Youngtown has first hard frost of season
By MARGARET IRELAND
Youngtown correspondent
We finally got the killing frost and had ice on the bird feeders and stock tanks a couple of mornings this past week. I hated to lose my flowers but had them longer than some folk, as they are protected by the large cedar trees.
Ray Helmer was involved in a farm related accident Saturday afternoon and was taken by helicopter to Wesley hospital where he had surgery Sunday. The surgery went well and he was doing as well as could be expected Sunday night.
Shirley Bowers attended the World Community Day luncheon and meeting Friday at the Presbyterian church. Bev and Kevin Jennison were Saturday dinner guests of Shirley and David Bowers. Richard Bowers came for a visit Saturday afternoon. Shirley and David and Mary Beth and Greg Bowers attended the Charge Conference Sunday afternoon at the Lincolnville United Methodist Church.
I visited Dorothy Hayen Wednesday afternoon and took an apple pie. We had a good visit. Annora Goering and Amy visited Tuesday with Dorothy and brought a large bouquet of flowers. Leon and Cate Hayen of Topeka came Saturday to visit Dorothy and John Hayen. They were joined for lunch at Pizza Hut by Max and Donna Hayen, Virginia Downing, and Marilyn Geis.
Cy and L.Dena Goertz had supper Friday night at the senior center fund raiser. They had pancakes at Eastmoor church Saturday morning and L.Dena helped in the kitchen washing dishes and serving pancakes.
Alvina Hoffman also got to go to the senior center Friday evening for supper. I picked her up Saturday morning and took her to Eastmoor for breakfast. She got to do a little visiting before returning to her apartment. Shirley Bowers, Leonard Klassen, and I spent time in the kitchen serving food Saturday morning at Eastmoor for one of the annual Mission projects.
Richard and Patty McLinden spent the weekend in Branson, Mo., attending the shows. Chuck and Lorie McLinden and Lauren and Jarret attended the catered dinner Sunday at the city building with the other Marion Christian Church members honoring the 125th celebration of their church. They also attended the 2 p.m. program at the church where memories were shared.
Mary Beth Bowers gave a program Monday night on wild flowers and dried plants to the Neo-Century Club at the Christian church. She brings Indian lore and how they used plants in their lives into her talks.
Jackie Hett was in Wichita Saturday at the Tri-ethlon horse show where her granddaughter Maddie O'Sullivan from Tulsa performed. Jackie attended the horse show and the swimming competition. Jackie Hett returned Sunday to Wichita to watch grandsons Jeromy and Joel Ensey play soccer.
Eileen Sieger was co-hostess Thursday morning for the hospital auxiliary.
Rosalene and Charles Stinchcomb drove Sunday to Salina to visit Susie and Dick Mueller.
Last Week's News
Vicki Smolik and Edmund Steiner returned home Monday after a weekend in Phillipsburg with Rod and Theresa Linton, Ashley and Lacy. They visited Vicki's aunt Albina Mattas at Wilson on Friday. Edmund Steiner and Vicki Smolik attended the funeral services and meal Saturday for Henery Ehlers in Newton at Our Lady of Guadeloupe Church. Edmund and Vicki were in Pilsen Sunday evening for the potluck dinner in the church.
Cy and L.Dena Goertz drove to Mapleton Friday to take dinner and visit Maryanna and Orville Scharenberg. Maryanna was able to sit at the table with them in her wheelchair. They played Skipbo and returned home in the evening. Nick and Beth Wybert came to the Goertz farm Saturday and visited. They were on their way to have dinner with Clint and Dianna Jost.
Dorothy Hayen came home Tuesday from Marion Manor and answered the phone when I called. She reported that Brent and Paula Hayen had stopped to visit Friday on their way to Oklahoma where they are visiting Paula's parents. Virginia Downing brought dinner Sunday to John and Dorothy Hayen and stayed to visit.
The Eastmoor quilters have finished quilting a beautiful quilt for Kate Hayen, and Marilyn Geis picked it up on Friday and visited. This was an old, appliquéd quilt with the prettiest pre-marking we have ever quilted.
Doug and Janelle Paden, Jonathan and Abigail and Rhonney and Luke Bowers were Wednesday evening supper guests of David and Shirley Bowers. Luke and Abigail took Jonathan trick or treating after supper. David and Shirley had dinner Sunday at Eastmoor which was served by the promise keepers. Shirley played piano for Marion Manor church services Sunday afternoon for Rick Branson.
Mary Beth Bowers spent Thursday at Gary Ewerts middle school social studies classes giving a presentation on wheat growing to a finished loaf of bread. The kids learned about kinds of wheat, how it is harvested, and the kind of yield a farmer can expect. They actually ground the wheat in class and baked the bread. Some of the children have never seen bread baked and didn't know that bread needed yeast to make it light. By the end of classes, Mary Beth had baked six loaves of bread. This is the fifth year she has done the program for Gary. Greg and Mary Beth Bowers and Erik and Myrta Billings attended a banquet Thursday night for The Heartland Pregnancy Care Center at Newton Bible School.
Rita and Ray Kraus and Leonard and Rosalie Klassen were Saturday evening guests at Pilsen community center at the wedding reception and dance honoring Justin Groening and Tina Olsen.
I visited Hope Spain Sunday morning at Eastmoor. She always tells me, with a smile on her face, that she is doing well for an old lady.
Rosalene and Charles Stinchcomb have returned from visiting Blaine and Bonnie in Texas and have gotten a year older since they returned.
I attended funeral services Wednesday for my son-in-law's father, I.C. Johnson at Watson funeral home, military honors at Andover cemetery, and dinner following at Broadway Christian Church. I spent the night at Marj and Joe's and visited Emily Wednesday and took her to the airport to return to school in Texas.
Rosalie and Leonard Klassen attended the dinner Sunday at Eastmoor served by the promise keepers. They drove to Hillsboro Sunday evening to the musical program at the Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church featuring Haskal Colley, pianist, and musical selections from all the Hillsboro churches.
