MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATIONS
MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATIONS
During a Memorial Day speech at the Ellsworth American Legion May 27, Greg Heller of the Fort Harker Museum in Kanopolis, used the Civil War to illustrate how the significant and solemn day, which Americans now observe annually, came to be.
Noah Goss celebrated the Class of 2024’s eras during commencement Sunday afternoon.
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Mother Nature deposited rain throughout Ellsworth County Sunday night.
During a Memorial Day speech at the Ellsworth American Legion May 27, Greg Heller of the Fort Harker Museum in Kanopolis, used the Civil War to illustrate how the significant and solemn day, which Americans now observe annually, came to be.
WILSON — Keeping with the annual tradition, the 50th year class of Wilson High School — the Class of 1974 — was honored May 25 during the 133rd Wilson High School alumni banquet at the St. Wenceslaus Catholic Parish Hall.
Mother Nature deposited rain throughout Ellsworth County Sunday night.
Within the span of five weeks, brother and sister Rudhra and Rutika Bhakta became naturalized citizens of the United States.
MANHATTAN — Students from Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School competed at the annual Kansas FFA Convention May 29-31 at Kansas State University, with the chapter walking away with eight state champions.
The 15th annual Ellsworth County Cancer Fund event takes place beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Ellsworth Recreation Center.
Wichita, Kan. — Alicia J. (Rankin) Widdows, 94, homemaker, died Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
Services were held June 3 in Wichita.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Mary Alice Rankin; husband Robert L. Widdows; and brother Charles Rankin. She is survived by her sister-in-law Kay Rankin and many nieces and nephews.
Mason Dean May, 87, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Ellsworth, Kan. He was born Aug. 9, 1936, in Smith County, Kan., to Wardie and Alpha (Hillman) May. Mason married Margaret McDowell on Aug. 16, 1959.
Marvin G. Heffel of Dorrance, Kan., passed away April 28, 2024, at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kan., at the age of 78. He was born on Jan. 17, 1946, to Arthur and Helen (Lind) Heffel in Ellsworth, Kan. Marvin married Sylvia Baral on Aug. 27, 1974, in Wichita. They were blessed with three children, Stacy, Stephanie and Travis.
Rodney Fuller, 84, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024 at his home in Ellsworth, Kan. He was born May 23, 1939, in Waterville, Minn., to Lowell and Katherine (Kletska) Fuller. After moving to Ellsworth in 1961, Rodney had a long career working for the Ellsworth County Highway Department, retiring as bridge foreman in 2001. He married Judy Welker in Ellsworth on Nov. 16, 1985.
WICHITA — The Ellsworth track team took three athletes, two sprinters and one distance runner, to the state track meet in Wichita May 24-25.
BELOIT — The Bearcat track team competed at the regional meet May 16, qualifying three to compete at the state level. They had to place in the top four to advance.
Know your weaknesses
From 1910 until his unfortunate death in 1940, Tom Mix was America’s foremost cowboy movie star. He came onto the scene when the Old West was fading.
Recently, I was driving past a mental health clinic in Salina and saw a vehicle I recognized. It was of an individual in some of my social circles.
With the coming of spring, renewed activity returned to the cattle frontier from Texas to Kansas and beyond. In the early years of trailing cattle, big rangy steers with horns that spread across the horizon were a common sight.
