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RCNews April 30
Those attending the April 4th wedding of Tyrel Elias and Tina Harris in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina were Chad and Amber Irvin, LaCrosse; Chris and Jana Irvin, Scott City; Don and Lynnette Dornbos, Tony Harp, McCracken; Brian (Butch) Harp, North Carolina; Doug, Staci and Maggie Elias, Tampa, Florida; Neil and Tanner Benton, Burgaw, North Carolina; Herb Walker and family, Wilmington, North Carolina and Ms. Carolyn Benton, Castle Haynes, North Carolina. After the ceremony Ty and Tina spent a few days in Burgaw, North Carolina with Neil Benton and family.
Congratulations to Louise Zordel on her retirement from the Ransom hospital and nursing home as a dietician cook. She retired on April 27th after 30 years. She is looking forward to spending more time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Another new great grandson was born April 15, 2009 to John and Jennifer Droste, Castle Rock, Colorado.
Bill and Sharon Lovitt returned home Tuesday after visiting several days in San Diego at the home of Jeff and Kathy Hurd and family and in Phoenix with Brad Lovitt.
A memorial has been given to the McCracken Library in memory of Roberta Anderson Bullock from Diana Hart.
A hamburger French fry supper will be held at the American Legion, Saturday, April 25th from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Bob Fear and Shirley Higgins enjoyed lunch with their cousin, Pauline Frazier in McPherson on Saturday. They toured a nursery looking at rose bushes.
Tracy Humbert, Tyler and Michael; Ashley Honeyman and son Tristen, Topeka were weekend guests of Roger and Norma McNair. They celebrated Tyler’s 15th birthday with home made ice cream and cake.
Zach Higgins turned his ankle going downstairs and broke his fibula and tibia, and tore some ligaments and tendons. Surgery was performed Sunday, a plate and 8 screws were inserted to stabilize the fibula. He returned home Monday afternoon. He will be on crutches for 4 weeks, then a walking cast for 2.
Joy Hunter and Glen Ryan are patients in Hays Medical Center, Hays.
If anyone watched the Hallmark presentation last Sunday evening called ”Life in a Jar, the Irena Sendler story”, it was brought to Hallmark’s attention by four Kansas students from Uniontown, Kansas. Three 9th grade and one 11th grade students were given a project in 1999 for National History Day and they chose the little known Irena Sendler story. They worked on the project for about one year.
Paul Moran had a surprise “Celebration of Life” and birthday party for his
wife, Judy, Sat., April 18, 2009 in Wichita, Ks. It was a celebration for the
near end of her cancer treatment and her birthday. Their children,
grandchildren and many of their long time friends came to share in the
occasion. Everyone did a great job in keeping the secret so it actually was a
total surprise. Those attending were: Raymond & Amy, A.J. & Jared
Sramek, Wamego; Mark, Makenzie & Katie Moran, Wichita; David & Nina
Wendling, Halstead; Ben & Charlene Droste, Lawrence; Leon & Ann
Staab, Ellis; Patty Stull, Hays; Dick & Joan Palmer, Haysville; Charles &
Joyce Esfeld, Howard & Jane Meier, Great Bend; Pat Mategrano, Art Meier,
Omaha, NE; Ray Smelich, Crete, NE; Joe Maggio, Kansas City, MO;
Darold & Annie Rupp, Glendale, AZ.
Graveside services were held Monday, April 27, at McCracken City Cemetery for Charles H. Hopper, 68, Romoland, Calif. who died April 21, 2009 at his home. Officiating was Reverend David Boltz. West-Burch American Legion Post 59 was in charge of the military service. Charles was the son of Leonard Lee and Charlotte Jennings Hopper Fluharty. He was born February 10, 1941. He married first Marilyn Conrad and later Charlotte Hopper. They both survive. He worked for Anderson Motors in McCracken. He was a press operator at Liberty Printing Company, Los Angeles and was a U. S. Navy veteran serving in the Philippines and Viet Nam. He is also survived by a son, Michael D. Hopper, Goodland and a daughter, Diana Wheat, Eugene, Oregon; a step-son William Bussey, Romoland; two step-daughters, Joyce Cunningham, Hanna City, Illinois and Connie Johnson, Apple Valley, California; a sister, Joyce Towns, Overland Park, one grand-daughter, Ilianna Wheat, Eugene, Oregon., and former father-in-law, Sylvester Conrad, McCracken.
Mike Karlin was a Tuesday and Wednesday guest of grandmother, Addie Mills. Addie took him to Hays to meet his parents Wednesday evening and also visited with Jack Klee.
As of April 14, Austin McGaughey has worked at the Rush County Nursing Home for a year. Congratulations.
Shane Anderson is serving another tour with the Air Force in Afghanistan.
LOOKING BACK:
1956 Ness City Towners will jump into their 1956 WCKL baseball season Sunday against Wakeeney. This season will include several new members and a couple of returnees from service. A couple of youngsters from McCracken, Vic Higgins and Bill Lovitt are expected to be regulars. Higgins is a second baseman and Lovitt a shortstop. Ronnie Leiker and Forrest “Doc” Kordisch will also join this season. Towner members carried over from past seasons include Harold Pfannenstiel, Glenn and Guy Conner, Jess Abbott, Nick Wasinger, Herb Wick, Chet Irvin and Al Schwartzkopf. The Ness Towners struck for eight runs in the opening frame here Sunday afternoon. The Towners had an 8-2 win going when Schwartzkipf retired in favor of Abbot in the sixth, but had the scare of their lives when the visitors unloaded for a five run spree in that frame to run the count to 8-7 before Chet Irvin came on to squelch the fire, and continued to hold the visitors in check the rest of the way. The Towners chased across three insurance runs in the 8th. Vic Higgins, youthful second-sacker for the Towners, was the hitting sensation of the afternoon, made chilly by an overcast sky aided and abetted by a brisk north wind carrying a light mist at times. The McCracken youth banged out five hits, all singles, in as many times at bat, driving in three runs and scoring a trio of counters. Schwartzkopf got credit for the win for the Towners, Gaschler was the loser for Wakeeney.
Shannon Keith is a trombonist for the 6th grade band at Kanapolis Middle School. She also sang in a trio in the 6th grade concert on Thursday evening.
McCracken History Notes
April 1899
Ed Pugh and family have returned from St. Louis and will make Ness County their home.
Dennis Trostle brought in a load of wheat and exchanged for flour.
April 1909
The price of wheat is sky high. Cash price in Kansas City Wednesday was $1.26 and l/2.
April 1919
William Foster and Anna Ree were married April 7 in Animas, Colorado. They will make their home northeast of town.
April 1929
The Misses Eleanor and Amy Holdgate purchased 320 acres of land northeast of McCracken this week.
Trees and shrubs have been purchased to plant on the school ground sponsored by the
P.T. A. and Lions Club and will be planted Arbor Day.
April 1939
George L. Nickel, assessor for Hampton Township, reports a population for the city of McCracken of 528, a decrease of nine from last year. The figure for outside McCracken is 220.
April 1949
Teenagers open Schmoo Club. Members of the rules committee are Pat Walker, Shirley Lovitt, Joe Unreun, Charles Jacobs and William Spomer.
Chet Irvin had the misfortune to break a foot while sliding to a base in the town team high school game Sunday afternoon.
April 1959
Those from McCracken who attended the Seventh District American Legion convention in Hutchinson during the weekend were Francis Zeller, Bill Foster, Harry Sultzer, Ray Kleysteuber, Beverly Irvin, Kay Fear, Don Buster, Lewie Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Parsons; from Brownell attending were Chet Ricks and Phillip Richolson; Marion Foster from Great Bend.
April 1969
Those selected for jury duty from here are Avery Norlin, Claude Elias, Guy Conner, Emerson Sloan, Vic Whitis and Chester Rogers.
Larry Oborny, graduate student of zoology at Ft. Hays, killed six prairie rattlesnakes in a pasture north of McCracken and more were killed on Sunday. The longest measured 43 inches with 12 rattles. The snakes were used by the Herpetology class.
April 1979
Lori Brown won the Rush County spelling bee, John Moran was 5th and Janet Conner 6th.
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