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August 9, 2012 News
Birthdays: August 9, Cindy Walker Cannatella, Shane Anderson, Brian Harp; August 10, Maribeth Casey; August 11, Garrison Herdman, Jim Rein, James Wierman; August 12, Melissa Lamer, Kara Norlin, Marsha Healy, Dennis Walker; August 13, Michael Morgan, Ashleigh Allen, Paytyn Dimick; August 14, Matt Pfannenstiel, Katherine P. Kerney, Brian Legleiter; August 15, Susan Reinhart, Brooke McClelland.
Anniversaries: August 9, Bill and Sharon Lovitt; August 10, Frank and Sarah Foster, Chad and Tammy McAllastar, Mitchell and Robin Pfannenstiel; August 11, Seth and Jami Albers; August 12, Kevin and Janet Miller, Martin and Mary Higgins; August 13, John and Janice Stull, Pat and Jackie Casey; August 15, Ron and Janice Rein.
The Miller-Williams Family Reunion was held at the Golden Corral in Topeka on Saturday. Those present included Fred and Linda Shirk, Lawrence; Mildred Mills, Moran; Tag and Gerry Ford, Pittsburg; Larry and Cindy Tompkins, Kansas City; Ralph and Virginia Spomer and Bryan, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Leland and Sandy Johnson and Maria, Oldham, South Dakota; Gene Miller, Nekoma and Addie Mills, McCracken.
Les and Sheryl Rogers, Dave and Ruth Heffel, Mike and Sharolyn Legleiter and David Robinson spent a week in the Tabernish area of Colorado. They golfed four courses and it was cool........weather.
Chris, Tess and Ethan Jones were here for the weekend to visit Thayne and Machree Jones.
Museum news
A donation has been given to the Jail/Museum from Dave and Carolyn Davenport in memory of Lyle and Midge Davenport.
Dell Burnham has renewed her membership in the Jail/Museum and has given a donation.
Janice and John Stull has donated a McCracken Middle School Memories book from 1995-1996 to the Jail/Museum. The staff included Principal, Joyce Scammahorn, teachers Benny Viegra, Shannon Dinkel, Janice Stull, Arlene Gilbert, Phyllis Manhart, Mary Beth Prather, John Rose and support staff, Kathy Tomlinson, Corinne Baldwin, Beth Wissing, Carol Rixon, Pat Derr and Priscella Jacobs. Vernon Wittman was janitor. The Middle School was composed of sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Janice also donated a pair of ladies black leather laced high top shoes which belonged to Mrs. J. C. (Martha Alice) Littler.
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Mike, Susan and Shannon Keith and Carolyn Thompson returned home from a trip to Colorado. They attended the 70th birthday of Carolyn's cousin, Judy Dennis, in Bayfield. They also toured The Arches and Canyonlands National Parks in Utah and went to Farmington, New Mexico.
A donation was given to the McCracken Fire Department in memory of Marjorie Wierman Linenberger.
Kansas Questions
1. A 30 foot statue of Johnny Kaw can be found in Manhattan. What does the statue represent?
2. Who said, "The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene"?
3. Who wrote "Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier"
4. In what year did the Prohibition Party first nominate a candidate for governor of Kansas?
5. What were the call letters of the first radio station in Kansas?
Answers
1. The Kansas wheat farmer
2. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
3. Joanna L. Stratton
4. 1876
5. KFKB (Kansas First, Kansas Best)
Lauren Shapiro and friend Sarah were in London watching the Olympics, they had tickets for the gymnastics. They went to Amsterdam on Saturday then back to the Olympics to watch the soccer finals on Thursday. We hope you all watched Gabby Douglas, plus all the other medal winners. Fantastic.
Ron and Cathy Casey and Alicia Rues, Topeka, took Arline Rues to Wichita where they all visited with Father Eugene Kenny who lives in a retired priest’s home. He accompanied them to a restaurant where they enjoyed a very nice meal. He told them that all of his family was gone (3 sisters and 1 brother). RCNews Aug 9
Lauren Shapiro and friend Sarah were in London watching the Olympics, they had tickets for gymnastics. They went to Amsterdam on Saturday then back to the Olympics to watch soccer finals on Thursday. We hope you all watched Gabby Douglas, plus all the other medal winners. Fantastic!!
Anthony, Joseph, Michelle, Mathew and Amanda Priddy were guests of Sandra Jacobs this past week-end.
He misses his family he said, however he does have cousins in Ireland. Arline and her family all thought he seemed well. They then visited friend, Joy Johnson, wife of Keith Johnson who died recently in June. He was about 10 years younger than Arline and they went to school in Lewis’ schools. They had 2 boys who are grown and fine people. Joy, mentioned Keith teaching in Colorado, Lewis and Wichita. Keith was a good musician and football player too. Their visit with Pat Huffman was their next dear friend…Pat and her family had lived in Burdette. After her husband’s death & children leaving, she moved to Wichita. Pat was a wonderful guide for our school. She kept us ‘so things were just right’. Arline has kept in touch with her; however the ‘last while’ she has grown to just think of wonderful times and not written letters.
Monday, after midnight, a white rover named Curiosity is supposed to land on Mars and begin a 23 month expedition to figure out whether the planet can – or ever could – harbor life. The mission is the most scientifically advanced attempt at exploring Mars and it took NASA 7 years and $2.5 billion to prepare. The minutes before landing will stretch the nerves of the agency’s crew including propulsion engineer, Todd Barber. Todd has worked with NASA’s propulsion since 1990. He will be waiting for Curiosity’s landing signals with his colleagues at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. He is the son of Todd and Tena Vogel Barber, Wichita and the grandson of Lucy Vogel, McCracken.
Dennis and Jamie Shell, daughter Amanda and husband Josh, children Ben, Toby and Jason, were here from Kansas City and enjoyed the Rush County Fair Friday and Saturday.
McCracken Sports History
1967- 1968 The MHS baseball team defeated Schoenchen 4-1 Thursday. Mike Peters pitched the first few innings and Rich Higgins finished up during the last four. The McCracken team scored 10 hits with Rich Higgins, Doug Higgins, Doug Whitis and Tom Tomlinson each with 2. Jim Brack and Kirby Wendler each scored one hit. Richard Klaus was the pitcher for the Schoenchen team. Mike Peters and Jim Brack each scored a home run.
Jim Rein, Dennis Elias, Dave Davenport, Kirby Wendler, Russell Peters, Floyd Norlin, Jerry Schutte, Bob Foster, Rich Higgins, Doug Whitis, Doug Higgins, Lance Morgan, Mike Peters, T. Tomlinson and Jim Brack. Glenn Conner, coach, LeeRoy Schuckman, Principal.
Quintin Elias spent a week with Carolyn and Dave Davenport, Hutchinson. He returned home rodeo week-end.
A suprise birthday party was held at the Benton Lodge for Travis Elias 39th birthday.
Guests were Marge Elias, Dennis and Jeannie Elias and granddaughter, Hayden Bracken, Ty, Tina, and Quintin Elias, Tina, Katie, and Tanner Elias, Brandon and Wynonna Wente, Rebecca Bange, Brent Wilson, Santiago Behitez II, Taylor Thummel,
Clayton Wilson and family, Carl, Velma, and Roger Legleiter, John Georg. Hosts were Carolyn and Dave Davenport.
Dave and Carolyn Davenport, Hutchinson attended the Scentsy Convention in Vegas.
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