out, surveys are available at the Post office.
Will Rues recently made a donation to Kiva, a non-profit organization that assists entrepreneurs around the world through
micro lending. He researched the website with his mom and chose who he wanted to give to and how much he wanted to give. He thought he should share his birthday money with someone who really needed it.
The final Bleeding Kansas 2013 event at Historic Lecompton will be Sunday, February 24, at 2:00 p.m. It is entitled "Bleeding Kansas: The Real Start of the Civil War" by Robert C. Jones, author and President, Kennesaw (Georgia) Historical Society.There will be a book signing after the talk. All are welcome. There is a suggested donation of $3.00 for adults.
In the February 13, 2013 Salina Journal there was a valentine story written by David Norlin, of Salina. He related a story of a pretty Methodist minister's daughter back in the 1960's who was in his class. Mrs. Conner was the teacher of their fifth grade class. He was smittened with the classmate and picked a flower behind Reinharts house and brought it to the classroom and laid it on the girl's desk. Immediately he realized that he had done the wrong thing. She turned red and everyone laughed. The minister moved on and he didn't see this young lady again until his freshman year at Kansas Wesleyan, but now she was with a handsome, older airman who she soon married. David's account is much more descriptive so the above is the jist of the story. Our thanks to Shirley Harp and Lynnette Doornhos for bringing this to our attention.
Visitors to McCracken on Saturday were Roland Bales and his sons, Andrew and David, of Kansas City. Roland's grandparents, Morris Luther Bales and Cora Dearing Bales were residents of rural McCracken from 1902 to 1910. Three of their children were born here. Their names are Maymie Louise, Annis Lorraine and Verill Dearing Bales. Ronald is the son of Verill. They visited the McCracken Public Library, Jail/Museum, McCracken City Cemetery and sites in Ness County where the Bales' lived. Our thanks to Assistant Librarian, Kenneth Foster for his help at the library. These men were appreciative of our resources. We encouraged them to come to the rodeo in July.
Annually, the Kansas State High School Activities Association presents an award known as the Governors Award, to an individual in recognition for their outstanding contributions in the field of secondary education in the state of Kansas. David T. Dennis of Wichita has been selected as the recipient of this prestigious honor in 2013.
David T. Dennis has had a distinguished career as a military officer and an educator. During 29 years of military service, Dennis advanced through the ranks from airman to colonel and received many awards for his leadership and outstanding achievements. Following retirement from the United States Air Force, Dennis taught for 11 years at Wichita-North High School where he served as a business and computer studies teacher, department chairman and data leader. The past four years, Dennis was a member of the Kansas State Board of Education, serving two years as Chairman. During his time on the State Board of Education, Dennis was elected to a two year term on the Board of Directors for the National Association of State Boards of Education. He also represented the State Board on the Board of Di?rectors and the Executive Board of the Kansas State High School Activities Associatin. David and his wife, Janet, celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary in November 2012. They have two children; David, a teacher at Northwest High School in Wichita, and Eric, a principal at
an elementary school in Nebraska. They have five grandchildren. Mr. Dennis is passionate about helping all Kansas students learn and actively volunteers in Wichita USD #259. The KSHSAA Governors Award Selection Committee is comprised of the presidents of the Kansas National Education Association, Kansas Association of School Boards, United School Administrators, Kansas Association of Secondary School Princi?pals and the Kansas School Superintendents Association. He will be presented the award on March 7 at the 6A Girls' Basketball championships in Wichita at Koch Arena. David is the brother of Carolyn Thompson and Danny Denns.
Our sympathy to the family of Skyler Jones, 22, who died in a car wreck west of McCracken on Sunday morning, February 17.
Questions
1. Who was the Commander of Chief in the Revolutionary War?
2. Who is the greatest song writer of the Rock and Roll era?
3. The first African American to receive a Doctorate at Harvard was?
4. Who wrote " The Cat in a Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham"?
5. Who is the "Mother of Modern Dance"
Answers
1. George Washington, our First President
2. Chuck Berry. He brought a new sound and beat to American music.
Two of his first songs were Johnny B. Goode and Maybellene
3. W. E. B. DuBois He was co-founder of the NAACP
4. Theodor Geisel "Dr. Seuss"
5. Martha Graham. She danced until she was 70+.
Shirley Higgins, Jerry and Jodi Higgins attended the Lettermen concert held at the Fox Theatre Saturday evening in Hutchinson.
Bruce Davis, Mark McCormick, Kenny Foster and Tony Rues were guests of Tim Rues this weekend in Topeka They all attended the ‘Bleeding Kansas’ event held at Historic Lecompton on Saturday.
A couple of weeks ago our news reported that Sherrie Hart was taking on a new principal’s job in Hutchinson, we had a senior moment and forget to write that she is the daughter of Kellye and Diana Walker Hart.
Marlene Funk accompanied Babe and Arlene Gilbert to funeral services for Shana McGaughey Marez in Garden City.
Word has been received of the death of Norma Ryan Bisagno, Augusta. Funeral services are pending
History Notes 1983
William Kent Bolt, son of Ben and Joan Bolt, was born January 1. He is the first baby of 1983 born in Ellis County.
Tammi Jo Carper and Joe Sramek announce their engagement.
Geralyn Louise Casey and Edward D. Swartz announce their engagement.
Two candidates apply for USD School Board position vacated by Ann Keener. Nyla Ideker and Robert Hamilton.
10 students from MHS have been selected among the country’s outstanding campus leaders. They are Brenda Barnes, Janet Conner, Kim Brackney, Rhonda Conrad, Latha Georg, Kayla Higgins, Sandy Peters, Hung Pham, Sabrina Higgins and Sandra Taylor.
A daughter, Michelle Lee, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Oelkers December 29.
Richard Baldwin has been working with minks for twelve years. He breeds and sells the furry creatures.
The McCracken A-team junior high won over Pawnee Heights 26-23. Scoring for McCracken were Jason Moran, Kim Cao, Trenton Herdman, Thomas Hayes, Lance McCormick, Michael Hayes and Kelly Petz. Bob Bearley is coach.
Mrs. Mabel Hinman Shineman celebrated her 90th birthday December 24th.
Elsie Almira Johnson Curtis died December 14, 1982.
Eleanor B. Casey Brenner, 63, died January 15 at Dodge City Regional Medical Center.
Teresa Rosario Cortez and David Wetzel will marry April 9.
A son, Matthew John, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coffman January 18 in Ransom.
Randy A. Conrad has enlisted in the Air Force and stationed at Lackland Air Force Base.
Martha House is on the Dean’s Honor Roll for the fall semester at Sterling College.
MHS girls squeaked by Dorrance 67-66. Paula Crawshaw and Kayla Higgins each scored 13 with Sandy Taylor scoring a high 26.
David Jefferis, 76, died January 21 at CKMC in Great Bend.
Francis Moran died January 25 at CKMC in Great Bend.
A baby shower was held for Joy Mills Zimmerman and her son Michael Eric at the Davis Café.
The 30 member MHS band has been selected to participate in the prestigious KMEA convention in Wichita in February. It is under the direction of Gloria Blackwell and composed of students from 7th thru 12th grade. The senior class is the nucleus of the band as 9 of the 12 seniors are band members and they were 5th graders when Blackwell arrived at MHS.
Two lithographs by former McCracken resident, Michael Jilg have been purchased by the McCracken Library. Board members are Margaret Buxton, King Mason, Katharen Rodeman, Mary Ann Moran, and Sharon Miller.
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