Has anyone noticed that with the addition of rzollars we have 180 members? Aren't we just something? Well, I am anyway!!!!! :angel: :angel: ;D ;D
If you are, then everybody else is, too.
Well, of course, Mother. Everybody wants to be like me!! Or does it go, I want to be like Mike. Can't remember.
Hmmm... Can't remember the context for popular quotes. That may be a sign of something... :angel:
Wouldn't it be phenomenal now, if all 180 members would post something! :o :o :o I'm an excellent dreamer. :laugh: :laugh:
Dream on, girl. How many have posted tonight?
So do you want us all to post here???? :)
Whatever the appropriate board would be.............as Clint Eastwood would say........."Go ahead......Make my day"! ;D
I'm posting something! I'm posting something! (Hugs to Lois!)
I post things on the board and no one ever replies but I have fun anyway.
Army Mom
Right now I am going to find something that Army Mom has posted and think up a reply for it. Keep it coming, Army Mom, I promise I will try to respond to everything you post.
Mother, you just spoil these people.
I want to post since we are trying to get as many members as possible. I returned from the northeast part of the state on Monday evening having been up there for a solid week. The gas was much cheaper, but I have already used it all.
My son had hernia surgery and it was outpatient, but his fever spiked,due to an infection and had to readmitted to the hospital for an extended time. (4 days). He is back home recuperating at this time, but very uncomfortable. (It was a "manly" hernia) No matter how old your kids get, they want mama to be by their side.
I kept up with the Howard Forum throughout the week---I find I check it as much as I do my email accounts.
Anyway, so much for posting!
Quote from: Janet Harrington on January 22, 2007, 09:12:46 PM
Well, of course, Mother. Everybody wants to be like me!! Or does it go, I want to be like Mike. Can't remember.
((rolling my eyes)) ::)
uh-huh... suuuure....
What ever!
;)
Emptynest, I am sorry to hear about your son, but do hope that he contirues to improve. Nice to have you back on the forum. :)
I did hear about your son at choir practice. We all hope he is doing better as infections are not anything to play around with. It seems as if more and more people are getting infections from being in surgery or being in the hospital. When Mother had her heart surgery, she got an infection in her leg where they took one of the veins. The infection doctor said that the hospital sent her home with it. He was not happy. That took a long time to heal as Mother does not heal fast anyway. Good luck to the "big" boy. Tell him we all love him.
Quote from: Lois Morgan on January 22, 2007, 10:25:42 PM
Whatever the appropriate board would be.............as Clint Eastwood would say........."Go ahead......Make my day"! ;D
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I am very proud of all of those who DO post and keep this forum alive. I am starting to learn the "Internet TV" world with Kjell as my teacher...and he is a slave drivewr so my forum time is very very limited, but in between times, I will try to get in here more often and give all of you a rough time.(( well ...at least Ta Ta))
**Speaking of..............................
You all should have heard the way that she talked to me at my daughter-in -laws baby shower.
Teri ..my other daughter-in-law, and I ..hosted a baby shower for Rochelle this last Saturday.
Well, Ta Ta was so mean to me. I think it was because Mama Wilma wasn't there, and she thought she could get by with it.
She was just awful to me Mama Wilma.. She didn't use any manners at all with me. And I think you need to know about it!
((Looking at Janet and smiling)))
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Oh yeah... just so you all know ..
I was WONDERFUL to her. I didn't comment back to her on any of those mean things she said to me.
Nope.. No sirreeeee, I did not.
I was a very polite and an angelic example of how a real Lady should behave in public.
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Me thinketh thee protesteth too much.
Hey, Wilma - now you're sounding like MY mom. :) She said frequently said that, or a variation of it.
Isn't it from Shakespeare? I don't remember which play.
Reading this thread reminds me of something I've seen done on some of the genealogy forums I'm on: ROLL CALL. That's where all the members take time to make a short post reminding folks of who they are and perhaps why they're part of the forum. So to start, I'm ddurbin, which is short for Dan Durbin. I grew up in Elk County and attended Moline schools. Winfield, Ks. is where I live now, but still get back over fairly often since several of my family still are there. My dad and step-mother, Stub and Barbara Durbin, operate the Swinging Bridge Cafe in Moline, so be sure and stop in there sometime (unpaid advertisement). Anyway, my main interests are in the history and genealogy boards as I have several branches of my family tree that track back to Elk County clear to the 1880's. I enjoy doing research, whether it's my family or someone else's, so if you have anyone you'd like to find out more about, let me know. I'll be glad to help. From what I've learned from this forum, several others, especially Lois Morgan, would be willing to assist as well.
Now that you've read this, be the next to post or 179 others will send little demons to torment you the rest of your life.
OK, ddurbin, I will go next because I want to hear about the rest of you. I am Wilma Weyrauch. Janet Harrington is one of my daughters. I have 3 other daughters. I moved to Elk County with my parents in 1947, graduated from Piedmont High School in 1948, married in 1948, moved to Ottawa County in 1949. Came back to this area with 2 small children in 1954 and my husband went to work at Beech Aircraft where he worked for 38 years. We lived in Severy for 25 years, added 2 more daughters to the family while there. Moved to Sedgwick County in 1979 with the intentions of coming back to Elk county as soon as we retired. Due to my husband's bad health we stayed there 26 years. I moved to Howard in 2005 so I could make Janet's life miserable. I intend to spend the rest of my life here.
There's my life, be the next to post or 178 little demons will torment you until you do. Honestly, I would like to hear about each and everyone of you. I am nosy.
As Minnie Pearl (late country humorist) would say "Ho-o-w-w-dy! I'm just so proud to be heah!" Dan, this is an excellent idea you have of members posting a little mini-bio of themselves. :)
As most of you already know quite a bit about me, this will be for the newer members. I'm Lois (Montgomery) Morgan, and I grew up in Howard. My grandmother and a set of great-grandparents lived in the Moline/Grenola and Howard areas, both are buried in the Grenola Green Lawn cemetery. My parents Richard and Helen Montgomery were well known in the Howard area, but they are deceased now. I had a brother, (Dale Montgomery) that was very well known, that lived in Howard until his death. (1990)
I've done extensive genealogy research on my family lines, also on Don's. About 7 years ago, I put the Morgan and Eisley history (Don's family) together and made books out of it.(I had over 100 requests for copies of those books, from family members) And since then I've put my histories together and made books for my own personal collection.
During my marriage, I've lived in Winfield at least 25 years, as for awhile Don was employed at Cessna at Strother Field, later he worked at Cessna and Boeing in Wichita and commuted to Wichita every day, but am now living in southeast Kansas, as we are retired officially. (Maybe I should just say I'm tired--not retired! :laugh:) My other half, has deep roots in Elk County. So many of his ancestors are buried in the Howard cemetery (Grace Lawn) and he still has a number of living relatives in the Howard area.
What else can I say?----but that I'm a genealogy addict! :laugh: :laugh:
Now, maybe I won't be haunted by all these little demons. :laugh:
Well, we are the Jacobs. Henry grew up west of 99 on now Turkey Road. He went to Upper Paw-Paw elementray and graduated from Severy in "63". He joined the navy right out of high school.
I (Marjean) grew up east of 99 east of 19th on Quail road. My maiden name was Brink. I went to Fiat elementary and graduated from Howard in "66". I went to Wesley School of Nursing but did't finish. We were married in June of "67". We lived a very short time in Eureka. I was working at the hospital and Henry was driving to Wichita to work for KG&E now Westar Energy. All of the driving and the shift work resulted in Henry hitting a train by the old alfafa mill south east of Eureka. We moved to the southern west side of Wichita. We there raised two wonderful daughters Jena of Burlinton and Jodi of Wichita. I had a daycare in our home for 31 years. I helped raise 189 children.
Our daughter Jodi was looking to down size to be able to afford moving futher out of Wichita. One day I thought I would tease her by reading off some adds in little towns imrpressing her with the prices. I said" Here's you one" I told her and read her the price and began to read the discription. of the house. About half way though I told her" NO that' s the house I always wanted in Howard!"Henry was being offered an early out with a nice going away package.So here we are!
Guess it's my turn! I'm Joanna Hunter and I grew up in Eureka ~ now you all stop that booing and hissing! Ha! My folks are Bill & Millie Cole in Eureka and run Cole Auto Service (another unpaid advertisement.) I have one sister, Diana, in Eureka; and one brother, Dan, in Baldwin City.
I was in college at Emporia and my husband at Manhattan, when we met over Christmas break at Sam's Supper Club in Severy in 1981. We were married in 1982 in Severy. Marty and I have 2 terrific boys. Clay is 19 and a freshman at Pittsburg State University. Chris is 23 and will graduate from K-State in December this year. Chris' wife Dana will graduate from K-State in May (and we couldn't have picked a better daughter if we'd tried.)
My husband graduated from K-State, and since then we've lived in Howard, Altamont, Oswego and Humboldt. Marty grew up in Howard and we have always planned to return. When the opportunity came, he took the job in Fredonia; and after our youngest son graduated high school, we moved back here in November 2006. We've got a house with great 'bones' that we're working on now. Our dream plans are to make this place so wonderful that our friends and relatives, kids and (future) grandkids will want to come visit us all the time.
I have had a lot of jobs in my life; waitress, parts delivery, shipping clerk, optician, library aid, substitute teacher, day care, sheriff's dept office manager, computer manager, stained glass artist, compounding pharmacy tech, dental office bookkeeping, business owner/florist, antique store clerk, and selling on eBay. I love to remodel houses, garden, read (mostly science fiction), cook, organize things; and I've tried my hand at almost every craft project that's come along. Please, try to think of it as 'well rounded' and not so much 'flighty.' ;)
Joanna, did you say booing and hissing? :o :o On a serious side, it's quite the contrary, and I want to "thank you" for posting that. I'm hoping that your post will "break some ice." Just because a person didn't live in Elk County themselves, (but has ties/links to Elk County) doesn't mean they can't post anything that pertains to Elk County area. I believe we have many registered members on this forum that enjoy "lurking" but don't post any because they feel like they are "outsiders." But I would like to to tell them to get off their duff and get that keyboard to clacking!!!!! I am thinking of one person in particular, I won't name who, but they know who they are. Those who fit into this category, have many stories to share, and much to contribute!!
(The older I get, the "crustier" I am!)
Added note- - I suppose I should not have been so blunt, but I am not the kind of person that uses eloquent speech.
I will write some and my wife may want to add to it. I was born at Wellington and grew up in Belle Plaine for the first 12 years of my life. My dad's family (Zollars, Busbys, Jones, etc.) were all over in Longton and Busby and had been since the mid to late 1800's. My ancestor had a Civil War pensioin claim outside Longton. He later had an orchard there. My Grandma Zollars' family the Reynolds were from Busby. My mom's family was in Belle Plaine. After dad had to retire from the Gas Service Co. in Wichita, he decided he wanted to get back closer to Longton. Mom set her foot down and said no to Longton but she said Moline was ok. I didn't like my life in BP but I didn't want to move to Moline. It was small and the only people that I had seen there were at least over 50 (very old to me at the time.) Little did I know that it was the best thing that would ever happen to me. I may have been born in Wellington, but Moline will always be my hometown. We moved to Moline across the street from my Aunt Al and Uncle Ben Busby on 2nd street on the corner. The house is gone now, but it was a gorgeous old two story with a porch. I loved it. We then moved to third street across the alley between Mrs. Brace and the Murphys. That house is gone too. Last I knew there were some of the out buildings left though.
Dad died in 78. Mom stayed and inventually went back to school at ICC. I worked in the Moline Library with Esther Wilson from 75-81, even after I graduated from West Elk in 1980. I attended ICC for one year, 80-81. Then mom moved to near Branson, MO to finish her schooling at what was then the School of the Ozarks. I followed her and began my exile in MO and AR.
I met my wife Ruth at SofO and we were married while I was still in school in 82. The next year brought a boy, Joe. I graduated and started my teaching/library career at Lead Hill, AR. In 86 Tim joined the family. I gradually made my way to a community college in Harrison, AR. While I was there Ruth got her bachelors and Masters and I picked up my masters.
We ended our exile in 2000 when I was offered the position of Library Director at Labette Community College in Parsons. We moved here in June of that year. Both of the guys have graduated. Joe is living in Lawrence and is an assistant manager for a restaurant there. Tim has married a fantastic girl, Sarai and given us a terrric grandson Taylor Aaron. I agree with the other person that posted. I couldn't have picked a better daughter.
Someone told me once that, "Kansans have deep roots. They always come back home." It is good to be home.
My turn. My turn. My turn. Momma, it's my turn now. :angel: :angel:
Okay, I am Janet Weyrauch Lee Harrington. I grew up in Severy. I was born the same year that my daddy, Jim Weyrauch, started working at Beech. My mother is Wilma. I attended 2 years at Severy High School, then finished high school in Howard at North Elk High school, graduating in 1972. Go, Trojans.
I married Woody Lee and lived that AWFUL marriage for 4 years. Then I was stupid and stayed with him another year. How dumb is that? I went to truck driving school, drove a truck for about a year when my health made me stay at home with mom and dad at Wichita. I met Jim Harrington, who is a great husband, in 1982. I started working for the Elk County Sheriff's Office and the Elk County EMS that year.
I became sheriff of Elk County in 1987 and served in that capacity for 17 years. Jim and I have been married almost 11 years now. I currently work at the Wilson County Sheriff's Office and the jail director keeping those inmates under control.
Jim is a retired custodian from USD 282, so he stays home and keeps house. YEAH. Jim grew up in Grenola, so his roots to Elk County are longer than mine are.
We like living in Howard especially with Mother living here. However; if the right job with the right pay comes along, we will be gone like a thief in the night. We love it here, but have to do what we have to do.
So much for me. Someone else's turn.
No demons for me..my name is Beth I have raised 3 children my eldest is the handsome guy in the photo he is in NC for the time being although he is 34 and should have provided me with some lovely grandchildren by now he says the military is no place for a family and refuses to think about it until after he retires. My next son lives and works in AZ and he has not found "the one" yet my youngest lives over in Western Kansas and she graciously gave me a wonderful intelligent handsome (I'm not bragging it's all true :angel:) grandson. I was a single parent for 15 years and ran daycare in my home for 25 so I too helped raise over 100 kids lots of fun. I am originally from England came to the US as a military bride back in the 70's the marriage did not work. I have lived all over the US thanks to the USAF. Came to Kansas in 1991Went back to college in my 40's and got a job outside my home in 95 when my daughter started high school. Met my new hubby online and after long instant message conversations lots of telephone calls and many weekends driving 400 miles each way I came to Howard 18 months ago married him. (price of gas was going to high for a long distance relationship ;D) Now I am a stay home stepmom.
Momma Wilma,
I just want you to know that I had to get onto Ms. T for being mean to her daughter-in-laws. She was mean to them. Yes she was. I saw it. I know. I was nice. I didn't say anything except, "If I had known that there were these kind of things for babies, I would have had a dozen." Yeah, right.
My turn! I'm Lynne Thompson, and while I'm not an Elk County resident (yet!), that's the grand plan. I grew up in Illinois, married my high school sweetheart, moved to Indiana and raised a terrific son and daughter (who since have given me three gorgeous grandchildren). I worked in the newsroom of a small daily paper for 14 years, so I've got equal parts of ink and blood in my veins. The marriage ended in 1999, and in 2000, I moved to Chanute, where I was managing editor of the Tribune for a year.
Like MarineMom, I met the love of my life, Terrell, on the Internet. He was living in Washington at the time, and here's a testimony to true love: this man whose passion is boats ends up moving to land-locked Kansas just to be with me! Is that sweet, or what?? We've been together six years now and every day has been an adventure for us.
Anyway, the two of us were spending lots of weekends in Wichita, so we decided to move here. I worked three years for an insurance agency, and started my full-time college career in 2005. I'm majoring in anthropology, with a minor in religion studies. I also do freelance editing for a monthly entertainment newspaper, a quarterly magazine (Southeast Kansas Living...shameless plug!) and a monthly inspirational newsletter. On top of all that, I do shard-art mosaic (I break things and stick them to other things...LOL) and plan to have a nice large studio in Howard someday.
So how did we end up as future Howardites? While surfing on eBay, Terrell happened upon the former Church of Christ building for sale. We both are pretty wacky, and thought it would be cool to convert this dear old church into our home. We've named the building Harmony, and we spend as many weekends there as the weather allows. We hope to have it habitable with 2-3 years and at that time we will become permanent residents. The really strange and very cool thing is, it already feels like home.
Hello, I am Rhonda (Signer) McGown. I am the wife of a farmer/drilling contractor, mother of four wonderful children ranging in age from 24 down to 14 and the grandmother of the adorable twin boys in the picture. I keep busy helping with our business, spoiling grandchildren, sewing, reading, and attending the ballgames my girls participate in.
Our son is in his second year of law school at Washburn in Topeka. Our oldest daughter is married and mother of the twin boys. Next daughter is a Junior at Jayhawk-Linn High School and our baby is a Freshman at Jayhawk-Linn High School.
I graduated from West Elk in 1976 (with Marty Hunter). Go Patriots!!!
My mom and dad were both from Elk County--Don and Sue (DeWitt) Signer. My little brother Danny operates Signer's garage in Howard. Little sister, Carlene lives a quarter of a mile from me and baby brother Tony (bet he'd love that) is moving back to Fredonia to begin a new venture.
Howard sure has changed from my high school days but it's always fun to go back and get a burger at Toot's and cruise main. (They've changed the stop signs from my day).
Yes, they have changed the stop signs. Remember when we used to just go around and around and around main st. If you were parked in front of the show, you had to really work to get into the circle. If they liked you, they would let you get out. If they didn't, you were usually stuck there. ha Times have changed.
What is Tony going to do in Fredonia? I'm still here at the jail. Hopefully, I won't see him here.
He and Rick (sorry don't know his last name) are building a new Funeral Home. He's been here in Mound City for the last couple of years finishing school and doing his apprentiaceship (sorry about the spelling). His wife Charlotte is a pharmacy tech and got her old job back at the Fredonia Drug Store. They have a son, Bryce, in the 2nd grade and a daughter Jordan that just turned four.
Not sure the exact date the business will be open but they're working hard on it and excited for the new opportunity.
Hey Rhonda: I haven't been in the forum for quite sometime but for some reason had a second and decided to jump in for a sec. This is Sherri McDonald Mills Wilder by the way....It was nice to read your post on your family. I am in Mullinville Kansas (east of Dodge City). My hubby works for a rancher here and I am the CED in the Farm Service Agency. I have two offices...one is in Coldwater Kansas and the other one is in Greensburg Kansas. I have been with the agency for 22 years....does that make me old??? haha....My daughter Tania is in Colby in her last year of dental hygiene...she will graduate in May....she is divorced now and enjoying every minute of her days. So anyway, I don't get to Howard much either...I miss my sis alot but just can't seem to find anytime to get there....everyone is so busy....But just wanted to say hi and boy do I have wonderful memories of our times together....
For your sister's benefit, if you are who I think you are, you aren't missing much, Oops, I forgot, she's on this, too. Sorry, Ms. T.
My sister is in Bucklin. Has been there for almost 50 years and I haven't seen her for at least a year. We keep in touch via e-mail, telephone is too expensive. We are both too old to ride very far at a time, but I am thinking of trying to meet her halfway for lunch or something when the weather improves.
Try to find more time to let everybody back here know how you are doing. We are all interested (nosy) in everybody else's business.
Always glad to hear from you.
My name is Pat Mange and I live in Cleveland, TX. I became interested in the Forum because my father was born in Elk County, my grandparents were married in Elk County and three of my greatgrandparents were buried in Elk County. Lois, Janet and Wilma have all found information for me that I would probably never found on my own.
I was born in Montana, raised in Oregon and Arizona, and now I live in Texas. I have 3 daughters and 2 sons, all grown and living in other states. Several grandchildren including one grandson stationed in Germany in the Army, he has given me my first great grandson.
My mother lives with me and at 88 is very healthy and active. I lost my husband to cancer almost three years ago, I work and try to keep up with yard work, enjoy sewing and scrap booking but genealogy is my addiction.
I hope to come to Elk County someday just to see what it looks like and to meet all of you friendly people.
No Demons for me.
Looks like we still have 168 demons to send out. Don't let the demons get you.
There are still many, many members who have not responded to the "ROLL CALL" by not posting anything about themselves. Readers, shall we unleash all those demons, to torment those who have not done so?
Ok... here is the long lost thread..
Do you want this one to be revived? Or should we start another one and see how many members we can get to post!
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I could make a small newsletter and send it to ALL the members and see how many responses we get.
And start a new thread listed as "Roll Call"..
Give me some feedback.
I'll try anything to get some of the back sliding owl hoots to post.
And if they don't??
I'll be a waitin' on 'em when they least expect it!
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Can you believe that we have 37 more members now than we did when this was started?
I for one would like to see a new thread started called "Roll Call" and we could all just do new postings to it. Quite a few of our newest members are posting regularly and maybe with a title that is easy to remember we could get some of the older ones to contribute.
And we could still threaten them with demons.
Brother Dan and his demons. :P :-X
I don't have any. :angel: ;)
Rename this and I'll tell you all you could ever want to know ;D
Quote from: Flintauqua on May 01, 2007, 09:05:48 PM
Brother Dan and his demons. :P :-X
I don't have any. :angel: ;)
Rename this and I'll tell you all you could ever want to know ;D
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God help us! ::) ::)
I think if we had one called "Roll Call" it would be easy to find when Newbies searched for it. (and when some of us oldies searched as well. ;) )
You have my vote for the "Roll Call" thread.
I'm ready to type!!