November 6, 2014 News

Birthdays: November 7, Troy Petz, Kathy Huddleston Coen, Donna McKinney, Dave Libberton; November 8, Chris Jones, Francis Wierman, Janice Stull, Kim Townsend, Charlotte Ochs; November 9, Chuck Higgins, Gavin Hayes; November 10, Machree Jones; November 11, Danny Mills, Janice Brack Haney, Kelli Sloan; November 12, Brandon Engleman..

Anniversaries: November 8, Darwin and Lynnette Grumbein; November 10, Melvin and Karen (Norlin) Simmerman; November 11, Vic and Susie Parsons.

Happy Birthday to Francis Wierman who will turn 92 years old on November 8.

The following items have been donated by Crystal Ryan Foust to the Jail/Museum: McCracken Centennial Plate, McCracken High School plate - school from 1910 to 1957; First Methodist Church plate 1917-1967; a centennial pitcher, a centennial jail museum mug, a centennial bell (clear glass) and a toothpick holder of the original school house 1887-1910 made in Germany for G. W. Farwell store of McCracken; a blue and gold letter jacket for 1971-72 l A Champions.

Hampton Items by Lillian Murphy Chadwick:

Andrew Murphy and his wife Addie were my grandparents. They lived near McPherson where Horace, Essie, Elmer and Frank were born. Then they moved to Illinois. - returning by covered wagon to Hampton, Kansas. Arch was three years old and Emma two months. They lived on a farm outside Hampton for several years. The children attended the Hampton school. Grandpa Murphy was a farmer and worked in masonry. He helped build stone buildings in and around the vicinity - Hampton, McCracken, Liebenthal - several churches, banks and business houses. When Archie was six years old he remembered a flood - The Big Timber Creek overflowed, flooding the low lands. Grandpa Murphy's farm was one and when Grandma Murphy found a water moccasin in the kitchen she insisted they move. They did to the outskirts of McCracken then on to the old Murphy farm north of McCracken on the Rush and Ellis county line where Grandpa Murphy farmed.

Mike Karlin was a Saturday overnight and Sunday visitor of Addie Mills.  They also visited with Andy Hansen on Saturday.  They enjoyed lunch at Kentucky Fried Chicken on Sunday before meeting Mike’s parents.
 
Bobby and Eileen Mills were Sunday overnight guests of his parents, Marty and Tina Mills.  They were enroute to their new home at Federal Way, Washington near Seattle from their former home in Clearwater, Florida.  Addie Mills joined them for lunch on Monday.  They also stopped by Bob and Della Miller’s home in Brookville and Sunday afternoon.

Friday October 24th, John and Melanie Zeller drove to Salina to eat at Martinelli’s and go to the Stiefel Theater to see the group Heart perform. The food was excellent and so was the show, the Wilson sisters can still rock and roll! After the show they motored to Manhattan to stay with Richard and Nancy Baker. There they enjoyed Nancy’s Birthday/K-State Party on Saturday! They had a wonderful time visiting with Nancy, Richard, and their family, Cathy Casey and others. The next morning they headed to Salina to shop then onward Hays to visit with Kiel and Sarah Emerson. They had a nice weekend and were glad to be home.

Francis Wierman will celebrate his 92nd birthday November 8, 2014. He would appreciate your cards. Please send to 615 Locust Street #106, LaCrosse, KS 67548.

Austin, Jeannie Elias, Mark & Linda and Brett and Holly had some ‘cool’ Halloween lights.

Don’t forget the tribute to veterans to be held Sunday, November 9 at 11:00 at the United Methodist Church.

Shirley, Tammy & Chuck attended the 6A volleyball tournament in Topeka Friday morning. The Hutch girls lost all the matches. We saw some great players. Girls were over 6’ with legs longer than telephone poles.

We have some Kansas Sampler books if you are interested. They are $25 but it would be to your advantage to pick them up, costs $12.00 to mail. Both Carolyn and Shirley have the books.

1952 History Notes

July

Miss Arlene Ingraham has been employed as music teacher in the Marquette schools for the coming year; Miss Lorraine Lacy will teach in the Cimarron high school; Miss Marie McCormick will teach in the Atwood high school; Alvin Maddy has accepted a position as superintendent and coach of the Beverly grade school.

McCracken population is 508, last year it was 531. There are 1,003 farms reported in the county.

August

All vacancies in the McCracken schools have been filled. Betty See Kessler will be music teacher; Miss Violet Meats, commerce; Millie Wade principle of the grade school; Mrs. Mae Meehan will teach 5th and 6th grades. Leroy Barrett will be the new principle at the grade school.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Owen have leased the McCracken Hotel and have taken charge. MHS has an enrollment of 32; Alexander 27; Bison 42; LaCrosse 184. Grade school enrollment: Nekoma 18, Rush Center 59, Otis 111, Alexander 68, McCracken 124 Bison 78 and St. Michael’s Parochial 100.

September

McCracken which plays six-man football has 10 boys out for practice under Coach Al Rues. Players are Maurice “Lefty” Higgins, Dight House, Augustine “Hippy” Thompson, Dean Gilbert, Jimmie Jones, Harold “Curly” Juvenal, Bill Lovitt, LeeRoy Schuckman, Tommy O’Loughlin, Byron Gilbert and Joe Jennings.

October

The McCracken-Bison football game will be broadcast over radio station KAYS at Hays.

Malcolm “Diz” Washaliski played with the Hutch Juco football team in the game at Dodge City.

November

1952 is the driest year on record in Rush County.

Dial telephones will go into effect after January 1, 1953.

The average family income in Rush County is $2,500. The population for the county on March 1, 1952 was 7,183.

December

McCracken invites the kiddies to attend free movies at the Garden Theatre Saturday December 13th and Saturday the 20th. Santa Claus will distribute treats to the children after the movie.

The McCracken Public Library had fifteen children at the Spook Parade.  After the parade they went to the Methodist church for hot dogs, macaroni and cheese and prizes from the library. In the near future, the library will have jigsaw puzzles out to work on here at the library.  Everyone come and enjoy putting them together.