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The Wabaunsee County Signal.Enterprise, Thursday, July 11, 2002
McFarland News
A.N. Winkler
765-3382
once again the McFarland.
Activity Group provided activ-
ities for the 4th of July cele-
bration in the city park. The
afternoon events included
horseshoe pitching contests
and volleyball. Around 5 p.m.
the free pork roast dinner was
served to over a hundred peo-
ple. Sheila and Floyd Nelson,
who served the pork, beans,
and potato salad, spearheaded
the feast. The towns people
furnished the desserts and
side dishes. After raffle ticket
prizes were handed out, the
children were entertained
with a couple pinatas on the
tennis court. After darkness
covered the town, a fine dis-
play of fireworks was enjoyed.
Although the 4th of July
wasn't declared a legal holiday
until 1941, celebrations have
occurred in Kansas for many
years. A history web site
records that America's first
bullfight was held at Dodge
City, Kansas on July 4, 1884.
A correction from a previ-
ous article: Bemlce Gehrt was
in the class of '37, not '36, and
held its Junlor-Senior Ban-
quet at the Modoc. Dorothy
Kratzer, who was also a mem-
ber of the '37 class and at-
tended the banquet, pointed
this out to me.
I had a couple unexpected
visitors drop in from 1-70 last
week. One was a lady return-
ing to her home in Idaho after
visiting relatives in West Vir-
ginia. She came into town and
came across Jack Beavers,
who gave her directions to my
house. Her last name was
"McFarland" and she was in-
terested in how our town be-
came named McFarland. I told
her the story how the town
was founded by a man named
S,H. Fairfield in 1887, but he
couldn't name the town after
himself because he had
founded another town earlier
about two miles west and
named it Fairfield. He named
his new town "McFarland" af-
ter his good friend Judge Noah
C. McFarland of Topeka. At
this time, the fires were still
burning strong in Colorado so
I asked if this could be a prob-
lem for her. Instead of going
west, she was heading north to
South Dakota to see the Black
Hills, and then drop into
Idaho from Montana. She said
while heading east the previ-
ous week, traffic was stopped
on 1-70 in Colorado because of
the fire.
Later that same day, a man
came to my door and said, "Hi,
my name is Art Denney and
my great-great-grandfather
was John Winkler." (He was
my great-grandfather). "Hello
cousin," I said, even though I'd
never met him before. He had
stopped at the Oasis Bar &
Grill inquiring where the
Denver House, owned by John
Winkler, had been located and
that a remnant of it could still
be seen. I hope he will return
for a longer visit sometime.
Alma News
Virginia Snodgrass
765-3368
Attention Commodities
will be distributed at the Alma
Community Center on July
18th from 12:30 - 2 p.m. If you
feel you are eligible, stop byl
Kathryn Thowe has had
several setbacks. She's been in
and out of intensive care.
Monday afternoon, she had to
go back into intensive care. If
you'd like to sent her a card,
the address is Kathryn Thowe,
St. Luke Hospital, Mid Amer-
ica Heart Institute, 4401 Wor-
nal Rd., K.C., MO 64111-3220.
Sylvia Palenske attended
the funeral of her uncle, Emil
Lutz, Sr. last week. Emil was
one of two state highway em-
ployees who helped capture
the bank robbers who robbed
the bank in Alma in the early
1950's.
Visitors at the home of Al-
ice Johnson on Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruyn
who were returning to their
home in Kansas City after a
week's vacattoti in Estes Park,
Colorado. They also visited
Mrs. Bruyn's parents, Bob and
Helen Schmidt.
Jeff and Kathy Aune, Alex
and Andy of Golden Valley,
Minnesota, visited for a week
over the 4th of July holiday
with Grandma Jean Litke.
They all traveled to Wichita
on June 28th to take part in
the Relay for Life event held at
the Sedgwlck County Zoo.
Megan Aune Is now listed as a
cancer survivor and was se-
lected to be the representative
for this event by appearing on
"IV to promote the Relay for
Life and was the official
starter for the relay by leading
all the survivors present on
the first lap and cutting the
starting ribbon. What a happy
moment for all her friends
and relativesl The weekend
was spent visiting with Jason,
Angela and Megan Aune of
Wichita, and Julle, Kevin and
Aubrie Harris of Norwich,
Kansas. On the way back to
Alma Monday, July Ist, the
Aune's and Grandma Jean and
Aubrie Harris stopped at the
Spring Hill Ranch by Strong
City. They all enjoyed touring
the house and barn area. The
rest of the holiday week was
spent visiting relatives in
Alma and the fireworks dis-
play in the park. Alex and
Andy especially enjoyed
swimming in the creek at Un-
cle Paul Litke's and the tractor
and 4-wheeler rides at the Bob
Sommer farm. They plan to
do it again next year.
Last week Wednesday, John
Theel and David and Melany
Solar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
stayed overnight at Laura
Theel's.
Loretta Watkins, Topeka,
spent several days last week
with Alfred and Fern Ten-
Eyck. She Is Fern's sister.
Wally and Edith Ann
Gronquist had a block party
on the 4th of July with their
family and all their friends
and neighbors.
Monday was Fern TenEy-
ck's birthday and she enjoyed
all the phone calls she re-
ceived wishing her a happy
birthday.
Wayne and Elaine Theel,
Emporia, picked Ella Theel up
on the 4th of July and they
went to Wamego and met Eve-
lyn Clark. Then they all went
to eat lunch together.
Early Thursday morning,
July 4th, Wayne and Jane
Golf, Rebecca, Teresa, Jana
and Josh, Manhattan, Ryan
Lynch, Keats, Pa.trick Watts,
Gove, Donnle Snodgrass,
Stanley Snodgrass, Ruthie
Van Houten, Doryl and Vir-
ginia Snodgrass, 13 of us in
two vans and a car, made up
our own little caravan as we
headed for Red Oak, Texas for
our vacation. We arrived that
afternoon at the home of Tim
and Sadellia Snodgrass, John
and Daniel. Also joining them
for the weekend was Chris and
Stephanie Campbell and Ash-
ley of q~yler, Texas. That night
we all went to Dallas to see
the inaugural Trinity Fest
fireworks. It was an extraor-
dinary extravaganza. We
watched it with thousands of
other people from the ramps
and surrounding area of the
Reunion Arena. We did not go
into the arena with the
150,000 people. We stayed on
the top and had a good view
without being crowded. When
some of the aerial fireworks
burst open, it would be a large
heart shape, or a smiley face
or the peace sign and a couple
of times up high in the sky, it
would be the sparkling letters,
USA. Everyone said "Wow!"
and applauded and cheered.
Then the ones that spread out
llke an umbrella were so gi-
gantic, it seemed like they
covered the whole town of
Dallas. It was so wonderful -
more than works can describe.
On Friday, Greg Snodgrass
and Renee joined us and we
went to the section of Dallas
called The West End. We went
into several shops, went sight-
seeing and saw the Kennedy
Memorial building, and went
walking on the streets of
downtown Dallas to see the
big buildings. Then we rode
the DART train the whole
route and someplace it goes
underground under Dallas.
Saturday morning we went
sightseeing around and in Red
Oak. Saturday afternoon, we
went to the Arlington Ball
Park and saw the Texas
Rangers play ball Saturday
night. After we got back from
the game, we had homemade
ice cream and cake for Daniel
Snodgrass's and Teresa GolTs
birthdays.
It was hot and dry there
and we came back home Sun-
day and it's hot and dry here,
too.
Something that made it so
easy to stay together while
traveling was each vehicle had
a small two way radio so we
could communicate with each
other as to what lane to be in
and when were going to turn
off. Also in Dallas, Tim was
able to talk to all of us at the
same time so in each vehicle
we would hear him like a
guided tour.
Ryan Theel took care of our
animals while we were gone
and so they were all okay
when we got back.
785-765-3327
or
785-765-3384
News
Ruby Seematter
Along a rough and rocky
road, or by a field of flowers He
sees our bruised and weary
feet and sets His pace to durs.
We may walk in a shady glen
where streams so peaceful
flow. No matter where the
path may wind, we know that
He will go.
On July 21st, Chole Rollin,
formerly of Paxico and now at
the Alma Manor, will be cele-
brating her 95th birthday. She
loves to hear from friends and
neighbors. Drop her a card at
the Alma Manor, Alma, Kan-
sas 66401.
Father John Torrez will
have his mass scheduling in
this week's bulletin. If you did
not get one, please stop by the
church and pick up one. Fa-
ther John will be taking care
of Sacred Heart and the
Catholic Church i
By the time
per comes out, the
will be back
Georgia. We went'
to watch our tw0
Cody Seematter
Glotzbach,
National BI3
Gun Contest.
USD
given out at the
from 3:00 to
for those who
the guidelines.
formation, call
5525.
Do hope
good safe week.
A thought
aware is more
self-esteem.
by: The
Pool
Make sure your calendar
has July 14th marked as
Maisie Day in Eskridge. The
Swimming Pool Committee is
sponsoring a reception to
honor Maisie on her great ac-
complishment of becoming a
State and National Jefferson
Award winner and for her
years of dedication to making
sure a swimming pool would
be built for the kids (young
and old} of the community.
The reception will take place
at the Eskridge Senior Clti-
zens Center from 1-3 p.m. and
then a short re-dedication of
the pool is planned to begin at
3:30 p.m. with a free swim for
all until 8 p.m. Stop in and
congratulate Maisle and take
a look at her wonderful
awards.
Pool Hours 1-8 daily.
Adult swim from 8-9:30 p.m.
except when a pool party is
booked. Admission, $1.50.
Telephone number 449-2220.
Questions or comments are
always welcome. Please feel
free to contact anyone on
Maisie's Community Swim-
ming Pool Board of Directors.
Maisle DeVore, Member
emeritus; Rod
dent; LaDeen Allen,
ident; Hal JoneS,
Leslie Wines,
Hildebrand,
Carman Keene,
ber; Doily
Member; Carl
Member; Deanfl
Board Member.
ff (gws is
wing. - Gene
Dea¢
articles, ads
If possible, we
like news
brought in on
Phone
FAX 785
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McKnight Field
Summer Ball Schedule
July 12 thru July 20
9-10 Girls Tournament July 12-16
Friday, July 12-
6:30& 8:!5 9-10 GirlsTournan~nt- ....
Saturday, July 13- 9 a.m - 6:30 p.m. 9-10 Girls
Sunday, July 14 -,
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6:lSp.m-8:00p.m 9-10 GirlsTO~'a
7:00 p.m. 9-10 Girl
(if needed)
7:00 Women's Tournament
8:00 Women' s Toummanet
9:00 Women's Tournament
10:00Women's Tou~ent
Friday, July 19 -Possible Continuation of Women'
7:00 Men's Game
II 8:00 Men's Game
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