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Jewell
By Roberta Holdren
tqrenda Clark, Manhattan, visited
h'r aunt, Rosina Anderson.
Rosemary Doxon entertained Haw-
thorn Club Thursday,
A large crowd attended the Sun-
day dinner at Jewell Community
Center sponsored by the Jewell High
School After-Prom Committee.
Opal and .l~ichard Brandon visited
Wanda Russe'3tin Concordia and rela-
tives in Hilltop Lodge, Beloit.
Alex Pierce, Caiflyn McCreight and
Brennan were among those who par-
ticipated in the NCK dance recital in
Concordia at the Brrwn Grand The-
ater.
Betty James and Kathleen Allen
attended the lawn and garden show in
Wichita.
Callers on Ilene Alcorn were Becky
Croc-kroft, Karen Crockroft and baby
and Jean Rosel
Callers on Emma Fobes and Betty
Wilson were Alan and Linda Varney,
Wheaten, I11.; Annette Chevaz,
Carmen and Raqual, Harrisburg, Pa.;
Richard and Patty Wilson, Salina; Curt
Wilson, Wichita; and Sharon Kretger,
Marquette.
Dave Blackmore had surgery in
Salinaon Sunday, Twila Zentzis also
a patient at Salina and Dean Gibson
is a patient in Mitchell County hospi-
tal.
Quanita and Zoe Williams visited
Jewell and attended the dance recital
i i i i
in Concordia in which her niece,
Brennan Williams, participated.
Joy McMurray Hake, formerly of
Jewell, is hospitalized in Naples, Fla.
The Hakes winter in Florida where she
became ill. At the time of this writing
she is showing slow improvement.
Earl and Shirley Varney hosted Alan
and Linda Vamey, Annette Cbevaz,
Carmen and Raqual. The group at-
tended the wedding of Jim Varney's
daughter in Nebraska.
Despite snow, ice and cold wind
several from Jewell attended the ap-
preciation dinner at Farmers Co-op,
Randall.
Cindy Barrett visited berparents,
Gerald and Marie McAtee.
Sharon Tullar and TwilaMeans vis-
ited Rex Freeman who is patient in the
Belleville hospital.
Gerald and Marie McAtee went to
Hays and took Ann andTyler Boomer
to his doctor's appointment in Wichita
Monday. :~ /~ t,~,~
WayneGrindol was gde~of honor
a surprise birthday FHtty~t~tl~ Meth-'
odist Church Sunday afternoon,
Ed and Diane Simmelink and Don
and Shirley Simmelink visited Pauline
Simmelink and they ate out together.
Word was received.in Jewell of
the death of Chris Rogers, Kansas
City. She was the wife of the late
Royal Rogers a former resident of Jew-
ell.
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Mac Diehl, owner of Mac's Ag Service, Northbranch, recently moved the business from Burr Oak to his farm. An
open house is planned Wednesday.
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Northbranch
By ituth Glover
Visitors in church were Doug and
Diane McNichols, Hilary, Kelsey and
Rissa, Concordia, and Jack and
Catherine Byers, Burr Oak. Greeter
this month is Earl Buckley and ushers
were Maurice Jeffery, Lonnie Arrants,
and Ken Garman. Special music was a
solo by Erma Dillon.
Sunday evening was the birthday
supper. The menu was sub sandwiches,
salad and sundaes. The executive coun-
el! met after the supper.
Mel and Sandy Harrold, Rough
Rock Indian Mission, Ariz., will be
here Wednesday evening through
March 16. They will be showing slides
Wednesday evening and Sandy will
attend the Friends Women meeting
Thursday. They will speak Sunday
morning.
Patsy Warner fell on ice and broke
her leg at the Alan Warner home in
Salina. She has a walking cast, but is
using a wheel chair or walker.
Word was received of the death of
Norma Dillon Beebe Piersall, Eugene,
Ore.
Lonnie and Linda Arrants, Guide
Rock, were supper guests of John and
Erma Dillon.
Larry and Patsy Hobson, Scandia,
called on John and Erma Dillon. He
was searching for information on the
Northbranch Academy. His father and
an uncle had attended lhe Academy in
1917.
Norman and Vehna Lee Smuck vis-
ited Merle and Ruth Roe at the hospital
Long Term Care in Mankato.
Levi and Garrett Vogler visited his
great-grandparents, LaVae and Ruth
Glover.
John and Erma Dillon visited Sat-
urday with Walter and Mary Dillon in
Lebanon.
Brandon Beougher and a friend vis-
rted his grandmother, Lonnie Buckley.
Bruce and Judy Pierce and Ben,
Tribune, were guests of her parents,
Ardean and Marilyn Jeffery.
Study may provide intelligence but
it takes thinking to develop it.
Lutheran women
complete 50 quilts
Women of Evangelical Lutheran
Church of America, Mankato, have
completed more than 50 quilts for Luth-
eran World Relief.
The group met after Ash Wedne's-
day service for the regular meeting.
Helen Ahlman opened the meeting
in the absence of Verla Houser. Janis
McDill gave the devotions.
A cook stove was purchased for the
kitchen.
Verla Houser and Frances
Weaverling helped at the Thrift Shop
on work day. Loretta Wilson, Shirley
Rudolph, Faryl Lange and Jeanie Blair
volunteered to work at the Thrift Shop.
Janelle Greene volunteered to be a
coordinator for the Northern Lights
Cluster.
Showers for the up coming mar-
riages of three young men of the church,
Landon McDill, Darren Koester and
Donovan Walton were discussed and
will be forth coming.
The group voted to give the three
Jewell County High Schools $5 each
for Post Prom and $10 to Junior Miss
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Thursday, March"l 3, 2003
JEWELL COUNTY
Diehl moves business from
Burr Oak to farm location
Mac's Ag Service is now in
Northbranch.
Almost two years ago Mac Diehl
took over the fertilizer and chemical
business of Boettcher Enterprises, Burr
Oak, from Richard Gates, who retired
after 35 years of service.
Since them, the business remained
at the south edge of Burr Oak. Diehl
and Boettcher decided to move the
business to the Diehl farm north of
Northbranch. A new office was con-
structed by Dennis Manning in an ex-
isting metal building. Storage tanks
for the fertilizer and chemicals are lo-
cated north of the metal building and
new scales were installed. The build-
ing, tanks and scales are protected to
the north by a cedar tree windbreak. A
60-foot flag pole was installed in front
of the bui Iding to di spl."y the American
Flag, which is spotlighted.
Don Diehl, Mac's father, helps with
the business and family farming op-
eration. Don lives just north of Burr
Oak, so t~nilizer tanks can be taken
and left north of his house to help those
customers who live closer to Burr Oak.
The Diehl far;n has been in the
family for over 75 years, and Mac is
the third generation to farm there. He
decided to take on this business to
enhance his farming operation, pro-
vide a needed service to area farmers
and provide an off-farm income.
"Our goal is to grow the business to
fit our needs and those in this area, i
remain small enough to provide
sonal service," Mac said.
that as a no-til farmer, he
the problems farmers are "~
with low grainiprices and high
izer prices. "I believe that I'm
advise them."
According to Mac, he sells all t
of fertilizers and offers
chemical application. He is
dealer.
The move from Burr Oak
Northbranch began last spring and~
finished by fall. Mac and his
Tracie, will hold an open house
customer appreciation day
day at the business location,
mile north of Northbranch. They
were hamburgers. "People know
well the Northbranch women bake~
so we asked them to provide
made pies for this," Mac said.
Seed and
will be on hand to visit and
questions.
This isn't the only Diehl
business in Northbranch. Mac's
Tracie, has operated Tracie's
Hair Salon 28 years. It is located
remodeled service station.
The Diehis have four dau
Amanda and Emily,
ing Kansas State I
Eden and Ivy, second
White Rock Elementary.
Contest.
March love gift will be given to
Troy and Billie May who have taken
Troy's niece and nephew into their
home.
Up coming events are April 1,
Spring Potluck Salad Supper; April
27, Northern Light Cluster meeting at
Scandia Lutheran Church; July 8, Tues-
day Happenings and birthdays.
Hostesses were Janis McDill and
Verla Houser.
Girl Scouts celebrate
91 st anniversary
Girl Scouts in Jewell County will
join their counterparts around the coun-
try to celebrate this week as the organi-
zations observe the 91st year of its
founding.
The organization began in 1912,
with 12 girls. Local girls will partici-
pate in activities that celebrate the fun
and friendship that Girl Scouting pro-
vides.
The 3.8 million members in the
organization today continue to move
forward with the founder's vision of
helping girl~ everywhere grow strong.
The organization continues tO help cul-
tivate values, social conscience, and
self-esteem in young girls, while also
teaching life skills that will enable them
to succeed as adults.
From nature walks and learning
Morse code in the beginning of the
20th Century, to meeting with mem-
bers of Congress and developing Web
shies m the year 2003, Girl Scouts has
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Mankato Unified School District No. 278 is accepting
applications for Junior High Cheerleader Sponsor and High
School Cheerleader Sponsor. ~
An application may be picked up from ..~~
the office of the Superintendent at ,-~~ v
301 N. West St., Mankato, Kan. ~~ld~'.
66956, or by calling ~,~~~
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TO be considered, all application~~'"
must be received at the Superintendent s ~;~;,~
office on or before March 31, 2003 at Noon. ~i~.
Mankato Unified School District No. 278 is an
equal opportunity employer.
always been in step with the
Traditional act
rate the Girl Scout heritage will l
place nationwide, as girls perform
munity service projects, wear unifO
to school and in houses of wor~
hold birthday celebrations, and
ticipate in other local activities.
"As we celebrate the foundin,
Girl Scouts, we continue to con
ourselves to providing girls with apl
where they can develop qualiti¢
character, conduct, and commu
service and in the process grow
tomorrow s leaders," said Karin Bil
Chief Executive Officer, Girl S¢
of Central Kansas. "While the va
inthat Wtl~e ~y nonymous with Girl S~
• gint e ginningofthe20thcea
still hold true today, we contin~
evolve with a program that wo~
girls "in the twenty-first century."
March 12, 1912, marked the b~
ning of an organization that for
than nine decades has heipedgirls~
strong. Founder Juliette Gordon IJ
vision of bringing something "Sl~
to girls of America and the w0
culminated in the founding of the!
Scouts where girls throughout th~
tion develop physically, mentally)
spiritually.
Dispatch
By Edna Verhage
Greeters Sunday were Re~,
Groenendyk and John, Shad, Aft
and Vanessa Trotter.
Passage Sunday morning
Galatians 3. Theme was
was Numbers 11. Theme was
Daily Bread."
Elders Russell
John Tanis lead services
Dispatch.
Pastor Harold and Joann(
last three weeks attending the
ciliation of the Christian
Church in Nigeria and the
Church of Christ in Nigeria Af
Janna Slate, daughter of
Mrs. Steve Slate and
the Melvin Millers
The YPS will have a
per at Dispatch Frida~
p.m. with a workers auction
Cimarron, visited
VanderGiesen.
Happy birthday to: Walt
and George VanderGiesen,
March 14.
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