Hayen visits family home at Youngtown
By MARGARET IRELAND
Youngtown correspondent
(620) 382-2713
Mary Beth Bowers, who is known as the "Wheat Lady," at the middle school in Newton, presented a program on the process of growing wheat to it becoming a loaf of bread. She takes a head of wheat for each student and has homemade bread for everyone to taste. The students get to count the number of grains in their head and get to grind the wheat in a hand-powered grinder, in preparation for making bread. They learn the price of wheat and how many hands the wheat passes through from the farmers field to the grocery shelves. Mary Beth has taken this program to Gary Ewert's class for the last five years and he works this into a complete learning unit.
Charles Kjellin and Mary Beth and Greg Bowers drove to McPherson Sunday afternoon to see the progress made on the new home that is being built for Doug and Amy Kjellin out in the country east of McPherson. Charles, Mary Beth, and Pat Enos met Karen Kelly in Manhattan Tuesday and went to the funeral of a cousin, Ruth Green.
Leon and Cate Hayen stayed Sunday night with Marilyn Geis and joined Max and Donna Hayen, Virginia Downing, and John and Dorothy Hayen in attending the funeral service for Henrietta Conyers Richmond Monday morning at Eastmoor and the dinner that followed.
John Hayen, David Bowers, Leonard Klassen, Mike Thomas, and Skip Sieger attended the Co-Op meeting Monday night at Eastmoor.
Becky Makovec, Tyler and Morgan hosted a birthday party for Tim Sunday night. Guests were Vicki Smolik, Kathy and Paul Swan, Jerry and Faye Makovec, and Delores and Dwayne Stroda.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bales visited Roy and Rose Olive Hett Saturday evening.
Cy and L.Dena Goertz have returned from their trip to Nebraska where they visited David and Jessye Goertz and Rachel. David was entering cattle in the Royal show in Kansas City this past weekend and Cy wanted to see the cattle before David took them to the show.
Matthew, Abigail, and Jonathan Paden spent the weekend with their grandparents, Shirley and David Bowers. Shirley and David met Betsy and Randy Bunnel and Kelli and Daniel and Kim Bowers, Bryce, Breanna, and Amber at BETO Junction Tuesday night for supper and visiting.
I had four inches of rain in my rain gauge Sunday morning and my pond is overflowing. The rain came throughout the week in a gentle drizzle and the roads out here are a mess.
Roseva McLinden, Gene Obee, and Kathryn Ireland attended the wedding on Saturday of Chad Smith to Danelle Jergan in Independence, Mo., and the reception following in the club room of Arrowhead Stadium.
Elizabeth Gravenstine from K-State spent the weekend with Howard and Beth Collett.
Charles and Rosalene Stinchcomb celebrated their 80th and 82nd birthdays Saturday at Olde Towne in Hillsboro. Family members helping them celebrate were Charlene and Ralph Janzen, Cory and Julie Janzen, Anne and Ray Janzen, Kelly and Ryan, Blaine Stinchcomb, Bonnie Zimmerman, Dick and Susie Mueller, and Charles and Barb Stinchcomb.
Jackie Hett attended the rehearsal dinner in Wichita Friday night honoring Jeff Ensey and Laura Tavlyak. She spent the weekend at the home of Melinda and Ken Helmer in Andover and attended the wedding ceremony on Saturday at St. Mary's Alleto, Garden Plain. Jackie was a guest at a birthday party Sunday afternoon at the home of Travis and Kelley Schafers honoring the three birthday of Emily Schafers. Jackie drove to El Dorado Sunday even to the the Aulne Praise Band give a program at the Methodist church.
Skip Sieger and Jerry Kline attended the John Deere tractor show on Saturday at the Coliseum in Wichita
