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Around Town
Crops, gardens, yards, all looking pretty desperate for water. Need Rain, Rain, Rain.
Everyone enjoyed the fine fireworks display last July6.
October is the last 4th Sunday breakfast of the Caron Lodge for the winter season.
Trunk or Treat will be held at the Nazarene church area, Monday October 31.
Several Elk City Citizens are working on cleaning up Elk City. This will be an ongoing project from now until winter and will be doing tree trimming ditches, tearing down houses, mowing lawns & anything that needs to be done. May God put his hands on your heart to be a part of this cleanup Way to go guys
Elk City Fair was blessed with a beautiful day
Old Settlers Day
The community of Elk City celebrated Old Settlers’ Days this year on Sept. 9th and 10th with Friday night activities and Saturday all day beginning with the biscuits and gravy at the First Christian Church and ending with the dance to Let It Ride. The citizens of Elk City were busy preparing for another Old Settlers’ Days. Friday evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. The Quality Quilters have a quilt for auction to donate to the fair board. Farm Bureau Kids Tractor Pull, Pie Auction (pies brought a good price, with one pie going for $200.00 and several well over 100.). Followed by Farm Bureau Kids Tractor pull, cake walk etc.
Saturday began with Christian Church Biscuit and Gravy at 7 a.m. A beautiful day a nice temperature but no rain. AT 10 the parade begins with quite a few entries. Parade gets bigger and better each year. The Senior Community Building had the open fair entries, vegetables, canned goods, flowers, hand work, quilts, painting. This was the first time in over 10 years that open entries was available. Then down to the ball park for the kids games, 3 legged race, coins toss in hay, turtle race, land ski race etc. Medallion race (never did hear who won) Farm Bureau provided watermelon slices. Corn Hole toss, horseshoe toss etc. The BBQ cook off was held and the BBQ sold meals to fair goers. Also the Bridges ran the annual concession stand with proceeds donated to the Children's home. The bean feed was available in the afternoon with a performance of country music singers. They were very good and enjoyed by fair goers for several hours. The day ended with a dance by the "Let it ride" Tents were put up for the fair goers in case the sun got too hot. It was a nice addition to the day. All in all a good fair, could have been more people, has been down since covid came around.
Community U Fall Projects
Shoutout to Atmos Energy for their monetary donation to our Community Garden Fund! Thank you for supporting Community U and PRIDE!
Community U and PRIDE are working together on creating a community garden and a fruit tree orchard. We have the land and have started prepping it for the garden plots. We are almost ready to start planting fruit trees for the orchard and we need your help. These trees will be open to the public and will provide a healthy nutritious option for all.
Community U sponsored a Paint Fundraiser. Lessons on painting held at Community Building.
Community U is starting their BINGO held on first Saturday of each Month.
Joanne Osburn Smith Entrepreneurial Initiative
The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (ELI) is a social enterprise dedicated to expanding human potential through entrepreneurial mindset education. Joanne Osburn Smith was recently featured as part of the Entrepreneurial Mindset class at Fab Lab ICC. She is the owner of FAB Creative Services LLC and the daughter of Margaret Osburn & late Norman Osburn. The wife of Mike Smith and mother to Madeline; Cortlan and Claire Cox.
Joanne Smith is part of a growing network of entrepreneurs in Southeast Kansas who have benefitted from the Entrepreneurial Mindset course at Independence Community College's Fab Lab ICC. “It has built meaningful connections among entrepreneurs and opened many eyes and minds among class participants, community leaders, donors, and others as to the potential for entrepreneurship to be a sustainable driving force behind a small, rural economy,” said Smith, who founded FAB Creative Services LLC after attending the course. “Entrepreneurship is valued and nurtured in our community, I believe, now more than ever thanks to a heightened awareness generated through the Fab Lab and the Ice House course.” Joanne Smith was in a transitional period in early 2016 when she first learned of the Entrepreneurial
Mindset course. “I had lost my job of nearly 22 years as the director of marketing and fundraising for my local hospital when the hospital’s parent company closed the facility in October 2015—after it had operated in the community for 88 years,” Smith said. “I stayed on until the end of 2015 to help tie up loose ends with regard to communications. While I had been promised a similar job by another healthcare organization that was assuming operations of several of our local services, I learned at the last minute that my position with the new organization had not been approved at the corporate level.” Smith’s options for a lateral corporate move that would utilize her experience and skills were limited in a community of 8,500 people. She reached out to Correll because of his reputation as a business coach. “I didn’t understand at the time that Jim was, in fact, a champion for entrepreneurs. He encouraged me to consider working in a freelance capacity to provide marketing services, and he invited me to enroll in his Entrepreneurial Mindset class, which was already in progress at that time.” The class, coupled with Jim’s encouragement, helped Smith find a sense of courage she didn’t know she possessed to step out on her own. “No security blankets. No guaranteed bi-weekly payroll deposit in my bank account. No health insurance benefits. No retirement plan. No down-the-hall co-workers to vent or gossip to and/or bounce ideas off of. Just me, my skills, my
experience, and my reputation starting from ground zero really unsure of how to grow forward but willing to give
it a try,” she said. For Smith, the most beneficial aspects of the Ice House class were:
1.Learning from (and quietly commiserating with)other entrepreneurs already on the journey. Both were local, in-person presenters and those featured in the Ice House curriculum. “It was important to hear their stories and understand how alike or different we were and how virtually everyone started from a place of humble insecurity,” Smith said.
2.Networking with and receiving validation from classmates is also in the same boat. “There were so many interesting ideas and so much potential represented in one classroom,” she said. “The class helped me understand that my idea did not have to be perfectly formulated, and I did not have to have every duck in a row in order to launch,” she
recalled. “I just had to act. Ultimately, though initially motivated by desperation, becoming an entrepreneur was
far and away the best decision of my life and one I wish I had made ten years earlier. I’ve learned to never say
never, but returning to a corporate job is something that is hard for me to fathom at this juncture.” Smith is part of a growing network of entrepreneurs in Southeast Kansas who have benefitted from the Entrepreneurial Mindset course. “It has built meaningful connections among entrepreneurs and opened many eyes and minds among class participants, community leaders, donors, and others as to the potential for entrepreneurship to be a sustainable driving force behind a small, rural economy,” Smith said. “Entrepreneurship is valued and nurtured in our community.
I believe, now more than ever thanks to a heightened awareness generated through the Fab Lab and the Ice House
course.” Joanne also owns the magazine, Southeast Kansas Living. Don't miss our 20th Anniversary Subscription Special! http://www.sekliving.com Buy a one year subscription, get two issues FREE Our publication covers 16 counties in Kansas! It uncovers and tells the stories of hidden treasures - attractions, people, history, places to eat, recreation opportunities, businesses, organizations and more.
Tid Bits by Jane
There was a large gathering at the park on July2nd at the Freedom Saturday celebration to enjoy music, hot dogs, ice cream and fireworks. Thank you Tuck family for another wonderful fourth of July fireworks celebration! Also thank you to the churches that helped get this organized and the citizens that donated to make the show great. It was great to see the community come together. God bless you all.
We also had a fun day with family & friends at the Watershed Lake on the 2nd before watching the fireworks at Elk City. at home for a picnic and games. We later watched the fireworks on the 4th . Sorry Indy, but Elk City has you beat.
The farmers could sure use rain on the soybeans and corn. At the beginning of the month there was hope, now towards the end of the month, most of the corn is burning up unless you are in one of those spotty areas and received a shower just the right time. There have been some spotty showers, some receiving over an inch, a widespread rain would be grand. Some of the fields are disappearing from deer foraging. We seem to be overrun with deer! Last year we had worms eating the little bean plants, so the spraying begins. Haven’t heard any reports of the worms this year, but harvest isn’t here and without rain the prospects of a good harvest aren’t looking likely. Of course, farmers are insured, but it doesn’t pay for all the long hours, sweat, stress, fights with the spouse ( HA) and can’t nearly keep up with the
soaring costs of fertilizer, chemical and fuel. Sure, makes it hard to raise a crop. ☹ Summer has finally arrived. I’ve lost track of how many days in a row it’s been over 100, at one time it was 14 days, the record since 2011. After experiencing close to 100 deg. days, it’s back to watering flowers and garden. And then midmonth it rained, we had 1.5”, but the not so lucky farmers south of us haven’t had a drop for quite some time. Like always, one paragraph is too much water & the next is needing rain. My tomatoes are ripening very slow and even slower at putting on. Too hot for the blooms. The garden produce is nice; tomatoes, peppers, onions & okra. I can’t keep the cucs, & zucs alive. The squash bugs are horrid. Seems like several gardeners are fighting them this year. Maybe our winters aren’t cold enough and they can survive.
Community U sponsored the backpack & school supplies give away for all the children with Elk City
address. This is important & with lots of donators help. I hope you got your children signed up to benefit from
this great service. They are also starting the community garden project. They can use your volunteer help to get
this project off the ground and certainly your help to keep it going. I visited a special lady this month and she gave me my thoughts for what I learned this month: We (as a people) are losing our togetherness. We don’t spend enough time with each other. Time goes by in a flash and before we know we will look back and wondered why we didn’t spend more time with each other. When that day comes, we will miss the ones we neglected to see. The world is a crazy place and has made it hard to spend time with people, but we need to remember to treasure the times we have with those we love, friend or family.
I also learned; you aren’t a hoarder if you treasure family heirlooms either. It’s good to have these things to pass
on even if the younger generation doesn’t have time to learn and appreciate the family history that is theirs. If
it wasn’t for that family history, they wouldn’t be here.
August
Summer seems to have rushed by. If you’re getting ready for school with enrollment, school supplies and new clothes, you probably feel like summer is about over. Thanks to the Community U girls for sponsoring the school supplies at the park Approx. 40 children were helped. Thanks to all the individuals and organizations that helped them. All the first day of school pictures are fun to look at on the Facebook pages. Those were fun times when the kids were in school. Miss it, at times! The hot weather in July and August was about too much along with the lack of rainfall. The corn harvest started early for most with most reporting low yields that weren’t lucky enough to get a rain show. Others had a decent crop. The soybeans were drying and by the middle of August. On the 16th we received a tenth to 1 inch, depending on where you were located in the county. A nice rain would still save the dying crop. Not sure a few tenths will make much of a difference. The cooler temps of less than 100 were nice. Made all the vegetation look and feel better. The farmers haven’t had to worry about the worms, maybe it’s too hot for them. Are you planting fall gardens? It seems too hot and dry to think about planting, but the time to seed is now. I keep hearing about the tall tomato plants but not tomatoes. We’ve had enough to eat and share, but not enough to make salsa or can. The squash bugs have kept trying to kill my zucs and Steve keeps spraying them. Looked promising at the time. As I walked to my chicken pen one evening, I heard a rattling that once you’ve heard you don’t forget! YIKES, yes, a rattlesnake in my yard!! RUN, Forest, RUN. (If you’ve seen the movie, Forest Gump.) Needles to say, I was in fear of
my life and he no longer has one to cause fear. That is a scary sound! We always gathered on a hot day in August to celebrate my nephews and my dad’s birthday at the watershed lake. We celebrated birthdays in the family this year, minus dad. He would have been 93. We had several cousins come and friends come enjoy the HOT day with us! We attended a family wedding at Ft. Scott this month. Very pretty country wedding at a Baptist Church. Elk City Old Settler’s Days on Sept 9th and 10th. A beautiful quilt was offered for auction, with proceeds going to the fair. The Longton Fall Festival is coming up Oct 17th and 18th . We wish them success!
Sometimes we all need someone to talk to, sometimes we don’t want an answer just an ear. Therapists are expensive, friends aren’t always around when you need them, but Jesus is always there and he’s free. Just talk and He will listen. He’ll give you the answer if you really want one, otherwise just unload on Him. He will handle your problems for you. He will give you peace and straighten out the confusion. It might just be a new thought, new clarity on a situation, a new way at looking at the situation, but I always feel like those thoughts and ideas come from Jesus. But not until you talk to Jesus does it get figured out! Have you been praying for something for a long time and ask yourself, “Why doesn’t He answer my prayers? Or ask yourself “Could I have already received the answer and somehow missed it? Sometimes we are so focused on what we want, that we don’t recognize the answer we received. Praying is talking to Jesus. What I learned this month: If I’m praying for rain, I should be carrying my umbrella!
September
Labor Day is the last hooray of Summer, camping, dove hunting, swimming and etc. I’m always sorry when summer is over, but the change is nice. We were waiting on fall to arrive the first part of Sept. Hopefully some rain and cooling off before Old Settlers’ Days arrived. We did have a few showers, but the 90 degree, even 100 deg. temps came back for a while. One day of 66 brought out the long sleeves, vests and chili. One day, I might stress!! Although it did signal a slight cool down of temps going into October but didn’t signal any rain! Allison planned to visit for the hog roast, but Hurricane Ian deterred her plans. Steve & I enjoyed a weekend at Grand Lake with my brothers and the Bright Family. We celebrated a birthday, caught fish, boat rides, swimming, lots of food and laughter.
The farmers were done harvesting corn by the first of September. If you were lucky to receive some rain on a field, the corn made decent yields, but most of the corn was low yielding due to drought and some fields of corn
did not even produce one ear! The beans are maturing, not sure those yields will be any good either, some of
plants decided to die due to lack of timely rain as the month progressed, we seemed to be in a fall pattern of
hot and dry. Some of the farmers are baling the soybeans to sell as hay instead of beans. The farmers are debating
when to plant wheat. A small shower might cause the wheat to sprout and die without rain. How long will the seed lie in dry dirt without rotting? Enough rain to make the pond people happy does not make the crop people happy, but ponds are critically low even if you don’t have cattle. I have fish I enjoy feeding in my pond & I wonder if they will have enough water going into winter. I also worry if the perennials are dying or just shutting down from lack of water. It’s hard to water enough to help them. So plants I’m not ready to give up on. School and fall sports are in full swing at most facilities. Dove season was the first of the month, heard reports of hunters limiting out early on the first morning. We are glad Pastor Terry Marta is recovering from hip surgery. It was good to see him out and about at the fair.
We are blessed grandparents of a new granddaughter, Wren Sue Osburn born 9-11-22 weighing 7# 11 oz.
The first time in approx. 25 yrs. I have not worked the concession stand at the fair and I did enjoy not working,
although my time at the stand was a good adventure. Thanks to the Bridges and crew for running the stand this year. We had nice weather for the fair, even cool on Sat. night. The crowd did seem a little sparce & only 2 volleyball teams. Please share any ideas to make the fair more interesting to all. What I learned this month: If you find happiness, no matter what stage of life, consider yourself blessed.
Kansas PRIDE Program
The Kansas PRIDE program is a volunteer, grassroots effort to improve the quality of life in local communities. Each Kansas community is unique and shares a common bond: a rich heritage based on self-reliance and community pride. Since 1970, the Kansas PRIDE program has assisted and encouraged communities to prepare for the future by building on their past and forming a vision of the future. The goal of PRIDE is to help maximize community and economic development efforts by encouraging all groups to coordinate and work collaboratively for community betterment.
Muzzleloading Competition
Kelly Newton competed in the National Muzzleloading Competition in Grand Island, Nebraska. The
muzzleloading team received 2nd place for the 25 yard bottles & critters target. They earned 4th place overall
for the muzzleloading teams. Kansas was the State Sweepstakes Winners for the first time in history. It was a
great experience. Kelly is the daughter of Darren & Michelle Newton and the granddaughter of Dennis & Trish
Newton and Claude & Phyllis McCullough all of Elk City. She is in the middle of the 3 girls in the left picture.
Past Alumni Minutes
1963
216 alumni and friends attended the annual E.C.H.S. alumni banquet held Wednesday night, May 29, 1963, in the high school auditorium. Cassius Davis class of 1891, Samuel Davis, class of 1892, were graduates present who graduated before 1900.
Invocation was given by Herman Schwatken. Group singing was led by Dick Lessman, accompanied by Marilyn White Inlow, while an excellent dinner prepared by Circle I of the Methodist church was being served. Bill Newkirk, president, presided at the meeting and introduced Brice Durbin, toastmaster for the evening. The program consisted of a vocal solo by Dianna Lawrence accompanied by Alice Miller. A tribute to the seniors of 1963 was given by Ernest Edmonds, Superintendent of Elk City High School. The speaker for the evening was Dr. Rex Taggart of Ottawa, Illinois, who gave a very interesting address. A tribute was given in honor of Mrs. Mae Harmon Cox, who passed away the previous evening and had been an alumni for 69 years The program closed with a piano solo by Marilyn White Inlow. Roll call of classes was then held and business meeting followed. Mrs. Raydene James Benfield read the officers for the 1964 year. They are:
President Bessie Elmore Hare, Vice-president Ruby Elmore Truitt, Secretary-Treasurer Ardis Cox Moore
A collection of $58.80 was taken to help pay expenses. The meeting adjourned with all singing the school Alma Mater.
Committees: Serving - Helen Newkirk James appointed to contact the WSCS Circle I of the Methodist Church
Program - Jane Boylan Clark
Table Decorating - Susie Tusing Rankin, Diane Bryant, Kay Reed, Mary Ann Aiken Hogan, Carolyn Lawrence Williams, Steve Chism
Tickets - Dyarl Newkirk, Jane Boylan Clark
Nominating - Raydene James Benfield, Edna Mae Reynolds Cox, Vadis Schwatken Kimrey
Host & Hostess - Mr. & Mrs. James Cox, Vada Brown Wright
Financial Report:
Balance forwarded $40.00
Tickets sold 252.50
collection 58.80
Total 351.30
Expenses - WSCS Circle I of Methodist church 216.00
Elk City Sun for printing 45.63
Loyalty class for table paper 2.85
Raydene James Benfield - telephone call 1.52
Jane Boylan Clark - telephone call 1.50
Total 267.50
Balance on hand $83.80
Marie Whistler Hiatt Secretary & Treasure 1963
The Good Old Days
The Elk City Sun
Strained Honey, bring your pails Drybread & Son
Miss Altha Riley of the city school faculty visited with her parents in Grenola Saturday and Sunday
Leo Horton was in Kansas City a day or two last week. He has fully recovered from his recent operation.
Frank Imel and Chas Beal ere each fined $20.00 and costs in police court Saturday on charges of intoxication.
Attend the M.M. Embroidery Club program at the Strand Theatre May 11th. Admission 10 cents and 25 cents seat sale starts Saturday at Serman's Store.
R. H. White who has been employed for nearly a year past in the State Weighing Department at Atchison, Kans., came in Tuesday to enjoy few weeks vacation and to fish and fish and fish.
Fred Goodwin wife and baby of Independence were visiting here the first of the week with his parents, H. E. Goodwin and wife.
R. G. Elliott and wife who have been visiting relatives here for some time, left Monday for their home in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Wanted - Bids on 160 acres pasture 4 miles south of Elk City known as old Lampman farm, all fenced plenty of water. Address H. Good, 71 west Bavand, Denver Colo.
F. M. Brtenshaw of route 5 is suffering from blood poisoning in his left arm, caused by running a splinter in one of his fingers recently, Dr. White who operated on his hand, reports the former improving.
Have you noticed the improved appearance of the trees on Mrs. John Jones property east of the school house? There are dozens of trees about town that should undergo a similar operation. It is better for the trees to keep them trimmed. It allows the sunlight and air to dry the ground more quickly after a rain and is more healthful. A consorted affect along this line would greatly improve both the appearance and health of the city.
The coolest place in town. That is what J. J. Murry owner of the Strand Theatre claims for his place of business since installing a "wind Mill" in the rear of the theatre this week. The wind mill is six feet in diameter and is operated by a 5 h.p. motor. The suction of the mill is so strong that a draft is created through the theatre and the air is kept moving constantly. The temperature in the theatre is at least 20 degree cooler than it is on the street and Dr. Kennedy states that the air inside the theater is more healthful to breathe than the air outside. Regardless of the heat outside you can rest assured that you can attend the strand any night and be comfortable.
Elk City Sun dated June9, 1922
New Bib Overalls, priced right W. L. Kelly
Oil and Gas leases, from No. 88 at Sun Office
G. W, Cox of Lamar, Mo was here several days last week on oil business
The annual wheat harvest started this week. The yield will be somewhat below normal.
Frank Bertenshaw is back at his work after a very serious attack of blood poisoning in his arm.br
The city council has issued an order against washing automobiles on the main business streets.
Little Miss Ruth Sewell came up from Independence Wednesday to visit with her sister, Miss Gladys Sewell
I have a few registered Hereford Bulls from 1 to 2 years old. Can be bought cheaper now than later on L. B. Davis.
Obituaries
Newell "Newt, Truck Doctor" Jordan, 85, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 19, 2022. Cremation has taken place.
Bunyard, Celia Louise age 82 of rural Elk City, KS passed away on August 3,2022.
Godsey, Betty E. passed away August 31, 2022
Bruce, Melissa Jean. 43, Independence, Kansas passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022,burial in Oak Hill Cemetery