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RCNews June 23
Our mayor, Dennis Elias, received an unsigned letter post marked Kansas City complaining how shabby the south end of Main Street looked. He appreciates all letters but next time please sign your name.
Tessa Jacobs, a May 21st graduate of Goddard High School, was a member of the Quill and Scroll Honor Society. She was one of 14 students who held this honor. She plans to attend Butler Junior Community College and major in Education. Congrats to Tessa!
If you plan on playing in the Alumni golf tournament Saturday, July 9, please fill out the coupon enclosed in the alumni letter. Perhaps this will speed up the registration process. There are some on the counter in the post office.
The doctors are expecting to release Joyce Rogers to LaCrosse, swingbed, this Wed or Thurs. They still don't know the cause of the abdominal pains that sent her to the hospital in the first place, but they have stopped, so we are hoping they will not reoccur.
Alana Rogers fell and broke her leg in two places. She is a patient at Hays Med.
We had a fun golf tournament at McCracken Country Club, Saturday. We had 16 players and 1st place went to Sean Peters, Tony Harp, Allen and Michael Morgan; 2nd place went to Scott Foos and son Dillon, Roger McNair, Johnny Mac Showalter. It was perfect weather a great day to golf. Thank you all for coming out and having a great and fun day with us.
Roy & Phyllis Conrad spent Monday in Wichita with Viola Conrad of Galt, California the wife of the late Wendell Conrad. She flew into Wichita for a short visit with friends and for a reunion. She had only Monday to be in Wichita and then go to Bronson, Mo for a day and then return back to Wichita where she then returned to her home in California.
Dennis and Jeannie Elias, Tanner Elias and Woody spent several days fishing in Arkansas near Little Rock and also on the White River. They were guests of pheasant hunters who come here in November hunting. The hunters have a lodge where they stayed.
Jaden Jacobs and Jenna Huckriede were married on Saturday, June 18, 2011 in Wichita, Kansas. Jaden is the son of Neal & Amy Jacobs, grandson of Priscella Jacobs. Jenna is the daughter of Larry & Vickie Sentel and Kim & Penny Huckriede. Jenna’s uncle, Carl Helm officiated the ceremony. Jenna’s best friend, Lisa Hansen, was her Matron of Honor, and Jaden’s uncles, Sean Peters and Mitchell Jacobs were his Best men. Tessa Jacobs, Leah McFall and Jody Sentel were Bridesmaids. Joshua Huckriede and Justin Huckriede were Groomsmen. Callie and Cameron Yohe were the flower girl and ring bearer, with Chad Foos and Caleb Huckriede being ushers. Following the ceremony held at the Auburn Hills Meadows Clubhouse, family and friends joined to celebrate their marriage with a reception, dinner and dance at the Airport Hilton Hotel. The happy couple honeymooned in Jamaica for a week before returning home to Oklahoma City.
Mass for Rodeo weekend will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Saturday, July 9th, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Father Kraus Presiding, Everyone Welcome!
June 23, 2011 News
Birthdays: June 23, Mike Stull, Sarah Hinman, Carson North; June 25, Tanner Higgins, Joe Higgins; June 26, Brenda Keener, Landon Davis, Tracee Borger, Jason Moran; June 27, Dana Mintner; June 28, Danny McFarren, Russell Linsey, Nadine Miller.
Anniversary: June 27, Jeff and Kristian Gambala.
Agnes (Shepherd) Kelley, Red Bluff, California, came Friday to visit family and friends in McCracken. They were assisted by Ty Elias to find family. They are most appreciative of his help. On Saturday at a noon luncheon, Agnes celebrated her 94th birthday which was actually Monday, June 20. Agnes is a 1935 graduate of McCracken High School. Family who came with her were Janell Kelley, Red Bluff; Richard and Patti Kelly and granddaughter, Carlie Kelley (age 7) from Weitchpec and Willow Creek, California. Joining them were Ralph and Barbara Kelley, Covington, Tennessee. Friends and family joining them for lunch were Francis and Julia Zeller, Hoop and Twila Higgins, Joann Micheli, Carolyn Thompson, Shirley Higgins and Al and Judy Hugh. Our thanks to Sue Davis for baking the birthday cake. They visited the McCracken Jail/Museum and McCracken Cemetery where Agnes' grandparents, James M. and Ella (Forbes) Shepherd, her mother, Menetta (Rose) Shepherd, the baby of Menetta and Ralph Shepherd and the son, Eddie, of J. M. and Ella are buried next to her great-grandparents, Jacob and Eleanor Forbes. On Saturday night due to the rain storm they moved their camper to the home of Joann Micheli. Agnes and Janell spent the night with Wilfrid and Twila Higgins. In the back window of the camper it said "McCracken, Kansas, or Bust". When they told Agnes that they had to go home on Sunday, she said, "I am home!"
Thayne and Machree Jones spent a couple of days in Salina.
Rose Diehl, Tim Rues and Arline Rues attended the 25th Anniversary Sunflower Music Festival at White Concert Hall at Washburn University in Topeka on Wednesday evening. Dr. John Strickler was the guest conductor. He recently completed his 22nd year as Music Director of the Topeka Symphony Orchestra and the 12th Gulf Coast Symphony in Biloxi, Mississippi. The Rueses enjoyed the wonderful concert.
Verlene Wilson and Carolyn Thompson returned home on Friday from a trip to Cancun, Mexico. They took a day tour to Chichen Itza in the Yucatan to view the Mayan Temples. The reconstructed ruins, which had been abandoned by the Mayans and disappeared under the jungle growth, have been restored. It is now one of the seven Modern Wonders of the World. The other wonders are Christ the Redeemer, Rio, Brazil; Colosseum, Rome; Great Wall of China; Machu Picchu, Peru; Petra, Jordan and the Taj Mahal, India. An honorary site is the last remaining Ancient Wonder of the World - the Giza Pyramid. The Mayan people were mathematicians and astronomers. They were a highly developed culture.
Addie Mills took Tina Mills out to eat at Boondocks for her birthday. She baked a birthday cake for Tina and on Sunday morning before church, Marty, Tina and Addie enjoyed the cake.
We are pleased that Bob Wolfe is recuperating from his surgery. He had two by-passes and a valve replacement. He has returned home from Hays Med.
Dave Libberton had stents placed in his heart arteries after a heart attack. We wish him well as he recovers.
It was nice to see Dave McKay and James and Billie Slemp at Hays on Friday.
Joyce Thompson called. She has moved her husband, Allan Thompson, from Russell to Goddard. She lives just across the street from the rest home so she can see him three times a day.
Saturday visitors to the Jail/Museum were Suzanne Sauer and Jimmy Harrell of LaCrosse.
Mike Keith and Al Hugh celebrated Father's Day at Gella's on Sunday. Susan and Shannon Keith, Judy Hugh and Carolyn Thompson joined them. When the Keiths returned to Ellsworth, downtown buildings across from the elementary school were on fire. Many area fire departments responded to the fire.
Kansas History Note
The Legislature of 1873 chose John J. Ingalls, United States Senator. He served as Senator until 1891. In the absence of the Vice-President he served at the President of the Senate. Oratory was his weapon. He was a force to be reckoned with in the Congress. A statue of Senator Ingalls is in the Hall of Fame in the Capitol building in Washington, D. C. It is the work of Charles Henry Niehaus, the most famous sculptor in the United States at that time. Senator Ingalls lived in Atchison for forty years. He died in Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1900.
McCracken History Notes
June 1911
O. J. Kueffer is preparing to build a residence just north of the UB Church.
June 1921
McCracken High School graduates Lillian Curtis, Glenn Miller, Edward Murray, Loraine Robertson, Grace Roser, John Wharton, Estella Woodward, Catherine Woodward.
June 1931
McCracken High School graduates Dorothy Brenner, Leonard Conner, Dorothy Davidson, Lester Irvin, Marie McCormick, Mildred McKittrick, Hazel Oelkers, Wayne Russell, Basil Ryan, Woodrow Scheideman.
June 1941
McCracken High School graduates Doris Birdsong, Ruth Brenner, Wendell Conrad, Albert Donecker, Willetta Gordon, LoRee Grumbein, John Grumbein, Norma Fear, Lester Higgins, Clyde Hinman, Orva Jean Daugherty, Kathleen Martin, Pearle McGaughey, Cecil Mills, Scotty Shiney, Warren Thompson.
These folks gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. August English Sunday for a pot-luck dinner: Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brackney and daughter of Oakley, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brackney, LaCrosse; Mr. and Mrs. Vance Brackney, Larned, Mrs. E. C. Brackney, John Edwards, George Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Irvin and son.
June 1951
McCracken High School graduates Richard Buxton, Robert Cheney, Bobilee Fear, Victor Higgins, Caroline Klee, Alberta Moses, Ray Ohlemeier, Lynette Pearson, Calvin Wilson, Jack Wilson, Floyd Thompson.
June 1961
McCracken High School graduates Jim Cline, Marian Barnes, Phyllis Gerritzen, Carol Halbleib, Carolyn Higgins, Lennie Higgins, LeRoy Herdman, Franklin Littler, Lavona Peters, Joan Schuuckman, Shirley Stremel.
Funeral services were held June 28 at the McCracken EUB Church for Oscar B. Elias who died at the Ransom hospital. Pallbears were Bobby Fear, Kay Fear, Bill Lovitt, John Walker, Vic Higgins, Jay Frazier and James Elias. Interment was in the McCracken City Cemetery.
June 1971
McCracken High School graduates John Brack, Gary Boese, Cheryl Casey, James Conrad, Kenneth Foster, Lynne Hinman, Sharolyn Jones, Steven McFarren, Leann Morgan, Vic Parsons, Kirby Petz, Louise Rourke, Brian Seltman, Rodney Taylor, Jerald Tomlinson
June 1981
McCracken High School graduates Chris Brackney, Laura Casey, Randy Conrad, Wade Hinman, Sandra Jacobs, Jeff McCormick, Kelly McKinney, Kevin Rourke, Raven Schwindt, Kerrie Seltmann.
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