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July 20
Oops!! Steve and Nadine Foreman were not listed as attending his 1976 class reunion. Sorry.
There were 51 (we think) entries in the McCracken Parade held Saturday afternoon in McCracken. We hope you didn’t miss it, was wonderful.
“Weavers” of Ransom served the lunch for the “Picnic in the Park” on Saturday. Approximately 370 were served.
Parade Entries:
Grand Marshal: Verlene Wilson, wife of Jack Wilson and Lenora Stremel, wife of Celestin ‘Celly’ Stremel. Flag bearers were Diz Washaliski & Dennis Elias.
Kid’s entry:
1st: Erin, Joanna, Sierra, Clarissa and Cody Pfeifer & Joey Herdman.:
Tayler & Colby Stull riding stick & rocking horse – ‘Making Eight at McCracken Rodeo’.
Bill & Marge Moran grandkids – ‘The Next Generation’ – Josh, Nick, Zack and Abby Moran.
McCracken Library – Lorraine Ryan and Norma McNair. ‘We have books – Rope a good book at the Library’. (Crystal Ryan made the sign).
Bicycle riders: Nicole Tacha, Maddie & Lily Rues,
Alumni:
1st place: MHS Class of 1932, 1934, 1935, 1938, - Lucy Higgins Vogle, Katherine Higgins Ryan, Evelyn Plotner Higgins and Julia Davenport Zeller.
MHS Class of 1938 - Lucille Elmore Lamer, riding in Corvette driven by Rick Nuckolls.
MHS Class of 1939, Beverly Irvin riding in his son Reggie Irvin’s jeep driven by his great granddaughter, Bailey Linser
MHS Class of 1939, Adrian Doerr and wife Lois riding in 1955 Chevrolet driven by Bill & Sharon Lovitt. Bill is a 1955 MHS graduate
MHS Class of 1939 Florentine Leiker Schuckman – golf cart driven by Franklin Littler
MHS Class of 1958, the first class to graduate from the new McCracken high school. James Hanson, Furlen Irvin, Joyce Showalter Eisenhour, Arlene Wilson Gilbert & Marlene Wilson Funk
The Hometown Band – Ellen Davis Kershner, Gloria Baus Blackwell, Joyce Showalter Eisenhour, Arlene Wilson Gilbert, Sheryl Rogers, Brian Legleiter, Kelsee Rogers, Derek Derr, Sharon Irvin, Susan Thompson Keith & Spring Blackwell.
MHS gals that rode the homecoming queen float were Patty Littler Miller, Betty Moran Burkhart, Sue Skillett Davis, Debra Derr Rogers, Marsha Healy, Rosemarie Grumbein Schwindt, Roxene Fletcher Kaltenbaugh, Rose Rues Diehl, Lanette Stremel Mathews & Kayla Higgins Tacha.
MHS fellas that rode the homecoming & basketball float for the parade were Terry Peters, our 1st MHS homecoming king – 1967. Others were Les Rogers, Joe Conner, Myron Schuckman, Mark Baus, Mike Conner and Coach Glenn Conner.
Open:
1st Place: The Stremel Family
Lenora Stremel, Shirley Stremel Bundy, Art Behrman, Dave and Carolyn Stremel Davenport, Molly Knight and friend Brooke, Hutchinson; Kat Stremel, Leawood; Paul Thomas, Parsons; Lanette Mathews and Lilly, Lawrence, David Kaster, Overland Park; Celeste and Dale Davis, Memphis; Denise, Norman, Kayden, Colton Fuller, Austin and Clay Goddard, Minneapolis; Katie & Tanner Elias, Colby; Pilot – Travis Elias, Colby; Co-Pilot – Donnie Wittman, LaCrosse and “Behind the Scenes”, Ty Elias.
The West Side Winners 4-H Club – Alysse Mantz, Leah & Olivia Baus, Angela Morgan and guest, Desarae Basgall.
Sally Cauble – State Board of Education
Janis Lee – State Senator
Farmers Bank & Trust of LaCrosse – Serving 20 years of rodeo – Kevin Moeder & Jason Dellett
Rush County Chamber of Commerce
W.B. Wilson Family
Charlie’s Service & Mitch’s Trash Service – Priscella Rixon Jacobs, Sandra Jacobs, Mitchell Jacobs, Terri Lasiter, Neal & Amy Jacobs, Jaden, & Tessa, Crystal Ryan, Anton & Caden Foust, Sean Peters & Sandra Jacobs
Four Corners Restaurant - LaCrosse – “Once a Mustang Always a Mustang” Jametta Peters Basgall, Amanda Morgan, Kaitlyn Morgan, Leslie Morgan, Driver Jeremy Morgan
Y102 – Mike Holiday & Mom Holiday
Fort Hays Shrine Club
LaCrosse Livestock –Anna Irvin, Gary Boese & Lyndsey Patton
Morgan Brothers Construction – Allen & Michael Morgan
Granite Transformations – Clay Morse & Darren Murray
Saturday’s tournament golfers –“What Happens in McCracken, Stays in McCracken”
Hunter’s Hideaway – Layne & Kerrie Derr Morgan
Simpson Farm Enterprises – 2006 Dealer of the Year Spraying crops – Ransom, Hays & Great Bend.
Yawger Ranch - Descendants, family and friends of Jacob Aaron Yawger who founded Yawger Ranch in 1901. Those who rode on the float in the parade were: Joyce Hunter, Scott Mays, Rob McGaughey, Aaron McGaughey, Leslie Heidrick (Jessie Robertson descendants); Deb Luft, Al and Judy Hugh, Susan Thompson Keith, Mike Keith, Shannon Keith (Ben H. Yawger).
Brittany Dennis, Cathy Dennis, Dave Dennis. Beulah North Irvin, class of 1935, rode in the cab.
Aunt Ruth Akers Yawger, class of 1928, rode in the Corvette with David Dennis
Vehicles:
1st Place: Bazine Grain & Supply selling Loomix
Unruh Fire Brush Truck – Fire truck built by firefighters out of Sedgwick, Kansas
Ray Meis – 1934 H John Deere
Sandy Meis – 1936 K John Deere
Gary Barnes driving ‘Molly’ – 1960 Station wagon with 3/5th of the 1959 class, Gerald Barnes, Judith Whitis Carver, Janice Myers Stull.
Norman ‘Abie’ Pfannenstiel – 1940 Model H John Deere
G.T. Barnes – 1953 Ford F 600 – 1970 feed box
Doug Hagans – 1929 McCormick Deering 22-36
Jerry Bernbeck – 1931 Farmall Regular IHC (formerly owned by Lawrence Casey)
Addie Klee Mills – 1937 Jaguar – Kit Car
McCracken Antique Fire Truck
McCracken Ambulance
Mike Pivonka – 2003 Corvette with Jerry Moran as passenger
Larry Hinman – 1969 Chevelle SS
1950 Chevrolet carrying 1950 MHS grads Pat Walker Derr, Dixie McMullen Allen, Bob Thompson, Velma Rogers Legleiter & Julius Unrein – a 1950 Chevrolet driven by fellow graduate, Wendell Hinman.
Coty Hinman – 1987 Chevrolet IROC- Z28
Carl Brandt – 1931 Ford Model A
Horses:
1st Place: Brad Penka – Sand Creek Ranch in LaCrosse
Patricia Duffy - LaCrosse
Kelly Sloan, daughter of Steve Sloan
Austin McGaughey & Nicole Ryan
A few of the States represented at the rodeo were Connecticut, California, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, New Mexico, North Carolina,
The Lenora Stremel family appreciates the McCracken community for all their time and hard work that went into making the 20th rodeo "The Best Ever"...The tributes to Celly and Jack were very touching and appreciated. We appreciate Mitch Conner for letting us use his trailer for the float and to Tony Harp for letting us raid his shed for "stuff" for the float.
The descendants of Henry and Mary Wasinger Higgins held their reunion on
July 7, 8, & 9 at the Community Building in McCracken. In addition to the reunion, the attendees celebrated the 90th birthdays of Katherine Ryan and Evelyn Higgins & the 79th for Doris Schaffer. In addition to a lot of visiting, some of the family participated in the Rodeo Golf Tournament on Saturday morning, and a bunch of them attended the Alumni dinner in the park at noon on Saturday. Those attending some time or other throughout the weekend were: From McCracken: Lucy Vogle, Mary McCormick, Katherine Ryan, Rob, Helena, Ashley, Austin & Aaron McGaughey, Leslie Heidrick, Richard Showalter, Johnny Mac Showalter, Garrett McCormick; Mark, Lucas & Hannah McCormick, Topeka; Rick & Tena Barber, Wichita; Todd Barber, Pasadena, California; Evelyn Higgins, Robert & Mary Beth Higgins, Tim, Nicole & Lauren Higgins, Jim & Carolyn Sekavec, Keith & Bev Higgins, Hoisington; Lane, Mary, Christopher & Jeffrey Sekavec, DeSota; Michelle, Mike, Alex & Alyssa McCandless, Hutchinson; Rebecca & Harry DuVall, Olathe; Andrew Higgins, Erin Higgins & Conley Feaster, Topeka; Pat Miles, Lynn & Steve Summers, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Scott, Marla, Trevor & Kayleigh Herdman, Viola; Martin, Mary & Joe Higgins, Carrie Higgins, Lenexa; Cynthia Yauger, Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Larry & Sue Amateis, Sara & Phil, Aurora, Colorado; Jan, Brenda, & Shad Higgins, Bayard, Nebraska; Misty Higgins, Montana; Tracey & Leanne Higgins, Lakeside, California; Eric, Michelle, Taylor & Parker Higgins ElCajon, California; Dennis Higgins, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mike & Jill Higgins, St. Peters, Missouri & Granddaughters Lily & Jasmine Higgins, Kansas City, Missouri; Pat Miles, Lynn & Steve Summers, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Doris Schaffer, Christie, Barry, Travis, Trenton & Talyn Kleweno, Hays; Angela & Pat Murray, LaCrosse; Darrin, Melissa, Cole & Caitlyn Murray, Wichita; Jim & Donna Schaffer, Ulysses; Amanda, Rianne, Kyson & Terran Showalter, El Dorado, The next reunion is planned for June 2007.
Congratulations to Brad and Laura Calahan on the birth of a daughter, Quincy Grace, born July 12 in Olathe. John and Jeannie Walker are the new grandparents. Her picture was on the internet dressed in lots of white net with a pretty little white headband.
Sanford Foreman was a guest of his daughter, Sandy & Kellye Irvin over the weekend.
Lucy Vogle and 5 ladies from LaCrosse attended the Senior Companion banquet held in the old Knights of Columbus Hall in Hays.
Guests of Jeannie and Dennis Elias were Travis, Tina, Tanner, Katie, & Bob Fear.
Guests of Pat Derr were Gerald & Edna Walker, Dixie Allen, Nita Caviness, Larry Clark and Sadie Fergeson.
Guests of Jean Schutte were Jim, Shelly & Chris McCormick, Garden Plain and Ann Barnes, ElDorado. Visitors were Loreen McCaskey, Sharon Eisler, Geraldine Brown and daughter Jackie.
Bill & Kelly Harp, Liberty, Missouri, were rodeo weekend guests of Tony Harp and visitors of Don & Lynette Doornbos.
Pat Miles and Lynn & Steve Summers were weekend guests of Katharine Ryan.
Babe & Arlene Gilbert come and go guests were Dean Gilbert, Leroy Gilbert, Bob & Marlene Funk, Mike, Kelly & Mason Weber, Shari Funk, Jeff & Anita Butler, Bob’s nephew Bobby and his 2 children Valerie and Mike, Bobby’s sister-in-law Traci from Colorado. Their house literally ‘flooded’ with people after the parade. They had soooooooooooooo much fun. Bryan, Treva, Anna and Audra Bergquist, Phil & Judy Carver, Doug and Kathy Whitis, Fuz Irvin, Karen Norlin Simmerman & Susie Reinhardt also were visitors. They all had a bitter/sweet time!! Hope no one was missed.
Sherry Petz and Hal Withuhn were Saturday evening visitors of Rose & Les Diehl.
Robin Rockey and Todd Hutchinson were married July 9, 2006 at the Union Station in Kansas City. She lives in Kansas City and Todd lives in New York City. Her sister, Tomi Rues was a bridesmaid, Emma and Kate Rues were flower girls, Will Rues was the ring bearer. Shelby Bowers passed out the programs and dad Tony kept all of them sane. They stayed at the Westin Crown Center and Monday they went to the Great Wolf Lodge to celebrate Shelby’s birthday.
Fred and Kim Taylor, Anna, Andrew & Lucas of Colby were weekend guests of Fred & Mary Anne Taylor.
Bill Wetzel, Augusta, attended our festivities rodeo weekend.
Howard & Ruth Higgins, Kansas City, were here for the Rodeo weekend. Howard is the son of Sam & Vivian Higgins.
Congratulations to Amber Georg Schwanke whose picture appeared in the Sunday edition of the Hutchinson News. She was chosen for the 2006 Leadership Kansas Class and will graduate in October following participation in a number of programs planned throughout Kansas. Amber is a senior accountant for Lewis, Hooper & Dick LLC, Garden City.
Emma Rues was a sleep-over guest of Emma G. Saturday evening.
Congratulations to Kathy McCormick, Hutchinson, for receiving the honor for outstanding sales of American Family Insurance products during the month of June. Her picture was featured in the Sunday edition of the Hutchinson News.
A memorial has been given to the McCracken Alumni in memory of George Myers from John & Janice Myers Stull.
"Attending Barton County Fair and Riding in McCracken Parade by Congressman Jerry Moran:
On Saturday, I joined residents in Rush and Barton Counties for annual community events. In McCracken, the small community of about 200 people welcomed me for the local downtown parade. The day's events also included an alumni luncheon that drew many generations of McCracken natives back home. McCracken also hosted the 20th anniversary of its award-winning rodeo this weekend and honored the rodeo's founder, Jack Wilson, who passed away earlier this year. Mr. Wilson dedicated his life to the McCracken rodeo and transformed it into a notable annual Kansas event."
Ruth Yawger would enjoy your cards for her 96th birthday on July 20. Her address is 2101 Lincoln Drive, Hays, KS 67601.
Arline Rues is a renewing member of the Jail/Museum.
Those who signed in during rodeo week at the Jail/Museum were Jerry and Karen Greenway, Gerald Walker, Machree Jones, Kay Slemp, Jean Schutte, Barbara Baus, Addie Mills, Sylvester Conard, Jeff, Karen, Nick and Lexi Showalter, Aidan Martin, Adrian and Doris Doerr, Ann Barnes, Maynard Myers, J. W. Jennings, Bill and Sharon Lovitt, Nancy Bollermann, Misty Higgins, Suellen Amaters , Jan and Brenda Higgins, Mary Zeller Higgins, Marlene Funk, Jim and Carolyn Sekavec, Alyssa McCandless, Debra A. Yawger/Luft, Tom and Brenda Prosser, Lee and Marvel Dellett, Walter and Jeanette Rogers, Terri and Pete Cox, Roberta Wierman, Verlene Wilson, Don and Kathleen Kazmaier, Mike Holliday, Ray and Linda Manning, John and Janice Stull, Howard and Ruth Ann Sissel, Louise Dechant, Mary Ann Randa, Terry and Pat Miller, DeEtte Huffman, Raquel Otero, Sharon Irvin, Vicky I. Overley, Harry and Rebecca Duvall, Ron and Janice Rein, Marshal Healy, Paulette Thompson, Ruthetta Hansen, Bruce and Sue Davis, Art Behrmann, Shirley Stremel Bundy, Molly Knight, Brooke Davis, Linda Conrad, Rich Conrad, Erik Higgins and family, Michele, Parker and Taylor, Hannah Kennedy, Michael Conrad, Tracy and Leanne Higgins, Larry Clark, Sadie A. Ferguson, Dixie Allen, Nita Caviness, Grace Thompson, Andrew Conrad, Vernita Serpan. Many more visited, but didn't sign the book.
Guests of Bill and Marge Moran for the weekend were John, Ellen and Josh Moran, Clark and Nicole Kirk, Michele Moran, David, Stacy, Nick, Zach and Abby Moran, Stephanie Romm, and Jason Moran. On Sunday they celebrated Zach's 8th birthday.
Our sympathy to the family of Patricia Casey Harman, 55, who died July 13, 2006 in Wichita. She was born June 18, 1951 to Patrick and Francis Kisslinger Casey. She was a 1969 graduate of McCracken High School and Fort Hays State University. On August 16, 1974 she married Larry Rome in Victoria, he died in 1990. In June 1992 she married Stanley Harman. He survives. Other survivors include her son, Scott Alan Rome; her mother, six brothers and four sisters. She was preceded in death by her father, Patrick M. Casey. Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays.
McCracken History Notes
July 1906
Dr. Brownell, Will Kelly, Wm. Grumbein, Alex Walker, Frank Hicks, Wm. Tanck, J. P. Warden, J. Z Kline and John R. Lovitt packed their grips and blankets and left for the Shoshone Agency land drawing in Wyoming. The land may be worth the trouble.
July 1936
The fire whistle was blown Sunday for volunteers when a wheat field of Percy Edgington's was set on fire by a train.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gordon and family have moved to McCracken from Raymond.
Hazel Phillips Elmore and Albert Davenport were married in LaCrosse Saturday evening.
July 1946
Mrs. Logan Britton and daughter, Logene, of Salina are visiting here at the home of her father John Norlin and Miss Violet.
July 1956
Perry Irvin, pitcher for the LaCrosse Junior Legion ball team, lost a heart breaker to Ness City, 3-2.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Elias and Dennis left Saturday for a visit with relatives at Riverside and Long Beach, California.
July 1966
Lester Doerr, who has been working on a government job in Korea the past four years, arrived in the states for a two months visit.
Madeline J. Rein and Gene Petz have announced their engagement.
July 1976
Robert Mason left for Greeley, Colo, where he joined Dr. Harmon and fourteen other students for a summer study tour in Mexico and Central America
A reception will be held Sunday, July 18, 1976 at the Methodist Church in McCracken in honor of the Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Baldwin.
A Cadette Girl Scout troop was organized in LaCrosse. Officers were Monica McLaughlin, Dilene Solomon, Debbie Schuckman, Lisa Herrman, Janel Herrman, LoRee Schrott, Pam Sanders.
July 1986
The nursery class of the United Methodist Sunday School took a trip around town. They sang at the Joe Klee home for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ryan and Jessie Justice. They had dinner at Avery Norlins and then went to visit McCracken freinds in the rest home in LaCrosse. Susan Norlin and Lindsey Groff helped Lorraine Norlin entertain the children who are Megan Carpenter, Valerie Rogers, Crystal Jones, Debbie and Jessie Justice and Dawn Baus. At LaCrosse they sang for Kizzie Krug, Fannie Davenport, Mayme McCormick, John Elias, Blanche Swisher, Alta Mellick, Cora Derr and Edna Young.
July 1996
The rodeo banners which were made by Signs and Designs were installed on Main Street and Highway 4 by John Zeller, Bill Zeller and Melanie Urban.
Thayne Jones, Jack Wilson and Mary Beth Prather were on the noon TV news from Hays on Friday promoting the Rodeo. |
