Youngtown: Wedding photos taken from airplane
By MARGARET IRELAND
Youngtown correspondent
Skip Sieger and Dick McLinden flew over the Mick Summervill farm Saturday minutes after Kay Lynn's wedding and took photos from the air. The wedding, reception, and dance all were held outdoors. Cy and L.Dena Goertz and Skip and Eileen Sieger were among those attending the wedding.
Youngtown FCE met with Gertie Mahoney in Newton Tuesday for a carry-in luncheon and meeting. Gertie moved here from California a few years ago and is determined to make her yard like the one she had in California. She has a rock garden with many beautiful flowers, a pretend waterfall in the corner of the backyard, and many other flowers and shrubs. Gertie's home has several mature trees. Among them is sweet gum, blue spruce, and pin oak. This contributes to the outside beauty of her home. She has done most of the work herself with a little help from a niece. Enjoying the luncheon were guests Roseva McLinden, LuCretia Winkley, Darlene Schmidt, and Margaret Ireland. Roseva gave the lesson on helpful household hints and gave each of us a book of helpful hints published by the national council with hints sent in by FCE members from all over the USA.
Skip and Eileen Sieger attended the funeral of John Pruitt Tuesday at St. Patrick's Church, Wichita.
This year's Vacation Bible School at Eastmoor had a country theme. Eileen Sieger took her pet chickens in for the children to see. Different animals were brought to the school by church members so the children could see them up close. Eileen helped on Thursday with the luncheon of St. Luke Hospital Auxiliary. From Friday through Sunday, she served as guard or page at the P.E.O. convention at the Hyatt Regency, Wichita.
John and Dorothy Hayen, Virginia Downing, and Marilyn Geis attended the country school reunion Sunday at Marion Senior Center. The host family was the Dodys. Rosalene and Charles Stinchcomb, Sandra Higgins, Karen Higgins Smith, L.Dena and Cy Goertz, and John and Maxine Ireland attended the covered dish luncheon.
Clint and Dianna Jost helped Cy Goertz celebrate his birthday Friday with supper and ice cream and cake. L. Dena went to a birthday celebration Saturday afternoon at Hilltop Manor.
Leonard Klassen had cataract surgery in Wichita Tuesday. He and Rosalie spent the night in Wichita with Vickie and Marv Fisher. They returned home Wednesday.
Shelly Ratzloff, Ashley, Amber, and Samantha visited Marie Navrat Sunday morning.
Kristine Bateman was home this weekend and she and Jeannine were busy all weekend with the Chingawassa Days activities. Jeannine helped with the pancake feed. They attended the concert and Jeannine helped Sunday morning with the continental breakfast.
Christine Schwarz, German exchange student who has spent the year with Rose and Greg Davidson, Sarah and Rachel left Monday from Wichita and flew back to Germany.
Morgan Hett of Wichita visited Roy and Rose Olive Hett Friday evening. On Sunday, George and Susan Bales of Topeka took Roy and Rose Olive to the Schlender family reunion at Moundridge. On the way home, they stopped in Inman to visit Rose Olive's sister Elsie Davis.
Jonathan Paden spent the week with his grandparents, David and Shirley Bowers. He attended Vacation Bible School at Eastmoor.
David and Shirley Bowers and Janelle Paden went to Colony Friday morning for the funeral of Randy Bunnel's father, A.M. Bunnel. After dinner with family and friends at the Community Church in Colony, they stopped in Burlington and visited at the Daniel Bowers Home. Bryce and Breanna accompanied them home to take part in Chingawassa Days. David, Shirley, Bryce, and Breanna attended the school reunion Sunday noon at the senior center. The members of the Dody family were hosts. The next reunion will be in 2005.
