2B THE OBERLIN HERALD Wednesday, February 1, 2006

THE OBERLIN HERALD

Events of YesteryearBy Jody Betts

Cedar Living News

Midway NewsBy Mary Lou Olson

125 YEARS AGO — Feb. 1881County Treasurer Hitchcock is

able to be about but is still prettyweak. It will be some time before heis as strong as formerly.

The town of Oberlin was full ofpeople Saturday last, over 125 wag-ons belonging to farmers, were onour streets at one time. This is agood showing for a town out on thefrontier.

New township officers:Grant: L. A. Lamb,

trustee; Charles Bradbury, trea-surer; W. D. Akins, clerk; E. Allenand S. N. West, justices of thepeace; R. L. Booth and Able Cox,constables, John Robinson, roadoverseer.

Jennings: BedfordJennings, trustee; Mr. Hursch, trea-surer; J. W. Rector, clerk; EvertonDoom and H. L. Millen, justices ofthe peace; L. M. Wamsly and JamesAdcock, constables; J. D. Neusam,John Fulmer and J. B. Allen, roadoverseers.

100 YEARS AGO — Feb. 1906Dr. Morrison has begun getting

material together for his new houseon Penn Avenue.

Elbert Chilson and his wife ofSappa Township are the parents ofa pair of twin boys born Tuesday,Jan. 30 and weighing 10 and 1/4pounds each.

A. J. Metcalf has purchased theold Capt. Allen residence propertynow owned by H. R. Marietta.

The names of the 10 largest tax-payers in the county are: O. L.Benton, A. J. Metcalf, Victor Lorig,M. E. Mix, S. A. Fish, G. Brown, V.B. Wiggins, J. I. Decker, I. E.Larrick and George Colby.

75 YEARS AGO — Feb. 1931The Norcatur Commercial Club

members were guests of OberlinRotary Club at an inter-city meet-ing held at the splendid auditoriumof the Norcatur High School build-ing Tuesday evening. The dinnerprepared by the club women ofNorcatur and served by high schoolgirls to 115 persons was of south-ern style and most excellently pre-pared. Guests were introduced by

Frank Nelson and Rotarians byHarwood Benton. Violin music wasplayed by Miss Ruth Rickenbacherand a piano solo by Miss MildredNibert.

An unmistakable omen thatspring is in the offing was the un-loading Tuesday of a carload of thenew John Deere tractors for the J. C.Nitsch Implement Company.

Kanona: A handsome 7-poundbaby boy arrived Jan. 20 to make hishome with Mr. and Mrs. F. A.Soderlund.

Miss Irel Barnes, superintendentof the Atwood Hospital, spentTuesday with Oberlin friends andrelatives.

Dresden: We are quite proud ofour Dresden high school andDresden town team basketballteams. They have been winningmost of their games.

Jennings: Boulls Motor Co. un-loaded another carload of Fords lastweek.

The DCHS basketball team wonover Brewster 35-33 in a gameplayed at Brewster. Sam Francis ledthe scorers with 23 points.

Traer: A fine baby boy arrived atthe home of Mr. and Mrs. LewisWonderly on Sunday.

50 YEARS AGO — Feb. 1956Dedication of the Oberlin Cov-

enant Church will be held on Sun-day afternoon. The Rev. ClarenceSwanson is pastor of the new churchwhich is located across the streetsouth from the Decatur CountyHospital.

Funeral services were held forMrs. John (Christina Kuhlman)Lueke, 82, who was born in Ger-many and came to this country in1868. She came to Decatur Countyin 1887 after her marriage and thecouple made their first home in adugout in Logan Township. Theylater built a home on the site nowoccupied by St. John’s LutheranChurch northwest of Oberlin.

The community was saddened tolearn of the death of Vern Bradleyby a fatal heart attack at his black-smith shop. When he was 13, hisfather, Perry Bradley purchased theOberlin Foundry and was assisted

by his three sons, Vern, being theyoungest. Vern took over manage-ment of the shop upon the death ofhis father and in later years thename was changed to BradleyBlacksmith and his son, Orvin, hasassisted him. Other survivors in-clude his wife, Jennie, and twodaughters, Odene Koehler andElaine Mines.

Dr. C. M. Dillon, osteopathicphysician, is moving to Oberlinthis week and will open his officein the north end of the Max Bobbittbuilding, next to Olson Shoe Ser-vice.

Atoning for an early season 52-34 setback at Hoxie that hadplagued them all season, the Ober-lin Red Devils smashed the Indi-ans 96-70 at the DCHS gym lastFriday. Sparked by the fine floorplay and feeding of Allen Jeffus,Rusty Addleman and Jerry Bakerplus the 40-point performance of6-5 sophomore Bob Vernon, theDevils were never in trouble.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbelltook Mrs. Dennis Campbell toWaKeeney Sunday where she tookthe train for Kansas City. FromKansas City she went by plane toNew York City where she will at-tend interior decorating school.

25 YEARS AGO — Feb. 1981First baby of the New Year,

Elizabeth Jean Fort, daughter of

Robert and Julie Fort, arrived Jan.23 at Decatur County Hospital. Fortis an employee of Halliburton Ser-vices.

Families to be honored by theDecatur County Conservation Dis-trict at the annual meeting to be heldat the Oberlin American Legion areMr. and Mrs. Charley Vavroch, Mr.and Mrs. Sylvester Meitl, Mr. andMrs. Richard Carter, John andElwin Brunk and Mr. and Mrs.Herschel Betts. In addition, a newaward for Wildlife Habitat Conser-vation will be presented to Mr. andMrs. Allen Wurm and Mr. and Mrs.Rex Wurm.

An April 26 wedding is plannedat the United Church of Oberlin forPatricia Bryant and Barry Richards.Miss Bryant is the daughter of Mrs.John A. Bryant the late John Bryantand her fiance is the son of KarenMetcalf and Norman Richards.

American Field Service studentElisabeth Ueland of Norway wasguest speaker at the Jan. 26 meetingof Pi Alpha Club.

The Cheylin boys continue todominate the Oberlin InvitationalBasketball tournament with a 52-41win over Grinnell while theGrinnell girls defeated Cheylin towin the championship trophy.

The 120th birthday of the State ofKansas was observed on Sunday,Jan. 25 by the Heritage Associatesof Jennings

.

Congratulations to Chris andGabe Anderson, who both placedfirst in the wrestling tournament onSaturday in Colby. Chris won firstin the 70-pound division, and Gabe,first in the 60-pound division forthose ages 10 and under. Richardand Maureen Anderson andSamantha, and Detta Anderson at-tended the tournament.

Joy Votapka and Detta Andersontook Mary Lou Olson out for lunchon Friday at the LandMark Inn tocelebrate her birthday.

Dick Kelley is recuperating sat-isfactorily from recent hip surgery.Kevin Kelley of Topeka was inKearney, Neb., with him for the sur-gery, then Sheldon Kelley ofFredericksburg, Colo., spent a fewdays with Dick and Donna Kelley.

Wesley Benda and Mary LouOlson were honored with a birthdaydinner on Sunday at the home ofMark and Barbara Olson, Sarah,Kurt and Mary. Others present wereEulaine Benda, Gerald and PattiBenda, and Duygu Kavran.

Rexford NewsBy Vicki Allison

Jay and Nancy Dahl’s daughter,Linda Dunn of Beloit, had the nic-est article written about her in theJanuary 2006 issue of the SER Cor-poration publication, SERvices ForYou. Linda is employed as an inde-pendent living specialist and part-time resident assistant at OCCK’sBeloit facility. Cindy Villarreal,regional manager, wrote the article,“Building a Successful Partner-ship.” Linda and her husband, Bob,have four children.

Gary and Mary Withers aregrandparents! Kristi (Withers) andDave Gray are proud to announcethe birth of Cade Anthony who wasborn Jan. 26 at 11:30 p.m., weigh-ing 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Gary,Mary and Danny Withers went toWichita to welcome Cade home.

Lyn Cheney’s great-grand-mother, Fanny Peacock, died lastweek at the age of 100. She was aresident of Atwood.

There were five tables at the Le-gion pinochle tournament held Sat-urday, Jan. 21. First-place winnerswere Dick Sanford and son, KennySanford; second-place winnerswere Dave Williams and nephew,Dwight Williams; and in third placewere Jacque Boultinghouse andTammy Shaw.

The Royal Neighbors of Americalodge met at the Community Hallon Thursday with six memberspresent, including Darlene Robben,Deb Stepper, Jean Hawkins, GraceCheney, Betty Carswell, andMargie Leh as hostess. After lodgethe group joined Come on Down.

Lions Club had its regular meet-ing Monday evening. The clubwishes to express its appreciation toNathan Reed, Rexford Grain man-ager, for donating the biscuit mixfor the biscuit and gravy lunch onJan. 15.

Golden Plains School Districtand the community extend appre-ciation to the Lions Club membersfor working the ticket booth duringthe Golden Plains athletic events.

The Shepherd Staff catered for 25women over the weekend whospent hours working on photoscrapbooking.

John Stanley of Oberlin was asurprise visitor of Dennis and VickiAllison on Saturday. Also Vicki’sbrother, Duke Anderson of Topeka,was back to hunt the final weekendof pheasant season and visit familyand friends

The Rexford Community Churchheld a fellowship luncheon after ser-vices on Sunday.

Last Thursday Cleda Moederwent to Oberlin to visit her sister-in-law, Delores Zodrow, who had sur-gery on Tuesday of that week. VestaRoth accompanied her. The womenwere friends with the Zodrowsthrough Lions Club.

Red Barn news: TheBarnswallows had three tables ofcard players on Monday.

Those at Come on Down onThursday were Dick Sanford, CledaMoeder, Buck Harper, LawrenceHorinek and Rex Carswell.

There were 13 in for KoffeeKlatch on Friday: Grace Cheney,Berneda Zoberst, Eunice Sanford,Deborah Gamboa, Jean Hawkins,Vesta Roth, Deb Stepper, HuldaWark, Cleda Moeder, FredaKetchum, Margaret Arasmith,Delores Dible and Sondra Barnett.

Golden Plains events: On Mon-day the high school scholar bowlteam, Jessica Shaw, Scott Johnston,Valerie Broeckelman, AndrewBroeckelman and Clay Phillips, re-ceived first place at the Brewstermeet with five schools participating.The middle school traveled toWeskan on Tuesday for the FreedomLeague academic bowl. The eighthgrade took first place and the seventhgrade placed second, out of nineschools participating.

This week’s high school basket-ball games at Rexford were with theHealy Eagles on Tuesday, Bulldogswinning 59-33 and Lady Bulldogswinning 53-44, and with the GrinnellWarriors on Friday with both teamswinning, Bulldogs 57-53, and theLady Bulldogs winning by ninepoints.

The high school cheerleaders haveshown excellent talent in cheeringand stunting to support the teams andin keeping the fans excited through-out the games. The squad consists ofJennifer Eatherly, captain; AshleyAlbers, co-captain; Jami Wark;Amanda Rall; Elizabeth Staats;Megan Juenemann; and CaitlynMoss

The middle school playedBrewster at Rexford on Thursdaywith a win only to the girls B team.

Valerie Broeckelman and JessicaShaw were selected to play in theAll-star volleyball match on Sundayat Max Jones Field House inGoodland

Deb Stepper donated severalbooks pertaining to geographicallocations to the library.

Governor Sebelius has pro-claimed January as “School BoardRecognition Month” and the localboard members were honored atthe January meeting. BettyBarnett, district clerk, distributedcertificates of appreciation. Super-

intendent Dr. Baskerville and theclerk presented the seven boardmembers with pen and clock desksets. They are Teri Brantley, presi-dent; Jay Todd, vice-president; anddirectors Dr. Dennis Allison, theRev. Lane Purcell, PaulBruggeman, Mark Miller andLeroy Spresser.

Dennis Brown of the Forget-Me-Nots hosted a party at Cedar LivingCenter on Monday afternoon. Heserved meat, cheese, and crackersto residents, staff and guests.

Myrna Jones and Mary AnnAmack led the sing-along time onMonday afternoon.

Fern Moore hosted the readinggroup Tuesday morning. LowellSebaugh won the first bingo thatafternoon and Mildred Cochranwon the blackout game.

Volunteer Catherine Neal led theexercise group on Wednesdaymorning. Juanita Williby assistedwith a game of dice in the afternoon.She served snacks following thegame. Stuart Euhus gave the Biblestudy lesson Wednesday afternoon.

Father George gave a Catholicmass on the Cedar Living Centerpatio Thursday morning.

Opal Huntley assisted the bakinggroup with making sugar cookieson Thursday afternoon.

Barb Solko played pinochle withresidents on Wednesday afternoonand Scrabble on Thursday after-noon.

Vivian Bishop was guest of

honor at a birthday party on Fridayafternoon. Bernice Martin andRoxie Erickson hosted the party andMarie Jean Vavroch assisted. Theyserved doughnuts to residents andguests.

Recent visitors: Ann Martin,Frank Cox, Herndon; Earl Brown,Rick and Tammy Shaw, Selden;Clois Fiala, Mishel Lathan, Colo-rado Springs; Gerald Childs,Olathe; Vendla Tacha, FrancesBader, Elwood Bailey, Jennings;Helen Derby, DoloresDepperschmidt, Paulie Neff,Dresden; Ron and Jerry Temple,Linda Hunt, Janice O’Hare,Norcatur; Jay and Karen Wilson,Great Bend; Mike and MarieMcVay, Colby; Richard andBernadine Samson, Ludell; Larryand Sandy Wolfram, Liberal; LloydHarden, Goodland;

Laurene Van Otterloo, LyleGamblin, Dolores Koerperich, EulaJuenemann, Elaine Bryan, CecilHess, Jody Betts, Jan and TimmarieWalters, Karen Bennett, LavonneBaker, Orlin Beneda, Elvin Beneda,Roxie Pomeroy, Oberlin.

Good Samaritan News“There’s no place like home,

there’s no place like home.” Do youknow who made that line famous?

Yes, you’re right. It was Dorothy,from “The Wizard of Oz.” Do youremember where home was? Rightagain, it was Kansas!

In fact, I think it was Oberlin,Kansas. And to be even more spe-cific, I think it was 108 E. Ash inOberlin, Kansas.

I was recently on vacation, on acruise to Mexico. About the fifthday homesickness began to set in. Istarted to think about “home.”

There are lots of cute little quipsabout home. “Home, home on therange ... Home is where you hangyour hat ... Home Sweet Home ...Home is where your heart is.” Ah, Ithink that one sums it up pretty well.

My immediate family was withme so I wasn’t homesick for them.I was homesick for my Good Samfamily!

Does that surprise you? Itshouldn’t. Within these walls aresome of the most dedicated, lovingprofessionals you could ever hopeto meet and about 44 of the sweet-est grandmas and grandpas in town.The Good Samaritan Center ishome to both the staff and residentsalike, making us one big family.

The nursing home industry is inthe process of what they call “cul-ture change.” We at Good Sam callit developing a “Christian commu-nity of care.”

Another way of saying it is“home.” We want the people wholive here to be at home here. Wehave already made great strides inaccomplishing this goal. But, thereis more we would like to do, and abig part of that includes you. Wewant to extend our hospitality toyou and the community, invitingyou into our home to be a part of ourfamily on a regular basis.

On Sunday, Feb. 5, we are host-ing a communitywide art showfrom 2 to 5 p.m. Art pieces will beon display, refreshments will beserved and Leanne Miller, a verytalented and acclaimed violinist,

will provide music for the after-noon.

While I was away Anita Hirschand her mother, Jeanette Diederich,spent the week with residents cre-ating new watercolor paintings,clay sculptures and a paper quilt tobe part of the show. You will see thetalents of Fern Anderson, RuthLaidig, Virginia Ike, LucySchissler, Nadine Anderson,Everett Fisher, Elsie Macy, HazelFlaska, Irene Wagoner, AlvinaUnger and Jeanette Conway.

Artists both young and old in thecommunity have brought their mas-terpieces for us to enjoy.

Artwork of residents who havemoved to their eternal home, in-cluding Garrah Gaumer, HildegardEuhus, Neva Page Campbell,Catherine Munson, Iris Wurm, andothers, will have a special place inthe display.

I got home from Mexico just intime to take an “armchair” trip toChina to celebrate the Chinese NewYear. All week we explored Chi-nese traditions.

On Monday, origami party hatswere made. Tuesday we had a sillyChinese “language course” fol-lowed by a lesson about the geog-raphy of China. We created beauti-ful Chinese fans with watercolorson Thursday. Rhythm band playedto a different beat this week — Chi-nese music, of course.

All the activities culminated onFriday as we celebrated the ChineseNew Year during Social Hour.Many residents came to figure outwhich Chinese zodiac animal theywere.

Walt Mosier is a rooster; IrelLohoefener, a snake; JeanetteDiederich, a dog; and David McGeeand Edla Olson were rabbits. Wealso had rams, pigs, rats, and an ox.A fortune cookie cake was served,compliments of Jeanette Diederich.The most amusing fortune read,“Disregard all previous cookies.”

Again, thanks to all our faithfulvolunteers and visitors.

It’s great to be home.

Mount Pleasant NewsBy Dianne Bremer

Rhonda May, Hunter and Eliza-beth Nedland, and Roland andPam May, Zach and Hannah at-tended J. Gordon Christensen’sspring organ recital Sunday after-noon at the Lutheran Church inImperial, Neb.

Arthur and Alice May, and Johnand Dianne Bremer and Jessicawere Tuesday evening guests ofLoyd and Fern Moore, Mike andMirla Coleman, Monte and KellyMoore and Gabe, and FrancisMoore. They enjoyed dinner andbirthday cake at a local restaurantand celebrated Art and Alice’s87th birthdays.

Ruth Peters, Walton, was a visi-tor of her mother, KarolynMuirhead, on Thursday and Fri-day.

Ralph and Norma Unger re-turned home Friday evening afterspending a week vacationing in

Washington, D.C. They visited theoffices of Senators SamBrownback, Pat Roberts, and Lind-say Graham of South Carolina, andCongressmen Jerry Moran andTodd Tiart. They also visited theirgreat-nephew, Jeffrey Long, who isserving as a page in the House ofRepresentatives. One of the high-lights during their sightseeing tripswas a visit to the Washington Na-tional Cathedral.

Norman and Joanne Wendelinand Rory were Saturday eveningdinner guests of Darrell and NatalieMickey, McCook.

Marvin May, and Martin andEvelyn May returned home Sundayevening after spending Friday andSaturday night in Andover at thehome of Brian and Sarah (May)Shaw. On Saturday they enjoyedattending a birthday party to helpSarah celebrate her birthday.

Jennings NewsBy Louise Cressler

The community extends sympa-thy to the family of Ray LaRue Jr.,rural Jennings, who died Saturdayin a Denver hospital.

Jane and Amanda Wahlmeierspent Sunday, Jan. 22, with herparents, William and RachelCarter. After church Naomi Carterand Margaret Stanley, Colby,joined them for dinner.

Mary Smith, Sharon Springs,sister of Rachel and Naomi, visitedthe William and Rachel Carter andNaomi Carter families Friday andSaturday.

Keith and Helen Muirhead mettheir daughter, Mignon Barry ofWellfleet, Mass., at Denver Inter-national Airport to join them for a

visit with Mr. and Mrs. RobertMuirhead at Aspen, Colo. Keith andMignon enjoyed a few days of ski-ing.

Merle Snyder is a great-grandmafor the third time.

Brad Meitl, son of Ed Meitl andTheresa Meitl, and Heather had ababy girl, Kimberly, born Jan. 19 inKentucky.

United Methodist Women willmeet Wednesday (today) at 2 p.m.

Jennings City Council will holdits meeting at 7:30 p.m. this Thurs-day in the Senior Center.

The Unified School District 295school board meeting will be at 7p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6.