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320 acres more or less Rush Co., KSFor: Heirs of Ruby Grumbein (Campbell) Boyle

Date: Friday, November 15, 2019Time: 10:00 a.m. Auction Location:

LaCrosse Livestock Market, 2340 US-183, LaCrosse, KS

Electric Sewing Machine in Cabinet Card Table • Magazine Rack Table Various Glassware & Figurines GE Microwave Oven Metal Shelving Unit W/Wheels Bakeware • Electric Radiator Heater Drop Leaf Kitchen Table (4) Small Wooden Bookcases

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This auction features many unique antiques and collectibles. There will be many other items that were in boxes at the time of the listing, you won’t want to miss this sale. Go to www.farmlandauction.com for pictures.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: REAL ESTATE WILL BE SOLD AT 1:00pm The North Half (N/2) of Lots Five (5) and Six (6) in Block Eight (8) less the East Twenty Feet (E 20’) of the North Half (N/2) of Lot Five (5), in Block Eight (8), West Side Addition to the city of Ness City, Kansas PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 821 W Main, Ness City GENERAL INFORMATION: One story home with 2 bedrooms and one bathroom. Home has 784 sq. feet of living space. There is a single car garage attached by breezeway. Home was built in 1914 and has central heat and air. Home is being sold in as is where is condition, with no inspections provided by seller. TAXES: 2015 Taxes are $295.38 and are paid in full 2016 Taxes will be prorated between buyer and seller to date of closing

TITLE INSURANCE: Buyer shall r eceive insurable title, free from all encumbrances expect the per mitted encumbrances or title exceptions specified in the Purchase and Sale Contract. Title insurance shall be split equally between buyer and seller. TERMS: $2,000 down day of sale and the balance upon closing. Possession at closing with closing to be on or before August 16, 2016 AGENCY DISCLOSURE: Farmland Auction & Realty Co., Inc. is the Agent of the Seller . If the purchaser desir es representation, legal counsel is advised. Oral announcements made day of sale takes precedence over printed matter.

Antiques & Collectibles

Household

Home Comfort Range, NO-A1, St. Louis MO, Wood Burning Cook Stove • Quilts & Blankets Antique Secretary • Chest of Drawers Waterfall Front Full Size Bed, Dresser W/Mirror & (4) Metal Trunks • Full Size Metal Bed Maytag Ringer Washing Machine • Wooden Rocker Dressing Table W/Mirror • Wooden Pantry Antique Drop Leaf Wooden Table Magnavox Stereo Record Player • Metal Ice Chest (3) Press Back Chairs • Butter Churn • Oil Lamp Advertising Plates • Art Supplies Old Crayola Colors in Box, (NEW) Victor Adding Machine • Metal Kitchen Scale Pedestal Oak 60” Dining Table W/Leaves

Mirrored Dresser • FHSU Yearbooks, 1956-1959 Rose Pitcher with 7 Glasses • Antique Tricycle Green Depression Cake Plate • Wooden High Chair (7) Stemmed Green Depression Glasses Portable Thread Cabinet • Christmas Lights Franklin Treadle Sewing Machine Vintage Valentines • Ness County Advertising Items US Army Rifle Bayonet • Accordion • Floor Lamps Vintage Shoes • Dressing Mannequin Library Table • SP&S Co. Crock, 1 Gallon (2) Mission Style Chairs W/Leather Cushions Green Wardrobe • Six Drawer Dresser Antique Toys, Dolls & Games Wooden Ironing Board • Feed Shock Cart

Kenmore 400 Series Electric Dryer Maytag HD 13 cycle Washing Machine Metal & Wooden Folding Chairs Pictures & Wall Hangings • Dresser Wooden Coffee Table • End Table Wooden China Cabinet • Table Lamps Small Writing Desk • (2) Office Chairs on Wheels Two Drawer Metal Filing Cabinet Green Occasional Chair & Green Rocking Chair Electric Lift Chair

Lunch will be served by the McCracken Cafe

Electric Sewing Machine in Cabinet Card Table • Magazine Rack Table Various Glassware & Figurines GE Microwave Oven Metal Shelving Unit W/Wheels Bakeware • Electric Radiator Heater Drop Leaf Kitchen Table (4) Small Wooden Bookcases

AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This auction features many unique antiques and collectibles. There will be many other items that were in boxes at the time of the listing, you won’t want to miss this sale. Go to www.farmlandauction.com for pictures.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: REAL ESTATE WILL BE SOLD AT 1:00pm The North Half (N/2) of Lots Five (5) and Six (6) in Block Eight (8) less the East Twenty Feet (E 20’) of the North Half (N/2) of Lot Five (5), in Block Eight (8), West Side Addition to the city of Ness City, Kansas PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 821 W Main, Ness City GENERAL INFORMATION: One story home with 2 bedrooms and one bathroom. Home has 784 sq. feet of living space. There is a single car garage attached by breezeway. Home was built in 1914 and has central heat and air. Home is being sold in as is where is condition, with no inspections provided by seller. TAXES: 2015 Taxes are $295.38 and are paid in full 2016 Taxes will be prorated between buyer and seller to date of closing

TITLE INSURANCE: Buyer shall r eceive insurable title, free from all encumbrances expect the per mitted encumbrances or title exceptions specified in the Purchase and Sale Contract. Title insurance shall be split equally between buyer and seller. TERMS: $2,000 down day of sale and the balance upon closing. Possession at closing with closing to be on or before August 16, 2016 AGENCY DISCLOSURE: Farmland Auction & Realty Co., Inc. is the Agent of the Seller . If the purchaser desir es representation, legal counsel is advised. Oral announcements made day of sale takes precedence over printed matter.

Antiques & Collectibles

Household

Home Comfort Range, NO-A1, St. Louis MO, Wood Burning Cook Stove • Quilts & Blankets Antique Secretary • Chest of Drawers Waterfall Front Full Size Bed, Dresser W/Mirror & (4) Metal Trunks • Full Size Metal Bed Maytag Ringer Washing Machine • Wooden Rocker Dressing Table W/Mirror • Wooden Pantry Antique Drop Leaf Wooden Table Magnavox Stereo Record Player • Metal Ice Chest (3) Press Back Chairs • Butter Churn • Oil Lamp Advertising Plates • Art Supplies Old Crayola Colors in Box, (NEW) Victor Adding Machine • Metal Kitchen Scale Pedestal Oak 60” Dining Table W/Leaves

Mirrored Dresser • FHSU Yearbooks, 1956-1959 Rose Pitcher with 7 Glasses • Antique Tricycle Green Depression Cake Plate • Wooden High Chair (7) Stemmed Green Depression Glasses Portable Thread Cabinet • Christmas Lights Franklin Treadle Sewing Machine Vintage Valentines • Ness County Advertising Items US Army Rifle Bayonet • Accordion • Floor Lamps Vintage Shoes • Dressing Mannequin Library Table • SP&S Co. Crock, 1 Gallon (2) Mission Style Chairs W/Leather Cushions Green Wardrobe • Six Drawer Dresser Antique Toys, Dolls & Games Wooden Ironing Board • Feed Shock Cart

Kenmore 400 Series Electric Dryer Maytag HD 13 cycle Washing Machine Metal & Wooden Folding Chairs Pictures & Wall Hangings • Dresser Wooden Coffee Table • End Table Wooden China Cabinet • Table Lamps Small Writing Desk • (2) Office Chairs on Wheels Two Drawer Metal Filing Cabinet Green Occasional Chair & Green Rocking Chair Electric Lift Chair

Lunch will be served by the McCracken Cafe

Legal: Tract 1: NW/4 36-17-19 and Tract 2: SE/4 of 32-16-20 Rush Co., KS. F.S.A. Info: Tract 1: 155.15 A. Cult. Tract 2: 159.44 A. Cult Minerals: All Seller’s interest to be conveyed to the Purchaser

Live internet bidding available. For possession, terms, conditions or a complete brochure contact:

‘59 Mudd is new TV, radio & appliance servicerBygone Days

10 YEARS AGONovember 5, 2009 Goodman Family Trust, Gloriann Goodman trustee, was awarded the Farm Bureau Century Farm Award during the Farm Bureau meeting October 12. . .Jessica Stieben of Bazine is the National Central Division Americanism Essay winner. American Legion Olin Cole Post #392 will honor her for this achievement at a reception on November 15. . .Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has picked David D. Kerr, son of Howard and Florence Kerr of Ness City, to be director for the Missouri Department of Economic De-velopment. . .Birthday--Mar-ilyn (Talley) Musselman of Wichita will observe her 85th birthday on November 17; Irene Blehm is celebrating her 88th birthday today, November 5; Joe Robison of Valley Center is celebrating his 90th birthday on November 10. . .Deaths--Vesta K. (Goodman) Curry, a Ness County native, died September 29 in southern California; Do-lores E. Mast, 86, retired City of Wichita Central Inspection Division Chief Plans Examin-er, died February 3 and will be laid to rest in the Ransom Cem-etery on November 7; Connie L. Davis of Utica, 56, formerly of Houston, TX, and Utica re-

lief postmistress, died October 27 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. . .Jarvis Theatre: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. 20 YEARS AGONovember 4, 1999 Marci Penner hosted the Kansas trivia game show Go Kansas at a recent Chamber of Commerce meeting. A soup contest was also held. The win-ner was Julie Beutler with her “Chicken & Rice with Dump-lings” soup. . .Registered Nurse Rosie Flax has retired after serving the Ness County Hos-pital the past 35 years. . .Henri-etta Betz and Ruth Graf were recognized for serving one year with the Senior Companion program in Ness City. . .Willie Rolo is a member of the Barton County Community College band. . .Amanda Pfannenstiel is a member of the Bethany Col-lege Choir. . .Birthday--Ma-bel A. Rothe will celebrate her 85th birthday on November 9. . .Births--Justin and Billie Jo Whipple of Alamota are parents of a son, Brendan Dean, born October 19; Tami and Justin Slagle welcomed a son, Westin Heath, born October 20. . .Jar-vis Theatre: Drive Me Cra-zy. 30 YEARS AGONovember 2, 1989 Thieves broke into the E-T Motors shop in Bazine on Oc-tober 17 and stole over $12,000 in racing equipment. . .Ness County Hospital District No. 2 has created an independent healthcare foundation to help insure future quality healthcare availability to all people with-in the hospital’s service area. . .Utica schools will present their all school play, Hillbil-ly Weddin’, on November 18. . .Birthday--A surprise party was held for Hope Regier in honor of her 80th birthday on October 23; Freda Wilhelm also turned 80 last week. . .Anniversary--Frank and Ar-lene Miller of Ness City will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary with a reception on November 12. . .Births--Kent and Julie Blakeslee of Ness City are parents of a son, Eric Kent, born October 25; Roger and Corina Ummel of

Arnold welcomed a daughter, Michele Ann, born October 3; David and Tammy McDonough of Wichita are parents of a son, Derek Jewel, born October 28. . .Deaths--Joyce J. (Strait) Briscoe, 55, a homemaker and Avon representative, died Oc-tober 30 at her home in Great Bend; Alexander M. Dinkel, 86, a former Ness County res-ident, died October 22 at a nurs-ing home in Fort Collins, CO. . .Jarvis Theatre: When Harry Met Sally. 40 YEARS AGONovember 8, 1979 Dave Frusher of Ness City recently became the 1979 Su-per Modified Division Cham-pion of the National Champi-onship Racing Association. . .Mary Koerner and Terry Baker were crowned Bazine Football Homecoming Queen and King last Friday. . .Harold N. God-win, son of Nora Godwin of Ness City, recently attended a New York City conference in his role as a hospital pharmacist consultant to Squibb & Sons Pharmaceutical Company. . .The NCHS drama department will present an all school play, We Shook the Family Tree, on Friday and Saturday, directed by E. Maria Herron. . .Bazine High School’s all school play, Hillbilly Wedding, will be pre-sented this evening, directed by Mrs. Shank. . .Births--Mr. and Mrs. Kent Davison of Ness City are parents of a son, Kade Mi-chael, born November 5; Mr. and Mrs. Randy Oliver of Ran-som are parents of a daughter, Amanda Lynn, born November 5; Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Foster of Utica welcomed a daughter, Nicole Dawn, born October 31; Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Mel-lies are parents of a daughter, Brenda Marie, born November 4; Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Pfannen-stiel of Garden City are parents of a daughter, Kimberly Joy, born October 30; Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Mitchell of Hoyt are par-ents of a son, Dustin Shawn, born October 30. . .Deaths--Mary Fritzler of Wichita, 85, formerly of Bazine, died No-vember 1 at the Catholic Home for Aging in Wichita; Mrs. Wal-ter (Leona) Cooper, 83, mother of Mrs. Robert (Jan) Gantz of

Ness City, died unexpectedly November 3 at Okemah, OK; Gilbert R. Arnold, 66, a Ness County farmer, died October 30 at a Wichita hospital; Olga Smith, 86, a former Ness City school teacher, died November 5 in Hutchinson. . .Star Drive In: James Bond 007 starring Roger Moore. 50 YEARS AGONovember 6, 1969 The mayors of the towns in the county - C. Gayle Ryan, Brownell; John H. Foos, Ba-zine; Cecil F. Jones, Utica; Carl J. Klitzke, Ransom and Charles H. Durfee, Ness City - have is-sued a joint proclamation urg-ing all citizens to not only join in the observance of Veteran’s Day, but to shift their activi-ties from the “silent majority” to the “vocal majority” espe-cially during the November 9 - 15 week. . .Raymond Stanton, southern Trego County farm-er, was found dead in his truck Tuesday night, November 4, after searchers were alerted he was missing from his home. He had apparently suffered a fatal heart attack. . .The Ness City office of Dale G. Munson (chi-ropractor) will open next week in the former Ness City Flower Shop building. . .Trooper Rob-ert Bauer has been assigned to the Ness City Highway Patrol area, replacing Dean Houston. . .Bill Stiawalt of Ness City is a member of the KSU Marching Band. . .Anniversary--Mr. and Mrs. Don Minerd of Wichita will celebrate their 25th wed-ding anniversary on Novem-ber 11. . .Births--Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hogsett of Hesston are parents of a son, Galen Wayne, born October 30; Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Rodeman of Milwaukee, WI, welcomed a son, Christo-pher Kyle, born October 30. . .Deaths--Anna Miller, 79, a longtime Ness City resident, died November 1 at the Ness County Hospital; Raymond W. Towner, 79, a former Ness City businessman and brother-in-law of Mrs. W. R. Cranston, died at his home in Sedalia, MO, October 25; Hattie Zink, 58, a Ransom resident, died Novem-ber 2 after a long illness. . .Ness Theatre: Romeo & Juliet star-ring Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting. 60 YEARS AGONovember 5, 1959 The television, radio and appliance service department of Modern Appliance has been transferred to Bill Mudd, ser-viceman. . .Anniversary--Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cofer of Ran-som celebrated their 55th wed-ding anniversary on November 1. . .Births--Mr. and Mrs. Rus-sel Gabel of Denver, CO, are parents of a son, Daniel Duane, born October 26; Mr. and Mrs. James J. Larson of Willis wel-comed a son, Kent Charles, born October 28. Mrs. Larson is a former Bazine Home Eco-nomics teacher; Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Garrison of Chicago, IL, are parents of a daughter, Sarah Jane, born October 28. Mrs. Garrison is the former Joan Musselman of Brownell. . .Deaths--Mollie E. Barber, a longtime Ransom resident and mother of Mrs. P. N. Combest, died Sunday at Pueblo, CO; Fred Wolfe of Bazine, 70, died November 3 at the Ness County Hospital; J. B. McJunkin, a for-mer southeastern Ness County resident, died November 1 at Mound City, MO; Judson W. Athey, 64, a former Brownell resident, died October 14 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Kansas City; Lucy Athey, 75, died Sep-tember 19 at her home in Junc-tion City. She grew up in Danby Valley near Brownell; Henry E. Barber, 83, father of Doyle Bar-ber of Brownell, died October 21 at Grisell Memorial Hospital in Ransom; Henry Parker Ever-hart, 59, a rural Ransom native, died October 20 in Pampa, TX. . .Ness Theatre: A Private’s Affair starring Sal Mineo, Gary Crosby, Terry Moore and Barry Coe.

September 23 Present: Chairman Brent Whitley, Sabra Clarke, Nancy Witthuhn and Jan Rider; staff members Curt Thomas, Debbie Frank and Sara Corsair; and Charlie Zitnik with D.A. David-son. Call to Order: Chairman Whitley called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Minutes: Nancy moved to accept the August minutes. Sabra seconded, motion carried 4/0. Old Business: Curt reported that the total cost to expand and renovate the Physical Therapy department will be $63,810 and the Clinic IT will be $21,059. Mr. Charlie Zitnik with D.A. Da-vidson brought all the documents for financing the expansion/renovation project for a 10 year period at 2.9%. Mr. Zitnik read Resolution #201909 (copy attached). Sabra moved to adopt the resolution. Nancy seconded, motion carried 4/0. After getting all the required signatures, Mr. Zitnik then left the meeting at 7:25 p.m. Curt reported that the daycare license will take 90-120 days to get approved by the State, which means we will open the first of the year. Travis Sutton arrived at the meeting. Staff Report: Curt reported that we are looking at electronic record systems for PT. At this point, the one that seems the most promising would cost approximately $1,000 per month and that we may be able to recover that amount in additional patient revenue. Curt reported that we need to add an additional 2/3 FTE in Cedar Village nursing administration. He and Sara talked about other nursing homes and the staff that they have to accomplish what is required and we simply cannot handle it without the additional help. Sara presented a “LEP” Plan/Title VI for the van that we will receive from the DOT grant. The board approved the plan. Financial Report: Curt presented the August financial report as prepared by Deb. Nancy moved to accept the financials. Jan seconded, motion carried 5/0. Executive Session: Nancy moved to adjourn to executive

session for 10 minutes at 8:00 p.m. to discuss bad debts. Travis seconded, motion carried 5/0. Present were board members, Curt and Deb. Out of session at 8:10 p.m. Jan moved to turn bad debts over for collection. Nancy moved to adjourn to executive session for 10 minutes at 8:10 p.m. to discuss Risk Management/Quality Assess-ment. Travis seconded, motion carried 5/0. Present were board members, Ashley, Ashley and Curt. Out of executive session at 8:20 p.m. Jan moved to approve the plan. Nancy seconded, motion carried 5/0. Other: Curt asked if Tra-vis wanted to go on record in support of the above resolution in Old Business since he was unable to be here when the vote occurred. Travis did, and suggested we re-open the dis-cussion on Resolution #201909. Chairman Whitley re-opened the discussion. Travis asked to go on record in support of the Aye vote. Adjournment: Chairman Whit-ley adjourned the meeting at 8:35 p.m. Next regular meeting will be Monday, October 28, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Classroom at Ness County Hospital.

submitted byJan Rider, NCH District No. 2

Board of Directors

Ness County Hospital District No. 2holds regular board meeting in September

Lordy,Lordy,

Look who turns17 on

November 7Dallin “Bubba”

Love, Dad and Grandma W.

in observance of Veterans Day!

Monday, November 11 . . . will be CLOSED

Ness City

Happy Birthday Frank Stull Unit #152

American Legion Auxiliary on the 100th anniversary of this organization.

Unit #152 was chartered on February 19, 1921 with 22 members.

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