March 28, 2013 News

Graveside services for Pete Rixon will be held Monday April 1 beginning at 10:30 at the McCracken City Cemetery.

Tony and Tomi Rues and kids went to Chicago over spring break. They met Tim Rues and his daughter, Maddie, in Topeka and took the Amtrak train. While in Chicago they took in the sights by visiting the Shedd Aquarium, Willis (Sears) Tower, The Field Museum, and The Chicago Art Institute. They also saw the Chicago River turn green! The girls were able to get some shopping in, and a great time was had by all.

Melanie Zeller took her mother Ruth Axman and Julia Zeller to Hays for lunch and then shopping for her mother a dress . . they had good luck!

Hutchinson High School football Coach Randy Dreiling nominated Tanner Higgins for the 20th annual Scholar Athlete of the Sunflower Chapter of National Football foundation and College Hall of fame - primary function to honor outstanding High School athletes completing their senior year that have excelled on the football field as well as excelling in the class room and is a leader in the community. The Sunflower chapter is located in Lawrence, Kansas.

Donna Jay was a guest of Melanie and John Zeller last week from Monday - Wednesday.

Addie Kershner spent her spring break in California touring Disney Land and other places of interest with Jolene Morgan, Taylor and Hunter and her parents Larry and Joe Reis, Ness City. They traveled by Amtrak train to Anaheim.

Chet Irvin spent all last week with his grandparents, Don and Dena Irvin for spring break. Friday afternoon Dena, Chet and Shirley motored to Cedar Bluff to see if there was any water left in the dam. Not much!!

Audrey Irvin spent spring break snow skiing in South Dakota with her friend, Kaylor.

Dena spent the weekend in Scott City with Chris and Jana, Crissa, Cooper and Jaisa. She left Friday night and returned Sunday afternoon.

An email from my cousin Tom Lovitt, Seattle, after the game with NC, 'If Ku was playing Timken; they would find a way to be down a dozen points 10 minutes into the game'.

NCAA Trivia: City College of New York which would see its program fall apart after revelations of point shaving and altered academic records for recruits became the only team to win the NCAA and NIT in the same season in 1950. Teams were limited to one post season tournament by 1953.

BYU has made the most NCAA tournament appearances without a final four.

Great nick names for championship teams: Fabulous 5, 1948 Kentucky; Fiddlin' Five 1958 Kentucky; Danny and the Miracles 1988 Kansas.

Duke's Christian Laettner has scored more points than anyone in the history of the NCAA Tournament with 407 points from 1989 - 1992.

Kansas City's municipal auditorium still holds the record for most National Championship games with 9 from 1940 - 1964. Kansas City, where the NCAA was formerly headquartered has hosted the most final fours with 10 from 1940 - 88. North Carolina hosted more NCAA tournament games than any other state with 233.

In 1952 Kansas's Clyde Lovellette led the nation in scoring and won the title as the only player to do both in the same season.

In 1966 Texas Western was the first team to start five black players in the final. They beat Kentucky's all-white team by 7 points.

In 1973 UCLA led by Coach John Wooden won its seventh consecutive title, a streak that has yet to be equaled.
March 1983

Thomas “Ray” Beeman, 72, died February 24, 1983.

Cathie Ryan is local manager of International Tours Travel agency in Great Bend.

Quivira League 2nd team selection was Jeff Scheuerman; Doug Elias honorable mention in basketball.

The LaCrosse VFW distributed pencils to Rush County grade school students at the Alexander Grade School. 1st & 2nd graders receiving the pencils were Mathew Seltman, Ted North, Nathan Showalter, Brian Harp, Arlene Mills, Bobby Bearley, Curtis Dawson, Kristina Schwindt, Klara Millser, Crystal Miller, Becky Halbleib, Nicole Moran and Tyrel Elias. 3rd and 4th graders Clayton Wilson, Tammy Sewell, Donna King, Bryan Bergquist, Mamie Rogers, Michael Seltman, Todd Sewell, Lanny Mrgan, Matthew Hayes, Gary Anderson, Tambra Herdman, Travis Elias, Shiloh Tomlinson.

J.D. Bell and Diane Marie Seib announce their engagement.

Sally R. Irvin was chosen for recognition in the 2nd edition of 'International Youth in Achievement”.

Ray L. Miller died March 5 in Pueblo. His wife, Fern VanWinkle Miller survives him.


Birthdays: March 28, Signe Barnes, Ethan Jones, Leslie Rogers, Carolyn Sekavec, Bob Fear; March 29,Terri Lasater, Robert Sloan; March 30, Gloria Blackwell, Hayden Buster, Molly Knight, Linde Parsons Ohmnes; March 31, Tyrel Elias; April 1, Jean Schutte, Gage Elias, Erica Gilbert, Kristy Packard, Lesley McGaughey; April 2, Chris Irvin; April 3, Karen Borger, Billie Slemp, Gunner Wilson.

Anniversaries: March 29, Wilfrid and Twila Higgins; April 1, Dominic and Kayla Weskamp; April 4, Gerald and Signe Barnes, Sam and Dorothy Graham, Ty and Tina Elias.

There will be a fish dinner at the McCracken Legion on Saturday, April 6.

The Relay for Life will have desserts.

Questions:

1. This child prodigy had his first hole-in-one by age eight.

2. America's first female golf superstar. She also won an Olympic gold in track and field in the 1932 Olympics.

3. Who was the first woman Supreme Court Justice

4. Whose business card read “Originator of JAZZ STOMP SWING?

5. What “sweet” man opened a school for children?

Here is the information regarding the Diehl family. Mr. Diehl ran a shoe repair shop by the cleaners. They were in McCracken in 1946. They lived in the Alex Graf house (later King Mason and now Emily and Scott Keener's). They had two children David and Annetta. They were related to the Schlitters. Our thanks to Twila Higgins for this information.

Mike, Susan and Shannon Keith and Carolyn Thompson returned from a trip to Florida for Spring Break. They enjoyed seeing the Cardinals play Detroit, the Mets and the Marlins in Jupiter, then travelled down the Keys to Key West.

Answers

1. Tiger Woods

2. Babe Didrikson Zaharias

3. Sandra Day O'Connor

4. Jelly Roll Morton

5. Milton Hershey