August 10, 2016 News

Last week I was gone, so I am doing two weeks of birthdays and anniversaries. ct

Birthday, August 3, Aaron McGaughey; August 4, Jennifer House Johnson, Kelly Petz, Mary Higgins, Zachary Elmor, Benjamin Mills, Jackson Mills; August 5, Kimbra Herdman Melton; August 6, Frank Foster, Emily Keener, Coty Hinman, Mike Keith, Zaccary Hinman; August 7, Denise Puller; August 8, Shane Anderson; August 9, Cindy Walker Cannatella, Brian Harp; August 10, Maribeth Casey; August 11, Garrison Herdman, Jim Rein; August 12, Melissa Lamer, Marsha Healy, Dennis Walker, Kara Norlin; August 13, Michael Morgan, Ashleigh Allen, Paytyn Dimick; August 14, Matt Pfannenstiel, Brian Legleiter, Katherine P. Kerney; August 15, Brooke McClelland; August 16, Kari Groff, Ann Schutte, Tena Barber, Gary Anderson, Leslie Underwood, Hattie Enslow, Silas Albers.

Anniveraries: August 3, Ronn and Laura Martin, August 4, Mark and Ann Baus; August 5, Terry and Sheila Desbien; August 6, Heath and Paul North, August 8, Jerry and Jodi Higgins, Rick and Tina Barber; August 9, Flynn and Audra Holland; 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, Nathan and Michele Swanson; April 15, Ron and Janice Rein.

Museum News

Those renewing membership or new member to the Jail/Museum are Randy and Janell Ryan, Jerry Higgins, Suzanne Azzarella, Chuck and Zach Higgins. Memorials in memory of Vic Higgins, Lonnie Irvin and Margaret Hair from Jerry Higgins. Donation from Chuck and Zach Higgins. Blue and Gold Club (in memory of Thomas and Charlotte Ryan) from Randy and Janell Ryan.

Mary Ann Tanking, Salina writes that she has an embroidered piece of cloth. It was to be a pillow top for her Grandmother, Elva Hattie Lindblom Wilson. The date of January 29, 1904. Here are some of the names on it. Anna Darkes, Mrs. Davis, Sam Ziegler, Edythe Robertson, J. B. Davis, Robert Campbell, Mabel Robertson, Lucille Elva Davis, Madge S. Brownell, L. G. Davis, Jessie Hogsett, A. B. Campbell, Robert Lindblom and some other Lindblom's. Mary Ann is going to have more of our first history book re-printed. Will let you know when they are finished.

William and Katherine Hand, Elbert, Colorado were here visiting Hoop and Twila Higgins. Katherine is the great-great granddaughter of Edward Lewis McCurry. William previously provided the McCurry information to the museum. They enjoyed visiting the museum and purchased both the Hampton book and two of the Paper Moon books. The Hands recently moved to Colorado from Florida.

Work is being done in the museum to set up the Paper Moon display and the items connected to the movie.

Mike, Susan and Shannon Keith and Carolyn Thompson spent a week in Colorado visiting Judy Dennis for her birthday. Some of the fun things we did were a dinner at the Seven Rivers Restaurant at the Southern Ute Indian Casino in Ignacio, lunch and Irish music at the Irish Embassy Pub in Durango. There were 13 members of the Irish music group and one singer. Mike and Shannon went on a nine mile hike.

Shannon Keith had a fun summer in McCracken. She took online classes through Fort Hays, worked at the Midland Marketing Elevator at Brownell during harvest and at the McCracken Pool . She left for K-State to begin her Sophomore year. She will once again be part of the marching band.

Don’t forget the ‘Old Fashioned Picnic in the Park’ held at Timken City Park, Saturday, August 13. Hamburgers and Hot Dogs served at 6:00 p.m., drawing at 8:00.

Dennis and Jamie Shell, Clinton Swan and Blake, Josh and Amanda Pierce, Ben, Toby and J.J., Jerry and Pam Sipes of Kansas City were here this week-end and attended the Rush County Fair.

Bruce and Sue Davis and Mike Conner worked at the Rush County Fair, they had so much fun that Sue, Brian and boys did it another night.

We received a 2 inch rain Saturday night, wonderful.

Lisa Day is home again from the hospital. She is staying awhile with her mother, Cheryl Davis Werth and will receive much TLC.

Ellen and Addie Kershner attended a wedding shower Sunday in LaCrosse for Leah Baus.

Guests of Hoop and Twila Higgins last Monday were William and Katherine Hand from Elbert, Colorado. Katherine Hand is the great- great granddaughter of Edward Lewis McCurry who is buried in the Ramsey Cemetery along with an infant. They also visited the McCracken/Jail Museum. They were fascinated with the Paper Moon display and they took lots of picture of all the old artifacts and in talking with William he loves history and they said that they would return one day.

Lisa Angel’s mother, Twila, visited Clinton Kershner and Lisa this weekend and attended the Rush County Fair.

Congratulations to the softball team of Jeff Baalman, who won the tournament at the Rush County Fair. Some other teams entered were Clinton Kershner, Marshall Musil, Marcus Moeder and friends from WSU; Brett Gilbert coached a team; Neal and Jaden Jacobs, Anton Foust were on a team....sounded like a fun tournament.

"Mary and Martin Higgins were home (in McCracken) for the rodeo/alumni week end in July. There was a "cousins" party at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Pat Murray in McCracken. Martin's brothers, Jan (Bayard, NE), Tracy (San Diego), his sister Suellen and husband Larry (Centennial, Co.) were there. Nephew Erik Higgins and son Parker of San Diego and nephew Shad Higgins and Shad's son Robert also attended. A fun time was had by all. From McCracken Mary and Martin traveled to Denver to visit a few days with sister Sue and Larry. Tracy was there too as he was on his way back to San Diego via the Denver airport. From Denver they went on to Wyoming and spent a few days in and around Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons. They had a wonderful time driving around the area and seeing the sights and the herds of wild, free buffalo. They took a float trip down the Snake River one day and were lucky enough to see some American Eagles, an elk and some deer. They spent 4 days touring all the different roads and taking in all the sights of Yellowstone National Park. What a wondrous place. From Wyoming the itinerary took them to Montana. They spent several days with Navy friends Patsy and Loren Holmgren in Helena. Their friends took them on a 2 day car trip to Glacier National Park. The scenery there is incredible. They spent one night in Kalispell then continued the trip into Canada where they spent another night at Waterton Park, Alberta, Canada . They visited several different lodges and decided that they would take this trip again some day and stay at some of the lodges. They had breakfast at the Prince of Wales Hotel near Waterton Park. This is one of the beautiful lodges where they want to stay another time. While there they were witness to a beautiful Native American/Canadian wedding ceremony, with the drums, chanting and dancing. Beautiful. On the way home they stopped at the Little Bighorn battlefield and took in the sights. They had lunch there at the little café at the trading post and feasted on Indian Fry Bread and honey. What a delicious treat! All things considered this was one of the best vacations the Higgins' have ever had. Mary says "even better than Ireland!"

Drew and Melissa Thompson and family vacationed in Florida recently; they were there the same time as Tom, Annette Chestnut, Tyler, Colby and Kaitlyn, Alabama, and ate breakfast with them.

1978 History Notes:

McCracken put four players in double figures as the Mustangs bombed Bogue 81-44. Jerry Casey, Kellye Irvin, Layne Morgan and Craig Stull. In the Lincoln Branch league tournament the Lady Mustangs defeated Eastern Heights 54-39. In the B team boy’s game with Gorham the leading scorer was Jeff McCormick with 19. The final was 51-23. A blizzard hit Rush County this week. Deep drifts are evident everywhere. The Mustangs claimed the Lincoln Branch league tournament as they defeated Dorrance 102-62. At the grade school music festival Friday, 1’s were received by Alaura Scheuerman, Brenda Barnes, Stacy Foreman, Lori Brown, Kerri Bromlow, Mike Stull, Sandra Taylor, Janet Conner and Dixie Bott. Sharon Wells placed first in the Rush County spelling bee. Schafer Furniture and Barber Shop have a new home. The entire month of April will be the grand opening. It is located just north of the McCracken Library. Karin Seltman was selected by Kansas State as a recipient of the Dean’s Award for outstanding achievement in mathematics and science. The 1-A Regional baseball tournament will be held May 9 in McCracken. MHS Mustangs are on their way to State! The baseball team had a 9-2 victory over Pawnee Heights at Larks Park in Hays.