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Kensington Community News
May 31, 2010
Large Crowd Attends KHS Alumni Meeting
The Class of 1990 hosted the Kensington
High School Alumni reunion at the
Kensington American Legion Saturday, May
29. Prior to gathering at the Legion
hall, Alumni had an opportunity to
stroll the halls of the high school of
their alma mater to reminisce. A social
hour began at 5:30 p.m. and pictures of
honored classes were taken.
Brett Westbrook welcomed the almuni and
their guests and Jeff Nech gave the
invocation before the dinner was served.
Thunder Ridge Cheerleaders and Dancers
served the meal prepared by the
Kensington Legion. Thunder Ridge
cheerleaders and dance squad helped with
the serving.
The program began with the assembly
reciting the "Pledge of Allegiance."
Entertainment was by "Girls of Grace"
(Robin Billings, Melissa Westbrook,
Annette Riley, and Carol Rahjes) who
also led the singing of the School Song.
Roll Call was held by all classes. A
short business meeting was conducted
before the meeting adjourned. A list of
graduates present, not including spouses
or friends, follows. All addresses may
not be current.
Roy Wangerin, Class of 1940, and Lois (Schoeni)
Hrabe, Class of 1941, both of Kensington
were the oldest graduates present.
Eulonda (Dettmer) Hagman and Alice (Brunow)
Rietzke of Kensington, Class of 1946,
Ruby (Grauerholz) Schreiber of Central
City, Neb. and Royce Levin of
Kensington, Class of 1947, were also
present.
Class of 1950--Donna (Smith) Levin and
Don Norden, Kensington; Cleo (Hilbrink)
Witt, Arvada, Colo.; Marvin Stutheit,
Norton; Paul Seemann and Marilyn (McElderry)
Bertholf, Smith Center; Class of
1951--Eulagene (Kilmer) Wathen, Denver,
Colo., Irma (Grauerholz) Sheley, Colby;
Class of 1952--Melvin Stutheit, Shawnee;
Bethel (Hilbrink) Klink, Glade; Class of
1953--Stan Billings, Kensington; Class
of 1955--Shirley (Miller) Hartman, Smith
Center; Colleen (Ratliff) Gale,
Phillipsburg; Ken Ratliff and Carolyn (Gemaehlich)
Billings, Kensington; Orval Walker and
Ila (Diercks) Walker, Agra; Class of
1956--Janice (Billings) Ratliff and
Karen (Schoeni) Pollock, Kensington;
Class of 1958--Bob Stockton, Darold
Grauerholz and Joyce (Mann) Grauerholz,
Kensington; Class of 1959--Brenda (Gemaehlich)
Jerby, Phillipsburg;
Class of 1960--Charlotte (Gemaehlich)
Crough, Salina; Carolyn (Schoeni)
Thompson, Superior, Neb.; Janice (Dettmer)
Kuhlman, Grand Island, Neb.; Shirley (Grauerholz)
Smith, Wichita; David Billings, Branson,
Mo.; Marlin Smith, Kensington; Class of
1961--Jerome Hein, Salina; Class of
1964--Melinda (Hrabe) Mazzarella,
Colorado Springs; Donna (Norden)
Westbrook, Kensington; Sonya Seemann,
Wichita; Class of 1965--Mary Sweat,
Kansas City; Class of 1967--Steve Rice,
Kensington; Class of 1968--Paul
Bienhoff, Kensington; Class of
1969--Mike Rice, Athol; Daryl Slavik and
Ron Rahjes, Kensington;
Class of 1970--Bonnie Slavik, JoAnn
(Gaines) Rice, Cindy (True) Wagner, Bart
Wagner and Errol Baumann, Kensington;
Janis (Barnhill) Knight, North Platte,
Neb.; Donna (Bronson) Kreutziger,
Marion; Luann (Ferguson) Wilson, Burr
Oak; Pat (Wolf) Macuso, Lees Summit,
Mo.; Mark Bienhoff, Des Moines, Iowa;
Kathy (Shockley) Pierce, Salina; David
Dollison, San Angelo, Tex.; Janet
(Gaines) Hosmann, Ridgedale, Mo.; Nadine
(Beckmann) Hayden, Andover; David
Hesterman, Agra; Tom Bose, Cedar; Jon
Duncan, Eugene Ore.; Janeen (Brunow)
Wallgren, Phillipsburg; Carol (Levin)
Erick, Dallas, Tex.; Dail Smith, Clay
Center; Dianna (Kuhlmann) Rice, Athol;
Class of 1971--Kathy (Grauerholz) Scobee,
Mt. Hope; Beverly (Wolf) Mills, Bonner
Springs; Suzanne (Wangerin) Faulkner,
Kensington; Class of 1975--Melva (Stutheit)
McDowell, Wichita; Larry Anderson,
Alliance, Neb.; Class of 1979--Carol
(Kirchhoff) Rahjes, Kensington;
Class of 1980-- Michael Westerman,
Wichita; Kent Miller, Gage, Okla.;
Cristi (Newbrey) Sowers, El Dorado; Tim
Bartley, Smith Center; Bob Bienhoff,
Kensington; Class of 1983--Annette (Newbrey)
Riley, Kensington; Angela Meyer,
Wichita; Class of 1985--Darrin Arment,
Hiawatha; Martin Seemann, Kensington;
Class of 1985--David Stephens,
Kensington; Doug Powell, Phillipsburg;
Class of 1986--Bruce Hardacre,
Kensington; Class of 1989--Kathi (Osthoff)
Boden, Smith Center;
Class of 1990--Amber (Beach) Hardacre,
B.J. Westbrook, Jeff Nech, Tara (Wagenblast)
Seemann, Kensington; Jason Dibble,
Phillipsburg; Tim Tompkins, Palms,
Calif.; Travis Bronson, Kansas City;
Jason Rice, Olathe; Brent Sites,
Sedalia, Colo. (attended grade school
with class); Class of 1991--Byron
Grauerholz, Salina; Staci (Krein)
Thomas, Garden Plain; Class of
1992--Jennifer (Jackson) Rice, Olathe;
Class of 1998--Shawn Tompkins, ??
Class of 2000--Laura Beth Bienhoff,
London, England; Skylar Tuxhorn, Groton,
CT; Jamie Schwandt, Manhattan; Austin
Bauman, York, Neb.; Donald Dodds,
Kensington; Jackie (Sidman) Norman,
Colby; Class of 2001--Jennifer (Detwiler)
Dodds, Kensington; Class of 2005--Leah
Kuhlmann, Kansas City; Laci Rahjes,
Hays; Emily Boswell, Kensington.
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VBS Program Friday at St. John Lutheran
The Community Vacation Bible School is
on for children pre-school thru grade
six this week. The closing program will
be held Friday morning at 11:00 p.m. at
St. John Lutheran Church, north of
Kensington. All parents, grandparents
and friends are invited to attend.
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City-Wide Garage Sale is June 12
The Kensington Commercial Club is
sponsoring the spring city-wide garage
sale Saturday, June 12. The Legion Hall
will not be available for this sale.
Call Ruth Levin at 476-2685 if you wish
your location on the map she is
preparing.
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Story Hour and Summer Hours at Library
Larissa Dettmer and Madeline Reneberg
will be hosting Story Hour at the
Kensington Community/School Library each
Tuesday afternoon through June and July.
Pre-school thru grade 1 will meet from
1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. and grades 2 to 4
will gather from 2:00 to 2:45 p.m. All
children in the community are invited to
participate in the fun.
Library hours during the summer are 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday thru Saturday with
extended hours on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Reading is a great summer time
recreation for adults and children and
many books, periodicals, etc. are
available for checkout. Computers are
also available for public use.
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Large Crowd Attends Middle School
Promotion
The Middle School Gym at Agra was filled
to capacity as parents, grandparents and
friends gathered for the Middle School
Promotion Ceremony of the 24 Eighth
Grade Students last Tuesday evening.
Tradition holds that most of the Awards
are not presented until the ceremonies.
Principal Beth Norris presented the Agra
American Legion Awards to Emma Wyrill
and Benton Hrabe. Don Wiens presented
the KSHSAA Citizenship Awards to Kinze
Reimer and Zac Carder. Principal Norris
presented the President's Awards for
Education Excellence to Alex Atchison,
Benton Hrabe, Kinze Reimer, Aleah
Seemann, Stephanie Steele, and Emma
Wyrill.
The diplomas were presented by Joel
Hrabe, president of the Board of
Education. After the Benediction by
Paula Haskett and recessional by the
Eighth Grade Class, these 24 students
are now anxious to be trekking off to
high school when classes resume in the
fall. Congratulations to all!!
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Veterans Respected with Memorial
Services
The temperatures were cool but the north
winds had subsided somewhat to keep the
flags furling on the cemeteries as
members of the Kensington Legion,
Auxiliary and Sons of the American
Legion gave impressive ceremonies to
honor our veterans at the six cemeteries
in the area.
Auxiliary member Karen Pollock read the
names of the veterans as flags were
placed on their final resting places.
Madeline Reneberg and Larissa Dettmer
sang the National Anthem while the honor
guard and assembly stood at attention.
After the 21-gun salute had been fired,
taps were played by Nolan and Robin
Billings and Deb and Trent Ferguson.
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Kensington High School Class Reunions
Class of 1960
The Class of 1960 held a reunion at the
Kensington Community Center Sunday
afternoon, May 30. In attendance were
Don Kuhlman of Grand Island, NE; David
Billings of Branson, MO; Bob Struckhoff
of Athol; Wilbur Levin of Overland Park;
Marlin Smith of Kensington; Janice
Dettmer Kuhlmann of Grand Island, NE;
Carole Schoeni Thompson of Superior, NE;
Marjorie Jones of Agra; Charlotte
Gemaehlich Crough of Salina; and
Charlene Hines Ewing of Phillipsburg.
Mr. J. S. Wagner was a special guest
stopping by. Also in attendance were
Julie Kuhlman (Don) of Grand Island, NE;
Penny Levin (Wilbur) of Overland Park,
and Ginger Smith (Marlin) of Kensington.
Those in attendance had a good time and
are planning to meet again in five
years.
Planning to attend but unable to do so
because of a battle with cancer was Lynn
Evans of Cheyenne, WY. He would
appreciate cards which may be sent to
7207 Manhattan Lane, Cheyenne, WY 82009.
Class of 1970
The Kensington Goldbugs Class of 1970
had an afternoon 40th reunion at First
St. John Lutheran Parish Activity Center
prior to the alumni banquet on May 29.
This class had the distinction of being
the largest class to graduate from
Kensington High School with 37 in the
class. Twenty-four members were either
at the reunion, banquet or both events.
Three members, Mike Houtz, Sue
McCormick, and Karen Rust are deceased.
Gary Norden of New York City called
during a rehearsal break to briefly
visit with classmates.
Those able to attend were Janis Barnhill
Knight, North Platte, NE; Errol Baumann,
Kensington; Nadine Beckmann Hayden,
Andover; Mark Bienhoff, Des Moines, IA;
Tom Bose, Cedar; Donna Bronson Kreutizer,
Canada, KS; Janeen Brunow Wallgren,
Phillipsburg; David Dollison, San
Angelo, TX; Jan Duncan, Eugene. OR;
Luann Ferguson Wilson, Mankato; JoAnn
Gaines Rice, Kensington; Janet Gaines
Hosmann, Ridgedale, MO; Janna Gibson
Daniels, Athol; David Hesterman, Agra;
Bonnie Hudson Slavik, Kensington; Dianna
Kuhlmann Rice, Athol; Carol Levin Erick,
Dallas, TX; Lyle Ratliff, Kensington;
Kathy Shockley Pierce, Salina; Dail
Smith, Clay Center, KS; James Sweat,
Cedar; Cynthia True Wagner, Kensington;
Bart Wagner, Kensington; Patricia Wolf
Mancuso, Lees Summit, MO.
Class of 1990
It was a busy weekend for the Class of
1990 as they hosted the Alumni gathering
on Saturday evening and no special
reunion was reported. They are certainly
thanked for all of their efforts to make
this gathering possible. See the Alumni
listing for names of those present.
Class of 2000
Members of the Class of 2000 and their
families gathered at the Kensington
Roadside Park for an afternoon of
visiting and reminiscing Sunday. Present
were Laura Beth Bienhoff of London,
England, Nick and Emily Levin and Lyla
of Inman; Don and Jennifer Dodds and
Kaydence and Deidra (Dougherty) and
Justin Chestnut and Peyton of
Kensington; Skylar Tuxhorn of Groton,
CT; Travis and Tiffany Bronson and Abby
of Kansas City; Austin and Amy Bauman
and 3 children of York, Neb.; Jill Nech
of Hugoton; Jackie (Sidman) Norman and
Molly of Colby; and Jamie and Tomi
Schwandt of Manhattan.
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Community Center Notes
Hate to cook during the summer months,
get tired of sandwiches and dislike
eating alone, come to the Kensington
Community Center for a nutritious and
delicious noon meal and enjoy the
fellowship together Monday through
Friday. Meals are also delivered to the
homebound each day. Reservations must be
made the day before by calling the
Center at 476-2224.
The Board of Directors will meet
Wednesday noon, June 9, and pitch will
be played Thursday, June 19 at 7 p.m.
Menus
Monday, June 7--Taco salad, strawberries
& bananas, chips, cook's choice
compliment
Tuesday, June 8--Pork roast, winter mix
vegs, cantaloupe, bread, pudding
Wednesday, June 9--Spanish rice
w/hamburger, spinach/cheese salad, corn,
bread, applesauce
Thursday, June 10--Oven fried chicken,
mashed potatoes/gravy, peas, bread, rosy
pears
Friday, June 11--Beef & noodles, green
beans, cucumber/tomato salad, roll,
blueberry crisp
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Devastating Flood of Memorial Day, 1935
Remembered
The Sunday Salina Journal carried the
story of the 1935 devastating flood on
the Republican River which created such
havoc after torrential rains ranging of
up to a foot or more fell in western
Nebraska and Colorado beginning on May
31. Your correspondent remembers her
family driving to Franklin, Neb., (which
was a long trip in those days) to see
the raging waters going downstream and
creating such devastation to towns,
farmsteads, bridges, etc. along the
river. Sadly, all of this roaring and
wasted water which created huge damage
of property, farm ground, loss of human
lives and animals did nothing to
alleviate the drought and dustbowl in
Kansas where it still forgot to rain.
This flood prompted the building of dams
along the river to prevent another
tragedy of this magnitude from
happening. Take the time to ask the
old-timers while they are among us to
relate these stories to you as they are
a part of our history.
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Around
the Community
Sympathy is extended to Loren and Elda
Lyon on the death of Loren's brother,
Mike Lyon, 62, long-time resident of
Phillipsburg, on May 22. Graveside
services and inurnment were held at the
Belmont Cemetery, Phillips County,
Friday morning.
Seth Kastle of Wichita suffered a heart
attack Saturday and also has pneumonia,
but is in stable condition according to
his mother, Melanie Elliott. He will
receive a defibrillator on Tuesday and
hopes to be released by the end of the
week if all goes according to plan.
Cathy Diercks had hip replacement
surgery Wednesday evening in Kearney,
Neb., and will be moved to Hays Regional
Medical Center Tuesday for
rehabilitation and therapy.
Congratulations to former Kensington
resident, Marj Meyer, and Pat Anderson
of Wichita who were married on May 22 in
Wichita. A reception was held at the
Hometown Buffet. Attending from
Kensington were Newton and Bonnie
Youngquist and Betty Tuxhorn.
Laura Beth Bienhoff of London, England,
and Jennifer Bruns of Clarkfield, Minn.,
spent last week with their parents and
sister, Paul, Deb and Leah Bienhoff,
coming especially to help Leah celebrate
her 10th birthday and for Laura to
attend her 10th class reunion.
Charlotte and Eva Young moved to
Belleville over the weekend to be nearer
her mother and other relatives.
Charlotte has employment in a rest home
in Belleville..
Thursday afternoon callers of Ruth
Bienhoff were Doug and Sue Gray of
Salina and John Hamilton of Lawrence.
They were in the area decorating Bierman,
Allard, and Reneberg graves at the Olive
Branch and Germantown Cemeteries. Mark
Bienhoff of Des Moines, Iowa, was Ruth's
houseguest over the weekend while
attending his 40th class reunion.
Granddaughters Laura and Leah Bienhoff,
Jennifer Bruns, and Emily Levin and Lyla
were also special visitors.
Lois Hrabe enjoyed having some of her
family visit over the weekend and to
attend alumni activities and the
ceremony at the cemetery. Spending a few
days with their mother were Mike and
Diann Hrabe of Canton and Melinda and
Lee Mazzarella of Colorado Springs.
Lindsay and Matthew Hrabe of McPherson
arrived Sunday evening to visit their
great-grandmother.
Errol and Marla Baumann hosted a brunch
at their home Sunday morning for members
of the Kensington Class of 1970 that
were able to attend. They enjoyed
further reminiscing along with delicious
refreshments.
The swimming pool opened last Saturday
with a large crowd enjoying the water on
a hot and windy day. As usual in Kansas,
if you don't like the weather one day
you have only to wait until the next
day. A cold front accompanied by strong
north winds moved in during the night
with temperatures in the low 70's on
Sunday which was quite a contrast from
the low 90's the end of last week. The
Kensington area received about 1.5
inches of rain during the past week, but
little chances of moisture this week
will have the farmers keeping long hours
to catch-up on all the work waiting for
them.Family staying with Max and
Sharilyn Currey over Memorial weekend
was Donald and Cathy Bronson and Micah
of Stephensville, TX and Travis and
Tiffany Bronson and Abby of Overland
Park. On Sunday afternoon they were
joined for the Struckhoff family
barbeque in the Currey backyard. In
addition those attending were Marlene
Marquez of Hutchinson, Bill Struckhoff
and Cory Struckhoff of Kensington,
Leslie Struckhoff of Burlington, CO,
Kathern Struckhoff and Christophor of
Osawatomie, Sam and Linda Rice of Athol,
and Jason and Jennifer Rice, Jackson,
Avery, and Jamison of Olathe.
Remember to help your correspondent by
giving her items of interest about your
family. This column is only as
interesting as you choose to make it by
turning in your happenings. Call her at
476-2801, email at ruthb@ruraltel.net,
or leave notes in the box at the post
office or at her home.
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