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Several auctions take place during the MCC Relief Sale and are a major source of revenue for the sale.
The General Auction (Sunflower Building North) will feature a wide variety of merchandise, starting at 6pm on Friday, and resuming at 8:45am on Saturday.
The Quilt Auction (Meadowlark Building) will also start at 8:45am on Saturday and run concurrently with the General Auction. Both auctions will run throughout the morning and early afternoon on Saturday.
The Surplus Auction (Meadowlark Building) starts around 2:30pm on Saturday to sell any food items that did not sell out during the sale.
Highlights of Saturday's General Auction Schedule:
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Each year hundreds of items are donated by Mennonite churches and individuals. These donations are essential in making the General Auction possible. Items range from hand-crafted furniture and clocks to bird house and children's toys.
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A 1924 Ford Model TT (1-ton) C-cab steel bodied pickup restored as original with crank start 2-speed Ruckstall rear axle, kerosene side lamps and tail lamp, and a magneto powered horn and headlights. It will also include an original jack and tools. A Handcrafted wooden replica of this truck will also be sold. | |
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A 1946 B Allis-Chalmers Tractor with wide front end is being donated by Irvin Harms, Moundridge. The tractor was completely overhauled including new front tires and a new paint job. |
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40 Barbie Dolls, in original boxes. Scroll Down for a complete list. |
| One-of-a-kind 1979 copper alloy bell with steel stand, inscription reads Kansas MCC Relief Sale, April 7, 1979 (This bell was first donated to the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale in 1979. The bell is to be auction for a second time on its 25th anniversary.) Scroll Down for more details. |  |
1981 coppy alloy bell, also being re-donated.| Handcrafted child's playhouse constructed of three miles of white yarn plus thousands of feet of colored yarn. (House is complete with four rooms, plus attic. All doors and drawers in the kitchen, bath and bedrooms open, including the oven, the frig and dishwasher.) |  |
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| Floral Water Color 11x18 by Eldine Franz Harder |
| Handcrafted marble game (15" wide x 40" long made in Arthur, Ill.) |
| Handcrafted wooden touch putter constructed of cocobolo, birch and padouk woods and finished with three coats of teak oil |
| Child's Adirondak chair (rouch sawn cedar) |
Child's rocker with natural birch finish
| Replica oak antique child's wagon, all handmade including metal wheels |
 Hand-crafted
oak bedroom set. Skilled craftsman Neal Schwabauer, Goessel,
has donated a new hand-crafted oak bedroom set. The set includes a head
board, chest of drawers and dresser with mirror.
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| Oak table with 12 boards |
| Rotating Hardware Fastener Chest by Hesston craftsman Doug Stutzman. This oak wood, cherry stain finish chest was modeled after similar antique chests that were used in hardware stores to hold assortments of hardware fasteners. It has 72 pie-shaped drawers, each drawer 6½" wide in the front, 6" long, and 3" high (about 65 cubic inches internal space per drawer), to hold anything you might possibly want to hold; bolts and nuts, quilting or crafting components, spices for cooking, etc. The rotating unit has eight sides and measures 36" high and 22" wide. |  |
This bell was first donated to the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale in 1979. The bell is to be auctioned for a second time on its 25th anniversary.
In 1979, Lola Beth Ediger purchased a one-of-a-kind copper alloy bell with a wrought steel stand at the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale General Auction. Ediger is redonating the bell to the auction on the 25th anniversary of its purchase.
The bell is 7 inches tall with the steel stand adding 5 inches to its height. The bell's inscription reads Kansas MCC Relief Sale, April 7, 1979. The bell was purchased for $100.
The bell was originally donated by Elbert and Zola Esau, Whitewater. The Esau's son David originated the idea. According to Elbert, his son -- attending Bethel College -- took a foundry class and decided to make a bell.
The first two bells donated to the sale were made by David at the Bethel College Foundry. The remaining bells were cast in two different Wichita foundries and the final bell was cast in Topeka.
"The thing that kept it going was the donation that the bells brought in to the sale," said Elbert.
Forty additional Barbie Dolls in original boxes were donated by Gina Neill and Dolores Yoder, both of Hesston.
Gina and her grandmother donated a little over 40 Barbies last year from Gina's collection that raised $1,200 for MCC. Neill had collected the dolls with her grandmother as a hobby and had thought of selling the dolls to pay for college. The decision was made to donate a portion of her collection to the sale after donating her Barbie Princess Village Town several years ago. The town was purchased for approximately $1,400.
The two hope the sale of the Barbies will benefit the needy via MCC.
HOPE Home Repairs' Bedroom Set
The definition of hope is trust, reliance and the desire with expectation of fulfillment in the Webster dictionary. One could say Mennonite Central Committee is all about 'hope'. MCC seeks to gain individuals trust by meeting their needs, fulfilling their expectations.
Donors to the Kansas Mennonite Relief Sale are hopeful that their donations can help make a difference through MCC. The sale is about providing hope.
Each year the sales receive amazing donations from numerous individuals. And you may ask why? Repeatedly the response is money raised by the donation can make a difference through MCC.
Neil Schwabauer is one such donor who hopes his donation will make a difference for MCC. Over two years of planning and labor have gone into the construction of the Modern Colonial style oak bedroom set he is donating.
Schwabauer and Barry Lynn--creators of the bedroom set--first constructed a bedroom set for Schwabauer in order to perfect the it before they constructed one for the sale. It includes a head board, matching cabinets and a dresser with mirror.
The head board together with adjoining cabinets is 10' 7" long and 7' tall. The head board features a three-piece mirror across its' expanse. The pieces are accented with dental molding and raised panels. The top of the dresser is one solid oak board--Schwabauer searched a year to find the wood for the top. The drawers are 8" deep with roller glides on the dresser and cabinets.
Schwabauer retired from teaching after 20 years in Wichita. He designed underground boring equipment and also worked for Mennonite Housing. After being laid off from Mennonite Housing, he started HOPE Home Repair, Schwabauer saying, "I missed the work (Mennonite Housing)."
Hope's mission statement reads as follows: HOPE Home Repair has been established to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and provide hope, encouragement, friendship, openness and total quality results to those individuals in our community that need help the most and are unable to obtain help in any other way. We are committed to partnership with the Federal, State and Local Government in conjunction with charitable contributors, other not-for-profit organizations and volunteers to provide safe and affordable housing options to the elderly and disadvantaged members of our community.
Schwabauer said this newly formed not-for-profit organization's purpose is to help individuals 60 years of age or older with home repairs and handicap accessible upgrades. For more information about HOPE Home Repairs contact Schwabauer at 620-367-2637.
The Quilts Page has full details about the Quilt Auction, including a list of this year's quilts, with photos!
The quilt display opens on Friday and the auction begins Saturday at 8:45am, continuing to mid-afternoon. It all takes place in the Meadowlark Building at the South-West corner of the fairgrounds.
Finally, marking the end of the sale on Saturday, the Surplus Auction starts around 2:30pm to sell any items not sold during the sale; especially perishable items like food. As the final auction of the sale, expect some fun and good bargains here!
For more information on the time and location of each auction,
visit the Schedule and Directory page.
Donors should report donated auction items for pre-sale publicity to Becky Blough, N. Willow Lake Road, Moundridge, KS 67107, phone 620-345-3088, newyearscookies@hotmail.com
For more information about the General Auction, contact Rod Chrystie, chair, at 620-665-7406, or Herman Diener, vice-chair, at 620-662-1850.
Send contributions to Tim Miller, treasurer, Kansas MCC Relief Sale, 4805 Broadacres Rd., Hutchinson, KS 67501.