December 30, 2010 News

Goodbye 2010 – Hello 2011.  May be it your best year yet!
 
Birthdays:  December 30, Velma Legleiter, Vicky Overley; December 31, Mary Beth Higgins, Aaron Wiebe, Jaden Jacobs, Michael Karlin, Stephanie Greenway, Emma Showalter; January 1, Nathan Anderson; January 2, Bill Greenway, DeAnna Bergquist, Bob Dale, Julie McCormick, Lynette Guy; January 3, Alberta Kreisel, Melvin Simmerman; January 4, Lisa Groff; January 5, Darwin Herdman, Clayton Wilson, Deb Gaunt.
 
Anniversaries:  December 30, Dona and Melody Casey, Doug and Staci Elias; December 31, Arky and Diane McNair; January 1, Bob and Della Miller; January 2, Dan and Pat Petz; January 3, Trenton and Jana Herdman.
 
Wilma Jacobs, Mary Ann Quinoness and Add Mills met at 4 Corners Café for lunch last week.
 
Addie Mills visited with Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Karlin and Mike on Monday afternoon. While in Hays, Addie also saw Donna and Kelly Hansen and visited with Jack Klee.
 
Austin McGaughey hosted Christmas Eve dinner at his home Friday evening. Guests present were Richard Showalter, Rob and Helena McGaughey, George and Joy Hunter, Amanda Showalter, Rianne, Kyson, and Terran, Carly Jo Derr, Jim and Cheryll Rutherford and George.
 
Christmas Eve supper guests of Aaron and Leslie McGaughey and family were Rob and Helena McGaughey, Chuck and Pat Heidrick and their families. They also celebrated the birthdays of Chuck and Pat.
 
Shirley’s Christmas guests were Jerry, Jodi, Tanner, Jenna, Chuck, Zach, Tammy, Kyra, Cameron, Dominic, Kayla, Lindsey, Nicole and two dogs.
 
Christmas guests of Rob and Helena McGaigjeu were Austin McGaughey, Carly Jo Derr and J.C. Archer.
 
Early Christmas Day guests of Bill and Paula Greenway were Ron and Ruth Crawshaw, Bernadine Grey, Jeff and Billie Crawshaw.  Dinner was held at the UM Church with additional guests, Alana Rogers, Mamie, Ashlin, Darion and Areinna.
 
A Christmas Eve lunch was held at the home of Mary McCormick with Dan and Kim Townsend, Jacob and Megan; Jeff and Julie McCormick and Lance McCormick and Lucy Vogle.  Christmas Eve night was held at the home of Bet and Jeanette McCormick.
 
Bob and Della Miller and Addie Mills were Christmas dinner guests of Marty and Tina Mills.
 
Willard Mills, 89, Moran, Kansas, died Thursday, December 23 at his farm home. He was the son of the late Guy and Lydia Miller Mills of McCracken. Services were held on Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Elmore United Methodist Church.  (Obituary will follow).
 
 Kenneth E. Wagner, 82, died December 23, 2010. He was born September 25, 1928 to Arthur and Alta Wagner. He married Carol Davis April 12, 1953, she survives along with two sons, his brother, and three sisters, one being Gladys Hinman. Burial was Monday at Kansas Veterans' Cemetery, Wakeeney.
 
Gerald Crotinger writes that his great aunt, Grace Lily Allen, was also a graduate of Entre Nous around 1914-15.  She stayed with someone in the McCracken/Hampton area while she attended.  Does anyone know who that was?  She was a sister to Gerald’s grandfather, James M. Allen.   They lived north of Bison then.  He sent a picture of her on her graduation day.
 
Verlene Wilson and Lydia Schoenberger were in town on Thursday.  They picked up two McCracken cookbooks.  Verlene said the cover of hers was completely gone.  These new ones have a more durable cover and the print is larger for ease of reading.  Verlene also told me about her trip in November to the Holy Lands.
 
January 29, is the 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood.  Tim Rues sent a bumper sticker that reads, “Return Capital to Lecompton (for Kansas150th   Statehood anniversary)”.  The first part is in big letters so many of my friends think that I am off on another cause.  Beginning January 30 through February 27, there will be a series of talks and dramatic interpretations at Lecompton.  We will publish these programs prior to their presentations.  They are free and are held at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays at Lecompton.
 
Ben Thompson and Galen Allen were guests of Carolyn Thompson for Christmas dinner.  Guests on Monday of Carolyn were Deb Gaunt, Eric Scriven, Galen Allen, Mike, Susan and Shannon Keith and Ben Thompson.
 
Mass on Saturday January 1, at 4:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Father Kraus presiding.
 
McCracken History Notes
 
January 1891
We are still enjoying the most beautiful winter weather that ever blessed even sunny Kansas….the Italy of America!
 
January 1901
B. H. Hicks recently purchased 10,000 bushels of corn to feed his stock.
 
Population of McCracken is 281; population for Rush County, 6,134.
 
January 1911
 
Chester A. Reynolds and Miss Cora Hicks were married Sunday while the blizzard raged fiercely outside.
 
January 1921
Winnie Williams and Henry Ream were married at the home of the bride in Ozark, Missouri on Christmas Day.
 
January 1931
800 hunters participated in a county-wide rabbit hunt sponsored by the St. Louis Times in connection with the Red Cross to feed the needy of St. Louis.  Over 6,000 rabbits were killed.
 
January 1941
Mrs. Fred Morris and son, evacuees from China, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Derr and sons.
 
January 1951
$150,000.00 loss resulted from the fire that burned the Lubri-Gel Products Co.
 
January 1961
LaVern Showalter will manage the Stephens store in Hill City.
 
January 1971
Furlen Irvin received a merit award for his suggestion to replace the lock nuts on the cargo doors of the 727 with nut plates.
 
January 1981
David Hays and sons will be one of the 100 breeders to exhibit Yorkshire stock at the winter conference in Bowling Green Kentucky.