Lost Springs
By EVELYN STRECKER
Lost Springs correspondent
(785) 965-7169
Yancy and Julie Strecker of Newton are proud parents of their first child, a boy, Gabriel Lee Strecker, born May 27 at Newton Medical Center. Gabriel weighed six pounds three ounces and was 19 inches long. Grandparents are Douglas Strecker of Hesston and Lyndell and Judy Jones of Wichita. Great-grandmother is Evelyn Strecker.
William Benda stopped in to call the Lincolnville elevator at 6 p.m. Wednesday afternoon to see if they were open. He had a truck and grain hauler full of wheat he had combined a mile north of my place. They were open till 10 p.m.
Larry Rudolph was here Thursday evening. After changing a battery and cutting some weeds in the small corral, he was my supper guest.
Carol Makovec picked up her mother, Irma Reznicek, Wednesday evening and they went to George Holub's rosary in Pilsen at the Catholic church.
Marcel Benda and his son, William, went to George Holub's funeral Thursday at Pilsen Catholic church. Interment was at Pilsen Cemetery. Irma Reznicek also attended the funeral.
Mervin and Leona Deines attended Fred Shields' funeral Wednesday morning at St. John's Lutheran Church, Lincolnville. Interment was at Lewis Cemetery, Ramona.
Irene Waylan, Miami, Okla., visited her mother, Mildred Hajek, from Sunday evening until Wednesday. She also visited her brothers and families.
We really have had a lot of rain this past week. I've had about six inches. Larry Rudolph came Friday evening to tell me that when he went to do chores at the place east of his house, he had to remove limbs and other debris off the road before he could get there to check on cattle. He too had at least four inches of rain Thursday night. It will be a while before the farmers will be able to get into the fields of wheat. There is a possibility of weeds growing in the wheat.
Junior and Jeanetta Hanschu went to a reception at Pilsen Community Center Saturday evening to help Bob and Karen Ehrlich of Marion celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.
Alex and Jean Stuchlik had as their Sunday Father's Day guests Gary and Jo Ann Stuchlik and family of Pilsen and Christopher and Melissa Stuchlik and family of Lincolnville. The daughters, Debbie Burns and Rita Stuchlik of Wichita and Diann Ensz of Dallas, Texas, called their dad wishing him a happy Father's Day.
Neil and Jolene Albrecht, Kallie and Morgan of Salina were Friday evening through Sunday evening guests of Junior and Jeanetta Hanschu. Since Neil could not help Junior with the harvest of wheat, they took pictures of the Albrecht family near the combine. Additional guests of Junior and Jeanetta Sunday evening were Jeff and Jennifer Braden and Joshua of Windom, Jayson and Jan Hanschu, Jakob, Jorge, and Jaxxon of Hillsboro, and Fred and Marguerite Utech of Ramona.
Bob and Irma Reznicek attended the Dwayne and Delores Stroda 50th wedding anniversary open house and reception Sunday at St. John Catholic hall at Herington.
The Jeff Deines, Terry Deines, and Ross Cory families called grandpa, Mervin Deines to wish him happy Father's Day.
Larry and Susan Stuchlik of Lehigh and Randy and Karen Stuchlik and kids of Abilene were June 13 guests of Frances Stuchlik. They celebrated Larry's birthday. Frances said Larry was her 13th child born on June 13.
Tom Stuchlik and his son Brandon Berryton visited Saturday with his mother, Frances Stuchlik. They mowed the grass and cleaned her house. Frances is having to contend with a sore foot.
