RCNews October 30
We have completed gathering the data for the cemetery directory and are into process of entering the information into computer.  We would like to thank all of the people that helped in the gathering of the data.  The weather was not very cooperative, but people showed up to do the work.  We hope to have workable program for the directory some time after the first of the year.  Thanks to Larry Eisenhour who is working on the program.
 
The San Diego Chargers football team flew to London this weekend, 10/16, for a football game.  Jeff and Kathy Hurd are among those attending.  Teresa Lovitt ‘volunteered’ to baby set with Eric, Audra and Austin.  She flew to California last weekend.
 
Rashell Mills and Robert McCarty have moved to Britton, Michigan.
 
The Hutchinson News had a flyer inserted in Saturday’s paper which included an article entitled ‘Remembering the Runners-Up’.  When the winner of the US presidential election moves into the White House in January, the loser will get a place of honor in the They Also Ran Gallery in Norton, Ks.  There are 58 unsuccessful presidential candidates enshrined in the one-room photo gallery inside The First State Bank. William Rouse, the bank’s former president, created the gallery in 1965.  His daughter, Ann Hazlett of Norton said “Dad was interested in history and education and read that Horace Greeley had stopped in town and stayed overnight at the stage coach stop in Norton”.  Rouse decided that a museum devoted to presidential also-rans like Greeley could be a boost for his town.
 
Robert and Eileen Mills will be celebrating their 7th wedding anniversary on October 31 (Halloween).  They are living in Florida.  Robert enrolled in college in August of this year.
 
New Quilts from an Old Favorite:  Rose of Sharon will be shown at Shafer Gallery on the campus of Barton Community College.  It opens October 26 and closes December 7.
 
Congratulations to the Hoisington High School volleyball on their 1st place win at Holcomb.  They will play at the 3A tournament in Salina.
 
Memorials have been given to the McCracken Alumni in memory of Loreen Schutte McCaskey from Lorraine Ryan; for Kay Fear from Shirley Higgins.
 
Tessa Jacobs is a member of the Goddard cross country team.  They placed 4th this weekend in the regionals in Wichita.  Tessa placed 4th in her team.  They will run at Rim Rock in Manhattan for state.  Her grandmother, Priscella Jacobs attended the event.
 
Cameron Horesky, Garden City and Tanner Higgins, Hutchinson were Saturday overnight guests of Chuck Higgins and Zach.  Cameron had a free football weekend.  They play Hutchinson November 1. 
 
Karold Kay ‘Red’ Fear, 72, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at Ransom.  He was born November 16, 1936 in Hays to Oren Lee and Gladys Madeline Elias Fear.  He married Betty Lou McNair on May 11, 1974 in Denver.  He was a truck driver and a U. S. Army veteran serving during the Korean War.  Survivors include his wife, Betty, a son, Brian Fear and brother Bob Fear.  He will also be missed by cousins, nieces and nephews, hunting buddies, neighbors and friends.  He was cremated and a memorial service will be later.  Memorials are suggested to McCracken Library or McCracken Museum.
 
Memorials have been received by the Jail/Museum in memory of Rose Grumbein from Lorraine Ryan and Dwight and Sherry Eisenhour.
 
October 31 is the deadline for donating to the Rush County United Fund.  Please give your pledge sheet and the money to Tomi Rues or leave at McCracken Public Library.
 
Obituaries in Volume 111 of the McCracken History for 1996 include:  Jerry D. Gore, Albert Swisher, H. D. ‘Babe’ Ryan, Dorothy Skaggs Gerber, Ethel Grace Grumbein, Robert T. Pokorny, Jamie A. Whitis, Helen Perkins, Laverna F. Conner, Lottie Belle Schtte, Ray F. Dillon, Sr., Gertrude Brackney, Bonnie Grumbein Bruns, Ted Funk, Ethel Sunley, Harold P. Walker, Armella McCormick, Velma Brackney English, Beulah Ramsey, Ralph W. Carmichael, Wilfred S. Turley, Carl Higgins, Robert J. ‘Bob’ Peters, Cecil Johnson, Dr. W. A. Spomer, James Fulkerson, Teresa Smith Johnson, Ruby Roher Anderson, Anna Tanck, Lester Juvenal, Bill Goering, Willard Irvin, Father Russell Simms, Donna Weeks, Johnny Neidenthal, Amelia Geist Pfannenstiel, Gerhard Keller, Mary Healy, Ralph ‘Pete’ Moses, Inez Skinner, Patty Ryan Niehaus, Sarah Casey, Rev. Elmer Robison,
 
Carolyn Thompson attended the 3A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament on Saturday at Beloit.  Susan Keith is an assistant coach for Ellsworth.  They didn’t advance.  Beloit has a wonderful facility and they can play two matches at the same time.  On Sunday, members of St. Bernard and St. Ignatius Catholic Churches participated in a Respect Life event at the intersection of Highway 156 and State Highway 140 at the edge of Ellsworth.  Mike Keith is the Respect Life Chairman for St. Bernard’s.  Thirty-nine men, women and children took part.  They held signs made by the CYO.  Susan, Shannon and Carolyn joined the group.
 
Ken and Bryan Thompson, Salina, were here Sunday for dinner at the City Building with Ben Thompson, who returned home recently from Washington, D. C. 
 
McCracken History Notes
October 1908
J. W. Swisher of Saunders called on us Wednesday and subscribed for the paper.
 
Henry Ree is finishing a house of eight rooms on his farm.  Will Close and Oscar Elias are doing the work.
 
October 1938
Those 5th and 6th graders making perfect grades in spelling were Lola Boles, Marie Brenner, Pete Derr, Marjorie Donecker, Doris Higgins, Bill Klug, Richard Moses, Kenneth Mills, Norma Sperry, Rosalie Sweeney, Augustine Unrein, Thomas Birdsong, Dorothy Elmore, Lester Juvenal, Paul Moses, Robert Mullennix and Bennie Thompson.  Marjorie Leonhart was absent last week with a toothache.
 
Joe E. Brown in ‘The Gladiator’ with June Travis – Plus Jack Luden in ‘Phanton Gold’ will be playing at the Garden Theatre Friday and Saturday.
 
October 1948
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rein are moving this week from the farm to their new home in McCracken.  The Rein recently purchased the property formerly owned by the Methodist church and used for a parsonage.
 
Virginia Dugan, office deputy in Ford County got a chance to make an arrest.  A man who was wanted by the sheriff came into the office inquiring about the reason.  Since the Sheriff and Under Sheriff were out, Miss Dugan informed the man that he was under arrest and that he was charged with child desertion.  He was taken to Council Bluffs.
 
October 1958
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Richardson on the birth of a son, Samuel Martin, born October 11, 1958 in LaCrosse.
 
Rush County followed the rest of Kansas in handing the Democratic Party their greatest victory in recent history.  The $175,000 hospital addition carried in the county by a 210 vote margin
 
October 1968
Rich Higgins and Doug Whitis led the McCracken Mustangs to their first victory over Healy with a 66-0 win.  Higgins scored 5 touchdowns, Whitis 2, Bob Foster and Bill Wetzel each added one.
 
Sadie Hanson has moved to the Homestead Villa in Hoisington.
 
October 1978
Running back Craig Stull rushed for 99 yards on 14 carries and the Mustangs gathered 240 yards enroute to a victory over Lucas-Luray on Friday by a score of 36-18.
 
October 1988
Clifford Speck has moved into a home on Beech Street.
 
 Larry Edmundson now resides at the corner of Locust and Second Street.
 
October 1998
Valerie Rogers and Deanna Miller were queen candidates at LaCrosse High School Homecoming.  Tayler Stull was a crown bearer.