By ARLENE PANKRATZ

’Round the Town correspondent
(620) 947-2701

The Pankratz reunion was held Aug. 3 in Newton. Family from Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas attended.

Althea Zimmerman, Dianne and Beth from Missouri spent Sunday and Monday with Arlene Pankratz. Tim and Bonna Diener and Ken Pankratz joined them for dinner Monday in Durham.

Lowell and Eleanor Jost visited Charles and Twilla Siebert in Garden City over the weekend of Aug. 3.

Heather Isaac and her daughter, Katie, from Oklahoma spent the weekend of Aug. 3 with Tim and Vera Isaac. The Isaacs’ son Michael was in Guam.

Peter and Windy Daniels from London have been visiting Jean and Virgil Oblander and other family and friends in the area.

The Hamm family reunion was held at the Marion Lake on Sunday. The Bill Hamm family were the hosts, and 40 family members were present. The Harry Schwemmer family will be hosts in 2014.

Wayne and Linda Friesen visited their children Justin and Amy and baby Sunday in Salina.

Darlene Hallsburg and family were visitors of Lewis Hagens family for a nieces wedding.