Northwest of Durham: Rain doesn't mar harvest
y DORA UNRUH
Durham correspondent
(620) 732-2647
The harvest for 2003 has for most been completed this past week. There was very little interruption of wet weather. On June 24 there was a brief shower, and on June 30 the ground was damp from the little shower on Sunday. We missed out on the heavier rains and would be nice to receive a good rain for the row crops that are suffering in this heat. As far as I know, there weren't any accidents, and that is always great.
David and Elaine Steiner and daughter from California came on June 18 for his sister's, Deann, wedding on June 22. They were house guests of Roy and Nadine Davis. They left on Tuesday. Nancy Davis of Texas and Sari Koehn of Buhl, Idaho, were also guests of the Davises over the weekend.
Lavern and Lisa Litwiller and family of Murray, Ky., and Lydia Towes, who will be a teacher here next year, came Friday and were house guests of Bruce and Cheryl Dirks till Tuesday. They came especially for Sara Koehn's wedding on June 29. In August, the Litwiller family will be leaving for mission work in Russia.
June 28 the Phillip Penner family from Iroquois, S.D., were over night guests of Harry and Sheryle Rhodes.
On Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Koehn and daughter of Lobbleville, Tenn., came for Sara Koehn's wedding and were house guests of Roy and Nadine Davis. There were also several girls from Canada that were guests in the Davis home. On Monday, about 12 guests enjoyed a breakfast in the Davis home before returning to their homes.
Katelin Unruh left Thursday with the youth group from Trinity Church and flew to Atlanta, Ga., for the church conference there. They will return on Tuesday.
Enjoying homemade ice cream and fireworks Friday with the Ron Unruhs were Jim and Brenda Enns, Lisa and Darren, and Mark and Barb Unruh and Sarah.
Ron and Dora Unruh were guests together with other friends and relatives in the home of Oliver and Elizabeth Unruh of North Newton to help celebrate Oliver's 80th birthday.
Don and Marlene Sattelfield of Shawnee were Thursday and Friday guests of Marcella Unruh. Others that visited Marcella over the weekend were Jessie and Molly Schroeder, Gene and Ryan Unruh and Galen Unruh.
Fund raisers for the Cottonwood Grove School and furnishings for the teachers' house have been hosted. On Wednesday evening, Mark and Kris Wiebe were hosts for a barbecue and homemade ice cream. Then Sunday evening Harlan and Sherry Koehn entertained with a picnic at the Brenton Place. There were about 20 guests at each event, and Ransom and Lillian Wiebe were among the guest both evenings.
Leland Kaiser, Alene Engel, and Marcella Unruh had dinner Sunday together at the Tampa restaurant. Later that afternoon, they visited at the Bob Unruh home where Robyn was home for the holiday weekend.
Lola Redger and Lisa and Verla Redger were guests on July 4 of Ray Redger and children of Newton for a barbecue and watermelon. They went to see the fireworks later at the park. The children also enjoyed some fireworks at their house.
Wendell and Linda Wedel and Connie and Greg and Charlene Wedel left Thursday for San Antonio, Texas. There they met Maria Jantz of California and spent time visiting and sightseeing. They returned home late Sunday.
