2B THE OBERLIN HERALD Wednesday, August 9, 2006

THE OBERLIN HERALD

Events of YesteryearBy Jody Betts

Cedar Living News

Let’s Go to the MuseumBy Sharleen Wurm, director

125 YEARS AGO — Aug. 1881Will Ufford left at this office a

sample of common millet and an earof corn, both of which are good.

Hon. Thos. H. Cavanaugh left forKansas City Friday last to purchasedesks and other furniture for theU.S. land office. It is said it will bethe best and nobbiest furniture ofany office in Kansas.

John Marshall has purchased thephotograph gallery and will moveit to the lot adjoining the jewelrystore.

Mark Wright has sold his harnessshop to F.S. Colby.

At the recent county seat electionin Graham County, Milbrook wasdeclared the permanent county seatby a handsome majority.

The festival for the purpose ofraising funds to pay off the indebt-edness on the parsonage in Oberlinwas held last evening in the OberlinHouse. Everybody seemed to enjoythemselves, notwithstanding themercury had stood at 106 degrees inthe shade for the past six days.

100 YEARS AGO —Aug. 1906Sunday night the heaviest rain for

two months fell. It was badlyneeded.

The Ottawa quartet held forthSaturday evening at the operahouse. Raymond Teall sang firsttenor.

Married: Mr. Frank Pasley andMiss Mable Addleman on Aug. 8.

Births:Aug. 7, 1906: a daughter

to Mr. and Mrs. A. Engstrom.July 28, 1906: a son to Mr.

and Mrs. Homer Nicodemus.Aug. 4, 1906: a daughter

to Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Acton.Aug. 5, 1906: a son to Mr.

and Mrs. Bruce Moore.Aug. 1, 1906: a son to Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Sedustine.The Oberlin third team beat

Kanona 15-9 Saturday and wasbeaten by Danbury Tuesday by a 7-5 score.

75 YEARS AGO — Aug. 1931A brother and sister, both stu-

dents at the University of SouthernCalifornia, were victims of a trag-edy which occurred 22 miles westof Oberlin on U.S. 36 Mondaymorning as the couple were return-ing to their home in Glendale, Ca-lif. The Ford roadster they weredriving overturned as the result ofa flat rear tire and the woman waspinned beneath the vehicle causingher death. Her brother was taken tothe Atwood hospital. His injurieswere slight and it was reported thatlater he was able to continue the triphome in the same car.

Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Arehart ofCoffeyville and their son, Mr. E.E.Arehart, wife and baby, of Indepen-dence, are visiting relatives in thecounty. J.H. helped build Oberlin’s

first flour mill and was its engineerfor a number of years.

Word comes from Ft.Leavenworth that Claude Rogers,Leo Ridgway and Dwight Stephensare attending military camp there.The latter is already on the first bas-ketball team.

Word comes from Andy Hargerwho is touring the East that theycontacted Russell Anderson andLester Kirkendall in New York Cityand they all went out to Coney Is-land where something like 800,000people were on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hanson arethe parents of a baby girl born Aug.4 and given the name Marilyn Ruth.

Miss Melba Waldo has returnedfrom Boulder, Colo., where she hasbeen attending school. She expectsto return in the fall to complete workfor her degree.

Dresden: The Ladies Aid held apicnic Wednesday evening on thechurch lawn. A good social timewas enjoyed by all; 84 beingpresent.

Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Brooks andson Max with Mrs. Cora Patton andDixie Lee left Sunday for a two-week vacation in Colorado wherethey will join the C.W. Smick fam-ily.

50 YEARS AGO — Aug. 1956Primary election results in the

state indicate that Warren Shaw hasdefeated Gov. Fred Hall in the Re-publican primary. He will opposeGeorge Docking in the general elec-tion. Docking carried DecaturCounty by a vote of 313 to 232. Onthe local scene Marvin Meyer wonover Ernest McRae for county attor-ney; Ernest Woodward won overPaul A. Nitsch for state representa-tive and Floyd Tice over Tom Nauerfor third district commissioner.Local attorney L.F. Cushenbery’sbid for a state supreme court posi-tion fell short, placing fourth in afield of five.

The Oberlin American Legionteam finished their season last weekwith a record of 13 wins and 7losses.

Supt. H.G. Mahon has an-nounced that Eugene Oshima, a 22-year-old native Hawaiian who re-cently completed graduate work atColorado State College of Educa-tion in Greeley, will replace LutherColyer as science teacher at DCHS.Colyer had asked to be granted arelease from his contract to accepta professorship at the College ofEmporia. Colyer, who had com-pleted a master’s degree from theUniversity of Kansas, plans to dowork toward a doctorate. He camehere in 1946 as a graduate ofPittsburg State College.

Dr. R.M. Phillips, doctor of vet-erinary medicine here since January1953, has opened a new animal hos-pital north of the US 83-36 junction.

A graduate of the Kansas State Vet-erinary School, Dr. Phillips camehere after practicing in Minnesota.

James D. Sohl, a native ofElwood, Neb., will serve as perma-nent teacher at St. John’s LutheranParochial School, replacing GeorgeShone who had taught here for threeyears and has accepted a teachingposition in Chicago.

Winners in the 4-H style revuewere Janice Laidig, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Floyd Laidig of HarlanTownship and a member of Stick-To-It 4-H Club, best dressed girl;and Jack Kelley, son of the DaleKelleys of Grant Township and amember of Star Valley 4-H Club,best groomed boy.

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Brainard an-nounce the engagement and ap-proaching marriage of their daugh-ter, Teresa Ann, to Richard Budig,son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Budigof McCook. The wedding will takeplace Aug. 18 in McCook.

New Arrival: Mr. and Mrs.Wayne Duell, Ludell, son, MyronLee, Aug. 6.

25 YEARS AGO — Aug. 1981The Faith Lutheran Church con-

gregation has issued a call to Gre-gory Larsen, 27, Fairmont, Minn.,who will replace the Rev. LarryArganbright as local pastor. Larsenand his wife, Barbara, are graduatesof Iowa State University and heholds a degree from WartburgTheological Seminary.

An open house at the recently re-modeled courthouse will be heldSaturday afternoon. Includedamong visitors will be the architectfor the $369,000 jail renovation,second stairwell, elevator additionand remodeling project, TopekanCarl Ossman.

New staff members employed forthe Oberlin District 294 for the1981-82 term are; Debra Conaway,a section of fifth grade; Carol AnnClinkenbeard, a section of fifthgrade; Robin McLean, sixth grade;Penny Keller, third grade; JulieSundby, developmental education,level 1-2, OES; Leigh Davis, En-glish, speech-debate; Lee Steward,junior high math; Ahmad Nasseri,physics and chemistry.

New staff members at USD 295Jennings-Clayton according toGerald Fencil, principal, are: JoeKvas, business teacher and coach;Elizabeth Schrock, English andjournalism; and Jan Jenkins, 3rdand 4th grade at Clayton.

Tonie Vaughn, Hutchinson,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GaryVaughn, has been notified that shehad passed the CPA exam whichshe took in May. She began workthis week with the CPA firm ofLindberg and Vogel.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Neff, Dresden,announce the engagement and ap-proaching marriage of their daugh-ter, Mary, to Todd Wilson, son ofMr. and Mrs. Gary Wilson, ruralSelden. The bride-to-be is a 1979graduate of DCHS and attendedDodge City Junior College. Wilsonis a 1981 graduate of DCHS and isemployed by Goltl Construction. ASept. 12, 1981, wedding is plannedat Sacred Heart Catholic Church inSelden.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Koerperichannounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Karen, to Jeff Ostmeyer,son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ostmeyer,Hoxie. Both are graduates of North-west Kansas Vo-Tech School,Goodland. A Nov. 7, 1981, wed-ding at Sacred Heart Church,Oberlin, is being planned.

Our July count for visitors was166 with 23 states being repre-sented and five foreign countries.Australia, Asia, Scotland, France,and South Africa were the foreigncountries. Others came from Ne-braska, Louisiana, Oregon, Ari-zona, Kansas, Washington, Wyo-ming, Kentucky, Tennessee, NewJersey, Ohio, Colorado, Illinois,Iowa, Missouri, California, Idaho,Maine, Texas, Virginia, NorthCarolina, Pennsylvania, andFlorida.

You just never know what youwill learn when doing research.This week a very interesting discov-ery was made when researching theWiggins family. Van BurenWiggins who settled in DecaturCounty in December of 1873 hadfour sons, Adolphus, Frank, Wise,

and Fred. Frank was a railroad en-gineer on a train that ran from theUnited States to Mexico. Frankmarried Ursula Villa, sister of theinfamous Francisco “Pancho”Villa, one of the leaders of theMexican revolution.

Be sure to stop by our booth in theOpen Class building while you areat the fair. We will be featuring pic-tures of early days of the county,Indian Raid information and haveflyers about the Mini Sapa Celebra-tion that will be held October 7.There will also be flyers availableif you are interested in being a par-ticipant in our Fall Craft Fair heldduring Mini Sapa.

See you at the fair in the eveningsand during the day, we hope manyof you will come and see us at theMuseum.

Selden NewsBy Jacque Boultinghouse

At Senior Citizens on Aug. 3,Betty James won high, AlfredAlbers took second, Edna Schiltzgot low and Shirley Emigh had themost nines (all 4 in one hand). Othermembers present included AnnaAlbers, Cecelia Ottley, Carol Shaw,Paulie Neff, Leone Porsch, AnnHazlitt, Lola Cook, Jeanie Spresser,and guest, Kayla Zimmerman.

Birthdays and anniversaries:Aug. 10 - Dalaena Neff, DallasKoerperich; Aug. 11 - Mike Ritter,Rhonda Sabatka, Ben Wessel, Garyand Clara Gillum; Aug. 12 -Charlene Campbell Werth, MikeSpresser, Kanisha Carman; Aug. 13- Dan Shaw, Rodney Brantley; Aug.14 - Monica Neff; Aug. 15 - Elaine

Koerperich.The Selden community extends

sympathy to the family of SteveShuler. Steve died in a Denver hos-pital on Aug. 5, at the age of 56.

Cards, letters and phone calls willreach Jason Geisinger, c/o CraigHospital, 3425 S. Clarkson,Englewood, Colo., 80113; phone,(303) 789-8000; or you can visit thewebsite www.carepages.com. Ja-son was injured several weeks agoin a 4-wheeler accident and hewould love to hear from family andfriends.

The next Selden Fire Departmenttraining will be Aug. 28 in Selden.Training will cover Haz-MatAwareness.

Those who still have books orvideos from the Selden Public Li-brary, please get them back as soonas possible as the library van will be

Good Samaritan NewsShortly after moving to Oberlin,

when my youngest daughter wasabout five years old, we were visit-ing my mother in Colorado andwatched the musical “Meet Me inSt. Louis.”

At this point we had never expe-rienced a county fair up close andpersonal, but fell in love with themovie because of the anticipationand excitement it generated inpreparation for the real thing. Nowwe have seven county fairs underour belts, and my daughter, now 12,just told me last night how excitedshe was for fair to start. She said itwas the best thing in Oberlin!

I had to chuckle because all weekhere at Good Sam we have been pre-paring for the fair. I can see the sameglint of excitement in the eyes of theresidents. How many fairs havethey seen in their day? You wouldthink they’d be too old for such anaffair.

Nope ... just the contrary. WhenI asked who wanted to go, handswent up all over the place. Andwhen I asked who wanted to ride thetrain, even more hands went up. Butwhat tickled me was the conversa-tion and laughter that eruptedthroughout the room. I think some-times we forget how much life isstill embodied in these frail frames.

That is the joy of working here; youget reminded every day!

So stop by the open class whenyou go to the fair, to see what we’vebeen up to. We have watercolors,woodworking, harvest mosaics,button art and even some items fromthe garden. You think your kids areexcited to get their ribbons … so arethe ‘kids at heart’!

See you at the fair!Recent guests: Mae Guy -

Annette and Alena Hanschild of 29Palms, Calif., Deanna Hanschild,John and Patty Guy of Sidney, Neb.,Norma Richards, Jody Betts; EvaBryan - Donna Kelley, DettaAnderson; Thelma Spiers - Donand Joan Grafel, Todd Nelson ofHerndon, Violet Shaw, SusanNelson, Jody Betts; DorisMarintzer - Bud and VickyMumm, Gem; Lucy Schissler -Rev. David Jones, Ralph Crim, bothof Atwood, Frank and MertMcEvoy; Hazel Flaska - MyrnaLucina of Westminster, Colo.;Doris Miller - Jody Betts, PatCozad; Alvina Unger - HerthaKelley of St. Francis, Kathy Wileyof Idalia, Colo.; Pooch Portschy,Loren Escher - Cheri Kastens ofHerndon; Ethel Nemeth - HelenBrooks.

The residents of Cedar LivingCenter have been busy gettingready for the fair. We are finishingup our crafts that will be on displayin the Open Class Building fromTuesday through Friday. We haveopted to show our crafts, but we willnot have them judged for ribbons orpremium money. We have plans tohave residents at the fair onWednesday evening.

The dining room was decoratedall week with a beautiful bouquet offlowers donated from the Stappwedding.

A big group met on Monday af-ternoon for penny cards. They in-cluded Elsie Goodnight, LyleGamblin, Betty Harden, Paul Sass,Kayo Sattler, Lowell Sebaugh, DonShaw, Mildred Tacha, Frank andVelda Ward, Loyl Wilson, andHank and Bea Wolfram.

Myrna Jones hosted the sing-along time on Monday afternoon.

The dietary department hosted abuffet lunch at noon on Tuesdayfeaturing hamburgers and hot dogs.The salad bar included cucumbersdonated by Vernon and JeanetteDiederich and tomatoes donated byTeresa Shaughnessy.

Don Shaw and Elsie Goodnighttied for the first bingo Tuesday af-ternoon and Mervin Babineauxwon the blackout game.

Juanita Williby hosted the pi-nochle players on Wednesday after-noon. The group included MildredTacha, Elsie Goodnight, DonShaw, and Frank and Velda Ward.

Stuart Euhus gave the Bible studylesson Wednesday afternoon.

Father Henry brought commun-ion for the Catholic residents onThursday morning.

The bowling group met Thursday

afternoon. Lowell Sebaugh bowleda perfect game. Refreshments wereserved following the game.

The baking group met on Thurs-day afternoon to fry eggplant andzucchini. The eggplant was grownin our box garden.

Don and Marie Thomas cel-ebrated their 60th wedding anniver-sary with a party at noon on Satur-day. They provided cake and icecream for all of the residents andstaff.

Recent visitors: Dale and LillianWurm, West Covina, Calif.; Rose,Shakia, and Sohn Domsch,Meredith Hrnchir, Kyle Lanning,Atwood; Karen Matheny, KurtSulzman, Kearney, Neb.; HaroldSulzman, Colby; Lillian Sulzman,Dresden; Merlin and LolaDiederich, Cape Coral, Fla.; DaveCox, Hays; Mike, Sara, Grace andHope Sulzman, Cleveland, Ohio;Richard Samson, BernadineSamson, Ludell; Ann Martin,Sharon Wolfram, Frank Cox, Johnand Phyllis Grafel, Herndon;Vendla Tacha, Elwood and NorineBailey, Doyle and Kay Brown,Jennings; Lloyd Harden,Goodland; Jerry Temple, MichaelKasson, Dorothy Ward, JaniceO’Hare, Linda Hunt, Norcatur;Tom and Glenva Burrell, Max,Neb.; Earl Brown, Barb and SteveBrown, Selden; Jamie Samson,Lindsborg; Sabrina Cooper,Norton; Paul and ChristineMatheny, Junction City;

Pastor Royce Leitner, Edie Tate,Lyle Gamblin, Elvin Beneda, OrlinBeneda, Butch Diederich, EulaJuenemann, Sandra Young, RoxiePomeroy, Dana Winstead, DonStapp, Ila Ray, Alice Shirley, OpalHuntley, Oberlin.

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Thank you for your support in theprimary election. I hope I can counton your vote in November.

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Paid for by Stan McEvoy, Stanley A. McEvoy, treasurer

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