Myrtice Dawkins McColm, Liberal, celebrated her 90th birthday

Myrtice Dawkins McColm, Liberal, celebrated her 90th birthday on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008.  She was born Aug. 18, 1918 in Tyrone, Okla., the daughter of Benjamin and Myrtle (Emmons) Miller.  On April 27, 1941, she married Eugene W. (Bud) Dawkins at Bucklin.  He died Jan. 28, 1968.  On April 10, 1976, she married Vernon J. McColm at Bucklin.  He died Aug. 26, 1996.
    She was a longtime educator beginning her teaching career in a one-room country schoolhouses near  Wright, Fowler and Bucklin.  Later she taught in Bucklin and Mullinville retiring in 1976. 
    Her daughter and son-in-law are Debbie and Ronnie Brant, Liberal.  Cards may be sent to her at 2160 Zinnia Lane A2, Liberal, Kansas 67901.