By ARLENE PANKRATZ

’Round the Town correspondent
(620) 947-2701

Joe and Penny Puckett and their granddaughter, Hali, of Ulysses were visitors Jan. 28 of Pearl Koch. They ate lunch out.

Clara and Alma Toews were dinner guests Jan. 31 of Glen Ensy and family. Other guests included the David Litwiller family of Hillsboro.

Wilbur and Florence Hett attended church services Jan. 31 at the Ebenezer Church in rural Abilene. In the afternoon, they visited Betty Riffel in Abilene.

Supper guests of Paul and Arlene Pankratz on Jan. 30 were Ken Pankratz of Durham, David and Sherilyn Kadel of Randall, Kent and Emily Nichols of Hesston, and Tim and Donna Diener and Marissa. The group celebrated Emily’s and Paul’s birthdays. On Jan. 31, the Pankratzes were dinner guests of Dorothy Seibel and her family at Kidron Village in North Newton. Jay and Luella Burkhart were additional guests. They celebrated Paul’s, Dorothy’s, and Jake Seibel’s birthdays.

Oliver Mohn and family had a birthday party Jan. 30 for their mother, Marcella, at their home.