August 17, 2016 News

Birthdays: August 17, Megan Janke, Howard Yost, Sharla Albers; August 18, Chuck Lamer; August 19 Ann Baus, Robin Pfannenstiel, Kerry Desbein, Samuel Hurt; August 20, Pam Seltman, Nicole Tacha, Carl Rosenlund; August 21, Angela Morgan, Ursula Butler; August 22, Riley Buster, Sara Dome, Dylan Harp; August 23, Laura Martin.

Anniversaries: August 19, Jake and Kathy Tomlinson; August 23, Diz and Wilma Washaliski.

Senior Companion celebrated their 42nd anniversary July 28 with a brunch at Fort Hays State University Memorial Union. Those attending from Rush County were Rosalie Renz, Addie Mills, Tammy Wagner, Richard Moore and guests, Darlene Misegadis and Yolonda Johnson.

Mike Karlin and Addie Mills had lunch at McDonald at Hays last Saturday.

Mary Ann Quinoness and Addie Mills were afternoon guests of Wilma Jacobs.

Agnes Shepherd Kelly, 99, died in Red Bluff, California, July 23. She was born in McCracken to Ralph and Menetta Rose Shepherd on June 20, 1917 Services will be held in Red Bluff on August 28. She was a member of the Class of 1935 McCracken High School.

Neitha Kautz Slagle, 86, died August 1 at Friona, Texas. She was the daughter of Henry and Amelia Kautz and was born on July 22, 1930 in McCracken.. She was the “mayor” of Nonchlanta, Kansas, a ghost town in Ness County, her family owned. Burial will be in the Ness City Cemetery on Saturday, August 13.

Museum news:

Items given to the museum by Hoop and Twila Higgins was a calendar from Parsons Sundries, McCracken, Kansas - Doneta and Calvin and a newspaper about the town of Shields from the Hutchi nson News on August 7, 2016. A picture in the article shows the McCracken band at the 1925 Shields Picnic.

Judy Hugh and Carolyn Thompson had lunch with Harold and Virginia Kraus on Tuesday. They gave the museum a vending machine from the Chicago Gum and Candy Co., It was a National Self-Service Machine dispensing Mints and Chewing Gum for five cents. The machine was patented on March 26, 1925. It dispensed Wintergreen Mints, Peppermint Mints, Chewing Gum. Fruit Gun, Peppermint Gum and Spearmint Gum. “The candy/gum machine came from the Ward/Wilson Store in McCracken, Kansas. The store closed about 1935-1936. Harold was about four or five years old. I remember that it was a treat to get a candy or gum. Nothing was free. Mom had a shoebox full of IOU's from customers from the area that remained unpaid, causing the store to fail”. Harold G. Kraus The machine has been in the family all these years.

On Wednesday evening members of Second Chance came to the museum to present a check from their proceeds to the Jail/Museum. Those volunteers were Suzanne Randa, Joan Dreher, Shirley Higgins and Gloria Wilson, Trustees and volunteers of the museum accepted a $1,000.00 check to be used to catalog all the items given to the museum over the last fifteen years. A new laptop and printer have been purchased for this on- going project.

On Sunday Mildred Mills of Moran, Kansas, Peggy Mills and Wes Baron, Chillicothe, Missouri and Linda (Mills) Shirk and Fred Shirk were here to visit the Jail/Museum and leave some items. Clothing from Minnie Temple (Mildred's grandmother) and Esda Carmen Temple (Mildred's mother) were given to the museum along with a Bible Encyclopedia which was used at Hampton School #17. Esda Temple taught at Hampton.

Everyone who comes to the Jail/Museum is fascinated with the original Jail cells. Recently Tim Rues found that there is another jail cell like ours although it is just one while we have two adjoining, There is a plaque on the one in Edgerton, Kansas. It says” Original City Jail, Lattice Steel Cage 5' x 6' x 6' Built by the Pauly Jail Company, purchased in June 1902 at a price of $92.15 by the City of Edgerton”. It sits outside in a large park.

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On September 30 the late Shannon McKinney will be honored posthumously at the Homecoming banquet with the FHSU Distinguished Service Award for 2016. Tickets are available at FHSU.

The coffee, pie and good conversation was enjoyed by all attending the event at the McCracken Public Library on Monday. The next Coffee and Pie day will be Monday, September 12 at 2:30 p.m. Mark your calendars.

Our best wishes to those students heading out to begin their freshman year at college. Chandler Allen will attend Friends University in Wichita; Audra Bergquist heads to Kansas State University, Lieacha Cook will be at Bethel College, Courtney Gilbert is at Pratt Community College. Let us know if there are others.

Andrea Geubelle participated in the Rio Olympics.  She is the great niece of Layne and Kerri Morgan.  She was rated 21st in the world.

I received an early Christmas gift...I have a radio with knobs, thanks to Lora and Scott Faiman.

We hope you all have been enjoying the Olympics. Those athletics are amazing.

Teresa Lovitt was a Monday afternoon visitor of Shirley Higgins. She will be coaching cross country in Dodge City this year.

Tessa Jacobs will be teaching 4th graders in LaCrosse starting this week; Tammy Irvin starts teaching school Thursday in Hoisington teaching 6th grade math; Kayla Weskamp will be teaching fifteen 2nd graders in St. Agnes School in Springfield.

Shirley Higgins, Jean Oelkers and Kay Hardwick attended the ‘Picnic in the Park’ in Timken Saturday evening. Good food, good music and visiting with people were enjoyed.

Graycee Legleiter was a guest of her grandparents, Kellye and Sandy Irvin this past week.

History Notes 1978

Kindergarten students are Tambra Herdman, Travis Elias, Clayton Wilson, Lee Unrein, Mathew Hays, Eric Petz, Kim Newman. First graders are Crystal Anderson, Treva Wilson, Dale and Daryl Basgall, Terri Petz, Reed Bland, Joel Miller, Heath North, Randy Bedard, Troy Williams, Billy Harp and Travis Williams. Cheerleaders for MHS are Kerri Derr, Laura Unrein, Rashell Schwindt, Sandy Foreman and Lanette Stremel. McCracken Band received a 1 minus at the downtown performance at the Kansas State Fair. Gloria Bland is their music teacher. The Mustangs defeated the Dorrance Cardinals 18-6 Friday night. Lisa Schuckman and Freddie Taylor were crowned Queen and King at the homecoming game Friday night against Gorham. MHS Mustangs retained their undefeated status by crushing Tri-Plains 58-0. In the 1st round of the 8 man regional play-off competition played in Hays in very cold windy weather, the Mustangs won 42-16. A painting of the McCracken Hotel which was done by artist Harlon Anderson will be dedicated at the McCracken Library on Wednesday. The Mustangs will open their basketball season with Utica Friday with three games. Larry Buster is attending Montana State College, Bozeman, Montana.