RCNews Aug 14
 
I forgot to add Bob and Della Miller to the BBQ dinner held in Hutchinson, July 27, for Rashell Mills and Rob McCarty.
 
It wasn’t Lola Rixon visiting her sister Lola Oller, it was Lola visiting Carolyn Oller in Pratt.   (I need a break).
 
We had an e mail from Edith Moses Blair telling us she received our History Book and was enjoying reading it.  She looks at the McCracken web site quite often to see what the temperature is here in McCracken.  She also said to tell Pat Derr “Hello”.
 
Tammy Gord, Jeremy, “Little Tammy”, Brook and Zane were weekend guests of her dad, Roger and Norma McNair.  Zane had been staying with his grand parents this past couple of weeks and he returned home to Denver with them. 
 
Chuck Higgins and Zach and Tanner Higgins spent Thursday – Saturday in Kansas City as guests of Jeff and Liz Jennings.  They all attended the Royals game Friday night. Jerry, Jodi and Jenna Higgins drove to Kansas City on Saturday, picked up Tanner and spent the rest of the weekend with Phil and Connie McNaul.
 
Tracy Humbert, Taylor, Tyler and Michael of Topeka came Sunday and were guests of her mother, Roger and Norma McNair for a few days.
 
LOOKING BACK:  August 1951
McCracken and the Liebenthal areas were hit with torrential rains ranging from 3 to 7 inches which caused floods along Big Timber Creek.  Water came into McCracken and reached into the east side of Liebenthal.  Edmund Casey, employee of Albert North who lives north of McCracken on a Big Timber spur, was washed off the road in his car Thursday night.  Casey, who can’t swim, was rescued after he had roosted on the car top for two hours, by Alvin Janke and Joe Malotke, both of McCracken.  The North home was flooded.  Other homes which received water damage were those of Chester Rogers, two miles east of McCracken and Ed Allberts, who live north of Hargrave.  Water surrounded homes in north and east McCracken.
 
Mason DeWitt, grandson of Norma and Roger McNair, fell off a jungle gym in Kansas City and broke his arm.  His baseball playing days are over for the summer.
 
Franklin Littler, Dwight 'Goop' Eisenhour and his grandson Brady Hubert, put up the frames for the new directory for the McCracken City Cemetery on Monday.  The City of McCracken and the McCracken Alumni thank them very much.
 
Happy 60th Chuck Lamer.
 
 Tom Sauer, 61, died on August 6, 2006 at Ellsworth.  He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; daughter, Sheri Lynn Howard, brother, Jerry, step-mother, Naida Sauer and soon to arrive granddaughter, Leah Rae Howard.  Burial was in Vansburg cemetery, Brownell.
 
Fred and Mary Ann Taylor are renewing members of the Jail/Museum.
 
The Nichol barn on the Liebenthal road has been torn down and the area swept clean.
 
Father Rene conducted the memorial service for Mary Graham at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Saturday morning.
 
McCracken History Notes
August 1908
Frank Burch purchased all of the city property owned by W. B. Cornell last week which includes two or three lots on the corner south of Hastings store and a residence and stable just west of that.
 
Joe Wood, the Ness county boy who has been pitching for the Kansas City team, has been purchased by the Boston American team at a salary of $400 per month.
 
August 1938
Two new high school teachers are announced for MHS:  Katherine Welfert and Audra Royce.  For the grade school, Christine Bennet will instruct the 3rd and 4th grade.
 
Wendell Pyle, Elmore Ryan, Beverly Irvin, Bard Stephens and Donald Hunt returned home from Colorado where they spent their vacation.
 
Reed Bullock is ill with scarlet fever.
 
August 1948
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. English and Gary plan to leave the last part of the week for Washougal, Wash., to make their home.  Ronnie has been in Washington for the past two weeks.
 
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lamer, of Hays, on the birth of a son August 18 at Hadley Memorial hospital in Hays.  He has been given the name Charles William 111.  The boy is the Lamers’ third child.  The others are Fay 5 and Kay 3. 
 
August 1958
Alberta Anderson accompanied the Percival Grumbein family to California where she plans to find employment at Norwalk, California.
 
August 1968
Attending cheerleading camp at Rock Springs are Carolyn Stremel, Patricia Foos, Leanne Morgan and Kim Elmore.
 
Lightning struck the homes of Mildred Rein and Frank McGaughey on Thursday morning.
 
Margaret Buxton received her Masters Degree in English from Ft. Hays.
 
August 1978
Mike Conner won second and a prize of $25.00 in the demolition derby on Sunday in LaCrosse.
 
Batting averages for the season for Doug Elias was .500; Mike Stull, 583; Jim Cole .475; Kenny Rothe, .444; Kevin Casey .357 and Scott Moore .314.  The total team batting average was .337.
 
August 1988
 
The rural farm population dropped by about one million between 1980 and 1987.
 
August 1998
Aaron McGaughey accompanied Mike and Connie Conner and Mitchell on a Colorado vacation.
 
Janet and Harold Herdman returned home from a two-week vacation to Rico, Colorado.  Tenton and Jana Herdman and family and Chad and Norma Herdman and family joined them for the first week.
 
Linda Critfield is now living at the Drewie McGaughey house.