By ARLENE PANKRATZ

’Round the Town correspondent
(620) 947-2701

Sixty people attended the Ed Hamm family’s annual reunion Sunday.

Duane and Shirley Hamm were guests July 4 of Albert, Sarah, and Andrew Christenson and Dee and Venita Waggner of Sedgwick.

Arlene Pankratz and Tim and Donna Diener of Hillsboro and Ken Pankratz of Durham attended memorial services July 7 for Jay Burkhart of Newton, whose wife, Luella, was sister to the late Paul Pankratz’s sister.

Althea Zimmerman and three of her daughters, Dianne, Connie, and Beth, of Missouri were overnight guests July 6 of Arlene Pankratz. They came for the Burkhart funeral. Althea is another sister. The Dieners were additional supper guests of Arlene Pankratz.

Wilmer and Marilyn Bartel had friends over for a cookout on the Fourth of July.

Wayne and Linda Friesen visited Justin and Amy Friesen July 6 in Salina.

Tim and Vera Isaac celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary by taking a trip to Niagra Falls.

Recent visitors of Duwane and Jane Miller were Richard and Kathy Dirks on July 7 and Willis and Eleanor Herbel on July 8.